The Jewish people, never more than 0.2% of humanity, have survived 3,500 years of systematic persecution by every major empire in recorded history: Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Nazi.
Pharaoh tried.
Haman tried.
Hitler tried with the full machinery of a modern industrial state and murdered six million and still, Israel exists.
Every single empire that made their destruction a priority is gone. The Amalekites are gone.
The Philistines are gone.
Rome is gone.
The Third Reich lasted twelve years.
The Jewish people are still here 15 million strong, back in their ancestral homeland, speaking their ancient language, the same people, the same book, the same God outlasting every sword ever raised against them across 35 centuries of unbroken existence.
What does that mean for us as Christians? It means you take the word of God literally. It means you look to Christ’s character to determine how you are to behave in this world.