"Why would God allow six million Jews to die?"
“Why would God allow six million Jews to die?” Four minutes into our discussion regarding Passover, my new Jewish friend immediately focused on the Holocaust. Has this question been posed to you? How did you respond? And why am I addressing the Holocaust in this blog? Firstly, please realize that the raising of this question is not unusual. Secondly, the Jewish community annually observes Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day 13 days following the beginning of Passover. And so, this observance occurred at sundown on April 23 rd through sundown on April 24 th . At the first Passover in Egypt, the Passover lambs functioned as a substitutionary sacrifice, dying in place of the people. “Holocaust” means disaster, catastrophe, burnt offering. God is omnipotent – He is all powerful; God is omniscient – He is all knowing; God is omnipresent – He is everywhere present/all is within His presence. God is eternal – He never had a beginning/He’ll never have an ending. God is jus