20 May 2017

6 days...really?

In The Economist:

  1. In the beginning they destroyed Egypt’s air force on the ground and knocked out the planes of Jordan, Iraq and Syria. That was Monday.
  2. Then they broke Egypt’s massive defences in Sinai. That was Tuesday.
  3. Next, they took the old city of Jerusalem and prayed. That was Wednesday.
  4. Then they reached the Suez Canal. That was Thursday.
  5. They ascended the Golan Heights. That was Friday.
  6. Then they took the peaks overlooking the plain of Damascus. In the evening the world declared a ceasefire. That was Saturday.
  7. And on the seventh day the soldiers of Israel rested.
Now, I'm not sure what this refers to. Perhaps it is a framework about something we don't know, to teach us the capability of the Israeli Defense Force.

Or, perhaps it is a counter-story to rebut the stories of Islamic supremacy that abound in the Islamic fairy story, the Koran

No, perhaps it is a type of the Temple Theology that points to Jewish wishful thinking for the old days...

Or, perhaps it is the account of something that happened.

If I believe an Israeli solder about this, I believe God about his 6-day story.

Doing so I can resist the pressure around me to start with a materially framed reality and proceed with a God-first ontology.