(Day 561) Swords of Iron – “Name a Hero of yours”

Chaim starts the video by asking his viewers to leave a comment talking about who their heroes are. He then tells the story of one of his personal heroes, Fredreich Bonhoofer, who was a pastor in Germany who publicly stood against the Nazi regime and was also involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944. His great legacy is that although he was a pacifist, he said that to not take action in the face of evil, and to not speak out in the face of evil, was to support evil and to become evil.

WHen he was executed, he said “this is the end for me, but this is the beginning for life.”

Chaim compares this to other people who are making their voices heard in the world today, including Mahmoud Khalil, who is angry because he’s being deported from the US after having publicly declared his opposition to America’s existence and also protested against Israel’s existence.

Chaim says that Khalil has many supporters and in this context he quotes Isaiah 5:20; Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;

Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

He also quotes Psalms 37:35-40; I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a native green tree. Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.