The Fourth Empire - Edom/Rome - which is embodied in whichever Eisavian nation rules the world at a given time, is compared to the pig. Why? It proudly displays its one "kosher" sign - cloven hoofs - as if to say, "Look how righteous I am." But, one sign is not enough. It must also bring up its cud when it eats, but, of course, the pig does not. (Interesting that the "obesity epidemic" is more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else.) Nowhere is this attitude more pronounced than in the concept of American Exceptionalism.
This is nothing less than political replacement theology which arose out of theological replacement theology, which itself is very far from dead and buried. Christian America has usurped Israel's role in the world and is misleading all those who follow - either by choice or by force.
Like the pig with its outward kosher sign, but lacking the inward one, America is a nation which dresses up in a robe of righteousness, while inside, it is empty and that is no doubt why so many people feel the need to fill that vacuum with food. And that is why Eisav/Edom is likened to "straw" by the prophet Ovadiah - animal food, something to be trampled underfoot, a thing of no lasting substance which vanishes into smoke at the hint of a match. America is not what it pretends to be. It is not what it imagines itself to be. And it is certainly not what American Jews think it is. America excels in pride. That will be her ultimate downfall.
For these reasons and more, America is doomed. And if a Jew calls himself an American and does not view himself as a foreigner living in a foreign land, he is doomed along with it. But, in the end, it will be because Israel relied on America rather than on HKB"H that really sealed its fate.
30 Tishrei 5779 Rosh Chodesh Aleph Tonight, I was listening to a rousing speech from a fictional US politician denouncing nationalism as "the existential threat of our time." I monitor this source because it is one of the most blatant pieces of propaganda in the American media and it gives clues as to which direction the American psyche is to be steered in days to come. After equating feelings of nationhood with Hate and Fear of "The Other," there came the ultimate appeal for tolerance and acceptance, the celebration of diversity and the rights of ALL religions and the proclamation that "We Are All Americans." And the first thought that popped into my head was "We [in Israel] are NOT Americans." Though, no doubt there are many who would like us to be. We can lay no claim to being "self-made," as the Master of the World made us into a nation. We can make no appeal to the values enshrined in a constitution written by our forbears because the Master of the World set a Torah in our hands and inscribed it in our hearts. We actually have to make a huge effort to close ourselves off from those who would destroy us, as our natural inclination is to be open to all. And when we do close ourselves off, it is not from fear or hatred, but out of love, obedience and loyalty to our Master and King - the Holy One, Blessed Be He. As He commands us, so must we do. This was our pledge in covenant with Him - "na'aseh v'nishmah" - 3,088 years before there was an America and we - His sons and daughters - will remain true to that covenant for eons after America has ceased to be. For it will surely come to its end someday just as every empire preceding it came to its end as well. Only the Jewish nation is forever. We are NOT Americans. We are the eternal Nation of Israel.
