Unity

I watched The State of The Union speech last night. It was just like every other speech of it's type I guess. The president says something. One side of the aisle likes it, the other side doesn't. Such is the nature of politics.

Occasionally there are moments in speeches like The State of The Union when all sides actually agree on something. Congress appeared unified when it came to honoring our veterans and battling childhood cancer. Sadly, those moments don't happen often enough.

"How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!" - Psalm 133:1

There was one moment in particular though that really brought everyone to tears. First there was the story of a Jewish man named Judah who not only survived the holocaust but the recent shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Then, in an amazing show of unity by congress, they all sang this man Happy Birthday. Yesterday was his 81st.

Next the president told the story of Judah and his family being put on a train, allegedly going to another camp. Suddenly, somewhere along the way, the train stopped. The Jewish prisoners feared the worst. The Jewish boy's father went and peered out to see what was going on. His father turned around and excitedly screamed, "It's the Americans!"

Then another holocaust survivor named Joshua was introduced. Joshua was a prisoner at Dachau. Joshua watched through a hole in the wall of a cattle car as the American soldiers rolled in to rescue them with their tanks.

"To me the American soldiers were proof that God exists." he said.

Then the president spoke of an American World War II veteran named Herman who was one of the soldiers who had liberated Dachau. And there he was sitting right next to the person he helped liberate.

Herman could barely stand in his old age but his Jewish friend named Joshua helped him to do so.

The name Herman is a German name and literally means "army-man".

So there you had some amazing names in a modern day story of Biblical meaning. Jesus was called the Lion of Judah. The name we use for Jesus is actually pronounced Yeshua or Joshua.

In the present day story "army man" saved Joshua and Judah. In Biblical times, and today, Joshua, The Lion of Judah, saves an "army of man" through belief through faith. I just thought that was kind of neat.

"Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed." - Revelation 5:5

You can hear these stories beginning at the 1:12:02 mark in the following video.

State of The Union Address 2019