Keeper of Promises

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Know what this is? It's a promise straight from Heaven. A promise made many years ago. A promise that is still being kept. God promised to bless those who bless His people and to curse those who curse His people.

On September 15, 1935, German Jews were deprived of citizenship in Nazi Germany when the Nuremberg Laws were enacted. At the same time, Germany's flag was changed to the "black spider" which symbolized cruelty and terror to many who saw it.

From Wikipedia:

On the evening of September 15, 1935, two measures were announced to the Reichstag at the annual Party Rally in Nuremberg, becoming known as the Nuremberg Laws.
The first law, The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, prohibited marriages [...] between "Jews" (the name was now officially used in place of "non-Aryans") and "Germans" and also the employment of "German" females under forty-five in Jewish households. The second law, The Reich Citizenship Law, declared those not of German blood to be Staatsangehöriege (state subjects) while those classified as "Aryans" were Reichsbürger (citizens of the Reich). Between November 1935 to July 1943, thirteeen implementation ordinances were issued dealing with the enforcement of Reich Citizenship Law that progressively marginalized the Jewish community in Germany.

The actual law:

The Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour
(September 15, 1935)

Entirely convinced that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:

Section 1
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.
Proceedings for annulment may be initiated only by the Public Prosecutor.

[...]

Section 3
Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens under the age of 45, of German or kindred blood, as domestic workers.

Section 4
Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colours.
On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.

Section 5
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine, or with one of these penalties.

Section 6
The Reich Minister of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy Führer and the Reich Minister of Justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations required for the enforcement and supplementing of this law.

Section 7
The law will become effective on the day after its promulgation; Section 3, however, not until January 1, 1936.

This is was only the beginning of the persecution God's chosen people were about to face at the hands of Hitler and his regime. In spite of everything the Jews went through, God was still faithful to His promise: "I will curse them that curse you."

Hitler and many of his top officials committed suicide, were brutally murdered, or were executed. The German people lost control of almost everything they had gained in World War Two. The years of fighting and persecution ended with the enemies of God's people hanging their heads in shame.

This promise of God's is pretty major. It involves an entire nation! But what I find mind-blowing is the fact that He remains equally faithful even to His more "minor" promises. "I will never leave you or forsake you." "I will supply your every need." "My grace is sufficient for you."

It's pretty neat to look and see God's fulfilled promises in history, but it's the everyday ones that mean the most. When I look at them and see how faithful He is, all I can do is be awed.

My God is an awesome God!