Imagine a world where a professor who praised the mass murder of civilians is chosen to teach about the very people his heroes tried to destroy. This isn’t a dystopian novel – it’s happening right now at Columbia University. As Congressman Ritchie Torres noted on X: “Joseph Massad, who is an apologist for October 7th (calling it ‘astounding’ and ‘incredible’), is going to teach a course on Zionism at Columbia University. What’s next at Columbia? David Duke teaching a course on antiracism?”
This stunning reality matches another observation Torres made on X: “We live in an alternate reality where evil has become good and wrong has become right and Israeli self-defense has become aggression and antisemitic terrorism has become resistance.”
These aren’t just political statements – they’re modern examples of what the prophets warned about thousands of years ago. Isaiah spoke directly to this moment when he declared:
This isn’t about people disagreeing or seeing things differently. Isaiah is describing something far more fundamental: a complete inversion of reality itself. He’s warning about a time when society wouldn’t just be confused – it would literally turn things upside down, calling light darkness and darkness light.
Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague (known as the “Maharal”) explains that this inversion serves a specific purpose in history. He teaches that just before the final redemption, reality must reach its most distorted state – what he calls “hafuch al hafuch,” “inversion upon inversion.” This isn’t random chaos, but a necessary phase in the redemptive process. The ultimate truth can only emerge in its purest form when its opposite has reached its complete expression.
Think about how we see stars. It’s only in complete darkness that we can see them in their full brilliance. Similarly, when falsehood reaches its absolute peak – when it becomes so obvious that a professor who celebrated violence against Jews is teaching Jewish history – the truth becomes clearer than ever through sheer contrast.
When we see universities hiring professors who praise terrorism to teach about its victims, when we witness international bodies condemning defensive actions while ignoring brutal aggression, we’re not just seeing random moral confusion. We’re watching the fulfillment of ancient prophecy – one that promised that truth would have to be turned completely upside down before it could be fully restored.
This doesn’t mean we should passively accept falsehood. But understanding this process should strengthen our resolve and help us remain calm and determined. The explosion of falsehood and darkness in our time is part of God’s plan for the world, part of a larger process leading toward light.
The challenge for us today isn’t just to maintain our grip on truth in a world of confusion. It’s to understand that this confusion – as frustrating and painful as it is – is itself a sign that we’re moving toward clarity. As we witness the world turning truth upside down, remember: the darkness doesn’t just presage the dawn – it’s the very darkness that makes the coming light impossible to ignore.
So next time you read about the sickening travesty that is Columbia University, remember this – the darker their lies become, the more blinding the truth will be when it finally bursts through.
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