04/03/2022 – Recommendation: Movie: “Defiance” – The inspiring story of a Jewish community of 1,000+ souls that waged a courageous resistance against the Nazis in the forests of Belarus for 2 1/2 years.
Thank you brother John for recommending this. I feel compelled to pass it on . We all need to resolve to build the impregnable remnant body of Christ just as this movie portrays. God provides, he just calls us to participate.
I am using the summary on Peter Duffy’s book “The Bielski Brother’s. The link to this book on Amazon is below:
“In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblings being led away to their eventual murders. It was a grim scene that would,of course, be repeated endlessly throughout the war. Instead of running orgiving in to despair, these brothers — Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski — foughtback, waging a guerrilla war of wits against the Nazis.
By using their intimate knowledge of the dense forests surrounding theBelarusan towns of Novogrudek and Lida, the Bielskis evaded the Nazis and established a hidden base camp, then set about convincing other Jews to jointheir ranks. As more and more Jews arrived each day, a robust communitybegan to emerge, a “Jerusalem in the woods.”
After two and a half years in the woods, in July 1944, the Bielskis learnedthat the Germans, overrun by the Red Army, were retreating back towardBerlin. More than one thousand Bielski Jews emerged — alive — on that final,triumphant exit from the woods.”
I haven’t read the book yet but we saw the movie this weekend on a Prime Video rental. We are only interested in movies that inspire us and motivate us to fight evil , and this one is a stand-out. Once again, Ephesians 6:13!
An amazing story, if “God is with us, who can be against us?”
Soli Deo Gloria!
Your brother in Christ,
Jimmy