It is the modern day pharisees in today's "Israel" that I take issue with. Those who hate Christ (and they do). These are no more "honourable" than any muslim terrorist ... nor are they chosen of God. But many christian westerners today remain afraid to even consider such a thought in lieu of offending God. Those who bless "Israel" ..blah..blah..blah. They haven't a clue who "Israel" is. THIS is the great deception.
Israel will be His people again. Just as they had rejected the chief cornerstone and the despensation of the gospel went to the Gentiles, so will the falling away from the faith signal the end of the times of the Gentiles wherein the despensation of the gospel will go back to the Jews, the 144,000 witnesses after the pre trib rapture for the coming great tribulation.
Read Romans chapter 11 at this link below that God has not cast away His people.
Romans 11 KJV - I say then, Hath God cast away his - Bible Gateway
If someone claims to love today's "Israel", they would recognize that it is the gospel of Jesus Christ that they need to hear more than money for armaments to be used to establish their earthly nation. Abraham looked for an heavenly city whose founder and builder is God. Today's jew and all of us, as in the days of Abraham should be looking for no less. "If you knew Moses, you would know Me ... for Moses spoke of Me".
There is no denying of the Jews need to believe in the gospel, but do remember where we were when God came to our rescue.
Romans 5:[SUP]
7 [/SUP]For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [SUP]
10 [/SUP]For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
So what are believers to do?
1 Timothy 1:[SUP]
15 [/SUP]This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. [SUP]
17 [/SUP]Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Romans 12:[SUP]
18 [/SUP]If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. [SUP]
19 [/SUP]Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. [SUP]
20 [/SUP]Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Matthew 5:[SUP]
43 [/SUP]Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. [SUP]
44 [/SUP]But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; [SUP]
45 [/SUP]That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. [SUP]
46 [/SUP]For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? [SUP]
47 [/SUP]And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? [SUP]
48 [/SUP]Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Can you imagine being a devout zealous Jews that was being persecuted and christians treated him as they would a neighbour? And then the rapture came and all that they had shared with him comes to light whe He believes in Him?
No what do you think he would testify of the believers for so doing before he was saved? How they did not love them as their neighbor as they would themselves?
What if the shoe was reverse and Mexico & Canada & Cuba were at war with us, lobbing rockets into the US? What if we gave land for peace and yet when they get that land, factions use that land to launch rockets further into the US?
People may get lost in the media as to who did what first, but the telltale sign was when the U.N. recognized Israel as a nation because afterwards, Turkey, and other Islamic nations at that time .. attacked Israel in full force & lost. So take that as a clue that we are dealing with bigotry towards the Jewish people. Let us not be one of them because I am certain if USA was being attacked and criticised by the world for defending herself, they would want an ally to stand by them in the world in spite of its deceptions.
Frankly, schools and hospitals being bombed as they blamed Israel for doing so in killing women & children is hardly convincing when they were launching rockets from there. Who in their right mind would have their kids in school when they know they are launching rockets from there? What idiotwould stay in school or even in the area where they had launched rockets from knowing there has to be a retaliation to stop further rocket attacks?
I saw an interview of a Palestinian showing remorse & anger over the deah of his child by the Israelis and in the same beat talks about teaching his remaining child to hate Israel and to die in a jihad by strapping a bomb to him to kill as many Jews as he could. Twisted evil here.
The Koran has their "allah" teaching them to lie for peace if it will advance the cause of Islam in the world.
So I have seen enough and read enough scripture to know... we are to love the Jews in telling them the truth and since they will be believing soon, we should sow in tears now with that hope that we shall reap in joy soon, but we should stand by them for that future hope in Christ for them.
So the idea of war & killing as an excuse not to help Israel is liken to ignoring warring Nazis in Europe & the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. There is a reason why government bears the sword.
Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. [SUP]
3 [/SUP]For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: [SUP]
4 [/SUP]For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. [SUP]
5 [/SUP]Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
It is hypocritical how when desiring to turn away from the Jews in giving financial aide that we give aide to the Palestinians, but we go one step further by respecting the muslims by not preaching the gospel to them. I would call that being a friend of the world more than being a friend of God. When was the last time a Jew killed a christian as opposed to muslims?
So let's not get caught up in these anti-Israel rhetorics politically and share the gospel to both Jews & muslims while supporting Israel because there is an active bigotry being pushed in the world in the here & now to wipe out Israel.
Consider the following.