Jerusalem being the key to that door, I felt it necessary to address this rampant twist of scripture and going against God Himself. Let it be known that I am a staunch defender of Israel right to exist, and that they are God’s chosen people above all nations. Why do I support Israel, and why should you? Because God commanded it so and it is all the reason any Christian needs. There is a concerted effort in the liberal theology crowd to demonize Israel, but frankly, they don’t know who they are messing with. If there is one thing that we as Christians have to guard against is the false doctrine of replacement theology.
When I read my bible the pages unfold of the relationship that Jehovah had with the nation of Israel starting with Abram who later became known as Abraham. Before this time, the whole of mankind were known as the “nations”. Until Abraham became a friend of God, God did not have a covenant relationship with anyone. Many men walked with God. I think of Enoch whom God took and he never saw death. There was also, Noah who found favor in the site of the Lord. These notable men had found a personal relationship with God and God called them to do a specific work according to His will. But until Abram, God did not single out any specific group of people for any special attention. God told this man called Abraham that his descendents would number as the stars of heaven and that Jehovah would give his descendents the land from the great river of Egypt, to the Euphrates, south to the Red Sea and north to what is now Syria for a perpetual land grant. It was deeded to them by the voice of God forever. It was a literal land grant, not a spiritual one.
For hundreds of years, God worked with the descendents of Abraham, bringing them out of Egypt and giving them His laws at Mount Sinai, but Israel was rebellious and God called them “stiff necked”. He even thought about wiping them off the face of the earth and replacing them with the descendents of Moses. But Moses stood in the gap as type of Christ in intercession for the people and God relented of the thought of destroying them. Many times, God chastened these ancient people and they learned for a short while. But, God finally sent them into exile via Babylonia under King Nebuchadnezzar for a very long 70 years for not following His commands and becoming ensnared with the worship of false gods. God warned them in Deuteronomy chapter 30:
30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
God further commanded them to not inquire of how the people in the land of Canaan, who they were expelling from the land because of idolatry, worshipped their heathen gods:
. . . take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise." You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. (Deuteronomy 12:30-31)
When I read my bible the pages unfold of the relationship that Jehovah had with the nation of Israel starting with Abram who later became known as Abraham. Before this time, the whole of mankind were known as the “nations”. Until Abraham became a friend of God, God did not have a covenant relationship with anyone. Many men walked with God. I think of Enoch whom God took and he never saw death. There was also, Noah who found favor in the site of the Lord. These notable men had found a personal relationship with God and God called them to do a specific work according to His will. But until Abram, God did not single out any specific group of people for any special attention. God told this man called Abraham that his descendents would number as the stars of heaven and that Jehovah would give his descendents the land from the great river of Egypt, to the Euphrates, south to the Red Sea and north to what is now Syria for a perpetual land grant. It was deeded to them by the voice of God forever. It was a literal land grant, not a spiritual one.
For hundreds of years, God worked with the descendents of Abraham, bringing them out of Egypt and giving them His laws at Mount Sinai, but Israel was rebellious and God called them “stiff necked”. He even thought about wiping them off the face of the earth and replacing them with the descendents of Moses. But Moses stood in the gap as type of Christ in intercession for the people and God relented of the thought of destroying them. Many times, God chastened these ancient people and they learned for a short while. But, God finally sent them into exile via Babylonia under King Nebuchadnezzar for a very long 70 years for not following His commands and becoming ensnared with the worship of false gods. God warned them in Deuteronomy chapter 30:
30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
God further commanded them to not inquire of how the people in the land of Canaan, who they were expelling from the land because of idolatry, worshipped their heathen gods:
. . . take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise." You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. (Deuteronomy 12:30-31)
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