Support Israel? Yes or No? And Why?

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He is a troll, I would just ignore him. He is doing what most people do when they are confronted and have no true answer, attack your character to make himself look good.
 

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The view you present is Preterism in 1st century fulfillment, a mainstream teaching in reformed churches in (Historicism) as they have different teachings of their Antichrist, Nero, Titus, Vespasian, etc, and the temple destruction was the end of the law etc

The main point evolves around their false teaching in deception that the Antichrist seen in Daniel has been fulfilled, when scripture clearly teaches this human man is future, and will be present on earth until the second coming and consummation in final judgement (The End)

The Little Horn/Antichrist present on earth to the second coming, final judgement seen below

Daniel 7:9-11KJV
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

The Antichrist seen below, will be present on earth to the consummation (The End)

Daniel 9:27KJV
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The future Antichrist seen below in Daniel 11:37 will be a Jew/Hebrew in decent, his fathers worshipped the true Hebrew (God Of His Fathers)

Daniel 11:37KJV
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

2 Chronicles 28:25KJV
25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13KJV
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
You believe people just chose a doctrine. This is funny. You can see a pre trib, and millennium kingdom on Earth, a rapture before the tribulation and an antichrist in the end without reading any commentary. People come to these beliefs by reading the Bible. Many have never heard of the people who first wrote the compilation of such beliefs. Much like how most Christians fall on either the side of free will or determinism or in the middle without even studying Calvin or Arminius.
 

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Yes, but these expulsions always happened under Mosaic law. It even took them 40 years just to get a foot in the land, because they were not a faith people, but a Law for stubborn people people.

But even though they were exiled the last time for 1875 years, they still came back.
As the map below shows biblical Canaan, Israel dosent own or control (All The Land Of Canaan) nor have they since forever, as the everlasting covenant appears to be revoked, you gonna pull another rabbit out of your hat, in desperate aattemptsto save your Zionist Kingdom on earth? :giggle:

Genesis 17:8KJV
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.



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He is a troll, I would just ignore him. He is doing what most people do when they are confronted and have no true answer, attack your character to make himself look good.
More false claims, from a disgruntled poster, that denies Israel the Church, Children of the promised seed
 

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Paul showed the child of the devil love, with blindness for a season!
Acts 13:6-12KJV
6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
"[11] and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season."

"FOR a season"...

By the way, the Greek word for "FOR" here ^ is "G891 achri or achris"... https://biblehub.com/greek/891.htm


...the SAME Greek word translated "UNTIL" in Romans 11:25... "that blindness [/a hardening] in part is happened to Israel UNTIL G891 - achris ...[*UNTIL* the FULNESS of the Gentiles be come in [G1525]." ;) ]



that is, up until a certain point... ;) but after that point is a different story.




["12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord." Similar to what is stated in Ezek37-39, regarding those who "see" Israel, at a certain point in Israel's "FUTURE," but when their blindness / hardening IS LIFTED... (yet future to us... and future to "our Rapture") ;) ]
 

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"7 So [/in this way] will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken." - Ezekiel 39:7-8 (parallel wording to that of what Joseph did in Gen45:1[6], in the early part of Joseph's "seven year famine"--"...there STOOD NO MAN WITH HIM, while Joseph MADE HIMSELF KNOWN UNTO his brethren" ;) )
 

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Do you believe it was only 70 weeks for the first part of the prophecy true? To finish the transgression?

Weeks translated to

7620. shabua
Strong's Concordance​
shabua: a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week


Then the end of the prophecy references the 7 year tribulation.​
Daniel 9:24-27, Seventy Literal Weeks Explained?

Daniel's 70 weeks are literal 7 day periods, or 490 literal days.

If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written

(Four hundred and ninety years), simple

Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.


Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.

Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.

Below in Daniel 9:24-27 we see 70 literal future weeks or 490 days.

When the call/commandment goes out in Jerusalem to build unto the Jewish Meshiach/Messiah that they wait for (They Denied Jesus Christ) this will start the 7 week period.

62 literal weeks will be in building, and Meshiach/Messiah will be cut off by the Antichrist who stops the building.

The 70th literal week will see the antichrist revealed in making a covenant, and in the middle of this literal week he proclaims to be Meshiach/Messiah God to the Jews, and Jesus returned to the apostate church, to start a Millennium on earth.

The 3.5 year tribulation has started.

Daniel 9:24-27KJV
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
 

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But this isn't the structure that the Angel put forth why only in this case we see seventy sevens structured this way and not as simple as just stating a number?
It clearly states 70 weeks not 490 years as many falsely teach
 

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@Truth7t7 , Since Daniel clearly grasped the word "YEARS" (according to your reasoning), what then did he mean HERE (since, according to *your* reasoning, he could NOT have meant "YEARS" or else he would have said it that way just like everywhere else in Daniel) :


  1. Daniel 4:16
    Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

  2. Daniel 4:23
    And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

  3. Daniel 4:25
    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  4. Daniel 4:32
    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.




    How long was that??

[do you think these verses are in any way related to "prophecy"... as in future prophecy beyond "Neb's" personal human lifespan??]
 

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I don't see that it makes any difference

Gen 17
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
it was said in Hebrews too
 

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@Truth7t7 , Since Daniel clearly grasped the word "YEARS" (according to your reasoning), what then did he mean HERE (since, according to *your* reasoning, he could NOT have meant "YEARS" or else he would have said it that way just like everywhere else in Daniel) :


  1. Daniel 4:16
    Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

  2. Daniel 4:23
    And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

  3. Daniel 4:25
    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  4. Daniel 4:32
    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.




    How long was that??

[do you think these verses are in any way related to "prophecy"... as in future prophecy beyond "Neb's" personal human lifespan??]
There is no concern regarding Daniel Chapter 4

Our concern is the written words (Seventy Weeks) and it dosent mean (Four Hundred And Ninety Years)
 

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@Truth7t7 , but in Daniel 4 (according to your reasoning), he did not write "years" which he had perfect capability of doing (per your reasoning) but didn't, here. Why not?

How long did he MEAN, then, in THIS text (Daniel 4... 4x)?

If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written

(Four hundred and ninety years), simple
If he hadn't meant "years" in Daniel 4 (4x that the word "TIMES" is used)... then what did he mean instead?

Could he have used the term "TIMES" to legitimately be referring to "YEARS"? Or, no... according to you? Which?



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As for the word in Dan9:24 (under discussion), here's what Strong's has to say:

[quoting]

Strong's Hebrew: 7620. שְׁבֻעַ (shabua) -- a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (biblehub.com)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

seven, week
Or shabuan {shaw-boo'-ah}; also (feminine) shbu.ah {sheb-oo-aw'}; properly, passive participle of shaba' as a denominative of sheba'; literal, sevened, i.e. A week (specifically, of years) -- seven, week.

see HEBREW shaba'

see HEBREW sheba'

[end quoting Strong's]
 

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Daniel 9:24-27, Seventy Literal Weeks Explained?

Daniel's 70 weeks are literal 7 day periods, or 490 literal days.

If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written

(Four hundred and ninety years), simple

Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.


Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.

Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.

Below in Daniel 9:24-27 we see 70 literal future weeks or 490 days.

When the call/commandment goes out in Jerusalem to build unto the Jewish Meshiach/Messiah that they wait for (They Denied Jesus Christ) this will start the 7 week period.

62 literal weeks will be in building, and Meshiach/Messiah will be cut off by the Antichrist who stops the building.

The 70th literal week will see the antichrist revealed in making a covenant, and in the middle of this literal week he proclaims to be Meshiach/Messiah God to the Jews, and Jesus returned to the apostate church, to start a Millennium on earth.

The 3.5 year tribulation has started.

Daniel 9:24-27KJV
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This doesn't answer my post.
 

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It clearly states 70 weeks not 490 years as many falsely teach
No it does not. Seventy Sevens. I already posted the Word in Hebrew. Plus we can literally look back and history and see it definitely was not weeks.
 

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No it does not. Seventy Sevens. I already posted the Word in Hebrew. Plus we can literally look back and history and see it definitely was not weeks.
It clearly states (Seventy Weeks) You Arent Going To Change Gods Words

Daniel 9:24KJV
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Daniel's 70 weeks are literal 7 day periods, or 490 literal days.

If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written

(Four hundred and ninety years), simple

Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.


Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
 
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I am not sure what the map proves.

The history of the Jews is unfolding in real historical time, it seems strange to deny that. It has been and remains a very troubled history. (David was told he would have a troubled house). I truly believe that God has his hand on the ancient Israelites - which is a common Christian belief though you dispute it. As I've stated, I think when the time of their curse expires (the time of the gentiles) then he will change their hearts to him. When this happens their situation will alter beyond our comprehension.



As the map below shows biblical Canaan, Israel dosent own or control (All The Land Of Canaan) nor have they since forever, as the everlasting covenant appears to be revoked, you gonna pull another rabbit out of your hat, in desperate aattemptsto save your Zionist Kingdom on earth? :giggle:

Genesis 17:8KJV
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.



Map of Canaan - 12 Tribe Portions

(Freely Distributed)
As the map below shows biblical Canaan, Israel dosent own or control (All The Land Of Canaan) nor have they since forever, as the everlasting covenant appears to be revoked, you gonna pull another rabbit out of your hat, in desperate aattemptsto save your Zionist Kingdom on earth? :giggle:

Genesis 17:8KJV
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.



Map of Canaan - 12 Tribe Portions

(Freely Distributed)
 

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I am not sure what the map proves.

The history of the Jews is unfolding in real historical time, it seems strange to deny that. It has been and remains a very troubled history. (David was told he would have a troubled house). I truly believe that God has his hand on the ancient Israelites - which is a common Christian belief though you dispute it. As I've stated, I think when the time of their curse expires (the time of the gentiles) then he will change their hearts to him. When this happens their situation will alter beyond our comprehension.
"Israel Is The Church", Children Of The Promised Seed

All Israel Will Be Saved, When The Last Soul Is Added To "Israel The Church" On Earth

Romans 11:2KJV
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

Romans 11:5-7KJV
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

Romans 11:28KJV
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

1 Peter 1:2KJV
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
 

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I am not sure what the map proves.

The history of the Jews is unfolding in real historical time, it seems strange to deny that. It has been and remains a very troubled history. (David was told he would have a troubled house). I truly believe that God has his hand on the ancient Israelites - which is a common Christian belief though you dispute it. As I've stated, I think when the time of their curse expires (the time of the gentiles) then he will change their hearts to him. When this happens their situation will alter beyond our comprehension.
Many are "Blind" to scriptural truth as presented before your eyes, Israel/Jerusalem will see the future fulfilling of the Gentiles for 42 months Rev 11:2, and the future slaughter of 2/3 will be cut off and die Zechariah 13:8, Luke 21:20-23

Revelation 11:2KJV
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Zechariah 13:8KJV
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Luke 21:20-23KJV
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
 
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My take on the situation is that both is wrong. It doesn't matter who is right. You can be right but then the way you treat others are wrong. It is not more important to reflect the character of Jesus Christ, then to be right.
 
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Support Israel?

Yes or no?

If they're on God's side in any given situation, then "yes".

If they're not on God's side in any given situation, then "no".

God never wants us to support evil...wherever it is found.
It may be theologically debated on rather a Christian should support Israel. However, no matter what side you take, Israel will still be prophetically standing for the Revelation events to occur. Israel should be supported politically because they are the only nation in that region that promotes human rights, religious freedom, and a Democratic system of government where the people have the freedom to vote. Their counterintelligence on terrorist organizations is crucial for national security for America and our allies. Due to our aligned beliefs on religious freedom, human rights, and defense from terrorism, many in the middle east consider Israel and America the same. Both infidels and worthy of destruction.

Theologically it is debated because some believe the Old Testament verses like this one below to be obsolete.

Genesis 12:2-3
New International Version
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”

This is just my interpretation, but I know for a fact that nowhere else in scripture does it counter this promise. Nowhere is it canceled. The bottom portion of verse 3 was completed in Jesus Christ as all people on the Earth were blessed through Jesus's sacrifice. As for the fulfillment of the Old Testament, this is related to the demands of the Mosaic ceremonial laws, judicial laws, and completion of Old Testament prophecy.

I do not see where the promise of I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, stops from being true.
I think my question would be rather "what do you think is Israel? That thing striving with Iran?"