Exodus 19:5-6, “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”
Before I say anything, let me state clearly that I love Jewish people. Racism is a sin! I am not anti-Semite, I am anticorruption. I am for the truth, whatever it may be. The truth can be dealt with, but a lie cannot. As a fundamentalist Baptist preacher my desire, duty and obligation to God is to preach the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
Before I say anything, let me state clearly that I love Jewish people. Racism is a sin! I am not anti-Semite, I am anticorruption. I am for the truth, whatever it may be. The truth can be dealt with, but a lie cannot. As a fundamentalist Baptist preacher my desire, duty and obligation to God is to preach the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
Every time Israel gets attacked, pastors across America rally behind Israel. Such was the case this past week when rockets attacked Israel. ...
Kindly, if you think that ungodly Christ-rejecting Jews in Israel today, who spit upon the name of Lord Jesus Christ, have some special claim or right to being supported by churches, you are woefully deceived. You will not receive God's blessing for donating money or help to ungodly Jews. Jesus said in Mark 9:41 that if you give even a cup of water to someone “because ye belong to Christ,” God will reward you. That means if you help my ministry, because I am serving Christ, God will reward you. I've never accepted any money and never will. This is a labor of love for Jesus Christ. Many people share my blogs and website articles on social media, they pray for my health and ministry, they love and they encourage me when I am feeling down, et cetera. God will reward them for being fellowhelpers to the truth. 3rd John 1:8, “We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.”
The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched the largest attack on Israel in decades early Saturday, invading multiple Israeli towns from Gaza and launching masses of missiles into the country. At least 200 Israelis and about 200 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, according to Israeli media reports and the Palestinian government. SOURCE
Palestinian Militants Launch Massive Surprise Attack on Israel
Why doesn't the U.S. newsmedia ever condemn Israel for attacking Palestinians? I'll tell you why, because the U.S. mainstream newsmedia is controlled by ungodly Zionists. “Zion” refers to the city of Jerusalem in the Bible. There is a good Zionism taught in the Bible, concerning the future restoration of true Israel when Jesus Christ returns at His SECOND COMING; and then there is a bad Zionism which promotes Satan's imitation of Israel today.
Israel, Not The Jews, The Apple Of God's Eye
Israel is the “apple of God's eye” we read in Zechariah 2:8, “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.” Now, there is much misunderstanding about this passage of Scripture. Some foolish people claim that wicked Israel today is still blessed of God. They would have us as born-again Christians to foolishly think that wicked Israel today is the apple of God's eye, regardless of her depth of wickedness, and that we are obligated as saints to support ungodly Israel. Nothing could be further from the truth. True Israel doesn't exist today! What exists today is a manmade imitation of God's Israel.
By being the “apple of God's eye,” the Bible is simply referring to what Israel represents in God's eyes. God gave the world the Holy Bible though Israel. God gave humanity the blessed Savior, His only begotten Son, through Israel (Jesus being a Jew). The Bible is essentially a Jewish history book. God's intent for Israel was to be ambassadors to mankind. Sadly, they refused to keep God's commandments, ruining things for themselves. When Zechariah the prophet speaks of Israel being the “apple of God's eye,” he is not saying that Jews are better than Gentiles, nor that we owe them some special treatment. The prophet is simply declaring that the nation of Israel itself is special to God, because He has a divine purpose for the nation. We must distinguish between the nation itself and the individual people.
As an illustration, the United States was founded with the idea that this would become a great nation, where it's citizens would be completely free from tyranny. But this doesn't mean that Americans always do the right thing. Millions of Americans are incarcerated in prison today. Our culture today is decadent, full of pride, drug addiction, crime, abortion, public nudity, gossip, homosexuality, adultery, fornication, divorce, stealing, arrogance, bullying and every other form of evil. But just because Americans choose to commit wickedness and forget God, doesn't change the ideologies that our founding fathers had in mind when they founded the United States back in 1776. The United States represents something much greater than its individual citizens.
Likewise, Israel was founded with the idea that they would preach the Gospel to the world, and be God's people. As our text passage from Exodus 19:5-6 says, God wanted a peculiar people who were zealous to do good works. But the Jews rebelled and chose to worship idols instead. The Jews did wickedly, so God chastised them using heathen nations. Ultimately, God divorced Israel. Since 586 BC Israel no longer exists anymore, utterly destroyed by Babylon. However, the philosophical noble ideologies behind why Israel was formed in the first place haven't changed, which is what the “apple of God's eye” refers to. God never defended the Jews when they committed wickedness. For example: In Judges 6:1 Israel did wickedly, so God gave them into the hands of the Midianites for 7 years to suffer famine in the land.
Notice in our text Scripture passage from the Old Testament, that God's promise to bless Israel was CONDITIONAL upon their continued OBEDIENCE. ...
Exodus 19:5-6, “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”
Don't overlook that conditional word, “if.” The Bible says “if ye obey me,” then will God bless them. Sadly, the Israelites didn't obey God most of the time. The Jews went into idolatry. That is what the Old Testament book of Ezekiel is about, Israel's whoredom with idols. Jeremiah 3:8, “And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.” The Bible is speaking here about spiritual adultery with idols. God divorced the nation of Israel, but he made a way for His people to be graffed back into the Olive Tree. Romans 11:23-24, “And they also, if they [Jews] abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For if thou [Gentiles] wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these [Jews], which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?” In other words, only born-again Jews by faith in Jesus Christ are going to Heaven, and are counted among the seed of Abraham. ...
Galatians 3:7, “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Lest you have any reluctance to believe what I am teaching you, consider the following Scripture passage...
Romans 2:28-29, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
A person is NOT a Jew who is one nationally, culturally, ethnically, religiously or biologically; but rather, spiritually (i.e., “YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN” Jesus warned in John 3:3-7). Please let me quote these Bible verses again, because they lay to rest any debate in the matter:
Galatians 3:7, “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Only born-again Jews and Gentiles are “THE CHOSEN.” No unbelieving Jew will ever enter into God's Kingdom, and no believing Gentile will ever plunge into the fires of Hell. Being Jewish no more guarantees a lost sinner of eternal life, than being Swedish would guarantee a man the right to become the President of the United States. The only qualifying condition to enter through the Pearly Gates of Heaven is the new birth, which is by faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:9-11, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”
Present-Day Israel Is Not The Fulfillment Of Bible Prophecy
Here is an accurate, biblical, gentlemanly and excellent statement from Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) concerning why present-day Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy...
Hosea 3:5 evidences the fact that Israel's present return to the land is not the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy today. When Jesus Christ returns at the Second Coming, and true Israel is returned to the Promised Land, Hosea 3:5 says they will SEEK AND FEAR THE LORD THEIR GOD! Click here if you'd like to listen to Pastor J. Vernon McGee's commentary on Hosea.
Here is an accurate, biblical, gentlemanly and excellent statement from Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) concerning why present-day Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy...
“Israel is just like any other nation. Some think they're a little brutal, but my friend, they're on the defense over there, you can be sure of that. And they have to exercise a strong defense system. They're not backing that land in fulfillment of prophecy. They have returned to the land, but they have not yet returned to the Lord. When they return to the Lord there will be blessing. They have not yet done that!In his “THRU-THE-BIBLE” commentary for Hosea 3:5, Dr. McGee stresses the truth that there are more Arab Christians in Israel today than there are Jewish Christians. Upon a return trip to visit Israel, Pastor McGee makes the startling comment, “Over there there's no turning to God, at all!” While visiting he saw a big motto in Israel which read: “SCIENCE WILL BRING PEACE TO THIS LAND.” Israel is a Godless nation today! Dr. McGee cites a credible source as saying that there are less than 300 Israelites that are real believers in Israel today! The Russian Catholic Church owns much land in Israel today, as do Greek Orthodox and Muslims. Dr. McGee rightly states, “We're a nation of Biblical ignoramuses! We do not know the Word of God today in this land” (Pastor J. Vernon McGee, THRU-THE-BIBLE, commentary from Hosea 4:1-2).
...they went out in 70 A.D. And they actually have never returned to the land according to the Word of God. Now hear me very carefully because this is very important to see. They have returned to the land today, and it's remarkable what has happened over there, but it's not the fulfillment of prophecy, because the prophecy says when they return they'll return TO GOD!”
SOURCE: Pastor J. Vernon McGee; THRU-THE-BIBLE; Hosea 2:19-23 and Hosea 3:4
Hosea 3:5 evidences the fact that Israel's present return to the land is not the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy today. When Jesus Christ returns at the Second Coming, and true Israel is returned to the Promised Land, Hosea 3:5 says they will SEEK AND FEAR THE LORD THEIR GOD! Click here if you'd like to listen to Pastor J. Vernon McGee's commentary on Hosea.
Love The Arab People
God is not a respecter of person, whether Jew or Gentile:
Romans 10:12, “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.”I love the Arab people very much. I am wearied with the bigotry of professed Christians who lash out with hate against the Arab peoples. Romans 10:12 plainly states that there is NO DIFFERENCE in God's eyes between the Jews and the Gentiles (all non-Jews). If you have been led to believe that Jewish people are more special than Gentiles, you have been woefully deceived.
The doctrine of religious and political Zionism is a false teaching. Jesus promised to regather Israel at His Second Coming, and not before. And furthermore, only born-again Jews, i.e., those who have Christ's righteousness by faith in Him, will see the Promised Land. And, every Arab can enjoy the same promise of entering into the Promised Land, which was made to them as much as the Jews. Romans 4:13, “For THE PROMISE, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.” Amen! Any Arab (Gentile) who comes to God the Father through faith in His only begotten Son for forgiveness of sins, will enjoy the Promised Land when Jesus returns. Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Born-again Arabs are of the seed of Abraham!!!
Many people wrongly blame Islam for the 911 attacks; but Islam was not to blame in the least. It is unfair for Americans to focus on the terrorist attacks of a few Shiite Muslims throughout the Middle East, while completely ignoring our own murderous holocaust right here in America against innocent babies in the womb. Statistically, a mother's womb is the most dangerous place in the world to be. This ought not be. Can you imagine? The Arab people put Americans to shame morally.
Who are we as Americans to criticize the Muslims, considering the utter hypocrisy of our nation toward its weak, unborn and elderly? Poor Terri Schiavo. Americans sat back, while Florida officials tortured that innocent woman to death. How can Americans sit in judgment upon the Arabs? The churches have been deceived by the New World Order, supporting the manmade nation of Israel today, which was reestablished in May of 1948 by the Council On Foreign Relations. God did not reestablish Israel, unbelieving heathen men did.
British and United States led ally military soldiers forced the Palestinian people out of Israel at gunpoint, robbing them of their homes and possessions. Can you blame those victimized people for being angry and wanting revenge? It's not hard to understanding why some Arabs would strap themselves with dynamite, and as a suicide-bomber blow up a bus or McDonalds in Israel, when their ancestors had their homes stolen from them in 1948. Remember, God drove them from their homeland in 70 AD, when the Roman Emperor Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Jews were scattered throughout the world. Deuteronomy 28:64, “And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.”
Jack Chick, John Hagee and many other Zionist ministers, have demonized the Arab people, while white-washing the Jews. It is Americans who are behaving demonically! Jack Chick has a publication (which I won't call a Gospel tract), called LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE. That bothers me to no end, because America gives tens-of-billions of dollars to Israel every year; but we give nothing to suffering Palestinians living in poverty and make-shift tents. I'm not elevating any group over another. Biblically, we're supposed to love all mankind equally. That's exactly what Jesus taught, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthew 22:39). Everyone is my neighbour (Luke 10:33).
Truly, America has become THE GREAT SATAN! In fact, that's exactly what a high priest in the Church of Satan stated. Do the Arabs have a Church of Satan? No, only in America!
Please don't misunderstand me, I am not endorsing the religion of Islam in any way; nor can I, for they deny Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. However, I have a lot of respect for most Arab people, whose women dress modestly, and their men are men. I do not endorse any form of abuse; however, the Arabs have been unfairly stereotyped to a large extent by feminists in the United States. The total Arab submission of their women comes MUCH closer to Biblical living than the hussy, rebellious, bratty, arrogant, bimbo, whorish, lesbian behavior of American women.
We've abused our freedoms in America to the point where we're destroying ourselves as a people. Americans party to the sinful lyrics of “get down on it,” “all night long,” “shake your booty,” “do it like a virgin,” “freak out,” “get down tonight” ... and then wonder why nearly half the children in America are murdered by abortion, by irresponsible and Godless parents who commit sexual sins. The Arab people have more decency, morality and respect for themselves than to live like that. Americans have well-earned the title of THE GREAT SATAN for our sin-loving nation. How can we argue with such an allegation against our nation, when we officially nickname one of our biggest cities to SIN CITY?
Salem, Massachusetts, brags of the witchcraft roots of their city. All of their police officers wear arm patches that boast... SALEM: THE WITCH CITY. Do we really trust in God as a nation? We have forgotten God. How can anyone in America sing, GOD BLESS AMERICA, in the midst of such hypocrisy, evil and rebellion against God? Late Night's Conan O'Brien sings with cheer that he's going to Hell when he dies. Oh, that it would not be so. Hell is forever!
America's youth are behaving like animals, because that is what evolution calls them in the public schools. In 1962 we kicked prayer out of the schools, and the Bible in 1963. We said, “Goodbye God!” And now our nation is in shambles! So, it shouldn't come as a surprise today that we see young people committing Smash & Grab crimes nationwide. Isaiah 3:12, “As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.”
We Americans could learn a lot from the Arab peoples about respect, decency and gratitude. Shame on America! Our leaders have committed blatant evil against other nations, including the Arab nations; while we sit idle playing with our MP3 player and TV remote. We Americans don't deserve our freedoms, because we have abandoned the responsibility that comes with them. Revelation 11:8, “And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.” Wow, what an indictment against the city of Jerusalem! This is the city where the Lord was crucified. The Bible calls Jerusalem, spiritually, “Sodom and Egypt” (two of the most wicked places in history). Spiritually, the city of Jerusalem is as wicked as Sodom and Egypt.
The Jewish publication, FORWARD, has dubbed the city of Tel Aviv as the 'Gay Mecca' for homosexuals. So much for the misnomer: 'The Holy Land.' The city of Sodom obtained its disparaging name from the fact that homosexuality was a major problem in the ancient city. In Genesis chapter 19 we read about a wicked mob of lustful out of control homosexuals, who were roaming the city for their next victims to sodomize. The sodomites set their criminal perverse desires upon the two angels whom God had sent to Lot's house. Statistically, homosexuals are more prone to violence then heterosexuals. Here is a quote from The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) from 2010. ...
The CDC also stated that 43.8% of lesbian women reported experiencing physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners. The study notes that, out of those 43.8%, two thirds (67.4%) reported exclusively female perpetrators. The other third reported at least one perpetrator being male, however the study made no distinction between victims who experienced violence from male perpetrators only and those who reported both male and female perpetrators. Similarly, 61.1% of bisexual women reported physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners in the same study with 89.5% reporting at least one perpetrator being male. In contrast, 35% of heterosexual women reported having been victim of intimate partner violence, with 98.7% of them reporting male perpetrators exclusively.
SOURCE: Walters, Mikel L., Jieru Chen, and Matthew J. Breiding. “The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 findings on victimization by sexual orientation.” Atlanta, Georgia: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 648, no. 73 (2013): 6.
Young people in America aren't taught anymore to respect the things of others, nor to respect their elders. Kids are brats these days—pushing adults out of their way in public, littering the ground like pigs, and showing no respect for their neighbours. In contrast, Arab children are largely well-behaved and dare not disrespect their elders. The elderly are forgotten about in nursing homes, most of which fail to meet government quality standards. In sharp contrast, in the Asian and Middle Eastern cultures they take care of their elderly. In America, our elderly have to take buses to Canada and travel down to Mexico to purchase affordable medications and to obtain affordable dental care. That's how we mistreat our elderly in the United States.
Please don't misunderstand, I am not anti-American. On the contrary, I love America, which is why I speak the truth. What has our nation deteriorated into? When did we stop showing our gratitude for God? We certainly don't show our appreciation by 42,000,000 visitors flocking to SIN CITY each year. Those 42 million tourists spend a staggering $6,500,000,000 each year in Las Vegas. America is a wicked and mentally-ill society.
So I say to you, whoever you may be, love the Arab people, and don't be so hard on them. We have a lot of junk in our own backyard that needs to be cleaned up in America. In fact, we've got a rotten morgue in America to deal with—rigor mortis having set in a long time ago. We've passed Code Blue in the United States. We're spiritually dead as a nation. I love Arabs and Jews alike. This is what the Bible teaches. If you favor the Jews but despise Muslim people, you are not right with God. Less than 2.5% of the inhabitants of Israel today profess faith in Jesus Christ (and that includes hellbound Mormons, Roman Catholics, Church of Christ, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutherans, Seventh-Day Adventists and other heretical religious cults who are wrong on the Gospel).
Please don't misunderstand, I am not anti-American. On the contrary, I love America, which is why I speak the truth. What has our nation deteriorated into? When did we stop showing our gratitude for God? We certainly don't show our appreciation by 42,000,000 visitors flocking to SIN CITY each year. Those 42 million tourists spend a staggering $6,500,000,000 each year in Las Vegas. America is a wicked and mentally-ill society.
So I say to you, whoever you may be, love the Arab people, and don't be so hard on them. We have a lot of junk in our own backyard that needs to be cleaned up in America. In fact, we've got a rotten morgue in America to deal with—rigor mortis having set in a long time ago. We've passed Code Blue in the United States. We're spiritually dead as a nation. I love Arabs and Jews alike. This is what the Bible teaches. If you favor the Jews but despise Muslim people, you are not right with God. Less than 2.5% of the inhabitants of Israel today profess faith in Jesus Christ (and that includes hellbound Mormons, Roman Catholics, Church of Christ, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutherans, Seventh-Day Adventists and other heretical religious cults who are wrong on the Gospel).
FREE PALESTINE
(a helpful sermon by Pastor Steven Anderson)
(a helpful sermon by Pastor Steven Anderson)
Satan Imitates The Things Of God
The Bible teaches that Satan is an imitator, that is, a master counterfeiter. 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (cf. Matthew 7:21-23). Let me ask you a question friend: Who are the ministers of unrighteousness today? I'll bet you never thought about that. Is it the Pope? I would say, yes, definitely. Is it Billy Graham (1918-2018)? Sadly, I would say yes! Tragically, 99% of our estimated 350,000 churches in the United States are full of false teachers! Is it Dr. John MacArthur? Yes, sadly, he is a sinister minister! Any pastor who preaches the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation is a minister of unrighteousness!!!
“Lordship Salvation” is the unbiblical teaching that faith is not enough to get to Heaven, but in addition, you must “turn from your sin; turn from your evil way, and begin to follow Jesus.” That is exactly the damnable heresy that Ken Ham and his Answers-In-Genesis religious business foolishly teach. At Answers-In-Genesis, they even mention the “second thing” that you must do to be saved. Dear reader, there is NO SECOND THING that you must do to be saved. There is ONLY ONE THING, which according to Acts 16:31b is to “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Hosea 3:5, “Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.”Why I Don't Stand With Israel
For the preceding reasons, and because I am not a respecter of persons (just as God is not a respecter of persons), I do not support Israel when they are attacked. Israel has much blood on their hands, not just the Arabs. I highly encourage you dear reader to watch this eye-opening sermon by Pastor Steven Anderson titled: 'FREE PALESTINE.' Regardless of what you may think about Brother Anderson (I disagree with him on several issues), this sermon is needful. Israel is just as guilty, if not much more, of being unfair, racist and hateful toward their Palestinian neighbours. If you take either side you are not right with God. A proper Christian attitude toward the quagmire in the Middle East is that they all need the dear Savior. Both Jews and Arabs alike need the Gospel of free grace, which is the only way they will ever come to their senses, by faith in Jesus Christ. Sadly, 99% of both Jews and Muslims today reject Jesus as their Messiah, which means none of them are born-again; and therefore, none of them in their unregenerate state can go to Heaven.
Please watch this insightful 1:53 hour documentary called: 'BEYOND JORDAN' by Pastor Anderson. This well-made video documentary explores the intriguing region of Palestine...
(click on above Rumble backup link if video goes dead)
God loves the Palestinian people, JUST AS MUCH as He loves the people living within the borders of Israel. It is shameful, wicked and unbiblical that tens of thousands of churches today in America automatically take the side of Israel, but couldn't care less about the people living in Palestine outside of Israel.
The Devil always imitates the things of God:
- Jesus Christ = imitated by the coming Antichrist (i.e., in place of Christ)
- True Israel - imitated by modern manmade fake Israel
- Christ's Millennial Kingdom = imitated by Satan's New World Order
Please don't fall for the Devil's deceptive imitations. Our focus today as saints should be upon preaching the Gospel to the four corners of the earth, not idolizing a bunch of Christ-rejecting heathen Jews in Israel.
Nearly all of God's promises to mankind are conditional. If you want to go to Heaven, then you must put your trust (faith, confidence) in Jesus Christ alone (John 3:16-18). And if you are a Jew who wants God to bless you, then you must also believe on Jesus Christ to be graffed back into the Olive Tree of God's Kingdom. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do. If you think that we are obligated by God as saints to serve and put up on a pedestal, wicked unbelieving Jews today, then you are greatly in error my friend. We as Christians are THE CHOSEN, not the outward Jews. Romans 2:28-29, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.” YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
Why should I stand with Israel just because Hamas bombed them, again? I am sick and tired of the churches and American media refusing to stand with Palestine, ever. In other words, I refuse to take sides in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has existed for millenniums, and always will exist according to the Bible. Genesis 16:11-12, “And the angel of the LORD said unto her [Hagar], Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren [the Jews].”
When I went to Los Angeles in 2009 for my first major neck surgery, the hospital had different languages posted. The nurse explained that if at least 5% of the community spoke a certain language, the hospital was legally required to post information in that language. So I saw that there were instructions in Arabic. While staying in West Hollywood and visiting Los Angeles, I saw Jewish synagogues everywhere. The Bible is true, which says in Genesis 16:12 that wherever there are Jews, you will also find Arabs. Hollywood is full of Jews and Arabs! That is very interesting.
I don't stand with the Jews or the Palestinians, I stand with Jesus. If you want to stand with Israel, then you had better also stand with the people of Palestine, otherwise you are a wicked respecter of persons. Someone said to me today that they think the Rapture is imminent because Hamas attacked Israel. Dear reader, that is not so. What saith the Scripture? Luke 21:24, “And they [the Jews in Israel] shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” Did you understand that prophecy friend? The Bible is teaching that it is NORMAL for the Gentiles (which includes the Palestinians) to trod down and attack Jerusalem. This will continue until the Times Of The Gentiles be fulfilled. This will happen at the end of the world as we know it, when Jesus Christ returns at His Second Coming.
We see this event depicted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (in the book of Daniel). The king saw an image with a head of gold. As we descend down the image, representing succeeding kingdoms, the type of value of metal decreases, until finally we get down to the feet of iron mixed with clay (signifying communism mixed with freedom in the world). But what I want you to see is the stone cut from the mountain without hands, which smashes into the image and crushes it into smithereens. That stone cut from the mountain without hands is none other than our precious Savior, Jesus. The Time Of The Gentiles will end when Christ returns to establish His millennial reign over the earth, reigning as a King seated upon the throne of David from the true restored nation of Israel. Present-day Israel is a farce, a poor imitation, a cheap decoy.
To clarify, I am not against Israel, nor am I against the Palestinians. There is guilt, blame and blood shed from both sides of the struggle in the Middle East. I humbly think it is wrong for church pastors and congregations to side with Israel, as if the Palestinians are garbage. Israel is as much to blame as the Palestinians. Israel has made life for the Palestinian people untenable. Israel's leaders are arrogant and full of sinful pride, unwilling to treat their Palestinian neighbours as human beings. Israel treats their neighbours worse than dogs. Shame on the American government and media for only supporting Israel, having zero regard for the Palestinian people who just want to coexist in harmony with Israel today.
Increasingly, the world is becoming disgusted with Israel's hatred and tyranny toward the struggling Palestinian people. If Israel doesn't humble herself to allow the Palestinian people to coexist, war is inevitable. The struggle between Israel and the Arab Muslims is over who owns what and how it is controlled. They are all fighting over the same plot of land. Jews today have no right to claim land that God stripped away from them in 586 BC. The fighting will never cease, because wicked men are attempting to force the hand of God, just as did Abraham and Sarah when they conspired to impregnate Hagar. God has promised to restore true Israel at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and not until that time.
BEYOND JORDAN
(a tour of Palestine with Pastors' Steven Anderson and Roger Jimenez)
(a tour of Palestine with Pastors' Steven Anderson and Roger Jimenez)
Thank you for reading my blogs. God bless you. I am just a humble sinner saved by God's wondrous grace. I give God ALL the praise and credit for anything good accomplished by God through my social media ministry. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!!!
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