ABOVE all nations

 

Moses to the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 7:7

King James Version

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 

nor choose you, 

because ye were more in number than any people; 

for ye were the fewest of all people:

No nation is perfect.

Only GOD can declare us perfect.

These verses tell us the reality of our nations:

Romans 3:9-10

King James Version

9 What then? 

are we better than they? 

No, in no wise: 

for we have before proved 

both Jews and Gentiles, 

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, 

There is none righteous, 

no, not one:

Still, GOD chose Israel as His holy nation.

For His own perfect purpose.

1 Peter 2:9

King James Version

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 

a royal priesthood, 

an holy nation, 

a peculiar people; 

that ye should shew forth the praises 

of him who hath called you out of darkness 

into his marvellous light;

The Bible also tells us something else.

Repeating it THRICE:

Deuteronomy 7:6

King James Version

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: 

the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 

to be a special people unto himself, 

above all people 

that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2

King James Version

2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, 

and the Lord hath chosen thee 

to be a peculiar people unto himself, 

above all the nations 

that are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

King James Version

19 And to make thee high 

above all nations which he hath made, 

in praise, and in name, and in honour; 

and that thou mayest be an holy people 

unto the Lord thy God, 

as he hath spoken.

Israel?

A  nation "above all nations"?

But that's what Moses declared.

Who am I to question GOD's prophet?

If we claim to love GOD, and He loves Israel, why can't we love the nation He loves?

Obviously, if we don't love GOD, we can't love what He loves.

Others would counter, "but we don't love the same GOD".

And that would set a whole, new argument, to distract from the issue.

Which the enemy of CHRIST loves to delve in.

That enemy thrives in confusion, deception, and destruction.

I'm a born again workman.

I thrive for purity, perfection, and precision.

Which only SPIRIT and Scripture can provide.

The GOD I believe in is the ONLY One JESUS led me to:

Matthew 22:32-33

King James Version

32 I am the God of Abraham, 

and the God of Isaac, 

and the God of Jacob? 

God is not the God of the dead, 

but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard this, 

they were astonished at his doctrine.

In these last days, you will be known by your stand.

Are you for, or against GOD?

Are you for, or against Israel?

Are you for, or against JESUS?

And by that very stand, you have set your own future.

GOD was clear about His love for Israel:

Genesis 12:3

King James Version

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 

and curse him that curseth thee: 

and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

We all have a lot of thinking to do.

Which we should.

While there's still time.

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GOD's covenant with DAVID

 

1 Samuel 16:13

King James Version

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, 

and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: 

and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David 

from that day forward. 

So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

We've witnessed the "POST-flood COVENANT".

That was GOD's covenant with Noah.

Then we wrote about "GOD's covenant with ABRAHAM".

Now, SPIRIT wants "GOD's COVENANT with DAVID" written.

These verses speak of that covenant.

Psalm 18:50

King James Version

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; 

and sheweth mercy to his anointed, 

to David, 

and to his seed for evermore.

Psalm 89:3-4

King James Version

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, 

I have sworn unto David my servant,

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, 

and build up thy throne to all generations. 

Selah.

Psalm 89:19-37

King James Version

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, 

and saidst, 

I have laid help upon one that is mighty; 

I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20 I have found David my servant; 

with my holy oil have I anointed him:

21 With whom my hand shall be established: 

mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; 

nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, 

and plague them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: 

and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand also in the sea, 

and his right hand in the rivers.

26 He shall cry unto me, 

Thou art my father, my God, 

and the rock of my salvation.

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, 

higher than the kings of the earth.

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, 

and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, 

and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his children forsake my law, 

and walk not in my judgments;

31 If they break my statutes, 

and keep not my commandments;

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, 

and their iniquity with stripes.

33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness 

will I not utterly take from him, 

nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, 

nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness 

that I will not lie unto David.

36 His seed shall endure for ever, 

and his throne as the sun before me.

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, 

and as a faithful witness in heaven. 

Selah.

Isaiah 55:3-4

King James Version

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: 

hear, and your soul shall live; 

and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, 

even the sure mercies of David.

4 Behold, 

 have given him for a witness to the people, 

a leader and commander to the people.

Jeremiah 33:14-17

King James Version

14 Behold, the days come, 

saith the Lord, 

that I will perform that good thing 

which I have promised unto the house of Israel 

and to the house of Judah.

15 In those days, 

and at that time, 

will I cause the Branch of righteousness 

to grow up unto David; 

and he shall execute 

judgment and righteousness in the land.

16 In those days shall Judah be saved, 

and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: 

and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, 

The Lord our righteousness.

17 For thus saith the Lord; 

David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne 

of the house of Israel;

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GOD's covenant with ABRAHAM

 

Genesis 17:19

King James Version

19 And God said, 

Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; 

and thou shalt call his name Isaac: 

and I will establish my covenant with him 

for an everlasting covenant, 

and with his seed after him.

SPIRIT has been leading us to "covenants" today.

We just finished writing the "POST-flood COVENANT" with Noah.

Now, SPIRIT wants us to look into GOD's covenant with Abraham.

The EVERLASTING covenant.

And so it shall be.

Genesis 17:1-22

King James Version

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.

14 And the uncircumcised man child 

whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, 

that soul shall be cut off from his people; 

he hath broken my covenant.

15 And God said unto Abraham, 

As for Sarai thy wife, 

thou shalt not call her name Sarai, 

but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, 

and give thee a son also of her: 

yea, I will bless her, 

and she shall be a mother of nations; 

kings of people shall be of her.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, 

and laughed, 

and said in his heart, 

Shall a child be born 

unto him that is an hundred years old? 

and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, 

O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 And God said, 

Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; 

and thou shalt call his name Isaac: 

and I will establish my covenant with him 

for an everlasting covenant, 

and with his seed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, 

I have heard thee: 

Behold, I have blessed him, 

and will make him fruitful, 

and will multiply him exceedingly; 

twelve princes shall he beget, 

and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, 

which Sarah shall bear unto thee 

at this set time in the next year.

22 And he left off talking with him, 

and God went up from Abraham.

That's GOD's EVERLASTING COVENANT with Israel.

Which Israel must remember.

And which no man can ever defy.

GOD's will be done.

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GOD's promises for ISRAEL

 

Psalm 122:6-9

King James Version

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 

they shall prosper that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls, 

and prosperity within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, 

I will now say, Peace be within thee.

9 Because of the house of the Lord our God 

I will seek thy good.

What is the fate of embattled Israel?

How shall Gentiles look upon GOD's chosen nation?

As born again, I can only look to the Bible.

Here are GOD's promises for Israel:

Genesis 12:1-3

King James Version

12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram,

 Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, 

and from thy father's house, unto a land 

that I will shew thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, 

and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; 

and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 

and curse him that curseth thee: 

and in thee shall all families of the earth 

be blessed.

Exodus 14:14

King James Version

14 The Lord shall fight for you, 

and ye shall hold your peace.

Numbers 24:8-9

King James Version

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; 

he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: 

he shall eat up the nations his enemies, 

and shall break their bones, 

and pierce them through with his arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, 

and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? 

Blessed is he that blesseth thee, 

and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Deuteronomy 28:1-2

King James Version

28 And it shall come to pass, 

if thou shalt hearken diligently 

unto the voice of the Lord thy God, 

to observe and to do all his commandments 

which I command thee this day, 

that the Lord thy God will set thee on high 

above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, 

and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken 

unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 30:7

King James Version

7 And the Lord thy God 

will put all these curses upon thine enemies, 

and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

Isaiah 41:10-16

King James Version

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: 

be not dismayed; for I am thy God: 

I will strengthen thee; 

yea, I will help thee; 

yea, I will uphold thee 

with the right hand of my righteousness.

11 Behold, 

all they that were incensed against thee 

shall be ashamed and confounded: 

they shall be as nothing; 

and they that strive with thee shall perish.

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, 

even them that contended with thee: 

they that war against thee shall be as nothing, 

and as a thing of nought.

13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, 

saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; 

I will help thee, saith the Lord, 

and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, 

I will make thee 

a new sharp threshing instrument 

having teeth: 

thou shalt thresh the mountains, 

and beat them small, 

and shalt make the hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt fan them, 

and the wind shall carry them away, 

and the whirlwind shall scatter them: 

and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, 

and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 43:1

King James Version

43 But now thus saith the Lord 

that created thee, O Jacob, 

and he that formed thee, O Israel, 

Fear not: 

for I have redeemed thee, 

I have called thee by thy name; 

thou art mine.

Isaiah 44:1-2

King James Version

44 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; 

and Israel, whom I have chosen:

2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, 

and formed thee from the womb, 

which will help thee; 

Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; 

and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 44:21-24

King James Version

21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; 

for thou art my servant: 

I have formed thee; 

thou art my servant: 

O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, 

thy transgressions, 

and, as a cloud, thy sins: 

return unto me; 

for I have redeemed thee.

23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: 

shout, ye lower parts of the earth: 

break forth into singing, ye mountains, 

O forest, and every tree therein: 

for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, 

and glorified himself in Israel.

24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, 

and he that formed thee from the womb, 

I am the Lord that maketh all things; 

that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; 

that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

Isaiah 60:12

King James Version

12 For the nation and kingdom 

that will not serve thee shall perish; 

yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Joel 3:1-2

King James Version

3 For, behold, 

in those days, and in that time, 

when I shall bring again the captivity 

of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will also gather all nations, 

and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, 

and will plead with them there for my people 

and for my heritage Israel, 

whom they have scattered among the nations, 

and parted my land.

Joel 3:9-14

King James Version

9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; 

Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, 

let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

10 Beat your plowshares into swords 

and your pruninghooks into spears: 

let the weak say, I am strong.

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, 

and gather yourselves together round about: 

thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.

12 Let the heathen be wakened, 

and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: 

for there will I sit to judge 

all the heathen round about.

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: 

come, get you down; for the press is full, 

the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: 

for the day of the Lord is near 

in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:15-21

King James Version

15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, 

and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, 

and utter his voice from Jerusalem; 

and the heavens and the earth shall shake: 

but the Lord will be the hope of his people, 

and the strength of the children of Israel.

17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God 

dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: 

then shall Jerusalem be holy, 

and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that the mountains shall drop down new wine, 

and the hills shall flow with milk, 

and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, 

and a fountain shall come forth 

out of the house of the Lord, 

and shall water the valley of Shittim.

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, 

and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, 

for the violence against the children of Judah, 

because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, 

and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: 

for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

Zechariah 2:8-13

King James Version

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.

9 For, behold, 

I will shake mine hand upon them, 

and they shall be a spoil to their servants: 

and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: 

for, lo, I come, 

and I will dwell in the midst of thee, 

saith the Lord.

11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord 

in that day, and shall be my people: 

and I will dwell in the midst of thee, 

and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts 

hath sent me unto thee.

12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah 

his portion in the holy land, 

and shall choose Jerusalem again.

13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: 

for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Zechariah 12:1-3

King James Version

12 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, 

saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, 

and layeth the foundation of the earth, 

and formeth the spirit of man within him.

2 Behold, 

I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling 

unto all the people round about, 

when they shall be in the siege both against Judah 

and against Jerusalem.

3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem 

a burdensome stone for all people: 

all that burden themselves with it 

shall be cut in pieces, 

though all the people of the earth 

be gathered together against it.

Malachi 3:6

King James Version

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; 

therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Romans 11:1-5

King James Version

11 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? 

God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, 

of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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,

3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, 

and digged down thine altars; 

and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? 

I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, 

who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

5 Even so then at this present time also 

there is a remnant 

according to the election of grace.

Romans 11:11-36

King James Version

11 I say then, 

Have they stumbled that they should fall? 

God forbid: but rather through their fall 

salvation is come unto the Gentiles, 

for to provoke them to jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, 

and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; 

how much more their fulness?

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, 

inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, 

I magnify mine office:

14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation 

them which are my flesh, 

and might save some of them.

15 For if the casting away of them be 

the reconciling of the world, 

what shall the receiving of them be, 

but life from the dead?

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: 

and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

17 And if some of the branches be broken off, 

and thou, being a wild olive tree, 

wert grafted in among them, and with them 

partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

18 Boast not against the branches. 

But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, 

but the root thee.

19 Thou wilt say then, 

The branches were broken off, 

that I might be grafted in.

20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, 

and thou standest by faith. 

Be not highminded, but fear:

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, 

take heed lest he also spare not thee.

22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: 

on them which fell, severity; 

but toward thee, goodness, 

if thou continue in his goodness: 

otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, 

shall be grafted in: 

for God is able to graft them in again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree 

which is wild by nature, 

and wert grafted 

contrary to nature into a good olive tree: 

how much more shall these, 

which be the natural branches, 

be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I would not, brethren, 

that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 

lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; 

that blindness in part is happened to Israel, 

until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: 

as it is written, 

There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, 

and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, 

when I shall take away their sins.

28 As concerning the gospel, 

they are enemies for your sakes: 

but as touching the election, 

they are beloved for the father's sakes.

29 For the gifts and calling of God 

are without repentance.

30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, 

yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

31 Even so have these also now not believed, 

that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, 

that he might have mercy upon all.

33 O the depth of the riches 

both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 

how unsearchable are his judgments, 

and his ways past finding out!

34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? 

or who hath been his counsellor?

35 Or who hath first given to him, 

and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

36 For of him, and through him, and to him, 

are all things: 

to whom be glory for ever. 

Amen.

As Gentile workman, I abide by GOD's laws.

I do not question the LORD's ways.

I search Scripture, that I may understand.

I wait for SPIRIT to teach me, that I may know.

The LORD chose Israel for His perfect purpose.

Born again Gentiles have a place in salvation, too:

Ephesians 3:4-6

King James Version

4 Whereby, when ye read, 

ye may understand my knowledge 

in the mystery of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not made known 

unto the sons of men, 

as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets 

by the Spirit;

6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, 

and of the same body, 

and partakers of his promise in Christ 

by the gospel:

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God's COVENANTS with Israel

GOD's PROMISE for ISRAEL

GOD loves ISRAEL

ISRAEL posts

JERUSALEM

For the HEALING of nations

GOD's POWER over nations

GOD's PLAN of SALVATION

BORN AGAIN classics

SALVATION videos

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Deuteronomy 30

Isaiah 43

Zechariah 12

Malachi 3

Romans 11

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