Showing posts with label Why GOD Chose ISRAEL. Show all posts
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Friday, October 25, 2024

ISRAEL the BRAVE

 

Psalm 105:15

King James Version

15 Saying, 

Touch not mine anointed, 

and do my prophets no harm.


All I know about Israel, I know through the Bible.

That she is loved by GOD.

And that He has covenants with her.

I probably know only a handful of true Israelis.

I've met a grandmother before, saying she was trained to fight.

And I can only gaze in awe that even a grandmother would have to do so.

Some friends invited me to go with them to their synagogue.

Which I never did, for in those days, I was not into Israel yet.

But the moment GOD makes you born again, no way can you escape Israel.

She will become part of your bloodstream.

And I began to see her in a new light.

Marveling at her efforts, and resolve to survive.

Which, any nation on earth, would naturally do.


When attacked, what would your nation do?

When your people are taken, what would you do?

When most everyone wants to annihilate you, what would you do?

Why would we deprive this tiny nation the right to defend herself?

C'mon, we can't be one way.

We have not been in Israel's shoes.


I call her "brave", because she is not afraid of anyone.

She focuses on the immediate task at hand, and deals with it.

Most of the time, in defense of her people.

What else is there?

She's known no peace.

Attacked on seven fronts, she just keeps defending herself.

These seven fronts are in Gaza, Lebanon, Judea, Samaria, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

And now, the main one -- Iran.


Try being in her place for a change.

See if any of our nations survive.

We do not have the blessing GOD gave Israel.

We do not have her gift for "organization".

Probably why most are jealous.

Without their even knowing it.

But someone does.

The instigator of all wars, strife, lies, hatred and destruction.

Satan.


Today, I saw the world's posturing in media.

Everyone's taking sides now.

This will be very interesting.

JESUS did say:

Matthew 7:16

King James Version

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. 

Do men gather grapes of thorns, 

or figs of thistles?


It's been said it's not a matter of Israel attacking Iran.

It's more a matter of "when".

They say her plans have been "leaked".

Israel is too much a survivor, and veteran.

She knows she is not loved by the world.

No matter nations who profess to be allies.

Would she be that careless?


We must not underestimate this staunch "David".

Sure, she's facing a horde of Goliaths.

And still has to recover over 100 hostages.

Can you visualize the numerous battles, stresses, and demands she's been facing, especially since October 7, 2023?

Not to mention the non-stop barrage of missiles and rockets rained her way.

Any lesser-focused nation would have buckled.

But no, not Israel.


If anyone thinks she will fall apart, they will be disappointed.

She's taken steps, measures, and calculated moves.

Possibly, she knows the world's "game" better than any nation.

She was being destroyed from within before October 7.

After that, there was no recourse but to unite for her survival.

Interesting how she's attacked from within, and on all fronts.

And yet by GOD's GRACE, she survives.

Only a heartless ogre would want to snuff the life out of her.

Are you one?


As it is, she is vastly outnumbered.

But her focus, courage, and determination are legendary.

Now, Iran's president has visited Russia, China, and India.

Gathering allies -- giants all.

Will Iran be part of the BRICS nations?

The Palestinian Authority also want to be a member of BRICS.

Turkey has been itching for a fight, because she is a military might.

She is a member of NATO.

Would Turkey also join BRICS?

Because they can't annihilate GOD's nation, no matter what they did, they band together.

Strength in size, and number?

Bullies, all?

Wait till GOD says enough of that foolishness.

As you can see, it's all posturing, positioning, and partiality now.


And then we have the forthcoming U.S. elections on November 5.

That's only 11 days today from where I live.

Twelve, if you live in the U.S.

Israel said she will act before then.

For all the death, and trouble Iran had caused her.

That's why everyone's getting nervous.

Surely, they know her capability.

But do they know GOD's capability?

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.


2 Samuel 7:24

King James Version

24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself 

thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: 

and thou, Lord, art become their God.


Zechariah 2:8

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.


I will not get ahead of Israel.

She will do what she needs to do.

According to the circumstances she's in.

According to the reality she faces, which is again, annihilation.

What would you do, if terrorists hurt your people?

What would you do, if nations ganged up against you?

What would you do, if everyone questioned your borders?

What would you do, if your country's defense was termed "aggression"?

What would you do, if everyone questioned your "legitimacy"?


Thing is, she is the ONLY legitimate one.

GOD said so:

Isaiah 43:21 

King James Version

21 This people have I formed for myself; 

they shall shew forth my praise.


Scripture said so:

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:


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.


Apostle Paul warns Gentiles:

Romans 11:18-21

King James Version

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.


That's why I know the world is blind, or was made blind.

Remember who the ruler of the world is.

The devil boasted unto JESUS:

Matthew 4:8-9

King James Version

8 Again, the devil taketh him up 

into an exceeding high mountain, 

and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, 

and the glory of them;

9 And saith unto him, 

All these things will I give thee, 

if thou wilt fall down and worship me.


All that is of the world is NOT of GOD:

1 John 2:16

King James Version

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.


If you're born again, you'll know Israel's destiny.

You'll also know the future of those who go against her.

GOD's will be done.

This is the THIRD time I will use this verse.

For it says much to those who cause Israel harm:

Psalm 37:15

King James Version

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 

and their bows shall be broken.


And to those SEVEN fronts battling Israel, heed this:

Deuteronomy 28:7

King James Version

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies 

that rise up against thee 

to be smitten before thy face: 

they shall come out against thee one way, 

and flee before thee seven ways.


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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

A kingdom of PRIESTS

 

GOD tells ISRAEL, through Moses:

Exodus 19:5

King James Version

5 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:


Had GOD not made me born again, I wouldn't have turned to the Bible.

And I would have missed out on a lot of His mysteries.

One of which is His love for Israel.

Who was chosen by GOD, for His perfect purpose.

Today, I return to a 25 August 2021 article we wrote.

Reprinting a section of it here.

To remind myself why GOD chose Israel.


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Finally, I understood.

Why GOD wanted ISRAEL to be a HOLY nation.

Thanks to the HOLY SPIRIT, I was led to the uncontestable verse:

Exodus 19:6

King James Version

6 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.


No wonder, the Levites.

No wonder, God kept telling Israel:

Leviticus 11:45

King James Version

45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you 

up out of the land of Egypt, 

to be your God: 

ye shall therefore be holy, 

for I am holy.


Leviticus 20:7

King James Version

7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, 

and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.


Leviticus 20:26

King James Version

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: 

for I the Lord am holy, 

and have severed you from other people, 

that ye should be mine.


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Lastly, apostle Peter contends:

1 Peter 2:9-10

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;

10 Which in time past were not a people, 

but are now the people of God: 

which had not obtained mercy, 

but now have obtained mercy.


Thus, we learn Israel is a priestly race.

No wonder Israel is the apple of GOD's eye.

GOD has great plans for Israel.

Which no man can thwart.

May Israel awaken to her divine destiny.


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Monday, October 23, 2023

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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Saturday, January 7, 2023

Israel's FAITHFUL GOD

 

Judges 4:3

King James Version

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: 

for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; 

and twenty years he mightily oppressed 

the children of Israel.


Israel is GOD's holy nation.

Chosen for His perfect purpose.

But why did GOD choose Israel?

Why does Israel continue to defy GOD?

What happens when she does?

What happens when she turns back to GOD?

What about other nations?

These articles tell us more:

Why GOD Chose ISRAEL

GOD's chosen NATION

When NATIONS play the harlot

On backsliding ISRAEL

On repentant ISRAEL

ISRAEL as PROPHESIED

GOD's PLAN of SALVATION

BATTLE of BROTHERS

PEACE for ISRAEL

GOD loves ISRAEL


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Friday, February 11, 2022

ISRAEL is the APPLE of God's EYE

 

Zechariah 2:8 

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.


If God loves Israel so much, considering the nation the "apple of his eye", what happens to those who try to destroy His "peculiar people"?

As always, Scripture -- the WORD of GOD -- has the LAST WORD:

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.


Exodus 14:14 

King James Version

14 The Lord shall fight for you

and ye shall hold your peace.


Deuteronomy 28:7 

King James Version

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies 

that rise up against thee 

to be smitten before thy face: 

they shall come out against thee one way, 

and flee before thee seven ways.


Joshua 1:5 

King James Version

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee 

all the days of thy life

as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee

I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.


Isaiah 41:11-12 

King James Version

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.


Isaiah 43:14 

King James Version

14 Thus saith the Lord, 

your redeemer, 

the Holy One of Israel

For your sake I have sent to Babylon, 

and have brought down all their nobles, 

and the Chaldeans, 

whose cry is in the ships.


Isaiah 54:17 

King James Version

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; 

and every tongue that shall rise against thee 

in judgment thou shalt condemn

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, 

and their righteousness is of me, 

saith the Lord.


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.


Ezekiel 38:18-23 

King James Version

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time 

when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, 

saith the Lord God,

 that my fury shall come up in my face.

19 For in my jealousy 

and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, 

Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking 

in the land of Israel;

20 So that the fishes of the sea, 

and the fowls of the heaven, 

and the beasts of the field, 

and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, 

and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, 

shall shake at my presence, 

and the mountains shall be thrown down, 

and the steep places shall fall, 

and every wall shall fall to the ground.

21 And I will call for a sword against him 

throughout all my mountains, 

saith the Lord God: 

every man's sword shall be against his brother.

22 And I will plead against him 

with pestilence and with blood; 

and I will rain upon him, 

and upon his bands, 

and upon the many people that are with him, 

an overflowing rain, 

and great hailstones, 

fire, 

and brimstone.

23 Thus will I magnify myself, 

and sanctify myself; 

and I will be known in the eyes of many nations

and they shall know that I am the Lord.


Zechariah 12:2-3 

King James Version

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.


Zechariah 12:9 

King James Version

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that I will seek to destroy all the nations 

that come against Jerusalem.


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Sunday, May 2, 2021

GOD's Unbending LOVE for ISRAEL

 

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:


Unless you are guided, and taught, by the Holy Spirit of God, you won't understand the mystery, of why God loves Israel so much, even as His chosen people continue to defy Him.

But if you are a believer of Jesus, born again, living by the WORD of GOD, you will see the beauty of God's plan.

Do we really doubt the wisdom of God?

Even as most Jews don't believe in Jesus?

Even as this recent Jewish celebration, which turned tragic, sought God, but didn't honor Jesus?

Even as Jerusalem was recently attacked by militants.

Perhaps, GOD allows all to happen -- sin, doubt, and disobedience -- for His particular purpose.

God's purpose for Israel can be understood from these verses:

Isaiah 43:21

King James Version

21 This people have I formed for myself; 

they shall shew forth my praise.


Jeremiah 31:1

King James Version

31 At the same time, 

saith the Lord, 

will I be the God of all the families of Israel, 

and they shall be my people.


God so loved Israel, He sent them His Son, Jesus.

Romans 11:26-27

King James Version

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.


Yes, temporary sleep is upon Israel.

Romans 11:8

King James Version

8 (According as it is written

God hath given them the spirit of slumber, 

eyes that they should not see, 

and ears that they should not hear;) 

unto this day.


But God has a plan.

Romans 11:11

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.


Israel will wake up when this occurs:

Romans 11:25

King James Version

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.


Even as, in the heart of Jesus, we are all one in Him.

Galatians 3:28

King James Version

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, 

there is neither bond nor free, 

there is neither male nor female: 

for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.


Let us not be so quick to criticize Israel.

It is still God's chosen nation, the apple of His eye.

Zechariah 2:8

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.


Let the fullness of God's plan come through.

Only God knows best.

And knows all.


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