Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?
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There wasn't a "State of Israel" in biblical times. 🤷🏻♀️
There was a nation of Israel. There was not a “state of Palestine.”
Here is the biggest stumbling block of all christianity… some Christians seem to worship Israel instead of Christ. They completely ignore the fact that Jacob’s descendants (not all are Jew) are actually God’s chosen people, not a bunch of inhabitants of a specific geographical location claiming a jewish denomination. God’s chosen people are everywhere on earth and are the Christian descendants of Jacob whose name was changed to Israel.
The scofield Bible (commissioned by the rothschilds) places a huge emphasis on the importance of Israel in Christianity, is used in most mega churches. This may be a pretty big contributing reason why.
Actually, we're all related through Noa's sons!
Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from your father’s house,To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation;I will bless youAnd make your name great;And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,And I will curse him who curses you;And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Romans 9:7-8 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Romans 11:1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? Romans 11:3 "Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life." Romans 11:4 But what is the divine response to him? "I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." Romans 11:5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. Romans 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; Romans 11:8 just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes to see not and ears to hear not, Down to this very day." Romans 11:9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, And a stumbling block and a retribution to them. Romans 11:10 "Let their eyes be darkened to see not, And bend their backs forever." Romans 11:11 I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. Romans 11:12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! Romans 11:13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, Romans 11:14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. Romans 11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? Romans 11:16 If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. Romans 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, Romans 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. Romans 11:19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." Romans 11:20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; Romans 11:21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. Romans 11:22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. Romans 11:23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Romans 11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? Romans 11:25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery-so that you will not be wise in your own estimation-that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; Romans 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob." Romans 11:27 "This is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins." Romans 11:28 From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; Romans 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, Romans 11:31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. Romans 11:32 For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans 11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Romans 11:35 Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? Romans 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
Thanks for this article.
I think though that a person would have more success convincing a booster-shot leftist to turn against the covid jab, than to convince a Baptist minister of the well reasoned argument made in this article.
Just found this new article:
https://www.rt.com/news/620745-israel-us-christian-zionism/
"Thanks for this article."
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I just dropped a link at end of my edited comment.
Jack Hibbs
https://youtu.be/ICie3XpsKuY
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The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 fulfills prophecy and enables God to keep his biblical promises to the nation of Israel. So, yeah, as a Christian I do support the State of Israel. Y'all can do as you please, believe as you please. Free choice and all of that.
"The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 ".
When God puts the Hebrews back into the land, they will not require any foreign aid.
So, are you saying that God did not put the Hebrews back in the land? That they ended up in the land through some other means? So when the Bible says that God puts the rulers in power in nations (Romans 13:1) it’s all the nations except for Israel?
https://youtu.be/ICie3XpsKuY
The land promises were fulfilled:
**Joshua 21:43-45 **(KJV) - And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
1 Kings 4:21 (KJV) - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Later in the Old Testament texts (Deu 28-30) shows that continued possession of the land depended on Israel’s obedience! When they rebelled, God allowed them to be conquered & exiled. But does a later exile undo God’s faithfulness? I say NO!
So a nation created by the Satanic Rothchild's was God's plan? LOL
Talk about gullible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIA4EkvpLtc
God can use everything for His good.
So how is creating a "country" that brings misery unto the world and humanity good?
We can't possibly understand how all the pieces fit together because we are in the puzzle. We do however know what the puzzle will look like in the end. Jesus will return and all will be judged.
Our job is to focus our eyes upon Jesus, Love God, and Love one another.
If Isreal is at odds with God, He will judge them. Take comfort in that.
This is what God says if you really want to know.
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.[a] 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. 33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 34 The sights you see will drive you mad. 35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. 56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God— 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
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Very good article. Thank you for sharing.
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I don't know that the State should be supported in any nation... We are to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and to not disregard that we believers who are not Jewish or of Israelite linage are grafted in branches, but the deep state is not to be supported in any nation.
The idea came from a satanic pedo.
No. It does not. Read what the Apostle Paul said about Jews and what a Jew is. Christians ignore Paul to their loss.
"No. It does not. Read what the Apostle Paul said about Jews and what a Jew is. Christians ignore Paul to their loss."
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Gen. 12:1-3....Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” The church is taught to "bless Israel" if we wish to be blessed by God. God will also curse us if we "curse Israel". I have just these past few years begun asking questions (thank you TGA) and I have now asked the question, is "Israel" the land?, the people?, or the government?