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The Apple Of His
Eye.......
For this is what God
says; "After He has honored me and has sent me against the nations
that have plundered you-for whoever touches you touches the apple of His
eye- I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will
plunder them. then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
Shout and be glad, O Daughter of
Zion...(Zechariah
2:8-10 KJV)
Everything Christians
do should be based on the Bible. Here are seven solid Bible based
reasons why Christians should support Israel.
1. Genesis 12:3 "
And I will bless them that bless thee
and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all nations of the
earth be blessed." Point: God has promised to bless the man
or nation that blesses the Chosen People. History has proven beyond
reasonable doubt that the nations that have blessed the Jewish people
have had the blessing of God, the nations that in turn, have cursed the
Jewish people have experienced the curse of God.
2. The apostle Paul
writes in Romans 15:27 "For if the Gentiles have shared in their (the Jews) spiritual things,
they are indebted to minister to them also in material things."
Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the Jewish people for their
contributions that gave birth to the Christian faith . Jesus Christ, a
prominent Rabbi from
Nazareth
said, "Salvation is of the Jews"
(John 4:22) consider what the Jewish people have given to
Christianity:
a) The
Sacred Scripture
b) The
Prophets
c) The
Patriarchs
d) Mary,
Joseph, and Jesus Christ
e) The
Twelve Disciples
It is not possible to
say, "I am a Christian" and not love the Jewish people. The Bible
teaches that love is not what you say, but what you do. (1 John 3:18) "
A bell is not a bell until you ring it, a song is not a song until you
sing it, love is not love until you share it"
3. While some
Christians try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the
Jews of the world, Jesus never denied His Jewishness. He was born
Jewish, He was circumcised on the eighth day in keeping with Jewish
tradition. He had His Bar Mitzvah on His 13th birthday, He kept the law
of Moses, He wore the Prayer Shawl Moses commanded all Jewish men to
wear. He died on a cross with an inscription above His head which read,
"King Of The Jews". Jesus considered the
Jewish people His family, Jesus said in (Matthew 25:40)
Verily I say unto you , In as much as
you have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, (the
Jewish people...Gentiles were never called His brethren),
you have done it unto me."
4. "Pray
for the peace of
Jerusalem, they shall
prosper that love thee".
(Psalm 122:6) the
scriptural principal of prosperity is tied to blessing Israel and the
city of Jerusalem.
5. Why did Jesus go to
the house of Cornelius in Capernaum and heal his servant, who was ready
to die? What logic did the Jewish elders use to convince Him to come
into the house of a Gentile and perform a miracle? The logic they used
is found in Luke 7:5 "For he loves
our nation, and has built us a synagogue" The message? This
Gentile deserves the blessings of God because he loves our nation and
has done practical to bless the Jewish people.
6. Why did God the
Father select the house of Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts 10) to be the
first Gentile house in
Israel
to receive the Gospel? The answer is given repeatedly in Acts 10.
Acts 10:2 "a
devout man, (Cornelius)
and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the
people, and prayed to God always."
Who were
the people to whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the Jews!
Again in Acts 10:4
"...thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."
Once more in Acts 10:31"..
and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God."
The point is made three times in the same chapter. A godly Gentile who
expressed his unconditional love for the Jewish people in a practical
manner was divinely selected by Heaven to be the first Gentile house to
receive the Gospel and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit.
These combined
Scriptures verify that
PROSPERITY (Genesis 12:3 and Psalm 122:6),
HEALING (Luke 7:1-5), and
THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
came first to Gentiles that blessed the Jewish people and the nation of
Israel in a practical manner.
7. We support
Israel
because all other nations were created by an act of men, but Israel was
created by an act of Almighty God! The Royal Land Grant that was given
to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob with an everlasting and
unconditional covenant. (Genesis 12: 1-3, 13:14-18, 15:1-21,
17:4-18,26:1-5 and Psalm 89:28-37)
For more information on
this subject, I would ask you to write or e-mail me for a special
booklet called "Love the Jewish People" by Mr. Jack Chick, it is chock
-full of what happened to nations such as Egypt, The Roman Empire,
Babylon, Persia, Greece, Germany, and even Great Britain! Yes, I said
Great Britain, for her opposition to the Jewish State in 1948, this
booklet is very interesting and we would love to send it to you free of
charge.
SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALIEM!
PRAY FOR THE
PEACE OF JERUSALEM
Rev Joe Hildebrandt Sr.
Thanks to Pastor John Hagee for outtakes.
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