May I say, I LOVE JEWISH PEOPLE! And I love Arabs and all Gentiles equally.
You're not right with God if you love Jews more than Arabs, nor Arabs more
than Jews. Biblically, we are commanded as God's children (that is,
born-again Christians) to love everybody, and I do!
Zionism is a
false doctrine. By "Zionism" I mean the political/religious teaching that
Jews are superior to Gentiles, and that God is restoring the Jews presently
to their homeland. The Bible
plainly teaches in Jeremiah 23:5-8 that the Jews will be regathered to
their Promised Land when Christ reigns from the throne of David. This has
not happened yet and won't until the Second Coming (after the 7 year
Tribulation period).
John Hagee is
a Zionist paid-off false prophet who teaches that Jews don't even need to be
born-again to get to Heaven, and
also that Jesus is not their Messiah. Romans 2:11 teaches that God is NO
RESPECTER of persons. Jews are no better than anyone else, nor does God love
Jews more than Arabs. Israel had a special calling, a purpose from God, that
is, to be God's ambassadors to the world. Israel rebelled and so God turned
to the Gentiles to provoke Israel to jealousy. That's why many Jews
absolutely hate Jesus today.
Although God chose
Israel out of all the nations (Amos 3:2) to be a people of Himself, a
witness to the nations, the conduit for His revelation, and through whom the
Messiah would come, the whole nation
of Israel never was “God’s Chosen People.” It was only the faithful
remnant (Romans 9:27; 11:5; Isaiah 10:20-22) of that time. That’s why today
neither the modern-day nation of Israel, nor all the ethnic Jews worldwide
comprise of “God’s Chosen People.”
Who counts as the true
Israel (i.e., the children of the promise) was never determined by a
blood-line nor a race-line, but by a
faith-line
(Galatians 3:6-9). In Old Covenant times, only the righteous remnant of
Israel were considered “God’s Chosen People” and the true Israel of God.
Today, Abraham’s real descendants (“seed”) are believers in Jesus Christ
whether they are racially Jews or Gentiles. It’s a level playing field, the
ultimate in fulfilled bible prophecy—one common denominator, one road to
redemption for all mankind . . . Jesus Christ.
We are now living in the
Times Of The Gentiles. This time will end at Christ's Second Coming. The
"Fulness Of The Gentiles" happens at the Rapture, but the "Times Of The
Gentiles" (during which Jerusalem is trodden down by the Gentiles) will end
when Christ returns...
One theme of Romans 11 is that,
when the Jewish people rejected Christ, they were temporarily cut off from
the blessings of a relationship with God. As a result, the gospel was given
to the Gentiles, and they gladly received it. This partial hardening of
heart for Israel doesn’t preclude individual Jews from being saved, but it
prevents the nation from accepting Christ as Messiah until His plans are
finished. When the time is right, God will restore the entire nation, and
they will come to faith in Him once again, ending “the times of the
Gentiles” (Isaiah 17:7; 62:11–12; Romans 11:26).
SOURCE:
http://www.gotquestions.org/times-of-the-Gentiles.html
During the 7-year
Tribulation period 144,000 Jews will be saved and will preach the Gospel to
the world. Many people will be saved. At the end of the Tribulation, Israel
will be attacked by Russia, China and other nations. God will defend His
chosen nation. This does NOT mean that all ethnic Jews are God's chosen
people. Israel (the true nation, not today's counterfeit secular state since
1948) is the apple of God's eye (Zechariah 2:8). This does NOT mean
that Jews are loved by God over the Gentiles. Jesus Christ died for the
world. There is only ONE plan of salvation, that is, the Gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ—that He died on the cross for our sins, was buried and bodily
resurrected the third day.
Unsaved Jews
today are NOT God's Chosen People. Saved Jews ARE God's people, and so also are
saved
Gentiles. The apostle Paul teaches in Galatians 3:28-29 that there is
NEITHER JEW nor Greek in Christ...
Galatians
3:28-29, “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.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.”
Thus, it is
idolatry to elevate Israel, the Jews or the so-called “Holy Land” today when
the Bible plainly teaches (as you've just read) that Greeks and Jews are all
ONE IN CHRIST. There is no difference (Romans 10:12).
Having said
that, I DON'T believe that the Church replaces Israel. When the Times Of The
Gentiles are fulfilled at Christ's Second coming (at the end of the
Tribulation), He will restore the true nation of Israel. Israel is God's
chosen holy nation, but only those Jews and Gentiles who believe the Gospel
will be saved. All Christ-rejecters, Jews and Gentiles alike, will spend
eternity burning in the torments of the Lake of Fire. There never was a time
when Christ-rejecting, blaspheming, apostate, Jews were God's chosen people.
Exodus 19:5-6 makes this truth plain. God promised to bless the Jews above
all the nations of the earth IF, IF, IF, they obeyed His statutes and
commandments.
The nation of
Israel will be purged during the Tribulation and
prepared to receive their coming King, the Lord Jesus Christ. Only those
Jews and Gentiles who repent of their unbelief, turning to the true Messiah
by faith, will be saved. The Battle Of
Armageddon will be fought in Palestine, in the Valley of Megiddo. The Beast
(Antichrist) and the False Prophet and
all the wicked nations of the earth shall be defeated by the Spirit of the
Lord. Jesus Christ will establish a literal reign from Jerusalem over the whole
earth, for 1,000 years.
Read what the
Bible teaches concerning who is a true Jew...
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.”
So neither
national, cultural nor biological Jews are God's people UNLESS they are
spiritually Abraham's seed, that is, a born-again Christian. That is the
plain and simple teaching of the Scriptures. The false idea that Jews are
superior to Gentiles is of the Devil. The Jews are not “The Master Race” as
Dr. William P. Grady teaches in his book, “How Satan Turned America Against
God.” I admire Brother Grady and his books are superb, which I recommend
reading; but I disagree that Christians ought to support today's apostate
Jewish Zionist movement and counterfeit Israel. It is idolatry. Israel is the
unholy
land. The Jews crucified their Messiah. Never call Israel the "holy land." The
Bible calls Jerusalem Sodom and Egypt in Revelation 11:8. Revelation 17:18
identifies the city of Jerusalem as the harlot (whore) in Revelation 17:1-5.
God said that, not me.
Are
today’s Jews
really God’s chosen people? Not unless they are saved! In fact, not all of
Abraham’s physical descendants were children of the Old Testament Abrahamic
covenant. Nor were all of them children of the promise. God made his
covenant with a person “Abraham” and not a nation, and it was by faith
that he and his descendants were justified by God, not national origin
(Genesis 15:6, Romans 4:3-22, Jas. 2:23). The blessings of God have ALWAYS
followed a line of FAITH, not ancestry.
Moreover, it was Isaac, his second-born,
supernaturally selected by the Spirit, and not Ishmael who was born of the
flesh by his bondservant Hagar, through whom God’s blessings would flow
(Genesis 21:12).
Then through Isaac’s twin sons, by His
sovereign right and election, God chose Jacob and rejected Esau to carry
forth the Abrahamic seed promise of God. Covenants were always ratified by
faith not by flesh. This is important to understand. Esau was a physical
Jew, but he was not God's chosen people. God chose Jacob. Hence, the promise
is by FAITH and not by BLOOD.
Four hundred years later God made a
conditional covenant with Moses and the Jewish people. It was faith
again and not physical lineage that would determine inclusion or exclusion
for those “called” as “God’s Chosen People.”
Read the plain
and simple teaching of the Scriptures...
Romans 4:13-14, “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. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made
void, and the promise made of none effect...”
Clearly,
unbelieving national, cultural and biological Jews are NOT HEIRS OF THE
PROMISE!!! There are more Jews living in Brooklyn, New York than there are
living in Israel today. Less than 2.5% of the citizens living in Israel
today profess to be Christians.
If you REJECT
Jesus Christ, then you are NOT Abrahams descendant. John the Baptist made
that clear to the religious Jews...
Matthew 3:9, “And think not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for
I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise
up children unto Abraham.”
John was NOT impressed with their Jewish heritage.
Being ethnic descendants of Abraham meant NOTHING in God’s sight. Millions
have made an IDOL out of Israel and the Land of Palestine.
The Scofield Bible, J.N. Darby and many others had a
GREAT influence in millions of lives. People are mystified by their FALSE
teachings much today.
The Jewish apostle Paul was CONVERTED to FAITH in Jesus
Christ. Paul makes it clear that spiritual regeneration is all that matters.
It is pure IDOLATRY to worship any ETHNIC group, including Israel.
Galatians
6:14-16, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and
mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”
If you
want to be part of God’s TRUE Israel, then YOU must be born again! That is
what Jesus Christ declared in John 3:5-7.
He
created ALL things (John 1:1-3).
Do YOU believe Him?
John 3:6-7, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto
thee,
Ye must be born again.”
Your
PHYSICAL birth will NOT get you into Heaven!
1st Corinthians
15:50, “Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.”
by David J.
Stewart
I want to address the
subject of "God's Chosen People," because of the prevalent Zionist heresies
circulating in many churches today. Are the Jews still God's people? The
Bible teaches:
Romans 9:25-26, “As he saith
also in Osee, I will call them my
people, which were not my people;
and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that
in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there
shall they be called the children of the living God.”
I believe that there is a
remnant of believing Jews today who ARE God's people, but that also includes
saved Gentiles. Thus, No saved Jew can claim any special right or privilege
that a saved Gentile cannot also claim. God cut off Israel in 586 BC for
their continuous and stiffnecked rebellion against His Word. They even
killing the prophets. Jesus taught that God will kill them all for murdering
His Son (Matthew 21:37-41).
The Bible teaches that all
believing Gentiles are heirs of the promises made to Abraham. The Bible also
teaches that there is no distinction between Jew nor Gentile in Christ
Jesus...
Galatians 3:28-29, “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. And if ye
be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.”
There are mostly
Christ-rejecting Jews around the world. They are neither God's people nor
His children. God's promise to bless them who bless Abraham and curse those
who curse him was only to Abraham. God never blesses wicked evildoers. We
read clearly in Deuteronomy 28:15-68 that God would curse the Jews if they
disobeyed His commandments (which most Jews disobeyed repeatedly, and still
disobey today). When the Jews sinned, God gave them into the hands of their
enemies to be tortured, imprisoned, raped and killed.
Yet, God has never completely
abandoned His people...
Romans 11:1-2 and 19-23, 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. 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 ... Thou wilt say then, The
branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken
off, and thou standest by faith.
Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches,
take heed lest he also spare not thee. 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. And
they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed
in: for God is able to graff them in again."
The Jews were cut off because
of unbelief. ONLY BY FAITH will God receive them back. Jews who reject Jesus
as their Messiah are broken off and will NOT be grafted back in. The big
question here that Paul asks is: HAS GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? The answer is
NO, IF YOU BELIEVE ON CHRIST! If you STILL abide in unbelief, then you have
chosen of your own wicked pride to cut yourself off!!!
We hear a lot of garbage today
about every Jew being God's Chosen People, but the Bible teaches that you
MUST CHOSE GOD if you want to be a part of the remnant. So what we ought to
be teaching instead of "God's Chosen People" is, the "People Who Have Chosen
Christ!" Don't think for one second that a Jew can reject the Son of God and
still be chosen. You're woefully ignorant if you think such nonsense. Ye
Must Be Born Again! (John 3:5-7). Unsaved Jews are the enemies of God.
The Scriptures you've just
read plainly teach that ONLY Jews who believe the Gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ will be grafted back into the tree as God's people. In other words,
if you don't get saved, then you are NOT God's people and you will go to
Hell forever.
The Bible is plainly clear
that there is always a remnant. The apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 11:2-4
that When Elijah thought he was alone, that God said there were 7,000 more
(a remnant) in Israel who hadn't bowed to Baal.
God will gather Jews and
Gentiles alike who are saved at Christ's Second Coming (Ezekiel 36:19-28)
and they will all enter into the Promised Land, which was promised to
Abraham and his spiritual seed.
The Jews in the Tribulation
who are saved, get saved during the Tribulation. All saints alive at the
Rapture, Jew and Gentile alike, will be removed from the earth. The Lord
will regather the saved Jews to their Promised Land when He reigns during
the Millennium, which happens after the 7-year Tribulation period.
Less than 2% of the citizens
living in Israel today profess to be a Christian. Jewish comedians like
Sarah Silverman continually blaspheme the name of Jesus. Hollywood is Jewish
owned and they continually blaspheme Christ's holy name in every movie they
produce. These are NOT God's people. Only a fool thinks that wicked,
Christ-rejecting Jews are God's people. There are two different groups of
Jews in the world.
There are true believing Jews
who are part of the remnant (God's people); and then there are the
unbelieving, Communist, Marxist, Illuminati, Freemason, Zionist Jews who are
not God's people. The nation of Israel is controlled by the latter, that is,
the unbelieving Jews, who are no Jews at all according to Revelation 2:9,
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are
the synagogue of Satan.”
So only saved Jews are God's
people. Galatians 3:26-29 says that believing Gentiles are God's children
and heirs of the promises made to Abraham. In fact, Hosea 2:23 says,
“And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my
people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.” As
you just read, believing Gentiles are also considered God's people.
So there is a group of Jews
today, believing Jews, true Jews, who are God's chosen people; but the Bible
says that eventually all Gentiles will be included as God's people. The Jews
are a part of the remnant, not the Gentiles. Gentiles were never a part of
Israel, so we cannot be a part of the remnant. But those natural (biological
Jews) today who are also believers on Christ as their Messiah, they are
God's remnant today. They are scattered around the world. They will NOT be
gathered until the Lord returns after the Tribulation (Zechariah
"Behold, the days
come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and
justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved,
and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS...they shall dwell in their own
land." —Jeremiah 23:5-8
Again, only believers in Jesus
Christ can claim to be heirs to the promises of God to Abraham. Galatians
3:29 proclaims this truth...
Galatians 3:29, “And if ye
be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.”
Argue as some will, the Bible
plainly teaches that the Jews have been cut-off for their unbelief. Only
believing Jews are grafted back into God's family by faith, and the promise
has been extended mercifully by God's grace to all Gentiles as well. There
is NO DIFFERENCE between either Gentile nor Jew, God will save anyone who
trusts Christ...
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."
Amen and amen!
