On the Lies told about Jews
I’ve started this article and struggled with it greatly. I’ve spent some sleepless nights as I see and hear the terrible things said about Israel on social media. The nation of Israel does not yet include all of Israel, as there are many yet to be gathered back to their land. But they are God’s chosen people, His nation, living in the land promised to them. God calls Jerusalem His beloved city. These are the people that Christians are supposed to love, pray for and bless. The question with those who stand against them seems to be (their representations, not mine), that since Israel hates the Christians, rejects Jesus, the Messiah, don’t believe the gospel message, and does things wrong (like one showed a woman spitting on a Christian supposedly), then they aren’t the right Jews and not God’s chosen people.
Who is a Jew?
I seem to remember from the Bible a very zealous Jew who was a trained lawyer, a Pharisee and a son of a Pharisee (Acts 23:6; 26:5; Phil 3:5), who studied under the rabbi Gamaliel. He didn’t just spit on people but was a brutally violent persecutor of the Christians. In those days believers had horrific persecution. Burned alive as living candles for the Romans, mauled and eaten by lions, and other things I don’t want to expound on. He was a Jew of the Jews, the Bible portrays him as a Jew, He was an unbeliever who Jesus said persecuted Him (Acts 9). We know him as the apostle Paul. He was all the things you say make someone not be a ‘real’ Jew, or not be worthy of being blessed by you. You make the Jews lower than our enemies that we are supposed to bless, and certainly not speak lies about. The Bible identified Paul as a Jew (Acts 21:39; 22:3).
This doesn’t seem to be the case in the days of TikTok and social influencer’s throughout other social media wrongly educating some of these (in some it seems to be a steady diet). People make their case against Israel with the propaganda flowing from every avenue. Conspiracies and slander abound from those naming the name of Christ. These people claim, ‘Holy Spirit discernment’ and ‘much Biblical study’, as well as commending themselves for length of years being a Christian (unwise – 2 Cor 10:12). They don’t demonstrate either in their sometimes slanderous condemnation of Israel. It’s heartbreaking and shameful for me to see/hear these things (as I’m sure it is also to many of you). Yet sadly it is not surprising in these last days of apostasy.
A few of the things I’ve heard.
Is it ‘really’ Israel in the land?
Is it really their land?
I will not bless them when they’re genocidal.
They reject their Messiah, they are not a real Jew.
They are of their father the devil.
They are not real Jews, but of the synagogue of Satan (incorrectly understanding Rev 2:9; 3:9 spoken to literal, physical churches in John’s day)
No one can trace the lineage of the Jews.
These are the fake Jews in Israel (and so on).
I’ll get into some of their foolish accusations later, because of the great amount of information I’ve accumulated and have to sift through. This is going to have to be divided into parts, and Lord willing, I pray some may repent (think differently). I’ve mourned and prayed about this, and I’ve had to let people go in their stubborn sin of cursing Israel.
I beseech my brethren in Christ — instead of getting information from the world of social media, or those who profess to believe yet teach contrary to His Word or gospel. Please get your outlook on Israel from the whole counsel of God’s Word, and nowhere else. Especially not people who proof text Scripture or don’t use it much at all. Don’t listen to people like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Kirk Cameron, or other replacement theology thinkers. When someone states something as fact, please search the Scriptures as Acts 17:11 exhorts to see if what they are saying is true.
Is the Land Israel’s?
Yes, and more. It is their promised land which they have never fully possessed, but will in the Millennial Kingdom. Some claim a Scripture that say they possessed the land, but only what they had taken at that point. He is bringing them back to all the land He has said is theirs. They desire to live there. They have gone through great hardship to get there. He will keep His promise.
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you (Israel) out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (not all, but specific descendants of Abraham), and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the Lord.’” Exodus 6:6-8
Israel has been lied about and persecuted since the beginning. But it should not be so from the very people who are to love them, pray for them, and provoke them to jealousy. We know they are not saved people. Paul’s hearts desire was that Israel (not the church) should be saved. So should ours. So note that Scripture identified unsaved Jews who denied Christ as Israel.
Satan hates Israel. He is the father of all lies, a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). From the beginning, Satan has sought to destroy Israel because he wanted to foil God’s promised Deliverer who would come from them. We see his murderous spirit in the first nation to come against Israel (Egypt). Pharaoh sought to kill all the babies in the time of Moses. We know God delivered Him and Moses in turn became a deliverer (Egypt has been involved in four contemporary wars or battles with Israel since 1948).
The Assyrians (Today, parts of Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Iran), were a notable story in history. King Sennacharib, a fierce invader, had taken many of the cities of Judah as well as other nations. But God told King Hezekiah he would not capture Jerusalem. But the Assyrian King mocked the God of Israel, and said he had taken all the other nations before and destroyed their gods, and stated their God wouldn’t deliver them either. God had the prophet Isaiah send word and tell Hezekiah, that God would send a rumor into Sennacharib’s ear, and he would flee back to his own land where he would be killed (turned out by his own son). But before he fled back to Nineveh, God sent His angel to destroy the 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in their encampment.
Most Christians (I hope) know the story of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon taking Israel into captivity, killing and destroying throughout their land, including their wall and their temple. You who will not bless Israel say they were not faithful (true), but they were still called God’s chosen people and still promised restoration in the near future, and also in the end. Babylon’s kingdom would end with the hand and the writing on the wall (chapt 5).
People of Israel, you should be familiar with the hand of God in judgment (1 Sam 5:7,11; 6:3, 5; 1 Kgs 8:15; 2 Chr 30:6, 12; Job 19:12). Please study Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the other prophets yourself. Look into Revelation and its cross references and quotes of the Tanakh. See what you find about the last days. The time of Jacob’s Trouble is coming. Find the Scriptures of the prophesied Messiah. And to the nation’s leaders around the world? Nebuchadnezzar is a picture of God taking everything away from the proud and humbling him to the form of a beast (Dan 4). It can and will happen to you if you do not seek Him. And we will see that with end times Babylon, except that leader will not turning towards God like Nebuchadnezzar did. It’s not too late for either Jew or Gentile to be saved, but it will be one day soon.
But out of that Babylonian captivity came a beautiful story of faithful young men of Israel who made a difference, (Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; Dan 3). Typology of God’s deliverance of Israel from the fire in the latter days. And that fourth man, like the Son of God will be there, and their hair will not be singed, and they will not smell like smoke.
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.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. Isaiah 43:1-3a
The Persians (Iran) are not new to conflict with Israel, they followed behind Babylon with the Medes (all prophesied ahead of time in the statue and interpreted dream of Dan 2:26-49). Daniel in the Lion’s den (Dan 6), another type of Israel as we see Daniel delivered as God stops the mouth of the lions. And it will happen in the last 7 years of Daniel’s prophecy, when once again the lion’s mouth (the beast of Rev 13:2), will be stopped by the sword of Jesus’s mouth.
Iran was one (among several) of the initial countries in the world to vote against Israel being able to form as a nation (1947) and have been staunch enemies of Israel. These also voted no for them joining the UN (1948). Think of Haman in Esther and his Satanic murderous plot to kill all the Jews. A lull in the tensions was present during the days of the Shah (1953-1979) until the revolution where they went under religious Islamic leadership, (Khomeni), who said Israel was the enemy of Islam and closed off all diplomatic relations adding that Israel was not a legitimate state. They will come to know that God has given Israel this land, and they will fully possess all that was promised. Your efforts will not succeed. They have been Israel’s enemy since, it has been no secret that they have been funding Hezbollah and Hamas. God has not turned His back on you. He desires no one should perish. He sent His only Son, who gave His life for you, that when you trust in Him as your Savior, you might live with Him eternally. Read more here.
I recommend the old movie Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman. It is a fictionalized account of the historical struggle of Holocaust survivors trying to get out of the British camps at incredible odds. Desiring to go back to their land and establish their own state (what some call Zionism), in the face of many promises made and broken by their allies. If not the Jews, who was Hitler exterminating? Why the Yellow Star of David? Why desire Israel vs. coming to America? The story of the boat named Exodus didn’t have such a victorious end in real life as in the movie. “Let my people go,” didn’t happen in the real-life case. The portrayal reminds me of the founding of America — except it wasn’t previously our land and Israel is theirs.
From out of the Greeks, came a type of beast (a typological picture of the final AC that would go after the Jews). Antiochus Epiphanes set himself up in the temple as God. Interestingly, throughout history, they enjoyed ‘relative’ peace until the holocaust (where about 80% of the Greek Jewish population died). Later about ½ that were left fled to their homeland. Which one of you who claim to be Israel has made plans to get there?
Greece was among the first European countries to return confiscated land back to its previous Jewish owners or surviving families. But as with other countries, most especially our own, antisemitism is on the rise. Concerning is the representation of a fascist Party in the Greek Parliament (a party called Golden Dawn — holocaust deniers).
We of course know of Rome and their terrible persecution and extreme torture and crucifixions (in addition to Christ), of both believing Jews and non-believing Jews alike. The murderous and crazy emperor Nero. The destruction of the Temple seen at the hands of Titus in AD 70. Throughout Biblical and secular history, enemies from without, and enemies from within (much like America) have plagued Israel. From Rome, Israel’s own wicked King Herod sought to kill the newborn King. There have been wicked Kings of Israel (alongside the good), throughout their history, but did that nullify whether other nations are still to bless or curse Israel? No, it was God who determined when and where they would be punished, and did and will still hold any nations who came against them accountable.
The blessing for blessing Israel and the curse for cursing Israel still stands.
Isaac blesses his son Jacob, who IS Israel
Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you! Gen 27:29
Numbers 24 – Balak tries to get Balaam to curse Israel
Interestingly, this is the chapter Israel took its recent slogan from (vs. 9), but the Spirit of God comes upon Balaam and he blesses Israel instead. Pay attention, it is the Spirit of God saying this about Israel through Balaam (read the whole chapter),
“Blessed is he who blesses you, And cursed is he who curses you.”
Forgive my attempt at a brief characterization of these historical times, there is too much to do it justice. But this is simply to help you see some of the enduring sorrows throughout time the Jewish people have faced. History is important to understanding these things, yet is constantly being revised by those who hate or curse Israel. Wikipedia is a good example of one proven to revise articles written and researched about Israel. The ADL found them antisemitic as well as well as holding an anti-Israel bias. Our ‘academic’ institutions are mainly the same. Molding the thoughts of the young and gullible into something unpalatable that is reminiscent of the brown shirts.
Where history is important, the history recorded in the Word of God is vitally crucial to understanding God’s relationship, irrevocable promises and covenants with Israel. God has not cast away His people. Most of professing Christianity has it wrong.
Israel has endured thousands of years of being taken captive from their Promised Land, to later be expelled from the countries they were brought to — captured again and efforts continued to annihilate them. The same thing we’ve seen in the recent past days of Nazi Germany (and the ‘church’ that participated in that horror), as well as Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland etc.). More on Germany and the church in part 2.
We have seen Israel surrounded by enemies, a tiny country surrounded by mostly large hostile Muslim nations, surviving in the midst — which demonstrates God’s hand on her. The only one that at this time sharing a border with Israel that is relatively peaceful is Jordan.
Pakistan is a nuclear power with the sixth largest army in the world. Even though they do not share a border with Israel, it hasn’t kept them from being anti-Israel. From the beginning, they have vehemently refused to recognize Israel’s statehood. They were also involved in the six-day war, the Yom Kippur war of both 1967 and 73. Pakistani people, here is the good news of how you might know where you would go if you died today (in Urdu).
I close this with the recent news that Israel and Iran have agreed to some terms of peace with President Trump. I do not look forward to the many speculations claims (again) made by professing Christians that will come from this, although I am happy for this temporary respite in hostilities. We all know we will not have real peace until Jesus comes. But friends, don’t immediately jump to say someone is the AC if they attempt to bring peace. God bless Israel, and God bless the people of Iran to come to know Christ as their Savior. And God bless America, that many might come to know Jesus as their Savior.
May Israel soon come to know Jesus is and was their Messiah. The one they missed. As they look upon the One they pierced and mourn (Zech 12:10), He will wipe away all the tears from their eyes.
See Part 2, more on the false accusations and conspiracies spread by not just unbelievers, but those naming Christ.
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Hello. I was wondering what you could tell me about Isaiah 55:7. From the outside, it seems to support the idea or Lordship Salvation and turning from sin for salvation. What say you?
Hi Steven, thanks for the good question. I’ve actually been asked before, it’s one of the verses that does seem to say that. But when we look at context, and ask the contextual questions (the who,what,why,where,when,& how) and always in the lens of salvation being free apart from works, it seems to be a little easier to understand. Firstly, Isaiah is speaking to a people who have already had a relationship with God and are being called to ‘return to Him’ in that same verse. But earlier in the chapter we see eternal life is offered freely with no charge. Throughout Isaiah (and all the prophets really), we see Israel’s relationship with God, and the prophets exhorting Israel to return to the right way, or to turn from their sins (not for receiving eternal life).
It’s part of our walk too as believers, if we are to have an intimate walk with Him, we don’t walk according to the lusts of the flesh, but try to choose to walk in the Spirit instead. Salvation is free, our walk requires some changing but always in His Spirit. Our ways and thoughts are not His, which is why we need to choose the good part and let His Word change us (Lk 10:38-42).
Anyways, I hope that helped. There are several passages in Scripture that seem to contradict the truth that we cannot be justified by the law (turning from sin is keeping the law), or that no righteous works can earn us eternal life (Titus 3:4-7). Forsaking sin I believe is a righteous work, it just cannot be added to the free gift of eternal life.
God bless your week Steven.
Thank you for your answer, Holly. I’m just not sure what to think. Another FG teacher I was talking to said that this verse and its surrounding chapters are most definitely talking about salvation in the sense of justification, but he feels that the way and thoughts to be forsaken are man’s self-righteous ideas about how he might save himself. But I just don’t get that from the words “way” and “thoughts”. Given the context of Israel’s overt rebellion against God, it makes more sense to be talking about lifestyles of sin. But I can’t deny that this verse is in the middle of an obvious reference to the Savior and His future work. So that leaves me feeling like this can only mean one thing: we must forsake out (at least) overt lifestyle of sin to be saved. Now the response would be that the unbeliever is incapable of forsaking sin without the Holy Spirit, but is he really? God expected Israel to forsake sin for blessing, and they did not have the indwelling HS at that time. So is it really a stretch to think that God might at least want the unbeliever to forsake, not every sin, but the very overt lifestyles of sin, at minimum, to receive forgiveness and justification? That leaves me despairing. I CAN’T leave all my sin. Or maybe I’m just not being honest with myself, and the fact is I just don’t WANT to. I love my sin more than God, and so I’m willing to hang on to it and go to hell rather than run from it and receive mercy. Maybe all my studies in FG are just a way to make myself feel better about it while I continue on the path to hell…
Hi Steven, I understand your thoughts and fears in this. Just to clarify, I would consider myself more grace-based, I don’t align with all the free grace doctrines, but we are the same on the gospel.
There are some things we consistently need to remember in light of difficult passages.
At least they are things that I remind myself of. The gospel is simple and many bring things that corrupt minds from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Cor 11:3-4). And Scripture doesn’t contradict itself. How many times do we see ‘believe’ as the only requirement listed throughout Scripture? Some have said 150-200 times. Read through the book of John, the only book written for evangelical purposes (read John 20:31) and the entire book and see if you can find turning from sin in regards to receiving the free gift of eternal life.
1. The gift of eternal life is free. No strings attached. Turning from sin is a good work, but again, it is not by works of righteousness that we can do. Remember Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah 64:6
Sin is likened to wind carrying us away.
2. No one can turn from sin perfectly, and God demands perfection. We’re too late for that because we’ve all sinned.
3. Which leads to — A sinner, without strength, ungodly, not righteous, not good… but while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (PP Romans 5:6-8 you will see unbelievers are listed all those things). We are also called ‘children of disobedience’.
4. Being without strength, we have no ability to master turning from sin without the power of the Holy Spirit, and the cleansing and sanctifying that comes from His Word (Ephesians 5:26; Psalm 119:9-11; John 17:17). And the focus is back on what we can ‘do’.
5. The only sin I see mentioned in relationship to receiving salvation that I can think of is seen in John 16:7-11, where the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, and says, “of sin because they believe not in me.”
You said the other person mentioned that it was speaking of our ways and thoughts. They are not His. We cannot please Him by anything but faith (Heb 11:6).
Let His Word answer the enemy of fear in your life. Remember, God has not given us a spirit of fear (2 Tim 1:7). But the enemy loves to accuse us every day and every night (Rev 12:10).
Remember when Jesus was walking on water (Matt 14:22-33) and Peter wanted to come and he did? Looking at Jesus he also began to walk on water, but then he noticed the wind and began to sink. We cannot trust in works of our own. Who overcame sin? Who overcame death? Who overcame the grave? Who forgave all of our sins when He died on the cross and nailed everything that was against us to the cross?
I would agree with the other person in that our way is to look to ourselves, to our own works to earn things (a job, love, respect, etc). Even in John 6, after Jesus had multiplied the fishes and loaves in front of the crowd, and departed,(becaus they wanted to make Him King by force), they came looking for Him the next day. Jesus told them they were seeking Him, not because of the miracles they saw but because He gave them food to eat. And He says,
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
What was that meat? (He brings up His flesh and blood later, and notice that He gives it).
But what was the first thing they asked?
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Notice the first thing they think? He said He gives them that ‘meat’ that brought everlasting life. But their human response is to ask, what can they DO’?
He says this over and over in John, but this is a direct response when they ask what they can do.
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Our way is to think we can do something to earn it. Our thoughts are not His. We need to repent (think differently). I could make this response a whole blog it has been so long, and I’d like to say more, but His way is simple, it is to believe on Him instead of anything else. When we focus on ourselves vs. Him, we are going to trip ourselves up.
Seriously, re-read the book of John and try to observe certain things. Maybe note the I AM passages. The miracles. The condition (to believe on Him). The pointing to Christ as God. Whatever you notice. And always think of the majority of witness. Do not let single difficult passages trip you up. Remember the beginning words in Isaiah 55 are ‘free’. There are two nations contrasted, another nation which has not known Him and Israel, which has known Him, and He instructs them to ‘return’ to Him. If He was speaking of certain sins regarding their relationship with Him, He has had not problem listing them in the other prophets, i.e., idols and high places, sacrificing their children to false gods, their infidelity to Him was the sin most often repeated.
In Romans 7:15-25 Paul laments the very thing you are. Just really make Luke 10:38-42 and Prov 3:5-6 a focus. Look up every Bible passage someone shares (if you are listening to them). If you do not, then do not hear them. You need to do your own homework on these things so that you know it is what He is saying. When troubled, acknowledge Him in it and lean on Him (not your own understanding) and trust in Him.
Finally, the promise of salvation (blessing) that came through the Abrahamic Covenant is unconditional. Conditioned only upon God’s promises. He swore by Himself and there is no greater(Heb 6:13-20). In Genesis 15, Abraham was asleep. God walked between the sacrifices (the way they ratified their covenants) but He instead swore by Himself. He didn’t need us to ‘do’ anything. Believing Him, believing that He cannot lie, and understanding that’s why we can know we are His. Not because of anything we have done, but because He has done it all (1 John 5:13).
This is why it’s good to keep short accounts regarding sin. In 1 John 1:9, progressive/practical sanctification (being set apart/holy) is in view. As we confess (homologeo – the word means to agree with or acknowledge) our sin before God we can know that He is just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousnss. This is for our sake, as positionally we are already sanctified (Heb 10:10-14) and perfected forever when we believe. However, we see struggles with sin in each epistle, some having different weaknesses. Maybe I better stop and make this a post some day. But I hope any of this helped at all. Look up every verse/passage that you don’t immediately recognize here. Make it a study and just talk to Him throughout. Trust in Him, not in anything you can do. Love and prayers in Christ.
Obviously you support Israel regardless of what they do which I see many people do Jews of course and Zionist.
But as a believer in Jesus Christ I can not except nor agree with the fact that I am commanded to love my enemies
But Israel does have to
I am commanded by God to not murder
But Israel soldiers can commit war crimes against children
If i commit adultery or a multitude of fleshy sins without repentance I will go to hell but Israel has a pass to do what ever they want and it’s completely 💯 excusable by Christians and they claim that God excused their horrible acts because they are Gods chosen people.
I don’t have the answers but one thing I know in my spirit this is a complete distortion of Jesus Christ in the New Testament I struggle with sin daily I worry about my salvation because of my flesh I fight and pray to Jesus Christ to make me into the Christ like man he has ordained me to be. This is sarcastic, but why not just renounce my Christian faith become a Jew and move to Israel and then I have no more worries about the commands of Jesus Christ. I could act say do whatever I want with no repercussions from God I could kill Palestinian kids and it’s justified Biblically I have heard Jews justified biblically. That these kids will grow up to be terrorist so they should be destroyed regardless I’ve heard this from rabbi in Israel is extreme as it sounds. I’ve heard this and I’m not sure it’s just a one off sentiment. It might be in sarcastic yes but this is what is being pushed on Christians And I feel it insults, people’s intelligence and sensibility to try to justify evil because the Bible does say and warn about calling good evil and evil good
Hi Thomas, appreciate you coming to comment. Sorry it took so long to approve the last two, I’ve been traveling.
The word Zionist just means believing the Jews have a right to live in Zion. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said, “I say”… (regarding loving our enemies), so that is for us too.
And Romans 12:19-21 says,
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
All of us are commanded not to murder, and hatred against any one is likened to murder (by Jesus in the Sermon on the mount).
We are also commanded not to bear false witness. You say Israeli soldiers have committed war crimes, and you say we somehow would give them a pass. No, God is their judge, and any individual that has done so (both sides), will be held accountable. But I believe it is slanderous to paint the whole group that way. American soldiers have done bad things, are they all evil?
I just wonder why you don’t speak of the children who were raped, burned, murdered, beheaded, (and made to watch their parents have the same done to them), by the Palestinians on Oct 7? Why is it always so disproportionate?
If you commit any sin without belief upon Jesus Christ as your Savior, you will go to hell. Including hatred of Israel. Repentance is a change of mind to belief in the truth. You evidently believe your repentance keeps you saved? Maybe consider our repentance series on the top of the page.
No Christian I know says any horrible act is excusable because they are God’s chosen people. That’s just a straw man argument, fed by social media and the leftist Communists, Muslims and those who hate them because they are God’s chosen people. There has been much envy regarding that by many over thousands of years. Satan has always wanted to see Israel destroyed, and Christians. And he will come after them again during the last 7 years of the Tribulation.
Look, please read Romans 7:15-25. Paul is speaking in the present and says he will not be delivered from that struggle from sin until the day he dies.
You say you ‘worry about your salvation because you struggle with sin daily’. Do you not know that Christ paid for ALL of your sins on His cross?
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:13-15
Do you not understand that when we believe upon Jesus as the only way to be saved, as the payment in full for our sins, we are forgiven all and justified from all things? How is it then that there would be any sins left to pay for?
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38-39
No one is justifying evil. The Bible has recorded evil perpetuated by Israel since the beginning of their formation. More evil Kings than good. But this is about God’s promises to the forefathers. They have profaned His name, but He says He will not do it for them, but for His name’s sake (Isaiah 48).
Therefore, our heart’s desire should be that Israel would be saved (Romans 10:1). We should be obedient to be ‘provoking them to jealousy’ during their partial blindness so that some will be saved (Rom 11:11-14). Salvation came through the Jews, we know Jesus chose to come through them. He came unto His own and His own received Him not. But we were grafted into the promise of the blessing of salvation and we should want the same. He tells us to pray for them and not let up.
For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall never hold their peace day or night.
You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Isaiah 62:1,6-7
Please consider reading this, so you can be sure you are knowing where you will go when you die. And you can know for sure today.
Love in Christ, Holly
Basic genealogy and God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was that their descendants would be as stars and sands. We don’t know who we are or who we descended from. The tribes were not lost, Israel was sifted among all nations. I think we are going to be surprised. “For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.”- Amos 9:9 NKJV
Also we have to consider Jesus warned us of fake Jews twice in his letters to the churches. History and DNA proves the governing class of Jews in Israel are not Semitic. This was a nation illegally acquired by the Rothschilds and they are most definitely satanic fake Jews. Biblical Israel is peoples NOT real estate.
Pray indeed for Israel the chosen people! They are worldwide and as promised in Revelation, God will gather them from all 12 tribes.
RR, thanks for your thoughts, maybe I could give you some of mine.
I don’t think we know who they are exactly, as I’m sure we don’t know their DNA tests (the governing class). Maybe they are and maybe they are not.
As to the Rothschilds, again, maybe some evil, maybe not. But as far as the people not real estate, it is both according to His Word. People and Real Estate. The Land Promises are throughout His Word, it’s a great Bible study. Search for the Scriptures then look up the Cross references.
There will be both Israelites in the land and without the land in the last days. But we know there has to be Israelites there already, because His Word shows us He will regather them in unbelief to their land before the end. It is those Israelites in the flesh that will sign a covenant with the ‘man of peace’, the Antichrist John mentioned in 1 John 2:18 I believe it is, and Daniel mentioned and Jesus did in the Olivet discourse. So there has to be Jews (real ones) in their land to sign that covenant.
Also, there has to be real Jews in the land to flee their land (again the Olivet Discourse passages as well as Revelation 12 and Daniel 9:24-27). So the argument a lot of people make falls flat in that respect. It is Jews who will flee to Bozrah/Petra. As far as the Satanic Jews, many lay claim to Revelation 2 and 3 spoken to the literal, physical churches in the days of John. And they apply the ‘synagogue of Satan’ to today. But I think that also falls flat from a grammatical-historical method of Bible interpretation.
Hope that helps you think of it a little differently.