Should
Christians Support Israel?
From A Christian Perspective, Christians believe that
everything should be based upon the Biblical text. Here
are seven solid Bible reasons why Christians should
support Israel.
Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless
thee and curse him that curses 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
have cursed the Jewish people have experienced the curse
of God.
St. Paul recorded 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 eternal gratitude to the Jewish
people for their contributions that gave birth to the
Christian faith. Jesus, a prominent Rabbi from Nazareth
said, “Salvation is of the Jews!” (St. John
4:22) consider
what the Jewish people have given to Christianity:
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The Sacred Scripture
b) The Prophets
c) The Patriarchs
d) Mary, Joseph, and Jesus of Nazareth
e) The Twelve Disciples
f) The Apostles |
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
over His head, “King of the Jews!
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Jesus considered the Jewish people His family. Jesus
said (Matthew 25:40) “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as you have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren (the Jewish people… Gentiles were never
called His brethren), ye have done it unto me”.
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper
that love thee.” (Psalm 122:6) the scriptural
principle of prosperity is tied to blessing Israel and
the city of Jerusalem.
Why did Jesus go to the house of Cornelius in Capernaum
and heal his servant, which was ready to die? What logic
did the Jewish elders use with Jesus to convince Him
to come into the house of a Gentile and perform
a miracle?
The logic they used is recorded in Luke 7:5; “For
He loves our nation, and He hath built us a synagogue.”
The message? This Gentile deserves the blessing of God
because he loves our nation and has done something practical
to bless the Jewish people.
Why did God the Father select the house of Cornelius
in Caesarea (Acts Chapter 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 is Acts 10:4 “… your prayers and your
alms are come up for a memorial before God.”
Again in Acts 10:31 “… and your 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.
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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.
We support Israel because all other nations were created
by an act of men, but Israel was created by an act of
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, 17:4-8, 22:15-18, 26:1-5 and Psalm 89:28-37.)
Thank you for Standing with Israel. |
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In
the past generation a new era began as God called His
people back to their own land, the land promised to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As many Jewish people heeded
and are heeding the prompting to go, they face enormous
challenges.
Many come with nothing, like immigrants from Russia
and Ethiopia, escaping persecution, only to enter a
land surrounded by nations that hate them. Good jobs
are scarce. Over 20% of the population is impoverished. |
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