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His Word Is Truth
xxxIn an age during which many people take a salad-bar approach to the contents of the Bible-that is, "I like and accept this part, but do not like or accept that part" -modern Israel being biblical Israel is one of the parts people have not liked. Many have cut Israel out of God's plans and pasted the church in its place.
xxxYet there are prophecies that have not yet been fulfilled in connection with the regathered Jews in the land of their inheritance, and some of them include God judging the nations who come against the Jews. Israel is not perfect, and the Jewish people have not yet looked upon the one whom they pierced and mourned for Him as one mourns for an only Son (Zechariah12:10). But the God who made an everlasting covenant with Israel is perfect,
and the entirety of His Word is truth. If Scripture can be cut and pasted by humans, then we cannot trust God's promises.
xxxIn Genesis 12:3, God said, "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." Through the bloodline of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob came the Messiah, the Holy One of Israel. And through Him, all the nations of the earth have been blessed with the opportunity to be saved through His redeeming blood. Those who curse Israel will be cursed. The word "curse" means "to slight," or "to make little of" That means we need to be careful about those who slight or make little of God's covenant people, through whom the Savior of the world came.
xxxThe Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and all antisemitic activities are to be avoided by the church. Ezekiel 36 makes it clear that God has not replaced or cast off Israel. Rather, for His name's sake, He regathered the people into their homeland. To oppose or deny this is to oppose and deny God's Word.
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