Deuteronomy 7:1
King James Version
7 When the Lord thy God
shall bring thee into the land
whither thou goest to possess it,
and hath cast out many nations before thee,
the Hittites, and the Girgashites,
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater
and mightier than thou;
GOD loves Israel.
That is a fact.
The whole Bible tells us so.
Scripture tells us of GOD's faithfulness to her.
Despite her unfaithfulness to Him.
She may be tiny, but it didn't matter.
That's precisely why GOD chose her.
Deuteronomy 7:7
King James Version
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you,
nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people;
for ye were the fewest of all people:
Through this tiny nation, GOD tests us.
Do we love, or bully?
Do we honor what GOD loves, or do we destroy what He loves?
Do we obey GOD's will, or do we defy the LORD's will?
Through Israel, GOD knows our hearts.
In the greatest clarity of all.
Israel is the APPLE of GOD's eye.
Zechariah 2:8
King James Version
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts;
After the glory hath he sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he that toucheth you
toucheth the apple of his eye.
No matter what you do, you cannot destroy Israel.
GOD promised a "remnant".
Destroy Israel, at your own peril.
The future of her persecutors are set in stone.
As well as those who love her.
That is GOD's law:
Genesis 12:3
King James Version
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth
be blessed.
She is GOD's holy people:
Deuteronomy 7:6
King James Version
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God:
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto himself,
above all people that are upon
the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:2
King James Version
2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God,
and the Lord hath chosen thee
to be a peculiar people unto himself,
above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:19
King James Version
19 And to make thee high
above all nations which he hath made,
in praise, and in name, and in honour;
and that thou mayest be an holy people
unto the Lord thy God,
as he hath spoken.
What are GOD's plans for Israel?
Why did He choose this tiny nation?
Scripture is clear about GOD's intentions:
Isaiah 43:21
King James Version
21 This people have I formed for myself;
they shall shew forth my praise.
Further,
2 Samuel 7:23-24
King James Version
23 And what one nation in the earth
is like thy people, even like Israel,
whom God went to redeem for a people to himself,
and to make him a name,
and to do for you great things and terrible,
for thy land, before thy people,
which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt,
from the nations and their gods?
24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself
thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever:
and thou, Lord, art become their God.
1 Peter 2:9
King James Version
9 But ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
an holy nation,
a peculiar people;
that ye should shew forth the praises
of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvellous light;
When you're born again, all things become clear.
Your only desire is to obey the LORD's commands.
To know His will.
And to share the gospel.
You know your role in this world.
And surely, it is NOT to destroy Israel.
But to love what GOD loves.
Most of all, Israel.
If you do the opposite, then you belong to CHRIST's enemy.
You have made a stand of who you are, and what you are.
Not to mention who you really serve.
JESUS made this declaration:
John 8:44-45
King James Version
44 Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth,
ye believe me not.
GOD will always love Israel.
He has NEVER cast out Israel.
Despite her many iniquities against GOD.
Despite her being in "slumber".
She will wake up.
At a time appointed by GOD.
Her future is sure with the LORD.
Romans 11:25
King James Version
25 For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
GOD is steady.
He doesn't change.
His WORD remains.
Find truth, and comfort, in this:
Isaiah 40:8
King James Version
8 The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth:
but the word of our God
shall stand for ever.
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