I’m trying to post this while on a bumpy turnpike….and after reading many and various news reports on Israel. No matter what your politics or dogma….Israel is simply trying to survive….and that part of the world hates them….because they brought Jesus Christ into the world. That they later rejected Him makes no difference. What is about to happen in this world includes…..(we all know what ‘includes’ means right)….God calling out a multitude of these people as a remnant….they then calling out to their Savior as they are given the vision to see.....just as we were! If evangelicals or conservatives or anyone are on the wrong side of this then that would be a major…..as opposed to a minor….mistake. The information is there in God’s Word….treat these people fairly…..don’t in any way….even by being neutral….don’t join in with the haters of Israel. 1948 was prophecy fulfilled….and this today is prophecy being fulfilled. If your historical dogma does not see this…..all I can say is to pray about it….in the privacy of your own mind….surely you can have humility there….and ask God to open your eyes if you have been living in ignorance on this.
Addendum: I returned home from that bumpy ride.....tried to correct the typos....and want to expound a little bit more on this. On the one end of the spectrum of evangelicalism they look at the Jewish people as having no specific relation to God anymore....thus there is no prophetic importance in a state of Israel. On the other end of the spectrum....primarily charismatic....they seem to think that the Jewish people are saved in a different way. The truth is in the middle somewhere. I was listening to a Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermon earlier on that bumpy turnpike ride....and it was on the Second Coming. He said this.....he advised people to read things like the notes in the Scofield Study Bible....of which he would disagree vehemently with many things.....but then read the other side.....and then make up your own mind. I have always felt that way....because the truth of our Sovereign God of the Bible always comes out clear...majestic and wonderful...and strengthening in the confidence and joy in His sovereignty!
Pray for what is going on folks....for the people suffering....pray that His will might be done....pray Maranatha....Lord Jesus Come....and pray also for the wisdom and strength to trust God through the storms that we are going through one after another.
