"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," Psalm 122:6. As we rest in the afterglow of Thanksgiving and probably plan new disguises for leftovers in the coming week, let's not forget Israel. What affects them ultimately affects the world and Christians in particular. Christ said to use their events as a calendar to inform us when his coming is close. The Bible is being fulfilled right before our very eyes.
There is no use trying to deny the reality of an "end time." Ecclesiastes tells us God has placed eternity in our hearts. Today movie producers, authors, scientists and Christians all speak with some conviction of this time the Bible refers to as that day or the Day of the Lord.
Fortunately, just as God used Israel to be the bearer of Redemption he is also using them to chronicle the progression and the eventual end of earthly history. Christ says when we see all that has happened to Israel since 1948 to the present, we are to take notice; "look up for our redemption draws near." Whose redemption? That of the church and believers in Christ. Israel's final conflict will also herald the earths death throes and the ushering in of a glorious eternity with Christ for those who believe. No nation, no matter how powerful or how much nuclear capability they have at their disposal, will be able to annihilate Israel. It's not on God's calendar.
If you have any doubts that God fights for Israel now as he did against the nations of antiquity, read the events of the "Six Day War" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/7133#.UK-hTeSukkw
God is still able. Last, God is also true and will not go back on his word. Pray for Israel, pray for their aggressors, and pray that Christians will rise to the challenge of standing with the Chosen People, the earthly relatives of our Lord and our Messiah, Jesus Christ.
There is no use trying to deny the reality of an "end time." Ecclesiastes tells us God has placed eternity in our hearts. Today movie producers, authors, scientists and Christians all speak with some conviction of this time the Bible refers to as that day or the Day of the Lord.
Fortunately, just as God used Israel to be the bearer of Redemption he is also using them to chronicle the progression and the eventual end of earthly history. Christ says when we see all that has happened to Israel since 1948 to the present, we are to take notice; "look up for our redemption draws near." Whose redemption? That of the church and believers in Christ. Israel's final conflict will also herald the earths death throes and the ushering in of a glorious eternity with Christ for those who believe. No nation, no matter how powerful or how much nuclear capability they have at their disposal, will be able to annihilate Israel. It's not on God's calendar.
If you have any doubts that God fights for Israel now as he did against the nations of antiquity, read the events of the "Six Day War" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/7133#.UK-hTeSukkw
God is still able. Last, God is also true and will not go back on his word. Pray for Israel, pray for their aggressors, and pray that Christians will rise to the challenge of standing with the Chosen People, the earthly relatives of our Lord and our Messiah, Jesus Christ.
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