What goin' on...

What's goin' on... The crux of the matter is this: The Jews are GREATLY loved by God because of the faithfulness of their patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and too many more to name here. It is this people, this nation, this family of Israel whom God birthed and shepherded, it is they to whom He gave the Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus), to redeem them and save them, and so too, all of the nations who believe Him.

Romans 12:17-19 (ASV)
17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Paul wrote that around the year 60 AD. But the prophets, [Mat 5:17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil]... the prophets wrote before this, and will we hear them?

Isaiah 34:8 (KJV)
8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

Isaiah 63:4 (KJV)
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

Micah 5:15 (KJV)
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

We see today enormous pressure put on Israel that they might finally turn to Jesus, their Christ, as their God, Anointed Messiah King, Lord and Savior, something they have resisted for nearly 2000 years. God is moving heaven and earth for the Jews and all mankind. Be sure to be on God's side.

Romans 11:25-36 (ASV)
25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins. 28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of. 30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. 32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.
Isaiah 43:1-28 (ASV)
1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. 15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise. 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling. Isa 44:1-8 (ASV) 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen: 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

Proverbs 14:1

 

The land of PROMISE.

The land of PROMISE.

No one can expect heaven without God's free gift. It will matter not at all to those who refuse the gift of eternal life if God gives the land to the Jews or not.  What the future holds for the Jews and the land is God's doing. So what is God up to regarding Israel today? Why the controversy of Zion?  Isa 34:8

The covenant of the land is a guaranteed and unilateral covenant, a gift and a promise that the land will belong to the Jews for 1000 generations. If a generation is only TEN years this promise is enforce for 10,000 years!

“O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:” (Psa 105:6-11, KJV)

God  does command Abram "walk before me, and be thou perfect." But God does not say "if you do this  I will give you the land of Canaan."  The command precedes the promise and gift of the land.  There is no IF / THEN. God is essentially saying "Do this and I will..."  He is not saying..."If you will do this then I will... " The IF / THEN covenant comes later  via Moses to Israel. Israel was exiled temporarily from the land but restored from Babylon after 70 years. She was exiled in 70 AD because she rejected her Messiah. But this again is not a recinding of the promise  of the land now only around 4000 years old.

“For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.” (Rom 11:15-16, KJV)

No one, Jew or Gentile, will enjoy the gifts and inheritance is given by God to them in except they have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  This is the issue and the resolution of the controversy of Zion (the land) and the Jews cannot be separated. 

No one in heaven's eternal comfort will be unhappy if God keeps his promise of the land to Abraham and his descendants. Hell will likely be eternally bitter over the matter.  Instead of judging Israel's inability to walk today before God blameless we might do well to remember the impossibility of inheriting any gift, promise or reward from God while in the condemnation of unbelief.  John 3:18 -21. 

God did not send Jesus into the world to condemn it but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” (Rom 1:16-17, KJV)

Make sure your righteousness is of faith trusting God's word and promises.