A friend sent a video to me during the week about the way Christians are being treated badly in Israel. The video was supported by facts and figures and sincerely, I was not surprised at the situation. I was about replying my friend when I thought that many more would have the same thought, so I decided to make my reply to be a blog.
First, let me give you the context of my writing by addressing some arguments about the present day Jews.
I have seen many arguments that the present-day Israel is not the biblical Israel. To put that to bed, we should know that all the relics of the bible days are still in that same location. That's very easy to solve. Some argue that the people are not the outright descendants of the biblical Jews. This is also wrong as many evidence prove that the people who claim to be Jews from Europe, America and other parts of the world are genetically related and significantly different from those of their host communities.
Also, Jews jealousy guard family history. Many Jewish families still have Rabbis in charge of their lineage. The fact that they were scattered and still maintained their identity is a mystery that fulfilled the prophecy of Ezekiel 36:25, Jeremiah 31:10 and Amos 9:14-15 which says that Israel will be gathered again after they are scattered.
The final argument I will touch is that the current Jews do not believe in Jesus Christ, so they cannot be God's people. This will take me go to my response to the video.
The current day Jews do not believe that Jesus Christ is their messiah. They believe that He is not the messiah because He didn’t usher the Jews into global relevance, bring universal peace and build a temple. This has been from the days of the early church. The Jews persecuted the church and insisted that the church does not represent any part of them.
Paul lamented their state in Romans chapter 9. He urged the gentile world to be wary of their state as being engrafted into the vine where the root are the Jews. Today, the Jews are still in that same state where they consider Christians as outsiders of the covenant of Abraham. This is because they do not have understanding of the 70 weeks of Daniel. I have explained this is my post about the Iran War.
I believe, that after Donald Trump, Israel will be severely attacked. Many nations cannot openly show their support for Iran today because of the USA factor, but after Trump, many nations will eventually show their rage. This will be so heavy on Israel that they will have no choice but to cry out for a saviour. The emergence of the Antichrist will become faster and eventually, maranatha.
The Jews will still come to Christ. This will be as a result of intense persecution. The Gog and Magog war of Ezekiel 38 and 39 points to a time of war with a certain king of the North, popularly believed to be Russia. Although, the prophecy says that Israel will win the war, Israel will still come under intense warfare which I believe will set in after Donald Trump.
While the state of Israel right now shows opposition to the gospel, they will still come around to cry out for the gospel according to the following bible passages:
Zechariah 12:10- Says that after the Jews have pierced and killed the deliverer, they will eventually look for Him and mourn for their actions.
Matthew 23:29- Jesus said that Jerusalem will not see Him again until they say blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD.
These bible verses mean that the Jews will eventually come to Christ, but it will be after a time of destruction and persecution. Jerusalem will see Christ again when they consider Him to be blessed. So, watch out for the maturing of the fig tree for when it is matured; for it will burn before it is saved.
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