Here is a "shocking" opening statement of fact! Israel is NOT Israel.
Why would I say that, seeing that I am of Israelite descent myself?? Have you any idea why? Let me explain the facts! Israel as a land ceased to exist in 720 BC when the 10 Northern tribes were exiled by God to Asshur(Assyria). They ceased to also be a unified nation after king Solomon died! They never returned throughout all recorded history and in fact they spread throughout the known world populating it over the following 2700 years! A remnant remained in the land in 720 BC which was the tribe of Judah along with Benjamin and a small collection of people from the other 10 tribes which chose to remain with Judah and serve God in the land! These were ejected from the land by the Romans in 70AD and exiled to Iberia. However the land was no longer known as Israel anyway! It was from that point in 720 BC onward known as Judah or in the Latin version Judaea. During the time of the Roman empire the Romans named it Palestina to rile the Jews about a bygone and long since eradicated enemy called the Philistines(which came from Crete by the way). The modern day "Palestinians" are in actual fact a
collection of Syrians, Egyptians and Jordanians. There is however a small remnant of Samaritans among them yet most of these are christian "Palestinians". The people name is a modern day invention of Yasser Arafat a natural born Egyptian himself! Anyway not digressing any further, the land was not known as Israel and it was not until 1948 the Jews decided to misappropriate the name instead of again choosing Judaea! The excuse for this is a verse in the Bible which reads in Hebrew (Amo 9:14 ושׁבתי את־שׁבות עמי ישׂראל ובנו ערים נשׁמות וישׁבו ונטעו כרמים ושׁתו את־יינם ועשׂו גנות ואכלו את־פריהם׃ ) which means this, 'And I sat down the tribes of my people Israel and they will build cities for the people and they sat down and planted vineyards and drank their wine and they made gardens and ate their fruit.' (This prophecy will be fulfilled at Yeshua's return!) However the version the KJV and many other translations will feed you is one of design! And this is what it reads, "Amo 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. "
You will note the subtle differences in the text, bringing again the
captivity instead of what the real ancient Hebrew says which is God saying He will sit down with the tribes of His people Israel! The narrative is born there to reclaim "the land". When God refers to the land which God has promised to Israel however the word is not to be translated as "the land" but as "the earth". The earth is the Lord's and so it shall be His heirs inherit that which is His by promise! Just in case you have trouble with the facts here are the scriptures to confirm it, (Exo 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S. Deu 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Psa 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 1Co 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.)
Having then established that fact then also the choice He made clear in the Bible is that He chose Jerusalem as a place for His Name or where His Name shall be called upon(Jer 25:29, 1Ki 11:36), His footstool is earth! (Mat 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.)
The land is not the land, it is the earth with Jerusalem as its capital just as God has foretold yet not as envisaged by many who have been deceived by the plans of the son of destruction's(perdition) agents, the false Jews, the pharisees of old, the rabbis of the modern day! God has His plan laid out clearly in His Word here, (Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.)
The Israel we see today is not of God, yes He is returning His people the Jews to the land but it is for judgement! (Amo 9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Amo 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel
among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Amo 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. ) As you can see Israel is among the nations, Israel IS the nations yet not all Israel is Israel!(Rom 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: ) Only those who obey God's commandments are a part of the true Israel and those who pretend to be now will be cut off! Many who are in the land "Israel" will be cut off as they belong to the circumcision(the
idolatrous talmudic Jews, the spiritual decendants of the pharisees). They currently rule the world under their false god appollo/ apollyon, the destroyer, abaddon, satan! Yeshua called them out by their nature, (John 8:44 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.) These evil men currently strive to stop the spread of the Truth which is Yeshua in the land of "Israel". The reason I put the name in brackets is because Yeshua does not call the land "Israel", He calls it Judaea even when referring to the last days in which we now live!
See here, (Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: ) When Yeshua speaks of Israel He always speaks of His very own people not a land! And sadly the fact is most of the population of "Israel" today is a false Jew as DNA has proven even most have bred themselves out of the physical vine that is Israel because they follow the lies of satan saying the Jewishness comes through the mother when God's Word clearly teaches the opposite to be true always showing inheritance to be from father to son. Shortly before the Day of the Lord He will gather the tribes(nations, gentiles) to Jerusalem and He will destroy His and Israel's enemies which is the enemies which I just mentioned above! Only those who turn to God in repentance of their sins shall be allowed in the city, those born again of the Spirit! ( ואספתי את־כל־הגוים אל־ירושׁלם למלחמה ונלכדה העיר ונשׁסו הבתים והנשׁים תשׁגלנה ויצא חצי העיר בגולה ויתר העם לא יכרת מן־העיר)Which means "And I gathered all the nations into Jerusalem for war, and the city was captured, And the houses and the people were consecrated, and half of the city shall be exiled, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city." (the KJV by the way perverts this verse as well as many others, Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ) KJV adherents, the freemasons will no doubt look to 'ravish women' and rifle houses as they put it! They shall be among those who will be cut off. As Israel covers the earth and our King of kings, our Saviour, our Mighty God is coming back to rule on earth for the last 1000 years He will establish His throne in Jerusalem fulfilling His promises in His Word!
(1Ch 22:10 He shall build an house for My Name; and He shall be My Son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of His Kingdom over Israel for ever.)
Wow that was intense.
I agree that the Kingdom of God does not appear in the form of a worldly nation being formed in the land of Judea. A nation where pride parades march down the streets of Jerusalem. A nation where for many national pride is often a greater priority than seeking the will of God. Jerusalem is not a city of righteousness today.
I can't help but think that bringing a people who are zealous for (biblical) Zion into the land of Judea to settle it, is an act of the Most High according to His plan. It opens the doors for the righteous remnant to establish themselves in the land reserved for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and their seed. It also appears to pave the way for the prophetic events preceding the feet of Messiah landing on the Mount of Olives. He appears to fight against the enemies of Jerusalem, to defend the remnant that is present in the city.
Inheritance always passes from father to son. The idea that a person is Jewish according to their mother makes no sense at all.
@ironshield
I think the biggest hurdle people have to get over is that Jews only represent one tribe out of twelve in Israel! The reason everyone calls Israelites Jews is because they have separated Israel to only be the Jews as in the New Testament they are frequently referred to as being against Yeshua as He was born a Jew. (John 4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.) this He said being a Jew in Judaea. It is of course true that your own family is the hardest to reach! A foreign people welcome the gospel with open arms but your own family thinking they know you don't want to believe your words. This is also the reason Yeshua said when instructing His disciples when preaching the gospel, to the Jew first and then then gentile(meaning the other 11 tribes). God always disciplines His own first then after that the rest and so it is with the gospel to correct His own but His own would not accept Him.
As for inheritance the rabbis "changed" the inheritance rule by citing a chapter from Ezra to "prove"their lie. Chapter 9 where the Israelites were intermarrying with the idolatrous women of nations surrounding them. This of course is an idiotic reason but it is the one they use nonetheless. In Yeshua's genealogy which by extension is also King David's etc there are several non Israelite women one even having a book in God's Word, Ruth. She was a Moabitess and of course her husband Boaz's mother was Rahab the Jericho harlot. It is nonetheless the reason they give for their "Jewishness" and they don't even realise they have bred themselves out of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by doing so. They are no longer physical heirs as only their mothers needed to be Jewish. As you can imagine with each generation that passes their Jewish genes diluted to the point they are no more! They blended with the people of the Khazarian empire who took on Judaism as their religion, Judaism of course being complete idolatry pretending to be of God when in reality they are the continuation of the Babylonian idolatries just as the catholics and the muslims are, the three main religions, the three main idolatries all stemming from Babylon. This is also why the talmud reads almost identical to the koran and the catholic catechism mixing little bits of what looks like the Torah with what is mostly complete idolatry. Bringing the gospel to the land of "Israel" is very difficult to do as the land is ruled by these evil rabbis and they are attacking true believers all over the land physically as well as verbally. They say there is freedom of religion and that is true as ours is not religion, it is relationship and satan wants to prevent that as it is the only danger he faces, a true believer with the knowledge of Yeshua. The true believer is the only true enemy satan has on earth and he will work feverishly to prevent us from preaching God's Word to them knowing it will surely defeat him. He knows he has lost the war but he still fights the battles thinking he can win. Only a true believer will fast and humble themselves and seek God's face and walk in faith where the gates of hell cannot withstand our prayers and proclamations to save those who still need to be taken out of the bondage of sin.
Dear brother, righteousness is as righteousness does. Many Jews are zealous for the Torah (Acts 21:20), and good works (Titus 2:14). If they refuse accept Messiah, it's because God has shut their eyes for His glory. Who are we to boast against them? How can we love those of the Jewish faith if we are too busy calling their faith "complete idolatry". Rather we should look to ourselves, is there anything we may do that the Most High regards as taking glory away from Him? What are our idolatrous practices?
Anti-missionaries are zealous for their understanding of the Torah and do not recognize their own Messiah, they are deceived because they only know the pagan Jesus, the triple god of hellinistic christianity. They are not willing to hear about the real Yeshua, they are terrified of the possibility that Yeshua was a real prophet sent from God who was murdered by their forefathers. But those who do accept Messiah receive a great opportunity for transformation into the son of Abraham that the Most High desires.
Yeshua observed the practices of Judaism practiced in His day. The traditions that He called hypocritical were those that nullified or superseded His Father's Holy word, causing the Torah to be broken. Yeshua had no problem entering the Synagogue on the Sabbath day as was his custom. Yeshua taught his disciples to pray in a manner almost identical from the Siddur (prayer book of Judaism). He was Zealous for his Father's House (the temple) even though it was built by wicked Herod! He wept for Jerusalem, ruled by the religious elite.
My point is that the "Followers of the Way" and "Sect of the Nazarene" and "Followers of Messiah" were all a part of a sect of Judaism. It's not offensive to the Most High to follow in the footsteps of His Son and observe the traditions of the elders in sincerity and truth - not with hypocrisy and lies.
The question isn't if we believe "the Jews" of today are idolatrous impostors, but how the Most High views them. They have preserved the oracles of God for centuries and many generations have faithfully followed the Torah as it is written. Woe to us, if we are found boasting against the natural branches laying on the ground, while we have been grafted in. If we don't bear good fruit, we'll be pruned off in a moment. As for us, we should fear God and keep his commandments.
@ironshield
I think you misunderstand the truth behind Judaism. The "Judaism" you put it, Yeshua followed, was not anything religious nor was it even closely related to what the Jews have now. These rabbis, these descendants of the pharisees rule the world under satan and this is the reason why Yeshua called them sons of their father the devil.
It is true there are always those who are like Shaul(Paul) ignorant of the facts when it comes to the truth of God's Word and whilst doing evil thinking they do God a service by their zealousness. Being of the natural branches of Israel myself I have no illusions as to the truth behind their evil. God raised me to not be deceived so easily. Giving too much credit where it is not due is a fatal mistake many believers make when it comes to "Israel" and its religious leaders. Yes it is true the Jews might have been blinded in part but that is only due to their sin of idolatry and that needs to be made clear to them! How can a people repent if they believe they are doing no wrong!? Too many followers of Yeshua have fallen for the lie that we don't need to preach repentance to them saying the Lord will open their eyes and take away the blindness! Just how do you think He will do that?? It is by us preaching the gospel of Truth, of Yeshua and the need for repentance of their sins!
Why is it do you think all the apostles preached this, to avoid those of the circumcision!? Because they are workers of evil working against the Kingdom of God! You do not placate their acts nor make them acceptable in the sight of others! You expose their sin so people can see them for what they are. They refuse Yeshua and violently so! Go to Israel(the land) and do some preaching of the gospel in Mahane Yehudah or similar places and you will find out for yourself! Nowadays you don't even have to leave home in Israel if they know you are a follower of Yeshua as they will come to your front door to threaten you and destroy your property etc. The government over there being run by these vile men will cover up such occurrences all over Israel! Truth is a rare commodity in the world today but it is even rarer in Israel! Now if you actually knew what was written in their talmud you would know exactly what they are about and they have not changed one bit since Yeshua called them sons of their father the devil. It is therefore the people who need to have their eyes opened up to the evil of the religious establishment in their land! As for how Yeshua views these people, nothing has changed! He always loves those whom He loves and He will never accommodate the evil of those who He calls sons of their father the devil. Your understanding of Judaism is of 2 millennia ago. It is pure idolatry now as the pharisees were idolaters then but worse now because they have enslaved an entire nation to sin once again even after God has punished them(as promised in His Word) because of sin throughout these last 2 millennia. It is the persistence of their idolatry, their talmudic Judaism that keeps them away from God. If you placate these religious leaders you will never get the truth to the people. The people need to be told the truth about their leaders so they can stop believing their lies and repent of their sins and turn to God and return to Him as a nation. Most will have to go through the trouble of Jacob before they will repent because of these evil leaders. But without telling them truth now how will they ever hear?!
It is time to stop holding hands over their heads saying Oh you poor persecuted Jews!!! It is time to tell them how to finally break this cycle instead of making false "christian" excuses for not telling them! The pastor Hagee types of this world will be judged much harder than the false Jews! As believers our faith is shown by what we do not by what we say and we need to be like Yeshua and let our yes be yes and our no be no! Jew or gentile, ALL need to hear the gospel and ALL evil needs to be exposed for all to see so they choose what is right. There is no grey areas with God, if you're lukewarm He will spit you out. We obey His commandments by doing them not by talking about them. So saving the Jews from persecution only goes One Way, Yeshua's Way! Expose the sin among them so that they will repent for how else will they repent if they believe their "Judaism" is enough and even some "christians" are telling them it is ok to remain who they are! That which amounts to good fruit, doing God's Word and Will, not talking about it and making excuses for the sinners regardless of whether their Jews or not! (1Pe 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: )