Lately, I have read a lot about the Jews, the nation of Israel, and the end times. I know there are a lot of people talking about Israel being God's chosen people and that the timetable of God "tick-tock" around the present-day nation of Israel. So we have lots of Israeli sympathizers - pray for the safety of Israel from her enemy, pray against nations who stood against Israel, and some Christians even observes the festivals and celebration of the Jewish people! I was wondering what this is all about?
Yes...the Israelite are God's chosen people in the natural (at one point until the Savior, the Redeemer revealed Himself). After Christ came through the line of Judah, the middle wall of separation between God and man was broken once and for all. There is now a new creation - a new people group - called Christians first in Antioch (much better to be known as people of the Way, people of the Book). These new Christians are now the people of God, the family of God of which God became the Everlasting Father. These new Christians have no racial distinction, no gender distinction, and no class distinction - Jews and Gentiles, man and women, bond or free, children and adults! All of us come to the Father through Jesus Christ. All of us who confess and believe that Christ is Savior and Lord are adopted as sons and daughters of God, accepted in the Beloved, and receive eternal redemption, life, and love!
The Bible said that the remnant of the Lord (the Messianic Jews) shall return and be saved. Yes, we are seeing more and more of them opening up to Jesus as the Messiah. The number shall increase. But as far as I am concern, present political Israel is no way near the idea of God's chosen people. They need the blood of Christ flowing through the nations just as much as any other nations in the world including Malaysia. Political Israel is very much dictated by the course of the world and so are the Palestinian, the Arabs and all the Muslim nations, so-called Christians nations, and secular countries!
SO, YEAH...I AM NOT AN ISRAEL SYMPATHIZER! I don't give two hoots to celebrating the feasts like Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacle. I love what it represents but NOT to actually observes it like some would do. Yeah...I would not "die" for the Jews either - or be a defender of the Jewish people. Their record of atrocities is no different than any others "self-serving" nations. They kill and main, they retaliate and plot revenge, and they squander off others too!
I don't understand why Christians can be so naive. We think that USA's unflinching support of the nation of Israel is because the USA is fulfilling her role as God's servant! Utter nonsense - the Americans will do anything to protect herself and her interest! Period!
I am just musing. Please, you don't have to agree with me. You can still join the tour of the Holy Land. You can still have your kosher!!
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