Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry

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Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
Why Christians Should Support Israel
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Why Christians Should Support Israel

• Genesis 121-3
• 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee
  out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and
  from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
  shew thee
• And I will make of thee a great nation, and I
  will bless thee, and make thy name great and
  thou shalt be a blessing
  
• 3 And I will bless them that bless (barakh-kneel)
  thee, and curse (arar-qalalhold in contempt) him
  that curseth thee and in thee shall all families
  of the earth be blessed.

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Israel is Gods Betrothed

• Isaiah 54 5-6
• For thy Maker is thine Husband the Lord of hosts
  is his name and thy Redeemer the Holy One of
  Israel The God of the whole earth shall he be
  called.
• 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman
  forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of
  youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
  
• Ezekiel 168 Now when I passed by thee, and
  looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time
  of love and I spread my skirt over thee, and
  covered thy nakedness yea, I sware unto thee,
  and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the
  Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

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Jehovah Israel typecast / Hosea Gomer

• Jeremiah 314
• 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD
  for I am married unto you and I will take you
  one of a city, and two of a family, and I will
  bring you to Zion
• Hosea 219-20
• 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever yea,
  I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and
  in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in
  mercies.
• 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in
  faithfulness and thou shalt know the LORD.
  

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God Promised to Restore Israel

• The culmination of Gods redemptive plan will
  only occur in conjunction with the spiritual
  restoration and rejuvenation of Israel. (This is
  one of the primary themes of the prophets, stated
  over and over in the Scriptures)
• In fact, without an appreciation for the
  significance of the role Israel will play in the
  future, one cannot properly begin to grasp Gods
  prophetic providential program.
• Unfortunately, rampant Christian unfamiliarity
  with the prophetic portion of the Bible leads to
  a distorted or stunted understanding of Gods
  plan for this world.

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Jesus Really is King of the Jews

• Christians should have an understanding of the
  tremendous drama that has begun unfolding in the
  rebirth of Israel.
  
• Israel been re-gathered back to the land in an
  unprecedented, incredible feat of Divine
  operation. The term used by some religious Jews
  to describe the state of Israel is reshit
  tzemihat geulatenu -- "the initial stage of our
  redemption."
• During the next stages, stages to which we are
  witnesses and active participants, the eyes and
  hearts of the Jewish people will be increasingly
  turned their KING.
• The final stage is when the Redeemer Himself will
  come to Zion, and Israel literally receives Jesus
  as their King. (Daniel 924, Zechariah 1210)

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The Lord is Building up Zion

• Isaiah Chapter 62
• Isaiah provides us some direction regarding our
  initiatives of support "Pass through, pass
  through the gates! Prepare the way for the
  people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove
  the stones. Raise a banner for the nations. The
  LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the
  earth
• Isaiah 6211-12 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed
  unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter
  of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh behold,
  his reward is with him, and his work before him.
  And they shall call them, The holy people, The
  redeemed of the LORD and thou shalt be called,
  Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• In the context of this pronouncement of the
  imminent coming of the King, Isaiah directs the
  listeners to "build up the highway" and "remove
  the stones". In other words, the Christians of
  the Last Days Church who read these words and
  witness the signs of the Lords Coming, are to
  make the roadway smoother, flatter, and clearer
  for the Jews. This is Biblical or Christian
  Zionism!

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Hath God Cast Away Israel?

• Romans 1111-12 I say then, Have they stumbled
  that they should fall? God forbid but rather
  through their fall salvation is come unto the
  Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if
  the fall of them be the riches of the world, and
  the diminishing of them the riches of the
  Gentiles how much more their fullness?
• Romans 1125 For I would not, brethren, that ye
  should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
  should be wise in your own conceits that
  blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
  the fullness (pleroma) of the Gentiles be come
  in. (grafting of the Church quickens the fig tree
  to life)

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The Salvation of Israel Will Ultimately be the
Worlds Blessing

• The idea of support for Israel is not something
  that Christian Zionists concocted. Christian
  Zionism is authored by the Lord Himself.
  (Jeremiah 317 For thus saith the LORD Sing with
  gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of
  the nations publish ye, praise ye, and say, O
  LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.)
• This is a direct instruction for Christians to
  pray to the Lord to save His people Israel, as HE
  has saved us! Isaiah also implores us to "take no
  rest and give Him no rest" in our petitions and
  requests to "establish Zion-Jerusalem".
  Persistent prayer for Israel is mandatory. (see
  Isaiah 621, 7)

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The Promised Land( promised to whom, by whom? )

• Anyone vaguely familiar with the covenants
  between God and Israel should understand that the
  land grant that God unilaterally conveyed upon
  Israel is an integral part of His covenants.
• This same land that today is being contended for
  by other gods-parties who are in opposition to
  Gods providence of blessing. Christians, of all
  people should understand this, and comply with
  Gods will for His people.

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Replacement Theology

• The Bible upon which Christians base their faith
  is set almost entirely in the land of Israel.
  Jesus was a Jew, and the Lamb of Abraham.
  
• Yet today, one would think that the stories in
  the Bible took place on a different planet, that
  somehow ancient Israel and modern Israel have
  nothing to do with each other.
• Ignorance of Israels place leads to a warped
  theology, denying any kind of legitimacy in Gods
  program for Israel.

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Satan Is Seeking Israels Destruction

• Revelation 1213 And when the dragon (Satan) saw
  that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted
  the woman (Israel) which brought forth the man
  child.
• Satan hates Israel (betrothed of God/Father) and
  he hates the Church (bride of Christ)
  

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Jehovahs Name is at Stake

• Ezekiel 3617-24
• Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in
  their own land, they defiled it by their own way
  and by their doings their way was before me as
  the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I
  poured my fury upon them for the blood that they
  had shed upon the land, and for their idols
  wherewith they had polluted it And I scattered
  them among the heathen, and they were dispersed
  through the countries according to their way and
  according to their doings I judged them. And
  when they entered unto the heathen, whither they
  went, they profaned my holy name, when they said
  to them, These are the people of the LORD, and
  are gone forth out of his land.
• 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the
  house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,
  whither they went. Therefore say unto the house
  of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD I do not this
  for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine
  holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among
  the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify
  my great name, which was profaned among the
  heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of
  them and the heathen shall know that I am the
  LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be
  sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will
  take you from among the heathen, and gather you
  out of all countries, and will bring you into
  your own land.
• Isaiah 621 For Zion's sake will I not hold my
  peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
  until the righteousness thereof go forth as
  brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp
  that burneth.

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The Lord Remembers Zion

• Psalms 1028-16
• 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day and they
  that are mad against me are sworn against me.
  
• 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled
  my drink with weeping,
  
• 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath
  for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
  
• 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth and
  I am withered like grass.
  
• 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever and
  thy remembrance unto all generations.
  
• 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion
  for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is
  come.
  
• 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
  and favor the dust thereof.
  
• 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the
  LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
  
• 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall
  appear in his glory.
  

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No Room For Israel

• Luke 27 And she brought forth her firstborn son,
  and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid
  him in a manger because there was no room for
  them in the inn.
• Israel had no room for Jesus 2000 years ago,
  and today Israel is finding that the World has No
  Room for Israel
  

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God Plans to Make Israel the Head of the Nations

• Isaiah 567-8
• 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and
  make them joyful in my house of prayer their
  burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be
  accepted upon mine altar for mine house shall be
  called an house of prayer for all people.
• 8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of
  Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him,
  beside those that are gathered unto him.
  
• Genesis 2217-18 That in blessing I will bless
  thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed
  as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which
  is upon the sea shore and thy seed shall possess
  the gate of his enemies And in thy seed shall
  all the nations of the earth be blessed because
  thou hast obeyed my voice. (see also Deut.
  2813 Psalms 1101)

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God Will Judge The Nations on the Basis of How
they Treat His Beloved, Israel
Isaiah 4613 I will place salvation in Zion
for Israel my glory. Psalms 1376 If I
do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem
above my chief joy.
Israel is Gods wondrous spectacle of Heaven, and
the sight of his Beloved today being the
despised of the world should remind Christians
that our Lord was also despised and rejected of
this world.
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Jesus Desires to Save Israel

• Psalms 1226 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
  they shall prosper that love thee.
  
• Obadiah 115 For the day of the Lord is near upon
  all the heathen as thou hast done, (unto Israel)
  it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall
  return upon thine own head.
• Romans 101 Brethren, my heart's desire and
  prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be
  saved. (see Matthew 26 He will rule over
  Israel, forever)