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Does the Bible COMMAND Christians to Support the State of Israel?

Lakepointe Church

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[0:00]Those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed.
[0:00]So he's, this is Jen, I'm just going to read the passage he's referring to Genesis 12.
[0:00]Go from your country, your people, and your father's household to the land I will show you.
[0:00]Does America have a theological obligation to support the nation state of Israel?
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[0:00]Growing up in Sunday school, I was taught from the Bible. Those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed. those who bless the government of Israel. Those who bless Israel is what it says. It doesn't say the government of, it says the nation of Israel. Let me go ahead and read it. So he's, this is Jen, I'm just going to read the passage he's referring to Genesis 12. Go from your country, your people, and your father's household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you, I will curse. And all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. Does America have a theological obligation to support the nation state of Israel? And the reason we have tin foil hats on, cause we're going to talk about end times. Um, big theological word, eschatology and anytime I talk about this stuff, I feel like a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist. But we're not because we got Bibles in our hands. By the way, I'm going to take this off here. I'm going to read the whole Galatians passage and it helps us as New Testament Christians know how we should think about who are the people of God now. So it says this, the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say and to seeds. Paul's pointing out, no, the promise was uh was singular to one specific offspring of Abraham. Now, as Christians, you're probably going, I bet I know who that one offspring was. Who is Christ? You are all children of God through faith. Jesus in one sense is the Israel of God. Charles Spurgeon used to love to say that. And then what Paul is saying is Jesus was the Israel of God. And then because of your faith, you are in Christ, that's the language. So now you're part of that. So is it Jews, Gentiles, you know, what's the distinction? Well, this is the very next verse. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you this is huge, listen close. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. It's specifically referring back to the promises God gave Abraham in Genesis 12 and 15 in the Abrahamic covenant. That promise applies primarily to New Testament Christians, people of faith in Jesus. But I don't think there's any way to read Romans 11, the end of Romans 11 and not come to the conclusion that God still has a special plan for the future of ethnically Jewish people. to have a radical, uh, revival. Like I think one of the signs of the end is going to be tons of Jewish people get saved.

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