YOU, Your Children, Israel & Bible Prophecy

Children. The joy of our hearts. Our little ones can make us laugh or cry. They can cause us the greatest contentment and the deepest pain. It is our children that cause us to stop whatever we are doing in an instant.  No matter how busy we are, if our children are in trouble, nothing else matters. It is our children’s laughter that makes us think that even for just one moment in time, all is okay in the world. It is our children that cause us to weep uncontrollably, when they choose to walk down the wrong path in life. And it is our children, who give us the reason to run to them rejoicing, when they come home. Children.

You may be thinking, what do my children have to do with this article about Israel, Bible Prophecy and the Church?  Everything.  For God’s chosen people the Jews are God’s children, as we are who believe.  And the Father’s heart is broken, broken for His people Israel.  As Jesus taught us in the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32, so longs the Father’s heart for His firstborn, Israel to come home.  To know their Messiah.  To believe in the One who He sent.  Read Romans 10:1, Romans 11 and Jeremiah 31:31-37.

“Sing, O heavens! Be joyful all the earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.  But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb?  Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you, see I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before me.” Isaiah 49:13-16

God loves Israel. The Jewish people are not forgotten in the eyes of the Father.Consider the words of Zechariah 2:8 when the Lord says about the Jews, “… for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.”   In other words, in the Hebraic interpretation of this verse, you could read it to understand that “He who touches Israel pokes God in the eye.”

Some of you may be thinking right now, “I thought the Jewish people were from the Old Testament and didn’t exist anymore.”  Some others reading this may be thinking, “I thought Israel was rejected by God and now I am Israel”. Yet others of you may be thinking, “What does Israel have to do with me as a Christian?”  Dear ones, with the love of God I respectfully share with you today, that the Lord is inviting you to take a deeper look into His heart. I think we would all agree that He wants ALL of our heart. We call out in prayer consistently crying, “Lord, I am yours, I surrender to you, and I want your will, I want what YOU want.”  In return, I also believe He wants us to have ALL of His heart, and a huge portion of His heart is ISRAEL. Israel did not cease to exist. Israel, as a people and a nation, are alive today and a FULFILLMENT OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY.

We are living in an hour that is experiencing more fulfilled Bible prophecies since Jesus went to the cross.   Just within the past 100 years, more ancient prophecies spoken by God through the prophets of old are coming true IN OUR LIFETIME.

The first century church was predominantly Jewish. Jesus’ disciples were all Jews. Jesus was, is and always will be a Jew.  He was born in Bethlehem, Israel. He grew up in Nazareth, Israel. He spend a good part of His ministry in the Galilee area, in Israel.  And he was crucified and ressurection from the dead, in Jerusalem, Israel. The same Land of Israel that existed thousands of years ago, is still there today. We have been there several times and I can testify to the fact that EVERY WORD OF THE BIBLE IS TRUE, AND MODERN DAY ISRAEL IS A FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT BIBLICAL PROPHECY. And it is God’s heart, that His Bride, the Church, pray for, bless and comfort His firstborn, Israel the children of Abraham, with God’s Biblical love.

(I took this picture in Israel last year.  

This is the Sea of Galilee with the Golan Heights in the background)

May the 14th, 1948. Consider the scripture written by the Jewish prophet Isaiah in chapter 66 verse 8. It says  “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children. Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord…..”. This incredible promise, this ancient prophecy was fulfilled only 61 short years ago. IN OUR GENERATION, on May the 14th, 1948 when Israel was reborn as a nation according to God’s promise, we have witnessed this scripture fulfilled.

Within the last 100 years, (and most since 1948), over 6 million Jews, the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are now living in the ancient Land of Israel. These people have come “home” from the countries from which they were scattered! There are still Jews living in other countries that are still in the process of Ezekiel 37 including MEXICO. God is inviting you to participate with Him in these last days, in bringing the Jewish people back to their Land according to His Word. Please read Isaiah 43: 1-6 and Isaiah 49: 13-22, focusing on verse 22. There are over 85 scriptures that refer to God brining His people back to the Land of Israel. It’s happening now!

Church of the Living God, Messiah Y’shua, Jesus Christ is about to return! The Word of God tells us that the Jews would be re-gathered again a second time (some in unbelief) to THEIR OWN LAND before Jesus comes back. This was impossible until this generation, when Israel became a nation again in 1948. Open your heart and ask the Holy Spirit reveal to you the immensity of this. The Word tells us God would plant Israel back in their own land before Messiah’s return. Again, I encourage you to read Ezekiel 37. You are living in the day and hour of this prophetic chapter! Make sure your lamps are trimmed!  Be about your Father’s business!  Be ready to preach the Gospel! Be ready to follow the Lamb wherever He goes! Desire to want all of Him, including His heart for His children, the people of Israel!

Everything God is doing to wind up history centers around the nation of Israel, God’s prophetic “time clock.”  Nothing can change the Word of God and His plan. And He desires that ALL of His children, both Jew and Gentile, come home to His heart.

I hear all the time here amongst my Christian friends here in Mexico, “God is so faithful, at times we forget about Him, but He never forgets about us.” And this is a true saying. For the Father never, ever forgets about His children. Both Jew and Gentile alike.

Written by
Brandy Cook

History repeats itself---and YOU are the target!

Dear friends,

Peace and grace to you in Jesus name!

If you have been reading my main blog at www.lastdaysreview.blogspot.com, you know that the Lord has blessed me greatly with readership in many countries of the world. However as our internet ministry has grown, it has become apparent that more articles are needed on a greater variety of subjects. To accommodate our readers, many of whom have varied interest levels, we have now added two new blogs. The one you are reading is dedicated to articles having to do with Israel and as such is titled, ISRAEL'S COVENANTS. The third blog is entitled www.backtolifebasics.blogspot.com and is dedicated to church, family and fellowship type issues.

In today's article, I have chosen to forward---with permission--an article originally posted by JERRY GOLDEN ministries. This entry illustrates our humanistic tendency to "BELIEVE ALL THINGS" that have been written or published by "whatever source" without bothering to check the facts. Unfortunately, todays news sources are literally peppered with misinformation and frequently downright lies. The favorite target for misinformation is Israel. Also, history really does repeat itself.

Just as the church---and much of the world turned a blind eye to the public threats and ultimate ravages of the Nazis during WW2, once again many people and nations are doing exactly the same thing when they hear threats from nations harboring and training terrorists. Invariably our response is "They wouldn't really do that would they"?

The answer of course is YES, they really would and most certainly will. When we hear of entire nations and terrorist groups loudly proclaiming their desire to wipe out Israel and exterminate the Jews, we should be paying close attention and raising our voices even louder in a collective NO, NOT AGAIN YOU WON"T!!!

A German's View on Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. 'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'


We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.


The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful Muslim majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.


Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians -- most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.


And who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points:


#1 -- Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.


#2 -- Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

#3 -- Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

#4 -- Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this message without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.

BACK TO PASTOR RANCE:

This point is particularly poignant when it comes to two very important topics. Number 1 is a growing sentiment against Israel which is becoming more anti semitic by the day. The second and no less important, is what appears to be a worldwide demonization of Christianity in general.

The question is simply this? If there are really an estimated 2 BILLION professing Christians on the face of the globe today, then why does roughly 1/3 of the entire worlds population sit on their hands and do nothing about these things?

I guarantee you that when 2 BILLION anybody's stand up and raise their collective voices in unity-----------------THE WORLD WILL LISTEN!!!

We do not have to stand still for political correctness!
We do not have to accept the taking away of our Christians rights!
We do not have to stand still and watch threats of another holocaust against our Jewish brethren!

God bless you all,
Pastor Rance.