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1 | Does the Bible say protect Israel | Bible general Archive 1 | LANAY | 79810 | ||
I have been taught that we are to protect Israel and I believe this but I am having trouble finding where it says this in the Bible. Does anyone know where I might find some scriptures to support this? | ||||||
2 | Does the Bible say protect Israel | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 79844 | ||
Greetings, LANAY; The modern state named Israel is not mentioned in the Bible. The Israel of the Bible was created by God; the modern state was created by the U.N. in 1948. The Israel of the Bible was a people, the descendants of Abraham, who were given the land of Canaan to occupy. Eventually, because of their disobedience, God allowed that land to be taken from them and the people of Israel to be dispersed. Israel ceased to be a nation in the political and geographical sense. In Jesus' time, the political and geographical entity know as Israel was simply a Roman province. I don't know of any reason to believe that the U.N. was acting on God's authority and command when it created the modern state it called Israel. The Jews, the ancient people known as "Israel" continue to play a part in God's plans. But I don't believe that the modern state, also known as "Israel" has any special Biblical importance. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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3 | Does the Bible say protect Israel | Bible general Archive 1 | Searcher56 | 79845 | ||
Indiana Jones You said, "The modern state named Israel is not mentioned in the Bible" ... However, some of those in Israel can trace back to Abraham thru Isaac and Jacob (Istael). Doesn't that make them the Israel of the Bible? Moreover, what about the future prophecies that deal with Israel ... how do you handle them? Searcher |
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4 | Does the Bible say protect Israel | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 79863 | ||
Hi, Searcher; I agree that there are many people people living in the geopolitical entity named Israel who are also part of the people named Israel. I think the the key is to distinguish between the people and the state. (I know you know the history of Israel, I'm just summarizing to explain my point. Besides other reader may be less familiar with it.) The people get the name Israel from their ancestor Jacob, whom God renamed Israel. They are heirs to the promise made to Abraham, Jacob's grandfather. Thus the people named Israel existed before they, with God's help, subdued Canaan and established a state named for them - Israel. The authority of that state lay in the Law of Moses. That state had boundaries set by God and was ruled by a king - first God himself, later Saul, David, and Solomon. After Solomon, the state named Israel split in two and eventually disappeared. But the people named Israel, while dispersed, were still the descendants of Abraham, still heirs, still chosen by God. For roughly 2500 years, there was a people named Israel but no state by that name - no king, no fixed boundaries, nothing that makes a state. Then, in 1948, in response to the horror of the Holocaust, the U.N. created a new state to be a safe haven for the people still known as Israel. There was no Moses, no Joshua. The U.N., not God, established the boundaries. The U.N., not God, established the government. The U.N., not God, helped subdue the inhabitants. The U.N., not God, chose the name. The authority of this new state lies in a man-made constitution, not in the Law of Moses. That was the long answer - my favorite kind, I guess. :-) The short answer is that I think the Biblical prophecies concerning Israel speak of the people named Israel, created and set aside by God. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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