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NASB | Romans 11:14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 11:14 in the hope of somehow making my fellow countrymen jealous [by stirring them up so that they will seek the truth] and perhaps save some of them. |
Subject: Israeli State is Israel in Name Only |
Bible Note: Let's be clear: the secular state of Israel, although largely populated by Jews and sharing a common nomenclature, is not, itself, the Israel of Scripture. The Israel of Scripture is a group of people consisting of the descendants of Jacob. In modern times there are more descendants of Jacob who are not citizens of Israel than there are Jews in the land of Israel. Please do not confuse the two -- no matter your particular eschatological and/or apocalyptic perspective. "The entitlement of any one ethnic or religious group to territory in the Middle East called the 'Holy Land' cannot be supported by Scripture. In fact, the land promises specific to Israel in the Old Testament were fulfilled under Joshua. The New Testament speaks clearly and prophetically about the destruction of the second temple in AD 70. No New Testament writer foresees a re-gathering of ethnic Israel in the land, as did the prophets of the Old Testament after the destruction of the first temple in 586 BC. Moreover, the land promises of the Old Covenant are consistently and deliberately expanded in the New Testament to show the universal dominion of Jesus, who reigns from heaven upon the throne of David, inviting all the nations through the gospel of grace to partake of his universal and everlasting dominion. Bad Christian theology regarding the ‘Holy Land’ contributed to the tragic cruelty of the Crusades in the Middle Ages. Lamentably, bad Christian theology is today attributing to secular Israel a divine mandate to conquer and hold Palestine, with the consequence that the Palestinian people are marginalized and regarded as virtual 'Canaanites.' This doctrine is both contrary to the teaching of the New Testament and a violation of the gospel mandate. In addition, this theology puts those Christians who are urging the violent seizure and occupation of Palestinian land in moral jeopardy of their own bloodguiltiness. Are we as Christians not called to pray for and work for peace, warning both parties to this conflict that those who live by the sword will die by the sword? Only the gospel of Jesus Christ can bring both temporal reconciliation and the hope of an eternal and heavenly inheritance to the Israeli and the Palestinian. Only through Jesus Christ can anyone know peace on earth." --Knox Theological Seminary Though your theology may differ from that taught at KTS, do not fail to heed their warning. We are to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to Jew and Gentile alike! In Him, Doc |
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DocTrinsograce | ||
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mark d seyler | ||
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