I'm referring to the Nation of Israel. Capitol, Jerusalem.
Have you never read the OT??? They were the ONLY Nation in the OT that God revealed Himself to.
Psalms 147:19-20 (NKJV)
19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. 20 He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD!
How many times must I quote Zech 14? Yes, they are VERY special to God. He brought them home to save them, not because they are saved.
Ezekiel 36:24-28 (KJV)
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Their sinfulness has NOTHING to do with this. God is going to give them new hearts to serve Him. That's why He brought them back into their Land. See above.
Israel is only a state,it is NOT a nation.It is a state supported by the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel - Israel
If the USA stops supporting Israel,it would stop been a state,not a nation as it is NOT a nation but a state.
http://www.churchoft...rg/index_1.html
How come you keep calling Israel a nation when it is not a nation but a state?
As for reading the OT,Are you going to say that MODERN Israel is OLD Israel?
If you claim the modern Jews are Israel you are making a false connection....
Read the marks of Israel,how do they connect with modern Israel and modern Jews?
http://www.israelect...kMohr/JM050.htm - The marks of Israel
23. Israel to have a new name. Isa. 62:2; 65:15; Hos. 2:17.
29. Israel to lose all trace of her lineage. Isa. 42:16-19; Hos. 1:9, 10; 2:6; Rom. 11:25.
How do those marks match modern Israel?Are you going to say it is some future event?
How many times must I quote Zech 14? Yes, they are VERY special to God. He brought them home to save them, not because they are saved.
Your arguments are weak,if the Jews do not believe in Jesus now,why would they believe in Jesus if he returns to modernJerusalem?
Israel is an anti-christian state supported by a Christian country,look at the talmud,look at how Israeli TV portrays Christianity...are you going to say Jesus will return to people who do not believe in him instead of return to people who do believe in him?
If you claim modern Jews are old Jews then read about antichrists...
1 John 2:18:Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John 2:22:
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 John 1:7:For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
The definition of antichrist/s connects with the Jews....
Do you seriously think Jesus will return to the state of Israel, with it's many antichrists(plural) regardless of Their sinfulness,instead of returning to a christian people who actually believe in Jesus?
"The Messiah [is] without metaphor the Jewish people" Kethuboth 111a.
If the Jews consider themselves the messiah....read that talmud quote again and again and link it in to modern Israel.....
Your arguments state that Jesus will return to people who will not fulfill anything in the Bible...read marks of Israel
You argument is a false connection,blindly stating Israel is a nation when it is NOT.
No matter how many times you say Israel is a nation,you make a false connection as it is only a state,supported by the USA,which could stop been a state if the USA decides to stop supporting Israel....
http://www.sheldonem...ldjerusalem.pdf -
The Old Jerusalem is not the New Jerusalem