And Son.
[SIZE=14pt]The Unleavened Bread (John 6:35) was the way of salvation. Jesus made it clear that He is the bread of life. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]On First Fruits the enemy was defeated and the way paved for man to be saved (John 2:19). He is risen! (Matthew 28:6-7)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]On Pentecost a new body was formed (Acts 2:1) in addition to the apple of His eye, Israel. That body was the Church. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Our solid hope is all laid out in the following passage: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,[/SIZE] [SIZE=14pt] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,[/SIZE] [SIZE=14pt] and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-5)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]All the original members of the first Church were Jewish. The apostles of our Lord were Jewish. The book we love so much, the Bible, was provided us by the Lord through the writings of mostly Jewish men. The apostle to the Gentiles was Jewish. The greatest missionary who has ever lived was Jewish. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Today, many churches, various denominations, and so-called pastors hate Israel. Some openly boycott any trade with Israel and side with her enemies. Some in the pews of our churches hate the Jews, and don’t even know why. In my opinion, one of the most dangerous things any man or entity can do is side against Israel. You might as well side against God. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]It isn’t to say that everything Israel does and stands for today is right, but she is still the apple of God’s eye, and that we need to keep foremost in our minds. She is family, and who of us would not stand by our family members, right or wrong? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]We should ache for her, knowing her trials that will come during the Tribulation. She will suffer much, but in the end will finally come to recognize her Messiah, and that is the good news. What a glorious day it will be when the nation of Israel finally recognizes her Messiah as the one she rejected many years ago. I can’t imagine the utter joy of that moment.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]It wasn’t wise that Israel rejected her Messiah nearly two thousand years ago, but through that horrible decision we were born as the Church. The Jew is usually the only one blamed for the crucifixion of their Messiah, but lest we forget, the Gentiles were there too. We Gentiles, the Romans, actually did the work. So let us not just blame the Jew.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]The Unleavened Bread (John 6:35) was the way of salvation. Jesus made it clear that He is the bread of life. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]On First Fruits the enemy was defeated and the way paved for man to be saved (John 2:19). He is risen! (Matthew 28:6-7)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]On Pentecost a new body was formed (Acts 2:1) in addition to the apple of His eye, Israel. That body was the Church. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Our solid hope is all laid out in the following passage: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,[/SIZE] [SIZE=14pt] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,[/SIZE] [SIZE=14pt] and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-5)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]All the original members of the first Church were Jewish. The apostles of our Lord were Jewish. The book we love so much, the Bible, was provided us by the Lord through the writings of mostly Jewish men. The apostle to the Gentiles was Jewish. The greatest missionary who has ever lived was Jewish. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Today, many churches, various denominations, and so-called pastors hate Israel. Some openly boycott any trade with Israel and side with her enemies. Some in the pews of our churches hate the Jews, and don’t even know why. In my opinion, one of the most dangerous things any man or entity can do is side against Israel. You might as well side against God. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]It isn’t to say that everything Israel does and stands for today is right, but she is still the apple of God’s eye, and that we need to keep foremost in our minds. She is family, and who of us would not stand by our family members, right or wrong? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]We should ache for her, knowing her trials that will come during the Tribulation. She will suffer much, but in the end will finally come to recognize her Messiah, and that is the good news. What a glorious day it will be when the nation of Israel finally recognizes her Messiah as the one she rejected many years ago. I can’t imagine the utter joy of that moment.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]It wasn’t wise that Israel rejected her Messiah nearly two thousand years ago, but through that horrible decision we were born as the Church. The Jew is usually the only one blamed for the crucifixion of their Messiah, but lest we forget, the Gentiles were there too. We Gentiles, the Romans, actually did the work. So let us not just blame the Jew.[/SIZE]
