I just read an article on World Net Daily that is most sound Biblically.
The article points out the flaws in Biblical understanding of many misguided Evangelical Christians who are against the modern State of Israel.
Here is the link:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/ministry-leader-says-enough-of-attacks-on-zionism/
I will repost that link in a comment below to make it “live,” since I haven’t figured out how to do that in the space of a post itself yet.
The article even makes mention of the Abrahamic Covenant! That covenant is still in full force, and has not been abrogated or assigned to someone else other than to whom it was originally given.
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Mic 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Mic 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Mic 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Psa 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Rom 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Rom 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Rom 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Act 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Mat 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Here is the link to the World Net Daily Article in a format that should be “live.”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/ministry-leader-says-enough-of-attacks-on-zionism/
Galatians 3:26-29 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (29) And if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
John 4:19-26 The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. (20) Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. (21) Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.(22) You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. (23) But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. (24) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (25) The woman said to him, I know that Messias comes, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26) Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am he.
We are able to become fellow-heirs on the basis of provisions in the Abrahamic Covenant. That is the primary focus of Romans 4 in your Bible.
No denomination or faith group or individual can rewrite the provisions of the Abrahamic and the Davidic Covenants. They are very much still in force, are crucial to the understanding of Bible, and generally ignored or misunderstood by those who continue to refuse to do Real Bible Study independently on Robinson Crusoe’s Desert Island.
God has not canceled His Covenant promises to the Jews. They have not yet been fulfilled (Acts 7:5), but most certainly will be.
It all starts with Daniel’s prophesies. If you take the illogical notion that God clicks the pause button on Hit prophetic stopwatch, you can then come up with all kinds of interesting ideas and twist them how ever you wish.
Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined on your people and on your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
But no, you say it is more that 70 weeks. It is 69 weeks and then MANY MANY weeks, then one more week. We will ignore the MANY MANY weeks and pretend they are not there. I take the Bible the way it reads and it is plain and simple. 70 weeks. Then everything falls into place perfectly.
Jeremiah 18 applies to all nations, even the nation of Israel.