48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Isa 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Isa 48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another
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out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
Ezk 20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Ezk 20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezk 20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
Ezk 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved
Let's us count how many times as Christians we have sinned....but we have a forgiving God do we not? It's the same God is it not?
The bond of the covenant is the first covenant.How does this scripture support the state of Israel if there's rebels living in it?