I know that it is a place God chose for His people to dwell in. But what are God's thoughts of Israel today? I have read that when Israel disobeyed God, they fell into the hands of enemies in the OT. Yet, now is the time of AD and Jesus, His Son came to earth and He was crucified there and there were Jews who didn't believe and perhaps Jews who are there who do not believe in the Son. Now, the Jews who did not believe are perhaps waiting for the Messiah still who has already arrived. And so, I do not know how many of them are still in the land of Israel and so I am confused right now. I know the land is the land God chose and Jerusalem. I have read about it all. I know He protects the land. But what is His standing with the people within the land right now, this moment? What are they to do, repent? What are they to do, trust the God who led them out of Egypt would fight for them? Perhaps I am asking about the people and their faith in Jesus, the people who are currently living in Israel. So the land is chosen, but what about the people in it..aren't they supposed to know about the Son now? So what is happening actually?
What is God's will behind this? The reason He who does not slumber in protecting Israel allowed what is being called the biggest failure of Israeli military but we know God is the One who protects and 'unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain'. I have heard about the 'abomination of desolation'. I am thinking it has something to do with an enemy being in Israel but please correct me, I have to study more about it. I do think about it but then I read that there have been wars every now and then in Israel. But I want to know whether what happened this time was the biggest of its kind between Palestine and Israel or of more significance in some way.
Hi!
Once upon a time there were born twin brothers. The oldest was a wild man, hunter, and warrior. The youngest was a gentle homebody. One day the oldest sold his birthright to his younger brother for the pleasure of the flesh (his belly). That birthright was to
strive with The Almighty as The Promised Seed. Angered by this rejection, The Almighty rejected the oldest using the strongest language one could use; saying He HATES the oldest. The birthright of "Israel" (meaning "one who strives with God") was now the youngest's birthright.
However...
The youngest, spurred on by his mother, committed sin to take the birthright from the oldest. He
lied and
pretended to be his twin brother to receive the words of blessing from their father (a prophet of The Almighty). The father blesses the youngest.
Genesis 27:27-29
May God give you heaven’s dew
and earth’s richness—
an abundance of grain and new wine.
29 May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed
Realizing he's been deceived, the father then blessed the oldest:
Genesis 27:39-40
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the richness of the earth,
and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother;
and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,
that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
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Points to consider:
1. Both are twins and with careful disguising,
one can look like the other.
2. The oldest feels the birthright (of "
Israel") is rightfully his
3. This
anger passed down from generation to generation to the oldest's descendants
4. The birthright and blessing were rightfully the youngest but
he committed the sin of bearing false witness to receive it
5. All sin must be answered for ("eye for an eye").
6. Both blessings from their father are similar in some ways but different in others
7. The words of a prophet MUST come to pass.
Scripture proves how all of the above is and must be reconciled:
1. As long as the children of Israel behaved like "Israel" (i.e. "striving with God") Isaac's blessing to Jacob was fulfilled:
- Edomites served children of Israel
- Nations feared the kingdom of Israel
- They had the richness of the earth
- Israel led the nations
- When nations attempted to curse them those nations were cursed
- But Israel was required to maintain the covenant to maintain their inheritance (riches, land, blessings)
2. Whenever the children of Israel behaved like "Jacob" (i.e. supplanter) or broke covenant, Isaac's blessing to Esau was fulfilled:
- Edomites received the dominion
by masquerading as Israel (bearing false witness; "eye for an eye")
- Edomites broke free of Israel's yoke
- Edomites must constantly war to maintain possession of Israel's inheritance (riches, land, blessings)
- Meanwhile, the children of Israel served the nations
- The nations received riches at the cost of the children of Israel
This is why King Herod and his family were in charge during the time of the gospels. The gospels record that Herod and his family were Idumeans (i.e., Edomites; descendants of Esau) who seized power over Judea. The Edomites were allowed to remain in the land when the children of Israel were sent away to slavery. And because they were servants of the temple they retained knowledge of the temple service, eventually becoming also the Pharisees and religious leaders of Messiah's day.
So Edomites became the ruling class over the Jews (both the royalty and religious leadership), claiming to be Jews themselves - through conversion to a religion created by the Pharisees - but they are not Jews by descent (just like Messiah said).
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When the Messiah pronounced final judgment on the children of Israel for rejecting Him He said, the people would be scattered to the nations and Jerusalem would be trampled by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled...and that this would be the judgment that was written in the scripture that was to fall on the children of Israel
until they blessed Him and acknowledged their offense. Only then would Messiah regather them from the four corners of the world. Meanwhile, Jerusalem would be a burdensome stone for anyone who attempted to claim it.
Thus the current conflict is not between Israel and Palestine but between Edom and Palestine. The land has never seen peace since the so-called "state of Israel" claimed statehood. They must
continue to war to maintain power and riches of the land in fulfillment of Isaac's blessing to Esau to "
live by the sword". There will
never be peace in the land as long as they're there, not until the true children of Israel return to it, being led by the Messiah once He returns to gather all of His believers.
Read
Obadiah 1 for the prophecy that will fall on Edom in the end times.
Blessings!
