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Is there any future for national Israel?
There is no good future for national Israel, because as the murderers of Jesus Christ and rabid rejecters of His gospel, they had the kingdom of God taken from them and given to believing Gentiles (Matt 21:33-46;22:1-7; Luke 16:16; John 4:20-24; Acts 13:42-52; 15:12-18; Heb 9:10). There is no prophecy in the Bible to be fulfilled that would restore this people or their nation. The events of 1948 and 1967 are of little significance politically and of no significance scripturally. Most Jews still live outside the Zionist nation of Israel. Bible prophecies used to promote a future conversion of Jews are future tense only to O.T. prophets, and the N.T. apostles declare them fulfilled (Acts 2:16-21; 15:12-19; Rom 11:25-29; Heb 8:6-13; 12:26-29).
See Also
Truth about Abraham and the Middle East: What About the Land?
For more truth about Abraham and land in the Middle East: Abraham’s Land.
Jewish populations of the world: Vital Statistics. -
When will Israel get all their land?
Israel got all the land God ever promised Abraham or Moses a long time ago (Josh 11:23; 21:43-45; Neh 9:7-8). It is a Jewish fable of C.I. Scofield that God must still give Israel land in the Middle East. The literal land was given conditionally, and Israel did not keep the conditions, so God scattered them throughout the nations. The spiritual land that Abraham sought was heaven (Heb 11:8-10,13-16), and he is in heaven right now, which is also called Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:22-23). There is not a promise left in the Bible for earthly Jerusalem or Israel.
See Also
Truth about Abraham and the Middle East: What About the Land?
For more truth about Abraham and land in the Middle East: Abraham’s Land. -
But doesn’t God still owe the Jews all the land of Israel?
Only C.I. Scofield and his deluded followers believe that are Bible promises to Abraham yet to be fulfilled for his natural descendants in the Middle East. The Bible plainly states in dozens of places that all the promises to the fathers were fulfilled, especially the land promises (Josh 11:23; 21:43-45; 23:14-15; Neh 9:7-8; Jer 32:21-23). Though the land was promised to Abraham himself, he never possessed enough to put the sole of his foot on (Acts 7:5). He did not expect or want the land of Canaan, but rather heaven (Heb 11:8-10,13-16), which is called Abraham’s bosom appropriately enough (Luke 16:22).
See Also
Truth about Abraham and the Middle East: What About the Land?
For more truth about Abraham and land in the Middle East … Abraham’s Land. -
Should we pray for the peace of Jerusalem?
Yes, you should, but only the Jerusalem that God cares about. He does not care for the Jerusalem in the Middle East, because He rejected that city nearly 2000 years ago. While David wrote Psalm 122 regarding the stronghold of Zion that was the capital city of O.T. Israel, his words today can only be applied to the church and kingdom of Jesus Christ, for the only Jerusalem that matters is the one above (Gal 4:21-31; Heb 11:9-10; 12:22-24; 13:14; Rev 3:12;21:2). Jesus declared that earthly Jerusalem would be trodden down of Gentiles until this age ends (Luke 21:24).
See Also
True seed of Abraham and its consequences: Seed of Abraham.
Rebuilding of David’s kingdom with Gentiles … Dispensationalism’s Best Verse. -
Are most Jews actually Gentiles?
There is a controversy over this question and its answer. World Jewry is divided into basically two types – Ashkenazi Jews (80% of the total) and Sephardi and other Jews (20% of the total). There are a number of sources, including Jewish sources, that claim Ashkenazi Jews are actually descendants of the Khazars that converted wholesale to Judaism around 700 A.D. and settled in eastern Europe. Since the Bible term Ashkenaz is for a descendant of Japheth and a location close to the Khazarian kingdom, there is some Biblical basis for considering this possibility (Gen 10:3; I Chron 1:6; Jer 51:27). Regardless of this controversy, it is absolute truth that the true seed of Abraham in God’s view is Jesus Christ and those that are His (Gal 3:16,28-29; 6:16).
See Also
Sermon and outline of spiritual and biological Jews: The Israel of God.
For the Bible answer identifying the seed of Abraham: Seed of Abraham.
Article about Khazars and Ashkenazi Jews: BibleBelievers.org.au/jews.htm.