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Embracing God’s Heart for Israel and Standing against Anti-Semitism

III. GOD’S COMMITMENT, LOVE, AND ZEAL FOR ISRAEL

A. Paul felt urgency about the Church understanding God’s plan for Israel’s salvation

25I do not desire…that you should be ignorant of this mystery…that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved. (Rom. 11:25-26)

B. God is a covenant-keeping God.

8“…the Lord loves you [Israel], and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers…9 know that…He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy.”
(Deut. 7:8-9)

C. God will force all to decide to stand for or against Israel.

3 “In that day…I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples.” (Zech. 12:3)

2 “I will gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat [in Jerusalem]; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people…Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land…14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.” (Joel 3:2, 11-14)

D. Scripture calls the Church to stand with God’s purposes for Israel

1“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
For she has received from the LORD’s hand
Double for all her sins.” (Isa. 40:1-2)

11 Indeed the LORD has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His reward is with Him,
And His work before Him.’ ” (Isa. 62:11)

7 For thus says the LORD:
“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!’
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.
9 They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.
10 “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’ (Jer. 31:7-10)

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. (Joel 3:14)

3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. (Zech. 12:3)

2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
(Zech. 14:2)

31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Mt. 25:31-46)

11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [e]goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. (Rom. 11:11, 20-22)

13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 12:13-17)

E. Jesus wept over Jerusalem as He considered her coming difficulty.

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, (Lk. 19:41)

We embrace God’s heart for Israel

1 For Zion’s sake I [the Lord] will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like brightness…4 you will be called, “My delight is in her” 5 …as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you. 6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen [intercessors]; all day and all night they will never keep silent…7 until He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:1-7)

F. The Church must take a stand to boldly pray, declare and sing the message of God’s purposes for Israel so that all the nations hear it clearly

1“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” says your God. 2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned.” (Isa. 40:1-2)