Love Is a Choice and a Voice
Ruth clung in love to the Jewish matriarch Naomi and became a mother of the Israelite royal line; Orpah returned to Moab, forfeiting a generational blessing
“I will bless those that bless you and curse him who curses you and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12: 3
Let us be on the right side of history! Misinformed individuals are endorsing the sadistic actions of Hamas in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 rather than supporting Israel, our democratic ally in the turbulent Mideast which is facing an existential threat.
Our debt to Israel is incalculable. All our Biblical heroes and role models including the Lord Jesus Himself are Jewish. Satan especially targets the People of the Book—Jews and Christians.
The United Nations adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and failed to pass a Canadian amendment to condemn the barbaric slaughter of 1,400 Jews by Hamas. Then they cheered their vote, applauding cold-blooded mass murder.
Thankfully, a resolution “standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists” passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by a vote of 412-10. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)—chair and ranking member respectively of the House Foreign Affairs Committee-- introduced H.Res.771, which has drawn 424 other cosponsors.
“We must all acknowledge that Hamas is a cutthroat, terrorist organization that exists solely to destroy Israel,” Meeks said. “Hamas’s terrorism does not help the Palestinians, and in this moment, it is critical for Israel to know that the United States of America stands firmly by its side in this battle against Hamas.”
Furthermore, in a TV interview today, Congressman Eli Crane (a former Navy Seal) quoted Scripture, Ephesians 6, "we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places"). He stated the truth that the Bible is Israel-centric, and that's why Satan wishes to destroy Israel.
The Church must unconditionally love the Jewish people; we must always fight anti-semitism and continually contend for Israel's right to exist --the only Jewish state in the world. We also love the Arab people and pray they will be healed and delivered from tyranny.
While we pray for the salvation and safety for genuinely peaceful Gazans, it is our duty to honor and protect the Jewish people. The Bible teaches that they are elect and beloved. (Romans 11: 28) We must also faithfully warn our precious Jewish elders, our biblical patriarchs, that they are looking for a false messiah, and we must warn them that many in Israel will be temporarily deceived by the Antichrist. (John 5: 43) In fact, if believers whitewash this End-time truth, or fail to warn the Jewish people out of fear of sounding too evangelical, then we are not being faithful to the tenor of Scripture, and we are not being honest friends to Israel.
In my experience, many skeptical Jewish people surmise that we Christians only care about them because we know that, in the end, they will eventually receive Jesus (Yeshua) when he returns. However, a true believer does not view the Jewish people as a means to an end. We unconditionally appreciate and shield the Jewish people due to the tremendous spiritual debt that we owe them and because our hearts love whom the Lord loves.
Meanwhile, the IDF has just exposed that Hamas is using Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital as their overground and underground headquarters and that Hamas are stealing the fuel for their underground tunnels instead of giving it to the hospital. We must pray as in the days of Hezekiah and Isaiah when the Assyrians boasted loudly their arrogance against Zion: Lord, we believe you to hear the blasphemies of Hamas and we ask you swiftly to judge this evil. We petition you, Lord, to put supernatural pressure with signs and wonders upon the nation of Qatar for harboring Hamas leadership and make them force the release of the hostages. Lord, we know the essence of war is brutality and the quicker and the more comprehensive it is, the more humane it will be in the long run.
Israel's intelligence services are being scrutinized for their failure concerning Hamas' coordinated attack. We petition the Lord to gift Intelligence with greater discernment and wisdom.
At the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in Houston, TX, in February a prophetic pastor Rev. Robert Mawire, prophesied that unless we pray, Tel Aviv will be hit hard in judgment for its pride in being the Sin Capital in the Middle East. Yes, according to the Great Commission in John 20: 23, we remit the sins that defile the land due to sexual immorality, abortion bloodshed and idolatry. Shockingly, there was a big statue of Buddha at the music festival where the October 7 massacre by Hamas took place. We condemn idolatry but as watchmen on the walls, we must protect Israel’s destiny in prayer.
God has spoken, as in Shabbat's prophetic portion He declared,
"Fear not for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will strengthen and help you… Behold, all that are enraged against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; they that strive with you shall perish…They that war against you shall be as nothing … For I YHWH your God will hold your right hand, saying, '…Fear not, you worm Jacob, and men of Israel; I will help you', says YHWH, your Redeemer, the Holy of Israel. Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth. You shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and make the hills as chaff. You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, the whirlwind shall scatter them, and you shall rejoice in YHWH, and glory in the Holy of Israel." (Isa. 41:10-16)
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