Gaza Massacre (3) Land
Israel’s claim to the land of Palestine is based on the promise that God made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses. However, this promise has always been conditional on obedience to the Torah. Failure to comply with the Torah led to exile in Babylon in Jeremiah’s time. The nation of Israel has abrogated its right to the land in the current season by its continued failure to comply with the Torah. The following are just examples
Trust in military power for security. F16s and tanks are the modern equivalents of chariots and horses.
Dependence on a security alliance with another nation (the US) rather than trusting in God.
Different laws/justice for Jews and resident aliens.
Imprisoning people without a fair legal process.
Punishing children for the sins of their fathers.
Destroying houses.
Killing women and children in battle.
Moving ancient boundary lines.
An associated problem is that Israel has no protection from the spiritual powers of evil that are attacking it (the Torah only provides limited spiritual protection). When I visited Israel for two weeks in 2010, I used public transport and stayed in the Arab quarter to get a clear sense of the spiritual climate (most Christian visitors spend their time on religious tours or stay in Christian enclaves so they don’t get a true sense of the situation). I was shocked by the prevalence of spirits of anger and hatred wherever we went, mostly amongst the Jewish people we encountered (The Arab people (mostly carried a spirit of fear or despair). The statements of Israeli leaders and the actions of the IDF indicate that these spirits have grown increasingly powerful since then. Control by spirits of anger and hatred, along with a spirit of pride, is causing the Israeli government to make serious mistakes.
By opening their nation up to the spiritual power of evil, the Israeli people seem to be filling up the cup of wrath that they will have to drink. They will experience the consequences of their choices, so I fear for them. This is what happens in a nation that rejects and shuts out the Holy Spirit.
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This post is the only commentary I've ever seen that aligns with my reading of scripture. It also supports what I concluded from living in the West Bank and spending quite a bit of time in Israel. The indifference and hatred of American evangelicals toward their brothers and sisters in the Holy Land, and their bizarre insistence on excusing modern Israel's flagrant disobedience toward Biblical criteria for Jewish possession of the Holy Land, almost certainly constitute one reason among many that the USA is under especially heavy divine judgment. The conditional nature of the Bible's promises regarding the Holy Land is at least as clear as the Ten Commandments. One day the US will commit itself to a ground war in which modern Israel--only a small percentage of whose Jews are religious--is eradicated. Then it might be possible to hear the Gospel in America again.
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