The Fullness of
the Gentiles
versus
The
Rise of AntiSemitism
among
Christians
by Donna Diorio
Two things are happening at once.
While God is bringing His Church into a fuller spiritual maturity, the
spiritual enemy is leading even many Christians into a worldwide trend of
anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, anti-Zionist descent into bitter hatred.
In the Exodus from Egypt, symbolic
of God separating His people from slavery to sin, God through Moses told
Pharaoh, the one who had enslaved God’s people in Egypt, in Exodus 8:23 “I will make a distinction between My
people and your people.” This
distinction between God’s people and
the people enslaved to the sin of hating those God loves is still being made
today – this time including between Christians who hate Israel and the Jewish
people and the Christians who love the same because they see God’s longing to
restore and redeem “all Israel.”
It is easy enough to see this
distinction unfolding before our eyes. It is not just clueless celebrity
talking heads who are morphing before our eyes into haters of Zion; but people
we know personally, even Christians we know. Now they are ready to come out of
the closet to tell us how they are the compassionate ones, and we are just
blinded by being Zionists.
One Facebook friend just
regurgitated the latest Hamas propaganda being used to protest against Israel about
how Israelis can’t be innocent when they are bombing buildings full of
children. The man cannot see or hear of the lengths Israel goes to not to bomb
innocent civilians, or how the terrorists often won’t let even children leave a
building Israel has warned is going to be bombed. He sips from a cup of ignorance
and readily believes the worst about Israel. He cannot see Israel through God’s
eyes: and his ears cannot hear the facts because his heart is already hardened
by the lies of the enemy.
This
is the reality of so many Christians today, much less those who have not
even come to the LORD. We pray not
only for Israel to see and be saved, but we must also pray for these Christians
who have lost their way to God. I don’t know how God will judge those who
call upon the name of the LORD in our day, while holding onto all the
inaccuracies, lies, bad doctrines, all the things that keep Christians from
getting on the same mind/thoughts as God Himself regarding Israel. That is His
business to judge, but as He is bringing Christians into “the fullness of the gentiles,”
I cannot imagine how one can be made spiritually “full” and still regard Israel
and the Jews as evil, or a lost cause for the purposes of God.
It
has troubled me for a long time that there can be Christians so far removed
from God’s heart for Israel and for the salvation of all Israel. Now in the
midst of the worldwide rise in AntiSemitism – in great part an increase
directly tied to the spread of Islamism throughout the world – I see God’s
remedy for that is in our heeding His call to us to press into our spiritual
maturity.
As Christians, this point over what
we believe about the Jewish people and Israel is becoming the dividing line I always believed it would become. Like God said in the Exodus, He was making
a distinction between His people and the people under the evil ruler’s power.
Receiving God’s love and will for
Israel is no longer just another “truth” from the Word of God – one that we
don’t need to place priority on. Just seeing it is not good enough, we must
enter into God’s plans for the fulfillment — for our own spiritual fullness and
for the fulfillment of God’s plan to make the Church and Israel of the Messiah
“one new man” in Him.
We
are going to have to pray for the Christians who do not see these things, to
see, as well as for the Israeli ministries.
In a Q&A session a couple of
years ago I asked the Israeli ministry leaders on the platform that when they
pray for Christians, what is it they pray for?
I have never seen that many ministry leaders so speechless. Finally one
of them spoke up and said something along the lines that they pray Christians
would see them like God sees them.
That
is exactly the prayer that Israeli ministries must pray over the Church, for
our eyes to finally open to the reality of what God is doing between us, Jew
and Gentile in the faith. We Christians need not only to pray, but to be
drawn into becoming the support system we are called to be as spiritual family.
It is the Israeli Ministries who are
taking the salvation message to all Israel. . . not the traditional rabbis
so many Christians support financially instead. They fund the enemies of the
Gospel rather than the witnesses of the Gospel. And many Christians are so
stuck on the idea that they have to be the one to engage unsaved Jews in order
to make then “jealous” of our faith in Jesus, that they fail to give anything
but money to the rabbinic projects they support and willingly never share the
Good News with them. Israel’s Messianic Jews share their faith, and it is
credible to those they reach out to help. They can do what we from the outside
can never do – and example of this is in the first report from the Katzir
(Harvest) Passover Youth Camp.
In
Romans 11:25-30 the Apostle to the Gentiles wrote to Christians:
25 I want you to UNDERSTAND THIS
MYSTERY, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about
yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will
last only until the fullness of Gentiles comes. 26 AND SO* SHALL ALL
ISRAEL BE SAVED. As the Scriptures say, “The one who rescues will come from
Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness. 27 And this is my
covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
28 Many of the people of Israel
are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. YET THEY
ARE STILL the people He loves because He chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. 29 For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.
30 Once, you Gentiles were rebels
against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was
merciful to you instead. 31 Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has
come to you SO THAT THEY TOO WILL SHARE IN God’s mercy. 32 For God has
imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone.
* Let me explain verse 25-26 "the
fullness of the Gentiles" is not talking about some set number of Gentiles
that God has set as His goal! The fullness of the Gentiles is about a spiritual maturity that God is
leading 'whosoever will' enter into that level of maturity that realizes it is
Christians who are mature enough not to be jealous of Israel, but to recognize
God wants to use us to bring "all Israel" to faith in Israel's
Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus.
When
verse 26 says, "and so" it is the same as
saying, "and by this means" all Israel shall be saved.
What means? By the means of Christians who recognize God is going to use our
Christian prayers and our practical assistance of the Messianic believers in Israel
who are bringing the Good News of Yeshua, that He really is Israel’s
Messiah - the healer, the comforter, the provider, the deliverer, the CAPTAIN
of the LORD' ARMIES in battle - everything we need in this life.
A great many Christians still cannot
hear this message. It is beyond their clogged up eyes and ears, and hardened
hearts - exactly the spiritual condition of Israel when God set Israel aside
for a season to open salvation to non-Jews too. And now, as Paul explains to ALL CHRISTIANS it is our time to recognize
the mercy of God in this instead of thinking God just fed up with the Jews
and booted them from an eternal destiny with Him.
Let's get over ourselves, how about
it? Time to grow up into the spiritual maturity God has set before us now. We
can step in now, or we can be the ones who stand against what God is doing for
ALL HIS PEOPLE, both Jew and Gentile, made one in Yeshua, as a husband and wife
are made one in God's eyes.
This
is what those who refuse to see Israel as God does are throwing away. In
one of the first recorded messages of Jesus, He said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown
mercy."
Arrows
from Zion
Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer
Requests Israeli Ministries
A great report from Fields of Wheat’s
Eitan Shishkoff on the Passover youth camp called Katzir, which means “Harvest”.
This is a summer camp with a distinct purpose to equip Israeli young people for
the spiritual harvest in Israel. Many believe it will be the younger
generations in the forefront as Israel’s spiritual harvest continues to
increase. To be sure it has begun already, but these young people with Hebrew
as their first language are going to see far more come to faith than their
parents and grandparents have. As an example of the quality of this camp, the volunteer
counselors are almost always people who attended at teens themselves. Eitan
tells the story of watching one such counselor, by the name of Ruth who after
getting her Master’s degree as a registered nurse, came back to influence the
young teens as she had been as a teen. In her testimony at the camp, Ruth said,
“In
2014 I came to the Katzir camp. I saw a fire inside my counselor. I wanted
what she had!” Eitan reports that you could hear a pin drop as
the camp focused on all she had to tell them. He writes, “Teens need real-life examples. And they thrive on
honesty and transparency. The youth in our camps come from believing homes, but
many have not fully surrendered their lives to Yeshua. Over the four days we had together, 8 young
people gave their hearts to the Lord for the first time. We are praising
God for the grace extended to them.”
This is what is going on in Israel
among the body of the LORD, they are making the time count even in the midst of
on-going war and all the sorrows and traumas that go with that. Eitan writes, “thank
you for praying and for giving—so that the youth of this nation can be equipped
to draw their generation to the Way, the Truth, and the Life of the Lamb who
was slain. . . . We will continue, by God’s grace and with your caring,
continued participation.” At this writing the Katzir Camps for 2025 has
raised 83% - $149,928 of the $180,000 goal. Giving
Cookie Schwaeber-Issan wrote an informative piece
on How the media fuels antisemitism
that you can read in full on AllIsraelNews.com. Cookie writes, "....One case in point would be the recent
“60 Minutes” segment, hosted by veteran reporter Leslie Stahl, who traveled to
Israel to interview former hostages Yarden Bibas, Tal Shoham and Keith and
Aviva Siegel…. It's not easy to portray cold-blooded murderers as being on
the same level as the victims who were forcibly taken from their homes and
brought to the dark, underground tunnels of Gaza against their will. But
somehow, Stahl managed to attempt it while asking Keith Siegel about his
personal experience of being denied food. She sheepishly asks, “Do you think
they starved you or they just didn’t have any food?” To which Siegel replies,
“No, I think they starved me.”
“How
is it possible that a seasoned journalist, such as Stahl, would not have read
or been aware of the myriads of reports, stating that Hamas packed their
warehouses to the brim with stolen food and goods which they illegally seized
from the thousands of truckloads of humanitarian aid constantly flooding into
Gaza? …. It is this kind of disingenuous framing, of an ongoing war, lacking
the important and relevant reasons, justifications and full context of why we
continue to fight a war, foisted upon us, which brutally and savagely murdering
our citizens while kidnapping and holding others under the most inhumane and
abominable conditions known to man.”
DONNA: As I am watching
conservative media exploding in anti-Semitic views on X, and many pro-Israel
Christians conservatives deny their media heroes are speaking anti-Semitism, I
believe this is an issue that must be countered and challenged. We cannot let
it go.
Leon Mazin makes a great point in his opening statement: “Thank you for your
prayers, support and letters of encouragement. Sometimes we feel like our “legs
are buckling” (after all, you don’t believe that a believer should
always be a hero…) and an encouraging letter or a word of support comes
from you and the world around becomes more colorful and joyous.” Leaders
are people too. They shouldn’t be afraid to be real with us.
In speaking of a family trip to
Canada where they have relatives, Leon wrote about how his younger children liked
the new experience of snow. For himself, born in the former Soviet Union, “snow
is not a novelty for me. From 1987 to 1989 I was drafted into the Soviet Army
and served in Siberia…. I do not have much nostalgia for snow.
But it is tied with the testimony of my faith, with how the Holy Spirit
filled me in particularly unfavorable conditions when I was a new believer
in an atheistic army and in a country with enduring anti-religious propaganda….
In December 1988 we spent many weeks of tactical exercises living
in a tent in the terrible conditions of the Siberian winter close to the
Chinese border. Afterwards we were taken back to our base very late at
night. I remember going to bed completely exhausted and broken in the
barracks where more than 100 people were sleeping. Suddenly I started
praying loudly in tongues. My neighbors asked me: “Who are you talking
to?” But thank God they were just like me tired and fell asleep very quickly.
And as for me, I had a dialogue with the Heavens that winter night! The Book of Acts 1:8 says: “But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
DONNA: This
is the preparation God had for Leon probably before he ever thought about going
to Israel or of becoming one of those set apart for leading others to faith in
Israel. Leon had other things to write about, but I was particularly touched by
hearing this personal memory from his testimony in the LORD. The congregation Return to Zion is in Haifa, has daughter
congregational plants, and many outreaches such as the classical music school
outreach that is a major part of their ministry. Learn more
Sally Shiff from the HaMaayan
congregation writes, “When
I was in the states, I was taken aback by those who are not
"anti-Jewish" just "anti-Israel", even my fellow Jews. This is another form of Antisemitism. In order to fully understand this front that 1
of the 7 fronts on this war, I am including an excellent discussion of
definitions, and how it impacts all of us. This front of the war is insidious, and
if not checked could result in another holocaust like WWII. "Going on the offensive against
Jew-hatred (w/Brooke Goldstein) | The
Quad"
A Passover story and miracle to
start off, and the story is near and dear to my heart: Dog abducted from
murdered hostage’s family found by troops in Gaza. Reservist says Billy joined him for Passover Seder
in Israel, then was taken to vet and identified via microchip as belonging to
Rachel Dancyg, the divorcee of Alex Dancyg. This little dog, Billie
… was in Gaza, responded to the Hebrew that the IDF was speaking, and
now will return to his family.
Sadly, he lost his "dad" on that horrific day, but will return to the
safety of his home. (Watch the
video on Facebook of the return of the dog to the mother whose son was killed.)
Jennifer Guetta of Plant Hope
Israel writes of “2 amazing events that took place in Israel this week
during the Passover-Resurrection week. God is moving among His people!” The first was a “Prophetic Last Supper” in the City
of David with 14 disciples “above the Spring of Gihon, and the Melchizedek
place, on the location where the Tabernacle of David stood.” The second
Passover event was in their northern Galilee home in Poriya Ilit. Jennifer
writes, “It was also exactly 10 years ago that the Lord called us to
organize a Passover together with 400 believers in the Netherlands, including
Israelis and Iranians. It was the same evening in 2015 that Yeshua revealed
Himself to two Jewish men in their dreams!
She also writes, “Three years ago the Lord gave me a word for
passover and the coming time. Now He has put it on my heart to share it with
you: “The world is about to explode. But you
are here to announce my victory. I am coming soon to save my people. Tell
them not to fear. My light is far greater than the darkness. I will bring my
people home into my kingdom. A spiritual exodus does not go without strife. But
my miracles will open the way for deliverance. I will bring hope to my people.
I will set them free and they will be in awe of the King of Glory.
“I will open the gates and set the captives free, topple strongholds,
burn bridges of evil, cut the cords of the enemy and bonds asunder. The enemy
will flee and hearts will open. They will not resist anymore. MY GLORY WILL SWEEP THEM OFF THEIR FEET.
Decree my Glory, For this is the time.”
The Lord
also said: "There is hope. God is real and
the Messiah already paid the victory. The spiritual exodus has started. The
greatest exodus ever. This will cause intense physical and spiritual
collisions. But God will rescue his people with great signs and wonders and
lead them out of the darkness into the light. Out of which God will bring forth
a new hope for the children of Israel and the world.” God says: Do
not fear and is calling out to His people:
“Come
my children come. Follow me through the Red Sea. Come and I will lead you
through the greatest exodus ever, and I will set you free.” For
more information about how God pours His Glory out His Glory on Passover and
our calling please listen to this Podcast: THE GLORY REVEALED AND PASSOVER.
Rania Sayegh, the Christian
Arab prophetic intercessor at Hope (House
of Prayer & Exploits) in Nazareth writes of A Prophetic
Call to Breakthrough & Encounter,
during the “12 days leading into and through Passover are a dedicated time to
press in for restoration and a fresh revelation of God’s character.” Read Full Article.
HOPE Prayer Requests include prayers for a generation of prayer warriors, for
salvation and revelation for both Jews and Arabs, spiritual awakening &
freedom, peace in the Arab community, strength and provision for the HOPE team,
Prayer for Iran and for worship on the high places. “As many
of you are aware, we have begun a worship campaign as a house of prayer,
worship in different strategic locations. Our first location began on Mount
Precipice (Watch Video
Here). Please continue to cover the
team as we continue to release the sound in the coming months over the land.
“Sow Into HOPE | Join Us in Advancing Worship & Media
Initiatives At HOPE, we are
passionate about advancing prayer, worship, and media efforts. As our house of
prayer grows, so does our ability to equip and empower worship and media teams
to support this exciting expansion.”
Ronit Bender, our friend in Isfiya in
northern Israel writes of visiting a couple she has long expressed her faith
to, joining them for a Passover sedar in their home. She writes that they are
in the 80’s and have as yet to come to faith. Pray for the couple, B&G, and
their son N, who has come to faith, but is undiscipled. Ronit also writes of an
elderly Ukrainian woman who was searching the trash bins for food and at the
Lord’s prompting Ronit was able to bless her with cash twice. Another person
she was able to bless: “I felt prompted by the Lord to go to a specific shop
where my friend I works. While there, she told me about her son being in
jail, the boy is a believer like her. In that moment, the Lord
revealed why He had sent me there: to give a large sum of money. Upon receiving it, she wept, telling me this
was the exact sum that she needed to give the lawyer defending her son and
only that morning she told the Lord that He is her husband, so she relies on
Him in all things. Thank you again for enabling me to be generous and help
people as the Lord directs. He knows the needs.”
There are
many in deep poverty and need in Israel. This is on the heart of the Israeli
ministries large or like Ronit, a person who just lives her life and shares
with those the LORD puts in her path.
Orna Grinman writes on her blog, Can We Feast our Freedom? You may not understand that, I didn’t; but it has to do with the Feast of Passover, and what can a people do who are embroiled in a fearful war against brutal enemies and the reality of sorrows of wars? She writes about Daniel Weiss a survivor of October 7th, whose own parents did not survive the assault on their home. “Daniel is a musician and artist. He became a well-known figure thanks to his story and his powerful performances. In this rendition of “Let My People Go!” he is one of the soloists (standing 3rd from right and crying out loud at the end for his friends and relatives to be released from the dark tunnels of Gaza). [DD: You don't want to miss this powerful music video! Click the title and the video is on the blog.]
Tikkun Global sends Betty
Intrater’s Middle
East Prayer Update. Betty writes, “Halfway into the Passover holiday ‘Let my people go’
has never felt so real.” Read in full at the link above, but here is a summary:
“Division
within the Israeli public has reached alarming proportions, with intense and vocal opposition to the
government at almost every level. Protests have become a weekly event.
“Please
pray: • For all the hostages to be released • For a complete end to
the war with complete destruction of Hamas • For Lebanon to be under
full control of its own government without Hezbollah • For the downfall
of Turkey’s president Erdogan • For the US not to whitewash the need to destroy
Iranian nuclear infrastructure • For healing within our nation”
ALSO Yeshua’s
great prayer in John 17:21 is for us to be one as He and the Father are one.
But do we believe in Unity at Any Cost? By Guy
Cohen | VIDEO Discernment =
Identity (Part 2) | Teaching by Ariel Blumenthal | Some lessons we
can learn from this teaching: • Not everything supernatural is from God (II
Thessalonians 2:10, II Corinthians 11:14). • The Jerusalem “syndrome”—the good
and the bad • Context, context, context! as we interpret and apply Scripture •
Gospel and Sonship over angels | Book: Passover: The Key
That Unlocks the Book of Revelation by Dan Juster
Sept
11-12 in Anaheim, CA
Tikkun Global Conference 2025
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From Revive Israel led by Youval
Yanay: Please pray for us during this Passover time with our families—that
the light of Yeshua would shine at our holiday tables, and that we’d be able to
share our personal stories of redemption through the Messiah. We also ask for your prayers as we prepare
for Camp Connections in France. It’s a special opportunity to encourage teens
from Israel, offering them a place of rest and a deeper encounter with the
Father’s love. If your heart is to invest in the next generation of
believers in the Land, you can do so by giving here. Wishing you a joyful Shabbat and a blessed Feast
of Freedom! The Revive Israel Community
Hidden
Acts, Lasting Impact | The story of the Exodus doesn’t begin with the
ten plagues or the parting of the Red Sea—it begins with the faith, courage,
and resourcefulness of three women: Yocheved, Moses’ mother; Miriam,
his sister; and Pharaoh’s daughter. Each one, from her unique place, played a
vital role in preserving Moses’ life so that he could one day become a vessel
in God’s hands for the redemption of Israel.
Aliyah Return Center’s
Chaim Malespin makes the great comparison of the Exodus story to the modern
Aliyah journeys from nations across the globe to Israel as God called His
people to return to the land of Promise. Chaim writes, “As we witnessed during our celebration, each Jewish immigrant
arrives in Israel with hope, courage, and determination to build their
ancestral legacy. However, they cannot do it alone. "I have seen the suffering of my people... and I have come down to
deliver them." — Exodus 3:7-8
WATCH:
BUILDING
JEWISH LEGACY IN ISRAEL This
Passover season, we invite you to make a monthly commitment that will help both
bring Jews home to Israel and support them as they rebuild their ancestral
legacy. CLICK to GIVE Your monthly commitment isn't just
financial support—it's a declaration that you stand with God's people as they
return to their promised land.
Israel Pochtar of the Beit Hallel congregation writes of “Building for Eternity: A Passover Season of Redemption and Revival! | In a
world that feels increasingly fragile and fast-moving, it’s easy to lose sight
of what truly lasts. But here in the Land of Israel—where prophecy unfolds
before our very eyes—we are seeing the power of eternal things take root….—God
is moving. These are not just stories from long ago or promises for the distant
future. This is now. This is Kingdom work in real time…. We are honored to stand with you in this
season—watching miracles unfold, witnessing salvation take hold, and building
something that will outlast us all. With just 12% remaining, we’re almost at
the finish line of establishing a permanent home for evangelism and
discipleship right here in the heart of the Promised Land. Thank you for
standing with us. WATCH NOW
VIDEO
Watch our Passover
Seder in the Desert – A Night of Deliverance and Revelation | VIDEO Unlocking
the Prophetic Depth of Passover with
Pastor Israel | READ A young
Family Encounters New Life in Yeshua: Hope in Jerusalem
From Dov Bikas of the Aviv Ministry in Tel Aviv: “We want to share some wonderful news about Artyom* –
the street addict we mentioned in our previous newsletter. As you may recall,
our volunteer Igal met him while he was begging near a supermarket. Later,
Artyom* began visiting the Aviv Center, and eventually went to Igal’s rehab
center in Netanya. We are happy to report that he is doing well – and has just
come to faith in Yeshua! Praise God, and thank you for your prayers!
In
addition, we are excited to share with you two more videos about: First Aid at Aviv Center – a
behind-the-scenes look at how we provide urgent medical help and care to people
who often have nowhere else to turn. AND
the story
of Wilhelm, the manager of our Rehab
Center for men in Beersheba, where
he talks about his past as a drug addict and criminal – and the change he
experienced when God touched his heart with His saving grace.
As Passover draws near (next Saturday evening),
we look back to one of the most profound stories found in scripture –
Israel’s exodus from Egypt. The book of Exodus is one of the most powerful
demonstrations of God’s sovereignty, justice, and redemption. In the midst
of the ten plagues, a striking and unexpected theme emerges: God makes a clear
distinction between His chosen people, Israel, and the Egyptians. Nowhere
is this more evident than in Exodus 8:22-23, where the Lord declares: “But on that day I will set apart the land
of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there,
that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. Thus, I will
put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall
happen.” (Exodus 8:22-23)
This
passage is important because it reveals God's active role in separating Israel
from the judgments He unleashed upon Egypt. While the plagues ravaged the
land, Goshen—the region where the Israelites lived—remained untouched. This
divine differentiation wasn’t just an act of mercy; it was a statement of
identity. Israel
was His chosen people, and He would protect them even while judging the nation
that oppressed them.
The
Hebrew word for “distinction” in Exodus 8:23 is p'dut, meaning “redemption” or
“deliverance.” It conveys not just separation but an act of salvation,
setting apart one group for preservation. God’s distinction is not
unjust favoritism but a sovereign act of setting apart His people for His
divine purposes. In the midst of the plagues, an unexpected theme emerges: A
clear distinction is made between Israel and Egypt
The
Distinction in Egypt | From the fourth plague onward, the distinction
between Israel and Egypt became increasingly evident. The flies that
tormented the Egyptians did not infest Goshen (Exodus 8:22). The deadly
pestilence that struck Egypt’s livestock left Israel’s herds unharmed (Exodus
9:4). The devastating hail spared Goshen (Exodus 9:26). The impenetrable
darkness covered Egypt for three days, yet the Israelites had light in their
dwellings (Exodus 10:23). And ultimately, the most sobering differentiation
came with the death of the firstborn—Israel was given the means of escape
through the blood of the Passover lamb (Exodus 12:13).
God was making a statement: He
had a covenant with his people Israel who would be preserved and delivered,
while Egypt did not and would suffer divine judgment.
The Continuing Distinction:
Israel as the Epicenter | This principle
of divine distinction didn’t end in the book of Exodus. Throughout history,
God has continued to preserve Israel despite insurmountable odds. Whether
it was the survival of the Jewish people through thousands of years in exile,
through the dark ages, the inquisition, the pogroms and the Holocaust, through
the miraculous rebirth of the modern state of Israel in 1948 against all odds
and until this very day, God’s hand remains evident.
Today,
Israel stands as the focal point of world events. The Middle East is the
epicenter of global tectonic changes, and at the heart of it all is the land
God promised to Abraham’s descendants. The nations rage, alliances
shift, and global leaders deliberate over Israel’s future, but Scripture is
clear: God’s promises to Israel remain unshaken.
Just
as in Egypt, God’s distinction remains. While the world plots and nations
rise and fall, Israel stands as a testimony to the Lord’s faithfulness,
those who bless Israel flourish and those who curse Israel wither away. The
same God who shielded the children of Israel in Goshen continues to guard the
nation of Israel today, setting the stage and preparing the way for the return
of Messiah. Once again, Israel stands as
the Epicenter of tectonic global events that will culminate in the return of
Messiah
The
Final Distinction | The book of Exodus foreshadows an even greater
distinction to come—the separation of those who belong to God and those who
reject Him when Messiah returns. Just as God made a distinction between
Egypt and Israel, Yeshua will one day return to distinguish between those
who are His and those who are not.
Matthew
24:31-46 speaks of this final separation, where Jesus will gather His elect
and judge the nations, separating the sheep from the goats. This will be
the ultimate redemption for those who belong to Him and are grafted into His
olive tree, while final judgment awaits those who are not.
The Lord
is still at work in the earth, and His hand remains upon His chosen people as
He works all things together according to His plans and purposes, and for the
good of all those who love Him. We are God’s fellow workers (1 Cor. 3:9) who
eagerly await the day when He calls us and all who are His to enter the joy of
the Master, forever sealing the great distinction of those who are His people,
and those who are not. Shalom and Blessings from Israel
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