It’s like many of my favorite Biblical teachers are saying. The Israel of today is secular, not religious, in spite of the orthodox and the rabid orthodox who say I Israel doesn’t belong in the land. They no longer KNOW the Torah, nor its teachings. They have no idea what God’s promises to Israel were (and continue to be) and that they were not breakable, only could be if someone could number the sands of the seas. Because they do not know their own ethnical history, nor do they care, they are willing to support the “beast” bc they are not aware of the consequences to their own lives and the judgment that God has waiting for them, in particular. God has allowed the world to dominate them due to their sin. continued sin and unbelief...rejection of their Messiah. however, He is returning to save a remnant of them, of which only He knows who they will be, and the rest will be massacred, for the most part by antichrist. Israel has constantly changed one idol for another. However, we must not be too hard on them, as we make idols out of people, politicians, pastors, etc. They need our fervent prayer. Pray for their eyes to be opened, the shackles removed.
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