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Also hard to explain that whole

“bless those who bless you, curse those who curse you”

to some folks that don’t cotton to the authority of the Word.

83 posted on 03/25/2010 1:57:17 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)

The line, “He who blesses Israel will be blessed and he who curses Israel will be cursed” is not in the Bible at all. That phrase is a misinterpretation of one verse, Genesis 12:3. In Genesis 12:3, God said to Abraham, “I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you, and in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” The direct “bless-curse” line concerned Abraham alone, not Israel.

While I am a Christian and I believe the US should support Israel, that “verse” is not in the Bible.

366 posted on 03/25/2010 5:01:06 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)