Posted on 10/28/2023 10:59:34 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
“Israel is an occupier!” “Israel is an apartheid country!’ “Israel is a colonizer!” “The Zionist regime stole land from the Palestinians!” Over the last few decades, we’ve heard it all. The world has incessantly painted a very negative picture of Israel, imposing a reputation on the only Jewish state in the world that many people have now come to hate. It’s not based on facts, but it continues to be spread. As a result, amid a full-blown war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip to respond to the most extensive twenty-first-century pogrom since the Holocaust, Israel is still seen as the perpetrator.
How could Hamas accuse Israel of occupation when there are no Jews in the Gaza Strip? Hamas governs the Strip and has since 2005, after Israel unilaterally disengaged from the area. After the legislative elections of 2006, Hamas became the ruling party and has been ever since, with no new election in 17 years. The Gaza Strip is 100% Palestinian-ruled and not under “occupation”.
Incidentally, the whole land of Eretz Yisrael is Jewish land and has been for about 4,000 years. For those who care to learn history and learn from it, a timeline of the history of the Land of Israel can be beneficial. Here are just a few of the many markers on this critical timeline. Palestine is never mentioned in any of these Bible passages or anywhere in the Bible, for that matter. Jewish presence in the land has been uninterrupted for about 4,000 years:
1900 BC: God chose Abraham as the Father of the Jewish people (Genesis 12:1-3, 15).
1900 BC: Abraham’s son, Isaac, is given the land as an inheritance and takes the lead over Israel (Genesis 26:2-4).
1850 BC: Isaac’s son Jacob is given the land as an inheritance and rules over Israel (Genesis 28:12-13; 35:12).
1400 BC: Moses leads the people out of Egypt and back to Israel (Exodus 3:17, 14).
1010 BC: King David unites the 12 tribes into one nation (2 Samuel 5:1).
970 BC: King Solomon, the son of King David, built the first Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 6).
930 BC: Israel is divided into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah (1 Kings 11:31-35).
722 BC: The Assyrians conquered the Kingdom of Israel (1 Chronicles 5:26).
605 BC: The Babylonians conquered the Kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 24-25).
586 BC: Solomon’s Temple is destroyed by the Babylonians (2 Kings 25:8-9).
539 BC: Persians conquer the Babylonians and take control of Israel (Daniel 2).
538 BC: The Jews return to Israel from the Babylonian captivity (Psalm 126:1-6; Ezra 1:1-2).
520 BC: Solomon’s Temple is rebuilt. (Ezra 1:1-6:22).
323 BC: The Ptolemies (Egypt) and Syria (Seleucids) fight over Israel (Daniel 11).
167 BC: The Hasmoneans recapture Israel (Daniel 11).
70 BC: The Romans conquer Israel (Luke 21:20, 24).
20 BC: King Herod (re)builds the Temple (Luke 2:46-47).
6 BC: Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus), the Jewish Messiah and Savior of the world, was born in Bethlehem, Judea (Micah 5:2; Luke 2).
70 AD: Romans destroy the temple (Matt. 23:37-39).
So, the Land has always been a Jewish land if one is to believe the Bible. Yet, for some who do not believe in God or do not hold the Bible as inspired and without error (in the original manuscripts), we must include the modern-day confirmations of 1917 with the Balfour Declaration, the 1920 San Remo Conference, and the United Nations November 17, 1947 vote of Israel as the modern Jewish state, leading to the Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948.
This all goes to prove that biblically, politically, and historically, the land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. There were always Jewish people in the Land. While their presence went thick and thin through the centuries, there was NEVER a time in Israel when Jews were not present. Even now, the Jewish people gave away Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank) and the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip is Jewish land occupied by “Palestinians” if you really want to know. Since the Oslo Accords, Israel has worked hard at the idea of “Land for Peace”; yet, here we are, in October 2023, proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that it will never work. October 7, 2023, will be remembered as the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. No matter our belief about “occupation,” Hamas has the blood of innocents on their hands.
As much as the Palestinian narrative has wanted us to believe it was, this was never about the land. This has always been about the complete annihilation of the Jewish people and the complete eradication of the State of Israel from the world map. If it ever was about land, why is self-ruling 100% Palestinian Gaza complaining about occupation? If it was truly about land, shouldn’t the inhabitants of Gaza be grateful for their area, as little as it may be? If it was about land, shouldn’t the Gaza residents show an example and grow their region with the funds sent by the global community? Finally, if it was about land, why did Yasir Arafat turn down Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 2000, when he was offered 100% of Gaza and 95% of Judea and Samaria?
That is because the land grab is an excuse for complete genocide. We just saw what Hamas is capable of. They committed a modern-day pogrom against Jewish people, and they would do it again if given a chance. They must not be given that chance. To be clear, the definition of a pogrom is: “an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group.” This was exactly what took place on October 7, 2023.
The ultimate enemy of Israel is Satan who is obsessed with destroying the Jews. We must understand that this is a spiritual battle before anything else. The Bible promises that when God resumes His program which hinges around the Jewish people, Israel and Jerusalem, there will be casualties, but He also promises to never, ever forsake Israel (Jeremiah 31:35-37). Be it Satan, Hamas or any other antisemitic entity, Israel’s enemies will be defeated. Although this is 2023 and the Holocaust is only 80 years in our rearview mirror, there are those who would have it all happen again. The motto of “never again” seems forgotten and has been replaced by “gas the Jews!” This had nothing to do with the land, it was a pogrom. The goal is the murder of all Jewish people, not just in Gaza but the whole world. Let’s face our new reality. It is open season on the Jewish people again!
Oops, the BRIDE OF CHRIST, Jesus is the Bridegroom! Sorry thypo.
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BRIDE of Christ - yes!
God’s plan rules for sure!
Seems odd that God would preserve them as a unique and identifiable people for 2,000 years (despite near-constant persecution), bring them back into their land, and resurrect their nation if they are "finished." People who are conquered and dispersed disappear from history.
Whenever I have cause to doubt the truth about God's word, I remember Israel.
God gave modern Israel their land?
Gave? That suggests they just had to walk in and take it, which obviously wasn't the case. Would they have had any success without God? No.
Did God cause 6 million Jews to be murdered? Nope. Same for the land they now have. Satan’s master plan is DECEPTION.
Not following your logic here at all. God is not the author of evil, so no, he did not cause the Holocaust. Satan’s only hope of survival is by making God a liar. Destroy the Jews and every promise made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob become lies. But God isn’t a liar, and every promise will be fulfilled.
Bottom Line. ....As is written....The land is Gods First....and whoever He chose to give it....He gave it to Israel then, now and forever more.
‘Land for Peace’ will never work.....God never gave Israel the right to give any of the Land away.
Any doctrine that includes “literal” Israel at the end of the world is a lie. That is the plain and simple truth. It is now “spiritual” Israel, which includes any Jew that will believe in Jesus Christ as their savior. God’s promises to “literal” Israel were CONDITIONAL. They had exactly 490 years to repent and accept the Messiah as a group. They failed. Their house was left to them DESOLATE (words of Christ). Their last chance ended at the stoning of Stephen. Satan has caused most Christians to believe this lie (goes along with the Secret Rapture lie) and easily fall for the Mark of the Beast.
In 1948 the Jews were still rejecting Christ as their Messiah, so it could not be a fulfillment of prophecy. Think about that.
Everything you ever wanted to know about literal Israel as God’s chosen people in these last days. By the way, this video isn’t for Elsie, because he doesn’t “do” videos (don’t watch it, Elsie).
All Israel will one day be saved.....they will never stop being God’s chosen no mattr what condition they are in. So you can spread your nonsense other than at my table.
‘I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an EVERLASTING covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. ‘ Genesis 17:7
Let God speak....
Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar.... “If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.”......Jeremiah 31:35-36
100% true.
They just haven’t learned have they?
No, that's a baseless assertion.
"God’s promises to “literal” Israel were CONDITIONAL. They had exactly 490 years to repent and accept the Messiah as a group. They failed."
Which completely shocked and surprised God. He had no inkling, when he made those promises, that the Jews would not accept Jesus at that time. But Jesus himself said, "For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Which would seem to indicate that at some point Jesus would return and the Jews would ultimately accept Jesus.
"In 1948 the Jews were still rejecting Christ as their Messiah, so it could not be a fulfillment of prophecy. Think about that."
It was, in fact, fulfillment of prophecy. Again, it seems completely pointless for God to preserve the Jews as an identifiable people for the last 2,000 years, if God is finished with them. Name another group in history that was banished from their land (twice) and are still identifiable as a group. Emperor Hadrian's intent was to wipe out the Jews as a people at the end of the bar Kokhba revolt, expelling the civilian population and changing the name of the country itself. But he failed.
I've read many of your responses in Rapture-related threads, so I'm familiar with your position on that, and I don't agree with you. I definitely do not agree with you on this issue either.
Sorry to tell you but Jesus Christ says you are wrong. The kingdom of God was taken from the literal nation of Israel. See verse 43. They rejected Christ. They are finished as a literal nation.
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
(Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-18)
33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Not interested in your replacement theology....so stop trying to express it to me....what part of don’t bring it to my table do you not understand?
Oh I think they’re just trying to get ME nation leaders off their backs....but that will never happen until Jesus shows them who they are really fighting against....it will be quite a surprise to learn they’ve been fighting against the will of the Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
You reject the literal words of Christ that I clearly posted? Fine by me.
Matthew 21:43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
It doesn’t get any more clear than this.
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