In Gen 12:1-3 we read:

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (KJV)

The blessing which God pronounced upon Abraham and his descendants was passed down to Isaac but not Ishmael, and it was passed down to Jacob but not Esau. It was passed down only to those who had faith like that of Abraham.

After Israel's Exodus from Egypt, most of the nation refused to enter the promised land. As a result, God announced that they would be banished in the wilderness for forty years. The people became terrified at that prospect and some of the Jews decided they would enter the land after all. Moses warned them not to try it because the power of God would not be with them. They entered the land and were slaughtered by the Canaanites. Only after forty years in the wilderness did the nation of Israel enter the promised land and receive the Old Covenant Kingdom.

After the Lord Jesus was crucified and the Holy Spirit was given, the New Covenant Kingdom was offered to Israel. This was to be the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham. Again, the nation of Israel refused to receive the kingdom. As a result, God temporarily set aside His promises to Abraham. In our present age of the Church, Israel has no special purpose among the nations. However, God has not forsaken His promise to Abraham. After the Church is taken up into heaven, God will bring the nation of Israel back to the promised land. They will accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and will receive the New Covenant Kingdom.

Today, there are some Jews who want to take the promised land by force, thinking that it is God’s plan for them to do so. They need to be warned that God is not with them in this effort. They will fail miserably. In fact their efforts will result in the ultimate reign of the antichrist who will slaughter those who try to take the land in their own might.

Daniel prophesied in Dan 11:13-14:

13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. (KJV)

It is not wrong for Israel to have a nation today, but it would be wrong for the nation of Israel to think that their nation is somehow the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham. When Jesus Christ returns to establish the New Covenant Kingdom, He will defeat the antichrist and give the promised land to believing Israel.

Today, it is most important that believers teach the nation of Israel about the truth of Jesus Christ and warn them of the dangers of trying to take the promised land by force. It is still true that God will bless those who bless Israel, but believers need to do some serious thinking about the best way to bless Israel.

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