If Israel has no right to exist, then God cannot be trusted
Just recently, ALL ISRAEL NEWS reported on a proposed German bill seeking to criminalize the denial of Israel's right to exist.
The bill is good, but on the other hand, how shocking that you need a bill like this in the first place. We have seen it on the streets, with pro-Palestinian protesters shouting, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
Do some of these people actually know what this means when they shout this?
It is pretty obvious that it means free of Jews!!
To deny Israel's right to exist is hate, pure and simple. You can't state it any clearer. These people are full of hate for the State of Israel.
Can you think of any other country in the world where people are shouting, demonstrating, and saying that it has no right to exist?
But Israel has a wonderful history. Israel has been the home of the Jewish people for 78 years, and I must say it has also been a home for its many Arab and Christian citizens.
But more than that, the land of Israel has a biblical history spanning thousands of years.
God truly made Abraham into a great nation, and the fact is that today you can go and see Abraham's tomb in Hebron. The Tomb of the Patriarchs cries out to everyone that God kept His promise to Abraham.
The land of Israel has a rich history.
King David ruled the united kingdom.
Elijah and Elisha prophesied in a divided kingdom.
Jesus ministered in an occupied kingdom, which wasn't called Palestine.
And in AD 70, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews were exiled.
That is a brief history, but a history nevertheless. You cannot deny the Jewish presence in the land.
Israel is God's baby, but the world wants to abort it.
To deny Israel's right to exist is sickening and mocks God.
Previous generations have seen the miracle of a nation being born in a day.
God kept His word and brought the Jews back to the land, and Israel was restored.
Before 1948, it was an occupied land with a remnant of Jews. But then the Jews came home, and God kept His promise yet again.
He said He would bring them back from the north, the south, the east, and the west.
God's heart was always to bring the Jews back and restore them to their land.
He punished them because of their sin, but He also restored them.
God disciplines us at times when He needs to. It's painful, and then He restores us. How wonderful God is as a Father to us.
Today there is a spiritual battle for the nation of Israel, and I must congratulate Germany for proposing this law, which I hope gets passed. More countries need to do the same.
But can you imagine if Israel failed to exist and the Jews failed to exist?
What would it mean for you and me as Bible-believing Christians?
Quite simply, I would have to throw my Bible away.
Rip it up, put it in the garbage where it belongs, and declare that God has failed. He cannot keep His promises, so you may as well live however you like.
That would basically be it. Everything I have done in ministry would be a waste of time because God cannot be trusted.
But we know that is not true.
God exists. Israel exists. The Jewish people exist.
The Bible confirms Israel's existence—past, present, and future.
Coming soon to an Israel near you is the 1,000-year reign of Yeshua the Messiah, where Satan will be bound and Yeshua (Jesus) will reign on a throne of righteousness and justice, fulfilling the prophecy of Micah 5:2.
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
The first part of the prophecy has been fulfilled. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, and I trust God with the second part of the prophecy. Jesus will rule His people, Israel—not Palestine.
So you can shout, "From the river to the sea," all you like.
God is on the throne, and Jesus will reign on the throne over His people, Israel.