Working against the plan and will of God is nothing short of insanity. Why seek to oppose and resist that which is divinely decreed? Such is the futility of working against God's plan for Jerusalem and Israel.
These words make abundantly clear God's intentions: "Thus says the LORD, 'I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.'" (Zechariah 8:3).
Verses four and five of that chapter describe the scene on the streets of Jerusalem: elderly men and women sitting, while children play - perhaps a figurative picture, or a picture of mortals in the coming millennial kingdom. Either way, God's purposes are crystal-clear - Jerusalem and Israel figure prominently in God's plans.
As a decidedly non-political person, I nearly always avoid political comments. This biblical comment, however, can easily be taken as a political one: any people or nation opposed to the Jewish nation and people have made a grave error. This isn't so much a pro-Israel statement as it is a pro-God one. Regardless of the spiritual condition of the current nation of Israel and its capital city, we know their ultimate destiny according to God's eternal covenant with them. It's unwise to mess with what God has decreed!
Knowledge of this plan gives perspective to personal conduct: "'These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the LORD ... so love truth and peace.'" (Zechariah 8:16-17, 19)
I am absolutely convinced that God has reserved one final major movement for the last days: the spiritual renewal of the Jewish people. Romans 11:25-26, in particular, state such. This is the clear plan and will of God. To resist it is madness; to participate with it is supremely wise. Live lives of integrity, and participate with God in the spiritual awakening of His Jewish covenant people.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
These words make abundantly clear God's intentions: "Thus says the LORD, 'I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.'" (Zechariah 8:3).
Verses four and five of that chapter describe the scene on the streets of Jerusalem: elderly men and women sitting, while children play - perhaps a figurative picture, or a picture of mortals in the coming millennial kingdom. Either way, God's purposes are crystal-clear - Jerusalem and Israel figure prominently in God's plans.
As a decidedly non-political person, I nearly always avoid political comments. This biblical comment, however, can easily be taken as a political one: any people or nation opposed to the Jewish nation and people have made a grave error. This isn't so much a pro-Israel statement as it is a pro-God one. Regardless of the spiritual condition of the current nation of Israel and its capital city, we know their ultimate destiny according to God's eternal covenant with them. It's unwise to mess with what God has decreed!
Knowledge of this plan gives perspective to personal conduct: "'These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the LORD ... so love truth and peace.'" (Zechariah 8:16-17, 19)
I am absolutely convinced that God has reserved one final major movement for the last days: the spiritual renewal of the Jewish people. Romans 11:25-26, in particular, state such. This is the clear plan and will of God. To resist it is madness; to participate with it is supremely wise. Live lives of integrity, and participate with God in the spiritual awakening of His Jewish covenant people.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
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