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Am Israel Chaim - Dennis McCleod, CFI-New Zealand
It is interesting that at the moment, the number of world leaders who are deciding not to step over the line and side with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to stand with Israel, is growing. Moses said, "Those who are for God step over here," and those who didn't failed to reach the promised land. To be born again is to be totally for God's Word and all it stands for, without questioning the bits you do not like or understand. Yeshua said – "I am the way, the truth, and the life" [John 14:6]. He is the Word made flesh, and when He speaks, He speaks from the Word that He, according to John 1:1, has manifested through.
To go against this Word is to go against God Himself. We read in the Book of Obadiah about what happens to those who oppose Israel, in light of the Truth of God and His Word. To claim to be born again and to say that Yeshua made mistakes, and did not mean what He said, is to read the Word from a humanistic perspective and not through the Holy Spirit's power.
Only when we surrender ourselves to His will can He then reveal all things to us. [John 14:26] It has been reported that there is a very high percentage of American evangelicals who do not believe God gave Israel to the Jewish people. Is it any better in any other country?
Many years ago, I attended a meeting in our city where the Dean of a Cathedral in Israel stated that the commandment, thou shalt not kill, can mean anything you want it to mean. He was trying to draw a parallel between this scripture and those that said the land had been given to the Jewish people, which was clearly against. In other words, we can interpret any scripture to follow our personal beliefs. Where does it say in the Word that we can change His commandments, no matter where in scripture they can be found; in fact, the Word clearly warns us from doing this. [Revelation 22:18-19]
God has purchased us with the Blood of His firstborn, Yeshua, and this happened while we were still sinners. [Romans 5:8] He did not wait for us to repent but met us in our darkness and then brought us into the light through His love and grace. God then placed Yeshua at His right hand, and He became our only advocate with the Father, [1 John 2:1]
"What you ask in my name I will give you." [John 14:13] It is evident we can only be genuinely following the Lord if we are prepared to be totally obedient to the Father without doubting His Word. Obedience comes from hearing, believing, and obeying , not by questioning the truth of what Yeshua said or did; we must remember, He is the truth.
In John's Gospel, Yeshua says many times, "I am telling you the truth." He is the way; He is the shepherd of the flock. If we claim to be a people who God purchased by a very painful price, as He watched His sinless Son, the guiltless one, die for the sins of the guilty, to bring life to the world. [John 3:16-17] Then call into question His actions, are we true followers or telling Him He has it wrong?
God has every right to expect us to try to be holy as He is Holy [Leviticus 19:1-2], and we do not achieve this by good works, but by surrendering to the one who set us free from the punishment that lay in our path. To be born again is a privilege, not something that we can claim for ourselves and then stand with God’s attackers.
By attacking the Jewish people, the Apple of God’s eye, [Zechariah 2:8] is a direct attack on Elohim Himself. To be born again is to be saved by grace, a free gift of God. If we attack or abuse His chosen people, who were chosen above all others, Deuteronomy 7:14 and confirmed in Deuteronomy 14:2 with a stronger explanation, something even many Christians call into question.
God’s Word has been proven correct, time and again. I am reminded again of the words my Penny once spoke. God has been proven correct in the things I do understand; therefore, He must be correct in the things I don’t understand.
With this philosophy, we can move forward in the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding [Philippians 4:7], with confidence, knowing that Elohim guides us in all things, and standing with the Jewish People gives us confidence that we are on the right side of His-story.
God had His son die in our place that we might not only live, but come into a knowledge of Him and His Word through the power of the Holy Spirit, [John 16:7-8] If we go against Israel. The promises of God for that nation are that we are really falling under the power of the Holy Spirit, or the influence of the world?
We cannot claim to be born again, baptised by the Holy Spirit, then stand with God's enemies against the nation of Israel, working to destroy the Jewish people. People claiming to be Christians have abused us several times because we stand with the people of the book, as proclaimed by the very book they claim to follow.
Living in Bethlehem, I have seen and heard many things, PLO flag flying from a Bible college, anti-Jewish statements, suffered abuse from ex-pats just for studying Hebrew while working for the Arabs, and more.
The Word of God either stands forever, or it doesn't. Isaiah 40:6-8, which is repeated in 1 Peter 1:24-25, tells us it does. Yeshua clearly stated it is everlasting, [Matthew 5:17-18] for which we can be forever grateful. As I have stated at meetings, it is our time to stand, step over the line in the sand, and stand with the Lord, standing tall and clearly stating, Yam Israel Haim. The people of Israel LIVE.
