Israel
What does it mean for us as Christians to be sons of Issachar in this century? Certainly we must understand God’s heart for our own country in the days ahead. Only then will we know how to pray and what to do. The American Church and the American nation are at a crossroads. How we respond is crucial.
Yet to be sons of Issachar, we must also look beyond our borders to see what God...
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God’s Unilateral Covenant with Abraham
Genesis 15 records the covenant-cutting ceremony between God and Abraham. Such a ceremony was very common in the ancient world at that time. The two covenanting parties would gather the animals as described in Genesis 15, slice them in two, and then the two parties would walk between the animals. This act signified the solemnity of the...
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The Land: Title vs. Possession
Through the Mosaic covenant, the Lord did, however, lay out the conditions for continuous possession of the land. If the Israelites obeyed, there would be blessing. If they disobeyed there would be curses. If they persisted in disobedience, they would even be uprooted from the land and dispersed.
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper...
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“Exodus II”
After almost 2,000 years the Diaspora began to come to an end in 1948 with the establishment of the modern State of Israel. Is Israel back in the land by God’s design? Or, is its creation a mere coincidence? Does the Church have a responsibility, or even a calling, to bless the Jewish people, and even Israel herself? To answer these questions, we must look to Old Testament...
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Tracing Israel’s Restoration
Around the turn of the last century, after almost 2,000 years of dispersion, God began to move very dramatically to initiate this process of restoration physically and, of course, spiritually. What happened? Let’s survey the high spots:
1897 – Theodore Hertzl convened the first Jewish congress in Basel, Switzerland. This unbelieving man predicted...
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