Israel: Whose land is it?
Is there a biblical right to the land? What about a two-state solution? Uncover the answers in this compelling exploration, where history, religion, and geopolitics collide.
In this eye-opening video, we delve deep into the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tracing back thousands of years to biblical times. Discover the untold history of the land, the divine promises to Abraham and his offspring.
Explore the historical and biblical roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this riveting video. Uncover the events surrounding the recent violent attack of Hamas on Israel. Discover the unique role Israel plays in biblical prophecy and its inseparable link to the Bible.
Gain insights into the land’s ownership, debunking historical claims, and challenging false narratives. Whether you’re familiar with the region’s history or new to the topic, this video provides a thought-provoking perspective on a complex issue with lasting implications.
β±οΈβ±οΈVIDEO CHAPTERSβ±οΈβ±οΈ
00:00 Never forget Israel’s 9/11!
4:40 Why do you need to keep your eyes on Israel?
10:46 How is Israel identified in the Bible?
11:17 Based on the Book of Genesis, to whom did God give the Holy Land?
25:53 Are the Jews occupiers?
26:47 Are you familiar with the relevant archeological evidence that provides support?
28:37 Didn’t the Jews forfeit the land after they were dispersed from 586 BC to 1948 AD?
31:44 How does Palestine and the Palestinians fit in to this issue?
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Well, I’m sure that I don’t have to reviewΒ what has happened recently in the past,Β Β and also what is going on in the presentΒ in the Middle East. But let me take aΒ Β few moments to frame my message. AsΒ you know, on Saturday, October 7th,Β Β
Israel was violently attacked. 1,500 HamasΒ terrorists penetrated the security fenceΒ Β around Gaza and entered into Israel. TheyΒ entered Israel on motorcycles, on jeeps,Β Β and paragliders through the skies. They brutally,Β barbarically killed all sorts of individuals,Β Β who were just enjoying the day at a musicΒ festival. They abducted and attacked theseΒ Β
Jewish individuals in the worst mass murder ofΒ Jewish people since the Holocaust. And then theseΒ Β same people went through the local kibbutzim.Β They raided the area along the Gaza border. Now, the thing to keep in mind is that theseΒ terrorists, these Hamas terrorists, really didΒ Β
Not care who it was that they were killing. TheyΒ indiscriminately came into the area and pickedΒ Β off whoever they could. They indiscriminatelyΒ killed all sorts of victims. It didn’t matterΒ Β to them if they were killing off-duty soldiersΒ or if they were killing mothers or grandmothersΒ Β
Or even babies. The latest count is over 1,400Β Israelis were slaughtered in cold blood. They wereΒ Β shot. They were knifed. They were burnt alive.Β They were beheaded. You have heard the stories;Β Β I don’t need to repeat them and all theΒ gruesome details that are part of that,Β Β
But they were brutal. They were barbaric;Β and, the only words really that can describeΒ Β what they carried out is pure evil.Β Evil. That’s exactly what it was. Now, people these days are going around andΒ they are saying that this was Israel’s 9/11.Β Β
But this is often what is not being said: theΒ population of Israel is approximately 7 millionΒ Β Jews, and the population of the United StatesΒ has around 330 million Americans. Based on that,Β Β when we take into account the number of JewishΒ people who were slaughtered on their 9/11 inΒ Β
Comparison to the people who were killed onΒ our soil here in the United States on 9/11,Β Β the damage was 30 times greater inΒ proportion in terms of the numberΒ Β of people who died. 30 times! LetΒ that sink in for just a few moments.
Well, after this vicious attack by HamasΒ terrorists, how did Israel respond? For theΒ Β very first time in 50 years, since the 1973Β Yom Kippur War, Israel officially declaredΒ Β war. Of course, many people really don’tΒ want to check in on the news these days;Β Β
It’s depressing, it’s heartbreaking, it’sΒ difficult, it wears on us allβthe painΒ Β and the suffering and violence that areΒ going on. But let me tell you something:Β Β it’s imperative that we keep our eyes onΒ Israel. You say, βWhy is that so essential?Β Β
Why is that important?β Well, it’s importantΒ for many reasons. Think about this with me. We need to keep our eyes on Israel becauseΒ Israel is God’s prophetic time clock. If youΒ Β want an idea, if you want to have a sense, ifΒ you want to learn what is going on in terms ofΒ Β
Where we are on God’s timeline during these endΒ times, then you have no need to look any furtherΒ Β than God’s prophetic timepieceβthe epicenter ofΒ prophecy. Israel is God’s prophetic time clock. Why else is it important for us to keep ourΒ eyes on Israel? Well, very simply stated,Β Β
Because Israel is inseparably linked to theΒ Bible. That’s right. The holy place points usΒ Β to the holy bookβthe Bible. When you stop toΒ think about it, it is really a book all aboutΒ Β Israel. The scripture records historical eventsΒ in Israel, and the scripture records propheticΒ Β
Events that will take place in Israel. So, it’sΒ all going to be going down in the Holy Land. There’s another reason why it’s so importantΒ for us to keep our eyes on Israel, and thatΒ Β is because Israel is the homeland of the Messiah.Β It’s the homeland of the Messiah himself. You see,Β Β
God sent the Messiah to Israel. His name isΒ Jesus, Yeshua. Jesus was born in Israel. HeΒ Β lived in Israel. He taught in Israel. He carriedΒ out miracles in Israel. Jesus died in Israel. HeΒ Β was raised from the dead in Israel. It was fromΒ Israel that He ascended to the Father, and it isΒ Β
Back to Israel that Jesus is coming; and, He willΒ set up His earthly Kingdom in Israel. And so, weΒ Β cannot separate the fact that this precious realΒ estate is the homeland of the Messiah Himself. And I want you to think about this: God sent aΒ Jewish savior to the world. That’s right. NotΒ Β
Only is our savior Jewish, but the prophetsΒ were Jewish. The Apostles were Jewish. TheΒ Β Bible was recorded by Jewish people. They wereΒ entrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:2Β Β tells us that. No wonder Jesus Himself saysΒ that βsalvation is from the Jewsβ (John 4:22).
Now, for these reasons and other reasons, as aΒ church, we wholeheartedly and unequivocally areΒ Β standing with Israel and the Jewish people.Β We don’t apologize for that. We are takingΒ Β a stand for Israel, for the chosen people ofΒ God, the apple of God’s eye. Having said that,Β Β
It’s important for me also to say that thisΒ does not mean that we agree with everythingΒ Β that is conducted in Israel or by its leaders.Β We don’t necessarily agree with everything thatΒ Β is carried out by their government. Just likeΒ all governments, there are flawed individuals,Β Β
Who are at the helm; and they, at times,Β make mistakesβsometimes significant mistakes. I also want to say that just as thereΒ were some sensible Germans during theΒ Β 1930s and 1940s who opposed Adolf HitlerΒ and the Nazis, so it is that there areΒ Β
Some sensible Palestinians who oppose HamasΒ and terrorism. And to these Palestinians,Β Β we say to you, βWe stand with you also; and,Β we pray for you. You’re not the enemy.β AndΒ Β so our prayers are for these individualsΒ who are trapped by Hamas in that area.
Now, in case you’re not standing withΒ Israel, my prayer, my strong earnestΒ Β desire for you would be that would beΒ your conviction before the end of today,Β Β that you would adopt the conviction that Israel,Β in fact, has a right to defend herself againstΒ Β
These unspeakable atrocities that haveΒ been perpetrated against her. We shouldΒ Β support Israel. We ought to support the Jews notΒ because of politics, but because of prophecy.Β Β It’s not that we’re trying to be political;Β it’s that we need to be biblical. And so,Β Β
We want to take a stand where God takes a stand,Β and He takes a stand for Israel in His word. By the way, did you know that Israel isΒ mentioned over 2,000 times in the Hebrew Bible,Β Β and over 70 times in the New Testament? TheΒ Old Testament tells us that Israel was chosenΒ Β
By God. Israel is the apple of God’s eye; theyΒ are to be God’s representatives to the world.Β Β They are God’s chosen people; they are God’sΒ instrument to represent God to all the nations. Now, with this background in mind, IΒ invite you to open your Bible to theΒ Β
Very first book of the Torah, also knownΒ as the Pentateuch, the Law of Moses,Β Β the Book of Booksβthe Bible. So if you wouldΒ turn to Genesis 1, I don’t want you to takeΒ Β my word for the fact that we ought to beΒ taking a stand for Israel and the JewishΒ Β
People. I want you to see for yourself withΒ your own eyes what God says about His people. The current crisis that we’re consideringΒ today goes back a long, long time. Yeah,Β Β we’re in the Book of Genesis, the first bookΒ of the Bible. It goes all the way back 4,000Β Β
Years. We know that God handpicked one particularΒ individual from the entire world at the time. HisΒ Β name was Abram; later, he was renamed Abraham.Β God chose him out of all the nations in GenesisΒ Β Chapter 12. I’d like for us to do a little surveyΒ of several passages in the Book of Genesis alone.
In Genesis 12, the first two verses, we’reΒ told the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth fromΒ Β your country and from your relatives and fromΒ your father’s house to the land which I willΒ Β show you. And I’ll make you a great nation,Β and I will bless you and make your name great,Β Β
And so you will be a blessing.’ There we discoverΒ that there’s this unique blessing of God’s handΒ Β upon this particular individual. He is going toΒ bless Abraham; he is going to cause, through hisΒ Β seed, the world to be populated with a specialΒ blessing that’s going to take place through him.
Then if you were to skip over to threeΒ chapters later in Genesis Chapter 15,Β Β we discover not the Abrahamic blessing, but theΒ Abrahamic Covenant. God establishes an eternalΒ Β unconditional covenant with Abraham in GenesisΒ Chapter 15. He gives Abraham and his descendantsΒ Β
The title deed to the land. This is what weΒ can call a land grant. The land of Israel,Β Β as you can see based on our map here, isΒ significantly showing a geography that isΒ Β much larger than present-day Israel. ItΒ actually extends from the Great River inΒ Β
Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River. This isΒ a massive area that God has promised His people,Β Β yet to be entered into in termsΒ of their enjoyment of the land. From Genesis Chapter 15 and theΒ covenant that is established there,Β Β
I’d like you to turn over to theΒ next two chapters, to Chapter 17.Β Β That’s significant because God chooses toΒ extend this covenant not through Ishmael,Β Β his firstborn, but through Isaac. You canΒ read it for yourself in Genesis 17:19-21. So,Β Β
This covenant that God gave to Abraham was nowΒ passed along to Isaac. From there, if you wouldΒ Β turn to Genesis Chapter 22, as we are surveyingΒ how God has handpicked a man, this man’s son,Β Β and then we see this further development takeΒ place in Genesis Chapter 22, where it teachesΒ Β
Us that Abraham went up to Mount Moriah to offerΒ up his son Isaac. And God gives promises to IsaacΒ Β and then to Jacob. God can see Abraham’s faith,Β the father of faith, and he says, ‘Hold off;Β Β
I see your faith and know that you are willingΒ to even not withhold your son from Me.’ And so,Β Β God blesses Abraham and his faith because he didΒ not even hold back that which was precious to him.
In this passage, God gives promises not just toΒ Isaac, but then to Jacob. But we’ll get there inΒ Β just a few moments. Now, in a case of historicalΒ revisionism, Islam comes along and says,Β Β ‘No. It was not Isaac who Abraham sought toΒ offer up on Mount Moriah; it was Ishmael, andΒ Β
The Jewish people have it all wrong. Ishmael wasΒ the one who was offered up there.’ Now think aboutΒ Β this for a few moments. Moses penned the Torah,Β including Genesis, in approximately 1400 BC. Okay,Β Β now Muhammad comes along 2,000 years later inΒ 600 AD and he says, ‘No, no, no. It wasn’t Isaac,Β Β
Who was offered up there on Mount Moriah. ItΒ was Ishmael.’ But that was 2,000 years afterΒ Β the fact. Wouldn’t you think that is not the mostΒ reliable way of understanding what took place? Listen, the origin of the conflict goes wayΒ back in time between the descendants of Isaac,Β Β
The Jewish people, and the descendants ofΒ Ishmael, the Arab people. And since then,Β Β there’s been ongoing conflict. Would you turn toΒ Genesis Chapter 26? We see this reestablishmentΒ Β once again of this covenant with Isaac. Just soΒ there’s no confusion, God says to Isaac in GenesisΒ Β
26, starting in verse 3, He says, ‘So turn in thisΒ land, and I will be with you and bless you. ForΒ Β to you and to your descendants, I will give allΒ these lands. Who does the land belong to? It tellsΒ Β
Us right hereβfrom Abraham to Isaac. This isΒ where the covenant is established. He says,Β Β ‘And I will establish the oath which I sworeΒ to your father Abraham. Verse 4 says βI willΒ Β multiply your descendants as the stars of heavenΒ and will give your descendants all these lands.’
In the previous chapter, Genesis Chapter 25,Β Jacob receives Esau’s birthright. He receivedΒ Β it through trickery, but nevertheless, he was aΒ recipient of the birthright, and the birthrightΒ Β was an honor that gave the heir the right toΒ the inheritance of the land and the privilegesΒ Β
Associated with the father’s estate. Now lookΒ at Genesis Chapter 28. We’re just surveyingΒ Β this one book where we find the answers to theΒ question: who does the land belong to biblically? In Genesis 28:3,4, Isaac is blessing Jacob,Β and we’re told, ‘May God Almighty bless youΒ Β
And make you fruitful and multiply you, thatΒ you may become a company of peoples. MayΒ Β He also give you the blessing of AbrahamΒ to you and to your descendants with you,Β Β that you may possess the land of yourΒ sojournings which God gave to Abraham.’ See,Β Β
There’s really no confusion thatΒ needs to be there in terms of whoΒ Β God has given this land to; it’s clear . .Β . through Abraham, Isaac, and then Jacob. While you’re still in Genesis Chapter 28,Β notice with me verse 13. God says to Jacob,Β Β
‘I am the Lord, the God of your father AbrahamΒ and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie,Β Β I will give it to you.’ Who’s God talking to?Β To Jacob. ‘I’m not just going to give it toΒ Β
You,’ He says in Genesis 28:13. ‘I willΒ give it to you and to your descendants.’ Do you remember in Genesis Chapter 32, thereΒ is a wrestling match? What an interestingΒ Β wrestling match that had to have been, whereΒ the angel of the Lord is wrestling with Jacob,Β Β
And Jacob is relentless. And God touches hisΒ hip socket, and he develops a limp from thatΒ Β day forward. And we’re told that God gives JacobΒ a name change. The name change is not a smallΒ Β thing that we just give a passing look at; it’sΒ something that we need to consider. Could thatΒ Β
Weigh in on the importance of Israel belongingΒ to the Jewish peoples? Look at Genesis 32:28.Β Β God says, ‘Your name shall no longer be Jacob.βΒ And then, if you will turn to Genesis Chapter 35,Β Β and starting in verse 10, we’re told God saidΒ to him, that is to Jacob, ‘Your name is Jacob;Β Β
You shall no longer be called Jacob, but IsraelΒ shall be your name.’ So, He called him Israel.Β Β Verse 12: ‘And the land,’ don’t miss that,Β ‘the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,Β Β I will give to you, and I will give theΒ land to your descendants after you.’ AndΒ Β
A great cross-reference to this would be 48:4.Β Now, when you put all these verses together,Β Β it should be abundantly obvious to allΒ of us that God gave the land to Abraham,Β Β then to Isaac, then to Jacob, and to theΒ Jewish descendants that would come after Jacob.
But there’s more. Before we even leave theΒ Book of Genesis, we need to understand thatΒ Β Jacob had a whole lot of children. He had manyΒ sons, and before he passed out of this life,Β Β he blessed his sons. I’d like you to check out oneΒ of the particular sons whom Jacob blessed greatly.Β Β
This was not like any other blessing which God,Β through Jacob, blessed this individual. It’sΒ Β the greatest blessing of royalty that was givenΒ to this one particular son. Genesis chapter 49,Β Β look there if you would, In Genesis 49:8, JacobΒ is blessing his son Judah. It says, “As for you,Β Β
Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your handΒ shall be on the neck of your enemies. Don’t missΒ Β this. Your father’s sons, in other words, yourΒ brothers, shall bow down to you.” What thisΒ Β tells us is that Judah was given the place ofΒ greatest prominence, superiority, even over hisΒ Β
Other brothers, the most important inheritance andΒ place in the family. Then in verse 10, it says,Β Β “The scepter will not depart from Judah nor fromΒ the ruler’s staff from between his feet untilΒ Β Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedienceΒ of the peoples.” Now, notice if you will, the wordΒ Β
βscepterβ and βruler’s staffβ. Those items areΒ symbolic; they symbolize royal command. And it wasΒ Β through Judah that King David eventually would beΒ born. It was through Judah that King Solomon wouldΒ Β eventually be born. And it was through JudahΒ that the King of Kings would be born. And so,Β Β
It is by no mistake that this blessing is goingΒ through Abraham, through Isaac, through Jacob,Β Β and then through Judah. By the way, the shortenedΒ form for the word βJudah,β take a wild guess, isΒ Β what? Itβs βJewβ. And throughout time, people haveΒ wondered, “Well, who was the first Jew?” Well,Β Β
If by Jew, you mean the tribe of Judah,Β then Judah was the first Jew. If by Jew,Β Β you are referring to someone who is a Hebrew, thenΒ Abraham was the first Jew. If you say, “By Jew,Β Β
We have to refer to people who are first referredΒ to as Jews in the Bible,” then you would have toΒ Β look at Second Kings to discover that there areΒ all of these unnamed individuals who are calledΒ Β
Jews. But the point that I want to make here isΒ this: because God has given the land to the JewishΒ Β people, because they are to be the owners of theΒ land, they are not the occupiers. That’s a phraseΒ Β
We keep hearing in connection with the JewishΒ people. βThey are the occupiers. They don’t belongΒ Β thereβ. But they’re not the occupiers. They’re theΒ owners of the land. And if you know your history,Β Β you’re aware of the fact that the Jewish peopleΒ are the indigenous people of this particular land,Β Β
The Holy Land. They were living in this land 2,000Β years before anyone was ever called or referred toΒ Β as a Palestinian. They were in the land thousandsΒ of years before Islam was ever a religion. Now, for those who don’t embrace the Bible,Β for those who don’t perceive the Bible as theΒ Β
Word of God, as a historical record of the factΒ that the Jews were living in the land thousandsΒ Β of years before the Palestinians were recognized,Β before there was a person called a Palestinian,Β Β or thousands of years before Islam, then atΒ least look at the archaeological evidence. WeΒ Β
Know historically and archaeologically thatΒ there is what is known as an Egyptian stele.Β Β An Egyptian stele is an ancient stone slab whichΒ has markings on it. You could hop online and do aΒ Β check on Google, and you would discover that thereΒ are many different images of Egyptian stelae,Β Β
Ancient stones with markings on them. TheΒ ancient Egyptian stele goes all the way back toΒ Β approximately the 13th century BC; and, it speaksΒ of the name βIsraelβ by name as the land. Also,Β Β there is an ancient Canaanite stele from the 9thΒ century BC, which refers by name to King David asΒ Β
The king of the land of Israel. So, if you don’tΒ want to believe the Bible, at least believe theΒ Β historical evidence, the archaeological evidenceΒ that has been made available to us. RegardlessΒ Β of what your faith happens to be, for thousands ofΒ years, it has been a well-documented fact that theΒ Β
Jews lived in this land that God gave to them.Β They’re not the occupiers; they’re the owners. Now, there are some people whoΒ would come along and say, “Yeah,Β Β but we need to understand this goes back prettyΒ far. We need to understand that βThis is ourΒ Β
Land because dating all the way back to 586Β BC, during the time of the Babylonian exile,Β Β when the Jewish people were exiled from theΒ Holy Land, they were besieged until 1948, whichΒ Β is when the Jews asserted the right to the land.Β Between those two time frames, 586 BC to 1948 AD,Β Β
In that large span of time, those 2500 years, theΒ Jewish people were in the land. And that’s true;Β Β they were scattered, especially after the RomansΒ came along and they destroyed the temple inΒ Β Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Jewish population wasΒ scattered from the land; they were dispersedΒ Β
Throughout the world and persecuted. And so,Β that argument is true that between 586 to 1948,Β Β the Jewish people, by and large, were not the mainΒ people who lived in the land. The Jews who managedΒ Β to stay alive in their homeland were dominated byΒ other world empires, and here’s the list of them:Β Β
βthe Babylonians, then came the Persians, thenΒ the Greeks, then the Romans, then the Byzantines,Β Β then the Arab Islamic Empire, then the CatholicΒ Crusaders, then the Mamluks, then the Ottomans,Β Β and then the British Empire.β And so, as a resultΒ of all these various world empires coming on theΒ Β
Scene and dispersing the Jewish people throughoutΒ the world, these people groups would say,Β Β “It’s not their land; it is our landβ, and theyΒ would claim the land for themselves. But again,Β Β we have to look back at history and realizeΒ that the Jews were there before any of them.
It’s true that the Jews have not always occupiedΒ the land. Why is that? Because there were timesΒ Β when the people of Israel, the Jewish people,Β were in rebellion; they were disobedient,Β Β and God disciplined them. He is theΒ one that allowed them to scatter;Β Β
He put them out of their own land. But evenΒ though they haven’t continually occupied theΒ Β land, they’ve always had ownership of thatΒ location. They have ownership of the land ofΒ Β Israel because of an inalienable, eternal promiseΒ that God gave to Abraham and to his descendants.
So maybe you’re wondering to yourself, whereΒ did the Palestinians come from? Because thatΒ Β seems to be really where the battle is. DoesΒ the land belong to the Jewish people or toΒ Β the Palestinians? Should it be Israel? Should itΒ be Palestine? So let me give you some additionalΒ Β
History. In 135 AD, the Jewish people were inΒ rebellion against the Roman Empire. They wereΒ Β having it up to here with the oppression that wasΒ being meted out to them. And so during that time,Β Β
The Roman Emperor of the land was a man by theΒ name of Hadrian. Hadrian hated the Jews; he gotΒ Β sick and tired of their rebellion, and he wantedΒ to put down the rebellion once and for all. AndΒ Β
So he had the Jewish people dispersed in 135 AD.Β You can look back through the historical recordsΒ Β and discover that is the case. Not only did heΒ have the Jewish people scattered away from theΒ Β promised land, but he also renamed Israel with aΒ Latin name, βPalestinaβ. And that word, Palestina,Β Β
Is linked to the Philistines. And the reason whyΒ Hadrian renamed this land Palestina or PalestineΒ Β is because he knew that the Philistines were theΒ archenemies of the Jews. Just to stick it to theΒ Β Jewish population, just to agitate them, and toΒ try to cause them to be a memory of the past,Β Β
He renamed Israel βPalestine.β Now, evenΒ though in the Bible, it’s called βIsrael,βΒ Β the land was known as βPalestine,β which isΒ a false name that Hadrian gave to the region,Β Β again, to agitate the Jews and to try to blotΒ out their memory. That’s where the name comesΒ Β
From. Arabs living in the land were known asΒ Palestinians. And so the land of Palestine,Β Β from 135 AD all the way up until 1948 AD, thatΒ land was called βPalestine.β And then in 1948,Β Β the Jews come along; they take back the landΒ and they give it its rightful name, Israel.
Now, there are some Palestinians today who willΒ tell you, “Oh, this goes back even before allΒ Β the stuff about the Roman Emperor Hadrian.Β This goes back, it predates even Abraham.”Β Β There are some Palestinians who will say thatΒ they are descendants of the Canaanites. Now,Β Β
That’s not true. But even if it wereΒ true, God put out the Canaanites andΒ Β had the Jewish people be the new residents ofΒ the land. So they’re wrong in neither account. Listen, the Palestinians, while we can certainlyΒ pray for them and love them, and we ought to,Β Β
We should have no anger, no animosity, no hatredΒ in our heart toward Palestinians. That said,Β Β the Palestinians may make historical or politicalΒ arguments in terms of why they should be there,Β Β but they have no biblical right to theΒ land. The title deed was given to Israel,Β Β
To the Jewish people; the land was givenΒ to them by God. The land is theirs. And so, that’s one reason why we support IsraelΒ and why we support the Jewish people. God madeΒ Β promises that He never revoked. These areΒ irrevocable promises that are not to beΒ Β
Broken. You say, “But Jeff, what about a two-stateΒ solution? That seems like a good way to resolveΒ Β this. Just allow both parties to come together,Β sit down, and come out with a two-state solution.Β Β That will take care of all of this.” Listen, thatΒ was already tried in 1947. The United Nations cameΒ Β
Up with a partition plan by which Israel would beΒ considered part Israel, part Palestine. That wasΒ Β the plan, and the land was partitioned betweenΒ those, who were living in the land at the time,Β Β as well as the Jews, who came back to theΒ land out of the ashes of the Holocaust. Well,Β Β
The Jews accepted the plan, but the Arab at theΒ time rejected it. The reason the Arabs rejectedΒ Β it is because the issue had nothing to do withΒ the size of the land that would be given to them,Β Β
Or the size of the land that would be givenΒ to Israel. The issue had to do with theΒ Β existence of Israel at all. They didn’tΒ believe that there should be an Israel;Β Β they opposed the very existence of Israel.Β And so, in their thinking, you can shrink itΒ Β
Down as much as you would like, but you can’tΒ really shrink it down small enough for them. Now, I want you to think about this: the ArabΒ nations, and there are quite a few of them,Β Β possess more than 300 times the land comparedΒ to the size of Israel. They have 40 times theΒ Β
Population that Israel possesses. And yet, so manyΒ within the Arab nations do not want to recognizeΒ Β Israel’s right to exist, and they believe theyΒ should be wiped off the face of the earth.Β Β Not only do they believe that Israel should beΒ non-existent, but they don’t think Jewish people,Β Β
Whether they’re in Israel or anywhere, shouldΒ exist. They think that whether it be Hamas orΒ Β someone else, the job of exterminatingΒ the Jews needs to still take place. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to discoverΒ that we are living in a day and age in whichΒ Β
Anti-Semitism is burgeoning; it’s growing; it’sΒ mushrooming. It’s perhaps the worst that peopleΒ Β have seen since the days of the Holocaust itself.Β People all around the world are maintaining theΒ Β belief that Jewish people, not only do they notΒ have a right to Israel, but they don’t even have aΒ Β
Right to exist, and that the job of exterminatingΒ the Jewish people, which Hitler tried to carryΒ Β out, needs to be finished. Now, where is allΒ this anti-Semitism coming from? Why is thereΒ Β so much Jew hatred out there? Well, that’s a bigΒ question, and for that, you’ll need to come backΒ Β
Next time. We’ll just hold off until then. ButΒ in the meantime, let me just say in closing,Β Β God has a special plan for Israel. He has aΒ special love and plan for the Jewish people.Β Β And I want to make sure I’m not misunderstood.Β God loves Palestinians. God even loves people whoΒ Β
Are part of Hamas. He hates what they’re doing,Β but the Lord sent His Jewish Messiah to die forΒ Β Jews and Gentiles. Yes, we need to pray for theΒ peace of Jerusalem. We also need to pray thatΒ Β
The Prince of Peace will enter into the heartsΒ and lives of those who have not met Him yet.
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