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BIBLE PROPHECY:
ISRAEL, THE "PALESTINIANS",
AND THE CHURCH PART 2
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How you interpret Bible prophecy will depend on how you view
the Abrahamic Covenants. How you interpret the Abrahamic
Covenants will determine how you apply the Scriptures to
Israel and to the Church. Many who believe that God has set
aside the covenants with Israel believe that the promises
given to Israel have been transferred to the Church. They
see the Church as having replaced Israel in God’s plan.
People that believe this way are called Replacement
Theologians. The question is: Are God’s covenants with
Israel still in force?
There are at least six covenants that God has established in
the Bible that are still in effect including the Noahic
Covenant, the Mosaic Covenant, the Seed Covenant, the
Canaan Land Covenant, the Davidic Covenant, and the New
Covenant. The Abrahamic Covenant is composed of the Seed
Covenant, the Canaan Land Covenant, the Davidic Covenant,
and the New Covenant. To decide whether the covenants still
apply to Israel we must answer two questions: (1) Were the
covenants unconditional and (2) Were the covenants stated by
God to be everlasting or forever?.
An unconditional covenant is based upon the “I will” of
God. In an unconditional covenant, the fulfillment of the
covenant is not conditioned upon the obedience of man. The
conditional covenant is based upon a “If man will, God will”
scenario. Of the six covenants included above, the only
conditional covenant was the Mosaic Covenant. For the
Christian, the Mosaic Covenant has been set aside in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Although the Mosaic Covenant was
specifically given to Israel, its contents is written into
the conscious of all of mankind. The Mosaic Covenant is the
standard of condemnation to all mankind. The Noahic
Covenant is an unconditional covenant that does not require
the participation of mankind. The Noahic Covenant was
God’s unconditional, everlasting covenant with all of
mankind that He would never entirely flood the earth again.
The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional covenant that God
made with Abraham. The covenant is unconditional because
Abraham can do nothing to ensure or hinder its fulfillment.
However, the covenant could not come into force until
Abraham believed God and left Ur of the Chaldees. By faith,
Abraham became a partaker of the covenant. The covenant of
salvation (part of the Seed Covenant) is also an
everlasting, unconditional covenant. The salvation covenant
cannot come into effect for men or women until they believe
God. By faith, Christians become partakers of the
covenant. Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ is THE
standard of redemption for all of mankind. Every covenant
included in the Abrahamic Covenant is unconditional because
the fulfillment of these covenants depend solely upon the
faithfulness of God. There is no action, or lack thereof,
by mankind that can make void the covenant(s). However,
continued participation in the blessings of these covenants
is based upon Israel’s obedience to the Mosaic Covenant.
Now, what about the question of whether these covenants are
everlasting? If the covenants are described as everlasting
by God in the Bible, that means that they will continue
forever. If that is not so, then there are many assumptions
that we could make including: (1) God did not know what the
word everlasting meant; (2) God confused the Church and
Israel; (3) God did not know the future; (4) God was
deceived; (5) God lied to us; (6) God did not know what
Israel was going to do. How outrageous does all that sound?
The list could go on and on, but I believe the point has
been made. God knew exactly what Israel was going to do and
yet God called these covenants everlasting. The following
Scriptures apply to the everlasting nature of the different
covenants contained within the Abrahamic Covenant (The
specific covenant reference is enclosed in parenthesis with
bold type):
Genesis 13:15
(Canaan Land Covenant)
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I
give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 17:7
(Abrahamic Covenant)
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and
thee and thy seed after thee in their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:8
(Canaan Land Covenant)
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I
will be their God.
Genesis 17:13
(Circumcision as the seal of the Covenant)
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is
bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised:
and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
Genesis 48:4 (Seed
and Canaan Land Covenant)
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee
a multitude of people; and will give this land to
thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Deuteronomy 4:31
(All Abrahamic Covenants)
31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget
the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto
them.
Judges 2:1 (Canaan
Land Covenant)
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to
Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt,
and have brought you unto the land which I sware
unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my
covenant with you.
2 Samuel 7:13
(Davidic Covenant)
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will
stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel 7:16
(Davidic Covenant)
16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall
be established for ever.
2 Samuel 7:24 (Seed
Covenant)
24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people
Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou,
LORD, art become their God.
2 Samuel 23:5
(Davidic Covenant)
5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath
made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all
things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and
all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
1 Kings 2:45
(Davidic Covenant)
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne
of David shall be established before the LORD for
ever.
1 Kings 9:5
(Davidic Covenant taken from Solomon, but still in
force)
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom
upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy
father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon
the throne of Israel.
1 Chronicles 16:15-18
(Davidic Covenant
taken from Solomon, but still in force)
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word
which he commanded to a thousand generations; 16
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and
of his oath unto Isaac; 17 And hath confirmed the
same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I
give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
1 Chronicles 17:12-14
(Davidic Covenant)
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish
his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he
shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before
thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in
my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be
established for evermore.
1 Chronicles 28:2-7
(Davidic Covenant taken from Solomon, but still in
force)
2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and
said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for
me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest
for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the
footstool of our God, and had made ready for the
building: 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not
build an house for my name, because thou hast been a
man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit the LORD
God of Israel chose me before all the house of my
father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath
chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of
Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of
my father he liked me to make me king over all
Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath
given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son
to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son,
he shall build my house and my courts: for I have
chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if
he be constant to do my commandments and my
judgments, as at this day.
2 Chronicles 7:18
(Davidic Covenant)
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom,
according as I have covenanted with David thy
father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to
be ruler in Israel.
2 Chronicles 13:5
(Davidic Covenant)
5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel
gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even
to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles 20:7
(Canaan Land Covenant)
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the
inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel,
and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for
ever?
Psalm 89:3-4 (Seed
and Davidic Covenant)
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have
sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I
establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.
Psalm 89:28-36
(Seed and Davidic Covenant)
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also
will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as
the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my
law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break
my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then
will I visit their transgression with the rod, and
their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my
lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor
suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will
I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I
will not lie unto David. 36 His seed shall endure
for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psalm 105:8-11 (All
of the Abrahamic Covenant)
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word
which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath
unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for
a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance:
Isaiah 9:6-7
(Davidic Covenant)
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his
government and peace there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it,
and to establish it with judgment and with justice
from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD
of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 45:17 (New
Covenant)
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an
everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor
confounded world without end.
Isaiah 55:3 (New
Covenant)
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your
soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Isaiah 60:21
(Canaan Land Covenant)
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they
shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my
planting, the work of my hands, that I may be
glorified.
Isaiah 61:8 (New
Covenant)
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for
burnt offering; and I will direct their work in
truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with
them.
Jeremiah 25:4-5
(Canaan Land Covenant)
4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants
the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye
have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil
way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in
the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to
your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah 31:31-40
(Seed, New, and Canaan Land Covenants)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I
will make a new covenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel; After those days, saith
the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach
no more every man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all
know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of
them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a
light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of
the stars for a light by night, which divideth the
sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts
is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from
before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel
also shall cease from being a nation before me for
ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be
measured, and the foundations of the earth searched
out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of
Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the
city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of
Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. 39 And the
measuring line shall yet go forth over against it
upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to
Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies,
and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook
of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward
the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not
be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah 32:37-41
(New Covenant)
37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries,
whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my
fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them
again unto this place, and I will cause them to
dwell safely: 38 And they shall be my people, and I
will be their God: 39 And I will give them one
heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever,
for the good of them, and of their children after
them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant
with them, that I will not turn away from them, to
do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yea,
I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will
plant them in this land assuredly with my whole
heart and with my whole soul.
Jeremiah 33:20-26
(Seed and Davidic Covenants)
20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant
of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that
there should not be day and night in their season;
21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my
servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon
his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my
ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be
numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so
will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and
the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken,
saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen,
he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised
my people, that they should be no more a nation
before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant
be not with day and night, and if I have not
appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David
my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed
to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
Ezekiel 16:60-63
(New Covenant)
60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with
thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish
unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61 Then thou
shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou
shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy
younger: and I will give them unto thee for
daughters, but not by thy covenant. 62 And I will
establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD: 63 That thou mayest remember,
and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more
because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee
for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 37:15-28
(Seed, New, and Davidic Covenants)
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children
of Israel his companions: then take another stick,
and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17
And join them one to another into one stick; and
they shall become one in thine hand. 18 And when the
children of thy people shall speak unto thee,
saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by
these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in
the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put them with him, even with the
stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they
shall be one in mine hand. 20 And the sticks whereon
thou writest shall be in thine hand before their
eyes. 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from
among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring them into their
own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the
land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king
shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more
two nations, neither shall they be divided into two
kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they
defile themselves any more with their idols, nor
with their detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them out of all
their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and
will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I
will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be
king over them; and they all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and
observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall
dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they
shall dwell therein, even they, and their children,
and their children’s children for ever: and my
servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I
will place them, and multiply them, and will set my
sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My
tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the
heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify
Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of
them for evermore.
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Is there any question about the everlasting nature of these
covenants? We have cited 33 groups of Old Testament
Scriptures that prove the everlasting nature of each and
every covenant under the Abrahamic Covenant. What does the
word everlasting mean? It means never ending. Every one of
these covenants is said to apply to Abraham and his seed
through Isaac. The Scriptures have presented verse stacked
upon verse that state that these covenants apply to Israel
and not the Church. So there is a seed (spiritual and
physical), a land (Canaan), a throne (David’s), and an
everlasting relationship (the New Covenant) promised to
Israel and its people.
The book of Hebrews is obviously written to Jewish
Christians. The New Covenant is mentioned quite frequently
in the book of Hebrews. In fact, the book of Hebrews sets
up a contrast between the Old Covenant and the New
Covenant. It is a contrast between a mortal priesthood and
the immortal priesthood of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a
contrast between works and grace. It is a contrast between
the blood of the sacrifices and the Blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The Old Covenant is a covenant of condemnation to
eternal death. The New Covenant is a covenant of salvation
unto eternal life. The New Covenant is both a national
covenant and an individual covenant. The New Covenant is a
promise of resurrection from the grave of nations. In
almost every Scripture where the New Covenant is described,
it is connected to a gathering out of the nations. For a
gathering out of the nations to take place, there must be a
gathering into a new land. That is why the New Covenant is
connected both to the national salvation of Israel and the
individual salvation of Jews. That this is true is obvious
from Jeremiah 31:31-40, Jeremiah 32:37-41, Ezekiel 11:17-20,
and Ezekiel 36:24-28. The whole plan comes together in
Ezekiel 37:15-28 where we see a restatement of the Abrahamic
Covenant. Once again the covenant is called an everlasting
covenant. Hebrews 8:8-12 and Hebrews 10:16-17 are a New
Testament statement to the continuing nature of the covenant
promised in the Scriptures from Jeremiah 31:31-34. These
Scriptures state:
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Hebrews 8:8-12
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel and with
the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the
day when I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; because they continued
not in my covenant, and I regarded them not,
saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of Israel after those
days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into
their mind, and write them in their hearts: and
I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me
a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man
his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me,
from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their
sins and their iniquities will I remember no
more.
Hebrews 10:16-17
16 This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 12:23-24 and Hebrews 13:20 once again
testify to the everlasting nature of this
covenant:
Hebrews 12:23-24
23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to
God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just
men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator
of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than
that of Abel.
Hebrews 13:20
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from
the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant.
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That Paul expected this covenant to be a continuing covenant
is obvious from
Acts
26:6-7,
Romans 9:4-10,
Romans 11:1-2,
Romans 11:26-27,
Romans 15:8,
Hebrews 8:8-12, Hebrews 10:16-17, Hebrews 12:23-24, and
Hebrews 13:20. For the Jew, the promises of the New
Covenant are also linked to the spiritual seed of the Seed
Covenant.
THE SEED COVENANT AND THE GENTILES
Romans 4, Romans 11, Galatians 3, and Ephesians 2 state that
the spiritual benefits under the Seed Covenant apply to the
Gentiles. This means that all Gentiles who believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ are the spiritual seed of Abraham. Romans
4:9-16, Romans 11:11, Galatians 3:26-29, and Ephesians
2:11-16 say:
Romans 4:9-16
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision
only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say
that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he
was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in
circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he
received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all
them that believe, though they be not circumcised;
that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are
not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in
the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which
he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise,
that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but
through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they
which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void,
and the promise made of none effect: 15 Because the
law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the promise might be
sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of
the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Romans 11:11
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should
fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke
them to jealousy.
Galatians 3:26-29
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s,
then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to
the promise.
Ephesians 2:11-16
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past
Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision
by that which is called the Circumcision in the
flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were
without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of
promise, having no hope, and without God in the
world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and
hath broken down the middle wall of partition
between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new
man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile
both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain
the enmity thereby:
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The phrase “the promise(s)” is another Bible term that
refers to the Abrahamic Covenants. Romans 4:13 says that
the promises came to the Gentiles (uncircumcision) through
the righteousness of faith. Romans 11:11 says that
salvation came to the Gentiles through the fall of the
Jews. Romans 11 is clear that the Jews have not been set
aside permanently. Theirs is a TEMPORARY blindness until
the fulness of the Gentiles be brought in. Galatians 3: 28
says that the promises of the Seed Covenant apply to both
the Jew and the Greek (Gentile). Ephesians 2:11-16 makes it
clear that both the Jew and the Gentiles are both heirs to
the covenants of promise. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself has
extended the invitation to become partakers in the Covenant
to all nations through what is commonly called “The Great
Commission (Commandment)”. Matthew 28:19-20 says:
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
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For the worldly, apostate church of today the most
controversial of the Abrahamic Covenants is the Canaan Land
Covenant. We have already proved that everyone of the
Abrahamic Covenants are still in effect. Today, if you are
going to stand for the right of Israel to the Promised Land
you are going to have to be prepared for a lot of heat from
today’s apostate, effeminate church that will not stand for
anything, but will fall for every false doctrine that blows
in off the Satanic seas of unbelief and anti-Semitism. In
today’s world, it will take convictions and not preferences
to stand for Israel. Any church that will not stand for
Israel cannot be in full fellowship with God. Most
churches in America today are anti-Israel and pro
“Palestinian”. Any church that will not stand for Israel
cannot receive the blessings of God and is under the curse
of God. Genesis 12:3 says: “ And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed”. We say again
that the violence perpetrated against Jews and Bible
believing Christians by the Roman Catholic Church, Martin
Luther and his followers, John Calvin and his followers,
Ulrich Zwingli and his followers, the Anglican Church in
England and America, and any other persecutor in any land
is worse than the Islamic terror of today because so-called
“Christians” ought to know better. The god of this world,
Satan, is hell bent on the destruction of Israel, Bible
believing Christians, and all Jews. The Muslims know no
peace with Israel until they have destroyed the last Jew
living on the face of this earth. One Muslim leader after
another has stated that the battle with Israel is not about
borders, but is about the very existence of Israel.
The promises concerning the Canaan Land Covenant are a major
subject in the Old Testament. The promise of the land and
its boundaries is the subject of
Genesis 12:7,
Genesis 13:15,
Genesis 15:18,
Genesis 17:8,
Genesis 24:7,
Genesis 26:4,
Exodus 23:27-31,
Exodus 32:13,
Numbers 34:1-12,
Deuteronomy 1:6-8,
Deuteronomy 11:22-24,
Joshua 1:2-4,
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Kings 4:21,
2 Chronicles 9:26,
Psalm 105:6-11,
Isaiah 60:21,
and
Ezekiel 37:25.
Genesis 17:8
says that the land has been given for an everlasting
possession.
Exodus 32:13
states that Israel shall inherit the land for ever.
Psalm 105:10-11
declares the covenant to be everlasting.
Isaiah 60:21
states that they shall inherit the land forever.
Jeremiah 25:5
states that the land was given to Israel for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 32:40-41
says that God will make an everlasting covenant with them
and plant them in the land.
Ezekiel 37:25
declares that the children of Israel will dwell in the land
forever.
Ezekiel 11:17,
Ezekiel 20:42,
and
Ezekiel 34:13
speak of a time when God will gather the children of Israel
into their own land. Genesis 15:18 roughly sets the
boundaries for this land called the Promised Land.
While Genesis 15:18 gives the general outline for the
boundaries for the Promised Land, Exodus 23:27-31, Numbers
34:1-12, Deuteronomy 1:6-8, Deuteronomy 11:22-24, and Joshua
1:2-4 give some fairly specific details on the boundaries.
These Scriptures state:
Genesis 15:18
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the
river Euphrates:
Exodus 23:27-31
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy
all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will
make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall
drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them
out from before thee in one year; lest the land
become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply
against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive
them out from before thee, until thou be increased,
and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds
from the Red sea even unto the sea of the
Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for
I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your
hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Numbers 34:1-12
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command
the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye
come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that
shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the
land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then your
south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin
along by the coast of Edom, and your south border
shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
4 And your border shall turn from the south to the
ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the
going forth thereof shall be from the south to
Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and
pass on to Azmon: 5 And the border shall fetch a
compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the
goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for
the western border, ye shall even have the great sea
for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And
this shall be your north border: from the great sea
ye shall point out for you mount Hor: 8 From mount
Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance
of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall
be to Zedad: 9 And the border shall go on to
Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at
Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. 10 And
ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan
to Shepham: 11 And the coast shall go down from
Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the
border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side
of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 12 And the border
shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land
with the coasts thereof round about.
Deuteronomy 1:6-8
6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying,
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you,
and take your journey, and go to the mount of the
Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in
the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the
south, and by the sea side, to the land of the
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river,
the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land
before you: go in and possess the land which the
LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after
them.
Deuteronomy 11:22-24
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these
commandments which I command you, to do them, to
love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and
to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the LORD drive out
all these nations from before you, and ye shall
possess greater nations and mightier than
yourselves. 24 Every place whereon the soles of your
feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness
and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates,
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Joshua 1:2-4
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go
over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto
the land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of
your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and
this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river
Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto
the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
shall be your coast.
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There are a lot of details in these Scriptures. A major
problem with them is exactly pinpointing them on a modern
map. A problem with determining the locations is that
several of the cities called out in these Scriptures have
been destroyed. However, there is enough information given
to get a good idea of what the boundaries
ARE.
The western border is the Mediterranean Sea. The northern
border is on a line that runs roughly due east from a little
north of Tripoli, Lebanon to intersect the Euphrates River
just north of Tikrik, Iraq. The southern border would run
on a line drawn from the tip of the Red Sea to intersect the
River of Egypt at a right angle. The eastern border would
run roughly on a line drawn from the tip of the Red Sea in
the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast.
These boundaries would include much of Lebanon, Jordan,
portions of Syria including Damascus, and some of Iraq. To
see a map of this Covenant click
HERE
(The map may load slow on many computers). The majority of
people argue that this promise was fulfilled to Israel
during the reign of Solomon. They say that all the land was
occupied and ruled by Solomon. While we agree that Israel
occupied most of the Promised Land under Solomon, we do not
believe that Israel occupied the land to the fullest extent
guaranteed under the covenant. But that really is not the
point. We could argue from here to eternity about what the
borders actually were and whether Israel has actually
occupied the territory specified in the Canaan Land
Covenant. The one thing that we cannot argue about is the
timeless nature of the covenant.
God declares the covenant
to be everlasting. If the covenant is everlasting,
it makes not one whit of difference whether Israel at one
time occupied all of the land promised to them. The question
is: Has Israel occupied that land eternally (that is what
everlasting means)? The answer to that question is obvious
to anyone that is not willfully blind. If you had to
temporarily move to a foreign land and some foreign squatter
moved into your house while you were gone, would that house
still be yours when you returned even though you had not
occupied it for many years? Of course, it would still be
yours. The so-called “Palestinians” are Satan’s squatters.
The land does not belong to the “Palestinians”, the
Lebanese, the Syrians, or the Iraqis. Just as there was
resistence when the children of Israel first came into the
Promised Land (Canaan) the first time, there has been much
resistence to the return of Israel to the land that God has
promised them for an everlasting possession.
Many argue that the covenants have been made null and void
because of Israel’s disobedience. That is not true for
several reasons. We have already proved that God has stated
that the covenants are both (1) everlasting, and (2)
unconditional. God would not have called the covenants
everlasting if their fulfillment were based upon the
obedience or faithfulness of man. Even the best of mankind
is disobedient and unfaithful to God. The guarantee for the
fulfillment of the covenants was not based upon the works of
man, but rather the work and faithfulness of God. The fact
that God would not allow Abraham to participate in the
ceremony that sealed the covenant means that the covenant
would not be conditioned on the actions or obedience of
Abraham or his seed. In instance after instance we can
document the disobedience of the children of Israel in the
books of Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1
Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2
Chronicles, and the prophets. They were a wicked people
just like we are. Yet, God continues to state that the
covenants are everlasting in the books of the law, the
historical books, the Psalms, and in the prophets. Even in
the midst of wholesale apostasy and idolatry, God time and
again reaffirms the covenants through the prophets Isaiah,
Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. So, are the covenants made null and
void by disobedience? Psalm 89:30-34 clearly states:
Psalm 89:30-34
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in
my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep
not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their
transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with
stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I
not utterly take from him, nor suffer my
faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not
break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my
lips.
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Did you hear that?
God says that in spite of their disobedience He will not
break His covenant.
God again plainly states in Romans 11:1-2, 26-27:
Romans 11:1-2, 26-27
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God
forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of
Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not
cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not
what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh
intercession to God against Israel, saying, 26 And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and
shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this
is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away
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Based upon the Scriptural evidence, we would have to
conclude that the covenants are absolutely everlasting and
unconditional. The covenants cannot be set aside by the
actions of fickle mankind. They are God’s covenants.
Earlier we made the statement that the covenant concerning
the land is wrongfully referred to by many Baptists as the
Palestinian Covenant. Christians should never, never, ever
refer to the land of Israel as Palestine. There never has
been a “Palestinian” people. In the list of nations given
in Genesis 15:19-21 that would be driven out of the land of
Canaan for Israel to possess the land, you do not see the
“Palestinians” listed simply because they never have
existed. Read it for yourself. The term Palestine is a
derogatory name that was given to the lands of Israel after
their revolt against the Roman empire. The name was changed
to Palestine by the Romans in 135 A.D. to mock and shame
the Jewish people by naming the land after their ancient,
extinct enemies the Philistines. The name Palestine and
Palestinian is used to this day to taunt the Jewish people.
You will not find the name Palestine anywhere in the Bible
except in Joel 3:4. However, it is interesting that this
name Palestine would occur in the context of a scripture
that promises judgement and destruction upon anyone who
takes it upon themselves to divide the land that God has
promised to His chosen people the Jews. God said in Joel
3:2:
Joel 3:2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them
down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead
with them there for my people and for my heritage
Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations,
and parted my land. |
The so-called “Palestinians” are the leading advocates of
land for “peace” deals that are nothing more than a pretext
to buy more time for the destruction of Israel and the
murder of innocent women and children. Time after time
so-called peace proposals have called for Israel to give up
more and more land for a false peace. God has said that
this is not his will and will bring judgment upon those who
participate in it. (Even so, come Lord Jesus...PLEASE).
Although God has given Israel title deed to the land, He
refers to it as “my land”
in Joel 3:2.
The name Palestina is used in Exodus 15:14, Isaiah 14:29,
and Isaiah 14:31.The Bible names that are used to describe
the Jewish homeland are Israel, Judaea, Samaria, Galilee,
the promised land, or Canaan. There is no such Biblical
land as Palestine. There never has been a Palestinian
people. The “Palestinians” are nothing but nomadic
political pawns of Satanic Islamic political regimes used
by Satan and his Islamic brothers to constantly stir up
strife and hatred of the Jewish people.
In the light of Genesis
12:3, Joel 3:2, and Matthew 25:31-46 we need to be very
careful about how we treat Israel. Matthew
25:31-46 is a restatement by the Lord Jesus Christ of the
blessings and curses tied to the Abrahamic Covenant given to
Abram (Abraham) in Genesis 12:3. Matthew 25:31-46 says:
Matthew 25:31-46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be
gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall
the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I
was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and
ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or
thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a
stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he
say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and
ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no
drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:
naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison,
and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also
answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the
least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal. |
The brethren of the Lord Jesus Christ are the Jewish people.
We have been told the LIE time and again that Islam is a
religion of peace, but nothing could be further from the
truth. Many of our distinguished and deceived
religious and political leaders have stated that the God of
Christianity and Judaism is the god of Islam. Nothing could
be further from the truth. The god of Islam does not have a
son. The God of Christianity and Judaism loves Israel. The
god of Islam hates Jews and Christians. The god of Islam and
the god of Roman Catholicism converts with a bloody sword.
The God of the Bible converts with the sword of the spirit
which is the Word of God. The god of Islam is the
reincarnation of the Old Testament Baal. How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if
Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a
word (1 Kings 18:21). Islam is hell bent on the destruction
of Israel, America, Jews, and Christians. For when they
shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
shall not escape (1 Thessalonians 5:3). For they have
healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace (Jeremiah
6:14). There can be no peace without the Prince of Peace;
who is the Lord Jesus Christ. Islam was founded by that
demon possessed sexual pervert and child molester Mohammad.
Mohammad’s methods of “evangelism” were taught to him by
Roman Catholicism. Convert or die! That’s what the
Crusades were all about: two pagan religions fighting one
another and who had common enemies; Jews and Bible
believing Christians. During the Crusades, millions of
Christians and Jews died at the edge of the Roman Catholic
sword. The founder of Islam is that old dragon and serpent
Satan. The founder of Catholicism is that old dragon and
serpent Satan.
Any covenant or treaty with Islam is a covenant with hell
and death. Islam and Catholicism are strange bedfellows that
are a part of the harlot of Revelation 17. The battle in
the Middle East is not a battle over land, resources, or
politics. It is battle for the very survival of Israel and
the Jewish people. It is a spiritual battle between God
(Jehovah of the Bible) and the Devil. The objective of the
Satanically controlled Arabs, Turks, Iranians (Persians),
Ethiopians, Egyptians, Syrians, Libyans, Russians, and
etcetera is the destruction of Israel and the murder of the
Jewish people. Pardon the bad English, but it ain’t gonna
happen. We should be wary of the recent love affair between
Iran, Turkey, Syria, and the so called “Palestinians”. Take
a look also at the former vassal states of southern Russia
that have embraced Islam. They are also a part of the
forces that will attack Israel in Ezekiel 38-39. Take a
look at the recent love affair between Turkmenistan and
Iran. What is the quasi official religion of Russia? It is
Eastern Orthodoxy as practiced by the Russian Orthodox
Church. The iconic birds of Eastern Orthodoxy are preparing
to make their flight back to Rome. In fact, most of the
world’s Protestants have been cooing up to the vulture of
Roman Catholicism. Little wonder when Roman Catholicism is
the cage of every unclean and hateful bird and the
habitation of devils (Revelation 18:2). Consider this also:
the 1994 Roman Catholic Catechism refers to the Muslims as
brothers of Roman Catholics. That is rightfully so since
they both worship Baal and the Queen of Heaven. Unlike Bible
believing Christians, Muslims and Roman Catholics do not
worship the God of the Bible , but rather the god of this
world who is none other than the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the devil, and Satan. The Russian coalition of
Ezekiel 38-39 that will be destroyed on the mountains of
Israel is an anti-Semitic Satanic horde. The one-world
coalition that will meet its doom at Armageddon is an
anti-Semitic Satanic horde. The common serpentine trait
that slithers through them all is that they all hate Jews
and Bible believing Christians. We know from Revelation 13
and 17 that the hordes of Armageddon are a political and
religious system under the control of the Antichrist and the
False Prophet. This false religious system is the devil’s
melting pot for every false religion under the sun including
apostate Christianity (Rome and her Harlots), Islam,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, and etcetera. The Antichrist
is a religious political leader and the False Prophet is a
Satanic religious leader. I keep hammering the fact that
they all hate Jews and Bible believing Christians because
true Christians are of the spiritual seed of Abraham.
If you would like to do further research into the
“Palestinian” issue, we would encourage to get the book
“Judgment Day” by Dave Hunt. It is an in depth analysis of
the current status of this issue written from an
uncompromising Bible believing point of view. If you want to
see the hypocrisy of world political leaders, Islam, and
much of professing Christianity toward Israel, this is the
book to read. If you want a more in depth history of the
persecution of Jews and Bible believing Christians by Roman
Catholicism, we suggest the book “A Woman Rides The Beast”
by Dave Hunt. If you would like to do even further research
into the “Palestinian” issue, we would encourage to get the
book “From Time Immemorial, The Origins Of The Arab-Jewish
Conflict Over Palestine” by Joan Peters. It may be the most
throughly researched secular book available on this issue.
When this lady set out to research this book, she started
out with the idea that the so-called “Palestinians” were the
victims in this conflict. So, her starting premise was a
pro “Palestinian” position. I quote a statement she made
about herself in the very first sentences of chapter 1 of
her book:
“It was not until this book was well underway that I
reluctantly confronted the historical factors
underlying the “Palestinian problem.” The book was
originally meant to be solely an investigation of
the current plight of the “Arab refugees,” as that
subject was then generally known...From that
starting point, I came to learn that the Arabs
weren’t the only unfortunates who fled from their
homes at the time of the Arab-Israeli War of
Independence. Because I’d assumed that Arab
refugees from Israel were the “Middle East
refugees,” I was startled to find that, also around
1948, whole Jewish populations from numerous Arab
countries had been forced to flee as refugees to
Israel and elsewhere in the world”. (pages 3-4)
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In her book, she documents the chicanery and duplicity of
the United States’ State Department and the British Foreign
Office in dealing with the persecution and murder of Jews by
all of the governments in the Middle East and Hitler's Third
Reich. The United States’ State Department and most
American diplomats have always been predominantly
anti-Israel. Were it not for President Harry Truman going
against the advice of most of his senior advisers, both in
and out of the State Department, the United States would not
have been the first country to recognize Israel after she
declared statehood. Thank God for President Harry Truman! |
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