Why is It Different With Israel?
Why is it different with Israel?
So, someone said to me today, “Veronika, people don’t seem to mind or care when I speak against Russia or Ukraine, but the moment I say anything against the Nation of Israel, I’m called Antisemitic!”
Here’s my answer….
Nowhere in the Word of God does it say “Whoever curses Russia will be cursed” or “Whoever blesses Ukraine will be blessed”. No!
But God does say, “I will bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse her…” (Genesis 12:3)
That’s not my opinion — that’s Covenant!
Those who truly walk in The Spirit of The Fear of The LORD will understand this — we don’t speak lightly or flippantly about what God calls “Holy”!
Yes, Israel’s Government — and I’m sure some of its Leaders — like every other, has flaws, and dare I say, even corruption.
But, let’s not confuse a Nation’s Politics with God’s Covenant Promise!
The Nation of Israel remains Holy and Precious in God’s sight! Chosen, set apart and marked by His Covenant FOREVER!
I believe this is why the enemy stirs up such hatred for Israel, because of what it represents — the faithfulness of God and His Everlasting Covenant Promise with the Nation!
It’s a living Testimony that He keeps His Promises.
Every attack on Israel is, at its root, an attack on the Character of God Himself!
So let us be warned! Let us be careful how we speak about God’s Nation.
Heaven still listens when the name Israel is on human lips!
“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3,
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
This is the absolute TRUTH!!! I cringe when I hear someone run down Israel and I pray for their heart to be changed to the Savior. It is a scary place to be in when you say anything against God’s precious Israel. Blessings
My Bible says for Genesis 12:3
“And I will bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you. In you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed.”
This is God speaking to Abraham. Joseph who becomes Israel has not even been born. Why is this verse being misquoted?
I have never understood why this verse is used for the country of Israel today. Why is this promise about blessing and curses not specific to Abraham? If it includes Abrahams descendants, then why not Esau?
Later on, God makes clear that His blessing on the children of Israel is dependent on their behaviour (see for example Leviticus 26)
Well said Elizabeth, but it was Jacob who became Israel, not Joseph.
Exactly! Well done for pointing that out. (Although it was Jacob who became Israel though not Joseph)
We have the Schofield Bible from 1913 to thank for that who was paid by the Rothchilds to infiltrate biblical interpretation, it’s nothing more than a distortion, a propaganda phrase weaponised to serve the Zionist agenda.
How anyone can think these are ‘God’s chosen’ is beyond me! The modern day nation of Israel was created in 1948 with the financial and political backing of the Rothschild family and is NOT the nation of Israel in the bible. (Isreal in the bible is made up of the 12 tribes of Jacob’s sons that were scattered around the world.
People need to wake up, fast!
Amen….. spot on Elizabeth great points.
We not only have to read the Bible but understand it.
God bless
The Bible clearly states that after the death of Solomon, the nation of Israel split into 2 distinctive houses- The House of Israel (10 tribes including Ephraim & Manassas), and the House of Judah (tribes of Judah & Benjamin, with some of Levi).
The sceptre was to be given to Judah (Genesis 49v10), but the birthright was taken from Reuben and given to the sons of Joseph (1 Chronicles 5v1).
The 10 tribes of the House of Israel were scattered after their captivity by the Assyrians, henceforth known as the ‘Lost Tribes of Israel’ because they lost their identity throughout the centuries.
King Jesus (the sceptre) came from Judah, but the birtright name of Israel belongs to Joseph (Ephraim) and not Judah.
You nailed it.
Thank You Lord that “HE who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a Shepherd keeps His Flock”- as in your Word,Jeremiah 31:10. Father , Continue to draw the Jewish People to YOU- according to YOUR SOVEREIGN PLAN! We as born again believers, believe that God is a Covenant keeping GOD & We Thank God for the WORD – BECOMING FLESH! Like Never Before, as in Mary Genesis 12:3 states God’s promise to Abraham: “I will ‘bless those who ‘bless you, and ‘curse those who ‘curse you; and in ‘you all the families of the earth shall be blessed”. This implies to the Abrahamic Covenant, establishing Abraham and his descendants as God’s chosen people, a conduit for divine blessing to all nations. We Also Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem, for those that Love THEE Shall Prosper- May Peace be within Thy Walls & Prospeeiry be within thy Gates! ☝
Long story short : When God cut covenant with Abraham , He made a particular guarantee :
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:9-10
Under Old Testament covenants , keeping up your end of the deal resulted in a ” may blessings come upon you ” scenario .
Not keeping up your end of the deal resulted in ” may bad things happen to you ” such as your being cut in half .
The animals being cut in half was God’s promise that He would deliver the specified land to Abraham’s descendants or He would cut Himself in half .
This is the devil’s only chance at victory and why this piece of turf is so important , why it will always be under siege , and why the devil will organize a two million man army to march on Israel in Revelations as a final attempt to deny God’s promise .
This is why there was a Hitler — some say he was a practicing occultist —
but if he could wipe every Jew off the face of the earth then God would fail in His promise to give them the land and would then be bound to cut Himself in half .
Where God is concentrated , Satan is also there too .There is corruption in Israel , and it’s tough to know exactly what to pray for .
Thank God for Tongues to do that job for us !
Awesome.
It is so very refreshing to read everything you mentioned about Israel. I could not agree more. Beautiful. Thank you.
The truth is the children of Israel or now the nation have been persecuted more then any people on the earth for two thousand years as a testimony to the fact that Jesus Christ is the true messiah and son of God rejected by Israel Gods first chosen people. That all the world would say why does everyone hate this little country so much? Because Jesus is the true messiah and to a large degree rejected by the country of Israel. They wait for something that has already happened and the Christians in this country do not realize the truth that he has already come as our new life. So they also wait for something that has already happened. In the mean time the world is going to hell in a hand basket because those who profess to have the power of God are to busy telling each other stories and arguing about things that will never amount to anything. Oh but wait our Father has a plan with to accomplish with a few what the many would not do. I believe the country of Israel and the church in all the world will be affected by this and Isreal will come to see Jesus as messiah who they have been waiting for and the true church will emerge those who he now lives in and for the most part have been rejected by their brothers and sisters the way Isreal rejected Jesus stay tuned should be very soon.
I stand corrected with God choice and I am a child of God has to accept His choice for Israel even I don’t fully understand God’s people. Praying the hearts and minds of the Body Of Christ to know and understand it’s the Father’s covenant to Israel not the political nor the human resources.
AMEN!!!
You wrote:
“But God does say, “I will bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse her…” (Genesis 12:3)”
and
“ But, let’s not confuse a Nation’s Politics with God’s Covenant Promise!”
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As Believers we must stand for God’s Covenant Nation….we must also carry deep discernment….for the evil behind the scenes…
God is not finished with His Nation…He has only begun to turn them to the fullness of Messiah and what was accomplished on the Cross for Jew and Gentile!
Romans 11:25-27 (NKJV)
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
So Amen Amen Amen Amen ! May God Bless & watch over Israel, may His people come to know Yeshua as Messiah. May America also be His & may America never turn her back on Israel in the mighty name of Yeshua
This part resonates with me:
But, let’s not confuse a Nation’s Politics with God’s Covenant Promise!
Isaiah 6 says their eyes will suddenly be opened (to Messiah Jesus, I believe) when the cities are desolated. I think this is at our doorstep.