11/26/2023 – Watch: young Israeli female tank commanders save two communities near Gaza during the Hamas attack on October 7th! // Romans – Chapter 11 commentary and more…
Click on the symbol in the lower right to bring up the article then click on the “Keshet12” News video and interview clip. Amazing. Recall my recent life revelation by God’s grace: To choose to follow heroic warriors/mentors that seem “way over my head”. I choose these young heroines as exemplary mentor warriors! (Trusting in Almighty God and focused on protecting fellow brothers and sisters) Ephesians 6:13!
What possibly can account for a 3,000+ year hatred of the Jews? The worldwide Jewish population right now is estimated at 15 million+, a paltry .2% of world population. Can this be anything but Satan and his minions, a horrific rebellion against Almighty God that has been going on throughout human history! We are one in the body of Christ, exhibit – His Truth, Paul’s letter to the Romans – Chapter 11:
“So that you will not be conceited, brothers. I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: a partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all (*a) Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Liberator will come from Zion; He will turn away godlessness from Jacob. And this will be My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” Romans 11: 25-27
(*a). – My bible footnote, “The Apologetics Study Bible” to Romans11: 25-26 reads:
“Paul showed here that hardening is not a permanent sentence against Israel, even though it resulted from their rejection of the message about Christ. First, be reaffirmed that only a part of Israel was hardened. That is, many Jews of Paul’s day did acknowledge Jesus as Lord and were saved. Nevertheless, at the end of the age, the Jews will turn en masse to Christ (or some believe that Jews throughout the church age will respond to the Gospel). When Paul stated that all Israel will be saved, he did not intend ‘all’ without exception but ‘all’ as in a very large number (see 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1; Isaiah 45:25; Deuteronomy 9:11; Mark 1:5; Luke 3:21; Acts 13:24). Paul used similar connotations for ‘all’ and ‘many’ in Romans 5: 18-19 (cp. a similar usage of ‘all’ in 11:32)
God’s covenant with Abraham: Genesis, chapter 12. An excerpt:
“… I will bless those who bless you, I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:3
Trust: “We can’t lose, because God can’t lose! Insofar as we believe that identity, we will love his will as we love our own. We will then fully embrace it and become holy.” Peter Kreeft – “How to be Holy”
Soli Deo Gloria!
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FYI:
Of the current worldwide population, 43% are in Israel; 39% in the U.S; and, 18% are everywhere else. Gaza has not been occupied by Israel since 2005 if my memory serves. I doubt that but a few in Gaza have ever seen a Jew face to face. I heard Dennis Prager aptly note (paraphrased): When you believe anything without a clear notion for that belief, it is called “brainwashed”.
Worldwide Jewish population is estimated at 4 million+ around 1,000 b.c., at the time of King David, close to the population at the time of Jesus. But after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 A.D. population is estimated under 3 million. The worldwide population in 1939 is estimated at 17 million, or still 2 million more than present day.