Standing With Isreal

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don

Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today

with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. Before I begin, I

want to invite you to the Bible study that I

teach on Wednesday evenings at six pm. We're located at

Top Hat Pools and Stoves. That's twenty to fifty eight

Main Street, Wheeling, twenty two fifty eight Main Street, Wheeling.

So those of you who live in the Wheeling area

or High Valley area, you are welcome to come and

we meet at six We go to about eight o'clock

in the evening, and it's a small informal group. Would

you would really enjoy it. I keep encouraging people to come.

We're teaching the Book of Romans line by line, precept

by precept, and this is an important book. If you

are not fully not fully understand the Book of Romans,

this is your opportunity to learn and ask questions and

engage in fellowship and conversation. So I hope you come tonight.

I want to talk about October seventh, twenty twenty three,

one year ago. Today on October seventh, Israeli families felt

the pain of loss, horror, grief, and sadness that they

had not experienced in roughly eighty three years. The reports

of the rapes and the brutal murders of babies and

grandmothers was shocking. The level of evil expressed reached a

height that was unthinkable. And still one year later, we

have Americans saying that the Jews are at fault and

the protesters still protesting this little chant from the river

to the sea, Palestine will be free. If you are

unclear what that little chant means, I'll explain it in

clear terms. It means the extermination of the nation of

Israel and all Jews. For the next two programs, and

I think I can do it. In two programs, I

will attempt to explain from a biblical and historical standpoint

Israel's right to its national sovereignty. This tiny sliver of

lands has there's more consternation and political tension about this

little sliver of land than any nation in the world.

God promised Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation, that

quote in your seed, all the nations of the earth

shall be blessed. Listen to the amplified classic version in

Genesis twelve, verses two and three. And this is the

Lord speaking directly to Abraham. And he says, and I

will make of you a great nation, and I will

bless you with abundant increase of favors, and make your

name famous and distinguished. And you will be a blessing,

dispensing good to others. And I will bless those who

bless you, who confer prosperity or happiness upon you. And

I'll curse him who curses or uses insolent language towards you.

In you will all the families and kindred of the

earth be blessed, And by you they will bless themselves.

Did you know that the children of Abraham have brought

blessing to the world in many ways as well as

including scientific and technological advances. Israel's economy is an engine

of innovation, especially in the high tech industry in six

key areas telecom, microchips, software, bio pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and

clean energy. So what does the Bible say about Israel

and the Jews? Is the covenant of the covenant God

made with Abraham still in effect? Are the Jews still

God's chosen people? What I want to share is and

I think this is really excellent. That's why I'm using

this p But Matt Stover is the founder and president

of Liberty Council, and he wrote a great little it's

just a tiny little patriot. It's called The Patriots Handbook

of Essential Reasons to Stand with Israel. So I'm going

to read some things that he has written, and he

says the answers we give to those questions carry enormous weight.

Christian Zionism sped the way in Britain and the US

for the return of the Jews to their ancient homeland.

The opposite attitude, sometimes called replacement theology, the idea that

God's promises to Israel have been transferred to the Church,

has fanned the flames of anti Semitism for nearly two

thousand years. I want to stop there for just a moment.

I've talked to you about replacement theology, and it is

a doctrine of demons. It is literally a doctrine of demons.

And it's it's uh actually today October seventh, twenty twenty

four that replacement theology is growing. It's like more of

the church, especially in America. I can't speak for other

parts of the world, but especially in America. People are

latching onto this as as if it's the truth, and

it is. It is evil. When I say doctrines of demons,

I'm not kidding. And that's when you know when he

writes here, it has fanned the flames of anti Semitism

for two thousand years. That's part of the reason, so listen,

he says. Historian Paul Merkley observes that the real contest

within Christianity on which the survival of the Jews may

well depend, is over one of the oldest theological issues

in the Church, how the destiny of the Jews is

related to the destiny of the church. Second century Christian

apologist Justin Martyr was one of the first to displace

the Jews from God's promise to Abraham when he declared

that quote, we Christians have been led to God through

this crucified Christ, and we are the true spiritual Israel

and the descendants of Judah, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham. He

goes on the claim that God rejected the Jews after

they refused Christ laid the foundation for centuries of Christian

anti Semitism. It's not widely recognized, but a long te

trail of anti Jewish bigotry and persecution litters church history.

And see, most people don't know that. Most of the

church is clueless about how this all came about. And

so that's why they buy this replacement theology. Hooklean sinker.

It kind of quote makes sense to them. Matt goes on.

John Chrysostom, a fourth century theologian, exhaled noxious fumes of

hate against the children of Abraham, telling them this, and

this is what John wrote. It is because you killed Christ.

It is because you stretched out your hand against the Lord.

It is because you've shed the precious blood that there

is now no restoration, no mercy anymore, and no defense.

Church synods from the fourth to the fifteenth century prohibited

Jews from holding public office, owning Christian servants, constructing new synagogues,

and forcing them to wear special clothes and live in ghettos.

Martin Luther complained in fifteen twenty three that the Roman

Catholic Church had quote dealt with the Jews as if

they were dogs and not human beings. End quote. But

listen to this. At the end of Luther's life, this

is what he wrote. He wrote the Jews and their lies,

outlining his plan to deal with them. Listen to what

Luther wrote at the end of his life. First, their

synagogues or churches should be set on, and whatever does

not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt,

so that no one may ever be able to see

a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to

be done for the honor of God and of Christianity,

in order that God may see that we are Christians. Secondly,

their homes should be broken down and destroyed. Thirdly, they

should be deprived of their prayer books and talmuds in

which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught. Fourth,

their rabbis must be forbidden, under threat of death, to

teach any more. Luther's chilling words, along with the centuries

of mistreatment and oppression of Jews by Christians, set the

table for Hitler's evil work to exterminate European jury. Holocaust

historian raw Hilberg showed that all Nazi policies, except for

the extermination of the Jews, merely mimicked practices already put

in place by the Church centuries earlier. As Hilberg wrote,

quote the German Nazis then did not discard the past.

They built upon it. They did not begin a development,

they completed it. End quote. It is no small matter

what we conclude from the scriptures about the Jewish people

and their place in God's plan. So what do the

scriptures say? God makes it easy to understand when he

told Abraham, and I read that earlier from Genesis twelve three,

I will bless those who bless you, I will curse

him or curses you, and in you all the families

of the earth shall be blessed. So you can see

that the Nazis took what Luther wrote at the end

of his life. Now there's you know, nobody knows exactly

why he switched gears. Some think that he just went

insane at the end of his life. And it does

sound a little crazy to be writing such things about

the Jews, but the Nazis used that, and that supported

their idea of exterminating the Jews. Now, this little unconditional

phrase has never been withdrawn and has been confirmed from Haman.

Remember in the book of Ester Hayman that built the

gallows to put Mordecai on, only to be hung on

the same gallows. He actually made for someone else, from

Haman to Hitler. Hayman swung from the gallows he built

for his Jewish adversary Mordecai after Ester exposed Haman's plot

to kill all the Jews across the Persian Empire. That's

a powerful story. I've talked about the Book of Ester.

If you've never read it, you should, because it's not

only scripture, it's a piece of history. Hitler promised a

thousand year reign, but took his own life on April thirtieth,

nineteen forty five. Is Allied troops advanced on Berlin. Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Rome,

and the Ottoman Empire all fell in the wake of

their mistreatment of the Jews. And you know what I

would add, in their Spain as well. The Church itself

has suffered for its anti Semitic sins. Scholar Michael Brown,

who is a Jewish believer in Jesus, writes this. He says,

to the extent that the Church has recognized her Jewish

roots and the rightful place of Israel. The Church has

had light. The dark ages of the Church were the

days of her greatest theological ignorance of Israel. As well

as the times of her most violent hostility against Jews.

God's blessing on America since our founding coincides with our

welcoming stance toward the Jews from George Washington and on.

President Washington famously assured the Newport Jews of safe treatment,

telling them that the US government quote gives to bigotry,

no sanction, to persecution, no assistance. God's promise to bless

those who bless the Jews is still in force, so

that has not changed. It obligates all people, especially Christians,

to treat Israel and all Jewish people with kindness and love.

And I've grown up. I actually worked for a Jewish

man when I was in high school. He owned it

was a men's clothing store, and I found great favor

with him. I loved working there. It was fun. And

when I went to college, I worked for a Jewish

woman who had an upscale women's clothing store, and I

found great, great favor with her. And of course, you know,

when I was in high school, I had no clue

about the scripture saying those who bless Israel will be blessed,

those who curse or will be cursed. I had no

clue about that scripture. In fact, at the time that

I was working at the store, the women's store, I

was a new Christian, young believer, and I was not

familiar with this scripture either. But I just found favor

with these folks, and I've always liked the Jewish people.

The lady, the woman was very tough to work for,

but she really had a soft spot spot for me,

and so I you know, I liked it there. So

as Christians, yes, I don't care what church you go to,

I don't care what denomination you belong to. If you

are a born again Christian, a born again believer in

Jesus Christ, you are obligated by scripture. You see, it's

a commandment. Remember we're to obey all the commandments of

the Bible. This is a commandment. I will bless those

who bless you. I will curse him who curses you.

So it's a commandment to bless the Jewish. We are

obligated to bless them. We are obligated to do good

to them in every I'll just give you a little secret.

If you want to be really successful in life, literally

not kidding. If you want to be successful in life,

you bless the Jewish people. You can bless Jews in

your community, you can bless Jews in Israel, it doesn't matter.

But when you bless the Jewish people, you will be blessed.

And scripture doesn't lie, and God doesn't lie. So you know,

go for it because you'll receive the blessing. But just

remember if you do the opposite and you curse them,

then you're going to be cursed. Now, what about the

land promise that God gave to Abraham? Is that still

in force? This is important, So I hope you get this.

God told Abram Abram. See this is before he becomes Abraham,

father of the nations. He tells Abram almost four thousand

years ago. He says, this is Genesis thirteen, fourteen and fifteen.

He says, lift up your eyes now and look for

all the land which you see, I will give to

you and your descendants forever. Now that's not the entirety

of scripture. I'm just giving you a little abbreviation. Psalm

one oh five indicates that God's promise is for all time.

Listen to the scripture. He God remembers his covenant forever,

the word which he commanded for a thousand generations, the

covenant which he made with Abraham and his oath to

Isaac and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute to

Israel as an everlasting covenant, saying to you, I will

give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance.

And that is Psalm one five, verses eight through eleven.

It is God's covenant with the Jews, unconditional. Good question,

what if Israel sins and violates the covenant God made

with Abraham? Will that void the agreement so to speak,

and prompt God to seek another covenant partner. Oh? No,

God answers that question in no uncertain terms. This is Jeremiah.

You know I'm going to read this. Hang on, I'm

going to read this out of the Amplified Classic instead

of the New American Standard. Um, so just bear with

me a second. Here. This is Jeremiah thirty verse eleven,

And this is what the scripture says. This is the

Lord speaking to Jeremiah. For I am with you, says

the Lord to save you. For I will make a

full and complete end of all the nations to which

I have scattered you. But I will not make a

full and complete end of you, but I will correct

you in measure and with judgment, and an end will

in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished.

So I think you know. Scripture is pretty clear. This

is Jeremiah. Hang on, this is Jeremiah thirty one, verses

thirty five and thirty seven. Again, this is out of

the amplified classic. Okay, thirty five. Thus says the Lord

who gives the sun for a light by day, and

the fixed order of the moon and of the stars

for a light by night, who stirs up the seas

roaring billows, or steals the waves when they roar. The

Lord of House is his name. If these ordinances of

fixed order depart from before me, says the Lord, then

the posterity of Israel also shall cease from being a

nation before me throughout the ages. I mean that is

is about as clear as it gets. The Lord is

making it very, very clear. And then he says in

verse verse thirty seven, Thus says the Lord, if the

heavens above can be measured, and then foundations of the

earth searched out beneath, then I will cast off all

the offspring of Israel for all that they have done

says the Lord. Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when the city of Jerusalem shall be built again for

the Lord, from the Tower of Hannel to the corner gate.

So the Lord makes it very clear that he is

for Israel. And you know, he's just saying, look, I

you know, if these things are fixed, right, the sun

shines during the day, the moon gives us light by night,

the sea roars or it steals the waves at his name,

And he's saying, these are fixed things that happen. But

if they were to suddenly depart, in other words, if

the sun stopped shining and the moon stopped kicking light,

guess what then the posterity of Israel's going to cease

from becoming a nation, from being a nation. But we

know that that's not going to happen. So God makes

it profoundly clear that he is for Israel. That is

not going to change. His covenant is not going to change.

He's not a man that he should lie. And let

me just close with this. God's binding commitment to physical

Israel is so permanent that the natural order would have

to be altered before his commitment would come to an end.

No matter what Israel does. Okay, listen, clear, no matter

what Israel does, God will never forsake them as a

distinct people, writes Old Testament scholar Michael Brown, who is

a Jewish believer in Jesus. Still some now believe that

nation Israel national Israel. Some still believe that national Israel

has no further purpose in God's plan. But the Lord

answers this assertion in Jeremiah thirty three twenty three through

twenty six, where he states his enduring and unshakable It's

an unshakable covenant Judah and Israel, he says. Moreover, the

word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, have you

not considered what these people have spoken? Saying the two

families Judah and Israel, which the Lord has chosen, has

he also cast them off? Thus they have despised my people,

as if they should no more be a nation before them.

Thus says the Lord, if my covenant is not with

day and night, and if I have not appointed the

ordinances of heaven and earth, then I will cast away

the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that

I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers,

over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for I

will cause their captives to return and will have mercy

on them. I could go on, but I have run

out of time. You know, this obviously is an important day,

and I think that we should reflect on what happened

a year ago October seventh, the horrible things that the

atrocities that were done to the Jewish people, and pray,

you know, pray for the peace of Jerusalem, Pray for

the people and the nation of Israel. As I've mentioned

many times, you have about eighty percent of the Jewish

people in Israel who are secular Jews. I mean they

don't they do not observe, they don't even observe their Sabbath,

their feasts. I mean they're secular, so they're not even

following God. And they need to know this God that

has such great love and unconditional love for them. So

please pray for the Jews, wish people, the nation of Israel,

and right now they are in the midst of a

mighty war with enemies on all sides, so they certainly

do need our prayers. Amen. This is don Noble. You

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This is Don Noble saying Shalom shalom, Peace be unto you.