Speaking of Israel may not be politically correct, but in My government, which I am establishing, Israel is indeed a key component. Have I not said to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and give Me no rest until she is a praise established throughout the earth? For I still love My Israel and long for her redemption. Indeed, you were grafted into the tree in order to provoke her to jealousy.
As the world shuns My people, Israel, so let it be My church that rises up in her defense. For I have not abandoned Israel for the church. I love both. I still have lost sheep that need to be brought in, and yes, they can be grafted in. They are the original tree, after all.
I am a covenant-keeping God and I do not forget the promises that I have made to their forefathers. What is impossible with man, is still possible with God. Therefore, do not abandon Israel, but love her, bless her, and pray for her. For you are a chosen generation, saved from eternal darkness because of Jesus, My Son, who was a Jewish man. When you bless Israel, you honor Me and My Son.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Genesis 13:14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had left him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are standing, northward and southward and eastward and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
Genesis 12:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”
Deuteronomy 32:9-10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
9 “For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
10 “He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the apple of His eye.
Zechariah 2:8 The Voice (VOICE)
So said the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies.
After His glory has arrived in the city, He will send me to the nations that stripped you bare, Jerusalem, because any nation who harms you harms the apple of His eye.
Jeremiah 30:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For behold (hear this), the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will return them to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they will take possession of it.’”
Psalm 122:6-7 Expanded Bible (EXB)
6 ·Pray [ Ask] for peace in Jerusalem:
“May those who love her ·be safe [prosper].
7 May there be peace within her ·walls [ramparts]
and ·safety [security] within her strong towers.”
Isaiah 62:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed and stationed watchmen (prophets), Who will never keep silent day or night; You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves,
7 And give Him no rest [from your prayers] until He establishes Jerusalem And makes her a praise on the earth.
Isaiah 9:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
6 For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder,
And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace, [He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Romans 11:11-12, 23-24 The Message (MSG)
Pruning and Grafting Branches
11-12 The next question is, “Are they down for the count? Are they out of this for good?” And the answer is a clear-cut No. Ironically when they walked out, they left the door open and the outsiders walked in. But the next thing you know, the Jews were starting to wonder if perhaps they had walked out on a good thing. Now, if their leaving triggered this worldwide coming of non-Jewish outsiders to God’s kingdom, just imagine the effect of their coming back! What a homecoming!
23-24 And don’t get to feeling superior to those pruned branches down on the ground. If they don’t persist in remaining deadwood, they could very well get grafted back in. God can do that. He can perform miracle grafts. Why, if he could graft you—branches cut from a tree out in the wild—into an orchard tree, he certainly isn’t going to have any trouble grafting branches back into the tree they grew from in the first place. Just be glad you’re in the tree, and hope for the best for the others.
Isaiah 65:8-9 The Message (MSG)
8-9 God’s Message:
“But just as one bad apple doesn’t ruin the whole bushel, there are still plenty of good apples left. So I’ll preserve those in Israel who obey me. I won’t destroy the whole nation. I’ll bring out my true children from Jacob and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. My chosen will inherit the land, my servants will move in.
1 Peter 2:9-10 Expanded Bible (EXB)
9 But you are a chosen ·people [or generation; Is. 43:21], royal ·priests [ priesthood], a holy nation, a people ·for God’s own possession [who belong to God; Ex. 19:5–6]. You were chosen to ·tell about the wonderful acts of God, who [proclaim the praises/virtues of him who] called you out of darkness into his ·wonderful [marvelous] light.
10 At one time you were not a people, but now you are God’s people. In the past you had ·never [not] received mercy, but now you have received God’s mercy [Hos. 2:23].
Exodus 3:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then God also said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob (Israel), has sent me to you.’ This is My Name forever, and this is My memorial [name] to all generations.
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