This is a call to prayer on a subject you have heard me speak about
before: our obligation to Israel. Not all believers understand that we
the church are directly attached to Israel and the Jewish people.
Consider this excerpt from Romans 11, which is Paul's dissertation on
the people and land of Israel and us, the gentile church:
Romans 11:16-18
New King James Version (NKJV)
16 For
if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is
holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken
off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and
with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that
you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
Israel
is the root and we are grafted in branches. It very much behooves us
all to love and care for Israel, praying for Jerusalem as God has
instructed us:
Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.
Notice that there is a blessing attached for those who love Jerusalem.
God has been calling me to pray for Jerusalem often at night for
several months now and I want to encourage you to do it too. You do not
need to wait for a specific leading from the Holy spirit to do this, it
is clearly taught in the word of God to do this and we all would do
well to obey. Here in America, our country will soon suffer devastating
ramifications because of our collective betrayal and abandonment of
Israel but individually you do not have to suffer the calamity if you
will willingly be on God's side in the matter. This is serious business
and as a nation we have been playing with fire by telling Israel they
should give up some of their land to the Palestinians, who are the
Philistines of the scriptures:
Numbers 24:5-9
New King James Version (NKJV)
“How lovely are your tents, O Jacob!
Your dwellings, O Israel!...“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”
Many deceive themselves by claiming they are righteous in this matter
because they are not politically aligned with the current administration
but God has instructed us to PRAY. Make sure that you are amongst
those he finds to be obedient to this call when he soon comes in
judgement to discipline the body of Christ and the nation for our
failure to do this and other things he requires of us. God loves us but
he is holy and is not to be trifled with, only obedience to him brings
the health and prosperity we all desire. God bless you and may you be
found in him int the challenging times ahead.
-Steve Pursell, 6/17/14
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