WHO/WHAT IS GOD’S MODERN DAY ISRAEL? DO YOU KNOW?LET’S FIND OUT!

FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOD’S ISRAEL IS CHRIST-CENTERED. REVELATION 15: 3, 4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest...

HERE’S 12 BIBLICAL POINTS AND TEXTS ILLUSTRATING THIS MISCONSTRUED SUBJECT.

1: GOD HAS ONE FLOCK/FOLD JOHN 10:16; 11:51-5210:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd. 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

2: GOD HAS ONE MODERN DAY ISRAEL. AND THIS ISRAEL IS NOT BASED ON GENETICS, GEOGRAPHY, OR SURNAME.GALATIANS 3:16, 26-29... 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 3:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

3: GOD HAS ONE BODY. HE DOES NOT HAVE SEVERAL BODIES. OTHERWISE, HE WOULD BE A FREAK OR MONSTER.EPHESIANS 2:13-18... 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. EPHESIANS 3:6... 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12, 13... 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body,

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being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

4: GOD HAS ONE SAVIOR: HE’S NAME IS JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.COLOSSIANS 1:18, 24And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the pre-eminence. MATTHEW 1:21... 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

5: WHO/WHAT IS GOD’S BODY OR ISRAEL ON EARTH? REVELATION 21:2... 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. COLOSSIANS 1:24...Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: NOT A NATION THAT’S GEOGRAPHICALLY FAR REMOVED.

WHICH ONE? ISAIAH 8:20...20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them. REVELATION 12:17...17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

6: GOD HAS ONE CELESTIAL CITY. AND IT’S NOT THE HOLY LAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HEBREWS 11:9, 10, 13-16... 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 11:16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

7: GOD HAS ONE BRIDE. HE DOES NOT HAVE SEVERAL BRIDES.REVELATION 12: 1,2,5,6... 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 12:2 And she [THAT’S THE WOMAN] being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne. 12:6

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And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.

8: GOD HAS ONE FRUIT-BEARING TREE (OLIVE TREE).ROMANS 11:17-26... 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wart grafted in among them, and with them partakes of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. ROMANS 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee. 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree? 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

9: GOD HAS ONE BANQUETING TABLE.LUKE 22:30...30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. MATTHEW 8:11,12... 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

10: GOD HAS ONE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE.EPHESIANS 2:19-22... 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone]; 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

11: GOD’S ISRAEL SINGS THE SAME SONG OF MOSES AND THE LAMB.REVELATION 15:3,4... 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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12: GOD’S ISRAEL HAS ONE OR THE SAME FATHERGALATIANS 3:26... 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. JOHN 1:12,13... 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. JOHN 8:32-47... 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. JOHN 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever. 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God. 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word. 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 8:45 And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not. 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.

JUST A CAUTIONARY NOTE THOUGH: THE BIBLE HAS THE PERFECT SOLUTION FOR THE CONFLICT THAT’S ONGOING BETWEEN THE JEWS AND THE ARABS. WHAT IS IT?

READ JOHN 8:32-47. THIS IS ALSO THE SOLUTION FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.

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