True Israel
One deception that continues to confound and bring confusion among God’s people is the identity of Israel. The nation or country we call Israel is not the Israel spoken of in the Scriptures as the chosen of God’s people. Man has confused the natural with the spiritual. Because of this confusion entire doctrines have been created that manipulate the truth of God’s Word. Our enemy the devil is behind this deception, one that I myself have come out of and it is my hope that my understanding that was a long time coming to me may help you get clear on this important topic. Here are some very pointed passages that tell us who God’s people are, the ones circumcised by God Himself.
Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
Galatians 3:26-28 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Being Jewish means absolutely NOTHING anymore to one’s standing with God.
Philippians 3:3 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; 3for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. Acting Jewish and following the Law of Moses died on the cross my friends. Jesus is the ONLY sacrifice.
Colossians 2:11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
These words written by Paul speak not to people who define themselves by human ancestry but to those who turn from sin and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah said it: “A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the LORD. Jacob was the son of ISAAC and was renamed ISRAEL by God after wrestling with his flesh. As we will see below, Abraham’s children are from ISAAC’s seed and they are not children of the flesh. We are IN JACOB if we truly follow Jesus.
If Jesus Christ is really your Lord evidenced by your striving to obey Him out of true love – then you are a spiritual Jew and are part of God’s chosen people called Israel. If you are not obeying Jesus, then He is not really your Lord even though you may say He is Lord with your lips. That is vain worship my friends and you are not in the True Spiritual Israel if you are practicing sin. It does not matter where you were born or whether your parents or forefathers were of Jewish descent or how long you went to a synagogue or a church.
For brevity I will not go into this point here except to just state it. The LAND promised to Abraham was a heavenly land, it was not a physical promise.
Hebrews 11:10 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;10for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. This is the spiritual Israel, the spiritual Jerusalem, that was the promise, it was never really about a piece of land over in the middle east. The land is in our hearts and in the heavens. The amazing thing about God’s WORD is that He used the natural stories and experiences recorded in the Scriptures to teach us the spiritual wisdom we need to make it through the wilderness and enter the land of milk and honey that He promised to Abraham and his seed.
The Jews of Israel wanted to argue with Jesus about who they were. I won’t put the whole story in here, but to suffice it to say Jesus said they were children of the devil and their ancestral connection to Abraham meant nothing as it pertains to salvation.
John 8:39-41 Abraham is our father,” they answered.”If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do the things Abraham did. 40As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41You are doing the things your own father (the devil) does.”
Paul made this very clear in Romans as well in Galatians although these verses are rarely spoken of by the apostate church of these end times.
Romans 11:8 God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day. Isaiah called this the spirit of deep sleep in Isaiah 29 but make no mistake, the original Jewish people are in a stupor today and have been blinded to the truth by this spirit (the powers of darkness) that is upon them.
Galatians 4:24-26 These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Most Christians, in fact the vast majority are in the wrong covenant — their mother is Hagar and not Sarah. They may be blessed here in this life as God did indeed bless Ishmael but these are slaves and not sons of the living God and will not inherit the Kingdom. I am not judging my friends, I am just trying to convey the truth so people will wake up and turn to the Lord in true repentance so they can be adopted into the family. We are not born into the family, we are adopted in when we are Born Again. The true Jews, the ones circumcised of the heart by the finger of God, is the Only Israel of God. This is a spiritual body of Christ and it is determined by our hearts and not what we say with our lips. This is the true church built by God Himself.
All Israel Shall Be Saved
The lie about who is Israel is a foundation upon which other lies have been built over the centuries by the tradition of men. Before you know it, one little lie has led to false doctrine which then becomes the very stumbling blocks that deceived Christians drunkenly fall down over in seeking the real Jesus Christ. The truth is that there is ONE SPIRITUAL ISRAEL. The country and nation called Israel that was created by men in 1948 – is not Israel in God’s eyes. The ancient city of Jerusalem is not the Spiritual JERUSALEM spoken of in the Scriptures. New Jerusalem has nothing to do with the country we call Israel, it has everything to do with those chosen by God who have been Born Again and have been circumcised of their heart
The powers of darkness are behind all of this false doctrines, false peace, false security, spiritual blindness and blatant deception which has befallen virtually the entire world.
Almost all prophecy of today is looking to the natural world for its signs and interpretations. This is truly foolishness as these signs in very many cases refer to the spiritual things of life, not the natural. The Pharisees and wise men of Jesus’ days also were looking to the natural/secular wolrld for their Savior and were totally blind to the spiritual reality of the kingdom. The exact same thing goes on today. Since I have been shown this truth by God, I have upped the ante and boldness in my speaking out. The prophecies of Daniel, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Revelation and even the words of the Lord in Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Mark 13 have already happened or are happening right now as we speak. Yet almost everyone sleeps in their apostasy. Jesus will come as a thief, loud and suddenly without warning. Are you ready is the question we need to be asking every morning when we wake up.
I see the events in Iran, Iraq and Israel as total diversions from what is really happening in the hearts (the land) of the people. I see spiritual earthquakes, spiritual famines and almost everyone weighed down by the dissipation’s of this world. Most cling to a false peace, the Prince of Peace is not in their heart and as the judgment ratchets up, the false peace is turning to despair and gloom as the gods they know (false Jesus, demons) cannot and will not help them. If anyone thinks they can read the morning newspaper and know the things of God and the imminence of judgment, they are sadly deceived.
Pay heed to the Apostle Paul lamenting over the truth about the Holy Israel. Paul knew it was not the natural Jews that were saved and because of this he lamented.
Romans 9:1-2, 6 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED.”
I have written about the foolishness of deceived men in building more and bigger churches and counting as many as they can as Christians. Jesus builds His church, the TRUE ISRAEL. All this man-made stuff is just religion and while there are people with pure hearts in these institutions that will be counted in ISRAEL, these “churches” and their buildings and doctrines do not represent the true church, which is the body of Christ. God made clear early on, even in the Book of Genesis, that only a few shall be saved and only a relative small remnant would be called His People. Moses spoke about this also to the Israelis in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8 The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Paul goes further in Romans citing things that were first said by the Prophets Hosea and Isaiah.
Romans 9:25-27
“I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’
THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE LIKE THE SAND OF THE SEA, IT IS THE REMNANT THAT WILL BE SAVED
Babylon the great harlot church of TODAY is fallen away. These end time churches tolerate sin, mix with the world, are based on fleshly works to do things for God are simply handing down the traditions of men and not the words of our Lord Jesus. I flew to Kansas today and read Isaiah 28-30 on the airplane and felt sick thinking about the horror that awaits many that are falsely secure following another gospel and another Jesus. Awaken O Sleeper as our Judge approaches.
Paul described this whole topic of who is Israel and why salvation was brought to the Gentiles as a Mystery.
Romans 11:25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this MYSTERY–so that you will not be wise in your own estimation–that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in
We are indeed saved by Grace and not by works. We Gentiles despite the truth about who the true Israel is, cannot be boasting or judgmental upon the natural Jews. We owe our salvation solely to God but need to also understand it was because of the rebellion and hardening of hearts of the natural Jews that we even had the opportunity to be grafted into the vine of Jesus Christ.
There is so much Scripture that speaks to the TRUE ISRAEL as I have only scratched the surface. I will end this post with a parable from our Lord Jesus. This parable says it all. The original people of Israel were the farmers, who killed the prophets and the Lord . The Lord brought an end to the wickedness and rented out the vineyard to others tenants (us Gentiles).
Matthew 21 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. 34When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”
The Jews rejected Jesus and He rejected them. He left their house desolate.
42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ” ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone, the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’. 43“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
God will save His people, His Holy Remnant called Israel. But who God saves is the spiritual Israel – ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED. Every single promise God made to Israel will be fullfilled. But the Israel of God is those who have been circumcised by God and who serve the LORD Jesus Christ.
God only has one people and one bride. There is only one vine of Israel. It has never changed despite the teachings of wise religious men. I encourage you to read Ezekiel 37 carefully understanding God’s plan of redemption for HIS ONE PEOPLE. They have been brought together through the finished works of Jesus.
Ezekiel 37:19 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them ONE STICK, and they will be one in My hand.
In closing I want to make sure my words are not twisted and controversial questions arise. I have nothing against the ancestral Jewish people, but they are not Israel according to my Bible. These people are my neighbors and I will love them and do no harm to them. But if I don’t tell them the truth about who the Israel of God really is, I am doing violence to the Word and may be shedding their blood. The truth sets us free, not some carnal logic that leads us to tell people what they want to hear. People are never saved by having their ears tickled.
With clarity on who the true Israel is, we can go back into our Bibles and see a lot more truth. Anybody that is of natural Jewish roots will be judged the same as someone born in Africa or Antarctica. If Jesus Christ is found to be your LORD as proven by your heart and your deeds, then you are a son of God and the true Israel. Sadly, most Jewish people believe they are saved simply because they are descendants in the flesh of Jewish people from the days of old. As the Scriptures in this post attest, nothing could be further from the truth. Those that believe that are under the spirit of stupor Paul described to this very day.
All we can do for the lost Jews of today is to preach the true gospel and pray that God will intercede and bring them near to the light. There comes a point where hearts get so hardened with false doctrine that there is little hope for repentance. But with God all things are possible so we need to keep praying and preaching nonetheless but remember not to cast our pearls to the swine.
I made a video that expands on this topic and looks at the promises God made to His Israel.
Amen brother Pete. Two scriptures I beleive that come to mind for me concerning who the real Israel is: When Jesus said,” who are my mother, brother, and sister but those that hear Gods WORD and do it”. The other one was when the pharisee’s asked Jesus by what authority do you do these things?Jesus said I will ask you a Question , Johns baptism is it from man or heaven/God ? The first scripture concerning who are my mother, brother and sister are explained by Jesus saying ,those that hear God’s WORD and do it. That is the spiritual Israel ( Gods childern, or goverment of believers ). Being in a geographic location or having a supposed bloodline inheritance has nothing to do with being God’s “choosen ” people anymore . All things are new. A new patch is not sown on a old garment. The new garment of beleivers is without seam and are one spiritualy in Gods “WORD” (Christ ). Looking at the inhabitants of modern day counterfeit Israel we cannot see very many brothers and sisters in Christ. When Jesus said Johns baptism is it from man or heaven/God, brings things down to it’s lowest common denominator. This is a good measuring stick when diserning where things of the earth come from. When dedicated harlot church goer’s are asked if the denominations are from God or man I am always interested in their responce. If they say of God then we can answer ” he is not the author of confusion” and tell them without hesitation that it is of man. We who are true believer’s in Christ have never been satisfied with the things of man or his religion. This I would think also applies to the counterfeit Israel that is trying to be passed off as our brothers and sisters because of their supposed bloodline and residence That nation still predominately denies Christ as the messiah and is not spiritualy connected to the true beleivers in Christ in anyway. It is not of God and most definetley is of man. I hope this helps us see more better who is now related to God and who is not. God bless you in your search for his truth’s, Jer. 33:3
Jeff
Thats exactly what they said about Jesus 2000 years ago, he is a mad man and a wine bibbler why ye listen to him. So the BUILDERS rejected the Chief Corner Stone, and held fast to the flesh of man.
Bill
this site is definitely not a scholarly effort. it is biased & full of religious racism and you are using the same old 1700 year old arguments to fan the fires of hatred, not sharing the love. not scholarly – that means your research & your conclusions do not take sides. if you really think the devil exists and there is a basis for it in OT scripture, then you are out of your mind & need serious psychological counselling.
I’ll say one thing – do you not understand the message of jesus? virtue involves giving up advantage. have a nice day.
Be blessed Sandra!!!!!!!!!!! I , when i was a lil tyke, went to hot springs arkansas. Never saw water so clear. My Dad, for a while lived in Little Rock. That was many moons ago. When creation was still young. The late 80 s . You , pete and the others be blessed. I enjoy reading petes posts and yalls as well. Be blessed in Christ.
Pete & Randall: Just read both of your post. Yes, that would be nice. Randall, I think Pete’s idea would work,so, let’s give him some time to set it up, and then we can see how it goes. I live in Arkansas, but I am originally from Florida, born, and raised. Maybe doing it this way we can get kameme in on it too. Going to Germany sounds nice, but I really can’t travel much anymore, my brother was stationed in Germany during Vietnam, and he said it was just breathtakeing. May God bless both of you—-your sister in Christ—Sandra
I am happy to sponsor a conference call as I have a service that can support a large group I subscribed for this very purpose but never used it. I have tried paltalk and have a room we can use it is called alittleflock
To use the audio or video you need a good Internet connection but I have found useful but more difficult to carry on interactive dialogue. It works great for taking turns to speak in a controlled order led by a moderator. If we can agree on some times I would love to engage to do it. While I am doing many one on one calls these days I yearn for more and especially with those that share a love of Jesus and desire to live godly and be separate. Give me a few days and I will set up something and send an email. I would live to hear real voices or see faces and share testimony and praises to the KING
Hello Sandra!!!!!!! God willing i sure hope one day all of us get the chance to meet. If not, then i pray we shall at the day of Christ. With so much deception, though wouldnt it be nice if some of us could form a closer brethren hood. We could pray together, help out others together. All of us. Right now i am helping out a group of plain people in Oklahoma. Its not much , but i send to their widows. They live and do church in houses. and many of them actually live together. I am in san angelo texas. WHere are you from? I thnk petes florida right? And our sister Kameme is in Germany. Bill? I dont know. Carol? Well be blessed. If you ever want to talk my email is rlowrey22@gmail.com I would love to have a group meeting. Be blessed in CHrist. Maybe, lord willing we can all fly to Germany and meet Kameme!!! PRaise the Lord, you all dont know how many years i have just been looking for a family in christ. Nearly five. Be blessed.
Randall: Thank you, I will pray for you, just as I do everyone. Pete is in my prayers constantly that the Lord will continue giving him wisdom, and strength to fight the good fight. We are all one as part of the body of Christ, and so therefore we are “family”. God bless, your sister in Christ——Sandra
What advantage then has the jew? Because to them were given the oracles of God. And these prophets of God, prophesied of what? The coming of the only means by which one would ever be saved. Yeah to God be the glory!!! Christ himself said Abraham rejoiced to see my day, saw it and was glad. In hebrews it says, That Abraham by faith when he was tried offerred up Issac, the son in whom the promise had been given. Abraham even knew God would raise him from the dead. He knew, for in Issac the promise had been given.
He believed God, and it was imputed to him as righteousness. So you see, he knew God is not man that can lie. He would have to raise him up even from the dead to fullfill the promise. Abraham saw the glory of GOd on that moutain. And the glory of God is Christ.
Again Praise our Lord. Christ said many prophets have your faithers slain, and you build their sepulchers. David saw and told of the glory of GOD , which is Christ.
Issaih saw his glory and prophesied. But so many did not, in fact it is but a remant.
For we must be born of spirit and water. The truth must be within us, the spirit, and that is Christ within the believer. As also said, that spiritual rock that followed them, that gave them drink, Christ. The cloud by night,, and so on.All truth was and is leading us to Christ, who shall one day take us home. FOr Christ himself said Murmur not among yourselves; No man can come to me except the Father draw him(holy spirit); and i will raise him up at the last day(resurrection, christ if life people) It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therfore that has heard, and has learned of the Father comes to me. Oh peoples if you hear his voice harden not your heart. He is the way, truth , life. No man comes to the Father except by him. Now the jews had the oracles, and this is advantage at that time. The jews had the word of God right before them. Yet so many had failed righteousness, for they sought it by works and not as Abraham had, which is faith.
For the very anwer that it was always going to have to be God to save them from their own sins was always there. Oh let he who has eyes to see, and ears to hear understand. Look closely at the shadow of things in the scriptures. Paul made clear, that the law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Yet the law is the entire word of GOd, now made spiritual upon our hearts, and the prophets of old hearts. For Paul says that if the blood of bulls and goats washed away sins, then why was there a rememberance made of them every year? Pete, wait till you hear the beauty and grace of God in these next few sentences. Made plain to those of GOd in , and only in CHrist. FOr without him there is no hope.
The Lord told the jews, that no man could even approach the tabernacle if he had blemishes, spots, moles , deformities on him. So no High Priest could have these things upon his body and offer sacrifice for sins. By God gives us grace, when in Kings he told Samuel How GOd sees man, and how man sees man. He told Samuel not to look upon his outside as man sees, But look upon the inside of theheart, for that is how GOd sees.
So you all understand. The high priest chosen of GOd , the only true priest, was going to have to be without fault, blemish, etc on the inside. And who alone but GOd himself is rightouess and without blemish. Now we must understand that when we deny the divinity of CHrist, we fail to give God the glory for saving us. We must tell the jews, when looking for a high priest, what is more important the way that man sees man, or the way that GOd sees man. Then tell them, that is the high priest you ought to be looking for. And his sufferings are in Issaih 52 and 53. See. It was always going to have to be God to save us. The prophets knew this by the grace of GOd. And went and prophesied unto Israel. Yet their hearts were hardened, for david himself said, let their heart be hardened and their back bent always. It was always going to be GOd to save us. Even Israel was not ignorant of this, for in Deuteronomy 18 God says about the latter days. The Lord thy God shall raise up unto thee a prophet like unto me, the man that does not hear him shall be destroyed from among the people. OR in deut32 They have moved me to jealously with that which is not GOd; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities; and I will move them to jealously with those whcih are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.(gentiles) See how when GOd speaks it all comes to pass, every sentence, evey word, every letter!!! FOr he is truth!! Look closely at the prophecy given in Genesis concerning the son Judah. Oh listen close and praise God .
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shalll be in the neck of thy enemies; the fathers children shall bow before thee. Judah is a lions whelp ; from the prey, my son , thou are gone up; he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The Sceptre chall not depart from Judah(who holds the sceptre?) not a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be(Jesus)Binding his foal unto the vine, and his asses colt(SEE)unto the choice vine ; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the grapes;(treads the winepress of almighty GOd) His eyes shall be red with wine, his teeth white with milk(the word which proceeds) . People, that was nearly two thousand years before he came. Yes, precept upon precept, line upon line. The Lord has brought his strange act to pass. God in flesh, saving man from sin. That is strange to the flesh. But as Paul said to those persihing the cross is foolishenss, but unto us…………salvation. Oh yes , may we sing praises night and day unto our Lord. He is our hope, he is our strenght, our guiding light, our truth. Praise his name . Let us be as Christ, as the early church. Who came together, sold all things, took joyfull the spoiling of their goods, knowing, just knowing the true treasures, the enduring substance is in CHrist, heavenly. Yes, through all trials, tribulations, mockings ,scourgins, improsenmetns. Yet not in vain. FOr all who live godly in Christ jesus have eternal life.
They knew, they honestly knew, that this world means nothing, they were dead to it, and their hope and life, joy and peace was above in Christ. Paul was beaten five times of the jews, thrice beaten with rods, once stoned, thrice suffered shipwreck. He was in weariness, and painfulness, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Yet what hope he had in Christ alone. Knowing the race for the true incorupptible crown. Stephen stone to death, yet in his love for his enemies, cried out Lord lay not this sin to their charge.
Now that is christ within the believer. Same spirit. Peter singing in prison. Whipped , beaten, yet rejoicing after, all that he had been countted worthy to suffer shame for the name of CHrist. I ask you to go and look in churches and see if this still truly exists. I pray somewhere it does. Sadly all i see, is a want of pleasure, easy life, easy living. Riches, cares of selfish ambitions and newer cars…………..? This is not the gospel i have learned and loved, the one of Christ, who said seek not these things, give them no thought.
Beware of covetousness etc. People, i pray for us all, that more will come to the true gospel in Christ, and not of man. Time enough, we must turn from all worldy wisdom, and read the word. Sadly even the plainer churches i speak to have went after freud, philosphy etc. Me my only book is the word of God. And theirin is wisdom, knowledge, understanding, etc. Instruction in righteousness. Even a plain pastor told me to broaden my understanding we must bascially embrace the other as well. Wrong answer.
Only the Bible. Man has too much (wisdom) foolish wisdom . Let us run to CHrist who is our only hope. Let us ask ourselves this one question. What do you really think pleases God, the wisdom of the world. or his wisdom? So i will be held accountable for only readin the bible. Yet i have no fear of that. For i know it pleases God that i read his word and stand against all worldy foolish wisdom. Yall be blessesd.
Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and as long as we all have breathe may we encourage one another to praise him more and more. To the Lord be the glory!!!!!!
To our God be all praise. Be blessed Sandra. Those who do the will of my Father are my family. Be blessed. Be blessed. Be blesssed. So sing even more Sandra!!!! And pray for me.
I will for you!!!!
Pete: I enjoyed reading the post from you, and Randall. Randall, I do pray for wisdom, grace, and knowledge everyday. I praise the Lord everyday, He is in my heart, my mind, and my soul, daily with every breath I take I give glory to Him, Jesus is everything to me, and if the time comes for me to lay down my physical life for Him, I will do it without blinking, He has my spiritual life. Pete, it is ok, I too let the flesh sneak back in, but I know that the Holy Spirit will cleanse me. You are right, we do need to speak boldly when speaking for the Lord, but with compassion. There are a lot of people out there who need to know the truth, and if only one can be saved, the angels in heaven will sing. When they came after Jesus in the garden that night, Peter drew his sword, and cut the ear of the soldier, and Jesus replied “NO, Peter”, but Peter was ready to defend Jesus at all cost, that is the way I am, I will defend my Lord with every breath, my love for Him will never cease. Thank you, Pete, and Randall, God bless you both always—-your sister in Christ, Sandr
Bless you Randall. You have been a great encouragement here as the war against the truth escalating and just when I was tiring of the fight, because I had let some flesh do the fighting, I have been strengthened. Let’s speak boldly like Paul did but stay gentle and humble remembering from where we have come.
Eph 6:19-20 that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Or as paul told the other apsotles, Why put ye this yoke upon their neck which neither we nor out fathers could bear. Since we are no longer under the law, do we continue in sin? God forbid. Christ puts the law upon our heart. In the spirit. Look at Abraham, it was always about faith. Abraham believe God and it was counted unto him as righteousness.Yet, how does one believe or call him Lord? By the spirit. See grace as well.
See obedience as well. See why the Lord told them circumcise you hearts, circumsise your ears. They resisted the spirit of God , or holy ghost as Stephen says in Acts. They saw it by the letter, a means of being righteous by their own actions , instead of by faith in God. OR as we now see, faith in what Christ did. His actions. Now that we have him in our hearts, do we transgress the law. God forbid. For if i build again the things which once i destroyed, i make myself a transgressor. Do we justify ourselves by the law? No, for if so we have fallen from Grace. And the wrath of GOd abides on us.
Now a mans heart is evil from his youth up. And evil comes from within him, his flesh, carnal nature. You can see what is in a mans heart, by what comes out of him. If asked why the believe they would go to heaven , many have said, well i go to church, i tithe, i keep sabbath. That is justifying oneself by the law. No eternal life for them. Fallen from Grace. We must focus on CHrist. Read the word. Be dead to the world, mans religion. Be after God with all our heart, soul ,strength and mind. Pure religion and undefiled befoer God , our father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows and to keep himself unspotted from the world. This is spiritual as well as to the natural. Feed them widows and fatherless. But all who are apart from Christ are fatherless and have no husband. For we are the bride of Christ. isnt that awesome. Yes it is very necessary to constantly warn, exhort , rebuke, etc at all times. But we must all have it ground deep, buried deep within us , that the only hope, way , truth, light by which we see, desire by which to serve him, ability to serve him, only strenght, salvation, righteous is of GOd by grace, and that by Christ. Oh……. to the Lord by the glory. TO the lord be the honor. Let all sing praises to him. Again i call upon us to make a joyful sound unto our Lord. Knowing it is only by grace that people like us will ever enter the kingdom of GOd. Pete keep up the work. Labor on, For many have went a whoring back after the world, its pleausers , its worldly gains of selfish ambitons and desires of the flesh. May it never be tiresome to write these warnings unto all of us , for it is needful. Sandra, call out with a mighty shout unto the Lord, praising his name and asking for more of the spirit. Kememe, praise him, dance unto him, and sing with all thy might. Bill, Give him all the glory, praising his name on high. And may we all sing and shout praises unto him. Yall be blessed. Remember our redeemer will never abandon nor forsake us. May we ever strive to be pleasing unto him.
But may we all examine ourselves, and i mean dailey. For the enemy isnt slowing down. and our flesh is filled with evil. LEan , lean unto him, cast all your cares upon him. Only he who endures unto the end shall be saved.
But if it is Christ we lean on , then make it we shall. Lean not unto thine own understanding. Cease to be rich. Seek the true riches above in Christ.
I pray, by Gods grace , and continued grace upon it we always walk pleasing unto GOd, doing more for others than for ourselves. Our recompense will be at the resurrection of the Just. This world is not our home, we seek one to come. Be blessed peoples. Praise the Lord. amen
real quicly i just want to add as well. Its no coinincidence that the now, so many gentile believers are running after a wordly gospel. Our time is nearly full filled. The prosperity and wordly churches are growing at a rate never seen before. We must preach the truth to these natural jews who have become a nation again after two days…………for one day is with the lord as a thousand years,,,,and a thousand years as one day. Get the heck away from the wordly church. We are the elect of GOd, and any who believes truly in CHrist are the elect. FOr it came not by works, nor by him that runs , nor by we that will. But it is of GOd who has shown mercy. The elect. Read the word. and be content with food and clothes. Those who desire to be rich fall. He who speaks of gain as a means of Godliness. Is destitue of the truth .Read tim chapter 6. God has called us from The world(egypt) And may we always be content with the true bread, the bread of Life, and never be lusting in our hearts back after the world nor its riches. We are dead and our life is hid in CHrist.
All these things in scriptures were written for our admonition and our examples unot us that we do not the evil that was done. We have and serve a mighty GOd, who will never leave us nor forsake us. Be diligently looking for his return, and keep your eyes heaven ward, and not towards earthly things lest ye fall. Beware persecution draws nigh.
Pete, you are 100 percent correct on the truth that the true israel of God are those who christ. No doubt, Christ himself told them i am from above you are from beneath, therfore i said unto you, you shall die in your sins if you believe not that i am he. He told that to the jews, as most of his teachings were to the jews.
also a scripture that none can refute, he told the leaders of Israel in acts four, It is the only name whereby we are saved. As paul told them who a true jew was and who one wasnt.
Also in colossians 3 and galations cha 3.
Also in Romans he made it clear that they are not all Israel that are Israel, but only those in Issace, the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
He worried for israel, he made them envious, in order that he might save some.
And in acts 13 verse 46 of the king james bible. It makes this very clear. we shall start in verse 45. But when the Jews saw the multitudes they were filled with envy , and spake agaisnt those things which were spoken of by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Then Paul, and Barnabas waxed bold , and said , it was necessary that the word of GOd should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it far from you , and judge yourselves unworthy of EVERLASTING LIFE, lo, we turn to the gentiles.
pete, i told you guys that God has put a love in my heart to read his word, and how it proves what is true and what is false.
But, the appearing of the nation of Israel is spoken of as well. It appears after two days, now it has. Plus the peace pact. See futhur into the truth, see how these next verses will speak to your heart, to show you just indeed how close we truly are to the end of the age, and like in NOahs days so few really be loooking.
First off, the times of the gentiles are about to be full filled. and also the third day is upon us. Paul made something very clear concerning the reconciling of the jews, as did Hosea.
Hosea said in the third day i shall raise you up and you shall live in my sight. Its been nearly 2000 thousand years since Christ was crucified. We are almost in the third day.
Now we dont know the hour, but we see the season.
Paul spoke too, concerning israel and the gentile. the end of days. First he made it clear that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the gentiles be come in.
all israel is both jew and gentile that believe in Christ, so when he says all Israel shall be saved understand that.
next he says in Romans as well, If by any means i may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh and might save some, FOr if the casting away of them (natural jerusalem) be the reconciling of the world, what shall the recieving of them be, but life from the dead.
Israel had to become a nation again. and now some more must be saved. When that numver of remnant is saved…………. tis the end of the age. life from the dead for us all.
See. Its not a coinicidence that, it speaks of a peace pact. Its not a coinincidence it says he shall divide the land for gain( for now part of the peace pact is dividing Jerusalem to make a Palestinian state. Its not a coinincidence that it says for forty two months the gentiles shall tread down the Holy city, its not a coinincidence that for 1260 days the woman flees into the wilderness. Rememver salvation was of the Jews, the twelve starts etc . It also is no coinincidence that Satan is kicked out of heavne and goes to persecute the woman which brought forth the man child. ITs also no coinincidence that the beast is given power to continue for forty two months. Note the witness prophesy 1260 days.
1260 days is 42 months in jew calendar. divide 30 into 1260 =42. Its also no coinincidence that the peace pact is 7 years and is broke midway. 3 and 1/2 years is 42 months. When this pact is broke, is when the Believing Jews will flee into wilderness for 42 months. We can see it beginning now. The short work upon the earth, is nigh upon us.
We will be persecuted , beheaded etc all in his name . Its no coinicidence that the Roman Catholic Church now teaches that even non believing muslims, atheistist etc, can go to heaven for they did what they did in ignorance. But we know that they must have Christ no matter what. For how can they hear except a preacher be sent. Its an end time false religion. created………… all in the name of world peace amongst us all.
None of this is coinicidence. Neither is the fact they too have created a rfid tattoo, that can be invisible. So you are correct on the spiritual mark, but we too must have this wisdom.
Know that in Satan system money is power. And as we speak, the richest men in the world, who run the actual world, above govt, have an agenda. To have the world marked, so they can end terroisim by tracking everything that is sold, and they too will know who has bought it. Its all being setup . Has been for years now. Get ready Persecution comes.
But he thatshall endure unto the end the same shall be saved.
Be blessed. .
Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. Ep 3:2-6
The mystery of Christ is for our benefit – the gentiles. In God’s sight we are Abraham descendant through faith if we will do what he did, all those who seek and obeying God.
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.” Ge 18:18-19
Abraham will direct us by doing what is right and just.
Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do the things Abraham did. (Jn. 8:39)
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Ga. 3:26-29)
About the present Israel today, I believe that their teachings are much closer to God than any other churches today which are all confused by their doctrines. Only if they accept Jesus as the messiah according to the scriptures then the veil will be removed.
But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.2cor 3:14-16
You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. (Jn. 4:22)
The churches today worship what they don’t know.
While I am not well-versed in study of God’s Word (meaning I did not grow up memorizing scripture as I was raised in a church that did not teach or expect this) – I have known the Lord since a small child. He has seen fit to enlighten me more as an adult to His Truth. This is an excellent discussion of all that I have witnessed and heard spiritually. Thank you for your ministry Pete. I thank God for the confirmations that He is giving me through your studies.
No doubt God has his hand on all of this stuff with the nation of Israel. He is in control of everything that happens and soverign over all. Man cannot rebuild what God has destroyed. A remnant will escape. THe parable of the landowner in Matthew 21 doesn’t give the orignal tenants back the land. Not all Israel is Israel. Anyway, I pray for that country, the unbelieving Jews and that many awaken to the blindness of who is God’s Israel recognizing God may still have plans for the flesh Israel also. Let God be God and every man be a liar, none of us have all of this figured out.
I believe if we read the Old Testament we can’t deny that God has promised that He will bring back a “nation” called Israel in the end days. There is scripture after scripture about it. I do believe it has brought a lot of confusion to people. I do not believe we really understand how God is going to deal with this nation once it has been brought back. I do believe this nation was started in 1948. It says in the bible that once this nation is brought back from captivity that it will be punished double for its transgression. This double punishment began immediately after it was created in 1948. That is something you never hear anyone preach! It will also be punished during a time called Jacob’s trouble. It also says that God will rule over this nation in His fury even if they are not obedient to Him. So God has plans for this nation that is brought back. There is nowhere that says this nation will be obedient either. The 2 witnesses preach in Jerusalem and are killed, so that doesn’t sound like things change too much to me! This nation is now “an enemy because of the gentiles” but beloved of God for Abraham’s sake. This has nothing to do with whether people in the nation of Irsael are saved or not. The people of this nation called Israel now must be saved the same way everyone else is and some will be in it, but many won’t be. After the Gog/Magog war this nation will see that it was God who really saved them during this war and at that point will finally see their transgression all these years. I believe they will be greatly ashamed over it, probably far more ashamed than any of us have ever imagined. So great will be their shame for their transgression that God told me that they will hang their heads and never raise them up again. The “nation” of Israel we see today has nothing to do with the true spiritual Israel, it is just the plan of God! It is the way He is choosing to do things here at the end. Most nations have never seen the likes of being brought back from captivity. It says in the bible that Moab and Elam will also be brought back from captivity in the latter days too. We will never really know why God has chosen to bring back their captivity, but He has. He isn’t doing this for the people but I believe for His name’s sake or some reason we may not understand.
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My brother, Who said anything about the law going away. Every jot and title stands until the restoration of all things. We fullfil the law by following the Spirit that leads us. We fulfill the law in the spirit when are are truly Born Again, there is no need to keep the Torah in our flesh, that was a type and an example for all of us for the seed that would come (Yahshua or Jesus). Jesus indicated, the law had a higher spiritual meaning like on his example on adultery and murder. Lusting in our hearts breaks His law (adultery) and hating our brother (murder). If we follow Jesus to the cross in spirit and in truth, these laws were nailed to it and we will instinctively obey God’s purpose by following His Son. I have enjoyed the testimonies on your site and the directing of the readers to a walk of holiness before the Lord. If I am in error, I continually seek wisdom and additional revelation from God. Jesus nor any Apostle ever said to keep the Sabbath in the flesh. We rest from our works, are led by the Spirit and that is how we enter into His rest and possess the land that He has given to all He has called and chosen that remain faitful to Him. He is Lord of the Sabbath and the Sabbath was made for man, by walking in the Spirit, we fulfill ever jot and title of God’s intention regarding the Sabbath.
Dear Brother in Christ,
I invite you in brotherly love to examine carefully your position on rejecting God’s word. “The most fatal delusion of the Christian world in this generation is, that in pouring contempt on the law of God they think they are exalting Christ. It was Christ who spoke the law from Sinai. It was Christ who gave the law to Moses, engraven on two tables of stone. It was His Father’s law; and Christ says, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). The Pharisees held the reverse to the modern position, but were in just as great an error. They rejected Christ, but exalted the law. And it makes little difference which position is taken, so long as we ignore the true one—that faith in Christ must be accompanied by obedience to the law of God.” (From an article written by James White printed by the International Tract Society in 1870.) Christ magnified the law in His sermon on the mount, according to the prophecy in Isaiah 42:21. Should we reject the law that warns us: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” ? (Ex. 20:3). We have been many centuries far removed from the pure gospel of Christ. Are we to believe that Christ’s apostles were sent to the ends of the earth preaching to disobey God’s commandments? Please review the following studies: “The New Covenant And The Law”, “The Law before Sinai”, “The true Israel of God”, and “Sunday the first day in the New Testament”.(Find them @:www.revelationmessengers.com). I am only a Bible student but I pray that you will find a blessing in these materials, and that they will encourage you and draw your heart closer to Christ. I commend you on your efforts to express to others Christian principles. May the Spirit of Christ continue to lead you along paths of His righteousness and truth.
In brotherly love,
Joseph lahud
Glen, Yes I believe this is speaking about the sleeping multitude that Jesus will wake up to the truth and whom will flee from Bablyon and return to Mt. Zion. This is all spiritual language speaking to His Church, the one that Jesus builds by His divine choice. It is all grace and as these passages say, we don’t deserve any of it. Praise God for our precious Savior. I believe it apples to spiritual Israel (ancesteral jews and gentiles) that have been in a deep sleep and stupor. They have all been scattered to many nations and held captive (powers of darkness) but are returning to Zion to meet Jesus. There He will feed them and pasture them thru all tribulation and calamity.
Pete,
Just wondering how these passages play into the grafting passage in Romans 11:11-21.
I really thought that this Ez 36 passage is talking about the re-grafting – at the end of the age of the gentiles?? -make any sense???.
NLT Ez 36:16 Then this further message came to me from the Lord: 17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth. 18 They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols,[a] so I poured out my fury on them. 19 I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived. 20 But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my holy name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of the Lord, but he couldn’t keep them safe in his own land!’ 21 Then I was concerned for my holy name, on which my people brought shame among the nations.
22 “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations. 23 I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign Lord, then the nations will know that I am the Lord. 24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.
25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[b] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. 30 I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. 31 Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did. 32 But remember, says the Sovereign Lord, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!
33 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed. 35 And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’ 36 Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say.
37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock. 38 They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Jerusalem’s streets at the time of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I am the Lord.”
The nation called Israel has a history of failed peace treaties. I see it all as distractions and deception of the end. People will be watching the news instead of preparing for the Lord’s return. He comes as a thief when very few will be ready and watching. God’s Israel never was about the flesh. Abraham had two sons, and only those born of the seed of Isaac are children of God. Isaac became a living sacrifice unto the Lord (that defines the children of God).
The verses in the posts speak to two covenants (Hagar and Sarah) and even the words of Jesus in John 8 spoken to flesh descendants of Abraham. These Israelites WERE NOT children of Abraham, their father was the devil said the LORD. Since when does belonging to a man made organization count for anything before God? God has not reneged on any promise. God cannot lie. It is man who has confused who Israel was all along. All the promises made to Israel will be fulfilled. God is raising up dead men and breathing spiritual life into them. Jesus is indeed building His church. People want to put a label on this truth and dismiss it with a smart sounding term called Replacement Theology — but that does not mean it isnt true. It is the traditions of men that are wrong. ISA 59:20 says A redeemer will come to Zion and those who turn from transgression in Jacob (born of the seed of Isaac). Jacob was renamed Israel and the spiritual wisdom in all of this has been confused with the natural.
So the truth sets us free. The Israelites over in this country in the middle east will only be set free when they see the truth. Some are waking up to it. Few there be shall find the narrow gate. Moving back to a piece of land has got nothing to do with salvation.
This is interesting. But how would explain what is going on right now with the peace treaty, being signed…Do you think it is both spiritual and physical…Email me please.
Great post! And it is without a doubt that Jesus Himself said it all, plainly, in Mat 21, but most miss it.