I agree with the historical parts, though I would contend that God took away the right to the land when Israel broke covenant by refusing to recognize their Messiah (which is consistent with them not getting it back for over 1000 years). That does not, however, mean that I don't support the right of modern-day Israel to protect their own…
I agree with the historical parts, though I would contend that God took away the right to the land when Israel broke covenant by refusing to recognize their Messiah (which is consistent with them not getting it back for over 1000 years). That does not, however, mean that I don't support the right of modern-day Israel to protect their own peace and security against war and terrorism - just that their right to that area of land today is given by humans rather than by God.
No doubt even that would make me a "Zionist" to many pro-Hamas advocates...
He didn’t break His Covenant with them, because He is the one who instituted it. It is also an everlasting Covenant. If God would break His Covenant with Israel, then what is to say He wouldn’t break His Covenant with us when we disobey. I can dare say that not one of us live sinless lives.
God still has a plan for Israel. Read Romans 9-11 especially 11.
Because that Covenant had terms that it would last so long as Israel kept all of his Commandments. And he gave them a ton of chances to sign back on after breaking it repeatedly. As it is written, the Law was a teacher to show us that perfection of ourselves is not possible, which is why the new covenant is a covenant of grace, which he promises freely to everyone on only one condition - that they "remain in him".
Abraham was saved by grace through faith (Genesis 15:6). This was reiterated in the New Testament (Galatians 3; Acts 3:25; Romans 4:1-16, 9-11; Hebrews 6:13; James 2:21,23). The law also showed the Israelites how sinful they were, and that they weren’t able to keep it perfectly. The Old Testament pointed to the Messiah, and the New Testament revealed Him. The New Covenant was spoken of in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament (Genesis 3:15; Jeremiah 23:5-8, 31:27-40; Hebrews 10; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, etc). Grace means unmerited favor. It is not something that we can earn. It is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-10). God doesn’t give a gift and then take it away if we don’t remain in Him. The Holy Spirit is given when we are born again. He is our guarantee that we belong to Him (EPH 1:13-14). No believer is 100% faithful all of the time. We are still sinners in need of God’s grace every day moment by moment. Thank God that when we do sin, we have a great High Priest that we can go to boldly in our time of need. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all righteousness (1John 1:9). God promises the New Covenant to all who believe in Him! “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).”
IMO Jesus death was retroactive, so all faithful Israelites were saved by grace, they just didn't know it. Salvation isn't something that God "takes away" due to our failure, so much as that we (can) throw it away if we turn our backs on him (though, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to... but clearly it is possible, Heb. 6:4-6).
I agree with the historical parts, though I would contend that God took away the right to the land when Israel broke covenant by refusing to recognize their Messiah (which is consistent with them not getting it back for over 1000 years). That does not, however, mean that I don't support the right of modern-day Israel to protect their own peace and security against war and terrorism - just that their right to that area of land today is given by humans rather than by God.
No doubt even that would make me a "Zionist" to many pro-Hamas advocates...
He didn’t break His Covenant with them, because He is the one who instituted it. It is also an everlasting Covenant. If God would break His Covenant with Israel, then what is to say He wouldn’t break His Covenant with us when we disobey. I can dare say that not one of us live sinless lives.
God still has a plan for Israel. Read Romans 9-11 especially 11.
Because that Covenant had terms that it would last so long as Israel kept all of his Commandments. And he gave them a ton of chances to sign back on after breaking it repeatedly. As it is written, the Law was a teacher to show us that perfection of ourselves is not possible, which is why the new covenant is a covenant of grace, which he promises freely to everyone on only one condition - that they "remain in him".
Abraham was saved by grace through faith (Genesis 15:6). This was reiterated in the New Testament (Galatians 3; Acts 3:25; Romans 4:1-16, 9-11; Hebrews 6:13; James 2:21,23). The law also showed the Israelites how sinful they were, and that they weren’t able to keep it perfectly. The Old Testament pointed to the Messiah, and the New Testament revealed Him. The New Covenant was spoken of in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament (Genesis 3:15; Jeremiah 23:5-8, 31:27-40; Hebrews 10; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, etc). Grace means unmerited favor. It is not something that we can earn. It is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-10). God doesn’t give a gift and then take it away if we don’t remain in Him. The Holy Spirit is given when we are born again. He is our guarantee that we belong to Him (EPH 1:13-14). No believer is 100% faithful all of the time. We are still sinners in need of God’s grace every day moment by moment. Thank God that when we do sin, we have a great High Priest that we can go to boldly in our time of need. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all righteousness (1John 1:9). God promises the New Covenant to all who believe in Him! “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).”
IMO Jesus death was retroactive, so all faithful Israelites were saved by grace, they just didn't know it. Salvation isn't something that God "takes away" due to our failure, so much as that we (can) throw it away if we turn our backs on him (though, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to... but clearly it is possible, Heb. 6:4-6).