Bible Questions Answered:
“I am curious just what happens to
the Jews. I have a christian friend who hates them, I don't care but
wonder just what happens to them, they hate Jesus....”
Herbert/ New York, New York U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Misnomer:
1 A misapplied or inappropriate name or
designation.
2.An error in naming a person or thing.
(Dictionary.Com)
One may “not,” be a
Christian, and hate anyone!!
(Some of you need to read that again.)
Not love the Jews?
“God's chosen people!”
II Chronicles 29:11 KJV
My sons, be not now negligent: for The
Lord hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and
that ye should minister unto Him...”
“The Apple Of God's Eye!”
Deuteronomy
32:10 KJV
He
found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He
led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as
the apple of His eye.
Zechariah 2:8 KJV
For thus saith The Lord Of Hosts;
After the glory hath He sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye.
“All Nations Of The Earth, Blessed
Through The Jews!”
Genesis
18:18 KJV
Seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the
nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 22:18
KJV
And in thy
seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 26:4
KJV
And I will
make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto
thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed;
Jeremiah
33:9 KJV
And it shall
be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the
nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do
unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and
for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Just as sure as these words are true, so to the words of our Lord,
regarding those who despise God's chosen people!
Genesis 12:3 KJV
And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and
in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
“Jesus,
Savior, The Son Of David!”
Matthew 1:1 KJV
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, The Son Of David,
The Son Of Abraham.
Matthew 20:31 KJV
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their
peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,
thou Son Of David.
Matthew 21:9,15 KJV
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,
saying, Hosanna to The Son Of David: Blessed is He that cometh
in the name of The Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,
Hosanna to The Son Of David; they were sore displeased,
“We Have The
Holy Word Of God, Because Of Faithful Jews!”
II Peter 1:21 KJV
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as they were moved by The Holy Ghost.
Christians are called to pray for loved ones and enemies!
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say
unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Rejecting The
Lord Jesus yet today, will the Jewish people ever receive The
Messiah, The Lord Jesus Christ, as Savior?
YES!
The Jew Today:
Acts 28:25-28
NLT
25 And after
they had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this
final word from Paul: “The Holy Spirit was right when He said to
your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet,
26 ‘Go and
say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not
understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.
27 For the
hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and
they have closed their eyes—so their eyes cannot see, and their
ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot
turn to Me and let Me heal them.’
28 So I want
you to know that this salvation from God has also been offered to the
Gentiles, and they will accept it.”
II Corinthians 3:13-15 NLT
13 We are not
like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel
would not see the glory, even though it was destined to fade away.
14 But the
people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old
covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they
cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by
believing in Christ.
15 Yes, even
today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with
that veil, and they do not understand.
Now during the great tribulation, this picture changes! The Jews
seeing that the Anti-Christ is not their promised Messiah, will come
to know that the true Messiah, is the one which they have rejected
for centuries.
They will as a nation, turn to The Savior with all their hearts, becoming 144,000 Jewish evangelists during the time known as Jacob's trouble (The Great Tribulation).
Revelation 7:1-17 NLT
1 Then I saw
four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back
the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even
on any tree.
2 And I saw
another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the
living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given
power to harm land and sea,
3 “Wait!
Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed
The Seal Of God on the foreheads of His servants.”
4 And I heard
how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed
from all the tribes of Israel:
5 from Judah
12,000
from Reuben
12,000
from Gad
12,000
6 from Asher
12,000
from
Naphtali 12,000
from Manasseh
12,000
7 from
Simeon 12,000
from Levi
12,000
from
Issachar 12,000
8 from
Zebulun 12,000
from Joseph
12,000
from
Benjamin 12,000
Praise from
the Great Crowd
9 After this
I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe
and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before
the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in
their hands.
10 And they
were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who
sits on the throne
and from The
Lamb!”
11 And all
the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and
the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their
faces to the ground and worshiped God.
12 They sang,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and
power and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one
of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed
in white? Where did they come from?”
14 And I said
to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me,
“These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have
washed their robes in the blood of The Lamb and made them white.
15 “That is
why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve Him day
and night in His Temple.
And He who
sits on the throne will give them shelter.
16 They will
never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the
heat of the sun.
17 For The
Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to
springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their
eyes.”
Because of their faith in The Lamb Of God, (Jesus Christ), they will
all be martyred.
The prophets Ezekiel and Zechariah, all state that a day is coming
wherein the Jewish nation will believe on the true Messiah, The Lord
Jesus Christ, The Lamb Of God.
Ezekiel 39:25-29 NLT
25 “So now,
this is what The Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of My
people; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard My
holy reputation!
26 They will
accept responsibility for their past shame and unfaithfulness after
they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to
bother them.
27 When I
bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display My
holiness among them for all the nations to see.
28 Then My
people will know that I am The Lord their God, because I sent them
away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of My
people behind.
29 And I will
never again turn My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit
upon the people of Israel. I, The Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
Zechariah 13:9 KJV
And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
Romans
11:25-27 KJV
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.
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:
27 For this
is My covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
What
should be our stance concerning Jews today?
Psalm 122:6
KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
