Why Support Israel

7 Solid Reasons Why Christians Should Support Israel

1. Genesis 12:3 – “ I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

God has chosen to bless the man or nation that blesses His Chosen People.

History has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the nations have blessed the Jewish people have had the blessing of God; the nations that have chosen to curse the Jewish people have experienced the curse of God.

2. St. Paul recorded in Romans 15:27 – “It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their (the Jews) spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things.”

Christians owe a debt of eternal gratitude for their (the Jews) contributions that gave birth to the Christian faith.

Jesus Christ, a popular rabbi from Nazareth said, “Salvation is of the Jews!” (John 4:22) Consider what the Jewish people have given to Christianity:

a). The Scriptures
b). The Prophets
c). The Patriarchs
d). Mary, Joseph and Jesus of Nazareth
e). The 12 Disciples
f). The Apostles

It is not possible to say “I am a Christian” and not love the Jewish people. The Bible teaches that love is not what you say, but what you do. (1 John 3:18) “A bell is not a bell until you ring it, a song is not a song until you sing it, love is not love until you share it.”

3. While some Christians try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the Jews of the world, Jesus never denied His Jewishness.

He was born Jewish. He was circumcised the 8th day in keeping with Jewish tradition. He had His Bar Mitzvah on His 13th birthday. He kept the Law of Moses. He wore the Prayer Shawl Moses commanded all the Jews to wear. He died on a cross with an inscription over His head “King of the Jews!”

Jesus considered the Jewish people His family. Jesus said (Matt.25:40), “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’”

4. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love thee.” (Ps. 122:6)

The scriptural principle of prosperity is tied to blessing Israel and the city of Jerusalem.

5. Why did Jesus Christ go to the house of Cornelius in Capernaum and heal his servant who was ready to die? What logic did the Jewish elders use with Jesus to convince Him to come into the house of a Gentile and perform a miracle?

The logic they used is recorded in Luke 7:5 – “For he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.” The Message? This Gentile deserves the blessing of God because he loves our nation and has done something practical to bless the Jewish people.

6. Why did God the Father select the house of Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts 10) to be the first Gentile house in Israel to receive the Gospel?

The answer is given repeatedly in Acts 10.

Acts 10:2 – “a devout man (Cornelius) and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.” Who were the people to whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the Jews.

Again in Acts 10:4, “…thy prayers thins alms have come up as a memorial before God.”

Again in Acts 10:31, “And thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.”

The point is made three times in the same chapter. A godly Gentile who expressed his unconditional love for the Jewish people in a practical manner was divinely selected by heaven to be the first Gentile house to receive the Gospel and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

These combined scriptures verify that PROSPERITY (Gen. 12:3, Ps. 122:6), HEALING (Luke 7:1-5), and THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT came to Gentiles that blessed the Jewish people and the nation of Israel in a practical manner.

7. We support Israel because all other nations were created by an act of men, but Israel was created by an act of God! The Royal Land Grant was given to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob with an everlasting and unconditional covenant.

(Gen. 12:1-3, 13:14-18, 15:1-21, 17:4-8, 22:15-18, 26:1-5, Psalm 89:28-37)

Taken from: www.cufi.org