Israel, replacement theology, and the Church today

One question that has been on my mind lately, and one that was set off with the interview show with David Silver is this: who will stand with Israel in these days?

In the natural, I cannot believe that the small country completely surrounded by its enemies, is still on the map, literally!!! You would think with the amount of money the muslim nations have with their oil export, they would have plenty of resources to rid the world of Israel and the Jewish people. This is not the case, and one could easily come to the conclusion that more is going on than meets the eye. Of course, as true Christians we know this is the hand of God, who has made a covenant with Israel to restore her to her former borders. Even before I knew of this ugly thing called replacement theology, I instinctively knew that God had a special plan and purpose for Israel.

I have heard the following phrase quite a few times before: "Israel had her change, now the church has taken her place." Looking at the state of the church today, I would say they haven't done much better than Israel and her following after false gods and idols. And these same "preachers" would say that we must stand on the Word, and all the promises are yes and amen, because God is not a liar. Now, with this broken logic, if all the promises are yes and amen, then they cannot be broken. This would include all the promises that God has given to Israel, and proves that the Lord is clearly not finished with His people. Rom 9:15 says God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy, and compassion on whom He has compassion. This is not to do with works, as the rest of this passage indicates. God has chosen Israel, and that is that. You can argue till your blue in the face, but this is the bottom line. It has nothing to do with their righteousness, it has to do with God's promise to them as a nation. God dealt harshly with the Israelites when they followed false gods, and God blessed them greatly when they served Him alone. Through Abraham's friendship and faith in God, this covenant was brought into place, and cannot be broken. Is God man that He is a liar? Surely not!!!

If we are to trust God and take Him up on His word and His promises, in like manner the Jewish people can do the same. Remember, through Jesus, a Jew, came the promise of salvation to all mankind. Through His apostles, also Jews, came a wildfire that swept over the world to bring His good news of salvation to all mankind, Jews and Gentiles alike. Now, the real question is, what do we do? I honestly do not have the answer to that question, but I believe that we can all get to the starting blocks and at least start the race facing the right direction. Reaching the Jewish community is a difficult task, ask David Silver. But, in the same breath, there is nothing more beautiful than seeing a Jewish person being re-united with their God through Yeshuah (Jesus).

So, what I do know is this, we can pray for Israel, we can pray for the Jewish communities in our area that they would accept Jesus as their Messiah. We can also pray to God to give us divine opportunities to minister to our Jewish friends, not being pushy, but through His Spirit to bring life.

Now, the question I asked right at the beginning was this: who will stand with Israel?
I pray that every believer that reads this will do exactly that.

Lord, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem according to your word, we pray for the young soldiers going off to war to keep Your hand of protection on their lives. We thank you for Israel Lord, that our fates are intertwined, and that one day we will truly be brothers. Even now this is happening!
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come!!!!"
"Yes, I am coming quickly, Amen. Yes, come Lord Jesus."