Via Chuck Cohen. Section headers and minor edits via Christian Comment.
Chosen for hatred …..
Living in Israel makes me and my family a target for most of the nations in the world, especially post-Christian Western and Arab Muslim nations. I can understand Jew-hatred by those possessed with an Islamic spirit, but exactly why do Western humanists also hate us? Is it jealousy, or scape-goating? Or is it actually something far more sinister?
Psalm 83 pinpoints the real issue. Hatred of Jews is, for the person doing the hating, a fruit of their hatred of the God of the Bible who has chosen the Jews as His treasured possession (Deut. 7:6). Yet He chose them so that through the Jewish race blessings – especially, but not exclusively, the good news of Messiah Yeshua – would go out from Jerusalem to the rest of the world (Acts 1:8; cp. Isa. 2:3).
Paul writes that God’s promise to bless the families of the world through Abram and his seed (Gen. 12:3b) is today known as “the gospel to the gentiles” (Gal. 3:8). Gentiles can now be in a relationship with the One True God because He sent His Son to be born to a Jewish family in Bethlehem, in the land of Israel (Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:6, 20-21; John 7:42).
King of the Jews
The Lord Yeshua never left the land of promise during His years of ministry although, as a boy, his parents took him to Egypt. King Messiah both died and rose from the dead right here in Jerusalem. Sometimes I sing to myself, “On a hill down the block, stood an old rugged cross…”
Messiah Yeshua ascended to glory from Jerusalem and will be returning to Jerusalem, most likely sooner than many believers think. Then He will sit on King David’s throne (1 Sam. 7:12-13; Psa. 89:35-37; 132:11; Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32; Acts 2:30) as the prophesied Greater Son of David and rule the world from Israel – whether they want it or not (Psa. 2:7-12; 72:8; 82:8; Zech. 14:16-19; Rev. 12:5)!
He is not coming back to win an election as the world’s president, or prime minister. He is coming back to take His rightful place as the Supreme Ruler of the world, the King of all kings and the Lord of all lords (Matt. 28:18; Acts 10:36b; Rev. 19:11-16). So during this present time of global upheaval, massive condemnation of Israel and rising anti-Semitism throughout the world, the prayer at the end of the Bible is very appropriate for all believers to recite: “Come quickly, Lord Yeshua!” (Rev. 22:17, 20).
Blessings from Jerusalem, Chuck Cohen
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Steve Maltz’s books speak into some of these issues:
Outcast Nation: https://www.saltshakers.com/shop-israel-jews (looks at Israel and many cednturies of persecution)
Noise: https://www.saltshakers.com/shop-culture (looks at Cultural Marxism)
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