God Loves Israel

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Why Does God Love Israel and We Should Too?

God loves Israel:

1 Kings 10:9 NKJV – Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

Deuteronomy 7:8 (EHV) But because of the LORD’s love for you and because He was keeping the oath that He swore to your fathers, that is why the LORD brought you out by a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:7 (NKJV) The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples.

God proves His love by protection, provision, and keeping His promises.

He delivered them from Egypt and helped them win many wars.

No one has been able and will never be able to make them extinct.

  • Deuteronomy 4:31 (EHV) For the LORD your God is a compassionate God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant that He promised to your fathers with an oath.
  • Jeremiah 31:35-37 (MSB) Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name: [36] “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.” [37] This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
  • Jeremiah 33:20-22 (MSB) “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, [21] then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne. [22] As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
  • Isaiah 54:9-10 (LHB) For this is as the waters of Noah to me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. [10] For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD who has mercy on you.

Why did God create the nation of Israel?

There is a purpose for this country and people group:

  • To learn about the one, true God
  • To be a witness and give testimony of God’s character traits, law, standards, way of life to all the world
  • To be the nation through which Messiah would come
  • To learn why God blesses or curses (Deuteronomy 28)
  • To learn how we got here and where we are going
  • To learn why I am here, who I am, what my purpose is
  • To learn good from evil
  • To learn fellowship with God
  • To learn about sin, guilt, and salvation.
  • To learn what good government, society, and religion are.
  • To learn the goodness of God.

Genesis 18:18, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:4, Psalms 72:17, Malachi 3:12, Galatians 3:8, and Isaiah 12:4.

Verses:

  • “Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? – Genesis 18:18 NKJV
  • “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” – Genesis 22:18 NKJV
  • “And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; – Genesis 26:4 NKJV
  • His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And [men] shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed. – Psalm 72:17 NKJV
  • “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts. – Malachi 3:12 NKJV
  • And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, [saying], “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” – Galatians 3:8 NKJV
  • “And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted.”- Isaiah 12:4 NKJV
  • Deuteronomy 4:6 (AKJV) Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 

Much of prophetic history is centered around Israel.

That’s why the Tribulation is mainly for Israel but affects the whole world.

Amir Tsarfati (Telegram 14 Oct 24) explains:

“Bible prophecy is not primarily concerned with nations and their political or military affairs with one another, but rather with their relationship to Israel. Israel holds a central role in God’s prophetic plan, and that the events of world history, including the rise and fall of nations, are significant only in how they interact with or affect Israel.

“Israel is the key to understanding the fulfillment of prophecy. God’s dealings with the nations throughout history were orchestrated in relation to His covenant with Israel. Therefore, prophetic events and the future culmination of God’s plan revolve around Israel’s role in His divine purposes. Understanding biblical prophecy means recognizing that nations are judged or blessed based on their treatment of Israel, with the end times focusing on Israel’s restoration and role in God’s kingdom.

“This perspective places Israel at the center of prophecy, making the affairs of nations secondary to their involvement with God’s chosen people.”