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Like It Or Not, Israel Is God’s Unique Nation

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In Amos 3.1-2 God’s Word declares, “Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” God denounced the sins of Israel and promised to punish them. At the same time, He declared that there is no other nation or people that has this special relationship with God. Its identity is unique – a nation created and chosen by God for His purposes.      We live in times of confusion, when more and more evangelicals manifest their ignorance and unbelief concerning God’s Word about Israel. Undoubtedly, Israel is , not was , His exclusive nation. Israel was not born, as some think, on May 14th of 1948 in Tel Aviv, when she declared her independence, but centuries earlier, when God promised Abraham, “And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee...” (Gen. 12....

ZION is not a political invention

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  "... the LORD hath founded Zion" Isaiah 14.32 The Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as it will be when the two mosques no longer occupy it  "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion " (Psa 2:4-6) "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem " (Psa. 51:18)   "For the LORD hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever : here will I dwell; for I have desired it...  His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish" (Psa 132:13-14, 18)   "Blessed be the LORD out of Zion , which dwelleth at Jerusalem " (Psa. 135:21)   "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted ab...