Like It Or Not, Israel Is God’s Unique Nation
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. 12.2). The existe