Without a doubt the Bible has more to say about Israel than any other nation—probably more than all other nations put together. After hundreds of years with no nation of Israel in the world, there is a nation of Israel again. Does this new nation of Israel have anything to do with the nation of Israel of the Bible?
I recently listened to a panel discussion with panelists of various theological persuasions. But surprisingly almost no one was convinced the modern nation of Isarel was connected to the Israel of the Bible by anything more than name. And almost no one thought there to be any Biblical obligation on other nation or people concerning this nation and the Jews in the world today.
Probably we should not be surprised that those who believe the Church has replaced Israel in the place of God’s blessing think a state of Israel today is outside the promises to the Israel of the Bible. Many believe Israel forfeited any claim to blessing when they rejected their Messiah, Jesus Christ, who then became the head of the Church. But it is surprising when those who believe Jesus Christ will return to earth to set up a kingdom, argue that there is no reason be supportive of a modern state of Israel and even reasons to oppose support.
It is my purpose in this set of slides to find Biblical evidence to decide if the modern state of Israel fulfills Bible prophecy and what should be our attitude toward supporting it. We will accept that the Bible is God’s word; and that God said in it what He meant to say and meant what He did say in both the New Testament and The Old Testament.
See the slides Israel in 2026 for a Biblical discussion of how the modern state of Israel relates to the Israel of the Bible and whether we should be supportive.
“Many believe Israel forfeited any claim to blessing when they rejected their Messiah, Jesus Christ, who then became the head of the Church.”
That is not true, but you should have added the following possibility:
– Israel has been set aside until after the rapture of the church.
– That is why it is called Sodom and Egypt in Revelation 11.
– The Belfour Declaration was part of Satan’s plan to establish Israel (curses of Deuteronomy 28) as part of his plan to “sit on the throne” making himself to be God as the antichrist (Revelation 13) before “all Israel is saved” (just prior to 2nd advent a rapture will occur of tribulation saints- Revelation 14:14-16)
– Israel was told many times not to trust in any foreign alliances (USA, UN) but only in the Lord God (Psalm 20:7, Hosea 7:11)
– That is why 2 prophets will preach for 3.5 years and will be killed because “the world” including a false Israel will prevail against them probably on Christmas day (Revelation 11:9-10)