God is not Finished With Israel

___Israel is still God's chosen people. Covenants with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) are still intact. Messiah (Jesus) will come as conquering King and sit on David's throne.

___For Obama and Kerry to insist on a two-nation divided Palestine shows their profound ignorance of Bible prophecy and lack of faith in God's promises. The PLO is a known terrorist government controlled by Hamas. Hezbollah and Hamas are terrorist puppets of Iran, and Iran will use these mercenary terrorists to fulfill its goal to "wipe Israel off the face of the Earth."

___In Deuteronomy 30: When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you, and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.

___In Genesis 15: On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates." Israel (the covenant is extended to Isaac and Israel) was given all of the land from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates River in Iraq. This is forever.

Call to Prayer For America

___Before and after the election both pastors and “christian media” used 2 Chronicles 7 to motivate people to pray. The covenant applies to drought, locusts and pestilence and is specific to Israel at the dedication of the temple completed under King Soloman. The problem with applying covenants between God and Israel to the United States of America or to the Church is that we are in the dispensation of grace, not law. We do not obligate God to act by completing a checklist of deeds. The phrase “I will hear from Heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” is for Israel under law rather than America under grace.

___The problem with replacement theology is that it negates the free gift of salvation and places one under law. If God saves us, then our salvation is secure. If we earn even a portion of our salvation, then we can lose it. If God is obligated by our deeds, then we have doubts when He fails to keep the promise that we have made for Him.

___We live in the age of the church of Laodicea which is characterized by the “lukewarm” church. It is rare that christians, so called, do in-depth Bible studies. They hear a verse taken out of context and repeat it without checking the context. Another scripture is “one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” The simple-minded say “God's timing is different than man's.” The statement is true, but the context is Jesus Christ's second coming. I use this as one of my 3 ways that the Bible reveals a “young Earth.” Please see my in-depth study of Genesis' six + one days of Creation, 2 Peter 3:8 and Luke 3 (Mary's geneology back to Adam, August 2009).

Dispensations

Dispensations (Eph 3, Col 1):

1) Innocence (Eden)

2) Conscience (fall to flood)

3) Human Government (Noah)

4) Promise (Abraham)

6) Law (Moses)

7) Grace (Jesus)

8) Millennial Kingdom (Jesus)

Boys and Girls are Born Innocent?

___There is an old joke about a pastor counseling a happy couple as they look forward to parenthood that children are born with Adam's sin nature. The husband was dismissive of the notion. Years later the pastor asked what the husband thought now that the kids were teenagers. The husband replied that not only did he believe in total depravity of the teens, he also believed in demon possession!

___I was surprised to hear in a sermon Sunday morning that “boys and girls are born innocent.” I asked the speaker afterwards when exactly did “there is none righteous” (Ps14; Rom3) kick in? He said innocent in the worldly sense, not righteous before a holy God.

___Having been an imperfect parent to three imperfect children, I can testify that one of the first words spoken is “No!” I believe this to be the natural state of children. I do not believe that my children were any worse or any better that other children.

___Since Katie died after only 23 months of life, I have thought about the “age of accountability” many times. The white throne judgement is that those who have rejected Jesus as Savior and Lord are thrown into the lake of fire. Katie enjoyed spiritual things and appears charismatic (arms lifted in praise) on her memorial program. Tim LaHaye, Left Behind author, agrees with an age of accountability since no children were “left behind” after the “rapture.” There is no specific age since the age when a child becomes aware of God will vary. A child becomes “lost” (Rev20:15) when they are aware but they reject Jesus.

Heaven, Paradise and the Lake of Fire

___The Holy Bible talks about 3 heavens (the atmosphere, outer space and where God "dwells"). The Qu'ran talks about Paradise (as does the Bible). Most "believers" agree that there is an afterlife in heaven. To get "in" you have to have been "good" during your life. Christians believe that only in Jesus Christ do they have righteousness, and that it is a free gift earned by Jesus on the cross.

___Many, even so-called christians, believe that a loving God will not condemn anyone to "Hell." But God is Holy and cannot coexist in the presence of sin. The believer, clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ is righteous to God. Any who trust in their own righteousness will spend eternity in the lake of fire (Rev 20).

___The Islamists will not be rewarded with Paradise for martyrdom in jihad. They will spend eternity in the lake of fire for rejecting Jesus. Jesus is the only way to fellowship with God.

Shariah Law Has Its Good Points

___Women are not allowed to vote. Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States twice by women. He had no experience in an executive role and very little experience in governing or foreign policy. His experience was with community organizing and with Project Vote. The results for the country have been disastrous.

___Women are not allowed to drive. Women, in general, are loving and generous. Because of this they do not handle 4-way Stops well. It is like the NC law (according to my Dad): When two trains approach an intersection, both shall stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has passed. At a 4-way Stop, the first to arrive at the stop must proceed. If another goes first, then they are guilty of “failure to yield the right of way.”

Muslim Extremists Justify Their Terrorist Actions

___Suppose I, as a “bible extremist” decide that all Muslims are “infidels” and should be killed. I use Exodus 21 and Matthew 5 as my biblical “instructions.” Jesus said “eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” If Muslims kill innocent people, then they should be killed?

___The Islamists are doing the same – although Mohammed never contradicted with “but I say unto you” as Jesus did! Mohammed was violent. Jesus was not.

___You say that I am quoting out of context. Do not Christians – even pastors – quote 2 Chronicles 7:14 without verse 13? They blindly endorse heretical replacement theology by taking a promise to Israel as a promise to the United States.

___A text without a context is a pretext!