1. BECAUSE GOD SAYS HE
WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS THEM.
Genesis 12:3: "I will bless them that
bless thee and curse them that curse thee,
and in thee shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed."
Isaiah 60:12: 'For the nation that will not
serve you will perish; it will be utterly
ruined."
2. BECAUSE WE OWE THEM A DEBT FOR
WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THEM
Through Israel the promises and covenants
were given. Through them came the law, the
prophets and the Messiah Jesus, who has
opened up access to God for all. Through the
Jewish apostles the gospel first went to the
nations. To the Israelites 'pertain the
adoption, the glory, the covenants, the
giving of the law, the service of God and the
promises, of whom are the fathers and from
whom, according to the flesh, Christ came,
who is over all.' (Romans 9:4-5). "For
if the Gentiles have come to share in their
spiritual blessings, they ought also be of
service them in material to them in their
material blessings" (Rom. 15:27)
3. BECAUSE GOD'S GIFTS & CALL ON
THEM HAVE NOT BEEN REVOKED
Romans 11:28: 'As regards the gospel they are
enemies of God for our sake; but as regards
the election they are beloved for the sake of
their forefathers. For the gifts and call of
God are irrevocable.'
Though most Jews have not yet responded to
the gospel, this has not invalidated God's
plan for them, which He will ultimately
fulfill. The covenant with Abraham has not
been replaced by the New Covenant, nor been
set aside because of their failure to enter
the New Covenant. Though the once for all
sacrifice of Jesus has fulfilled and replaced
the Temple sacrifices, the eternal covenant
God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and
their descendants has NOT been set aside.
“A hardening has come upon part of
Israel, until the full number of the gentiles
has come in, and so all Israel will be saved.”(Rom
11:26)
4. BECAUSE GOD HAS PROMISED TO BRING
THEM BACK TO THEIR LAND.
God has promised to turn, again to the Jewish
people, to bring them back to their land and
to cleanse them from unrighteousness.
“‘I will restore the fortunes of My
people Israel and they shall rebuild the
ruined cities and inhabit them; l will plant
them upon their land and they shall never
again be plucked up out of the land which I
have given them ' says the Lord your God.’”
(Amos 9:14-15)” “I will take the
people of Israel from the nations among which
they have gone, and will gather them from all
sides and bring them to their own land; and I
will make them one nation in the land, upon
the mountains of Israel; and one king shall
be king over them all.” (Ezekiel 37:21-22)
The regathering of Israel is prophesied in
Ezekiel, Isaiah, Deuteronomy, Amos, Hosea,
Jeremiah, by Jesus in Luke 21:24, and by Paul
in Romans 11. It is a key condition to the
full flowering of the Messianic age. God
promised Abraham and his descendants the land
of Israel as an everlasting possession. He
confirmed that promise with Isaac as recorded
in Genesis 26:3-4 and again with Jacob in
Genesis 35:12.
5. BECAUSE THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES
ARE FULFILLED
'Jerusalem will be trodden down underfoot by
the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled.' (Lk 21:24)
Jesus foresaw that the Roman Gentile armies
would overthrow every vestige of Jewish rule
in Jerusalem; but He also saw that that
Gentile domination of Jerusalem would come to
an end. In 70 AD Jerusalem fell to the Roman
army.
In 1967 in the course of defending themselves
against an attack from their Arab neighbors'
the Israelis regained control of the entire
City of Jerusalem for the first time since 70
A D. thus fulfilling this prophecy of Jesus.
All believers in the words of Jesus should
know that the ending of Gentile control of
the city is God's plan. “When you see
these things happen look up your redemption
draws nigh.” (Lk 21:28)
