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š In this bold and Bible-based message, we confront one of the most controversial topics in modern Christianity: Does supporting modern-day Israel mean you're aligned with God's will? Many believers assume political support for Israel equals spiritual obedience ā but is that what Scripture teaches?
This sermon dives deep into the biblical difference between ethnic Israel and spiritual Israel, revealing how God's covenant is not based on nationality, but on faith in Jesus Christ. Using clear passages from Galatians, Romans, Ephesians, and the teachings of Jesus Himself, this message exposes the myth of automatic divine favor toward nations and calls Christians back to true gospel clarity.
ā¶ļø Whether you're a Christian, theologian, pastor, or seeker of truth ā this message will challenge your assumptions and draw you deeper into the truth of God's Word.
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It clears up widespread confusion in churches about modern Israel and biblical prophecy
It will challenge you to base your beliefs solely on Scripture, not politics or tradition
It draws a clear line between gospel truth and emotional nationalism
It deepens your understanding of Godās redemptive plan through Christ
It equips you to discern truth in a time of deception
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This sermon dives deep into the biblical difference between ethnic Israel and spiritual Israel, revealing how God's covenant is not based on nationality, but on faith in Jesus Christ. Using clear passages from Galatians, Romans, Ephesians, and the teachings of Jesus Himself, this message exposes the myth of automatic divine favor toward nations and calls Christians back to true gospel clarity.
ā¶ļø Whether you're a Christian, theologian, pastor, or seeker of truth ā this message will challenge your assumptions and draw you deeper into the truth of God's Word.
š Why You Should Watch This Message:
It clears up widespread confusion in churches about modern Israel and biblical prophecy
It will challenge you to base your beliefs solely on Scripture, not politics or tradition
It draws a clear line between gospel truth and emotional nationalism
It deepens your understanding of Godās redemptive plan through Christ
It equips you to discern truth in a time of deception
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00:00Let me begin by stating something that will sound controversial in our current political
00:04and evangelical climate. Just because America supports Israel does not mean God does,
00:10and that is not a statement made lightly. It is a statement made biblically. We are living in a
00:16time where national alliances and theological confusion are being woven together to create a
00:21dangerous deception in the hearts and minds of professing Christians. The modern evangelical
00:28movement, especially in America, has been swept into an uncritical allegiance to modern-day Israel.
00:34We've seen political leaders and church leaders alike equate support for the Israeli state with
00:39spiritual obedience. They'll say, if you bless Israel, you will be blessed. But let's examine
00:46that idea under the lens of Scripture and not under the influence of emotional patriotism or
00:51dispensation, al zeal. Genesis 12, 3 is often quoted. I will bless those who bless you,
00:58and him who dishonors you I will curse. But that promise was made to Abram, not to the modern secular
01:05state of Israel. God's covenant was with Abraham and his offspring of faith, not merely his ethnic
01:11descendants. All makes this crystal clear in Galatians 3, 7. Know then that it is those of
01:17faith who are the sons of Abraham. And again in Romans 9, 6, 8, Paul says,
01:23for not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel. So here is the shocking truth. God is
01:29not obligated to bless any modern nation simply because it claims the lineage of Abraham. That
01:34includes Israel. That includes America. Oh! God is not a respecter of nations. He is a respecter of His
01:42covenant. His covenant is not with political borders. It is with His church. It is with the people of
01:49faith who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. The modern state of Israel was founded in
01:541948, not as a fulfillment of divine prophecy, but as a geopolitical response to history and war.
02:02It is a nation, like any other, filled with sinners and rebellion against God.
02:06It is largely secular, anti-Christian and in many areas, hostile to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
02:14The irony is lost on many evangelicals who wave both the American and Israeli flags in their churches,
02:19while the very message of the gospel is outlawed or suppressed in much of Israeli society.
02:25America supports Israel politically, but support from a political superpower does not equate to
02:31righteousness in the eyes of God. Let me be clear. God is not impressed with diplomacy. He is not
02:37moved by resolutions passed in Congress. His concern is with righteousness, justice, and the exaltation
02:44of His Son. Psalm 2 gives us the divine perspective. Why do the nations rage and the people's plot in vain?
02:51The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and
02:56against His anointed. This includes every nation that does not submit to Christ, including Israel,
03:01including America. We must stop romanticizing the idea that Israel is spiritually favored simply
03:08because of her historical lineage. The temple is gone. The priesthood is abolished. A sacrificial system
03:15is fulfilled. The veil was torn. Christ is the true Israel, the true seed of Abraham. And those who are
03:22united to Him by faith are the recipients of the promises. The tragic reality is this. Modern Israel
03:29rejects Jesus Christ. They deny the Messiah. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?
03:36This is the Antichrist, says 1 John 2, 22. These are not my words. This is the inspired Word of God.
03:44So how can we say that God is for any nation that denies His Son? Now I'm not suggesting we hate Israel.
03:50Not at all. We are to love all people, including the Jewish people. We are to pray for the salvation of
03:56Israel, as Paul did in Romans 10. One, we are to preach the gospel to them. But do not confuse
04:03evangelical love with unbiblical allegiance. Do not confuse the Great Commission with blind nationalism.
04:10Jesus Himself said in Matthew 23, 37, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and
04:16stones those who are sent to it. Christ wept over Jerusalem. But He also pronounced judgment on it.
04:23Why? Because they rejected Him. And He said in Matthew 21, 43, The kingdom of God will be taken
04:30away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. That people is the church, Jew and Gentile,
04:36one in Christ. The wall of hostility is broken. There is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free,
04:43male nor female. For all are one in Christ Jesus, Galatians 3, 28. So when you hear popular preachers
04:51or politicians telling you that God is obligated to bless America because we bless Israel, open your
04:56Bible. Be a bearer. See if these things are so. And you'll find that what God is truly looking for is
05:03not pro-Israel policies, but repentant hearts, obedient faith in the exaltation of His Son. God has one chosen
05:11people, and that people are those who have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.
05:17His promises are not national. They are redemptive. They are fulfilled in Christ, and they are received
05:24by faith. The covenant of God has always been grounded in His sovereign purposes, centered ultimately
05:30in His Son, Jesus Christ, and extended to those who are united to Him by faith. When we examine the full
05:37testimony of Scripture, it becomes abundantly clear that God's covenant is not with geopolitical
05:43entities or ethnic groups based on bloodline alone. It is a spiritual covenant that transcends nationality,
05:50culture, and borders. To understand this properly, we must begin with the Abraham covenant in Genesis 12,
05:57where God calls Abraham and promises to make of him a great nation to bless him,
06:02and to bless all the families of the earth through him. This promise is foundational, but its fulfillment
06:08is not in the nation-state of Israel alone, nor in its modern political reincarnation. Rather, the New
06:16Testament provides the Spirit-inspired interpretation of those promises, making clear that the true fulfillment
06:22is in Jesus Christ. Paul, under divine inspiration, writes in Galatians 3, 16,
06:29now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, and to offspring,
06:34referring to many, but referring to one, and to your offspring, who is Christ. That verse alone
06:40reorients how we must view the Abraham promise. It is not to ethnic Israel in perpetuity, but to Christ
06:47as the singular fulfillment, and all who are in Him receive the blessings of that covenant. Galatians 3 goes
06:54on to say in verse 29, and if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to
07:00promise. This is revolutionary for anyone who believes that God's covenant, our blessings are
07:05still tied to national Israel. The covenant has always been forward-looking, pointing to Christ,
07:12and those who are joined to Him through faith, regardless of nationality, are the heirs. Romans 9 provides
07:19further clarification. Paul anticipates the confusion of his readers who might assume that all ethnic
07:25Israelite are automatically part of God's covenant people. In verses 6, 8, he writes,
07:31not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because
07:37they are his offspring. It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God,
07:43but the children of the promise. This distinction between the physical and the spiritual
07:48is absolutely critical. Being born into a particular lineage does not guarantee covenant all inclusion.
07:55Only those whom God has chosen and called through Christ are truly His people. When Jesus confronted
08:01the Jewish leaders in John 8, they appealed to their physical descent from Abraham as their assurance.
08:07Jesus dismantled that false security by saying, if you were Abraham's children, you would be doing
08:13the works Abraham did. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father
08:18and your father's desires. Jesus made it unmistakably clear. Heritage means nothing if it is not
08:24accompanied by faith and obedience to the truth. The covenant is not inherited through genetics,
08:29but through faith in the promised seed, Christ. The church then, composed of Jews and Gentiles who have
08:35trusted in Christ, is the true Israel of God. In Ephesians 2, Paul describes how Christ has broken down the
08:43dividing wall between Jew and Gentile, creating one new man in place of the two. There are no longer
08:49strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
08:54This reality is not symbolic. It is theological truth with eternal implications. The people of God are
09:00no longer defined by their ethnicity, but by their union with Jesus. The idea that the modern nation-state
09:07of Israel is still the center of God's covenantal focus is a misreading of Scripture that results in
09:13confusion and misplaced allegiance. The focus of God's redemptive plan is the cross, and the people
09:20of the cross are those who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Christ Himself is the cornerstone,
09:25and those who reject Him, whether Jew or Gentile, are outside of the covenant. I did covenant. God's
09:31covenant is not elastic. It is not something that changes based on modern political alliances,
09:36or prophetic speculation. It is fixed in His eternal purposes in Christ. In Philippians 3,
09:443, Paul says, for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ
09:49Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. He is speaking to Gentile believers and affirming that
09:55they are the true covenant people, not because of ritual or ethnicity, but because they are in Christ.
10:00This is not replacement theology, as some have falsely charged. This is fulfillment theology.
10:07Christ is the fulfillment of every covenant, every promise, every shadow in the Old Testament.
10:12The temple, the sacrifices, the priesthood, all of it points to Him. To go back to the old system,
10:18to insist that God still operates according to bloodline, is to misunderstand the very purpose
10:23of redemptive history. Even in the Old Testament, God made clear that He was not bound to physical Israel
10:29in a superficial way, in a superficial way. In Deuteronomy 10, 16, God commanded,
10:36A circumcised, therefore, the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. The emphasis was
10:41never on outward rituals or national identity, but on the inward transformation of the heart.
10:47The true people of God have always been those who love Him, trust Him, and obey Him. National Israel was called
10:54to be a light to the nations, a vessel through which the Messiah would come. But the coming of
10:59the Messiah changed everything. With the arrival of Jesus, the types and shadows found their fulfillment.
11:05The veil was torn. The dividing wall was removed. The mystery hidden for ages was revealed. Then in
11:12Christ, the Gentiles are fellow heirs. So when we speak of God's covenant, we must speak carefully.
11:18It is not with America. It is not with political Israel. It is with Christ. He is the beloved Son,
11:25and all of God's promises find their yes and amen. And to be in Christ is to be in the covenant.
11:31To be outside of Christ is to be under judgment, regardless of one's national heritage or historical
11:37significance. There is a pervasive misconception among many believers today that the biblical
11:43Israel of the Old and New Testaments is the same as the modern political nation-state of Israel
11:49established in 1948. This conflation is not only historically and theologically and theologically
11:55inaccurate, but it also leads to deeply flawed understandings of Scripture, prophecy, and God's
12:02covenant purposes. The Israel of the Bible was a theocratic nation established by God under the
12:08old covenant. It was governed by divine law, centered around the temple, the priesthood, the sacrifices,
12:15and ultimately the anticipation of the coming Messiah. Every aspect of biblical Israel's existence
12:20was directly ordained by God for redemptive purposes. However, the Israel that exists today as a
12:26political state is a secular entity formed through historical circumstances and governed not by the
12:32law of Moses or faith in Christ, but by modern democracy, military policy, and nationalism. These
12:40two Israels, biblical and modern, are not the same and should not be treated as such in the context of
12:46theology or eschatology. The biblical Israel was defined not just by its land or its lineage,
12:52but by its covenantal relationship with Yahweh. God chose the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
12:59not because they were numerous or righteous, but because of His sovereign grace. This people was called
13:05to be holy, distinct, and set apart from the nations, to reflect the glory of God and to carry His name
13:11among the earth. The laws of God governed every part of their national and religious life, and their identity
13:18was inseparably tied to their covenant obedience. When Israel disobeyed, God brought judgment. When they
13:25repented, He showed mercy. This covenant relationship defined biblical Israel. It was not merely a
13:31people with a land. It was a people with a divine mission under divine rule. Modern Israel, by contrast,
13:38was founded as a political refuge after the horrors of the Holocaust, a geopolitical solution to centuries
13:45of Jewish persecution and a strategic decision among world powers in the mid-20th century. Its legitimacy as
13:52a nation may be respected in terms of international law and sovereignty, but its existence is not a
13:58fulfillment of biblical prophecy in the way many evangelicals assume. The establishment of a national
14:04homeland for the Jewish people is not the same as the restoration of biblical Israel under God's covenant.
14:10The modern Israeli government does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Messiah, nor does it operate
14:16under biblical law. In fact, evangelism is often restricted in Israel, and Christian missionaries
14:23are routinely harassed or banned. This is hardly a theocracy. It is a democratic, pluralistic, secular state,
14:30just like any other nation. What makes this even more critical is that Scripture itself anticipates the
14:36end of the old covenant and the rise of something greater. When Jesus came, He fulfilled the law and
14:42the prophets. He inaugurated a new covenant, not just for the Jews, but for all who would believe
14:48Jew and Gentile alike. Hebrews 8.13 says, in speaking of a new covenant, He makes the first one obsolete,
14:56and what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. That means that the old covenant
15:02system, including the nation of Israel as its vehicle, was temporary and typological.
15:08It pointed forward to Christ. Once Christ came, the shadows gave way to substance. The temple was no
15:14longer needed. The sacrifices were no longer needed. The priesthood was no longer needed. All of these
15:20found their fulfillment in Jesus. This is why the New Testament authors consistently teach that the people
15:27of God are now defined, not by ethnicity, but by faith. Romans 2.28.29 says, But for no one is a Jew
15:35who is merely one outwardly. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart,
15:41by the Spirit, not by the letter. The true Israel, according to the Spirit of God, is the church made up
15:47of those who are born again, whether Jew or Gentile. Galatians 16 refers to the church as the Israel of God,
15:55emphasizing that the spiritual people of God are those who belong to Christ. The distinctions that
16:00once defined biblical Israel have been transcended by the cross. Ethnicity no longer defines covenant
16:06inclusion. Faith does. Despite this, many Christians today are looking to modern Israel as though it
16:14holds the key to end-time prophecy or spiritual significance apart from Christ. They look at the borders
16:21of the land, the wars fought, and the political alliances formed. And they interpret these through
16:27the lens of the Old Testament, failing to recognize that the Old has passed away and the New has come.
16:33This leads to a kind of misplaced zeal, where American evangelicals pour their support into a
16:39nation that has rejected the very Messiah they claim to follow, and often elevate that support to
16:45the level of spiritual obedience. This is not how the apostles taught us to think.
16:51The early church, composed largely of Jewish believers, understood that the true temple was
16:56Christ, that the true priesthood was in Him, and that the true promised land was not a piece of earth
17:02in the Middle East, but the Kingdom of God. Furthermore, modern Israel, like every other nation on earth,
17:08is under the sovereign rule of God and is accountable to Him. National Israel today is not exempt from
17:14judgment, simply because of its history or heritage. God does not show partiality. Nations that rebel
17:22against Him will face His wrath, regardless of their lineage. And any nation, including Israel,
17:28that denies Christ stands condemned unless it repents and believes the gospel. Jesus Himself said in
17:34Matthew 21, 43, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its
17:40fruits. That people is the church. The vineyard has been entrusted to another steward, not based on
17:47bloodline, but based on faithfulness. So while we may acknowledge the historical and political realities
17:54of modern Israel, we must never confuse them with the redemptive purposes of God in Christ. We must be
18:00careful not to assign spiritual significance to what God has not sanctioned under the new covenant.
18:07The church must discern the difference between biblical Israel, ordained by God for a season of
18:13redemptive history, and the modern state of Israel which functions as any other secular nation on the
18:18world stage. One of the most common errors in contemporary Christian thinking is the assumption that
18:25political or national support for modern Israel equates to spiritual obedience to
18:30God. This error is widespread in evangelical circles, where a popular but unbiblical narrative
18:37has been promoted that if a nation blesses Israel, particularly the modern political state of Israel,
18:43it will receive God's blessing in return. This interpretation is largely based on a misapplication
18:50of Genesis 12, 3, where God tells Abraham, I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you,
18:56I will curse. However, to understand that verse properly, we must read it in its original covenantal
19:03context and through the lens of the New Testament, which reveals the true offspring of Abraham as
19:09Christ and those who belong to him by faith. The blessing promised to Abraham was never a blank check
19:15for future nations to receive divine favor based on foreign policy decision. It was a covenantal promise
19:22tied directly to Abraham's faith and obedience, and ultimately fulfilled in Christ, the seed through
19:28whom all nations of the earth would be blessed. Galatians 3, 16 clearly says, and now the promises
19:34were made to Abraham and to his offspring. Who is Christ? That means the blessing is not transferred by
19:41ethnicity or nationality, but by union with Christ. To bless Israel in the biblical sense is to honor the
19:48redemptive work of Christ and to support the people of God as defined by faith in him. When the modern
19:54evangelical movement confuses this, it results in a dangerous theology that associates spiritual virtue
20:01with political alignment. Supporting the modern state of Israel as a political ally may be a strategic
20:08or diplomatic decision, but it does not carry automatic spiritual approval from heaven. God is not impressed by
20:15international treaties or military alliances. His concern is for righteousness, justice, and truth.
20:22The Scriptures are clear. Obedience to God begins with submission to His Son,
20:28and any support for a people or nation that rejects Jesus Christ is not equivalent to blessing in God's eyes.
20:34Jesus Himself confronted this in His earthly ministry. In Luke 13, 34, He wept over Jerusalem and said,
20:41O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it.
20:48He grieved over the spiritual blindness of Israel because they had rejected the Messiah.
20:53In John 5, 23, Jesus said, Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
21:00That is a definitive statement. Any nation, people, or government that does not honor Christ cannot claim
21:05God's favor. This applies to Israel, America, or any other country. Support for Israel, apart from
21:13submission to Christ, is not spiritual obedience. It is political ideology at best. Romans 11 provides a
21:21profound explanation of the relationship between Israel and the church, between the natural branches
21:26and the grafton, in branches. Paul warns Gentile believers not to become arrogant, recognizing that
21:33salvation is by grace alone. But he also makes it clear that ethnic Israel has been partially hardened,
21:40and that salvation will only come through faith in Christ. Paul's desire is that his kinsmen according
21:46to the flesh would be saved, not merely preserved as a political entity. His longing was for their
21:52redemption, not their nationalism. That distinction is essential. The gospel does not elevate any one nation.
21:59He calls all nations to repentance. Furthermore, 1 Peter 2.9 applies the language once used of Israel
22:06directly to the church. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own
22:13possession. The people of God are now defined by faith, not flesh, not flesh. That holy nation is not
22:20confined to one geographical area or ethnicity. It includes people from every tribe, tongue, and nation who are
22:28united in Christ. To view modern Israel as spiritually privileged apart from the gospel is to ignore
22:34this new covenant reality. The danger in elevating support for Israel to the level of spiritual duty
22:40is that it often results in the neglect of the true mission of the church. Instead of preaching the
22:46gospel to the Jew first and also to the Greek, many Christians settle for political endorsement,
22:52believing that standing with Israel is enough. But Jesus didn't call us to form alliances.
22:58He called us to make disciples. Evangelism, not nationalism, is the calling of the church.
23:04If we truly love the Jewish people, we will preach Christ crucified to them. We will pray for their
23:09repentance and salvation, not simply celebrate their sovereignty as a nation. In fact, placing blind
23:17support for Israel at the center of Christian obedience can become a form of idolatry. It
23:22substitutes a geopolitical identity for the true identity found only in Christ. It replaces the
23:28gospel message with a nationalistic narrative. It misleads believers into thinking they are fulfilling
23:35Scripture by waving a flag rather than proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The Scriptures are clear
23:41that there is no salvation outside of Christ. John 14 6 remains absolute. I am the way and the truth and
23:48the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. That includes every nation and every person.
23:55The biblical call to bless Abraham is fulfilled by embracing and exalting the one who is the true seed
24:00of Abraham. The church as the body of Christ carries that blessing into the world, not by siding with a
24:07modern nation, but by proclaiming the message of the cross. The blessing that the nations are to receive
24:13comes through hearing and believing the gospel. Anything short of that is a misreading of redemptive
24:19history. The danger of confusing spiritual obedience with political alignment is that it turns the attention
24:26of the church away from her Savior and toward worldly structures that cannot save. God is not swayed by borders
24:33or armies. He is swayed by repentance, by faith, and by truth. To bless what God has not blessed or to
24:40declare spiritual approval where there is no submission to Christ is not faithfulness, it is deception.
24:48God judges all nations by a singular standard. Their response to His Son, Jesus Christ, whether it be
24:55ancient Babylon, Rome, Israel, or modern nations such as the United States, or the State of Israel, the
25:02judgment of God is impartial and unwavering. He does not measure righteousness by heritage, tradition,
25:08history, or national alliance. His measure is faithfulness to the truth, submission to His Word,
25:14and reverence for His Son. No nation, regardless of its past covenantal role or its perceived proximity
25:20to biblical events, receives a free pass when it comes to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The gospel is
25:28the dividing line of history and eternity. All who reject Christ, whether individuals or entire peoples,
25:34fall under the condemnation of a holy and just God. Throughout the Old Testament, we see how God dealt
25:40with Israel when it rebelled. Despite being His chosen people recipients of the law, the prophets,
25:47and the temple worship, they were not exempt from His wrath. When they forsook the covenant,
25:52He raised up enemies against them. He exiled them. He tore down their temple. He
25:58sent prophets to call them back. And when they refused to listen, He acted with divine judgment.
26:04That history is a sobering reminder that God does not tolerate rebellion,
26:08even from a nation He once called His own. The idea that modern Israel can now operate in unbelief
26:15while still enjoying divine favor is inconsistent with the pattern of Scripture. Jesus' own words
26:21confirmed this truth. In Matthew 23, 37, 39, He laments over Jerusalem,
26:28Be Jerusalem, Jerusalem the city that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to it.
26:33Your house is left to you desolate. These were not the words of a national hero. They were the words of
26:39the judge. Christ, who had come as the fulfillment of every promise given to Israel, was rejected by the
26:45very people who claimed to be waiting for the Messiah. Their rejection of Him brought judgment upon them.
26:53In Matthew 24, Jesus foretold the destruction of the temple, a prophecy fulfilled in 70 AD,
27:00when the Roman armies crushed Jerusalem. This was not just a historical tragedy. It was a theological
27:06statement. The old system had passed away. The covenant had been broken. And God was no longer
27:12dwelling in temples made with hands, but in the hearts of those who trust in Christ. This judgment
27:18principle is not limited to Israel. In Acts 17, 30, 31, Paul declares to the philosophers in Athens,
27:26the times of ignorance God overlooked. But now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
27:32because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has
27:37appointed. That man is Jesus Christ. The call to repentance is global. The standard of judgment is
27:44not the law of Moses, nor the customs of any nation, but the gospel of Jesus Christ. Those who receive him
27:50will be saved. Those who reject him will perish. Nationality is irrelevant. Religious heritage is
27:56powerless. Only faith in Christ matters. Romans 2 reinforces this with piercing clarity. Paul writes,
28:05God shows no partiality, for all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law.
28:10And all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. Then he adds,
28:15it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law. And what is
28:21the law now fulfilled in Christ? It is to believe in the one He has sent. The moral advantage once held
28:28by Israel under the old covenant no longer applies in the new. The wall of separation has come down.
28:34The message of salvation has gone out to all nations, and the dividing line is clear.
28:39What will you do with Christ? This truth is profoundly offensive to human pride, particularly national
28:44pride. Whether it is an American evangelical assuming God's blessing on their country,
28:50or a Zionist believer assuming divine favor upon Israel, the pride of association must die.
28:57God is not a nationalist. He is not impressed by military strength or cultural dominance.
29:03Psalm 33, 12 says, a blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, not the nation with the best
29:09alliances or the richest history, but the nation who bows to the Lord. That principle applies
29:14universally. When nations exalt Christ, God honors them. When they reject Him, judgment follows.
29:20The prophet spoke of this repeatedly. In Isaiah 1, God rebukes Israel's religious hypocrisy,
29:29saying that He hates their feasts and sacrifices because their hearts are far from Him. He pleads
29:33with them to return, not to ceremony, but to righteousness. That plea still stands,
29:40not just for Israel, but for every nation. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach
29:46to any people. And the chief sin is to spurn the Son of God. Modern Israel, despite its ancestral roots,
29:52is not exempt from this standard. In many cases, it has become hardened to the gospel. Missionary
29:59activity is often opposed. The name of Jesus is frequently blasphemed. Evangelical Christians are
30:05sometimes unwelcome. And yet many still insist that this nation is uniquely favored. That notion is
30:11this sentiment, not Scripture. If Israel remains in unbelief, it remains under judgment. The same is
30:17true of America. The same is true of every nation on earth. Revelation paints a global picture of
30:23judgment, where nations gather in rebellion against the Lamb and are destroyed by the sword that comes
30:28from His mouth. This is not symbolic nationalism. It is the cosmic reign of Christ who rules with absolute
30:35authority. His kingdom is not of this world, but it will conquer every kingdom of this world.
30:41The message is consistent from Genesis to Revelation. Obedience brings blessing. Rebellion brings judgment,
30:48and Christ is the hinge upon which it all turns. To support any nation, while ignoring their rejection
30:55of Christ, is to misunderstand the character of God. He does not grant immunity to unbelief.
31:02His love is holy, His mercy is righteous, and His justice is perfect. The church must recover this
31:08understanding if it is to speak truth to the world. The time has come for judgment to begin at the
31:13household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel
31:19of God? The true heirs of Abraham are those who belong to Christ by faith, not by physical bloodline or
31:26national descent. This truth lies at the heart of the gospel and the new covenant. The promises made to Abraham were never
31:33intended to be fulfilled through ethnicity alone, but through the offspring who would come and fulfill
31:38all righteousness. Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, God established a covenant with Abraham, promising
31:46to make him a great nation, to bless him, and to bless all nations through him. While that covenant
31:52began with physical descendants, its ultimate fulfillment was always pointing forward to a spiritual reality.
32:00The New Testament makes it unmistakably clear that being a descendant of Abraham in the flesh does
32:05not make one a child of the promise. Paul's letter to the Galatians is one of the most decisive teachings
32:11on this subject. In Galatians 3, 7, Paul writes, "'And know then that it is those of faith who are the
32:18sons of Abraham.'" This statement is revolutionary, especially when considering the deep cultural and
32:24religious pride many Jews had in their lineage. Paul doesn't leave it there. He continues in verse 9,
32:31"'So then those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.'" And then in verse 29,
32:37he writes, "'And if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.'"
32:43These words dismantle the idea that heritage or bloodline secures a person's inclusion in the
32:49covenant blessings of God. The true heirs are not determined by DNA, but by faith.
32:55This truth is reinforced again in Romans 4, where Paul explains that Abraham was justified by faith
33:02before he was circumcised, so that he could be the father of all who believe, whether Jew or Gentile.
33:08In verses 13 and 14, he writes, "'For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir
33:14of the world did not come through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is
33:19the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. The inheritance
33:26is not passed through the Mosaic law, nor through national identity, but through belief in the same God
33:32who justifies the ungodly. The children of the flesh are not automatically the children of God.
33:38This is an essential truth that runs through the core of redemptive history."
33:43In Romans 9, Paul goes even deeper into this theme. He makes a startling and sobering
33:48clarification in verse 6, "'And not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.'
33:54Then he continues in verse 8, "'It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God,
33:59but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.' In other words, the true Israel,
34:05the spiritual Israel is made up of those whom God has called, regardless of ethnicity." This is not a
34:11denial of God's past covenantal dealings with ethnic Israel. Rather, it is an explanation of how those
34:18covenants find their fulfillment in Christ, and how the blessings now extend to all who are in Him.
34:25Jesus Himself confronted the mistaken confidence that some had in their physical descent from Abraham.
34:30In John 8, the Jewish leaders told Jesus, "'Sabraham is our father,' to which Jesus responded,
34:37"'If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but you seek to kill me.'
34:44You are of your father the devil." Their ethnic lineage did not save them. Their failure to believe in
34:50Christ revealed that they were not truly of Abraham in the spiritual sense. True children of Abraham
34:56believe God's promises, and those promises are fulfilled in Christ alone. The new covenant
35:02redefines the people of God around Christ, not around the nation of Israel. The church is now the
35:08people of God, not as a replacement, but as the fulfillment. Ephesians 2 explains that Christ has broken
35:15down the wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, creating one new man in place of the two. The unity of the
35:22church in Christ is not symbolic. It is the true fulfillment of God's covenantal plan. The church
35:29is not a detour in God's plan. It is the very thing the Old Testament saints longed to see. Hebrews 11
35:36tells us that Abraham himself was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and
35:42builder is God. That city is not national Israel. It is the heavenly Jerusalem, the gathering of the
35:48redeemed from every tribe, tongue, and nation who are found in Christ. Philippians 3 puts the final
35:54stamp on this reality. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God in glory in Christ
36:01Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh. Paul is writing to Gentile believers, and he declares that
36:07they are the true circumcision. That is, they are the true covenant people, not by physical operation,
36:14not by national association, but by spiritual regeneration. The confidence must be in Christ
36:21alone. The entire New Testament presses this point repeatedly and without ambiguity. God is one people,
36:29those who are in Christ. There is one body, one spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God
36:35and Father of all. The emphasis on being in Christ is the thread that unites all believers as heirs of the
36:42promise. To be united with Christ is to be united with the fulfillment of every covenant God has made.
36:47In Him we become the righteousness of God. In Him we receive the inheritance that was promised to Abraham.
36:55In Him we are seated in heavenly places. The blessings are not territorial, they are spiritual.
37:01The land, the temple, the sacrifices, all were shadows that pointed to Jesus. Now that He has come,
37:07the reality has been revealed, and those who are joined to Him by faith
37:10are the true people of God. Whether Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female, we are all one in
37:17Christ Jesus. That is the heart of the gospel. That is the fulfillment of the promise. That is the
37:23definition of the true heirs of Abraham. They are the true heirs, the true heirs, the true heirs,
37:34the true heirs, the true heirs of Abraham.
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