Israel is the Proof of the Love of Almighty God for the People and the Land.

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Mar 6, 2008 at 12:51

In this discussion and elsewhere, we find one of the more devoted examples of a follower of Islam, irrespective of his dialect/native tongue in understanding the Quran. By this observation his loyalty is beyond rhetoric or semantics, being ensconced deeply from years of apparently following an educational process long in the making. Should those of a differing opinion seek to shake or detract such a devoted individual from his heart felt attachment to his beliefs, or, as it is written in the Holy Scriptures of the faith that he opposes, should we not let what is written, fulfilled and revealed by the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob be its own witness, by the power of the Holy Spirit. In this opinion, once the Gospel is presented, let it be the latter.

The argument of which is Eternal and which came later, thereby being temporal, cannot be made outside of faith.

The argument of which has the power to exact fulfillment of prophetic promises can only be seen in such fulfillments, one of the more visible ones being the restoration of the Jewish people to the land promised to Abraham by His True LORD. That fulfillment is still unfolding, from the time of Allenby's entry into Jerusalem to current times, and is continuing as we see the powers of darkness named in the Holy Scriptures coming together against Israel as prophesied, preparing and being prepared according to the Word of the LORD.

The argument of which is greater, He that is in us, or he that is in the world, is never resolved in contention, but only in submission to the power of the Holy Spirit as promised by Yeshua HaMashiach, the Anointed Holy One of Israel, the Son of David.

The argument caused by contention over the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Yeshua HaMashiach is only resolved in recognizing the personal need of reconciliation in any individual who has looked internally at personal sin and wants it forgiven. Once that need is recognized, and further acceptance of Yeshua's death in the cross as payment for that sin, (of which the next remembrance is shortly upon us), then there is no argument, for the peace of His love in-fills the believer at the moment the name is written in the Book of Life.

True followers of Yeshua HaMashiach need never argue their faith, only to witness the Gospel and let the Holy Spirit intercede as Almighty God, the Father, directs him. It is in the failure to submit to the will of the true Eternal Sovereign that we see Christianity's weakened following in the first millennium to present a pure Gospel, due to misguided empire building centered on Jerusalem, and it is the principle reason for Islam's ability to counter Christianity, easily over running a faithless Judaism as well. Jerusalem, (for those supporters of an international city) was never intended to be the capital of a non-Jewish Christian empire, JUST AS IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE NOW!

In the final analysis, there is no argument that can be presented to someone who does not feel the need for personal change, to gain a peace that needs no fighting for. If one does not desire to accept Yeshua HaMashiach in a personal way, then the witness of the Gospel will remain open until such time that it can no longer be accepted. Only the individual who resisted the Holy Spirit in His work will bear the responsibility for the refusal. In refusing, any person can make any other attachment to try and meet the spiritual need, such as the Islamic Prophet did; for we know from the record the Islamic Prophet did know of Yeshua HaMashiach and refused Him. The consequences fall to the person that refuses.

Our visible proof of the superiority of faith in Yeshua HaMashiach lies in the land of Israel, where every mark of the continuing fulfillment of the prophecies of the Israeli people and their land is plain and open to see. But it is only in faith that it can been seen that the LORD Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is working still in hearts of those who believe, and there is no need for argument to have the peace that only Yeshua HaMashiach can bring in His love.

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