Jesus vs. Israel
And it has been going on now for 2,000 years.
Jesus offered Himself to His people.
His people rejected Him.
Knowing they would, the Lord condemned them in many ways, from ensuring the destruction of their beloved Temple to Jesus embracing and miraculously changing the pagan Roman empire, making it His own.
Jesus warned His people of the consequences of their actions:
“And when He had entered into Capharnaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying, ‘Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented.’ And Jesus saith to him: ‘I will come and heal him.’ And the centurion making answer, said: ‘Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed! For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, “Go,” and he goeth; and to another, “Come,” and he cometh, and to my servant, “Do this,” and he doeth it.’ And Jesus hearing this, marveled; and said to them that followed Him: ‘Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel. And I say to you that many shall come from the East and the West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven: but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth’ ” Matthew 8:5-12.
We know from our mail that we have many Jewish readers, whom we do love and ask God’s blessings upon them. But if they need any further evidence of the Truth of what Jesus has spoken, all they need do is look at their history since the Crucifixion of their Messiah!
While no one can speak of the fate of the individual souls who have died since the time Jesus walked the Earth — for all can receive God’s Mercy at His discretion — is it not obvious that the nation of Israel, until the 20th Century, had been “cast out into the exterior darkness”?
As the nation of Israel dealt with the various governments it lived under as punishment for the rejection of its Messiah (wow, imagine what the ADL would say about us!), was there not “weeping and gnashing of teeth”?
This prophecy of the Lord was in the knowledge of what Israel would do to Him.
And we don’t care what the ADL or any other Jewish organization has to say about this: while every sinner put Jesus on the Cross and the Romans nailed Him to it, it was the REJECTION by and REQUEST of Israel’s religious leaders to the Roman governor, while they enforced a mob mentality, that ensured the Crucifixion of Christ!
As an aside, we also don’t care what the “New Age” Church of ours has to say in this regard; we will stick with the historical, accurate and Spirit-inspired Gospel of John on which we stand upon, take a stand with and stand up for. (Keep ‘sister’ Mary Boys away from us!)
This event, the Crucifixion of Christ, has led to a HARDENING OF HEARTS.
On both sides.
The side of Israel.
And the side of God.
Just as pharaoh hardened his heart against God and the Lord’s servant, Moses, the Israelites of the 1st and 2nd millenniums, as time progressed, did not turn, repent of the error of their ways, and ask Jesus for forgiveness, imploring — in their traumatic exile — the Reign of their true King.
It is not us.
But it is the Lord who has permitted this.
Today, in the 3rd Millennium, He continues to “have not found so great faith in Israel.” As such, Jesus continues to allow “that many shall come from the East and the West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
This, all to the consternation of Israel, a nation, as even the Orthodox rabbis will tell you, is an illegitimate entity because it has not been built with the Hands of its Messiah, but by the hands of men, many of them Jewish freemasons.
Anyone who reads the news can tell that this Truth is apparent as Israel is still — even after such an astounding and outrageously evil event as the Holocaust — vilified by most of the world.
Yet, even as they face the hatred of islam, nazism, communism, or pogrom after pogrom, Israel does not turn to its Messiah.
A Messiah who has ensured the world destroyed their Temple and the “abomination of desolation” stares all in the face as a pagan temple to the “ascension” of the false prophet Mohammed — the “dome of the rock” — stands where once sacrifice was made to atone for the sins of Israel.
A Messiah who ensured the priesthood of Israel was destroyed and the bloodline of Aaron obscured from the record.
A Messiah, who in anger for His treatment, moved His headquarters from Jerusalem to Rome, finally destroying the pagan empire the people of Israel wanted Him to defeat when He walked the Earth. Instead of defeating Rome then — and this angered the Israelites greatly — Jesus told the people to render unto caesar what is caesar’s and unto God what is God’s!
A Messiah who has for 2,000 years — 50 times more than when they left Egypt — allowed Israel to wander in the spiritual desert for their rejection of Him.
A Messiah who has made Israel deaf, dumb and blind to their only way out of the situation they are in: “peace and security”? As it is so eloquently stated, “No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace!”
Israel — whether the ADL, our Church, or any other group wants to recognize it — is truly living the curse of calling down upon themselves the Blood of their Savior.
Our Savior.
And this is where we, as believers in the Lord Jesus, have an obligation that MUST be fulfilled.
It is not an obligation our Church speaks of.
It is not an obligation Israel asks for.
It is not an obligation that the weak, timid or lukewarm will be able to handle.
And for those of our readers whom we love so much and treasure as a blessing from God, be assured that the next statements are not for those who cannot “wrestle with God”!
It is for those who can speak and pray boldly.
Those who understand that Jesus — as True God and True Man — loves to be petitioned; loves to wrestle with His people, and loves to be CHALLENGED!
And so we, who desperately seek the Reign of the Sacred Hearts and know full well that Israel is a complete obstacle to this, lay our proverbial cards on the table before our Lord.
For the more Israel continues its rejection and hardens its heart against our Lord, the more He will continue to harden His Heart and allow them to suffer! And as we read the news, are they not suffering more and more?
It is, as we stated, the proverbial Mexican standoff — even though Israel does NOT have a clue that this is happening.
Why?
Who is it that has made them deaf, dumb and blind?
Is it not the Lord Himself?
Therefore, we propose for those who truly love Christ the King and want His Reign, that we, as substitutes, must take action and petition where the deaf, dumb and blind do not and cannot!
Remember, the Scriptures clearly teach us that Israel will NOT convert until they see Him “cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and they also that pierced Him … and bewail themselves because of Him” Apocalypse 1:7.
As one of our very wise readers pointed out, everything truly is in God’s Hands and God’s timing.
We know this well.
And agree wholeheartedly with the wisdom of this.
But is there not another point?
The “wild card” that the Lord has taught us as well in the Scriptures?
“And unless those day had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened”! Matthew 24:22.
Do we as believers want to take this “wild card” by the proverbial horns?
If the Lord has spoken these words to us, are they not true?
But what is He depending on?
Just His own Hands and timing which are His no matter what?
Or is this the “escape clause” that allows us, as believers, to put our “2 cents in”?
Is it not true that every believer comprehends “prayer changes things”?
And so what should we pray for?
We have, of course, many times spoken of the conversion of Israel and islam, asking all to pray the original Sacred Heart consecration for this (and please continue to do so at the very least on the first Friday of every month; anytime one wants, or on special feast days).
But there is something more profound we can do.
We can CHALLENGE Him!
How?
Simple.
What is our God’s greatest attributes?
Mercy, Love and FORGIVENESS!
How many have asked Him — in substitute for the Jewish people — to FORGIVE ISRAEL its transgressions against Him?
This is NOT for the squeamish, but, again, for those who feel secure in their relationship with Him — for we challenge You, Lord, that You, as True God and True Man, have HARDENED Your Heart, a Heart full of Love and Mercy, against Israel!
And rightfully so.
We understand, Jesus.
It was Israel — not the Romans — who put You on that Cross.
You, O mighty Lord, have a right to be angry with them.
You, O God of the Universe, have a right to reject them as they rejected You!
But, O Savior of mankind, we cannot move forward until one of you makes a move. And who between the two is the bigger?
And, our God, is it not obvious that Israel is too deaf, dumb and blind to be the one to make that move?
You, however, O King of Ages, are the One who has the Power of Mercy, Love and Forgiveness.
So we ask You, O King of All Nations, Creator of mankind, to forgive the sins of the fathers that You have allowed to be visited upon 50 generations of Israelites! (Does this number not correlate to Israel’s ultimate Jubilee Year when the Lord Himself decreed that all debts were to be forgiven?)
We ask You not because we deserve it, nor does Israel deserve it.
We ask it because You are the King of the Universe!
It is Your Glory that the Angels and Heavens declare!
It is Your Glory that Israel should declare!
And it is Your Glory that is being obscured upon Earth because of this fight — this hardening of hearts between You and Israel.
Have You not wrestled enough with Jacob’s inheritance yet, our Lord?
Have You not seen enough suffering of a nation that cannot even rebuild its Temple because You are not a part of it?
Have You not had enough of the “weeping and gnashing of teeth” by Jewish people, who like members of the ADL, scream a false cry of anti-Semitism when they are really nothing but a bunch of antichrists?
We are asking You, Lord, as believers, to end the curse of Your Blood upon the children of Israel.
We are asking You, Lord, to remember the promise of Your blessing to the inheritance of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Let that blessing now, through the Power and Mercy of Your Sacred Heart, overcome that curse!
We are asking You, Lord, to grant Love, Mercy and Forgiveness to the nation of Israel, whether they reside in the Holy Land or throughout this planet.
We are asking You, Lord, not because they deserve it, but because You are a God of Forgiveness.
We ask it for Your honor and Glory! How the Angels and mankind will marvel at Your Mercy when You extend it to Israel!
You have been angry with Israel for two days now, Lord.
For 2,000 years You have allowed them to wander and be vilified.
After allowing You to suffer and taunting You on Your Cross, we, as among those who have received the incredible blessing of Your salvation, ask You to bless those by whose cause of rejection we have been blessed.
Remember, O Lord, it is Your Wisdom, Your plan, Your Blood.
Abate that which keeps Your people from loving You.
Abate that which keeps You from loving Your people.
Remove their blinders and let them now “bewail themselves because of” You that the world might stop suffering from the hardening of these two hearts!
As believers in You, O Lord, we beg, plead and implore that the Mexican standoff between Jesus and Israel be over so that the Reign of the Sacred Hearts might begin!
In Your Love, Mercy and Forgiveness, when will You grant them, O Lord, this blessing, and take off Israel’s blinders! When will You say, “Ephpheta” (“Be Thou opened!” Mark 7:34), open their ears, inspire their minds, and ignite their souls in Love for their Savior?
When will You, O Lord, as the King of All Nations, be the King of Israel?
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