Should Christians support the nation of Israel?

[Garland-Green]

Christians should definitely support the nation of Israel. We must remember that Israel, the nation, is very special to God. We read in Deuteronomy 7:6-8 these words: "For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt."

God's eternal purpose is to bless the world through Israel. Already He has done so in measure, for "salvation is from the Jews" (John 4:22), but the fullness of future blessing is indicated in the wondrous promise of Isaiah 27:6: "In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit."

The declaration that "salvation is from the Jews” suggests our immeasurable debt to Israel. All that we have worth having has come to us through the Jews. Our Bible is a Jewish Book, and our Savior is a Jewish Savior. Let us never forget to pray for God's chosen people. It is true that Israel, today, is in the place of rejection. The nation is a secular, unbelieving (as to the claims of Scripture and their Messiah, Jesus Christ) nation; but "…at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace" (Romans 11:5). Some Jews are being saved and are becoming members of the body of Christ through faith in their Messiah.

Jews are, biblically speaking, the "chosen people of God" and dearly loved by Him. Another reason for Christians to support the nation of Israel is because of the Abrahamic Covenant. We read of God’s promise in Genesis 12:2-3, "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you" (see also Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9).

One of the United States’ most worthwhile accomplishments has been its consistent regard for the plight of the Jewish nation. No nation in the history of the world has a better record of treating individual Jews with respect than does America. The same can be said for our befriending Israel as a nation. America has committed many sins for which we may well deserve judgment, but as a nation, we have been a consistent friend of the Jews and the nation of Israel, as well as a benefactor. In 1948, President Harry Truman helped persuade the United Nations to recognize Israel as a nation. Since then, the United States has contributed billions of dollars in aid to Israel.

From the biblical declarations of God's love and care for His chosen people, the nation of Israel, and from the history of nations being destroyed because of their evil dealings with God's chosen people, the Jews, Christian believers should give support to the chosen people of God. This is not to say that we support necessarily the methods they use in their relationships with the Arab nations. The Bible warned that conflict would always characterize the relations between the descendents of Isaac and Ishmael. Sadly, this conflict will continue until Jesus comes back to judge the nations and sets up His 1,000-year reign of peace on earth. We must look at the "big picture” with a biblical worldview. While we do not have to support everything Israel does as a nation, we most definitely should support Israel’s right to exist. God will fulfill His promises and covenants with Israel. God still has a plan for Israel. Woe to anyone who seeks to defeat that plan; “whoever curses you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3).

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[Arkenova]

Amen to that.

Noting that Israel is in conflicts with it's Arab neighbors, we should care for them because if we didn't, terrible things are going to happen to us.

I know this will touch base with politics to an extent, but hear me out. The current president of our country is not doing his job right with foreign policy especially with Israel. He's letting that country continued to be harmed and that is scary news, so I have made it daily to be sure to pray for the sake of their country because Israel is God's country since it brought the bout for Christianity's roots in the first place.  

[Garland-Green]

Arkenova

Amen to that.

Noting that Israel is in conflicts with it's Arab neighbors, we should care for them because if we didn't, terrible things are going to happen to us.

I know this will touch base with politics to an extent, but hear me out. The current president of our country is not doing his job right with foreign policy especially with Israel. He's letting that country continued to be harmed and that is scary news, so I have made it daily to be sure to pray for the sake of their country because Israel is God's country since it brought the bout for Christianity's roots in the first place.

You are absolutely right! God did say;

Book of Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 1-3, we see what God says about His response to how people treat Israel:

"And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed."


Zechariah 12:1-5: This is the word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the Lord. "I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.'  

[Garland-Green]

Exodus 32:12-14
Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.'"
Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

Quote:

'It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'?

I will ask a few questions for those who believe God is done with Israel, and that all the blessing Israel had are taken from her and given to us: Why would God do so much for Israel just to discard it in the end? If God foreknew why go to the trouble he did with Israel? How come it is mentioned in the old testament that Jesus would be rejected and crucified if it was not part of the plan? If God knew there would be a rejection of Jesus of the Jews wouldn't he already have a plan to re-incorporate them? Why does Paul in Romans 11 say: ALL of Israel will be saved if it is not part of the plan?

Are Israel and the church the same thing? Does God still have a plan for Israel?