What are the REAL weapons of warfare for Israel

[PATrobas]

Reminders –Weapons of Warfare

            There is a war going on in Israel. Hamas is attacking from Gaza in the Southwest. Hezbollah is starting to attack from Lebanon and Syria in the North. An all-out Jihad war is being threatened by Iran in the East. Israel is surrounded by her enemies. From a human perspective, Israel cannot survive. Her enemies are too numerous, her army too small. The threat of Israel being wiped off the face of the earth is imminent except for one thing. The Jews are God’s chosen people and are known as the apple of His eye. God has made many promises to Israel, among which are: Restoration to the land He originally gave to Abram. Salvation from their sins through the Messiah (Jesus.) And glorification among the nations of the earth when King Jesus sits on His throne in Jerusalem. These promises will be fulfilled and cannot be broken. But not because Israel has done right in God’s eyes. They have not. In fact, they have rejected the Messiah that God provided them and have been blinded “…until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in (at the rapture of the Church.) And so [then] all Israel shall be saved”  (at the end of the Great Tribulation and the start of the thousand-year reign of Jesus.) ^{Romans 11:25-26} Israel will be delivered and be victorious because it pleases God to do so. A couple of promises God made around 850BC when Israel was being invaded can still be applied today, “Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Standstill, and see the salvation of the LORD.” ^{2 Chronicles 20:15-17} “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD.” ^{Zechariah 4:6} Guess who wins.

            In another instance, God pared Gideon’s army down to three hundred from thirty-two thousand so that Israel couldn’t say “My own hand has saved me.” ^{Judges 7:2} For it was God who defeated Israel’s enemies. Likewise, the war in Israel today is a spiritual battle, and will be won by the same power of God. Our duty is to stand with Israel in the battlefield of prayer. “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” ^{2 Corinthians 10:3-4} We are to pray for God’s righteous judgement. For Him to hasten the fulfillment of His promises to Israel. For His protection from their enemies, especially their chief enemy, Satan. For the Christians in Israel to have a good witness of Jesus, their Messiah.  And “…for the peace of Jerusalem.” ^{Psalm 122:6}

            Final Thoughts: Our goal is not to see Israel win a physical war. It is to see the salvation of those who are lost and headed to hell without Jesus. Paul told Timothy, “No man that is engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.” ^{2 Timothy 2:4} Let’s not get entangled in the world’s affairs, fighting with the world’s weapons. “Let the dead bury the dead.” ^{Luke 9:60} Instead, let’s be about God’s business of prayer, and the sharing of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for eternal life. ^(PH)

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4 hours ago, PATrobas said:

Reminders –Weapons of Warfare

            There is a war going on in Israel. Hamas is attacking from Gaza in the Southwest. Hezbollah is starting to attack from Lebanon and Syria in the North. An all-out Jihad war is being threatened by Iran in the East. Israel is surrounded by her enemies. From a human perspective, Israel cannot survive. Her enemies are too numerous, her army too small. The threat of Israel being wiped off the face of the earth is imminent except for one thing. The Jews are God’s chosen people and are known as the apple of His eye. God has made many promises to Israel, among which are: Restoration to the land He originally gave to Abram. Salvation from their sins through the Messiah (Jesus.) And glorification among the nations of the earth when King Jesus sits on His throne in Jerusalem. These promises will be fulfilled and cannot be broken. But not because Israel has done right in God’s eyes. They have not. In fact, they have rejected the Messiah that God provided them and have been blinded “…until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in (at the rapture of the Church.) And so [then] all Israel shall be saved”  (at the end of the Great Tribulation and the start of the thousand-year reign of Jesus.) ^{Romans 11:25-26} Israel will be delivered and be victorious because it pleases God to do so. A couple of promises God made around 850BC when Israel was being invaded can still be applied today, “Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Standstill, and see the salvation of the LORD.” ^{2 Chronicles 20:15-17} “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD.” ^{Zechariah 4:6} Guess who wins.

 

            In another instance, God pared Gideon’s army down to three hundred from thirty-two thousand so that Israel couldn’t say “My own hand has saved me.” ^{Judges 7:2} For it was God who defeated Israel’s enemies. Likewise, the war in Israel today is a spiritual battle, and will be won by the same power of God. Our duty is to stand with Israel in the battlefield of prayer. “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” ^{2 Corinthians 10:3-4} We are to pray for God’s righteous judgement. For Him to hasten the fulfillment of His promises to Israel. For His protection from their enemies, especially their chief enemy, Satan. For the Christians in Israel to have a good witness of Jesus, their Messiah.  And “…for the peace of Jerusalem.” ^{Psalm 122:6}

            Final Thoughts: Our goal is not to see Israel win a physical war. It is to see the salvation of those who are lost and headed to hell without Jesus. Paul told Timothy, “No man that is engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.” ^{2 Timothy 2:4} Let’s not get entangled in the world’s affairs, fighting with the world’s weapons. “Let the dead bury the dead.” ^{Luke 9:60} Instead, let’s be about God’s business of prayer, and the sharing of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for eternal life. ^(PH)

 

Nice posting. When Israel sought God they were invincible. When they forsook Him they became a by-word. Let us, who are engaged in a spiritual war, apply the same principle.