The Just Shall Live By Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, the just shall live by faith. [Romans 1:16-17].

The gospel of Christ is good news!

It’s good news because righteousness comes by faith alone. We do not have to earn it. In fact, we can’t. Jesus already earned it for us. He took our place on the cross so we could start fresh (spiritually born again with a new heart) just as if we had never sinned.

[To make sure we understand what sin is, God gave us His law and a conscience that bothers us when we knowingly disregard His commands. The Ten Commandments tell us very clearly what God expects of us. He commands that we have no other gods, make no images to worship and don’t take His Name in vain. He commanded Israel to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. He requires that we honor our parents. He forbids murdering, adultery, stealing, lying and coveting. And when these commands are publicly displayed people live better. That’s why Satan wants them hidden away.]

When our hearts are renewed we are able to live a righteous life by following His example. We are not instantly perfect in thought and action, but our spirit is perfected in relationship with the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, because we have the become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We are free to choose to do the right thing! And, as we walk in love and spend time in the Word and prayer, we grow in the knowledge of the truth and mature in the likeness of Christ.                                                                                

In sharing the gospel we will see the power of God to salvation. The Word of God spread abroad like good seeds will not fail to produce a crop, by the grace of God. And, those who sow the Word into the lives of others will reap blessings, as Isaiah tells us. Blessed are those who sow beside all waters, who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey [Isaiah 32:20].

The righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, the just shall live by faith. Living by faith is not only an ultimate promise of eternal life, but also the way to live our daily lives in this present world. We also live by faith now. The Holy Spirit brings the Word of God from our hearts into our minds and leads us in the paths of righteousness. As we follow His scripture based promptings by faith and do what is right our Heavenly Father takes care of us and our faith grows. Faith leads to more faith like walking on stepping stones till we safely reach the other side.

The enemy of our souls is busy trying to keep us away from the Holy Bible. He wants us weak. He wants us deceived. He wants us discouraged. He wants us ignorant. He wants us faithless. Frankly, he wants us to go to Hell. And it is not because he wants to spend time with us. It is because he hates God! We are made in God’s image so he hates us too! He covets our relationship with God.

Contrary to some popular Christian videos, Hell is not Satan’s throne room, his party house, or his headquarters. He doesn’t live there now and will not be the ruler of Hell later. He will receive the greatest torment possible because he is the father of sin. He was the first rebel! The first sinner. The first liar. The first murderer. He is the lawless one. Since the beginning of creation he has been the father of all who follow him in rebellion against Yehovah God. And the Word of God tells us how to escape from his destructive influence.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up [James 4:7-10].

This is a good word. Please respond to it. God promises to lift up (exalt) all those who will humble themselves and turn from their wicked (like the devil) ways. Wherever you are, whatever you have done, Jesus is with you and will respond if you call on Him. But time is getting short. The end of the Church Age is near. The signs of the times abound. The world is being shaken as a warning siren. Please pay attention and turn to Jesus while you have the chance. Today is the day of salvation. Jesus loves you.

There is no charge for this great salvation. It is offered freely to all mankind because Jesus paid for it in full on the cross of Calvary. Please put your trust in Him.

And this brings us back to where we started.

The just shall LIVE (now and forever) by faith.

 May the Lord add His blessing to His Word and draw you to Himself today.       

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ISRAEL vs Palestine

1. Hello! I guess you could say this blog is my personal opinion about the land of Israel and related issues. I wrote some of this in response to a blog comment and then I expanded it. It is just pretty much what I might say if we were discussing the subject. You may disagree but this is how I see it. Hope you enjoy and feel free to respond.
2. Most of my knowledge is from reading and research but I did have the privilege of visiting Israel back in 2007 and got a chance to talk with some Israelis, Christians, Arabs and even Rabbis.
3. The many slanders against Israel for mistreatment of Christians are incorrect. The Christian population is generally growing but has dropped from persecution in some Muslim controlled areas.
4. Many of the Arabs in Gaza would rather live under Israeli rule than under their own government. They know their lives would improve drastically if they weren’t oppressed by Hamas terrorists.
5. Israel does everything it can do to help the oppressed Arab people under the circumstances. They can’t allow them total freedom because many among them are out to destroy Israel. If Muslim homes are damaged or civilian lives are lost it is because the terrorists use civilians as shields. The Muslims of the Gaza Strip place a low value on this life. They send their children out with bombs strapped to them to kill innocent Israeli citizens because they believe Jihad will insure their eternal salvation. And, they feel justified in blowing up innocent Israeli civilians because their religion requires the killing of unbelievers.
6. Like many others, I sympathize with the general Arab population of Gaza. They are trapped in an oppressive Islamic terrorist stronghold and deceived by a false religion they were born into. Israel is not to blame for that.
7. Israel is not perfect but her humanitarian standards are very high. Read Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef. He shares what life was like under Arafat and how the kindness of the Israelis changed his prejudiced attitude toward them, and how becoming a Jesus follower changed his life entirely.
8. Israelis have suffered throughout history. They have no desire to oppress others but they have a right to their land! Are they the only people in the world unworthy of a homeland? Are Muslims automatically entitled to every square inch of the Middle East?
9. If the Arabs calling themselves "Palestinians" deserve to take the land away from Israel because they are underdogs, why doesn't Israel deserve to keep some land because she is the underdog among the Arab nations? Her land is tiny compared to the surrounding Arab nations.
10. Have you not noticed that every time Israel makes concessions to the "Palestinians" they are viewed as weak and subjected to more attacks?
11. Have you not noticed that the "Palestinians" don't want freedom or a little more land– they simply want Israel wiped off the map? They actually have maps without Israel on them.
12. If the political leadership of Gaza and the West Bank would simply recognize Israel's right to exist and come to the talks desiring to make peace, peace would be attained.
13. Israel is willing to make reasonable concessions but she cannot afford to forsake her own security while she is surrounded by enemies who daily call for her destruction.
14. There are few sources of truth to be found in this world. The Holy Bible, being YEHOVAH's Word, is the main source of truth so I rely on it to lead the way– as “a lamp to the feet and a light to the path.”
15. The Bible reveals the source of the world's hatred of the Jews. They are not hated because they are talented or wealthy and successful, though they are. They are not hated because they rule the world, or drink the blood of Christians, or persecute Arabs, because they don't.
16. They aren't even hated because they crucified Jesus Christ. (A handful of corrupt Jewish leaders falsely accused Jesus and wrongfully condemned Him, but a Roman official and Roman soldiers put him to death.) Jews and Gentiles share that guilt.
17. No, Israelis are hated because Satan, the god of this world, hates Jesus. Satan oppressed the Jews and tried to wipe them out before Jesus was born to stop His birth. And, after Jesus was born, Satan tried to destroy Him. Satan is the one who influenced the Jews to condemn Him and the Romans to kill Him.
18. Satan thought he had won! He thought he'd been promoted from being the god of the world to being THE GOD of the world. (See 1 Cor 2:7-8)
19. But, three days later, Jesus rose again as a Conqueror over death, hell and the grave. Jesus took the keys from Satan and set the captives free (those who had died in faith looking forward to salvation through the blood of Jesus on the cross of Calvary).
20. Satan realized his mistake in killing Jesus and continued to persecute the Jews because they are the earthly family of Jesus, YEHOVAH's chosen people. YEHOVAH has not rejected or forsaken Israel.
21. YEHOVAH made many promises to the Jews about their land. He caused them to be scattered around the world because of their sins against Him but He promised to bring them home again in the latter days. And, YEHOVAH fulfilled that promise when Israel became a modern nation in 1948. (Satan used the Arabs to try to keep YEHOVAH's Word from being fulfilled, but He failed!) Israel has been a nation for 70 years now and the prophetic clock of the age is running down.
22. YEHOVAH has promised Israel that a descendant of David will rule the world from Jerusalem. This ruler will be their Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He is coming soon! Bless His Holy Name!
23. Today, Israel exists. Jerusalem is her capitol and Israelis await their Messiah.  President Trump has officially recognized Jerusalem as the capitol and moved the American Embassy there. He has also recognized their right to the Golan Heights and they are hoping for his help to build their Third Temple very soon. They still reject Jesus Christ and await another Messiah which we know will be the Anti-Christ. He will desecrate their Third Temple and they will realize they have been deceived again. And, that will open the way for them to finally receive King Jesus! 
24. Satan is still opposing YEHOVAH's plan. He is using the Arab nations to try to take Jerusalem and the land of Israel and to destroy the children of Israel.
25. According to the Holy Bible, Satan and those who follow Him will be destroyed. Those who support Israel will be blessed. Those who oppose her will be cursed.
26. This is not because Jews are better than other peoples. It is simply because YEHOVAH chose Israel as His vessel to bring salvation to the world through Jesus Christ.
27. Jesus loves everyone and anyone who chooses to believe in YEHOVAH and trust in Jesus for salvation will be saved.
28. "For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but will have everlasting life." John 3:16
29. If you don’t know Jesus as your Savior, I invite you to come to Him. He is as close as the mention of His name. If you sense the Spirit drawing you, reach out to Him in prayer. Jesus is willing and ready to give you forgiveness of sin and eternal life by grace (without works) through faith. He paid for your sin and grants salvation when You put your trust in His finished work on Calvary (death, burial, resurrection) and confess Him with your mouth. Tell somebody and me! God bless you!
30. Back to the Facts about Our Subject.
31. There is no historical land of Palestine and there are no historical Palestinians. So, how can modern Arabs be Palestinians? The name Palestine was created by the British (after the fall of the Ottoman Empire) from the ancient word Philistine.
32. The ancient people known as Philistines were enemies of Israel who lived in the coastal areas (Gaza) of the land of Canaan. The modern Arabs who live in Gaza are not descendants of those Philistines.
33. Modern “Palestinians” are descendants of Abraham and Lot (Ishmael, Midian, Moab, Ammon, and others). This means their roots are actually in Jordan and the Arabian Peninsula, not in Israel. They have adopted the use of "Palestinian" from the name given to the modern land of Israel by the British. They only started claiming this name after Israel became a nation and they wanted to take her land away from her. (All “Palestinians” have a guaranteed right to Jordanian citizenship. They don’t have to stay in Gaza or Israel if they want to leave.)
34. Israel is entitled to her homeland and it does not belong to anyone else. YEHOVAH took the land from the descendants of Canaan because of their extreme idolatry and boundless depravity. And He gave it to Israel in perpetuity. The Jews have a history and continual presence on that land for thousands of years now. There has always been a remnant of the children of Israel living there.
35. If you think Israel has expanded her land, this is not true. In fact, she is living on far less land than YEHOVAH gave her. YEHOVAH describes the boundaries of her land from the Nile to the Euphrates in Genesis 15:18 in the Bible. Modern Israel is much smaller than it should be.
36. If you studied the subject in the Bible you would see that YEHOVAH set her boundaries and specifically told her not to take land from her neighbors that He had given to them. She has not done that. However, her neighbors are currently living on her land and trying to take more of it, which displeases YEHOVAH.
37. What Israel has done for the Middle East is to offer people there the only free country in the region. They have the highest standard of living and offer more opportunities for advancement than any other country. Many Arabs have great paying jobs in Israel and some of those Arabs are from Gaza. The benefits are many but would be much greater if Israel didn't live under the continual threat of destruction by the Arab nations.
38. If the historical facts weren't there I could understand the mistaken ideas in this matter, but history is clear. The world has been led astray by their lack of historical knowledge.
39. The Bible says, "My people perish for lack of knowledge." How true!
40. The Promise Land Belongs to Israel!
41. P.S. I use God’s personal Name YEHOVAH to distinguish Him from other so called gods. About 7000 times YEHOVAH is used in the Bible after He told Moses His Memorial Name at the burning bush in Exodus 3:14. But, His Name has been replaced with The LORD by the Jewish scribes and modern translators from time immemorial.
42. This was supposedly to protect and honor His Name but in reality it has hidden His Name and caused much confusion. Some today are saying YEHOVAH and Allah are the same God. No! YEHOVAH is “I AM WHO I AM” the Eternally Existing Uncreated One. HE is the ONLY GOD, Creator of all things in heaven and on earth. Other, so called gods, are merely idols: figments of men’s imaginations, demons, fronts for Satan worship, etc.
43. YEHOVAH gave His Name because He wanted us to know Him! At some point in history the scribes began writing only the consonants, YHVH, and refused to say the name out loud. Instead, the said The LORD. After many years it was thought that the vowels were lost and no one knew how to say the true NAME of GOD. Recently, however, research has uncovered many ancient writings with YEHOVAH written out. Praise YEHOVAH! We can once again use His real Name.
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YEHOVAH Declares HE IS THE ONLY GOD and SAVIOR

“Thus says YEHOVAH, the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer,YEHOVAH of hosts:
‘I am the First and I am the Last;
Besides Me there is no God.

^{Isaiah 44:6}

 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, I am the First,
I am also the Last.
 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens...

^{Isaiah 48:12-13}

“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
I, even I, am YEHOVAH,
And besides Me there is no Savior.

Isaiah 43:10-11

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” 

^{Rev 1:11, 17, 2:8, 22:13} 

If you will open your Bible and read the passages from Isaiah in context you will see that they are a powerful personal testimony. YEHOVAH, Himself, is speaking. He boldly proclaims that He is God! He is not just a god, He is the only God, and He offers proof. His proof is His Omniscience. He knows all things and He has no rivals, not men or false gods. He knows and has declared the truth about the beginning and the end. The Bible is full of His prophetic revelations about the past and the future and none has been proven false. So, YEHOVAH'S testimony is trustworthy.

YEHOVAH declares that He is the ONLY GOD. There was no god before YEHOVAH and there will be no god after YEHOVAH. He is the ETERNALLY EXISTING "I AM." To be clear, in the Bible, YEHOVAH has revealed Himself as existing eternally as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All Three Persons of the Godhead are YEHOVAH. They are One God in three Persons: the Trinity.

YEHOVAH is the CREATOR of heaven and earth! He tells all about His creative activity in Genesis. He says He spoke everything into existence in six days and rested on the seventh day. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all evident in the creation process. 

YEHOVAH says He is the King of Israel. Jesus, in His resurrected body, will reign over this renovated earth in the city of Jerusalem for 1000 years and then over the new earth for eternity! Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead in human form but the Trinity will abide with believers forever.

YEHOVAH is also the Redeemer of mankind, and the Only Savior. Jesus died on the cross to reconcile us with the Father. When we believe in the finished work of Jesus on the cross, the Holy Spirit brings us into the body of Christ and guarantees eternal life. 

Reading these three verses you find two critical concepts: belief and unbelief. Our place in eternity depends on belief in Jesus or unbelief concerning Jesus.

A believer is not currently condemned and will not be condemned in the future. He will not be called before YEHOVAH'S Great White Throne for judgment and perish eternally. He has now and will continue to have everlasting life. His name is written in the Book of Life. He will stand before the Bema Seat of Jesus Christ to receive rewards for good deeds done after salvation, or he will lose rewards if He has no acceptable deeds. Either way, he has everlasting life with YEHOVAH, Angels and all Believers because he was saved by grace for Jesus' sake.

On the other hand, an unbeliever is currently under the wrath of YEHOVAH for rejecting the sacrifice made for him by Jesus, God's Son. He is condemned to perish. His name is not written in the Book of Life and all his evil deeds are recorded in a book which will be reviewed when he appears for his trial and sentencing at the Great White Throne judgement. He will never experience life. All who go to that judgement will be cast into the Lake of Fire with Satan, fallen angels, demons and unbelievers to suffer for eternity. This is called the second death. See Revelation 20:10-15. 

If you have not believed in Jesus before now, I urge you to consider your situation. YEHOVAH (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) loves you! Jesus died for you! 

If you sense the Spirit of God drawing you through His Word, please respond to Him. If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He paid your sin debt you will be saved. Today is the day of Salvation and there is no other Savior. Please put your trust in Him and call on Him today.

May you experience peace, joy, love and everlasting life! 

 All scriptures are from the NKJV but I have removed "the LORD" and reinserted YEHOVAH to restore
God's Name to His Word as He intended it to be there originally. 

Quran Has Not Replaced The Holy Bible

Islam teaches that the Quran has replaced the Bible. It also teaches that Jesus is coming again, not as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords, but as a prophet who will break crosses and destroy Christianity, even as he promotes Islam as the true religion and Allah as the true God. 

Does this Islamic teaching have any basis in reality? Is there any reason to believe it? Let's look at the facts. God inspired over 40 men, most of them prophets of Israel, to write The Holy Bible over a period of 1500 years. Without human collaboration, they wrote books which fit together to tell mankind the true story of their sinless creation, fall into sin, and Yehovah's eternal plan to save them. It contains many prophecies about the first coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ, which have been meticulously fulfilled, and there are hundreds to be fulfilled in the future. Yehovah inspired His Word and has preserved His Word. He has not allowed it to be corrupted or replaced.

"Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us.

And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement

as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled."

Romans 15:4 NLT

How can anyone believe that YEHOVAH,

The Great I AM,

Who says His Word is ETERNAL,

would change His name to Allah,

discard the Holy Bible, 

and replace it with an inferior

and contradictory message in the Quran?

A message which offers no savior

and no proposed hope of salvation other than Jihad.

The Quran was written in about 23 years based on the collected memories of those who had heard Muhammad speak. It talks about a Jesus but not the Jesus of the Bible. It does not include the multitude of prophecies about the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus that were meticulously fulfilled at His first coming, or even mention those yet to be fulfilled. Unlike the Holy Bible, the Quran is not a prophetic book. The Quran does give an accurate view of history or the future because Allah is not Omniscient..

In contrast, YEHOVAH, Himself, in the Holy Bible, Book of Isaiah, said that He Knows the "end from the beginning" and He has shared things "yet to come" in His Word to prove it is true!

Jesus of Nazareth, the only begotten Son of God, warned us that many would come claiming to be Him but we should not be deceived. His Second Coming will be a worldwide event that none will mistake. He is returning as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords to rule this earth in peace for 1000 years before setting up His Eternal Kingdom of Righteousness.

Paul warned: "But even if we, or an angel from heaven,

should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you,

he is to be accursed!

As we have said before, so I say again now,

if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received,

he is to be accursed!"

Gal 1:8-9

Muhammad claimed that he received a new gospel from an angel.

We were warned not to fall for that.

I encourage you to put your trust in the real Jesus. 

He can save you from your sins and He wants to.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Grace and peace to you.

God Will Destroy Nations That Come Against Jerusalem

This blog is a combination of several comments I made on another blog about the negative observations made about Netanyahu by French leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, and President Obama. The author of the blog I read approved of the remarks made about Netanyahu.

He said the leaders of the world are "sick of Israel" and he called Israel "evil" and a "scumbag." He accuses Israel: of abusing Muslim and Christian citizens, of stealing land, of building a wall to block humanitarian aid from the Gaza strip and to cut off their water supply, and of dishonorably attacking the activists who were trying to break a blockade of Gaza. He further accuses Israel of cruelty, brutality, injustice, murder, and Nazi behavior (genocide).

I find myself unable to remain silent when faced with blatantly false and defamatory statements. I am sharing my lightly edited responses in the remainder of this blog. Some of my comments have been stated before but truth must be often restated when lies abound.

The accusations being made against Israel are totally false.

If Israel is as bad as is mentioned, there would be no need for a wall in Israel because no Muslim Arabs would even survive there. The truth is that Israel welcomes people of all faiths. Only Islamic countries regularly ban, persecute, and slaughter people of other faiths.

If you haven’t read my article on Israel’s Forever Land, I encourage you to read it.

Israel does not block humanitarian aid to the “Palestinians.” She spends millions helping support them — as we in the USA do. But, there is no appreciation from Muslims, only more attacks. Israel allows humanitarian aid from other countries to go to the Arabs in Gaza. She only tries to keep out additional weapons of destruction for use against Israeli citizens. Any rational country would do that.

The attacks on Netanyahu are shameful. What did he lie about? Sarkozy and Obama should both be ashamed of such juvenile conversation. As world leaders, they are the ones who look bad for talking about Netanyahu behind his back.

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil...” Exodus 23:2

No matter how many nations or their leaders turn against Israel, they are wrong and will not bring her down because she is under God’s protection.

The most powerful Muslim nations surrounding her tried to destroy her in 1948, 1967 and 1973. They failed! Why? Because she is under God’s protection.

Many nations will come against her again in the not too distant future and will bring destruction on themselves. The Bible predicts this situation and the Bible’s predictions never fail!

I am not against Muslim people, or even against the Arabs trying to steal Israel's land. I truly desire their salvation, but it will not happen if they persist in persecuting Israel.

As this debate rages, there are no facts which will convince eyes which refuse to see or ears which refuse to hear. Truth seekers find truth. Truth avoiders surrender themselves to a strong delusion.

The Turkish-led attempt to break through Israel’s blockade was not to deliver humanitarian aid. It was to make Israel look bad in the eyes of the world. And, because of one-sided reporting by the media, it seems they have been successful in painting Israel in a bad light.

Israel offered to assist the liberal activists (blockade runners) in delivering any humanitarian aid they had brought with them. They only boarded the ship to inspect for possible weapons. The Israelis who boarded the ship were brutally attacked with knives and pipes by the prepared activists -- and then blamed for the outcome!

Note:   "U.N. investigation concluded that Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, and thus its intervention to stop a Turkish-led flotilla last year, was legal."  Washingston Post Sep 12, 2011 Entitled: Once Again, Israel Is Scapegoated.

Israel is the Jewel of the Middle East. No other country offers the freedoms she guarantees her population of Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc. Over a million Arabs live peacefully within her borders and have all the rights of citizenship. No Muslim country offers such benefits to non-Muslims.

It's true God cares for the oppressed and God condemns all forms of unrighteous behavior whether one is rich or poor. We do not always see clearly; but, in the end, Jesus will make all things right.

At present, however, the wicked often prosper. God does not bribe people to serve Him by always providing immediate benefits. And, God uses wicked nations to “discipline” His people. This is clearly revealed in the writings of the Old Testament prophets. The prophets lamented when God used nations more wicked than Israel to discipline her. It was hard for them to understand. But, God assured them the wicked nations would not prosper forever and would be punished in due time. And they have been, and will be.

Only a self-deluded world can see Israel as a wicked nation.The entire Middle East doesn’t automatically belong to Muslim Arabs. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed the land was divided and almost all of it was given to the Arab nations. Only a small part of the Jews original land was returned to the Jews and, even at that, they didn’t get it all for free. If anyone had a claim at all and wanted to sell it, the Jews bought the land from them. Otherwise, those living on the land stayed. Arabs were never forced out. No land was stolen from Arabs (falsely calling themselves Palestinians).

The area was a desert wasteland. The Jews who returned labored hard to restore it to a productive condition and, finally, they became a modern nation. The Arabs who lived among them were not asked to leave and many stayed– even when Israel was attacked by her Muslim neighbors in 1948 and 1967. Only about 350,000 Arabs fled the country during the war. It was their choice. And now, when most of the self-made refugees are dead, the Arab world claims that 5 million Arabs should have a Right of Return! Never in the history of the world has such an outrageous claim been made on behalf of refugees.

At least twice as many Jews were forced out of Arab nations in 1948. They fled to Israel and were accepted there. The Arabs who left Israel could have settled in Jordan, which is a “Palestinian” state, or in other Arab nations which are much larger than Israel. The Arab world created the refugee problem just to punish Israel and make her look bad. I am sorry for the problems faced by the “refugees” but they should have been absorbed by the Arab nations long ago. Even King Hussein of Jordan said that was true.

The Jews need a homeland. God gave the land of Israel to them. Trying to make them into the bad guy when all they are trying to do is survive in their own land is injustice on a very large scale. Again, over a million Arabs live peacefully in Israel. If she is so wicked, that would not be the case.

The Bible foretold that God would bring the Jews back to their homeland and He did. The Bible says it is theirs forever and they will never be forced out of it again. God will defend them! The Bible is God's Word and God does not lie. So, those who are trying to destroy Israel cannot win.

See Zechariah 12: 6-9

"In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.  The LORD (YEHOVAH) also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah.  In that day the LORD (YEHOVAH) will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD (YEHOVAH) before them. And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

If you doubt God's Word, I pray you will open your mind and ask God to give you an understanding of the truth.