{"id":1589,"date":"2014-06-12T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2014-06-13T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T10:25:32","slug":"can-an-arab-christian-love-israel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/can-an-arab-christian-love-israel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an Arab Christian Love Israel? Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Esther Korson<\/a>
\nPart 2 of 2<\/a>
\nIn the first part of this blog, I told the testimony of an Arab Christian from Bethlehem who came to know and to love the Jewish people.\u00a0 It\u2019s a rare occurrence in this day and age, but it\u2019s hard to understand why it\u2019s so rare.\u00a0 God calls Himself the God of Israel, and Yeshua is the Messiah<\/a> of Israel.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard of many \u2018Christians\u2019 who have adopted \u2018Replacement Theology\u2019, believing that God is finished with the Jewish people and all of the blessings are now for the church instead.\u00a0 And just yesterday I heard that there are a large number of Evangelical Christians\u2014until now Israel\u2019s staunchest supporters\u2014who believe that this Israel has nothing to do with the Lord! I\u2019m practically speechless!<\/p>\n

For those who uphold those strange beliefs, it would behold them to read very carefully Paul\u2019s words to the Gentile Christians in Romans 11; especially where he cautions \u201cHas God cast away His people?\u00a0 God forbid\u2026God has not cast away His people which He foreknew\u2026\u201d And then he warned them, \u201cBoast not against the branches (Israel)\u2026Be not high minded, but fear\u2026For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits: that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in, and so all Israel shall be saved\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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