Israel In The New Testament by David Pawson

Pawson speaking on the Book of Romans and in particular, the pinnacle of the book Chapters 9-11 he says, "...the situation that Paul was dealing with...was the beginning of replacement theology, anti-Semitism in the church, of Gentile arrogance toward the Jews, even among Christians. A desperate situation."

Even more dangerous today is Christian complacency. I hear so many saying with so much excitement..."The End Times are being played out before our eyes! Come Lord Jesus!" I'm one also who says, "Come Lord Jesus", but... BUT- you say? Yes, but...

During the Holocaust (as I refer to it, the 1st Holocaust - because the way we are laying comfortably on our beds - there is likely to be a 2nd) many Christians believed (some still believing) that God had replaced the Jews with the Christian church, they sat with folded hand and idle feet while atrocities beyond comprehension were taking place all around them; all the while saying, “The End Times are being played out before our eyes! Come Lord Jesus!"

Many of those Christian have since passed into heaven and have stood before that very same Jesus. I don’t know what transpired, but one thing I do know is that...I do not want to get to heaven and have that same Jesus ask me “What were you doing while you waited for me to come? Did you do anything to prevent the savage brutality against my sons and daughters?”

Today as I read the Book of Romans, I heard more loudly than ever Paul’s desperate cries against arrogance and complacency. Like Paul, I say, “I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.”

Please spend sometime over the next days and weeks to pray for the peace and protection of Israel. And, pray the Lord will guard your heart from complacency.

God Bless

Denise