Lance Wallnau (35:39)
Well, here we are back again with our apocalyptic Christmas message. I'm so happy that the kingdom of God is an unshakeable kingdom, regardless of what happens in the earth, regardless of what's going on in the news cycle over here, I can always come back to the unshakable word of God in the unshakeable kingdom. And I want to talk now as a continuation of my last week's message, which you really got to hear, on how I became aware of the fact that the under 30 crowd in America is turning against Israel and how I believe that if we don't get it right on Israel, if the church doesn't raise its voice and become influential, that the nation is drifting into an apocalyptic rejection of Israel and the Jew. And it's all fitting an end time pattern of increased hostility to the Jew. And, and that when the United States goes in that direction, it's going to forsake its own mercy and the powers of darkness want nothing more than to neutralize America. We have disrupted the dragon in China. All the principalities and powers from Russia to China to the Davos crowd in Europe, all to the dictators around the world. They're all bound because of one guy named Donald Trump who Christians prayed into office. But man, you let those coils loose and the spring will come back with great vigor and we'll be possibly in a situation, as Jesus said, you sweep the house clean. If you don't occupy it, then it becomes seven times worse. So I'm going to start my discussion of why Israel matters, because I think Israel is at the epicenter of the battle I want to give you a biblical and prophetic exploration of the story of the background of Israel. Now I'm talking to Christians here. If you're a non Christian, obviously my argument's going to be irrelevant because you don't believe the Bible. You don't. But if, if you believe this book and if you listen to the word of God, then you're going to be hearing things that are going to clarify what is the role of prophecy in Israel. Regarding the last days, how did Paul view Israel? He's going to be my greatest argument for why replacement theology is crazy theology. And I'll show it to you right from the writings of Paul in such clear way that it'll be irrefutable if you're a Christian. And then why your nation's future is tied to this revelation. I wanna start with Paul's declaration and I started thinking about this. He says the gospel goes to the Jew first. Now if Israel was replaced by the church, I think Paul would have had that revelation, don't you? If Israel's replaced by the church, then Paul knows it. But Paul went to the synagogues first. Why? Because the gospel goes to the Jew first. Why? Because the Jew still has a role in God's plan. And his protocol is the gospel goes first to the Jew and then to the Gentiles. And so Paul says this gospel goes to the Jew first and also to the Greek. In Romans chapter two, he says talks about tribulation and glory to the Jew first and also to the Gentiles. And I would say something that's rather sobering proclamation, but let me just go ahead and make it. I believe that the Jew gets persecuted first and the Christian follows right after. I'll show it to you in the Bible where it starts with a Jew and then once, boom, then the Christians are the next one. So it's not too long after the Jews are in Auschwitz that Bonhoeffer and the church is going to be hung. So the same order in ministry, Paul went to the synagogue first, then he went to the nations. And it's a covenant order. It's not just a racial preference. It's not like, well, the Gentiles and the Jews. It's a covenant. I want you to see God's grand scheme and where the Jew and Israel fits in God's end time plan. Because if they're irrelevant, then let's keep moving on, forget about Israel and I'll just agree with Tucker and everybody else and say, well, who the heck cares what happens with Israel? Why are they Dictating anything. Well, it might be that your nation has a spiritual connection to Israel, especially the United States. You know, Israel wouldn't be a nation without the United States voting for it. It was 1948, it was Truman, the US president, that actually made that happen. And by the way, the embassy in Jerusalem, that was a Trump decision. The United States has had a unique role in its spiritual connection with God's eternal covenant. And this idea that God has a covenant with Israel through the patriarchs is something you want to think about, because a covenant is a contract, a relationship, a deal. And the new covenant actually completed the old covenant. It didn't destroy it. I'll show you that. This is the covenant order now. Keep going here now, the seven covenant advantages of Israel. So Paul's writing to the Romans. He's saying, well, how do you. What do you do with the Jews? He goes, well, I go to the Jew first, and there are a lot of Jews in Rome. He said, well, they're Israelites to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants. And he's saying, this is all the privileges that were given to Israel. If you want to look at them and list it's God chose Israel as his firstborn nation. You know, God only has, actually only has one nation on the earth that he actually said is mine. And, and that is that little piece of real estate. That's why the devil hates it so much. God says, yeah, that piece of real estate right little place right there, that's where. That's where I'm going to hold on to that one. The presence of God among them, the glory, the covenants, Abraham, Mosaic, David, the new Covenant, the giving of the law, the word of God, the entire Old Testament, which is the only thing that Paul quotes, by the way. I don't know why people say, well, get rid of the Old Testament too. He really hears stupid stuff. Well, that's the only thing Paul quotes, is the Old Testament. Evidently it was relevant to him. The service of God, the priesthood, the promises. Ah, the prophetic words and the future restoration of Israel prophesied in Zechariah and Ezekiel and Jeremiah. In other words, God says, israel's going to fall away. I'm going to have a role to play in hardening them to bring in a harvest of Gentiles. And then I'm going to turn back to Israel and they will cry out, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Here's a wild thought. Those of you that are all excited about Jesus returning, do you know What Jesus said, the condition was twofold. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world. And then the end shall come. And then in the end, I will not come back until you say the Jews. You say, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. And so the prophets prophesy that Israel is going to be surrounded by all the nations. I'm sorry to say the United States will probably be among them. I hope not. But that's what I'm talking about, where we're going. And at that point in time when Israel is surrounded by all nations, according to the prophecies of the Bible, that the Jews will cry out and recognize that he, he was wounded as their firstborn son. And they will wail because of him and the problem. I'll give you the exact verses where the scripture says that they will call out, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. They will call for the return of Mashiach, Jesus to deliver them. And Jesus returns. Where does he go? He doesn't go to Washington D.C. or Moscow or Beijing. He goes to the Mount of Olives. His feet come down upon that mountain. Boom. And that's where he confronts the armies of Antichrist and all that interesting end time stuff. And he reestablishes his presence and he judges the nations in Jerusalem. Interesting how it goes back to there and why it is that we think it's irrelevant. It's kind of curious to me.