REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE JEWISH PEOPLE

1. The God of the Bible promises blessings for those who bless the Jews, but curses upon those who don’t or won’t (Genesis 12:3, et. al.)!

2. We owe them a great debt:

• It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things. (Romans 15:27).

Through them we have:

1. The SAVIOR:
   • The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: (Matthew 1:1)
   • of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. (Romans 9:5)
2. Select SERVANTS:
   • having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, (Ephesians 2:20)

3. As a genuine Christian you worship a Jewish God:

1. Jesus’ birth was Jewish:
   • “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” (Micah 5:2)
   • Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” (Matthew 2:1–2)
2. Jesus’ life was Jewish:
   • “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:17)
3. From His birth to His death many held Him to be the “King of the Jews!” (Matthew 2:2; John 19:19,20) – -So, as you treat the Jews, you would also treat Jesus (Matthew 25:40)

4. Today’s Jews are yesterday’s Jews by lineage – – through the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12, 15, 17). This included the land of Israel that was given to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob as an everlasting and unconditional covenant (Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:1-21; 17:7-8, 19; Psalm 89: 28-29, 20 with Matthew 1:1).

5. It is God Himself who chose the Jews –

• “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6),
• and who loves them – The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:7–8). We should love those who God loves!

6. Israel’s land is a:

• FOREVER PLACE — For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. (Psalm 132:13–14)
• For a FOREVER PEOPLE — Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): “If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.” Thus says the Lord: “If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done, says the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:35–37)

The Judeo-Christian heritage is essential, foundational, and universal (across the board) for societies and civilizations to exist. Historically, whenever and wherever attempts have been made to eliminate this foundation, a trail of disaster, despair and death were the consequences. (See book by Os Guinness, Impossible People, pp. 22, 23, 30) – – – – – – – – – – –