105 – Jared – Could Supporting Israel’s Zionism Be Part of the End-Times Delusion?
“Today’s episode has no email. It was a voice recording made to a friend about the Israel deception.”
Could Supporting Israel’s Zionism Be Part of the End-Times Delusion?
For decades, many have looked to the dramatic events unfolding in Israel, as fulfillment of biblical prophecies pointing to the end of the age. Yet, as I shared in today’s recording to Jared, as I studied the Scriptures carefully, none of the Zionism we see in Israel is consistent with the prophecies about God’s restoration of Israel, which is heavily tied to the second return of the Messiah. I believe Zionism, like Trump, is a part of a great End Times deception by Satan, where he has tempted men to get ahead of God, once again, with his “turn that stone into bread” scheme. How do we discern truth from deception, especially when emotions and long-held beliefs are involved?
"By their fruit you will recognize them," (Matthew 7:16). Is the fruit of Zionism, consistent with the fruit of the Spirit of God– "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control"? (Galatians 5:22-23), or is the fruit of Zionism more consistent with “the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy”?
Note that most Christians who fervently support Zionism have their focus primarily on earthly blessings – political power, financial prosperity, national security. They have been taught they will be blessed if they bless Israel and cursed if they do not. They fail to recall the “Seventy ‘sevens’ decreed for Israel’s transgression, and that a new dispensation arrived when Jesus said, “this is the time of punishment” because they rejected Christ, which is to be a time of trampling all the way until the time of the Gentiles is complete. (See Dan 9:24, Hosea 9:7-9, Luke 21:22-24). If, like Jesus said, now is still the time of God’s punishment of them, what might be the consequences for those who interfere? Would you have been the one to block the destruction of Herod’s temple by Rome, because prophets ran around quoting Genesis 13:3, or Numbers 24:9? Would you have been the one to support a re-building of what God tore down? Since when did this proclamation of Jesus change? When God said so, or when the United “Antichrist” Nations said so?
Is the Zionism, which millions of Christians are supporting, mandated by God, or have they been deceived to support a construct of Satan? According to their stand on Genesis 13:3, there should be either blessing, or cursing (fruit), by which we can discern God’s stand on Zionism. Has America been blessed or cursed for supporting the State of Israel the last 75 years? US President Harry Truman first supported the State of Israel in 1948. As a result, the Arab world largely hates the United States and American’s have lived with the fear of terrorist attacks and retaliation ever since. Is that a blessing, or a curse? JFK, supported Israel. He was assassinated and his death remains a mystery to this day; blessing or a curse? George W. Bush greatly supported Israel, and he was given the September 11 terrorist attacks; blessing or a curse? Donald Trump has been outspoken in his first term of his support of Israel. So, what does America look like with him president now? Is it a blessing or a curse?
Following my Lord’s command, I have recognized this tree by its fruit and the tree of Zionism bears the fruit of Satan, not God. I believe it is a counterfeit, pre-mature restoration of Israel, and rebellion against God, which displeases Him, even though He allows it. If I meet a Jewish person, I will love them enough to tell them about their Messiah in Jesus Christ. But I will in NO WAY, support the current State of Israe, Zionism or Donald Trump, claiming any of them to be of God!
