The Israel of God is a peculiar people who are not hard to identify when you set aside antichrist dispensationalism. God’s peculiar treasure simply looks to the blessed hope of their God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 135:4 KJV For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Titus 2:13 KJV Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:14 KJV Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Peter 2:9 KJV But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Men can notice and preach many things; however, if their message does not include the cross of Christ, it is impotent and vain. You don’t need to be a theologian or an apologist to preach the message of the cross. All you have to do is declare the testimony of God that has transformed you.
1 Corinthians 2:1 KJV And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2 KJV For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:3 KJV And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
1 Corinthians 2:4 KJV And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Corinthians 2:5 KJV That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Do you love God? You don’t if you don’t love Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
How can anyone understand the spiritual Jerusalem above if they are fooled into believing that modern, antichrist Jerusalem is it? You cannot understand such things with a natural antichrist mind; you must have the spiritual mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:13 KJV Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:15 KJV But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1 Corinthians 2:16 KJV For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Galatians 4:26 KJV But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Nowhere in the New Testament will you read that Jews are Christians' greatest allies.
Our Lord Jesus Christ has kept charge of the sanctuary and spared us from God’s wrath.
Numbers 18:5 KJV And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
Churches and their ministers continue to rely on congregations giving a tenth of their income to cover the expenses of the ministry. If you are a member of a local church, you have a responsibility to support it, while remaining discerning about any mismanagement or abuse that may occur.
Numbers 18:21 KJV And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
The Church will go through Great Tribulation and then Jesus Christ will come.
Isaiah 40:1 KJV Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Isaiah 40:2 KJV Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Isaiah 40:3 KJV The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:4 KJV Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah 40:5 KJV And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Jesus is coming back to earth! Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:9 KJV O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:10 KJV Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 40:11 KJV He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Yet, nationalism is something many Christians focus on when they should be focusing on Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Isaiah 40:15 KJV Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah 40:17 KJV All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
I have yet to be convinced that this circle is a flat earth.
Isaiah 40:21 KJV Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 40:22 KJV It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Who is the Holy One? The One that many of the Jews denied.
Isaiah 40:25 KJV To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:26 KJV Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Acts 3:14 KJV But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Who gives strength to the weary? Christ.
Isaiah 40:28 KJV Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah 40:29 KJV He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isaiah 40:30 KJV Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isaiah 40:31 KJV But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Philippians 4:13 KJV I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Father, we love You! In Jesus' Name, Amen.
