Stating that God referred to Israel as “His folks” (Deut. 7:6), His “treasured possession” (Psalm 135:4) and even the “apple of His eye” (Zech. 2:8), Pastor Cornelius Olive says that he stands strongly with Israel within the six-month-old conflict with Hamas.
“From Deut. 7:6-10, we all know that God didn’t selected Israel as a result of they had been robust or mighty,” Pastor Olive, the Vincentian-born pastor of Trinity Apostolic Church, Inc. on Pacific Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, informed Caribbean Life solely.
“In reality, God selected Israel after they had been small and weak, a folks with out land,” added the founding father of Trinity Apostolic Church, Inc. “Israel belongs to God Himself. As creator of Heaven and earth (Gen. 1:1), God had the best of possession to present the land to whomever He selected. God gave the title deed for the land of Israel to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their descendants ‘ceaselessly’ (Gen.15:18; 17:2-8).”
Pastor Olive stated Ishmael, the daddy of Arabs, was excluded from the land in Gen. 17:19-21.
Due to this fact, he stated, modern-day Palestinians have “no biblical mandate to personal the land.”
Pastor Olive stated the boundaries of the state of Israel are recorded in scripture (Num. 34: 2-15; Josh.11:16-23; 13: 1-22), and are additional described in Ezek. 47:13-28 and all of chapter 48.
“When God established the nations of the world, He started with Israel,” Pastor Olive stated. “Now, within the wake of Hamas and Israel conflict, some throughout the church disregard Israel’s disaster in favor of the Palestinian plight.
“Sadly, the battle will proceed till Jesus comes again to guage the nations and arrange His 1,000-year reign of peace on earth,” he added. “Because the pastor and overseer of Trinity Apostolic Church, I stand with Israel.”
Pastor Olive stated his stance isn’t politically-driven however issues the phrase of God.
“I hope believers in Christ perceive the explanation why we must always stand with Israel at present,” he stated. “To face with Israel is God’s divine order. Bear in mind, God first chosen a folks by means of a person referred to as Abraham. The Lord stated that, by means of Abraham’s seed, all nations can be blessed.
“Via this folks, each one in all us would have entry to the divine blessing of Almighty God (Gen. 12:3),” he added. “As believers in Christ, we’re ceaselessly linked with the guarantees of God, as a result of we have now been grafted in, and Jesus has introduced us to Israel, for His title’s sake.”
Pastor Olive famous what whereas some media consideration and others have charged Israel because the aggressor within the conflict in opposition to Hamas, they’ve “ignored the truth that Hamas’ rocket-fire provoked the hostilities.”
“Many regard the Palestinians because the sufferer, however Israel defends the land and its residents covenanted to her,” he stated. “Standing with Israel doesn’t require hateful opposition and lovelessness towards different folks. Bear in mind, this isn’t about politics. God has no disposition in opposition to any of His creation, and, actually, not the Arabs.
“The world might not perceive this, however we are able to, as believers in Christ,” he added. “As Jesus stated, ‘by this shall all males know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to a different (John 13:35)’”.
Pastor Olive stated he believes that strikes in opposition to Israel and the “relentless animosities are pushed by non secular powers.”
“As believers, we’re proper in the midst of a power that can not be overthrown politically or by peace talks,” he stated. “These forces can solely be damaged by non secular warfare. Don’t be deceived in pondering that Israelis are the one ones on this battle. The identical spirit equally opposes Christians and Jews.
“The bible declares that there’ll come a time when all nations of the world will come in opposition to Israel (Zech. 12:1-14),” he added. “Clearly, we’re proper in the long run time, which is why these items are taking place.”
Pastor Olive famous many Christians’ perception that the Jews are accountable for the dying of Jesus Christ, “to which I agree.”
“Because the pastor of Trinity Apostolic Church, I can boldly say that we stand in opposition to non secular antisemitism,” he stated. “God knew aforetime that this can occur, as prophesied in Gen. 3:15: ‘And I’ll put enmity between thee and the lady, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’”
He stated Isaiah 53: 1-5 additional emphasizes this prophecy: “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall develop up earlier than him as a young plant, and as a root out of a dry floor: he hath no type nor comeliness; and when we will see him, there is no such thing as a magnificence that we must always want him.
“He’s despised and rejected of males; a person of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we hid because it had been our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not,” added Pastor Olive about Isaiah 53. “Certainly, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. But, we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and . However he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and, along with his stripes, we’re healed.”
He declared that the phrase of God “can’t lie”, asking that “if we actually imagine the phrase of God, how can we hate God’s folks?”
Pastor Olive famous that Ezek. 25 demonstrates that “God will punish the sins of antisemitism.”
“Not solely will God punish those that assault Israel, however He’ll punish those that rejoice that Israel suffers,” he stated. “Finally, God destroyed one nation as a result of it attacked Israel. One other was destroyed as a result of it rejoiced when Israel was attacked by one other nation.”
As well as, he stated one other nation was destroyed “as a result of it sought vengeance on Israel.”
“One nation was punished as a result of they claimed that Israel didn’t have a particular relationship with God,” Pastor Olive added. “God isn’t completed with Isrrael, as many claimed. The reality is that Jerusalem is the main target of the world.
“I’ll reiterate that I’ll stand with Israel, as a result of it’s God’s divine order,” he careworn. “That is the instructing I give to the church physique. We imagine the Abrahamic Covenant. God promised that Jesus Christ would come by means of Abraham’s descendants. Jesus Christ was born for the aim of dying in order that our sins may be forgiven. The bible teaches that God loves each Jews and Gentiles (John 3:16).”
Pastor Olive urged believers in Christ to face with Israel at present.
“We should take a look at the ‘huge image’ with a biblical worldview,” he stated. “We don’t have to help all the things Israel does as a nation, however we must always help Israel’s proper to exist.
“God will fulfil His guarantees and covenants with Israel,” he added. “Woe to anybody who seeks to destroy that plan.”
In alluding to Gen. 12:3, he quoted: “And I’ll bless them that bless thee, and curse him that cursed thee; and in thee shall all of the households of the earth be blessed.”
“Take a stand with Israel,” Pastor Olive additional urged. “Pray with ardour, intercede and minister in response to the phrases of Jesus Christ, who stated, it’s not our process to invest when the top might be. It’s our accountability to do kingdom enterprise till He comes (Luke 19:13).
“Scripture tells us to ‘pray for the peace of Jerusalem’ (Psalm 122:6),” he added. “Allow us to do it collectively. Amen.”
