“Here is what Adonai-Tzva’ot says: ‘I remember what ‘Amalek did to Israel, how they fought against Isra’el when they were coming up from Egypt. Now go and attack ‘Amalek, and completely destroy everything they have. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, children and babies, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”-1 Samuel 15:2-3 I […]
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1S15-8: The Hypocrisy Of Standing With The God Of Israel While Opposing His People
“Here is what Adonai-Tzva’ot says: ‘I remember what ‘Amalek did to Israel, how they fought against Israel when they were coming up from Egypt. Now go and attack ‘Amalek, and completely destroy everything they have. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, children and babies, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”-1 Samuel 15:2-3 If […]
1S15-7: Why God Views Some Arabs And Palestinians As Part Of ‘Spiritual Israel’
There’s one Scriptural principle that should be abundantly clear to you by now. Ethnically speaking, God is NOT a racist. But spiritually speaking, He IS a big-time racist. For example, from a strictly earthly or ethnic perspective, in Samuel and Saul’s day, the Amalekites were simply viewed as the close physical descendants of Esau. This […]
1S15-6: If You Are Not Grafted Into Israel, God Automatically Views You As Amalek
If you’re a gentile and you want to partake in the benefits offered by the Jewish Messiah, then you have to be grafted into Israel. There ain’t no way around this. In the New Testament, Paul explains this in his analogy of the wild olive tree versus the pure olive tree of God. The wild […]
1S15-5: Gentiles Who Accept The God Of Israel Are Spiritually Joined To Israel
In our discussion of the identity of Amalek, there is another fascinating story from the Torah that sheds much light on this topic. Do you remember Balaam? He was that pagan prophet from Mesopotamia who was hired by King Balak to curse Israel when they were about to enter his territory. This event took place […]