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 […]
1S15-4: A Biblical Truth Many Folks (Especially The Church) Have Difficulty Accepting
In our discussion of the identity of the Amalekites, yesterday I concluded this arch-enemy of Israel was a descendant of Esau through his grandson Amalek. However, check out this verse from Genesis Chapter 14: “Next they turned back, came to ‘Ein-Mishpat (which is the same as Kadesh), and defeated all the country of the ‘Amaleki, […]
1S15-3: Who Does God Hate?
“Sh’mu’el said to Sha’ul, ‘Adonai sent me to anoint you king over his people, over Isra’el. Now listen to what Adonai has to say. 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.’”-1 Samuel 15:1-2 Who does God hate? Does […]
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