Signs of Times: Israel In Prophecy Part 1 | Jentezen Franklin

if you have your Bible I want you to

open it to 1 Chronicles chapter 17 1

Chronicles chapter

17 and I am preaching this morning on

Israel in

Prophecy Israel in Prophecy when I talk

about Israel I want you to draw a

parallel

between natural Israel and spiritual

Israel there are two

israels there’s natural Israel and the

Jewish people and the holy land but the

Bible also says there is spiritual

Israel which is the church the body of

Christ you and I the Believers who have

been engrafted into the Heritage Tree by

the blood of Jesus Christ and so every

promise everything that you read about

the nation of Israel and the Jewish

people that God promises he has made

even greater promises and and Covenant a

covenant that is even greater through

Jesus Christ for you and I and for your

family and my family look with me in 1st

Chronicles 17 and verse 21 this is David

praying and he’s pointing out some

profound things about the nation and

people of Israel the Jewish people and

who is like you verse 21 and who is like

your People Israel see we’re not just

called to love of the holy land and the

land of Israel but the people of Israel

who is like your People Israel the One

Nation on the earth whom God went to

redeem for himself as a

people to make for yourself a name by

great and awesome Deeds by driving out

nations from before your people people

whom you redeemed from a from E Egypt

God said I am driving out people to put

you in that

land you have made your People Israel

your very own people

forever and your

lord and you Lord have become their

God the uniqueness of

Israel the thing that makes them

different from Every Other Nation and

I’m a proud American I I’m I still stand

I still put my hand on my heart I still

believe in my country and I love it I’m

a proud American not ashamed to say I’m

An

American Proud of it thank God for it

the greatest greatest

nation but Israel is like no other Other

Nation because God set out to redeem it

from other

nations who is like your nation Israel

the one nation God went to redeem for

himself in Exodus 19 and verse 6 God

made promises to Moses and he said You

shall be unto me a kingdom a priest a

holy nation you’re not like the other

nations in my mind you are

different you are a kingdom of

priests in Romans chapter 9 verse 4 and

five the Apostle Paul points out

distinctive Fe um features of the nation

of Israel when he says who are

Israelites and these apply to not only

natural Israel but spiritual Israel you

and I who are Israelites to whom pertain

the adoption we’ve been adopted the

glory the covenants the nation of Israel

the people of Israel the Israelites they

have been adopted by God God has put his

glory upon them they have the covenants

that God made so do you and I they have

been given the law the the Commandments

of God they have the service of God

which is a reference to the priesthood

has been given to them and all the

promises of God they’ve been given to

the Israelites and to the land of Israel

and the people of Israel Paul was a

theologian and a scholar and he said

this is what this is how God sees them

and then he draws that

comparison through the Jewish people

through the nation of Israel the savior

of the world came that cannot be said of

any other Nation there is no

other uh race of people through which

the Redeemer would come when God who is

a spirit put on human flesh put on a

physical body and came down to us he

said I will do it through the lineage of

Jewish Flesh and Bones I will come in

that flesh suit and I will come to a

place called Israel and through a people

called the

Jews in Revelation chapter 5 there is a

scene in heaven and it’s so important

that it’s not just down here that he

used the Jewish people and Jesus was

Jewish but even in heaven it recognizes

him he said there was a scroll that was

sealed with Seven Seals and no one was

able to open the book and break the

seals and then I Heard a Voice as the

people were weeping saying do not weep

Behold The Lion of the tribe of Judah

has prevailed to open the book and to

break the seal notice the line of the

tribe In Heaven There is a Jewish

Redeemer Savior and God and he says I

want to be identified with the physical

tribe I came from the Israelite tribe of

Judah the word Jud is where we get Jew

from duh that’s a revelation right there

and and and and the root of David see

saying you can’t separate me from the

the root of David go back into my

lineage and this is him speaking in

heaven so you so you have to understand

that Not only was he a Jew when he was

on Earth but he still is a Jew in heaven

in his resurrected

position he’s the line of the tribe of

Judah and woe be to his enemies when he

begins to Roar because no one can fight

the line of the tribe of Judah there’s

an astounding verse that Jesus himself

taught in John chapter 4 he was speaking

to the woman at the well the Samaritan

woman and he said you worship and you

don’t know who you’re worshiping and he

said in the verses before your fathers

worshiped in this mountain and they

didn’t know who they were looking for

and what he’s saying is but now I’m here

five astounding words you must never

forget you should underline it in your

Bible for salvation is of the Jews Jesus

said that Jesus was saying I am Messiah

and I would not be here if it were not

for the Jewish people and it were not

for the holy

land and when you understand that where

did our Salvation come from no Jews no

salvation

no Holy Land no salvation why do we make

such a big deal about why do we stand

with Israel why do we stand not just

with the land of Israel but with the

people of Israel because salvation

breathtaking words five salvation but

Salvation is of the

Jews no Jews no salvation where did

salvation come from it came came from a

God who was Spirit who put on a flesh

suit and he chose that people he can do

what he wants to do with who he wants to

do it with any way he wants to do it and

he doesn’t ask for your permission or

mine he said I’m not choosing Americans

I’m not choosing British I’m not

choosing Africans I choos to come

through this insignificant little people

and even said in Deuteronomy not because

they were strong and mighty and Powerful

because they were so little and so weak

I’m going to get glory and there’s the

spiritual parallel he didn’t choose you

CA you had it all together he didn’t

choose you CA you were smart he didn’t

choose you because he couldn’t he could

have found somebody so much more worthy

than you but he said I choose you and

when I Choose You I can use you and I

don’t ask other people’s permission

don’t care who likes you who doesn’t

like you I’ll raise you up and I’ll

protect you and I’ll bless you and I’ll

Prosper you and I’ll use you thanks be

unto God he chose us we did not choose

him clap your hands and praise him for

that salvation is of the Jews means my

whole spiritual

inheritance I owe to One Nation Israel

and one people the Jew Jewish people

because they gave me my Jewish Messiah I

know all glory honor and praise goes to

Jesus but Jesus said and the Apostle

Paul said you cannot curse those people

the Bible puts it like this remember

this verse you can always be real

spiritual and quote this verse one two

three everybody say one two three in

Genesis

1212 and verse three I will bless those

who bless you Israel and I will curse

those who curse you that’s why I don’t

want nothing to do with smarty little

young people out in the streets cursing

Israel cursing

anti-semitic it is wrong on the campuses

it is wrong I’m going to stand in the

pull pit As Long As I Got the microphone

and I’m going to say you’re as wrong as

you can be if you curse that Nation God

will curse you God will curse curse your

family God will curse this nation and if

we bless that Nation God will bless you

we’ll bless your family and he will

bless your nation I say God Bless

America and God bless

Israel does that mean we don’t love

Palestinians absolutely not does that

mean God doesn’t love Palestinians

absolutely not should we weep should we

cry should we pray for the Palestinian

Ian 100% just like we do everybody

else but what do we do when the whole

world is trying to wipe out that nation

and that race you see the reason the

devil hates them so much is because he

knows Jesus is coming back and he can’t

come back if the Jews are not in the

land called Israel and in a city called

Jerusalem so everything he’s doing is

trying to get the whole world to wipe

them out so Jesus can’t come but he who

I feel like preaching but He Who Watches

Over Israel neither Slumbers nor sleeps

and I promise you nobody’s going to move

them out of that land I don’t care who

they are I don’t care how powerful how

rich how much money how much Prestige

you can’t fight with God your arms are

too short to box with God and every

hater of that Nation will pass away but

his kingdom will reign forever somebody

give God a praise

[Applause]

Hallelujah without that Nation without

the Jewish people there would be no

Apostles no Matthew Mark Luke and John

no Apostle Paul there would be no

Patriarchs there would be no Abraham

Isaac Jacob Isaiah Daniel Ezekiel

without that group and that ation there

would be no Bible there would be no Ten

Commandments there would be no prophets

and there would be no

Savior and there would be no salvation

for your

soul am I a little onesided about it

yeah because the Bible is one-sided

about it and he said don’t ever let the

branches start thinking that they’re

more important than The Roots You The

Roots the branches need the roots and

The Roots need the branches they don’t

know us yet they don’t know our Messiah

yet they’re blinded but one of these

days the eyes are going to open and just

like we need our Roots you say what are

you talking about Romans chapter

11 I thought you were going to ask

that Romans chapter 11 says that the

roots that the branches can’t say the

church the New Testament New Covenant

Believers can’t say I don’t don’t need

the

roots well one of the roots that’s

Judaism Verse 18 do not boast against

the

branches if you do boast remember that

you do not support the root but the root

supports

you you will say then branches were

broken off that I might be grafted in

that’s exactly right but do not boast do

not say we don’t need need the Jews and

we don’t need the holy land it’s just

enough this junk has crept into the

modern day church we don’t need our

Roots we don’t need the holy land it’s

not like any other land it is not just

another race of people on the Earth God

said I have an Everlasting Covenant with

the Jewish people and with that

land all of our spiritual blessings come

from one nation

the nation of

Israel and one group of people the

Jewish

people to not acknowledge

that is

anti-christian Israel is unique in that

their whole history is foretold in

Prophecy God gave 16 prophecies about

the nation of Israel it was foretold and

prophesied that they would go into

slavery Y in Egypt and it was also

foretold that they would be delivered

with wealth from Egypt it happened just

like God

said they it was prophesied that they

would possess the land of Canaan it was

prophesied that they would then turn to

idolatry it was prophesied that God

would establish a temple in Jerusalem

and it happened just like it was

prophesied it was prophesied that bab

that the Babylonians would invade and

Nebuchadnezzar and his army armies would

destroy the temple and it happened just

like the temple that Solomon built it

was destroyed the second time it was

prophesied even by Jesus that herod’s

Temple would be destroyed not a stone

left and that happened just like God

said it was prophesied that Israel would

be scattered among the Nations and they

would not be in in the holy land or have

a a nation for many many generations it

was prophesied that they would be

persecuted by the Gentiles and it was

prophesied that God would reather all

nations now there are there are 16

prophecies about the nation of Israel

and 13 of those predictions that I just

gave you have already been fulfilled

that’s an

81% fulfillment of scripture and there

are only three left to be fulfilled one

is that there will be a gathering of all

Nations to war against Israel and you’re

seeing the beginnings of that even in

the news as we speak there will come an

invasion from the north that’s Russia

Gog and MOG and and and the Kings and

Iran Persia these are the major this

isn’t just something that you making up

right now people have been saying this

and seeing this in scripture Iran China

and Russia keep your eye they are behind

and are out to destroy with all of the

Nations around Israel that little slice

of real estate that’s the size of new J

the state of New

Jersey 16 have been 16 prophecies and 13

out of 16 have been fulfilled a book

that predicts 13 right and three not yet

have happened you should take it very

very

serious God’s plan for Israel is found

when he said in Jeremiah I will bring

them back from captivity I will bring

them into the land of their fathers they

shall possess it in the latter days the

return of the Jews from the land uh All

Over The World God said I’ll bring them

back from captivity I’ll bring them back

and there will be a generation that will

possess the land they’ll possess it and

they’ll never be uprooted again that

happened in May 14 1948 as I preached a

few weeks ago the

reestablishment of the nation of Israel

I want you to understand how prophetic

and how bigger than the Deliverance of

the children of Israel out of Egypt

bigger than that is a prophecy

concerning Israel that has happened in

your generation in

1948 are there any people who were alive

in 1948 or born in 48 or before it raise

your hand I want to see your hand

there’s a lot of hands there’s more

hands in this service than I’ve seen in

a lot of services but the point is Jesus

said that generation will not pass away

when you see Israel reborn Matthew 24

when you see the Fig Tree reborn know

that the time is near my hand is on the

door and this generation shall not pass

away the Israel is 75 years old you’re

running out of time to get right you

you’re running out of time to be ready

for the Rapture you’re running out of

time to not be Left Behind for the

Antichrist in all that is coming the

Great Tribulation is what the Bible call

the Earth will go through tribulation

like it has never seen you’re just

seeing the trimers of

it when you understand that God said I

will take from All

Nations and I’ll bring you into your own

land

Israel God said I will take from All

Nations and I’ll give you the land and

you’ll drive them out and I’ll give you

the land and I’m sorry God can do what

he wants when he wants to who he wants

and he doesn’t have to ask permission

and you ought to Rejoice because when

God is for you who can stand against You

When God says you can have it I don’t

care how many people try to close the

door God says I open doors no man can

shut and I shut doors and no enemy can

get in and when the enemy comes in like

a flood God raises up a standard cuz we

Are Spiritual Israel shout if you

believe he’s a God who can protect his

own

people

hallelujah he said in Isaiah 11 verse 11

and 12 it’ll come to pass in that day

that I the Lord shall set my hand again

a second time to recover the remnant of

his people the first time was after

Babylonian captivity they went back but

the second time was 194 48 and God said

my hand will make this happen a second

time and once they go back the second

time they will never ever be scattered

and leave that land again the second

regathering from all over the world and

then he goes on to say and I will set up

a banner for the Nations isin’t that

amazing that’s in reference to Isaiah 66

a nation shall be born in a day and God

said I’m going to set up a banner for

the nation you know what the banner is

the n the flag of Israel the Star of

David and he said I’m going to I’m the

the United Nations he’s given us hints

that the United Nations will declare in

48 after World War II and the Holocaust

those people need they need their own

land and they raised the banner in 1948

May the 14th in Israel and that is the

banner and God said that Banner I’m

raising not because they’re great not

because they’re better than any other

people but I’m going to get Glory out of

them they’re going to know that I am

their God and that the whole world and

the nations of the world will know by

their very existence that I am

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