SPECIAL MESSAGE:  Why Stand with Israel Zechariah 2:8-10   Pastor Daniel Bracken – October 22, 2023  

Introduction
Growing up in New York.
Many are ignorant of ___________________ throughout history.

Justin Martyr, Saint Augustine, and the teachings of John Chrysostom.
The Crusades (950 to 1350)
The Spanish Inquisition (1480)
Martin Luther’s book, “The Jews and Their Lies” (1543).
___________________ and Hitler’s death camps.

This doctrine of Supersessionism or Replacement Theology is ___________________.

The Biblical reasons why Christians should stand with Israel, the people, and their land.
A sovereign act of God created ___________________ as a nation and gave them the land.

Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 22:1-17, Genesis 35:9
God defined and gave the land to Israel ___________________.

Genesis 15:18
Genesis 17:2–8
Genesis 26:3
Deuteronomy 32:8-10
The boundaries of the land were given. Numbers 34:2–15, Joshua 11:16–23; 13:1–22, Ezekiel 47:13–23.
Ishmael, the father of the Arab nations, was excluded from the land. Genesis 17:19–21
We must support Israel’s right to the land. Genesis 13:14–17
Christians owe a ___________________ to the Jewish people. God has shown us mercy, and we are obligated to show mercy to the Jews.
We can do that in several ways:
By giving ___________________.

By being their unconditional friends.
By praying for the peace of ___________________.

We stand with the Jews because Jesus was a Jew.
God promises to bless those who bless Israel and the Jewish people. Matthew 25:31-46
God judges those who persecute the Jewish people.
Genesis 12:3
Deuteronomy 30:7
Jeremiah 30:20
Exodus 17:14–16
Conclusion
Jesus didn’t deny His Jewish roots, so why should we?
Do you want the ___________________ of God?

God did not choose Israel because they were His favorite but because he wanted to bless the whole world through them.
Deuteronomy 14:2