Blessing the Jews and Israel
If you want to walk in the blessings of God and have His favor on your
life, you must love His chosen people—the Jews and Israel.
God promised that those who bless the Jews and bless Israel will be
blessed and will prosper. Conversely, those who curse the Jews are living under
a curse.
Although not a Jew biologically, I consider myself to be a Jew
spiritually.
Galations 3:29 (AMP) says, “And if you belong to Christ [are in Him who
is Abraham's Seed], then you are Abraham's offspring and [spiritual] heirs
according to promise.”
Since I am Abraham’s seed, because I’ve been grafted in by the Blood of
Jesus, I am an heir to receive the promises and blessings.
Let’s look at the Abrahamic Covenant:
The Promises Given When Abram
First Left His Country and Kindred
Genesis 12:1-3 NKJV
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your
family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name
great; and you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you;
and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
The Promises Given When Abraham
Was Willing To Give His Only Son Isaac
Genesis 22:12-18 NKJV
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him;
for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your
only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a
ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide
(Jehovah Jireh); as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall
be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of
heaven,
16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have
done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your
descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the
seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because
you have obeyed My voice.”
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Abrahamic Covenant Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 22:12-18 |
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1.
I will make you a great nation |
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2.
I will bless you |
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3.
I will make your name great |
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4.
You shall be a blessing |
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5.
I will bless those who bless
you |
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6.
I will curse him who curses you |
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7.
In you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed |
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8.
In blessing, I will bless you |
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9.
In multiplying I will multiply
your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the
seashore |
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10.
Your descendants shall possess
the gate of their enemies |
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11.
In your seed all the nations of
the earth shall be blessed |
Psalms 122:6-9 tells us to pray for the peace (or shalom) of Jerusalem.
It goes on to say that they shall prosper that love Jerusalem. It says to seek
to do good to Israel and the Jews.
Psalms 122:6-9 (KJV) says, “Pray for the peace (shalom) of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity
within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say,
Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy
good.”
Hebrew Definition of Shalom (Strong’s Old Testament #7965):
1.
Peace, quietness,
tranquility
2.
Salvation and
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
3.
Rest, Joy, Hope,
Faith
4.
Love
5.
Absence of war
6.
Absence of strife
and contention
7.
Harmonious state of the soul and mind
8.
Covenant relationship with God
9.
Peace in our
spirit (rational intellect, the part of us that communes with God)
10.
Peace in our soul
(mind, will, emotions)
11.
Peace with God,
especially in covenant relation
12.
Peace that
surpasses our understanding; peace like a river
13.
Unity; concord;
harmony (the anointing oil flows with unity)
14.
Freedom from
confusion and captivity of any kind
15.
The Lord looses
the prisoners
16.
Success and
Blessings (family, children, grandchildren, houses, lands, cars, both material
and non-material things)
17.
Giving thanks for
all your blessings
18.
Prosperity;
wealth; living debt free; debts cancelled
19.
Satiation of
God’s goodness
20.
Being filled up
with the Word of God
21.
Possessing the
promises of God
22.
Completeness,
Wholeness
23.
Restoration;
Rejuvenation; Refreshment; Relaxation; Recreation
24.
Contentment
25.
Friendship;
Friendliness (especially friendship with God)
26.
Soundness in mind
and physical body; excellent health; wellness; healing
27.
With long life I
will satisfy him and show him My salvation
28.
Security
29.
Welfare,
Happiness
30.
Nothing missing
and nothing broken
31.
Safe (in mind,
body or estate)
32.
Restitution;
compensation
33.
To walk in favor
with God and man
34.
God gives His Beloved
sleep
35.
Days of Heaven
upon earth
36.
A greeting (“May
it be well with you”)
37.
Messianic Reign
Shalom is mentioned 237 times in the Old Testament.
Definitions taken from:
1. Strong’s Concordance of Hebrew and Greek Words
2. Brown-Driver-Brigg’s Hebrew Lexicon
3. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old Testament Words
It is God's will that no one should perish (end up in hell), but that ALL should come to repentance.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
God bless you!!!
