Dear Israel
An open letter to Israel today
The Lord God loves you with an everlasting love. He sent his son, born of the line of David and born of God, to rescue you. He wept over you. He gave his life for you. But you would not have him as your Savior and Messiah.
Luke 19:41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
As your prophets of old declared, you are a stubborn and stiff necked people. God your Father loves you. Your Messiah loves you. In order to turn you to him, he sent you into exile. He declared it to you:
Luke 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will demolish you—you and your children within your walls—and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
It came to pass as he said and as you know. Jerusalem was destroyed. The temple is gone. So many died.
Over these many years he has left among you a remnant who witness to you of God’s love and plead with you that you might turn to your God.
Now again God offers His love and salvation and the healing of your land. The prophets pray for that. I pray for that. Turn to Him and be saved, and the land God gave you will indeed blossom as a rose and be filled with righteousness.
If you are still unwilling, God will continue to send pain and tribulation, all with the intention to turn you back to Him. You remember not long ago in the holocaust the many who died. That will happen again, until you turn to him.
As of old, you will seek help from a foreign ruler. He will turn out to be a pharaoh to you.
Isaiah 36:6 Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!
הִנֵּ֣ה בָטַ֡חְתָּ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ אִישׁ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבָ֥א בְכַפֹּ֖ו וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְכָֽל־הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים עָלָֽיו׃
Do not trust him. To make a treaty with him is to make a treaty with the Destroyer.
Daniel 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
וְהִגְבִּ֥יר בְּרִ֛ית לָרַבִּ֖ים שָׁב֣וּעַ אֶחָ֑ד וַחֲצִ֨י הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ יַשְׁבִּ֣ית ׀ זֶ֣בַח וּמִנְחָ֗ה וְעַ֨ל כְּנַ֤ף שִׁקּוּצִים֙ מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם וְעַד־כָּלָה֙ וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה תִּתַּ֖ךְ עַל־שֹׁמֵֽם׃ פ
God will deal with him in time. It is decreed. Endure in hope of your Redeemer. He will heal you as you turn to Him. But you do not need to wait. You may yield to him and kiss Him now and enjoy his love and care. He will carry you through the dark days yet ahead. I pray that for you.
In Hope and love,
A Friend