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 Supporting Israel
For many, many years, Walter G. Mize, founder of the CHRISTIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION, has studied the history of the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. Certain truths became self-evident to him: the Bible was written by Jews; Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were Jews; God loves the Jewish people and they are his chosen people; the “nation” of Israel was given by God to the Jewish people; and every Christian is commanded/obligated by God to support the nation of Israel and the Jewish people.
In his studies, he heard about Pastor John Hagee, the John Hagee Ministries, and the work that Pastor Hagee is doing in support of the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. He began to watch Pastor Hagee’s services at Cornerstone Church on television. He contacted Pastor Hagee and went to see him. They established a friendship and rapport immediately. Walter Mize credits Pastor John Hagee with a tremendous furtherance of his understanding of the necessity of supporting, loving, and reaching out to the nation of Israel and the Jewish people.
Walter Mize has discussed his love toward the nation of Israel and the Jewish people with the staff and the directors of the CHRISTIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION. It has been decided that the Foundation will expand its geographical limits to include the nation of Israel and the Jewish people; i.e., Johnson County, Texas, and the nation of Israel.
The following is an excerpt from John Hagee Ministries’ website (www.jhm.org), setting out reasons that Christians should support Israel:
Why Christians Should Support Israel
The Apple of HIS Eye...
Everything Christians do should be based upon the Biblical text. Here are seven solid Bible reasons why Christians should support Israel.
1. Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed." Point: God has promised to bless the man or nation that blesses the Chosen People. History has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the nations that have blessed the Jewish people have had the blessing of God; the nations that have cursed the Jewish people have experienced the curse of God.
2. St. Paul recorded in Romans 15:27 "For if the Gentiles have shared in their (the Jews) spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things."
Christians owe a debt of eternal gratitude to the Jewish people for their contributions that gave birth to the Christian faith. Jesus Christ, a prominent Rabbi from Nazareth said, "Salvation is of the Jews!" (St. John 4:22) consider what the Jewish people have given to Christianity:
a) The Sacred Scripture
b) The Prophets
c) The Patriarchs
d) Mary, Joseph, and Jesus Christ of Nazareth
e) The Twelve Disciples
f) The Apostles
It is not possible to say, "I am a Christian" and not love the Jewish people. The Bible teaches that love is not what you say, but what you do. (1 John 3:18) "A bell is not a bell until you ring it, a song is not a song until you sing it, love is not love until you share it."
3. While some Christians try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the Jews of the world, Jesus never denied his Jewishness. He was born Jewish, He was circumcised on the eighth day in keeping with Jewish tradition, He had his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday, He kept the law of Moses, He wore the Prayer Shawl Moses commanded all Jewish men to wear, He died on a cross with an inscription over His head, "King of the Jews!
Jesus considered the Jewish people His family. Jesus said (Matthew 25:40) "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren (the Jewish people… Gentiles were never called His brethren), ye have done it unto me.
4. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee." (Psalm 122:6) the scriptural principle of prosperity is tied to blessing Israel and the city of Jerusalem.
5. Why did Jesus Christ go to the house of Cornelius in Capernaum and heal his servant, which was ready to die? What logic did the Jewish elders use with Jesus to convince Him to come into the house of a Gentile and perform a miracle?
The logic they used is recorded in Luke 7:5; "For He loveth our nation, and He hath built us a synagogue." The message? This Gentile deserves the blessing of God because he loves our nation and has done something practical to bless the Jewish people.
6. Why did God the Father select the house of Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts Chapter 10) to be the first Gentile house in Israel to receive the Gospel? The answer is given repeatedly in Acts 10.
Acts 10:2 "a devout man, (Cornelius) and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always." Who were the people to whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the Jews.
Again is Acts 10:4 "… thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."
Again in Acts 10:31 "… and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God."
The point is made three times in the same chapter. A godly Gentile who expressed his unconditional love for the Jewish people in a practical manner was divinely selected by heaven to be the first Gentile house to receive the Gospel and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
These combined Scriptures verify that PROSPERITY (Genesis 12:3 and Psalm 122:6), HEALING (Luke 7:1-5) and the OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT came first to Gentiles that blessed the Jewish people and the nation of Israel in a practical manner.
7. We support Israel because all other nations were created by an act of men, but Israel was created by an act of God! The Royal Land Grant that was given to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob with an everlasting and unconditional covenant. (Genesis 12:1-3, 13:14-18, 15:1-21, 17:4-8, 22:15-18, 26:1-5 and Psalm 89:28-37.)
 CHF Scroll Project
One of our most tangible and exciting projects we have initiated to show our love for Israel and God’s Chosen People is our “Scroll Project.” The Foundation has set out to collect a complete set of ancient scrolls, all 39 books of the old Testament in scroll form. We will use these to teach all men God’s original Word in Hebrew and share about their unending truth, proclamation, and promise. To date, we have collected 8 of the total 17 scrolls for our set. You may see them by appointment by calling 817-641-2591. They are magnificent! Some pieces are several hundred years old.
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