Do the Jews have the right to occupy Palestine? The Bible say NO
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RE-DISCOVERING THE BIBLE'S FORGOTTEN SOLUTION
By Rev. Ted Pike
The raging conflict in the Middle East sparks two essential questions.
First: Do the Jews own Palestine? The answer is yes. Scripture makes it
clear that the land of Palestine was given by God to the physical
descendants of Abraham. (Gen. 12:7, 13-14-17- 11 Chron. 20:7; Acts 7:5)
Secondly- Do the Jews have the right to occupy Palestine? The answer to
this question is no! Scripture states that if Israel rejects Jesus,
(Yahweh) who brought them into Canaan, He will expel them from the land.
They can never lawfully return until they are obedient to their rejected
Messiah.
Yahweh's conditional terms of occupancy are bluntly laid down in
Leviticus 26-27,33. "Yet if in spite of this you do not obey me, but act
with hostility against me, then I will act with wrathful hostility
against you ... You ... I will scatter among the nations and will draw
out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities
become waste."
Deuteronomy 4:25-27 continues: "When you do that which is evil in the
sight of the Lord your God so as to provoke him to anger, I call heaven
and earth to witness against you today that you shall surely perish
quickly from the land ... You shall not live long on it, but shall be
utterly destroyed. And the Lord will scatter you among the nations,
where the Lord shall drive you."
And in Deuteronomy 28:63-4- "if you are not careful to observe all the
words of this law ... you shall be torn from the land where you are
entering to possess it. Moreover, the Lord will scatter you among all
peoples."
In the Old Testament, when Israel and Judah abandoned Yahweh, both
nations were exiled from Palestine: Israel by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.,
Judah by the Babylonians in 597 B.C.
Only abject repentance entitled a small minority of Judeans, under Ezra
and Nehemiah, to return from Babylon and again occupy their land of
promise. After the remnant Jews' rejection and crucifixion of Christ,
they also were scattered among the nations in fulfillment of God's
ancient decree.
Since their expulsion under Titus in 70 A.D., the Jews still have not
repented. They have not given Christ the obedience He demands.
Who Has Rights of Occupation? Who, then, are the legitimate occupants of
Palestine today? When God exiled Judah under Nebuchadnezzar in 597 B.C.
He allowed various mixed people, later called Samaritans, to occupy
Judea. Such occupancy was not conditional on righteousness. What was
important was that rebellious Jews not occupy the land.
Similarly, when God expelled the Jews from Palestine in 70 A.D. He
allowed various peoples eventually known as Palestinian Arabs to occupy
the land in lieu of Jewish obedience.
Do the Palestinians own the land? They do not. But they do have divine
approval, as did the ancient Samaritans, to become tenants of the land
until Israel repents.
Someday, out of great tribulation, a remnant of Jews will give God the
obedience He demands. Christ will lead this believing remnant back to
the land of their forefathers; they will dwell there lawfully, in peace
and safety. This will be the only legitimate return the Jews will make
to Palestine since their rejection of Christ 2000 years ago. It will
gloriously fulfill hundreds of Old Testament prophecies. (Isa. 4:4,
10:20, 59:20; Hos.14:4; Joel 2:18-20; Zeph. 2:7, 3:11-13) Until that
time, God calls heaven and earth to testify that unbelieving Jews must
remain dispersed, scattered, "wandering" among the nations (Deut.
4:25-27). And yet, as in ancient Babylon, God encouraged them to build,
plant, marry and take root in the land of their dispersion, and to
"seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile." (Jer.
29:4-7)
The proper role for unbelieving Jews is to dwell scattered among the
very safe and prosperous Jewish communities in New York, London, Paris,
etc. They are not to wrest Palestine from its divinely approved
occupants, thus inciting persecution and hatred against Jews worldwide.
This timeless principle of "no obedience, no occupancy" was illustrated
in the time of Joshua. (Num. 13:25-33; 14:1-45) God invited the Hebrews
to occupy Palestine by faith. Yet when unbelief emerged, He refused to
let them in. When the people decided they wanted to penetrate the land
anyway, God rejected them, ultimately condemning them to wander and die
in the wilderness. Only a new, obedient generation (like the later
generation under Ezra and Nehemiah) would be allowed to take root in a
land dedicated to obedience.
Changing Times and Laws
Today, God's law requiring Jewish obedience has been subverted by
Zionist Jews and by evangelical Christians. Zionism says to Jews, "We
don't have to remain scattered, wanderers according to the curse of
God's law. We can be re-gathered, established in peace and safety in the
land God expelled us from. Obedience doesn't matter any more." The
evangelical church heartily agrees, blessing them and bidding Godspeed.
Evangelicals believe the church has a responsibility, like a midwife, to
come alongside and encourage Israel's birth of faith in Christ by
blessing and endorsing unbelieving Israel, right or wrong. Such
blessing, the church believes, can only hasten Israel's eventual
national acceptance of Christ.
Yet the church has no biblical right to bless the Zionist experiment in
Palestine. Zionism's capitol is that fleshly Jerusalem which Revelation
describes as "the great city, which mystically is called Sodom and
Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11:8) It is anathema
that the church should bid Godspeed or pray for the peace of such a
city, a city Scripture portrays as embodying the perversions of Sodom
and all the bondage and occultry of ancient Egypt. The church is
obligated to encourage and pray for the peace of that spiritual
Jerusalem, which includes all Jews who accept the rulership of the "King
of Jerusalem," or "King of Peace," Jesus Christ. (Heb. 7:1-3) Yes,
Christians must be kind to Jews, responsive to their rights and
humanitarian needs - just as Christians are to be charitable, without
discrimination, to all people. (James 2:1-4) Yet the greatest blessing
the church can give Jews is to preach the gospel to them, leading them
to the gift of faith, joy, and eternal life in their only true messiah,
Jesus.
A Counterfeit Return
Zionism's defiance of God's law not only creates anger in Heaven, but
strife, hatred, revenge and terrorism within God's holy land, sending
shock waves through the Middle East and the world. Further, because the
Zionist presence in Palestine is against God's law, no attempt at
peace-making by America, Israel, or the Palestinians can succeed. If God
really endorsed the Zionist occupation of Palestine, He would bless
Israel and the region with harmony - the kind of harmony Solomon enjoyed
with his political neighbors. God is the One who causes even the enemies
of a righteous man to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7) Instead,
violence, hatred, terrorism erupt in the Middle East: God's laws have
been turned upside down.
What is to be done? The evangelical church, while seeking the spiritual
good of individual Jews, should end its support of the unlawful Zionist
occupation of God's holy land. Such a return to Biblical law does not
forsake or persecute Jews. Instead, it is a blessing, helping deliver
them from further persecution and anti-Semitism. The fact is, Zionism
stimulates hatred against Jews. The modern state of Israel was
established ostensibly to provide safe haven to European Jewry.
Actually, Zionists' unlawful occupation of Palestine, expelling and
persecuting the divinely sanctioned occupants has only heightened hatred
of Jews and lessened the security of Jews living in war-torn Palestine.
In fact, it would be difficult to imagine a less secure place for Jews
than Israel.
The Right Thing to Do
The argument can be made, of course, that God's law is impractical for
us today. Exodus of the Jews from Palestine, it could be said, would be
like giving America back to the Indians. Yes, it is inconvenient. But it
is also God's law - the right thing to do. The alternative - heightened
hatred and possible world war, destroying staggering numbers of Arabs,
Jews, and probably Americans in order to uphold the Zionists' unbiblical
claim - is a much more painful one.
Even worse, Zionist occupation will eventually precipitate the Great
Tribulation, when the antichrist, Israel's false messiah, turns on the
Jewish people in fury. (Isa. 10:5-11; Ezek. 38 & 39) Just as Sargon II
and Nebuchadnezzar scattered Israel and Judah, the antichrist will be
God's instrument to once again enforce God's law to expel and scatter
disobedient Jewry throughout the world. (Hos. 9:13, Ezek. 39:23-28, Luke
21:24) Scripture tells us that the Tribulation will be the period of
greatest suffering Israel has ever known, a holocaust to end all
holocausts at the hands of antichrist, Arabs and gentiles. (Deut.
28:15,18-29; Hos. 8:7-8,13; Isa. 47:6; Jer. 6:1-3; Ezek. 23:46-47,
33:28-29; Matt. 24:21-22
God's Forgotten Law
We have come to a time, as in the time of King Josiah, when the law of
the Lord concerning rightful occupation of Palestine has been forgotten.
Both Israel and the church have massively strayed from God's law. The
church, even when confronted with such law, has the greatest difficulty
comprehending it. Such light is unwelcome, painful to those who have
dwelt for a century in the dark shadow of Zionist propaganda.
It is time the church returned to confidence that God alone, in His time
and on His terms, will bring back His remnant Jews to Palestine. The
church dishonors God by joining with Christ-rejecting Jews in ramming a
counterfeit return down the throats of the Arab world. Further, the
church is siding with a bully. It bids Godspeed to arrogant and bloody
men. Such include Menachem Begin who, having committed such atrocities
as blowing up the King David Hotel and its occupants, proudly proclaimed
himself "the father of modern terrorism." Or Ariel Sharon, who presided
over the infamous Shattilla and Sabra Massacres in Lebanon, slaughtering
hundreds of innocent victims.
Scripture warns that those who misguidedly bless evil men, bidding
godspeed to them, become partakers of their evil deeds. (II Jn 1:11)
Only by separating from international Zionism can the church escape
further entanglement and corruption by it. The church must also remind
Jews that if they want to avoid persecution, anti-semitism and ceaseless
strife, they must return to Christ's divine law and terms of occupancy,
given not to the gentiles, but to their forefathers thousands of years
ago. If they obey, the Middle East will at last have peace.
For a complete discussion of the history and aspirations of the Jews,
past, present, and future, order Rev. Ted Pike's monumental 345 page
best-seller Israel: Our Duty...Our Dilemma and its video version The
Other Israel.
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