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Today non-believing Jews are “enemies”
of the gospel, yet they are “beloved for
the fathers’ sakes.” God will not break His
covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!
Paul knows as we do that “God is not a
man that He should lie; neither the son of
man, that He should repent” (Num. 23:19)
and since he is “the Lord”, and He does not
change (Mal. 3:6). By His very nature He
does not change or repent. God’s gifts to
Israel, and God’s calling of Israel, cannot
be taken back or changed, or God would
cease to be true to His own perfect nature.
The fact that Israel may not enjoy her gifts,
or live up to her privileges as an elect nation,
does not affect this fact one bit. God
will be consistent with Himself and true to
His Word (See Rom. 3:3).
Now, God’s grace is invoked brought
to the stand. Because of the unbelief of the
Jews, we Gentiles are saved. Paul repeatedly
reminded the saved Gentiles that they had
a spiritual obligation to Israel to “provoke
them to jealousy” and Israel’s hardness is
only “in part” which means that individual
Jews can be saved. If God can save Jews by
His grace and mercy today, why can’t He
save them in the future? God has included
all “in unbelief” both Jews and Gentiles so
that all might have the opportunity to be
saved by grace. “There is no difference.”
God chose the Jews so that the Gentiles
might be saved. Israel became exclusive
and failed to share the truth with the
Gentiles. They thought that the Gentiles
had to become Jews in order to be saved.
But God declared both Jews and Gentiles
to be lost and condemned. This meant that
He could have mercy on all because of the
sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
Finally, God’s wisdom is shown. Only
a God as wise as our God could take the
fall of Israel and turn it into salvation for
the world! If one thinks that God does not
know what He is doing, then they don’t
know Him. God is too wise to make plans
that will not be fulfilled. Israel did not allow
Him to rule, so He overruled!
Paul’s five witnesses, all agree, there
is a future for Israel. She will recover from
her fall and enter into her fullness when Jesus
Christ returns and sit on David’s throne
and Israel will “reconciled” and “received,”
and it will be like a resurrection!
In Peace,
David
“God is not a man that He
should lie; neither the son
of man, that He should
repent”
–Numbers 23:19–
2 Moriel Quarterly • June 2010
why did the United States immediately recognize the State of Israel?
Margaret Truman said it was the most difficult decision Harry Truman ever faced as president.
Should he support the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, or shouldn’t he?
Presidential advisers and the government were split. Clark Clifford, Truman’s legal counsel,
strongly favored recognition. The Jews deserved a sanctuary after the horror of the Holocaust, Clifford
argued. Besides, the new state would likely come to pass whether Truman urged it or not.
But the Department of State, including the highly respected Secretary of State, George Marshall,
advised against it, as did much of his cabinet. Truman greatly admired Marshall and had said,
“there wasn’t a decoration big enough” to honor Marshall’s leadership during World War II. At a
White House meeting on May 12, 1948, Marshall objected to quick US recognition of a Jewish
homeland. It would look as if Truman was angling for Jewish votes, he said, and might endanger
access to Arab oil. He went so far as to say that if Truman went ahead and recognized the new state,
then Marshall would vote against him in the coming election.
Truman made his own decision. Two days later, May 14, 1948 Israel was born at the stroke
of midnight, Jerusalem time. The United States announced its recognition of the new nation only
11 minutes later.
Danial Pipes, in reviewing Michael T. Benson’s book Harry S. Truman and the Founding of
Israel makes these observations about Truman’s decision:
Everyone knows that Harry Truman provided help to the Zionists because he could count votes,
and there were few Arab votes in 1948. That, anyway, is the thesis developed by John Snetsinger
in 1974 and since repeated ad nauseum. Well, it turns out not to be true. In a masterful and exciting
presentation, Benson proves that Truman’s policies resulted not from nose-counting but from
deeply-held beliefs. His pro-Israel outlook “was based primarily on humanitarian, moral, and sentimental
grounds, many of which were an outgrowth of the president’s religious upbringing and his
familiarity with the Bible.” Extensive research into Truman’s biography and earlier career shows
his impressive consistency. Benson, of the University of Utah, establishes Truman as a studious child
and deeply religious young man who, when he unexpectedly found himself in the Oval Office, lived
faithfully by his precepts. In the case at hand, he expressed sympathy for Zionism as early as 1939
and reiterated his views many times subsequently.
Truman’s determination had great importance; of the many momentous issues in his presidency,
he personally involved himself most directly with what he called the “puzzle of Palestine.”
In Benson’s words, these personal interventions against the entirety of the American foreign policy
establishment “constantly rescued” the Jews from defeat. The author concludes that the standard
account of Truman risking U.S. security interests for cheap political advantage is deeply unfair to
this most moral and honorable of American presidents.
US State Department
Telegram, May 14, 1948
Palestine Facts website
(http://palestinefacts.org),
Retrieved June 7, 2010.
Today, in 1948, Israel is declared an independent state. It is immediately
attacked by all of its Arab neighbors. There were no settlements
at the time. Also, no occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip or Golan
Heights. Israel was attacked simply because it existed. It continues today.