JUL 25

Zechariah 8:21-23
Memorise Revelation 20:1-6
“the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established”

WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TO ISRAEL?

If you have that anti-Jewish feeling like the rest of the world, change over to be a lover of Israel. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee” (Psalm 122:6). Make peace with Israel! Such a heathen chieftain had the wise insight into the goodness of making friends with Israel: “Thus Abimelech, Chieftain of the Philistines, came to Abraham: “God is with thee in all that thou doest.” And thus did Abimelech say to Isaac, “We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, let there be now an oath betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord” (Genesis 21:22; 26:28,29). This wise choice is what King Solomon had observed: “When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him” (Proverbs 16:7). Make peace with Israel because she is destined to be great. She will be the greatest when our Lord comes back to earth, to sit on His father David’s throne in Jerusalem. Jesus will rule this reformed earth with peace for a thousand years (Revelation 20:4).

The capital of the world will be shifted to Jerusalem, as seen by the Prophet Isaiah. “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:3). The world would acknowledge Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and would all want to seek Him at Jerusalem “And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you” (Zechariah 8:21-23).

Israel, indeed, is destined to be a great nation when she turns to her Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, whom her people have blindly rejected all these centuries. Let Israel now say: Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.

Thought: Is Christ now sitting on the throne of David in Jerusalem?
Prayer: Lord, we look forward to the day of thy millennial reign on earth.