NOV 29

Psalm 89
Memorise Romans 11:1
“My covenant will I not break”

The anti-Israel millennialists like the amillennialists, postmillennialists, and so-called historic premillennialists err in their view of the nation of Israel. They say that God has cast away Israel. Israel, for her sin of rejecting her Messiah—the Lord Jesus Christ—is now forsaken by God and is replaced by a new Israel—the Church. All the promises God made to Israel is now transferred to the Church.

Is this true? Did God cast away and forsake Israel? Did He withdraw all the promises He had originally made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? The answer is No. God has not forsaken Israel. God’s hand is still upon Israel to protect and preserve her. God must keep His Word. Although Israel has sinned against God by rejecting Christ, yet God will not and cannot break His Word. God will punish Israel for her sins, but God is true to His Word, and is faithful to the Covenant He had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God says in Psalm 89:3,34-36: “I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, ... My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me” (see also Jeremiah 31:35-37). Paul himself questioned those who said that God has cast Israel away. In Romans 11:1, Paul asked, “Hath God cast away his people?”

Answer: “God forbid!” In Romans 11:25-27, Paul predicted that one day “all Israel shall be saved.” The anti-Israel millennialists say that this Israel is the Church. This is a manipulation of God’s Word. God means what He says and says what He means. If Paul was talking about the Church instead of Israel, he could and would have used the term “Church”. He did not. He was not referring to the Church but to Israel—God’s chosen nation when he said “all Israel shall be saved”.

Thought: Man may break his promises, but not God.
Prayer: Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father.