I Will Not Pray For Peace In Jerusalem Today

Jeremiah 7:16, "Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee." Kindest regards my friend. Thank you for your interest in my ministry online. God bless.

I get disgusted with all the Israel worship here in American churches. I read a Twitter post the other day by Jared Young, an assistant Baptist Pastor in Lexington, Kentucky. I love their soul-winning church, and Pastor Fugate, their senior pastor. But it disgusts me that they are Zionists. Jared quoted Genesis 12:3 and then this verse in Psalms 122:6, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." But Jared didn't quote this verse from Isaiah 48:22, "There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked." Churches can pray all they want for peace in Jerusalem, but there will never be any peace until they repent toward God (Hosea 3:4-5). 

Sadly, these Zionist preachers are woefully ignorant of Bible prophecy. Luke 21:24, "And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." The Bible plainly teaches that the Gentiles will trod down Jerusalem until Jesus Christ returns at His Second Coming to set up His Kingdom, and the Times Of The Gentiles is finished. So there is no "peace" promised to Israel today. 

Furthermore, true Israel ceased to exist as a nation in 586 BC, when Babylon annihilated Jerusalem. Just as Hosea 3:4-5 says, they were scattered throughout the world, and have no prince, until Christ returns. Present-day manmade Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, it was put back on the map in 1948 by the heathen United Nations. Just as Abraham and Sarah refused to wait on the Lord to give them a promised biological son, so also have sinful men taken it upon themselves to restore the nation of Israel, not waiting for God's promise to restore Israel when they return to God (at Christ's return). 

Tragically, less than 3% of Israel today professes to be Christian (and that includes unsaved Catholics, Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Church of Christ, et cetera). I dare say 0.05% are truly born-again believers. I agree with Presbyterian Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) that Israel today is no different than any other heathen nation, and God is not blessing nor protecting them. No believer should be praying for peace in Israel, anymore than we should be praying for peace in "Sin City" Las Vegas or immoral Hollywood. Jeremiah 7:16, "Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee." Kindest regards my friend. Thank you for your interest in my ministry online. God bless.

So, no, I will NOT pray for peace in Jerusalem today, and neither should you pray for peace in such an immoral, ungodly, Christ-rejecting and horrible place! If that offends you, then please study your King James Bible so you won't be so ignorant. Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 to see what curses God promised He would inflict upon Israel, if they disobeyed the voice of the Lord. In 2016 Tel Aviv, Israel, was dubbed the “gayest city on earth” by the Boston Globe. Holy Land? I don't think so. 

I am not bashing the Jews, God forbid. I love Jewish people, just as I love Arabs, blacks, Asians, Indians and all people everywhere of all ethnicities, faiths, nations and cultures. Heaven is color and denomination blind (Galatians 3:26-29). Zionism is a matter of corruption, not Anti-Semitism. There are no promises in the Bible from God to blindly bless a wicked nation that dishonors and spits on the precious Lord Jesus Christ. 

Exodus 19:5-6, “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”

As we just read, God's promise of blessing to the Jews was CONDITIONAL upon their continued obedience. The Israelites failed to obey God, instead committing harlotry with false gods and idols. That is what the Old Testament book of Ezekiel is about. I do not believe in Replacement Theology (that the Church replaced Israel). That is because there was never anything to replace. As we see in Exodus 19:5-6, from the very beginning God's promise of blessing always followed A LINE OF FAITH. 

God blessed Abraham in Genesis 12:3 because of Abraham's faithfulness. That promise only extends to Jews today who OBEY God's commandments in the Holy Bible. Romans 11:23, “And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.” Those Jews today who adhere to the Old Testament, but reject the New Testament, are still hellbound in their sins without Jesus Christ as their Savior. God is not willing for any to perish, but that all should come to repentance (2nd Peter 3:9). 

In order to enter into the Kingdom of God, a person MUST be born-again (John 3:3-7). We are saved by faith alone in the 'Good News' (Gospel) of Jesus' death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). If you want to be forgiven by God of your sins and live forever, then you MUST be born-again. There are absolutely NO exceptions, not even for the Jews. God is not a respecter of persons. 

So, no, I will not pray for peace amidst a wicked, Christ-rejecting nation, any more than I would pray for peace in China or Russia. Jeremiah 7:16, "Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee." What we ought to pray for is more effective SOULWINNING. Colossians 4:3, “Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:” Only THE GOSPEL brings true lasting peace! Romans 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Thank you for reading my blog.