Israel Today - Part Three

Our first two messages about Israel today have encouraged us to pray for:

Clarification of God's choice for Prime Minister of Israel

Proper reaction by God's people to President Trump's Peace Plan

Acceptance of the New Blood Covenant by the Jewish People

Our Israel Today Part Three message will center around the following verse that is stated numerous times in God's Word, "As it is written: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense.'" {Romans 9:33} 

We should also look at Isaiah 28:16 where The Lord says, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation." Jehovah God wrote both verses and He laid the stumbling stone and the cornerstone. He is getting our attention by talking about two stones - a stumbling stone and a cornerstone. What does this mean?

Jesus is the Stumbling Stone for the Jewish People. 1Peter 2:7-8 says about them, "Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling.'"Notice they are disobedient because they are speaking righteousness by works. Also, God refers to them as a "Stiff - Necked People." {2Chronicles 30:8}

Most important we all need to realize Jesus Christ is the "Cornerstone." The Gospel message of Jesus as the Savior of the world is all built on the Cornerstone of His death and resurrection and when we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth "Jesus Is Lord" we are saved. {Romans 9:10}

The fields are white for harvest for Israel so let us all pray fervently for their salvation!

May The Lord Bless You This Day And Every Day,

Frank