“The Israel of God”
-Lost identity-
Just who are we and where did we come from? Why are we here and why did our ancestors come? Why do people still come to America? Why is America the only nation of its kind in the world? Why is America so important?
I have wondered for a long time why I was born here, in America. I could have been born anywhere, in another country. I look at the conditions in most other nations and am grateful I was born here. My father’s family came from Ireland and my mothers came from England. I am convinced that God moves people where he wants them, for a reason. Our ancestors were looking for a city whose builder and maker was God.
God told Abraham that his seed would be as many as the stars in the sky and as many as the grains of sand in the sea. His physical seed went on to become Israel, God’s chosen people. Why, because they loved and followed Him. Some had a hard time with that though and wound up going in circles for many years until they settled in Israel, their promised land and they are still there today. Now there was another side of Abraham though, he trusted God and it was credited to him as righteousness. He has been called the father of faith ever since. He became God’s friend because he trusted God. He believed God. Trust is a spiritual condition. There would become much spiritual seed’s through Abraham, as many as the stars and sand also. After many years Jesus came to the physical Israel to forgive sin. After the forgiveness of sin, there was to be righteousness, right standing with God. A trust relationship, only a few trusted Him, though, the others killed Him. For all those who trusted Jesus, they would join others in the spiritual seed of Abraham. The promise God had made to him so many years ago. God loved his people Israel and to all that trusted Him, they became the sons of God. He was jealous, for many rejected His Son whom he had sent. So He sent those who knew and trusted Him to the gentiles, Then the gentiles joined the spiritual promise to Abraham.
All who trusted God and His son Jesus became the church, the Body of Christ, the physical body of the invisible Christ with Him as the Head. Both Jew and gentile, there was no longer a distinction between the two. They became one body both physically and spiritually, One body, one Lord of all. The Church, “The Israel of God”.
Many believers wanted to remain in physical Israel, but God forced them out to the rest of the world. They had the best news the world would ever know. Church bodies spread in many places. Some stayed true trusting in God and His simplicity as a friend, but many turned back to lawfulness and legalisms. Some even forced people to become churched, or die. Many yearned as Moses did and began looking for a city whose builder and maker was God. God gathered some of those that trusted Him and moved them to a land far across the sea that would come to be known as America. They established their Government according to the precepts of God, who they trusted. Not just any so-called god, but the God of Abraham.
America grew and became prosperous and began to spread the good news, not just there, but all over the world, that Jesus the Christ had come. He would forgive their sin and remember them no more, and that they could trust Him because He is good.
America would have many enemies that would try to stop the spread of this great news. Even from within their own country there would be many battles fought over this. Many other nations were dominating their own people and killing them. They were blocking this good news. America became so rich that it would fight many wars and liberate many of God’s people, many people who were yearning for the good news. America’s fame as a liberator would spread far and wide. They would become known as the leader of the free world. The good news would spread to all of these nations and all over the world because of America.
As long as America has Godly men in office, good things happen not just here but all over the world. Some would forget that all men are not good, nor can be trusted. Over the years in America’s history it had good leaders and bad leaders, but at the very core of this nation is, “The Israel of God”. He is the builder and maker of America and He will give it up to no other.
Some believe that America is just another nation. It is not. Some believe that great persecution is coming. Some believe that God is going to bring hard judgment on America. The wars our soldiers, fought, to keep America blessing the world, was most certainly great persecution. Many of those men trusted God and laid down their lives for the core of America and “The Israel of God”. Some believe that the bible doesn’t speak about America. The bible speaks of many nations, that don’t have a trust in God at their core as America does. The core of America was birthed in the God of Israel. We were grafted into The “Israel of God” why would He speak of us as separate from Israel. We were grafted in. We are the only nation on earth that proclaims the God of Israel as Lord of our nation. America will never fight against its own brothers as some think in the last days. America will defend its own to the death, we are one. The Israel of God is not a place. It’s wherever those are, who trust God.
We have just seen a great battle fought over the core of America. Shrapnel is still falling from the explosions. The enemies of the core are still angry and hallucinating with hate. The demonic instructor of their so-called belief is angry.
Great days are before us in America and the church. Take courage, this great storm is over. Lift up your wings and fly. The core is secure. “The Israel of God” is safe. There will be many wars fought in the future, domestically and abroad before the great day that Jesus returns. He will fight the final battle for us. We are “The Israel of God”, we will live forever, with the God of Israel.
David McClary
Avoicefromthemountain.com
