Can Israel Survive?
By Richard P. Joseph
Jack Van Impe has been preaching an imminent end of the world message for nearly my entire life. Now that he has passed, his wife Rexella, has taken on the mantle. I really don’t think the Van Impe’s are evil or bad in any way, I just think they have been misled just as most pastors have today. The only real problem with his, and most pastors message is, is that none of it is in the bible. Now Rexella has put out another money making DVD with the all important question of whether or not Israel can survive Armageddon. In the mail flier Rexella expresses some concerns that, of course, will be answered in the DVD (for $25 or more). Since I don’t plan on purchasing the DVD, I will just have to answer those questions myself!
The flier reads:
“God has a plan for His chosen people. We saw the rebirth of Israel as a nation once again in 1948-and we know the Lord will never abandon the Holy Land or the Jewish people…”
Addressing the first sentence I have to agree, God does have a plan for his chosen people. Peter said;
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
You see, Rexella’s only problem with the chosen people is that she doesn’t even know who they are. The chosen people are the Christians, not the Jews. Jesus warned Israel many times over that the vineyard was to be taken from them and given to a people that will produce fruit from it. That was accomplished in AD 70. Fleshly Israel no longer has any claim as the chosen people and never will again. Even though a nation of modern day Jewish adherents was created in 1948, this has absolutely nothing to do with biblical prophecy. This is just a bunch of Rabbinical Jews who are making the same exact mistake that the ancient Jews made in AD30.
As far as God not abandoning the Holy Land and the Jewish people, well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, he already did that. Just read any of Jesus’ parables and you will clearly see that the Jews were to be abandoned and the baton was passed to a new nation. Israel and its sacrificial system was completely obliterated in AD 70, never to be raised again, and God took a new wife and created a New Jerusalem. This new city will never be dismantled as it is an everlasting kingdom with no end. And the best part is that you don’t even have to buy a DVD to know this. I do this for free. Gee I’m a really nice guy!!
