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What the Old Testament Scriptures Say about Israel
Copyright by Norman L. Geisler 2012

Outline I. Israel’s Origin II. Israel’s Purpose III. Israel’s Promises IV. Israel’s Destiny

Outline I. Israel’s Origin
Gen. 12:1-3: “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’”

“In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” by--
I. Israel’s Origin Israel’s Purpose “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” by-- A. The Savior (the Living Word) Mat. 1:1—“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Gal. 3:8: “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘All the nations shall be blessed in you.’”

The Messianic Line The Seed of the Woman (Gen. 3:15) The Line of Seth (Gen. 4:25) The Descendant of Shem (Gen. 9:26) The Offspring of Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3) The Seed of Isaac (Gen. 21:12) The Lineage of Jacob (Gen. 46:3) The Tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10) The Son of David (2 Sam. 7:12f; Jer. 23:5-6)

“In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” by--
I. Israel’s Origin Israel’s Purpose “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” by-- A. The Savior (the Living Word) Mat. 1:1—“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” B. The Scriptures (the Written Word) Rom. 3:2—“To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.”

The Savior and the Scripture
Living Word Written Word Body Book Incarnation Inscripturation Redemption Inspiration

The Savior and the Scripture
John 5:39—“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that speak of me (the Savior).” Heb. 10:5-7—“When Christ came into the world, he said…a body you have prepared for me…, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.”

Note: 1. Israel was to be a conveyer, not merely a container, of God’s blessing. 2. They were a blessed nation so that they could be a blessing to all nations.

Outline I. Israel’s Origin II. Israel’s Purpose Israel’s Promises
A. The Land (kingdom) B. The Throne (King)

Note: 1) God needed to bring the holy people into the Holy Land to bring forth the Holy Scriptures (Torah) to guide them and the Holy One (Messiah) to save them. 2) God needed a chosen Land for His chosen nation to bring in His Chosen One through whom He could save His chosen ones from all nations.

Outline A. The Land (for a kingdom)
1. God gave it to Abraham and his offspring, Isaac, Jacob, and to their descendants forever: Gen. 12:1:“Now the LORD had said to Abram: ‘Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.’” Gen. 13:15: “For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.”

Gen. 15:18: “The Lord made a covenant with Abram saying: ‘To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates….’” Gen. 17:8: God said to Abraham: “I give to you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession.” Josh. 1:3-4: “I have given to you [this land], just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.”

God Gave it through Isaac, not Ishmael
Abraham Isaac Ishmael Jews Arabs

2. God Gave it through Isaac, not Ishmael
Gen. 17:18-19: “And Abraham said to God,’ Oh that Ishmael might live before you!’ God said ‘No, but Sarah your wife shall bear a son, and you shall calls his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.” Gen. 21:12: “But God said to Abraham…‘In Isaac your seed shall be called.’” Gen. 26:3: God said to Isaac: “I will be with you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.”

3. God gave it unconditionally (Rom. 11:29).
“The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” 1. God’s promise did not depend on Israel’s faith but on God’s faithfulness (2 Tim. 2:13). “If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” 2. God’s promise was immutable (Heb. 6:13-18). “When God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He wore by Himself…. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation….”

Gen. 15:9-18: “Bring Me a three-year old heifer, a three year old female goat, a three year old ram…and cut them in two…. Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram…. And it came to pass when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking oven and burning torch that passed between those pieces. On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘to your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates….’”

Psa. 89:28-37: “My mercy I will keep for him forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments…, then I will visit their transgressions with the rod…. Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him nor allow My faithfulness to fail. My covenant I will not break nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips…. It shall be established forever like the moon.”

4. God gave it unto perpetuity (“forever”).
Gen. 13:15: “For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” Gen. 17:8: God said to Abraham: “I give to you... the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession.” Psa. 89:28, 29: “My mercy I will keep for him forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.... My covenant I will not break nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips…. It shall be established forever like the moon.”

God’s land promise is still future
a. Josh 21:43 was not the final fulfillment: “Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and lived in it.” 1. It was not the whole land promised (It did not cover Syria—cf. Num. 34). 2. It did not last “forever” (Israel was exiled to Assyria in 721 BC. and Babylon in 605 B.C.). b. Later prophets pointed to it as yet future. Amos 9:14-15: “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them, says the Lord.” c. NT predicts it in the future.

Mat. 19:28--Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Acts 1:6-8--So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”

Acts 3:19-21—“Repent therefore, and turn back, …that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.” Acts 15:13-17—“James replied, Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name….‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.’”

Rom. 11: And even they…will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree…. A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved….”

Note: 1. Israel was given all the Land (currently Palestinian, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria). 2. They were given this Land forever. 3. They were given the Land unconditionally. 4. This promise has not yet been fulfilled. 5. It will be fulfilled when the Messiah returns.

This Land is Their Land This Land is their Land, This Land is their Land From the great Euphrates, to the River of Egypt From the Western Ocean, to the River Jordan This Land was made to keep them free.

This Land is Their Land This Land is their Land, This Land is their Land From the great Euphrates, to the River of Egypt From the Western Ocean, to the River Jordan This Land was made to keep them free. On May 15, 1948, after nearly 1900 years, the United Nations established the State of Israel, returning them to their Homeland.

This Land is Their Land This Land is their Land, This Land is their Land From the great Euphrates, to the River of Egypt From the Western Ocean, to the River Jordan This Land was made to keep them free. On May 15, 1948, after nearly 1900 years, the United Nations established the State of Israel, returning them to their Homeland. In 1967 Israel took control of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, and it has been in charge of it since that time.

A. The Land Promise B. The Throne Promise B. The Throne B. The Throne

B. The Throne Promise (for a kingdom)
Its Origin 2 Sam. 7:5-16: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘thus says the Lord, I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. …Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house…. I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever…. My steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

Its Origin—God (in 2 Sam. 7)
Its Nature—A literal kingdom a. David had a literal kingdom. b. His literal descendants were promised this same literal kingdom. 2 Sam. 7:5-16: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. … I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever…. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

Its Origin—God (in 2 Sam. 7)
Its Nature—A literal kingdom Its Duration—“forever” 2 Sam. 7:5-20: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. …. I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever…. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever…. You have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind’ ” 2 Sam. 23:5: “For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure.”

Jeremiah 33:15–17 : “In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’ For thus says the Lord: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel…’”

Psalm 89:28–37: “My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens…. I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.”

Its Origin—God (in 2 Sam. 7) Its Nature—A literal kingdom 3
Its Origin—God (in 2 Sam. 7) Its Nature—A literal kingdom 3. Its Duration—“forever” 4. Its Fulfillment—Still future-- a. When Amos wrote (Amos 9:14-15): “‘I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,’ says the Lord your God.”

4. Its Fulfillment—Still future-- a. When Amos wrote (Amos 9:14-15)
b. When John the Baptist was born (Lk. 2:68-79) “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David…to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we…might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.”

4. Its Fulfillment—Still future--
a. When Amos wrote (Amos 9:14-15) b. When Isaiah wrote (Isa. 11:11-12) “ In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

c. When John the Baptist was born (Lk. 2:67-79) d. When Jesus was on earth (Mt. 19:28): “Then Peter said in reply, ‘See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.’”

c. When John the Baptist was born (Lk. 2:67-79) d. When Jesus was on earth (Mt. 19:28) e. When Jesus ascended into heaven (Acts 1:6-8): “So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’”

c. When John the Baptist was born (Lk. 2:67-79) d. When Jesus was on earth (Mt. 19:28) e. When Jesus ascended (Acts 1:6-8) f. When Peter preached (Acts 3:19-21): “Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.”

4. Its Fulfillment—Still future-- e. When Jesus ascended (Acts 1:6-8) f. When Peter preached (Acts 3:19-21) g. When James spoke (Acts 15:13-17): “After they finished speaking, James replied, ‘Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name…’”

Its origin—God (in 2 Sam. 7) Its Nature—A literal kingdom
3. Its Duration—“forever” 4. Its Fulfillment—Still future-- a. When Amos wrote (Amos 9:14-15) b. When Isaiah wrote (Isa. 11:11-12) c. When John the Baptist was born (Lk. 2:67-79) d. When Jesus was on earth (Mt. 19:28) e. When Jesus ascended (Acts 1:6-8) f. When Peter preached (Acts 3:11) g. When James spoke (Acts 15:13-17) h. When Paul wrote (Rom. 11:1-36)

Rom. 11:1-29: “I ask, then, has God rejected his people. By no means
Rom. 11:1-29: “I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin…. Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?... For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. … A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved…. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”

A. The Land Promise B. The Throne Promise C. The Temple Promise B. The Throne B. The Throne

History of the Temple It was built on the site where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac (2000b.c.) It was revealed to Moses (c.1500b.c.) 3. It was organized by David (c.1000b.c.) 4. It was built by his son Solomon 5. It was destroyed by Babylon (c.600b.c.) 6. It was rebuilt by Zerubbabel (c.500b.c.) 7. It was indwelt by God (1 Kgs. 8) 8. It was destroyed by the Romans (70a.d.) 9. It will be rebuilt during the End Times.

Today the site is Underneath the Muslim Dome of the Rock Area

The Dedication of Solomon’s Temple
1 Kings 8:9–20: “There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb….And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord…for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. Then Solomon said ‘Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.’”

Outline I. Israel’s Origin II. Israel’s Purpose III. Israel’s Promises
Israel’s Destiny A. They Will Get the Land Forever B. They Will Get David’s Throne Forever. C. They Will Get their Temple Forever

Israel Returns to the Land
Isaiah 11:11–12: “In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

All Nations Come Against Jerusalem
Zech. 12:3: “And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.”

All Nations Come Against Jerusalem
Zech. 12:3: “And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” Zech. 14:2: “For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into captivity.

Israel’s Messiah will Return.
He will destroy the nations (Zech. 12:8-9): “In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem…; the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem” (Zech. 12:8-9).

Israel’s Messiah will Return.
He will destroy the nations (Zech. 12:8-9): “In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem…; the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem” (Zech. 12:8-9). “And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem…. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth” (Zech. 14:4, 9).

Israel Will Accept Their Messiah
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication: then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son…” (Zech. 12:10).

Israel Will Accept Their Messiah
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication: then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son…” (Zech. 12:10). “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, and they also who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him” (cf. Rev. 1:7).

(1) Israel gets the Land “forever.”
Messiah Will Set Up His Kingdom (1) Israel gets the Land “forever.” (2) Israel’s Messiah reigns “forever.” “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from His goats…. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Mt. 25:31-34).

(1) Israel gets the Land “forever.”
(2) Israel gets Messianic throne “forever.” (3) Israel’s gets its temple “forever.” Malachi 3:1: “The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple.” Ezekiel 43:1-6: “And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory… . And I fell on my face. as the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, …and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.”

What Do Radical Muslims Say about Israel?

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“Israel should be wiped off the map.” “It is an evil nation.” "Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."

Hezbollah Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah
“Our mission is to wipe Israel from the face of the earth.”

What Does the Qur’an Say?
Sura 9:5: “Slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush.” Sura 8:12: “Strike off their heads then, and strike off from them every finger-tip.’” Sura 4:76: “Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan.” Sura 9:29: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah...until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.” Sura 9:30: “And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah;... may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!” Sura 8:40: “And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah.”

What is the Relation of 9/11 and Israel?

Don’t Befriend Christians and Jews
Sura 5:51: “O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other;...surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

Kill the Americans Who are Friends of the Jews
"We call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it.”

Muslims Control All This Land Yet They Still Want Tiny Israel!

The Muslim Claim: The Holy Land is Theirs
1. Ishmael, not Isaac, was the promised son of Abraham Muhammed ascended into heaven from Jerusalem. Response: 1. There is no real evidence he was ever in Jerusalem. 2. There is no Holy Land claim for Islam in the Qur’an. 3. There was no Muslim presence there till 7th cent. A.D. 4. Even the Qur’an names Isaac & Jacob as the blessed line: “We [God] gave (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained among his progeny Prophethood and Revelation…”(Sura 29:27). 5. The Qur’an affirms that the Bible of Muhammed’s day could be trusted (Sura 10:94). 6. There is no evidence these OT texts were corrupted Qur’an says God’s word can’t be changed (Sura 6:34).

They Forget the Curse in the Abrahamic Covenant
Gen. 12:1-3: “Now the Lord said to Abram… I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse….”

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