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King of the Jews

By Dave Hunt

At this time of year [Christmas] multitudes integrity and eternal purposes are linked to Is-
of people who otherwise have little or no rael's survival!
thought of God or Christ give lip service to the
idea that more than 1,900 years ago Jesus was Yasser Arafat claims that Israel has always
born in Bethlehem and "there came wise men belonged to Arabs and that Jerusalem has been
from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he an Arab city for thousands of years. In fact, it
that is born king of the Jews?" (Mt. 2:1-2). isn't even mentioned in the Koran. On July 15,
Oddly, many Christians who believe Jesus was 1889, the Pittsburg Dispatch reported that of
born "king of the Jews" attach no literal mean- Jerusalem's 40,000 residents, 30,000 were
ing to that title, especially one that has anything Jews and most of the others were Christians. In
to do with Jews. Prophecies concerning Christ 1948, when Israel declared its independence,
ruling the world from David's throne in Jerusa- only 3 percent of Palestine was owned by
lem are taken as metaphors referring to His Arabs.
present rule from heaven.
Israel has its Knesset in Jerusalem. But the
Jerusalem was founded by King David world won't accept that, and foreign embassies
3,000 years ago. No fewer than 40 times the are located elsewhere. In defiance of God and
Bible calls Jerusalem "the city of David." His King (Ps. 2), the world has its own plans
There God established David's throne forever, for Jerusalem.
and on that throne the Messiah, King of the
Jews, descended from David, must reign over Here we confront the broader aspects of
Israel and the world (2 Chron. 6:6; 33:7; 2 anti-Semitism's war against God and the King
Sam. 7:16; Ps. 89:3,4,20,21,29-36, etc.). Jeru- of the Jews: the attempt to control Jerusalem
salem is named more than 800 times in the Bi- and God's land (Lev. 25:23). Incredibly, the
ble and is central to God's plans. He has United Nations' Security Council has devoted
placed His name there forever. nearly a third of its deliberations and resolu-
tions to Israel, a country with less than one-
Knowing that only the Messiah, descended thousandth of the earth's population! The
from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, can defeat United Nations has never condemned the Ar-
him, Satan has inspired 3,000 years of anti- abs for their terrorism but has condemned Is-
Semitism. Destroying all Jews would have rael more than 370 times for defending itself.
prevented Messiah from being born. Satan lost In March 1999, the European Union notified
that round. But if all Jews could be destroyed Israel again that it "does not recognize Israel's
today, God could not fulfill His promises that sovereignty" over Jerusalem. In a recent papal
Christ would reign as King of the Jews on bull [and that word says it all!!] on the Year
David's throne at His second coming. God 2000 Jubilee, Pope John Paul II once again re-
would be a liar and Satan the winner. God's jected Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem.

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