Has God Broken His Word to Israel — Or Are We Watching Him Keep It?
From Abraham’s call out of Ur to Israel’s rebirth in 1948, one truth blazes across Scripture: the God of the Bible is a covenant-keeping God.
The Abrahamic Covenant is not a relic. It is the backbone of prophecy, the anchor of Israel’s survival, and the ultimate test of whether we can trust God’s promises. If He abandoned Israel, why should you trust Him with your salvation?
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Genesis 12:3
“I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
God placed Israel at the crossroads of world history. Nations are blessed or broken depending on how they treat the Jewish people. This verse explains why Egypt fell, why Babylon collapsed, why Rome crumbled, and why antisemitic movements always end in ashes. The entire redemptive plan — including Messiah Himself — flows out of this covenant.
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Genesis 15:18
“On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.’”
This was not a two-way contract; it was a one-way covenant. Abraham slept while God alone passed between the pieces, binding Himself by His own word. That means Israel’s possession of the land doesn’t depend on their obedience, their kings, or their politics. It rests on the unchanging character of God.
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Genesis 17:7–8
“I will establish my covenant… for an everlasting covenant… and I will give… all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.”
Twice God calls it “everlasting.” To allegorize or “spiritualize” this text is to gut the plain meaning of God’s own words. Everlasting doesn’t expire in 70 AD. Everlasting doesn’t get redefined by the Church, and God’s reputation is staked on it.
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Psalm 105:8–11
“He remembers His covenant forever, the word that He commanded, for a thousand generations… ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.’”
Here, the Spirit declares that God’s covenant endures “forever” and for “a thousand generations.” This isn’t hyperbole. It’s a divine guarantee that the land promise to Israel outlasts empires. God has bound His very name to Israel’s future.
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Romans 11:28–29
“As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
Even in their present unbelief, Israel is still beloved. Paul makes it clear: their rejection is temporary, their restoration is certain, and God’s promises cannot be revoked. Supersessionists say Israel is finished — Paul says Israel’s story is unfinished. To side with Replacement Theology is to stand in arrogant defiance of God’s plan.
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Replacement Theology guts the Abrahamic Covenant and twists Romans 9–11 into the very opposite of what Paul taught. Paul didn’t write Romans to cancel Israel — he wrote it to defend God’s integrity in keeping His promises to Israel.
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The Danger of “Unhitching”
When
urges Christians to “unhitch” from the Old Testament, it’s not progress — it’s betrayal. This soft-suppressionism severs believers from the very Scriptures that reveal God’s covenant-keeping nature.
History shows where this road leads: Augustine’s allegory → medieval persecutions → Luther’s antisemitic venom → Hitler’s genocide. Every wave of antisemitism starts with theological compromise.
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Spurgeon: “The day shall yet come when the Jews, who were the first apostles to the Gentiles, shall be gathered in… and restored to their own land.”
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The scattering of Israel was prophecy fulfilled. The preservation of Israel was prophecy fulfilled. The regathering of Israel is prophecy unfolding before our eyes. And their future deliverance will climax in the return of the King to Jerusalem.
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