I first want to say I'm very appreciative of the opportunity to preach this afternoon.
I want to thank Paul Wittenberger and Framing the World for putting on this conference and
giving me this opportunity.
And as you turn in your Bibles, we're at the Marching to Zion Conference, right?
I mean, what a great thing.
We want to understand what that means, and we also want to understand what a lot of people
call Zionism today.
They call themselves Zionists, and that is not what we believe.
That is not what we mean.
That is a false doctrine, and we're going to get at the heart of the issue.
The title of the sermon is Stealing Christ's Land.
You say, well, what is a Zionist?
When they say they're a Zionist, what do they mean?
Well, if you look in the Oxford English Dictionary, they say a Zionist is a person who believes
in the development and protection of a Jewish nation and what is now Israel.
So let me just boil it down for you.
It's about land.
If they say they're a Zionist, if they say they believe in Zionism, it's about land.
That's what they're trying to get to.
And we have so many people Saul called Jews today, they say they have a right to this
land.
Well, they say, well, where does that come from?
Who does this land belong to?
Well, they say the Bible gives it to them, which is a lie straight from hell.
Not only that, if you just go online and you research what they say, I went to a site called
IsraelForever.org.
It says a Jewish right to a Jewish land.
In their article, they say if we don't claim our biblical right out of respect for Islam
in the secular west, we essentially discard our best and truthfully our only argument.
So according to the so-called Jews, they say the only reason that they have the promised
land, the only reason they have the state of Israel is because the Bible says so.
Not only that, if you just go on Wikipedia and you type in the promised land, you're
just looking at what the promised land, this is what it says.
It says the promised land was first made to Abraham, then confirmed to his son Isaac,
and then to Isaac's son Jacob, which is what the Bible says.
Not only that, they continue to say the concept of the promised land is the central tenet
of Zionism, whose discourse suggests that modern Jews descend from the Israelites and
Maccabees through whom they inherit the right to reestablish their national homeland.
So according to Wikipedia, according to everybody, they understand that Zionism is about the
physical nation.
They say the physical nation is theirs, this modern state of Israel.
So the Jews say this, the secular people say this.
Not only that, Christians today will say that these so-called Jews, that it's their land,
that they're entitled to sin.
That's what the Bible says.
I have another article from the Christians United for Israel, John Hagee's ministry.
Now he tries to compel Christians to go to his site and sign his pledge.
His pledge in support of Israel, this is what you have to sign on his pledge, we believe
that the Jewish people have a right to live in their ancient land of Israel, and that
the modern state of Israel is the fulfillment of this historic right.
So not only do you have Jews saying it's their land, not only do you have the secular world
saying it's their land, you even have Christians today saying that this is their land, and
the Bible says so.
And anybody that knows this argument, where do they go?
Genesis chapter 12, don't they?
They say, hey, I'll bless them that bless thee and curse them that cursed thee.
We got to bless the Jews today.
We got to bless those in the modern state of Israel.
Well, let's just read it and see what the Bible actually says.
Look at verse 1.
Now the Lord had said unto Abraham, get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and
from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee, and I will make of thee
a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing,
and I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that cursed thee, and in thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed.
So is this saying, Jew, did this say the Hebrews?
He said all families.
Not only that, some people say, well, maybe it's just all of his families, right?
Well, go to Galatians chapter number 3.
Well, go to my favorite commentary in the world, the New Testament.
Hey, you want to get a commentary for your Old Testament?
It's the New Testament.
It's the Apostle Paul.
It's the Holy Ghost.
That's who's going to tell you what the Bible says.
Look at Galatians chapter 3 verse 8.
In thee shall all nations be blessed.
So when the Holy Ghost tells us what Genesis 12 was saying, it was saying not just the
descendants of Abraham, but everybody, all nations, all families, and specifically, he
says this verse was for the heathen's sake.
It wasn't even for the Jews.
They point to you a verse saying, hey, this is for the physical, you know, so-called Jews.
Actually, it was written for the heathen.
And if you're a Zionist today, you might as well get a shirt that says, I am a racist.
You want to talk about real racism?
It's Zionism.
Somebody get Sam get a shirt that says, I'm a racist.
That's what real Zionism is.
They say, well, just because of who your parents are, it's your land.
Nothing because of what you did.
Nothing because of who you are.
Nothing based on your faith.
Nothing based on anything but just who your dad is, you're special.
That's not the God of the Bible.
The God of the Bible is not a respecter of persons.
He's made of one blood.
All nations were meant to dwell upon the face of the earth is what the Bible says.
Go back to Genesis chapter 13 now.
But they'll say, well, but the Bible did say that he gave it to his descendants forever.
I mean, he gave it to those, you know, physical descendants of, you know, Abraham forever.
Look at Genesis chapter 13 verse 14.
And the Lord said unto Abraham, after that lot was separated from him, lift up now thine
eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
Now, if you have a modern Bible today, it would have said descendants there.
It would have changed the verse, and it would have said descendants.
They say, oh, we got you.
It's the descendants.
It's his physical, and they give it to him forever.
This is where they get their carte blanche.
Oh, it's just given to them forever.
Well, wait a minute.
What was their favorite commentary?
The apostle Paul, the Holy Ghost, the New Testament.
Go back to Galatians chapter number 3.
Let's see what the Bible has to say about this verse.
And it's not descendants.
If you have a modern Bible today, you need to throw that thing in the garbage because it has a
contradiction in it.
Galatians chapter 3 destroys that false doctrine.
Look at Galatians 3 verse 16.
Now to Abraham, and his seed where the promise is made.
He saith not, and to seeds as of many, but as of one, and to thy seed,
which is Christ.
Look, the land is given to who?
Christ.
That's who the land was given to.
It was given to Abraham and his seed, which is Christ.
Not this physical descendants today.
Now let's keep reading.
Look at verse 17.
And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before of God and Christ, the law,
which was 430 years after, cannot disannul that it should make the promise of none effect.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise.
But God gave it to Abraham by promise.
You say, yeah, but the law gave him the land.
Well, the land given to him by the law was conditional.
And they didn't continue in that covenant.
But when we're talking about Genesis 12, we're talking about Genesis 13, it's to Christ that the
land was given.
And it was up by promise.
Go to Romans chapter 4, if you would.
We'll see the Bible emphasize this point.
Romans chapter number 4.
The inheritance of the law was conditional for them to stay in that land.
And when they rejected the God's commandments, when they rejected trusting in the Lord, they
were cast out.
Why?
Because they didn't continue by faith.
Look at Romans chapter 4, verse 13.
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed
through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
So the promise given to Abraham was not of the law.
It was of faith.
That's what it was given by.
Let's keep reading.
Look at verse 14.
For if they which are the law be heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of non-effect.
He's saying, look, if it was to the physical descendants, then what has faith got to do with it?
If it's just who your dad is, if it's just who your mom is, then what's faith got to do with it?
Well, it's got everything to do with it because it wasn't based on your physical parents.
It's not...this book isn't a racist book.
This is not supporting racism.
God loves you today, and by faith, you can be part of that seed.
Let's keep reading.
Look at verse 16.
Therefore, it is of faith that it might be by grace.
To the end, the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law,
but that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
As it is written, I may be a father of many nations.
Before him who may believe, even God, who quickened it the dead and caught those things
which be not as though they were, who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father
of many nations according that which was spoken.
So shall thy seed be.
I mean, we read these verses.
You go to church.
Christians today, they believe these verses.
They even sing about them.
How many people, you know, Father Abraham had many sons, and many sons had Father Abraham.
I am one of them, and so are you.
So let's just praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, chin up, turn around.
Sit down.
That's what those signs seem to do, sit down and shut up.
That's not in the Bible.
Learn the song again.
Hey, you're a child of Abraham by faith.
That's what the Bible says.
When Jesus was talking to the physical descendants, he said, I know that you are Abraham's seed,
but you seek to kill me because my word hath no place in you.
I speak that which I've seen with my father.
You do that which you have seen with your father.
They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father.
Jesus said to them, if you were Abraham's children, you would do the work of Abraham.
He says, you are not the children.
You might be the seed, but you're not children.
Why?
Look at verse seven.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
If you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, you are a child of Abraham.
That was the point of the song.
You're a son of Abraham today.
But what is happening?
The Jews, they want to steal Christ's land.
They want to steal the promise of Christ and take it as their own.
Look at verse number one.
O foolish Christians, oh, I'm sorry, Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye should not
obey the truth?
But for whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you.
This only would I learn of you, receive ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by
the hearing of faith.
Wake up, Christian.
It's by faith.
The whole Bible's about faith.
All the promises of God are by faith.
Quit trying to take away Christ's promise.
Quit trying to take away what is truthfully Christ.
Every promise of God is by faith.
And when you are not of faith, you're not blessed.
Now we read in Genesis chapter 12, if you're not blessed, what are you?
You're cursed.
And those of the physical nation are cursed today.
Go to 1st Thessalonians chapter two.
We'll see what the Bible has to say about the physical descendants.
What does the Bible really say about the physical descendants?
1st Thessalonians chapter number two.
Look at verse number 14.
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God, which in Judea are in Christ
Jesus.
For ye also suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews,
who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and they
pleased not God, and are contrary to all men.
You've got to bless these guys.
I mean, you want blessing, it comes to these guys, wrong.
It's cursing that comes from these guys.
They are cursed today.
The Bible says without faith, it's impossible to please him.
Those are the physical nation of Israel today.
Those are the so-called Jews.
They cannot please God for one second when they're without faith.
Now look, if they believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, they would be Abraham's children.
They would be heirs according to the promise.
They would be of Christ.
They would be that remnant of Israel.
But as long as they have no faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, they are none of his.
Go to Matthew 21.
Look at verse number 33.
Hear another parable.
There was a certain householder which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and
digged a wine press in it, and built a tower, and led it out to husbandmen, and went into
a far country.
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that
they might receive the fruits of it.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did unto them likewise.
But last of all, he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come,
let us kill him.
And what does it say?
And let us seize on his inheritance.
The physical descendants, they wanted to steal Christ's land back then.
Guess what?
They want to steal it all over again.
They're just thieves and robbers.
Christ said, All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers.
And these physical, you know, so-called Jews, they just want to steal Christ's land.
They're cursed today.
They're cursed according to Genesis chapter number 12.
Not only are they cursed because of that, but what about John 3, 36?
He that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the sun shall
not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Look, they're not only cursed because they're stealing Christ's land.
They're cursed because they don't believe in the Son of God, because they don't have
faith.
They're cursed today.
The Bible says in 1 John 2, Who is a liar?
But he that denyeth that Jesus is the Christ, he is antichrist that denyeth the Father and
the Son.
Whosoever denyeth the Son, the same hath not the Father.
But he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
These of the so-called Jews are antichrists today.
They're not of Christ.
They're anti.
They're cursed.
Christ.
They're cursed.
Look at Galatians chapter 3, verse 10.
We'll see another way they're cursed.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse.
For it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not, and all things which are written
in the book of the law to do them.
Not only are they cursed because they steal the promise of Christ, the land of Christ.
Not only are they cursed because they don't believe on the Son of God, because they're
an antichrist.
They're cursed because they've broken the law.
And in Romans chapter 3, they said, What then?
Are we better than they?
No, and no wise, for we have before approved both Jews and Gentiles that are all under
sin.
As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.
And if you break one sin, if you commit one sin, if you break one law, you're cursed.
You're under the curse of the law, and the Jews are cursed today.
We'll see a fourth way that they're cursed.
You say, Genesis chapter 12 applies to the Jews.
It does, but not in the way they think, not in the blessing part, in the cursing part.
Look at verse number eight.
But though we or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which
we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preached any other gospel unto you
than that which you've received, let him be accursed.
You say, should we give financial money to support Israel?
Let him be accursed.
Should we, you know, support them and champion for them?
Let him be accursed.
Should we do anything for them?
No.
Let him be accursed.
They preach a false gospel.
They don't preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they're cursed all over the Bible.
Go back to Galatians chapter number three.
Galatians chapter number three.
Let's read verse 26.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek.
There is neither bond nor free.
There is neither male nor female.
For ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if ye be Christ, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
When he said the seed, he was talking about Christ, but you know what?
You and I can get on that deal.
If we're of Christ, then we're also the seed.
We're also the seed and get to inherit the promises.
What of the heavenly Jerusalem?
Look at verse number eight.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive
for inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whether he went.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with them of the same promise.
For he looked for a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
So Abraham was going out.
He was looking for that city.
He was looking for that promise, wasn't he?
But skip down.
Look at verse number 13.
These all died in faith, having not received the promises, but having seen them afar off
and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth.
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might
have had opportunity to have returned.
But now they desire a better country, that is, and heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed
to be called their God, for he hath prepared them a city.
Abraham did not receive that promise of the land yet.
It's through Christ, and it's the heavenly Jerusalem.
None of us have received it yet, but one day we will receive it with Christ.
That's what we're doing.
We're marching to the heavenly Zion.
But those of Zionists, they want the physical land.
They want to steal the promise of Christ.
They want to steal what's not rightfully theirs.
They've always done that.
My question is, why don't we just let them be accursed?
Let's close in prayer.
Thank you, Father, so much for your word.
Thank you for the promises that you've given to Abraham and to thy seed.
Thank you for giving us opportunity to believe on your son and to receive that same promise.
In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
Amen.