Israelis lusted for power, influence, strength and recognition just like the Israelites. 

Ezekiel 23:12-13

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“She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, captains and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.” Ezekiel 23:12-13

The Israelites of yesterday and the Israelis of today both chose the same road to travel, the road of destruction. That happened when the Israelites abandoned the word of God by ignoring the Ten Commandments and when the Jewish people abandoned the word of God by rejecting Jesus Christ. The Israelites and the government of the State of Israel lusted to form partnerships with powerful leaders, presidents of nations, for a prestigious worldly image, and to be empowered militarily. Defilement happens because within themselves they do not love God with all their heart, soul, and mind, they do not allow Jesus Christ to forgive their sin, and they oppress the presence of the Holy Spirit. They chose the broad path of destruction instead of the narrow path leading to life.

The Israelis, like the Israelites, rebelliously insisted on having their own nation on this earth, “Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19-20

God warned against desiring to be a nation on this earth with captains, governors, presidents, prestige, and military might. “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.” 1 Samuel 8:6-9

The description of the king that rules over them is revealed in 1 Samuel 8:10-18.  “And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.” 1 Samuel 8:18

As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. If the Jewish people would have accepted Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, they would be Christian and not Jewish, and the Jewish State of Israel would never have existed. Instead of living for the nation of Israel, they would be living for the heavenly nation of the New Jerusalem through Jesus Christ.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1