http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2006/stepheny824-1.htm

RE: Israel

The mistaken notion of some is that the Church gets all the promises
belonging to Israel. This is done by spiritualizing the Bible instead of
taking it literally. "Pre-millenialism" is a discarded "fundamental" of
the faith for many - and they become post-millenial (or "preterists").
These are the enemies of national Israel since it doesn't fit into their
theology at all. (These anti-Israel "churches" include most of the
"reformed" (Calvanist) churches, the orthodox rites, the R. Catholics,
and now include many of the "evangelicals" who are adopting preterism
(Hank Hanagraph, etc.)).

Politically, the Jew will rule the world eventually. That is a future
fact stated clearly in the Bible. And it is also states that God's
intention is to use the Jewish nation to go against all the nations in
the world - for the avowed purpose of destroying them. However, it is
also certain that all the persecution described in the Bible will cause
many religious Jews to be killed and persecuted in Israel during the
tribulation, and its going to be a bloody mess. Even Moses and Elijah
will be killed.

Christians (so-called) that are against Israel indicate again that the
Apostasy is happening right before our eyes. It demonstrates that the
end is VERY near for the Church-age, and the Rapture could occur at any
moment.

The Arabs are a mixed people who cannot trace their lineage back to
Abraham or Ishmael or Esau or anyone else. They are a jumble of mixed
races that include many indegenous people throughout the middle east,
including captured and dispersed Israelites (Mohamed killed many Jewish
clans in the Arabian penisula and they took their women as wives in
their harems). Certainly the descendants of Ishmael and Esau are among
the Arabs of today, but no Arab honestly knows what his family line is
back that far. Here is an article at wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab

- M