Doves:

On 6/21, as I turned my TV on, Pastor John Hagee (who
was actually preaching on men / women relationships),
mentioned a part of Matthew 25 which, he said, related
to "How NATIONS treat ISRAEL".  I had NEVER looked
at this scripture EXACTLY this way!  He said that Jesus
was speaking directly to the Jews at the time when He
was referring to the "LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN"
(the Jews)"!  I believe I was "SUPPOSED" to see this!

Here is the scripture:

Matthew 25
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the
throne of his glory:
32 AND BEFORE HIM SHALL BE GATHERED ALL
NATIONS: and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye
took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty,
and gave [thee] drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or
naked, and clothed [thee]?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, VERILY
I SAY UNTO YOU (nations), INASMUCH AS YE HAVE
DONE [IT] UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY
BRETHREN (the Jews), YE HAVE DONE [IT] UNTO ME.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these,
ye did [it] not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous into life eternal.

This fact that Jesus was sent to Earth to minister to those
"Jews" (HIS BRETHREN) that He was speaking to in this
lesson (above) is TOTALLY consistent with what He told
the woman of Canaan (a NON-Jew):

Matthew 15
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same
coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me,
O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples
came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for
she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I AM NOT SENT BUT UNTO
THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the
crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great
[is] thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that very hour.

The DIFFERENCE here is her HUMILITY towards the Jews
when she said, "Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their masters' table."

Now, put that beside how this nation (the US) is actually
HELPING DIVIDE ISRAEL and always MAKING SURE to
NOT OFFEND the Arabs.  As Hal Lindsey has called it
"APPEASEMENT"!  Especially by these so-called super
"Christian" presidents like Carter, Bush, Sr., and Bush, Jr.
As Mr. Lindsey states in his latest article:

http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=11423

...It is time that American Christians think seriously
...about what are the implications of God’s promise to
...Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and
...Jacob. God swore, “I will bless those who bless you,
...and the one who curses you, I will curse.”
...(Genesis 12:3 NAS)

...Have you ever thought about what it means to be
...“cursed” by the almighty God of the universe? We
...are a nation that has been blessed by God from
...birth. We have had a lot of Divine light given to us.
...Therefore, we are doubly responsible before God.

...Now our government has progressively forced
...Israel into an impossible, perilous position. God
...will not remain silent on this. He will judge America.
...And the signs are everywhere that it is about to begin.

...I pray that the Lord Jesus comes soon for His own.
...Maranatha!

Hal's latest articles can be found listed to the left side
of the page at the following URL:

http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/articles.asp?HLCA=List

For me, this "ALL" CERTAINLY puts the scripture below
in a WHOLE NEW LIGHT!

...Luke 13
...6 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted
...in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not
...find any.
...7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard,
...'For THREE YEARS NOW I've been coming to look for fruit
...on this fig tree and haven't found any. CUT IT DOWN! Why
...should it use up the soil?'
...8 " 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for ONE MORE
...YEAR, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.

GOD BLESS!!!

Calvin