Dear Doves,

 

You have heard the words:  'God is a jealous God', but what or whom is He jealous of?  One is only jealous of somone He loves!

 

Deuteronomy 32:21

"They (Israel) have provoked Me to jealousy BY WHAT IS NOT GOD; They have moved Me to anger BY THEIR FOOLISH IDOLS. But I WILL PROVOKE THEM (Israel) TO JEALOUSY by those (Gentiles) who are not a nation; I will MOVE THEM (Israel) TO ANGER by a foolish nation (Gentiles).

 

God says that He is jealous of Israel, His first love,  because they DO NOT ACCEPT Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. So He is going to make Israel jealous, in return, by offering His salvation to the Gentiles to be His Church/bride.

 

Romans 11:11

"I say then, have they stumbled that they (Israel) should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, TO PROVOKE THEM TO JEALOUSY, salvation has come to the Gentiles."

 

Do you get it now? The ONLY REASON for the existence of the Gentile Church/bride is TO MAKE ISRAEL JEALOUS!  Israel is His first love. Israel is not jealous yet, because they do not, as yet, accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. God will use the rapture of His Gentile Church/bride to make Israel jealous. God is going to rapture His Gentile Church/bride "immediately after the tribulation of those days"  in Israel (Matt 24:29) to make Israel jealous.

 

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!

 

Bruce Warner