‘The bride is part of Israel and Israel is part of the bride!
Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ZIONIST CENTER
The bride is part of Israel and Israel is part of the bride!

This is so clearly seen in the majestic vision by the angel in Revelation when he says: “Come I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:9-14; emphasis added)

This is actually entirely consistent with many other scriptural references which hold that in the end there will be only ONE FLOCK, ONE ISRAEL OF GOD, ONE BODY, ONE JERUSALEM, ONE BRIDE – Jew and Gentile forged into one Tree or Commonwealth of Israel.

Under the strong influence of the separation – which particularly Constantine, the Roman emperor, was responsible for – which cut the Gentile church off from its original Jewish tree and roots, Christianity became a separate, distinct religion. And even after the Reformation and various evangelical and charismatic awakenings, Gentile believers on the whole were taught that they belonged to a separate body called the church, or Bride of Christ. that would one day be separately treated with a heavenly rapture before the Lord in His mercy returns to Israel.

This, however, is NOT what the Bible teaches, and certainly in this wonderful passage in The Revelation we unmistakably find that Israel – all the tribes of Israel -are seen as part of the bride or the heavenly Jerusalem.

By the Watchman Dana G Smith

If there were ever a proud nation, that would be America, or so the thought comes. But the truth is, Israel, who knew the True and living God, saw its own pride and downfall as well. In fact since the time of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in Jeremiah’s day, they have faced the fact that their kingdom, temple, and ways were gone. In a moment, destroyed through the judgment the LORD God had sent. It was nevermore to be built again. Nevermore, that is until God brought his people back from all the world were he dispersed them.

As for America, its people, and the church in this nation, well pride goes with the territory of being one of most blessed nations on earth. That is, until the same God who destroyed Israel, Jerusalem, and its temple, sends judgment in its fullness upon this nation. In this we must understand that we are now and have been seeing God slowly withdrawing his blessing and sending his judgments upon this country. But we must also know that we are surely not the most wicked of the nations on earth. No, likewise, Israel and Judah was not as well. The one item both nations have in common is the fact they were both founded by and blessed through the LORD God. It was the LORD who established Israel and it was the LORD who saw that this nation would be created and also who blessed it raising it to the top of all nations.

“I Will Come and Will NOT Delay”
A Psalm

by the Watchman
Dana G Smith

Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

In the Hour Appointed, saith my LORD
“I will come and will not delay”
Keep the Word of my Patience!
Walk in the Faith of the LORD!
For as a thief, shall it be,
Those who do not look,
They shall not see,
Their LORD who comes in the night,
Yea, as the true and everlasting Light,
As a thief in the last watch!
It is he who will find you out!

By the Watchman Dana G Smith
Keywords: Lord Jesus Christ, God the Father, deliver, World, snare, vexed
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Galatians 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The hope that exists today is found in our Lord Jesus Christ, who being sent by God the Father, brought his love to earth, dying for our sins on the cross at calvary. For many who are believers, this is the main message of the gospel. A message that is lost many times in the present age we live in. Being found in Christ Jesus is important and there are many today that simply are not this way. Being born again by the Spirit of God and not the will of man. It is not by religious rites, doctrines, traditions, and church platitudes that saves us, changing us, so we can live above reproach in this present world. No, it is by the power of God, being achieved by the LORD Jesus Christ himself defeating all powers and principalities and then living in us.

Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

It is this power that runs in the lives, spirits, and bodies of the believers. It is the power of God, which being formed in his, by His Grace, through Faith, that we; being made the righteousness of God in Him, who knew no sin. As we walk our race in these days, we find ourselves amidst the end times and the devastation of the ‘snare which shall come upon the whole world’.

As a snare it comes on all on the earth!

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Snare: 3803 strongs GK; trap, comes from a word meaning “to set up” or “pitched”.

When I read in The Jerusalem Post (July 22) the dangerous and ridiculous words of Debra DeLee, the President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now; knowing that she has a willing ally in White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who is also a strong supporter of Peace Now’s self-destructive folly: I realize that the ancient verse: “Your destroyers will come out of your own midst” is dangerously true of the reality today.

This is what DeLee dares write in her Obama-supporting article:

We at Americans for Peace Now, and our friends at Israel’s Peace Now movement, believe that for the sake of its security, stability and long-term wellbeing, Israel should immediately reverse the settlement enterprise. And now, particularly now, instead of seeking “shticks and tricks” to evade a settlement freeze-in the words of New York Congressman Gary Ackerman, a staunch friend of Israel-Netanyahu should do whatever it takes to take advantage of the opportunity that Obama proposes
Obviously, the Palestinians should take steps to show that they are serious about peace negotiations and Arab governments should do their part to support peace efforts, and the president is pushing on these fronts. But what the Arabs do or not do doesn’t change what Israel should do

A Psalm
By the Watchman
Dana G Smith

Deuteronomy 33:26 ¶There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

When Trouble Arises what shall men do?
Hear, for I shall speak,
The sons of men shall faint in their very vanity,
But the LORD shall be my shield and defense.
When the enemy cometh to destroy,
You, in my God shall I be found.

Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Upon the Hill I Walked

A Psalm
By the Watchman Dana G Smith
keywords: Cross, hill, Y’Shua, Jesus Christ, God, died

Upon the hill I walked on that day.
Near the cross of the three that hung.
The clouds were thick and black in a moment,
When at the words, a rumble was heard.
The words that rang out clear to me saying
“It [...]

Preparing that which is to come!

by the Watchman Dana G Smith

There are People Plotting to take over America and create a NWO on Earth!
We know the true Righteous king to Come and HIS Kingdom the shall be Eternal!

Their time will end on earth!
Our time will continue forever as we rule and reign with our Righteous King Jesus Y’Shua, the Christ, Ha Massiach!

by the Watchman Dana G Smith