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I am not in any way against the state of Israel . if you is thinking the state of Israel is any spechel to God. NO, if they would all accept Jesus as the christ that would be a good thing, but by rejecting Jesus as the christ it has sealed their doom . Spiritual Israel being the true christions that live in ways God promotes is the new Israel . not born of the Jew's ,not circumcised in the Flesh but circumcised in the hart.   

Agreed entirely. In both the OT and the New we see calls to repent and calls to be humble. While I do agree with the OP premise that we're covered I find the act itself to be important, both because the call is there and because the process of repentance and asking for forgiveness helps keep us humble. James tells us that faith without works (actions) is dead. Consequently my belief is that repentance is both scriptural and benefits us in several ways.

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more.” its not that hard to understand . simply stated things will be different . the new heavens does not refer to the place of God . here on earth the clouds are in the heavens ,birds fly in the heavens, weather is in the heavens . it includes tornados ,hurricanes , wind, torrenchel rain which brings flooding ,and even no rain. growing the foods we like is a challenge because we don't know what the weather is going to be .  the old earth is also filled with its problems . earth quakes , volcanoes ,land slides, tsunamis, ice storms . such things can make life difficult .  the kingdom is going to control such things. it will be a new earth with new heavens as the things that have indangred us will no longer happen. 

US President Donald Trump is seeking to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67%, White House special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Monday night. Trump told reporters on Monday that Iran “has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” The US president said on Sunday that he expected to make a decision on Iran very quickly, after both countries said they held "positive" and "constructive" talks in Oman on Saturday and agreed to reconvene this week. Jerusalem Post. 23rd April Surely it is obvious that nothing anyone can do to settle the situation in the Middle East. Bible Prophecy does tell us that Elam/ Media - [Iran] will attack Israel, Isaiah 21:1-3 We as Bible believers should know that this will happen and what the Lord intends to do about it.

Shalom, @Luther. No, the Bible is a book of HISTORY and PROPHECY! It shows how God's hand has been in the DEVELOPMENT of human history since the Beginning of the Creation, often "behind the scenes!" It's a book that follows certain Hebrew (and later Greek) grammar, and shows how men have been redeemed CONSISTENTLY throughout that history! Besides, when people say "spiritual" they really mean "allegorical," saying "This means that" or "that means this," and NEVER ONCE accepting that God meant to have what was said MEAN what was said! Also, people OFTEN don't use the word "spiritual" correctly. It was used just ONCE in translation of the King James Version of the OT in Hosea 9:7 where the phrase "spiritual man" was substituted for the Hebrew phrase "אִישׁ הָרוּחַ." But, the phrase (transliterated as "'iysh haruwach" means "man of-the-spirit," which is used as a couplet with "prophet": Hosea 9:7 (KJV) 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. In the NT, the word is used 27 times in 22 verses: Romans 1:11 KJV - 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; Romans 7:14 KJV - 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Romans 15:27 KJV - 27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 1 Corinthians 2:13, 15 KJV - 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ... 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 1 Corinthians 3:1 KJV - 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. 1 Corinthians 9:11 KJV - 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 KJV - 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:1 KJV - 1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 1 Corinthians 14:1, 12, 37 KJV - 1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy. ... 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. ... 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:44, 46 KJV - 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. ... 46 Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. Galatians 6:1 KJV - 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Ephesians 1:3 KJV - 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: Ephesians 5:19 KJV - 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 6:12 KJV - 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. Colossians 1:9 KJV - 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; Colossians 3:16 KJV - 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 1 Peter 2:5 KJV - 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. That's it! There are no more verses! Most of the time, these words mean "Holy-Spirit-led" or "Holy-Spirit-given." In 1 Corinthians 15:44 and 46, however, they are contrasted with the word "natural" ("ψυχικόν" or "psuchikon"), which is an adjective formed from the Greek word "ψυχή" or "psuchee" from which we get our word "psychology." This Greek word is usually rendered as "soul," just as "spiritual" ("πνευματικόν" or "pneumatikon") is an adjective formed from the Greek word "πνεῦμα" or "pneuma," which means "wind" or "breath" or "spirit," particularly the "Holy Spirit" of God and is usually translated as "spirit." If the word translated "spirit" was used to make the adjective "spiritual," one might think that the word translated "soul" should have been used to make an adjective "soulual," but it didn't happen. Instead, they used the word "natural" in translation. Go figure. In any case, the contrast between "natural" and "spiritual" has been misinterpreted to mean "physical" and "non-physical," and that would be wrong. Rather, in the context of 1 Corinthians 15, the "Resurrection Chapter," the contrast is between their underlying meanings of "breath" and "wind!" The body that goes into the ground was a body that "breathes." The body that comes out of the ground in the Resurrection will be a body that "BLASTS like a WIND!" Paul was talking about the IMPROVEMENT of the body in the Resurrection! Consider the other adjectives used in contrast: 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (KJV) 42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. He goes on ... 45 And so it is written,  "The (first) man (Adam) was made a living soul"; (Genesis 2:7) the last Adam was made a quickening spirit (a life-giving wind)! And, Genesis 2:7 uses the Hebrew word "נֶפֶשׁ" or "nefesh" translated as "soul." The word means "one that breathes air"; Strong's said, "a breathing creature." It comes from the root word "נָפַשׁ" or "naafash" meaning "to breathe." This is at best insufficient teaching; at worst, it is erroneous teaching. First, let's be frank: "seed" literally means "sperm." There may be no continuity in the life of an individual before his or her fertilization or after his or her death, but there can be perpetual continuity in the lineage of a people. There's proof in this way of thinking through the words of the author of Hebrews: Hebrews 7:1-10 (KJV) 1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: 6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, PAYED TITHES in Abraham. 10 For HE WAS YET IN THE LOINS OF HIS FATHER, WHEN MELCHISEDEC MET HIM. There's a REASON why both genealogies for the Master are given in Matthew 1 and Luke 3! They are proof of the Messiah Yeeshuwa`s lineage back to David and back to Abraham. Luke's record takes Him back all the way to Adam and God! The lineage in Matthew is that of His adoptive father, Yoceef ("Joseph"), who had the promise of kingship from David through Shlomoh ("Solomon"). However, during the days of Yirmeyahuw ("Jeremiah"), Yhowyaaqiym ("Jehoiakim") had cut up the Word of God written by Yirmeyahuw, and threw it into the fire! Therefore, God said, Jeremiah 36:28-31 (KJV) 28 "Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, "'Thus saith the LORD; "'"Thou hast burned this roll, saying, 'Why hast thou written therein, saying, "The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast"?' 30 "'"Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have NONE to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him AND HIS SEED and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them!"'"; but they hearkened not. Therefore, Yoceef ("Joseph") could not be His actual father, just adopted by him. That gives the children of Israel proof of inheritance for (1) being a child of Israel, (2) a child of Judah (a Jew), (3) a son of David (heir to the throne), (4) a son of David through another line (that of Nathan),and (5) a firstborn son, showing "heirship" and entitlement to the Firstborn privileges and inheritance.  He, being the firstborn son, also belongs to YHWH God: Exodus 13:1-2 (KJV) 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine." This is PRECISELY what was started in 1948 after the Holocaust! This part has NOT YET BEEN ACCOMPLISHED! There are STILL Shomrowniym ("Samaritans") upon Mount Geriziym who perform their own sacrifices! They are not yet "one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel." Here, "David being their King," and "all having one Shepherd," are TWO LEADERS! David shall be Israel's acting King, after the Resurrection. Meanwhile, the Messiah Yeeshuwa` shall be "King of kings." And, the lesser "kings" will INCLUDE David. When the Messiah Yeeshuwa` has turned over the Empire to His Father, after the Great White Throne Judgment, He will continue on as King over Israel forever (Luke 1:30-33), and David will be included as a "Prince" forever (see above)! According to his own prophecy, David has and will acknowledge Him as His "Lord!" Psalm 110:1 (KJV) 1 [[A Psalm of David.]]  The LORD said unto my Lord, (speaking of the ULTIMATE Messiah) "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Correct. No, they are two separate individuals. Both King/Prince David and King-of-kings/King Yeeshuwa` are present in these prophecies. Nope. We are honoring God's words regarding Abraham and His heirs, especially His heir, Ya`aqoV/Yisraa'eel ("Jacob/Israel"): Genesis 12:2-3 (KJV) 2 "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." He PROTECTED THEM! There are instances where no human effort could have accounted for the way things turned out! Just READ the history of the birth pangs of the state of Israel! Anyone with an open mind will see that GOD had a hand in the re-formation of Israel! Furthermore, "The nations [sic] of Israel was to never have their own land after they were expelled"? What Bible are YOU reading?! Read the end of Zechariah! Read the end of Isaiah! Read chapters 40 through 48 in Ezekiel! Don't be "meshuggah" (crazy). God will CONTINUE to bless Israel, and the rest of the world through them, FOREVER!