When we pray for Israel, what are we praying for? Are we praying for God to bless Israel in the future? No. God’s Word over Israel exists now, and we are praying for that Word to be fulfilled now. The fact that all the nations are focused on Israel today means that they are focused on God and on His ability to perform what He said. Therefore, the focus of our prayer is for God’s Word, His power, and His glory to be revealed in Israel to all the nations.

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We need effective intercession in this time. And one of the greatest examples of effective intercession is the prayer of Moses. When God said, “I am going to kill these children of Israel and make a new nation out of you,” Moses answered, “Israel is Your nation now by Your Word.” Moses reminded God that His Word was already completed, and he changed God’s mind at that moment. It did not happen in the future through Moses or in a future Israel.

This is important for our prayer because we as Christians relate too much to the Word of God as being in the future. We are always waiting for it, hoping for it, or believing for it, instead of recognizing that if God spoke it, it already exists. When we pray for Israel today, we need to be like Moses and say, “All these Words that God will restore, forgive, cleanse, and prosper Israel exist now, and we are not putting them off into the future.”

Moses made the issue about God’s Word and His glory. If God did not fulfill His Word over Israel, the nations would not scoff at Israel. Instead, they would scoff at God and say that He could not do what He said He would do. Right now, the focus of all the nations is on Israel. And there is no issue except God being glorified until everyone will see and hear that God bared His mighty arm, manifested His power, and fulfilled His Word over His people. Lord, glorify Yourself before the nations now.

Key Verses:

• Jeremiah 31:31–34. “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it.”
• Genesis 1:3. “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.”
• Isaiah 55:11. “My word … will not return to Me empty.”
• 1 Peter 1:19–20. “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times.”
• Exodus 32:9–14. “So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.”
• Numbers 14:11–21. “But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared.”
• Ezekiel 36:22–28. “I will vindicate the holiness of My great name.”
• Romans 10:6–8. “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART.”
• Ezekiel 38:21–23. “I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known.”
• Deuteronomy 9:28–29. “The land from which You brought us may say, ‘Because the LORD was not able.’”

Quotes:

• “As long as you’re willing to put it into the future, God is willing for it to happen in the future.”
• “What does Israel mean? Israel means you, the world, the nations will behold God moving in a people. And just as He is moving for Israel, He can move for you. And He will move for you.”
• “Christians have been trying to get the gospel to the whole world for two thousand years now; and they’re still working at it. But I’ll tell you, it can happen in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, if you see God move on Israel.”

Takeaways:

1. God created the world by saying, “Let there be.” And when we look at the prophecies over Israel, we are looking at the same power of God to create. As the Sabbath tells us, everything God created is finished. And all the prophecies over Israel are finished now; they are not waiting for the future.
2. We should pray like Moses who refused to let God move the fulfillment to the future by destroying the Israelites and making a new nation out of Moses. We move the future into the present with our prayers.
3. We should pray like Moses who told the Lord, “If you kill these people, the nations will hear of it and say, ‘You could not do what You promised by oath.’” The issue is not the events that are happening or the people involved. It is about what God has said and His glorification to the nations.