People ask if God exists. God has shown that he exists by his very creation yet many atheists ignore what is in front of them. I am going to show how even if you ignore God’s creation and changed lives in Christians then there is one thing that you will not be able to deny and ignore even if you hate them. (Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:) This sermon will show that God does exist and I can prove it with just two words: The Jews. The Jewish people are God’s chosen people and have been since they were founded as a nation and will remain God’s chosen people forever. The Jews have not been replaced by the church in what is known as replacement theology which many falsely teach. The Jews and the church each have their own place with the Jews as the firstborn son of God and the church as the bride of Jesus. (Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:) (Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.) The Lamb is Jesus as seen in John. (John 1:29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.) (John 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!)
God has been with Israel from the beginning and is still with Israel today and will be in the future as well. God said many times that Israel needed to be destroyed due to their sins just as he had done with other nations that no longer exist, but because he had made a promise to preserve them he never did and never will. This does not give Israel free reign to sin as God many times has allowed Israel to be taken captive by heathen Gentile nations, but he never let the nation be completely destroyed. Every time they repented then God freed them, but Israel soon went back into sin and then God would allow a nation to control Israel and this cycle would continue. Finally God had the people disbursed among the nations and Israel only became a nation once again in 1948. By the time of the formation of Israel as a nation again in 1948 the Jews had been dispersed to every continent. No people had ever been so scattered and yet still retained their heritage, culture, language, religion, and other things. Many people tried to prevent Israel from becoming a nation, but God intervened. For such a small nation Israel has been greatly blessed. Israel has had far more Nobel prize winners than should be for such a small nation. Israel blossoms in the desert with many crops when her Arab nations languish. No other people group has been dispersed for so many years the way Israel was and then became a nation once again almost 1900 years later. The same applies to the Hebrew language which they still speak yet many other leading languages died off. No other dead language has ever become alive again the way Hebrew which seemed dead has survived. God has blessed many Jews with wealth, businesses and other success. Many physicians, lawyers, and businessmen are Jews far more than what should be for how many exist. The very fact that they even exist after how much they have been attacked shows God exists, let alone how God has also let many of them prosper.
Many times over the years right from the start of Israel then nation after nation has wanted and tried to destroy Israel. Satan hates Israel since they are God’s chosen people and the Messiah Jesus would and did come from Israel. Satan has led leaders to try and destroy Israel, but God would never allow it. This is the same reason Satan instills in people to hate the Jews when they do not even know why they hate them. Israel grew as a nation from just seventy people as they settled in Egypt due to famine at the time of Joseph. As the nation grew, the Egyptian pharaoh feared they would one day overthrow him so the Israelites were made slaves. The pharaoh around the time of the birth of Moses ordered all male children killed yet God protected many of them including Moses and allowed the Jewish women to have many more babies than the Egyptians. This Egyptian control lasted for four hundred years until God sent Moses to free the people and lead them out of Egypt. God brought the ten plagues against Egypt before pharaoh finally gave in and released the Israelites. Many of these plagues only affected the Egyptians and not the Israelites. As they departed, pharaoh changed his mind and chased after the Israelites. When the Israelites got to the Red sea and were surrounded by water and the Egyptians with what seemed no hope, then God opened up the Red sea to allow the Israelites to cross over on dry ground and after they had finished crossing over then he drowned all of the Egyptians. Before crossing the Red sea the people were told by Moses that God would fight for them. (Exodus 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.) God then led them through the wilderness for forty years before finally bringing them into the Promised Land. Only Israel has land guaranteed to them by God. No other nation does or ever has or ever will, except Israel.
During Israel’s time in the wilderness, God had them defeat giants such as Og who was the king of Bashan as well as other nations. God provided water for them on more than one occasion by sending forth water from a rock as well as fed them with manna from heaven. God never did this with anyone else. Their clothes and shoes never wore out for the forty years they wandered in the wilderness and God led them by day by clouds to keep the heat off of them and fire by night. One time while in the wilderness when they were fighting the Amelekites, then God was with Israel as whenever they held Moses’ hands up they prevailed and if they did not then they were losing. God was showing Israel to trust in him and not in themselves. (Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.)
One time the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua were fighting the Amorites when God lengthened the day so that Israel could defeat their enemy the Amorites in the daylight. These verses clearly show God fought for Israel. (Joshua 10:12-14 12 ¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.) There were five kings among the Amorites fighting against Israel, but Israel defeated them all since God was fighting for them. (Joshua 10:8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.) (Joshua 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.)
We are told in Deuteronomy 33:29 that God is the shield of Israel. Time and again God has defended Israel from enemies. (Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.)
God brought the fear of him upon the people of the nations in the Promised Land and allowed the Israelites under Joshua to conquer the nations. The people had heard of the exploits that God had done for Israel before the Israelites arrived and they feared Israel. (Joshua 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.) God told Joshua not to fear to take Ai as he had delivered the people into their hands. God did the fighting for Israel. (Joshua 8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:)
God had predicted that the Jews would be scattered and that they would also be brought back to their land as has been done today. Many Jews continue to return to Israel. There are over seven million Jews in Israel today out of a little over fifteen million Jews worldwide. (Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.) We see in this verse in Jeremiah that even when God allowed Israel to be punished and scattered then he was still with them. He will never leave them, but God does allow Israel to be punished. (Isaiah 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.) The fact that prophecy is fulfilled is one thing that not only shows that scripture is from God, but that God exists and is in control. Only God could know the future especially far in advance as seen in many verses related to Israel and the Jewish people. God said that as long as the sun comes up then the Jews would exist showing that he will never let them be destroyed. (Jeremiah 31:35-37 35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.)
Jesus who is God predicted that Jerusalem would be under the rule of the Gentiles until he allowed Israel to regain control of it. (Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.) The Jews lost control of Jerusalem around AD 70-72 when the Romans destroyed it and took control and kicked the Jews out. Israel only regained control in 1967 following the Six Day War against the Arabs.
Many Jewish prophecies concerning the Jewish Messiah were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Scripture itself was written by Jews and still exists today as the all-time bestselling book even though many have tried to destroy it over the years.
After God brought the Israelites out of the wilderness into the Promised Land then under the leadership of Joshua they fought against Jericho and destroyed it by God having them march around the city. God had the walls fall outward so that the Israelites could climb up the debris into the city. Normally walls fall inward during an attack. This was clearly the hand of God. (Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.)
God used Gideon and his 300 man army to go against 135,000 Midianites and they killed 120,000 of them. God said he intentionally had Gideon’s army small to show that he would do the fighting for Israel. No one could defeat an army that outnumbers you by this great a margin unless God is in control fighting for you. (Judges 7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.) (Judges 8:10 ¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.)
God not only protected the nation of Israel, but also many individual Israelites. God protected the three Hebrew boys of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when they were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar. Jesus himself was in the fiery furnace with them. They came out without any injuries or even a smell of smoke on them. (Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.) You cannot be in a fire without getting burned or be around smoke without smelling like smoke unless God is fighting for you. God also protected Daniel when he was cast into the den of lions filled with hungry lions. Daniel also came out without any harm done yet those cast in after were torn apart. (Daniel 6:23-24 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 ¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.)
Israel has seen many miracles by God throughout its history such as the drying up of the Jordan River to allow the Israelites to cross into the Promised Land. God was with them in the ark of the covenant as it was taken into battle. God allowed a single man David to kill a giant in Goliath and then allowed the Israelites to destroy the Philistines. God was with Judah as Judah was surrounded by the Assyrian army. God sent the angel of the LORD who was the pre-incarnate Jesus who killed 185,000 Assyrians and saved Jerusalem which had been besieged so the people were starving. (II Kings 19:35 ¶ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.) God had the Philistines suffer with emerods (hemorrhoids) after they captured the ark of the covenant and he destroyed the idol of their god Dagon who fell before the true God of Israel in Jehovah. Bad things happen to those who fight against Israel. (I Samuel 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.) It is clear God showed the false god Dagon who was the true God. Even when God allows Israel to be punished by enemies, God always punishes the enemies as well such as following the seventy year captivity of the Jews by Israel then God had Babylon captured by the Medo-Persian Empire.
The Syrians had besieged Samaria which was the capital of Israel so that people were eating their children to survive. God made a noise so that the Syrians believed they were under attack by the Hittites and Egyptians and so they fled and left all of their weapons and clothes and food. Two lepers found all of it and then the people had food once again. (II Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.)
The entire book of Esther is about how God fought and saved the Jews from the wicked Haman.
For those who refuse to believe anything found in scripture then believe secular history that still shows the intervention by God in the lives of the Jews. People have long sought to destroy the Jews. Many nations placed the Jews in ghettos or had them wear markings showing they were Jews. Many nations such as England and Spain at one time expelled all Jews. When that happened the nation that expelled them always went down. Spain lost her empire and the United Kingdom would as well as she had fought to keep Israel from becoming its own nation. It was the fact that the United Kingdom had turned her back on Israel and toward her enemies the Arabs that the British Empire began to crumble and basically no longer exists today except for a few small territories. God said if you bless Israel he would bless you and curse those who cursed Israel. This has been seen over and over throughout secular history as well as biblical history. (Genesis 12:3 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.) The Moabite king Balak asked Balaam to curse Israel, but God instead placed the curse on Moab and blessed Israel. (Numbers 24:10 ¶ And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.)
Over the years many laws have been passed by nations against the Jews that were meant to destroy them yet God instead prospered them so that many of the rich people were Jews. The more nations have tried to get rid of them then it seems the more they thrive. Nations forbid Jews to observe their religion and customs, but did not forbid other groups theirs yet these things still survive today. The Roman Catholic Church tried to destroy many Jews in the Crusades and the Inquisitions. Hitler and others during World War II tried to destroy all of the Jews killing over six million yet they did not succeed with there being over fifteen million in the world today. Many nations including the United States of America have suffered because they have tried to force Israel to give up land for a Palestinian state. These nations have often seen the wrath of God against them within twenty four hours. This never happens with other nations whereas with Israel it happens over and over again. God will have storms pop up out of nowhere or other means to wreak his havoc. Many have tried to kill the Jews, but they cannot as God fights for them.
The Maccabees were Jews who fought against the Seleucid Empire to gain freedom then after they cleansed the temple they lit a menorah and only had enough oil for one day yet God miraculously kept it lit for the full eight days of the feast. Jesus celebrated the feast of Hanukah which came from this where in scripture it is called the feast of the dedication. (John 10:22 ¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.)
Israel has seen many miracles by God in her modern wars as well. In May 1948 Israel was reformed as a nation in one day just as God had predicted. (Isaiah 66:8-10 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:) No other nation has ever become one in one day. Normally you have to fight for it. Almost immediately all of the Arab nations around Israel attacked. Israel was vastly outnumbered and had very few weapons and should have suffered a quick defeat yet God brought victory time and again as well as in Israel’s following wars where Israel also should have been easily destroyed. In the Independence War in 1948 an Israeli platoon fought against Jordan on Mt. Zion and was down to 25 rounds of ammunition left and was resorting to throwing rocks. Just as all hope seemed gone the Jordanians suddenly ran off. Years later it was discovered that they had seen a giant image of what they said was Abraham who was protecting Israel. Just as God had spread rumors to Israel’s enemies in the past so did he in this war. Israel had gotten a weapon known as the Davidka which was very ineffective, but was very noisy. It was being used in the battle for Safed where the Arabs believed the noise was from an atomic bomb so they quickly left giving the city to Israel.
During the Six Day War during a tank battle in a minefield God brought a wind storm that soon uncovered all of the Arabs mines which allowed the Israeli tanks and troops to safely get through the mine field. Also during this war in the Battle for the Golan Heights then Israel expected over 35,000 casualties against over 70,000 Syrians yet God gave them victory in seven hours with few casualties. The Israelis also fought in Shechem where the Arabs vowed the day before to fight to the death bringing much blood shed to Israel. It was said that every house had weapons yet God placed a fear of him upon the Arabs and they all fled and Israel took control of the city.
Israel was attacked during the Yom Kippur War while most of the troops were off duty celebrating. This surprise attack when Israel was defenseless should have led to a quick victory for the Arabs yet God quickly turned it into an Israeli victory including Israel going about 12 miles into Syrian enemy territory by wars end. During this war during a tank battle in the Golan Heights in which three Israeli tanks fought against 150 Syrian tanks then a miracle happened. The Israeli tanks were out of shells and just when all hope seemed loss the Syrians scrambled. It was later told by Syrian soldiers that angels were behind the Israeli tanks guarding them.
During the Persian Gulf War in 1991 Saddam Hussein the Iraqi leader had threatened to gas Israel. The gas attacks never came as God sent unusual weather at this time when he had the wind which usually blew from Iraq to Israel reverse itself and blow from Israel to Iraq. Any gas attack on Israel would have also been on Iraq.
Israel will be attacked in the future by Russia and Arab nations in the Battle of Gog and Magog and God will once again intervene supernaturally destroying two thirds of the enemy. (Ezekiel 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:) God will also intervene when Satan by the antichrist tries to destroy Israel during the tribulation, but God will supernaturally protect them in what is believed to most likely be Petra, Jordan.
Over and over again throughout history people and nations have tried to destroy both the nation of Israel as well as the Jewish people. No people have suffered more than them yet God continues to protect them and they continue to not only survive, but thrive. For a nation and a people that should have been destroyed long ago and been a part of history they continue to exist as God has and does continue to fight for them. If God is on your side then you cannot lose. God has done many more miracles for Israel then I have shown. God has many plans still for Israel and these will all be fulfilled as well. Israel in her modern wars has normally been vastly outnumbered yet has never been defeated and has suffered very few deaths and injuries compared to not only her enemies, but also compared to being so outnumbered and the wars were never that long. Israel has been surrounded by enemies throughout most of its history yet survives. No nation has seen so many miracles as has Israel and that have been throughout her history even up till today. No explanation could be for the many miracles that have occurred involving the nation and the Jewish people except for it being that God exists and fights for his chosen people. Those who deny the obvious that God exists which can be clearly seen in the Jews are as God says fools. (Psalm 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.) I have shown that God exists in just two words in the Jews. God must exist or else the Jews would not exist today. No other group of people has endured so much attack by Satan yet still survives. The Jews exist and so does God. The proof is in the Jews. The fact the Jews exist also shows that God keeps his promises. Let us pray for the Jews, Israel, and the peace of Jerusalem and worship a God that does exist with evidence seen in the existence of the Jews. (Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.) For any Jews that may be listening, please realize that the God that has protected you and fought for you all of these years is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ who is your Messiah whom your forefathers rejected. Turn to Jesus today and be saved. Read Isaiah 53 and my sermons Proof that Jesus is God and Prophecies fulfilled by Jesus at his first coming.
