Do you see My love for you?

Oct 23, 2009

Do you see My love for you?

Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth; for Your love is better than wine.

For Your ointments have a lovely fragrance;

Your name is as oil poured out; therefore the virgins love You.

Draw me, we will run after You.

The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in You, we will remember Your love more than wine; the upright love You.

(Song of Solomon 1:2-4 MKJV)

The Lord was speaking to me Friday morning during my time with Him about Him lavishing His love on me. I saw people waving flags during worship and He said to me:

"Elana, do you see Me loving you?"

"What do You mean, Lord?" I said.

"These flags are My wings. It's Me dancing over you, courting you, waving My wings over you. Do you see Me?"

I have never imagined that when worshippers sing, dance, wave flags or "perform" it's the Lord Himself dancing or singing for me.

The Lord spoke to me and said:

"Do you see? Do you see how I lavish My love on you?

Do you see Me when I dance for you?

Do you see Me when I court you and wave My wings over you?

Do you hear My love songs when I sing over you?

Do you hear the sound through the instruments? It is My sound for you.

Do you hear My voice when I speak to you? It is I speaking My voice over you My beloved, calling you into intimacy with Me.

I want you to see Me when you look at these flags and banners, when you see the dancers, hear the love songs and listen to the sounds.

I am releasing a new sound, a new voice, a new move of the Spirit and it is I courting My beloved Bride. It is time for love. I am drawing her attention to Me. She will see and hear and respond to Me because My love is strong.

These worshipers that I am raising up in your midst are an extension of Me loving you.

Do you see?

I want you to see Me; focus on Me as I cover you with My passion and desire for you. Will you respond to My love and come and dance this love together?

Let Me touch your heart. Let Me show you My longing for you. Don't sit as a spectator. I want you to respond to My invitation. I am inviting you to a love dance, to a love relationship as you receive My love songs and love dance. Then you can sing and dance back what I have put in you.

When you sing love songs for Me, it's Me singing over you My beloved. These are My love songs in your heart. They are for you."

Then I found this scripture:

"He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love. (Song of Solomon 2:4 NASB)

Lord, open my heart to receive Your love for me and let me see You in your beauty and majesty. As I see who you are as my Lover, I will become a Beloved and love You back with Your passion in my heart. Thank You for who You are.

Elana Polinger

The Followers of Jesus are NOT Gentiles - Identity

Identity - The Followers of Jesus are NOT Gentiles

Psa 102:18 This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.

I hear it many times from believers from the nations in Jesus (Yeshua) that they refer to themselves as "Gentiles" (Goy, or in plural Goyim).
I believe it is time to understand the meaning of this word Goy (Gentile) according to the Bible and through the Hebrew language.
I believe the Bride of the Lord needs to find her true identity and who the Lord says she is.

Let me start by saying that the believers in Jesus from the nations are no longer called GENTILES.

We need to know our identity and..

• Who we are in God.
• About the new identity that God gave us.
• About our rights according to God's constitution (The Bible).
• Why it is important to know who we are.

Some Definitions:

In your Bibles in English you will find different translations for the different groups of people:

Foreigners = נכרי stranger/s. (no-ch-ree)
A person who is born in a foreign country. One who is of another origin, culture, language, country. It refers to the people from the nations who were strangers to the people of God.

In a deeper meaning foreigners or sojourners at times refers to the believers in Jesus Christ who belong to heaven and are foreigners on Earth.

Jdg 19:12 However, his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will go on as far as Gibeah."

Jdg 19:12 ויאמר אליו אדניו לא נסור אל־עיר נכרי אשׁר לא־מבני ישׂראל הנה ועברנו עד־גבעה׃

Sojourners = גר (g'er) = stranger, alien, visitor, A temporary resident; or traveler who dwells in a place for a time. A resident who is not a citizen but has legal rights.

Lev 19:33 And if a stranger dwells temporarily with you in your land, you shall not suppress and mistreat him.

Lev 19:34 But the stranger who dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Heathen = גויים (goy, goy-eem) in Hebrew. These are the pagan nations who serve and worship other gods and do not know the God of Israel, or they knew Him once and forgot Him.

Lev 25:44 'As for your male and female slaves whom you may have--you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

Lev 25:44 ועבדך ואמתך אשׁר יהיו־לך מאת הגוים אשׁר סביבתיכם מהם תקנו עבד ואמה׃

Gentiles = גויים (goy-eem) in Hebrew. It is the same as the Heathen. (we will go into depth later)

Isa 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Isa 11:10 והיה ביום ההוא שׁרשׁ ישׁי אשׁר עמד לנס עמים אליו גוים ידרשׁו והיתה מנחתו כבוד׃

Nations in the English Bible = גוים (goy-eem) heathen, pagans, gentiles, who do not believe or know God. The ones who will be judged for rejecting the Son of God.
The different races, tribes, and nationalities.

Gen 10:5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

Gen 10:5 מאלה נפרדו איי הגוים בארצתם אישׁ ללשׁנו למשׁפחתם בגויהם׃

How does the Bible define Gentiles?

There are several definitions that God gives in His word.

1. Those who worship other gods and will perish:

Deu 8:19 "It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

Deu 8:20 "Like the nations (goy-eem, heathen, gentiles) that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

They are unclean (Lev 18:24), and could not enter the temple (Lam 1:10)

Lev 18:24 'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations (heathen) which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

Lev 18:24 אל־תטמאו בכל־אלה כי בכל־אלה נטמאו הגוים אשׁר־אני משׁלח מפניכם׃

2. God's definition for Gentiles:

1. Gentiles do not know the thoughts of God
2. They do not understand His purpose
3. They are gathered like sheaves to the threshing floor (in order to be later separated.

Mic 4:11 "And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

Mic 4:12 "But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Mic 4:11 ועתה נאספו עליך גוים רבים האמרים תחנף ותחז בציון עינינו׃
Mic 4:12 והמה לא ידעו מחשׁבות יהוה ולא הבינו עצתו כי קבצם כעמיר גרנה׃



3.
Another definition for Gentiles (Goy) by God:

Those who forgot Him (one cannot forget something he had not known before). He mentions them as wicked.

When we forget God we become like the "nations" (Gentiles) in God's sight.

Psa 9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psa 9:16 The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

Psa 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol, Even
all the nations who forget God.

Psa 9:15 (9:16) טבעו גוים בשׁחת עשׂו ברשׁת־זו טמנו נלכדה רגלם׃
Psa 9:16 (9:17) נודע יהוה משׁפט עשׂה בפעל כפיו נוקשׁ רשׁע הגיון סלה׃
Psa 9:17 (9:18) ישׁובו רשׁעים לשׁאולה כל־גוים שׁכחי אלהים׃

4. Gentiles are the ones who do not know God or do not call His name. They have devoured, consumed and laid Jacob (Israel) waste.

Jer 10:25 שׁפך חמתך על־הגוים אשׁר לא־ידעוך ועל משׁפחות אשׁר בשׁמך לא קראו
כי־אכלו את־יעקב ואכלהו ויכלהו ואת־נוהו השׁמו׃

Jer 10:25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation.

The gentiles (nations, heathen) are in the same group as the wicked:

Psa 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol, Even
all the nations who forget God.

The gentiles (nations) are considered as nothing before God:

Isa 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

Isa 40:17 כל־הגוים כאין נגדו מאפס ותהו נחשׁבו־לו׃

The gentiles are also the enemies of God's people (Israel)

Neh 5:9 Again I said, "The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

Neh 5:9 ויאמר לא־טוב הדבר אשׁר־אתם עשׂים הלוא ביראת אלהינו תלכו מחרפת הגוים אויבינו׃

The gentiles are the ones who will be judged and brought low:

Mic 7:16
Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.

Mic 7:17 They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You.

God's plan is to judge the gentiles (heathen) because they are His enemies:

The judgment of God is not reserved for His children, but only for His enemies

Zep 3:8 "Therefore wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations (gentiles), To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

Zep 3:9 "For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

It is clear that the Gentiles are not God's people. Therefore believers from the nations (people group) are no longer called Gentiles but God's people, His Holy Nation.

Abraham was a heathen (g-oy) and became the father of many heathen. Jesus is the only one who can transform people from "heathen" to "People".

Gen 17:4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Gen 17:4 אני הנה בריתי אתך והיית לאב המון גוים׃

God called "heathen" (gentile) to Israel before, and even after they became His people.

Nation: גוי (goy) in singular = heathen, gentile

God chose a heathen man Abraham from whom He formed a nation (Israel).

Before something manifests God speaks it forth therefore He asked Pharaoh to let "His people", and NOT His Gentiles go. He referred to them as Sons of Israel and saw them as sons even before they knew Him.
Only after the covenant on Sinai it manifested and they became His people.


Part Two will come soon


God bless you,

Elana Polinger

The Revealing of the Bride and Her Identity - Israel as an Example

The Revealing of the Bride and Her Identity

Israel as an Example

I believe there is a very important foundation that Paul spoke about in Israel being our example. I will share with you my study and you will be able to see what he meant and read the Bible through this important foundation. My eyes were opened once the Lord showed me that.
1 Corinthians 10:11-12 NASB 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12

I. Israel as an Example - Insight
1. God Chose Israel as an example. What does it mean to be an example?

1. The Lord leads us by example. Joh 13:15
   "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
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3. Paul said to the Philippians to follow his example - there is only one way and one cross. Php 3:16 however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained. 17 Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. 18 For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,

The Lord set the example for us. Our Lord died for us. God sent His only Son and sacrificed Him in order to redeem and save us from death.
Our Lord became poor for us.
2Co 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich

Psa 44:22 No, but for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. [Rom. 8:35-39.]
The love that God expresses for Israel is an example for the love He expresses for all His children. God loves Israel and has written their names on His heart, and took their judgment upon Himself. This is exactly what our Lord did for us.
Exo 28:29 "Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he enters the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 30 "You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
Israel is His own forever:
2Sa 7:24 "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Israel was chosen as a people of God, by God Almighty to be a vessel to bring God's Good News of Salvation to the gentiles (heathen) who were without hope or life.
Israel was chosen as an example for us, and their falling away happened to them as an example:

C. Paul speaks about Israel as being our example:
1Co 10:5-12 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY." 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

D. "Example" in Greek in Greek means: Τύπος túpos; Gen. túpou,

a. Figuratively of a person as bearing the form and figure of another, as having a certain resemblance in relations and circumstances (Rom_5:14).

b. A prototype, pattern.

c. Particularly of a pattern or model after which something is to be made (Act_7:44; Heb_8:5
Exo_25:40).

d. A type as a model of some reality which was yet to appear, a prototype of that which was yet to be developed and evolved.

e. The outline or archetype or model of some reality which was yet to appear was called túpos.

f. Deriv.: antítupon (G499), that which corresponds to a type, which represents the real thing; entupóō

2. What was Paul saying about Israel?

A. Israel was chosen as a mirror, a prototype, a pattern, a model that represents the "real thing" meaning the real people of God born in the Spirit.

B. Israel was chosen to represent a reality which was yet to come with the people of God (the Redeemed ones).

C. Israel was chosen as an example for the people of God, the chosen ones, the ones born of Him whose calling is to be a light to the nations.

D. Israel's calling was to be a vessel for God's will plan and purpose to manifest on the Earthly realm exactly like in the Heavenly realm.

E. Israel's calling was to show us who we are and be our mirror

F. This is YOUR calling as well – to be an example of our Heavenly Father and ambassadors of His heart here on earth as it is in heaven.

3. Israel reflects YOU as a mirror, however the earthly IS NOT to be replaced with the Heavenly.

A. I have to make it clear that spiritual Israel DOES NOT replace physical Israel and vice versa. Physical Israel is NOT spiritual Israel and the natural land is not the inheritance of spiritual Israel. In other words, the Promised Land spiritual Israel received is heavenly Zion where we dwell now. It is the Lord who is our Inheritance. It is His Promised Heart which He gave us as our Inheritance.

B. The natural is a picture and a type of the true nation of God and therefore they cannot replace one another or be one until Earth becomes like Heaven, and God's true children are revealed on Earth in the natural as it is in the spiritual.
C. As Spiritual Israel we inherit all the blessings of Israel, because Israel is a mirror of who Spiritual Israel is. We inherit all the promises, but also the warnings of God for our earthly flesh.
D. God uses natural Israel to reveal to us the true things of the Spirit.
a. Israel shows us who we are, and what we will go through in our walk with the Lord, how to follow the Lord on our way to the Promised Land, the process of sanctification, the sins of our flesh with its pride, blindness, abominations, wickedness, lust, impurity, division, stubbornness, rebellion and unfaithfulness, the falling away of our forefathers, and our religious practices.
b. God also reveals to us His love for His bride, His faithfulness, compassion, grace, power, might and miracles.

Israel as Our Mirror - Insight
1. Knowing Israel's assignment will help us to understand our spiritual and physical reality. It will open our eyes to understand WHO WE ARE as a nation.
Israel had already been there; fought against the same enemies you are fighting today, going through the same wilderness, executions, persecutions, hatred, sanctification, pits, sins, and death of the flesh.
We saw that God called Israel to be a chosen people for His own possession because He loves them, and because He keeps His promises to their forefathers.
But what were they chosen for?
What were they supposed to do?
What does it mean to be a chosen people?
We know in the word that to be CHOSEN means to be ready to die to self. It means to follow the Lord, submit to Him, obey His voice, worship and serve Him alone, to be consecrated, devoted, trusted, loyal, be ready to be changed and transformed. It is to change the mind, thought life, ways, habits, customs, traditions, and everything about ourselves, or who God is.
When we follow God we are being transformed, renewed, changed, we become a new creation. When we are chosen, we know today we will be persecuted, afflicted, hated, crushed, broken, be put low, and die.
2Ti 3:12 "Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted"


This is part of what Israel was chosen for.

Israel as a nation did go through persecution, famine, distress, sword, and nakedness, being scattered, being in exile, away from the Lord, being crushed and almost annihilated several times in history. . The enemy has been trying to destroy Israel from the day he knew that the seed of the woman will crush his head.
We know that spiritual truth that we all suffer persecution as God's chosen people not for ourselves, but for others. (Rom 8:35) "for your sake we are being put to death all day long"
The Lord is our example and we follow in His way. Everything He went through on earth, we will go through as well. (2Co 8:9) (Col 1:24) (Psa 44:22)
Israel was chosen to be a light to the nations (heathen) and shine God's love, light, truth, laws, statutes, precepts, righteousness, God's ways to a dark world so earth can be like heaven "on earth as it is in heaven".
God wants earth to be like heaven, and He first chose Israel for the task.
But there is much more than just to be a light to the heathen. There is a deeper meaning of what God chose Israel for.
God chose Israel for a very difficult assignment and calling. They were chosen as an example. They were chosen to reflect to us today who we are in the Lord.
Israel was chosen as a role model, as a mirror, as an exact prototype of us today. God gave them to the world as Paul expressed it "as examples for us" and he said "these things happened to them as an example and they were written for our instruction" (1Co 10:5-12)
Do we understand that this was their assignment? This is our assignment as well.
Do we understand that everything they went through in the physical was in order to show us what we will go through in the spiritual?
Do you understand why Joseph went ahead of his brothers so God can save a remnant from them?
Israel was chosen as a type, a model of the reality which was about to come – this is us, the spiritual nation of the Lord. They were sent ahead so the Lord can bring His other fold in. This is the spiritual reality we live in today.
God chose Israel so we will benefit from His great plan of Salvation.
We should be thankful to Israel as our firstborn brother, the first born in the flesh who open the womb and makes it ready for all the other children to be born. Israel is the firstborn in the flesh who prepares the way for the others to be born.
Some of us know what it means to be a first born. The burden, the new doors you open and make it easier for your siblings to enter.

2. Israel was chosen as a pattern to reveal to us:

A. Who we used to be (slaves to sin, worshipers of Baal (other husband), enemies of God, rebellious, selfish, wicked, impure, dead spirits)

B. Who we are today – wife, bride, beloved, friends, children, priests, lambs, brothers, ONE united body of the Lord, Nation devoted to God (Holy), no longer Gentiles, citizens of Heaven, ambassadors, disciples, family, the redeemed, dead to ourselves, alive in Messiah.

C. What happened to us - we were in bondage, working for Satan, God gave us grace and bought us by His blood. He brought us Home.

D. How to follow the Way (Yeshua) in the wilderness on Earth.

E. What will happen to us on the Way to the Promised Land

F. Who are our enemies who will come against us.

G. How to go to war.

H. How to deal with our enemies.

I. What it means to fall short from the glory of God

J. How it feels to be in the pit, in darkness, low, separated from God.

K. How to come out of the pit.

L. Repentance, humility, brokenness (Lamentations, Psalm).

M. Worship and praise.

N. Serving God as priests. – Commitment, faithfulness, obedience

O. Righteousness and justice.

P. How to approach God.

Q. How to be victorious.

R. How to die.

3. I believe that we will not fully understand or know who we are as the body of the Lord unless we look at Israel as our mirror. I truly believe that understanding the assignment of Israel will also help us deepen our relationship and our walk with the Lord.

We need to ask the Lord to open our eyes to see, and give us wisdom and understanding to discern where we are at and what are the things to come.


Who are we? Let us look at Israel and know a little bit who we are.

The Mirror reflects the Truth – Insight
Looking at Israel as a nation will help us discern and know the spiritual state of the Lord's body (Church). Israel is our example and every thing she is going through is an example of what is happening in the spirit realm.

1. The gathering of the Jewish people back to the Promised Land. – is the time of the gathering of the REMNANT to the Lord from the four corners of the Earth.

2. The building of a nation in a day – the Lord focuses on the True Bride taking her OUT OF the world after many generations of being scattered in the world. The true and the false bride lived together, however this was a time for the revealing of the Lord's nation.

3. The division between different religious groups in Israel – the division and strife in the body of the Lord with many different denominations.

4. The small group that believes in Yeshua as the Messiah in the Jewish people – is a reflection of the remnant from the spiritual Israel who will turn to the Lord.

5. The security problems – being attacked by the enemy, losing our kingdom.

6. The enemies – Iran, Muslims, Palestinians – reflect our spiritual enemies and how we do not know how to deal with them.

7. Economical state – poverty, homeless, unemployment in the body.

8. Social state – a divided society that struggles to live, only united in times of trouble.

9. Educational state – have knowledge and wisdom of the world. The children are not lead to God.

10. Spiritual state – a minority is truly seeking God. Most people know about God and have no relationship with Him. The nation is run by religion. Each religious group believes they hold the truth. Many false prophets, witchcraft and abominations. Many pagan worshippers.

Any area in Israel's life as a nation reflects the Lord's body – spiritual Israel.

11. The "incidents" with neighboring enemies and the verbal threats of Iran to eliminate Israel from the face of the Earth – is prophetic about the threats of Satan to eliminate the body of the Lord.

12. Jerusalem in the hands of the enemy when the state was established – the existence of the bride but her captivity in the hands of the enemy.

13. The release of Jerusalem in 1967 from the hands of the enemy - the bride is being built and is no longer in the hands of the enemy.

14. Jerusalem the Bride

I believe that natural Jerusalem being in the hands of the enemy is an example and a prototype of the spiritual Jerusalem being captured by the enemy.
When the Jewish people came back to the land of Israel and a nation was built in a day, Jerusalem was not in their hands yet.
The nation (as one people) was in the process of being built as God has been gathering the people from the four corners of the Earth.

15. The bible says that not all Israel are Israel. Meaning, many had been gathered to the nation but it does not mean they are all Israel. This truth is true in the flesh but also in the Spiritual Israel. A nation was formed in a day but Jerusalem (the bride Rev 21:9) was still in the hands of the enemy.

16. Jerusalem was captured by the Jewish people in 1967, but it is still divided into four quarters. Only one quarter is Jewish. All the other three are the Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters. Jerusalem was free to be built and restored again, but she is not fully in the hands of the Jewish people yet. Four religions are still having control over the bride – Islam at her heart, Judaism, Armenian and religious Christianity.

17. Jerusalem is surrounded and controlled by religion. Even the Jewish quarter is in the hands of the religious people. Spiritual Jerusalem is still religious and needs to be free.

18. Jerusalem in the natural is in the process of being rebuilt and much disputes and fights are over who will control her. The bride is wanted by the different religions, and she is still in the process of being rebuilt. Her true identity in the eyes of the world was lost but will be revealed in the last days.

19. The Jewish quarter is divided between religious and non religious neighborhoods. – the bride is also divided between Protestants and Catholics.

20. Until this day the Muslim shrine stands right at the heart of Jerusalem where the Temple of God stood on the Temple mount. The city expanded beyond her walls and new neighborhoods are being built – Many were added to the bride beyond her walls, and in the heart of the city there is still a foreign temple. The bride's heart is still in the hands of the enemy.

The physical is a manifestation of the spiritual.

Summary

1. Abraham and the Birth of a Nation - "And I will make you a great nation." (Gen 12:2)
2. God made the nation of Israel as an Example for us.
Israel was chosen as a mirror, a prototype, a pattern, a model that represents the "real thing" meaning the real people of God born in the Spirit. Israel was chosen to represent a reality which was yet to come with the people of God (the Redeemed ones).
Israel was chosen as an example for the people of God, the chosen ones, the first born of the Spirit, born of Him and called to be a light to the nations (heathen). A calling to be a vessel for God's will plan and purpose to manifest here on Earth exactly like in Heaven.
This is YOUR calling as well.
Part of Israel's calling was to show the bride of the Lord who she is and be our mirror.

Prayer
I pray the Lord will reveal to His beloved Bride her true identity – who she really is. That she will be able to see herself through His eyes and who He says she is. That true will be revealed and as we find who the Lord is for us, we will be able to see who we are in Him. Lord, reveal Your glory, Your image, Your true identity to us, so the sons of God will find who they are and be revealed. Thank you Father for revealing Your Son to us. We love You, Your heart and who You are in our lives.

God bless you,

Elana Polinger