God Is Going to Deal With Israel in a Special Way | Derek Prince

Main Ideas

• God has not rejected Israel. Derek Prince argues that although Israel has often been disobedient, God remains committed to the Jewish people. He says God’s dealings with Israel are based not on Israel’s merit, but on the honor of God’s name.
• Blessing and judgment follow different patterns. Prince presents the principle that God blesses Jewish people directly and Gentiles through the Jewish people. By contrast, he says God judges Gentiles directly and has historically used Gentile nations as instruments of judgment on the Jewish people.
• Spiritual blessings come through the Jewish people. Citing Jesus’ statement that “salvation is from the Jews,” Prince says Gentile Christians should recognize their debt to the Jewish people.
• Israel’s return to its land precedes a time of severe trouble. Drawing on Jeremiah, Prince interprets the return of Israel and Judah to their land as preceding an unprecedented period of fear and suffering, called “the time of Jacob’s trouble.”
• The return does not mean immediate peace. Prince rejects the idea that a return from God necessarily brings peace. In his reading of Jeremiah, the return is associated with fear and distress.
• Trouble is followed by deliverance. Prince emphasizes that Israel will be saved out of this time of trouble, rather than spared from experiencing it. He says judgment will occur during the tribulation and be complete by its end.

Speaker and Sources

Speaker: Derek Prince

Biblical passages cited or paraphrased: Jeremiah 30:3–7; John 4:22; and the statement that the Lord will not reject his people for the sake of his great name, commonly associated with 1 Samuel 12:22.