In June 2003 Derek Prince
gave a call to the British Church How have British people come to believe our nation is specially favoured by God?
Is there any justification for this belief?
Why do most Britons believe as they do about Israel?
Are these questions related?
In June 2003 Derek Prince
gave a call to the British Church Isaiah 60 v12 says, “For the nation and kingdom which shall not serve you, shall perish, and nations shall be utterly ruined.” where “you” is re-gathered Israel, and that is very hard for British people to digest. . . I’m deeply concerned about the way the Word of God is being handled in Britain. What is called Replacement Theology is directly contrary to this verse, and unless Britain repents, it will perish. Very few people can take this seriously. The truth is, we determine our destiny on how we respond to what God is doing for Israel.
I’m asking you British, what are you doing with your voices, are you speaking out, are you praying, or are we just watching things slide? Few nations have been so favoured by God as the British, and in some ways we’ve responded, but right now we are on top of a slippery slope, which will lead us to disaster.
In 2006 God revealed more answers to the above questions
The Forsaken Promise, is a DVD set produced by Hugh Kitson which confronts Great Britain with material that calls for repentance.
The National Day of Repentance in London in September 2006 provided an opportunity for Christians to gather to express that repentance.
A Nation Called by God is a booklet with material by Ken Burnett which draws together the whole question of Great Britain's part in God's dealings with Israel and the change of heart that is required.
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Designed to accompany "The Forsaken
Promise", this publication by Love Never Fails briefly documents the
broad vision among prominent Evangelical church leaders in the two
centuries leading up to the Balfour Declaration. It highlights Britain's
calling to be God's chief facilitator in the restoration of the Jewish
people to their ancient Promised Land. Both can be obtained from Christian Friends of Israel. |
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The History of God's call (explained in full in the above publications)
" A Nation Called by God " reviews the writings of great evangelical churchmen who cared about Israel in God's plan and in His word. These men included ... William Cowper, John Owen, John Wesley, Robert Murray McCheyn, William Wilberforce, Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Bishop J C Ryle.
The first evangelical action was by means of "the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews", which is stilll active as "CMJ". This is recognized as being the start of Christian Zionism. This movement of evangelical Christianity started affecting the national policy through godly men in government. In 1840, war in the Levantsaw numerous Brits calling for Israel's restoration, but the land was still under Turkish control. 1841 saw thew first Anglican bishop in Jerusalem.
1917 saw the Balfour Declaration and Britain's allied forces capture of Palestine, with Allenby's entry to Jerusalem, having dismounted from his horse to walk in; recognising that only the Messiah should ride into Jerusalem.
Burnett summarises, "It was His divine will to grant Great Britain both the responsibility and the privilege of establishing a homeland for the Jewish people" " He chose Britain to be His Cyrus nation."
So Britain was chosen, but for a purpose
From that time forward, the British governments and administrators have wriggled and squirmed and done everything to obstruct the establishment of Israel ( Daniel 9 v6-8) "The Forsaken Promise" recounts the suffering these obstructions caused the Jews in the land, how the Arabs were encouraged to riot against the Jews, how law enforcement looked the other way during Arab massacres like that at Hebron and subsequently forcibly removed the surviving Jews. The story continues with Winston Churchill's division of the Jewish homeland into 28% for the Jews and 72% for the Arabs, Britain being granted the Mandate of Palestine by the League of Nations which gave Britain the responsibility of implementing the Balfour declaration, and Britain's actions in preventing Jewish immigration. The full story of Britain's treachery are well worth learning from this booklet and DVD.
Britain's actions caused an untold number of Jews to perish in the Holocaust, who might otherwise have escaped to their homeland. In 1947 Britain had the largest Empire the world had seen, but since 1948 it has disappeared; one might even say "imploded"
Several scriptures come to mind at this point...
"He who blesses you ......." Genesis 12 v2-3, "If my people......" 2 Chronicles 7v14 * , Hebrews 12 v16-17 concerning repentance, without which there is no blessing, "The nation that will not serve Israel will perish" Isaiah 60 v12, and Esther 4 v14 about the call to play our part in rescuing Israel.
Since the time of great men mentioned above, the church has largely abandoned this calling and adopted Replacement Theology and Anti-Semitism (or Anti-Israelism), so the church has not been influencing the government to take the godly route and fulfil our national call.
Thus the privilege of being a specially called nation is not what many suppose ( God loves Britain most ) but a responsibility betrayed, for which we are to come under judgment unless we repent!
Why did Britain become so arrogant while abandoning the call placed upon the nation?
Why do people in Britain so willingly believe all the Arab propaganda and rush to hate and condemn Israel?
Why is Britain's Media so violently Anti Israel?
Here are a few possible answers.
We noticed God's hand on our endeavours (or perhaps, just the success of our endeavours) and became proud. But the nation had forgotten its responsibility as explained by those godly men.
In those less cynical times, a people who had been brought up on "Land of Hope and Glory" and "Rule Britannia" willingly believed what the media (newspapers and newsreels) told them. The same could be supposed of what officers told men serving in the armed forces in British Mandate Palestine. We now know of Britain's duplicity and hostility towards the Jews and their promised state, but at the time it was acceptable practice to stigmatize those whom Britain opposed; be they "Hun", "Yellow Peril" or whatever the Jews were called at the time. (doubtlessly not respectful) How many present day opinion formers had their opinions formed by the lies told by the British government?
Britain called (and some still call) the Jews terrorists on account of the bombing of the King David Hotel, that caused the deaths of British soldiers. Terrorists target and kill civilians, and Winston Churchill targeted and killed civilians in WWII, but the King David Hotel bomb targeted and killed soldiers of an army that was acting as an enemy of Israel. The distinction that brands Israel "terrorist" is pure spin, but people were less immune to spin in those days. Remember Britain was mandated to assist the creation of the state of Israel but was, instead, actively conspiring with the Arab enemies who were attempting to exterminate the new state. Britain's representatives advised the Arabs to riot (including massacring the Jewish community of Hebron) and sat on their hands rather than quell the bloodshed.
Britain formed its foreign policy on the basis of self interest, so "our friends" are those who are of economic importance to us. So the Arab was praised and romanticized in media and movies to improve the popular perception of them, and assist British relations with oil producing Arab states. Britain also fostered warm relationships with Arab kingdoms by education their princes in top schools and military academies - which also fostered a thriving arms trade. Remember the celebrity of Lawrence of Arabia and the fact that the Jordanian Arab league that invaded Israel was commanded by Lt Gen Sir John Bagot Glubb. Perhaps the greatest fallacy of modern times is that "Our enemy's enemies are our friends", but were the Israelis blackened as our enemies in order to enhance our friendly relations with Arab kingdoms? The negative effects for Israel have not been diminished, even as the Arabian area has been divided into states just as new as Israel, and which have since mostly become dictatorships instead of kingdoms.
And now, British policy is now increasingly aligned with European Union policy, which is avowedly secular, and even more strongly anti-Israel.
So
ARE
WE ON THE EDGE OF JUDGEMENT?
David Davies, ministering at repentance events, spoke of the burden God placed on him to tell Britain that it has a "final mandate" concerning Israel; the terms sounding very much like a last chance.
Read the Old Testament to see how nations under God's judgment were overrun by other, cruel and bloodthirsty nations or empires and brought into fear and subjection through violence and terror.
Think about that as you read your newspaper !
The context of 2 Chronicles 7 v14 is of Israel, the only nation which God has called by His name. However, although the principle can be borrowed and applied to the People called by His name to come out of the nations to be His people, I would hesitate to suggest that the land to be healed would be the physical land of unbelieving Britain (or wherever). Perhaps the application is that God would heal the work and witness of His church in our land, to be prepared for these last days.