05/16/2026
For nearly 4,000–4,500 years, one of the most controversial and enduring promises in human history has remained alive.
In Genesis 15, God made a covenant with Abraham:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates.”
— Genesis 15:18
This was not presented as a temporary agreement, political arrangement, or human contract. Scripture calls it an EVERLASTING covenant.
Consider this:
Israel is the only people on earth where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all agree — God Himself specified a piece of land, mapped out its boundaries, gave them the deed, and sealed it as an everlasting covenant.
No other nation. No other people group. No other claim in human history is backed by more than 4,500 years of biblical record — and affirmed across three of the world’s major world religions simultaneously. You can reject the covenant. But you cannot claim it doesn’t exist.
Through the centuries, Israel has experienced exile, slavery, conquest, scattering, and near annihilation.
• Egypt oppressed them.
• Babylon carried them away captive.
• Assyria scattered the northern tribes.
• Rome destroyed Jerusalem and dispersed the Jewish people across the nations.
Empires rose and fell. Kingdoms vanished. Borders changed. Nations disappeared into history.
Yet the promise remained.
God told Abraham:
“I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant.”
— Genesis 17:7
For thousands of years, the Jewish people remained scattered among the nations of the earth — yet preserved unlike any people group in history.
And then Ezekiel saw something extraordinary.
The prophet was taken into a valley filled with dry bones — symbolizing the house of Israel scattered, broken, and seemingly hopeless.
God asked:
“Son of man, can these bones live?”
— Ezekiel 37:3
Then the Lord declared:
“Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.”
— Ezekiel 37:12
And again:
“I will take the children of Israel from among the nations… gather them from every side and bring them into their own land.”
— Ezekiel 37:21
Against every historical odd, after centuries of dispersion, the Jewish people returned from the nations of the earth back into their ancient homeland.
Whether viewed spiritually, prophetically, or historically, the survival and regathering of Israel stands as one of the most remarkable continuities in human history.
At TP Church — Ekklesia of Oklahoma, we stand with the people of Israel and honor the God of Israel and His covenant purposes throughout history.
As Christians, we recognize what Scripture plainly says:
“Salvation is of the Jews.”
— John 4:22
And according to Romans 11, God is NOT finished with Israel.
Paul warned Gentile believers:
“Do not boast against the branches… remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”
— Romans 11:18
We who are Gentiles were graciously grafted into a covenant story we did not begin. The patriarchs, the covenants, the promises, the prophets, and the Messiah Himself came through Israel.
And Scripture says plainly:
“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
— Romans 11:29
We believe God is still moving prophetically among the Jewish people and that the regathering of Israel from the nations is not accidental history — but part of the unfolding purposes of God in the earth.
At the same time, supporting Israel does not require blind allegiance to every governmental policy or political decision. Nations — including Israel — are still governed by imperfect people.
But neither do we embrace the growing spirit of hatred, suspicion, and hostility toward Israel spreading throughout the world. This is not merely antisemitism — that classification is too broad and leaves open doors for endless debate. What we are naming is something more direct: unashamed hatred toward Jews, the covenant people of God.
We should not be surprised. This is not the first time in history this spirit has risen.
Throughout history, a recurring pattern emerges — the demonization of an ethnic group to build power structures. Today some propagate narratives blaming one race for the suffering of another. Whether it has been Native Americans, Black Americans, the Chinese, the Italian, the Irish, or the Jewish people — there has always been someone appointed as the scapegoat by those seeking control. The religious spirit and the political spirit have long used ethnic hatred as a tool of dominance. We as followers of Christ must reject this in its entirety.
We choose to see Israel through a biblical lens — as we do with all image bearers — with humility, honor, discernment, and hope.
The same God who spoke to Abraham…
The same God who preserved Israel through exile…
The same God who spoke to dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision…
is still faithful to His Word.
If God is incapable of keeping an everlasting covenant with Israel and the Jewish people, then we as Christians have no foundation for confidence in the words of Christ or the salvation revealed to us through the Word of God.
God keeps covenant.
God remembers His promises.
Dry bones still live.
And TP Church | Ekklesia of Oklahoma stands with Israel. 🇮🇱🇺🇸✝️
