Throughout the Bible God makes several promises. When God makes a promise, He keeps it.

There is one promise that many that profess to being a disciple of Jesus Christ deny or more accurately refuse to accept. Why? Because they are focusing on the wrong being. The Bible makes it very clear where our focus should be.

Matthew 22:37-40 NKJV – Jesus said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

God and His promises are to be our focus. When God makes a promise, He ALWAYS keeps it. He made this promise:

Genesis 12:2-3 NKJV – I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 22:15-18 NKJV – Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

At this time there is approximately 8.2 billion people on the earth. The sand of the seashore and the stars in the heavens. At this time, there are approximately 2 trillion galaxies and within these galaxies are approximately 100 million stars. When God speaks He speaks the absolute truth. Therefore, His promise to Abraham means that the full earth population is a miniscule fraction to the reality of the promised descendants of Abraham alone is nowhere even near being approached.

This promise will be kept. This is why this occurs in the middle of the tribulation:

 Revelation 7:1-8 NKJV – After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

Anyone who teaches that Israel is not the promised people of God just called God Himself a liar and I truly pity them. For they have denied not only God, but Jesus Christ as well.

Matthew 10:33 NKJV – But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

It is truly sad how people desire eternity at the cost of twisting the Word of God to make them feel superior to another human.

It is true that at this time the tribes of Israel are the enemies of God, and yws they made themselves this by killing the Son of God. Why do I say this? Because the tribes must endure the tribulation. You see the word “tribulation” at its base definition is the punishment of an enemy. In the case of the great tribulation all that enter into this time frame of seven years are all enemies of God. This also applies to many that profess to call themselves “Christian” as well for that matter.

The tribulation for the tribes of Israel ends here:

Daniel 12:1-3 NKJV – “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

As for those that call themselves “Christian” that enter into the tribulation. You are in the tribulation of your own doing. Like say that the tribes of Israel are not the chosen people of God. This has never ended, it never will. For God is, was and will be, and so are His promises. Those that call themselves “Christian” and have made themselves God’s enemy should feel shame that they have made themselves this in the sight of God.

Now those that have done this must fix their relationship with God. They must speak out. They must tell the Truth, teach the Truth, live the Truth.

Never take the mark of the beast and preach against it. They must accept this:

Mark 13:11-13 NKJV – But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

For you must join the other martyrs that have been killed over speaking the Truth, under the altar, which will be fulfilled at the middle of the tribulation. For that is when all that can become and are “Christian” are removed from the face of the earth, but that is another topic for another time.