Israel Moments | God is NOT with Israel's Armies

Israel Moment #46 - God is NOT with Israel's Armies
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Hello this is Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. And today I want to talk about Psalm 44. Let's start reading in verse number 4 where the Bible reads " Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah." A lot of people will point to scriptures like this about God defending Israel in battle in the Old Testament, and they will try to apply that to the unbelieving, Christ-rejecting nation of Israel today in the middle east.
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I've even heard many people say, that the evidence for the legitimacy of Israel in God's sight, is the fact that they've won all these military battles, and there were "all these miracles where God stepped in and fought for Israel! And that PROVES that God is still blessing Israel. Even though they blaspheme and hate the Lord Jesus Christ, God is STILL blessing Israel! They're still God's chosen people!" And they'll use those military victories and so-called "military miracles" as evidence for that. But that is not a scriptural teaching whatsoever. And in fact if we keep reading a little further in Psalm 44, you'll see why. It says in verse number 9, "But thou hast cast off". See in verses 4 through 8, he was talking about in the PAST, how God had defended Israel. In verse 1 of the chapter, he said "we've heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what work thou didst in their days in the times of old." So back in the old days, God was fighting for Israel, and they were defeating their enemies. But then let's fast forward to present day, verse 9, "But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies." So at this time in Israel's history that this Psalm is being written, the author is saying that God is not going with their armies.
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Now let me ask you something. If God was not going with their armies at this time, why in the world would God be going with their armies, when they are worshiping a false god, when they have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ? There's no way. It would be inconsistent with all the teachings of the Old Testament. He says in verse 9, " But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people." And on and on. According to Romans 11, 1 through 7, unbelieving Israel has been cast off. It's only the remnant, the small remnant that has not been cast off. And that is the remnant according to the election of grace. The remnant that believes on the Lord Jesus Christ. So this idea of "God going with Israel's armies", today, when they are in unbelief, when they reject the Lord Jesus Christ, is a total fraud. These "miracles" that they talk about are not miracles at all. They're a hoax. And so we need to get our doctrine from the Bible, and realize that God only goes with your army when you are worshiping the true God, not when you're in unbelief and worshiping a false God.
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Main Scripture/s Psalm 44:4-9, Romans 11:1-7
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