Should There Be An Israel?

I have a friend who said to me: “Personally I don’t even think there should BE an Israel!” How do I calmly respond to that?

Q. I have a friend who said to me:

“Personally I don’t even think there should BE an Israel!”

How do I calmly respond to that?

A. You could say that it’s really not up to Him. Then you could quote Jeremiah 31:35-36.

This is what the LORD says, He who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name:

“Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the LORD, “will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me.”