Head Games Part 1

No, the church has not replaced Israel. It'll take more than one podcast to explain, but I'll give it a shot on this episode titled Head Games (Part 1) and then Part 2 or 3 later this week. Thanks for listening to Hanescast. 

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Thank you for listening today on Hanes Cast. Today's date, May 4th, 2026. And on this episode of Haynes Cast, entitled Head Games, I'm gonna be discussing a little bit more on Israel. And I'm gonna stick to what the Bible says about Israel. I know there's a lot of anti-Semitic uh rhetoric concerning Israel. The church is the main one of the main proponents of that. Uh a lot of head games going on. Thanks for listening. I'm Matt Haynes. Put an end to this game before it's too late. Head games. Yeah, so on this episode, again, I'm gonna be uh just trying to share how Israel is still Israel. Israel is God's chosen people, and so Ezekiel tells us in Ezekiel 16 that if you want to make some references or take some notes, that God found Israel or Jerusalem lying in its own blood, and that he he saved her and nurtured her and until she began to play the harlot, and that's what Israel's done. When and that's what we do. I mean, these things are written for our learning, these things are written as an example to the church and to believers, New Testament. The Old Testament concerning Israel is an example for us to this day, and so that we cannot fall into the same snares and traps by the enemy. And so a lot of head games and and I believe that you know again it's been usurping, it's the usurping of God's word. We see it in Genesis, and we see it throughout the scriptures, and I'm gonna weigh into it. Not I'm not gonna go back to Genesis but only just for a second. When Eve took of the the fruit, the lie from Satan, she believed the lie, and she took that and she ate and she ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and she also gave some to Adam and then he ate so the human race is tainted with sin because the fall of the since the fall, since the beginning, when Adam and Eve took the fruit, ate, and Satan has had dominion, and the scriptures tell us, Jesus tells us that Satan is the the the ruler of this world. Scripture tells us that Satan is the God of this age. Scripture tells us that he is the prince and power of the air. And so we have a battle, and that's why we know that our the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they're mighty in God for tearing down strongholds, and every every everything that rises up against the knowledge of God, we are to take those thoughts captive and cast them down and and and obediently follow the truth, not heed to the voice of the enemy, giving way to the lie, which causes us to err and causes us to yeah, to go astray or to believe lies. And that I mean that's happening. And if people don't, I mean, how many people actually know what God's word says? And uh it's it's a it's challenging enough when we know what his word says, and then knowing we are held accountable because if we when we know the truth and then just can you know choose willfully choose the lie and and and take heed to the tempt and we give way to the temptation, then we have to be careful because the scripture tells us, take heed lest ye fall. And and Paul tells us in Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 10, that God hasn't give us given us He hasn't allowed us to be tempted without giving us a way of escape. And so we all we have a way of escape and we oftentimes do not take the way of escape. We oftentimes just are tempted and give give way to the temptation. But but what I want to talk to you about briefly on this episode, take about 20 to 30 minutes, is picking up in Romans chapter 10. Paul telling I want to say something too with Paul and his writings in Romans 9, 10, and 11. Many preachers and teachers of God's word discredit Paul and discredit Romans 9, 10, and 11 because of Israel. They they twist the scriptures to their own, you know, to their own advantage, which is actually to their own demise. But they and then they surround themselves with teachers and preachers who tell them what they want to hear, what their itching ears want to hear. And so it's coming from uh Satan, it's it's it's replacement theology. And in 10, chapter 10 of Romans, Paul says, Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. So Paul saying, you know, that they may be saved. Well, there's a lot to that. I'm not gonna I'll read on, but a lot of people think that when we tell like me saying that Israel's God's chosen people, that they're like, well, Israel, they just get a free pass. That's not what I'm that's not what I'm saying. They don't they are saved by faith the same way we are saved by faith. It's not by works, it's by faith. But what the church mo probably 80, 70, 80 percent of the church is replacement theology, supersessionism. And what that is, it's a theological belief that that basically the church has replaced or superseded the Jewish people as God's chosen people, and then they hold that the new covenant through Jesus Christ renders the old covenant with Israel obsolete, which is crazy thinking, but that's what uh most of the church believes. And so we and that's why eschatology that's why the church doesn't understand eschatology and time events, because it puts the church in the tribulation, it puts the church in the wrath of God, and so uh in the wrath of God is the time of Jacob's trouble, which is the it's it's the you know 70th week, it's the uh yeah, it's the time of Jacob's trouble, not the church's trouble. We are in Christ, so we are removed from the wrath to come because we are first fruits with Jesus being in Christ, but the church is still in unbelief, and we'll talk about that in a second. But yeah, it's it's the old covenant which which they render Israel obsolete, and then it when then they believe that well they what they basically what they believe is that because uh Jesus was rejected, that God has broken his covenant with them and replaced them entirely with the church, which is a bunch of bull. And so it the belief that the church is the completion and fulfillment of of Israel's purpose is not true, but that's what is being preached, or some pastors they just don't know, so they don't preach it and they don't know what the word of God says, they don't know eschatology. And what happens is is the Bible tells us that the fear of man is a snare. And and so the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wit the beginning of wisdom, but the fear of man is a snare. And and what I mean by the fear of man is they reverence man, people reverence certain preachers and teachers, and they'll say, Oh, this is this is whoever it is, NT right, this is this guy or that guy, but why can't they just read the word of God? It's very it's very simple and eye-opening if you take the word of God at face value for what it is telling us. Yeah, there are metaphors and there's things that God uses in his word that we have to understand, whether it's sarcasm, whether it's a metaphor or a symbolism, but the word of God is the word of God, he and we have to understand the difference. And so what happens is with all this rhetoric, it breeds anti-Semitism and Satan has always usurped the leadership of Israel. And I believe that's what's going on now because all nations will come against Israel, and what's going on in the Middle East right now with Iran, we are seeing the setup for the end time scenario. We have the Board of Peace, we have Gaza who was le that's been leveled, and we have Trump as far as the Board of Peace, he's the chairman, and he has that position for life. He can militarize, he can demilitarize, he can put whoever he wants in position after him. So it just makes me wonder who's he gonna put in there? What sort of end time scenario are we gonna see coming in the near future? And so what happens is during this usurping of the leadership of Israel, we it goes back, we see it from Jeroboam building the shrines after Solomon. Jeroboam, if I remember correctly, was a servant of Solomon. Rehoboam was Solomon's son, but Jeroboam was given ten tribes, rehoboam was given one, and then Jerusalem is where God said he put his name. But we have we can look back at Ahab and Jezebel, where they killed like the prophets. Remember, if you are have any understanding of the scriptures, that Elijah said, Lord, they killed the prophets and I alone and left am left. And but God, He's always had a remnant, but sometimes it feels like you know, as believers, that we are Lone Rangers when it comes to the Word of God and and learning how to rightly divide the word of truth, uh, because when we read the word and we know the word, and then I'm not saying we we or I know you know all the scriptures. I'm learning the scriptures, I read the scriptures, I've been studying the scriptures for a long time, but the more it seems like the more we learn and know about the scriptures, the the more that we actually realize how much we don't really know because it's a vast well. It the well is deep and wide, and and so we just learn. And and I think where God wants to get us as believers is to allow him by the Holy Spirit to teach us. That's why John said in first John that you have no need that anyone teach you, because we have the same anointing that was in Jesus, Jesus veiled in human flesh, God in human flesh, we have the Holy Spirit that illuminates the word of God, that helps reveal the word of God to us. Jesus is the word who became flesh. And then so there's there's always been a small remnant of Jewish believers. And so I wanted to point out the church in Philadelphia was a remnant church, and Jesus said to the church in Revelation 3 to the church of Philadelphia, he says, I know your works. He said, See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it, for you have little strength, and you have kept my word and have not denied my name. He says, Indeed, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie. Indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. So those who say they are Jews and are not, but are of are of the synagogue of Satan, and that's what has happened. Look at Ahab and Jezebel. Look again at whether it's Absalom, David's son Absalom, or uh Adonijah, who tried to a coup attempt you know against Solomon when Solomon was going to build the temple for God. We have these things. We have an infatuation with the temple from uh you know from Daniel speaking about in in Daniel chapter nine about Israel and the 70-week prophecy given to is to Daniel concerning Israel, 490 years. And right now we are 483 years, and we are in this time of grace, this time where we can call upon Jesus, because uh the I mean we have that opportunity now, but that opportunity uh will, you know, once the rapture happens and God begins to pour out his wrath and the seals are opened. And the book of Revelation points this out in uh Revelation chapter six, the first seal open, John says, I saw a white horse, and there was one who sat on it, and then that's pointing to the Antichrist. So the Antichrist is on the white horse of Revelation 6. The Bible tells us that there was a crown given to him, and he had a bow. So the bow, if you look at that, yeah, it could mean bow and arrow. It can also mean like bow like rainbow, which is God made a prominent promise or covenant and said, I'll never flood the earth again. He says, but Peter tells us that it's stored with fire. But so the covenant the Antichrist will bring that kicks off the seven-year tribulation, that seven-year tribulation period or wrath that's coming upon the whole earth, that is the time of Jacob's trouble. That's the 70th week that is in the future. How close are we? Well, we're as close as the Antichrist signing a covenant with Israel. And so, and all this is for peace and security. That's why Paul said in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, while they say peace and safety, sun destruction will come upon them. So in the meantime, Israel is a nation in unbelief. And so, yeah, so we we had Revelation 3, John writing by the Holy Spirit saying that I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie indeed, I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Yeah, that's is that's the remnant Israel. Why verse 10 of chapter three of Revelation? Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial, which shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth. Yeah, so we are at we're in Christ as believers, and those after we are raptured, the hundred and forty-four thousand sealed are of Israel, twelve thousand from each tribe. And so you can read that in Revelation chapter seven. And so again, Israel is in unbelief because the veil of Moses, which I can explain here in a second, is blinding the eyes, their minds. They can't believe because there's a veil there, but it can be removed, and it only can be removed in Jesus. And Jesus uh is in the old testament concealed, and he's revealed in the New Testament, and he will all ultimately be revealed at his coming in Revelation, towards the end of Revelation, which John tells us that he has a two-edged sword coming out of his mouth, which is the word of God, and he will smite the nations that come against Israel. It's all set up, and so there's the remnant there, but the church is the church is like the leading candidate usurping uh God's word, telling other believers that Israel has been replaced by the church. So the church doesn't understand eschatology, which is the end of the times of the end. The church doesn't understand we are in the last hour, the church doesn't understand all these things because of false teachers and false prophets, which which is the same thing with Israel, the leadership and false prophets. And so we have in in the church the same situation. These things are written for our learning, but we are not learning, we are doing the same thing. And so it ties back to Exodus 34 and verse 29 when Moses came down after being up on the mountain with with, and he comes down with two tablets, and uh Moses' face was shining. And the scripture tells us that Aaron and the children of Israel were afraid to come near Moses. Well, they were afraid to come near Moses because the his the shining of his face was like the glory of God. And so, but Moses called to them and told them if you want to read this, go to Exodus chapter 34. Moses called to them and said, you know, told him, you know, come near, and he told them what the Lord had commanded. And then ex in Exodus 34, verse 33, and it said tells us, and when Moses had finished finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take off the veil until he came out, and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded. And then verse 35, and whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again until he went in to speak with the Lord. And so basically, God was revealing to Moses, Moses would go out and and and reveal to the people. And so even to this day, the veil of Moses is blinding the minds because they're trusting in the law, they're trusting in Moses, and they're not trusting in Jesus. And so that's why uh that's why the Pharisees and religious leaders in John chapter 5, Jesus told them that he's Jesus said, You you search the scriptures or you pour over the scriptures, thinking that in them you have eternal life, but it's they that speak of me. So they they couldn't see it, they couldn't see the word, and they had Jesus handed over to be crucified. And so Moses, his face was shining with the revealing power of the Lord and the and the glory of the Lord, which is the word for that in in Hebrew is kebab Yahweh. In Hebrew, it's basically fundamentally refers to God's revealing or his manifest presence or the the splendor of his holiness. And so it's a self disclosure revealing himself. And Jesus said, or Jesus is ultimately this is uh fulfilled in Jesus, where he is veiled in human flesh. People you'd be amazed, the people that don't realize that Jesus is God. And that's why so many, you know, the Jehovah's Witnesses and so many others in John 1, their Bibles read, they they switch and turn up the scriptures and twist them again to their own advantage. It says, In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. That's how it reads. But the in their Bibles will say, In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, and the word is a God. So they the the deity of Christ, they don't uh hail him as God. It's just like he's a God, or he's just a prophet, or he's just a man, he's a good teacher. No, he is God in human flesh. Why? Because he he had to come and and and die because of what Adam did, right? Adam and Adam all die. In Christ, all shall be made alive. And whoever believes in Jesus has eternal life. We have it eternal life the moment we believe. The Bible tells us that we will never die. And then somebody might say, Well, what are you talking about? Everybody dies because the wages of sin is death. Yeah, but the wages of sin is death. Jesus didn't have sin, so he he he didn't have to, he, you know, he was able to rise from the grave, one, because he's God, and two, he he was the perfect sacrifice. He was God. God cannot sin. And so Jesus had to be that perfect sacrifice, that perfect atonement from God to pay our sin debt, because otherwise we will die and be separated from God forever, and you know, separated from God for in hell forever. And so people don't realize that. And it's that's how easy it is to believe, but it's it's it's easy, but it's not easy, because so many people don't believe. But the power of belief is has a lot of weight, and and that's why when people believe lies, then they they follow the lies they believe. And they and then when the church tells people no, it's more than you just can't intellectually believe. Well, what what do you mean? You you mean I I I can't just understand and have the intellect to believe on Jesus to be saved? No, the church wants to put works in play, the church wants to tie heavy burdens on believers, the church and the leadership want to abuse the flock, like Jesus talks about in Matthew. I think it's in like 24 or 25 of Matthew, maybe 26, right around there. But it's by believing that Jesus died for your sins on the cross, he took your place. And if you believe upon him, then you'll escape from the wrath to come. And the wrath to come is sooner than you could ever imagine because the 2030 agenda by the United Nations and all the the seances and and worship of you know demons, and they want, they can't wait for their man, the antichrist. Everybody's looking for their own guy to save. You know, uh, everybody wants, you know, Donald Trump will make things right, he'll change the economy. Yeah, how's that going? Right? Everybody's crying around about gas prices and stuff like that, but but you know, we don't have churches that really don't know what to tell people. Very few churches know what is going on according to Bible prophecy, and so that's why I'm I'm on here trying to explain this through these texts right now. And so God makes himself known in tangible ways. But I mean, the just like Israel rejected, the church reject, you know, rejects, whether it's through miracles or when you know, worship or uh again, ultimately it's in Christ. And Jesus said that the Father, this is what Jesus said. He says, The Father has given me all things, and I will, and he says, I will choose to reveal who I choose to reveal it. Well, he'll choose to reveal it, one, when we believe, just simply believing. Paul called it the simplicity of the gospel, the death, burial, and resurrection, believe upon the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved. That's how easy it is, but it's not that easy because people don't really believe it. And so, but if you if you if you believe it, then he will begin to show you as you read the word of God, he'll reveal the word of God to you. But people don't want that, they want to read books and they want to read you or watch YouTube videos and let every or they want listen to you know whoever Tucker Carlson has on, or they want to just believe wrongly, and it's sad. And so Isaiah 53 says, Who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Verse 2, for he is sh he shall grow up before him a tender plant. He's talking Isaiah is talking about Jesus here. He's grown up like a tender plant because he's from the the stump of Jesse, the root of David. He says, as a as a root out of the dry ground, he has no form of comliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. This is this would be Jesus when he was in the flesh. He says he was he is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from him. He was despised and we did not esteem him. And so that's Israel, they they didn't esteem him, they they rejected him. And when he came in on that donkey into Jerusalem, and people were waving prom palm branches and saying Hosanna, you know, the the religious leaders, they hated that. They they they told his followers, they said, tell them to shut up, you know, tell them to stop doing that. And Jesus said, Out of these stones, I can I can raise up, you know, I can cause these stones to to worship me if I wanted to. But but the the religious leaders and the false prophets, they are the head and the tail that that that the word of God says, you know, cut off the head, cut off the tail. That's the leadership of Israel, and that's the false teachers, the false prophets of Israel. And then the scriptures go on to say, since we have such hope, I'm looking at I think this is in Romans 10 still. Since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech, unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. That may be Paul's uh word in Corinthians. I don't have, I just have these verses, but that were that I have in my notes, but I don't have what chapter. But we can look at this. It says their minds were blinded, talking about Israel. For until this day, yeah, this is Paul's letter to the Corinthians, for until this day, the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. This must be in jeez, I want to say first Corinthians 10, but maybe not. And then he says, Yeah, but even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless, one turns to when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's liberty. But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Yeah, because we have the gospel message. That's why Paul said in Romans in 1.16 that I'm he says, I'm not ashamed of the gospel, because it's the power of God for salvation to anyone who believes. And that's why he's and that's why I believe he says, you know, now the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's liberty. That's we can call upon him now. That's why Paul said in Romans 10, who shall say, you know, who's gonna go up and bring him down, or who's gonna bring him up from the abyss? He says he's near you, that if you confess with your mouth, believe in your heart, and you shall that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. And so we are ministers of righteousness because we have the word of God and the Holy Spirit is in us, and he gives us the ability to know what God says in his word. And so again, the Jews are blinded by the veil of Moses, and unbelievers are blinded by the God of this age. So that's why those who believe are saved, but those who don't believe are blinded by the God of this age. And so, how can they believe when nobody understands how to just simply tell somebody of the gospel? We simply tell them that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, for the wages of sin is death, and but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus to whoever believes. And then so in 2 Corinthians 4, again, therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart, but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in the craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And so, like a lot of people say, Well, that's just not you can't just believe. Well, nobody's saying uh anything about we're talking about believing for salvation. Discipleship is another story. That's why in 2 Corinthians he's saying, We've received mercy, don't lose heart, renounce the hidden things of shame, don't walk in the craftiness of nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth. That's what we need, the Holy Spirit, and we need the revealing of God by his spirit to help us understand. We don't need anyone teach us, all we need is the Holy Spirit, he is our teacher, and he will reveal what Jesus said and what the scriptures say, because Jesus is the word of God. And then uh Paul said in verse 3 of 2 Corinthians, he says, But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the God of this age is blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the glory of the of the glory of Christ, who is in the who is the image of God, should shine on them. Yes, so once it's believing is seeing, the image of the glory of of Christ, is who is the image of God, will shine on us. And then he says, Paul says in verse five of Second Corinthians, verse uh seconds chapter four, for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves your and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who has commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Again, it's all about Jesus. It's all about Jesus giving us the Holy Spirit. God sent his son. Jesus said in John 14, I'm going away, I'm not gonna leave you helpless, I'm gonna give you the Holy Spirit, He'll be with you, He'll be in you. And again, that's why Paul said in Romans 10 that they 10 verse 2, they have a zeal for God, talking about the Jews, but not according to knowledge, for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Yeah, it's their righteousness according to the law. Yeah, but Paul writes in verse again going on in verse four, he says, For Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness to everyone who believes. Verse five, for Moses writes about righteousness which is of the law. The man who does those things shall live by them. Yeah, if you want to be righteous by works, then you better follow everything to a T. Basically, I guess is what he's saying. But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. I mentioned this earlier, do not say in your heart, who will ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down from above, or who will descend into the abyss, that is to bring Christ up from the dead. But what does it say? The word is near you in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith, which we preach. Yeah, the word of faith by faith, faith alone in Christ alone, right? Verse 9, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Saved from what? Saved from the wrath to come, saved that if you were in a car accident or if you were to die today or tonight because nobody is promised tomorrow, we will not face God's judgment because we are saved from death, hell, and the grave, because Jesus conquered sin and death from dying for our sins and raising to new the you know being the first fruits into into heaven. He died, he ascended into heaven, and because we are in Christ, we are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Our citizenship is not here, it's in heaven, and the only thing that's holding me from being there is my flesh. And so, verse 11, for the scripture says, Whoever believes on him will not be put to shame, for there is no distinction. Here's where some people get tripped up. Basically, what he's saying is it's an open invitation to anyone who believes. He says, There's no distinction, verse 12, between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon him. Yeah, to the Jews he's rich if you call on him, to the Gentiles, he's rich. There's no distinction. For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. So, and then of course, Paul goes on to say in verse 14, he's speaking like he has like an interlocutor, and like it's a it's basically the interlocutor is like he's in a debate, basically an argument. I'm trying to say so. The use of an interlock an interlocutor, it's like an imaginary debate. It's like uh it's basically where uh what am I trying to say? You're arguing with a fictional opponent to advance your point. And so Paul says, How then shall they call upon him talking about Israel? How is Israel going to call upon him who they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things. Verse 16, but they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? Verse 17, so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So how how are you supposed to be saved if you don't if you're listening and you don't know, you're saved by the word of God, the truth of God's word. His word does not return void, it accomplishes what it set forth. So that's why I'm reading these verses, because it doesn't matter what I say, it only matters if I say correctly what the word of God says. And Jesus is the word of God, and he's veiled in human flesh, he's God in the flesh, born of a virgin, virgin Mary, which the Catholics they deify Mary like like she's the savior. And Jesus, you know, so all the other cult religions, it's just like they will esteem their cult religion. And what do they do with Jesus? Well, they they sweep him under a rug. Well, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by him. And so when Paul uses these interlocutors, he's using these imaginary debate partners, and it's it's like a key feature of his rhetorical style, especially to the Romans. And that's why he says in verse 18, but I say, talking about Israel, have they not heard? And then he goes on to say, Yes, indeed. He says, Their sound has gone out to all the earth and their words to the ends of the world. But I say, Did Israel not know? First, Moses says, I will proke provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. So yeah, he's gonna provoke Israel to jealousy by the Gentiles. He says, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation. But Isaiah but Isaiah is very bold and says, verse 20, I was found by those who did not seek me. I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me. That's us, that's the Gentiles. Yeah, Israel is still blind. Israel is being has been usurped by godless people. We have Netanyahu, he's not a believer. He he wants to bring up, he has a zeal for knowledge, but not according to the word of God. And so anyone who doesn't know Jesus and and they're not calling upon him, Jesus is not going to reveal himself to them unless they call upon him for salvation, then he will give them his Holy Spirit. But we're seeing Israel as a nation still in unbelief, but God has a covenant with them. And and God says, I put my name in Jerusalem, and that's and that's where you know they want to set up the board of peace in Gaza. And Gaza is right there along the you know, of course, the coastal Mediterranean coast. That's where the five lords of the Philistines were, that's where Alexander the Great came in and conquered the whole known world at the time, and the Antichrist also will basically set up his tent in that area. How close are we, church? How close are we, listener, to understanding these things? And then the last verse I want to go over just says in verse 21 of chapter 10 of Romans, but to Israel he says, All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people. And that's how he finishes chapter 10, and then and then he goes on, and I'll just mention this because I'll pick up verse or chapter 11 when I come back. He says, So what? Is God finished with Israel then? And then you know he's asking this question as a as an interlocutor, and then he's like, certainly not, and then we can pick up from there. But so if if you've been hearing preachers and YouTubers and Tucker Carlson or anybody that is, you know, anti-Semitic or like Candace Owens or anybody who is acting like God's uh put away Israel, well, he they may be put away on a shelf for for a minute until the fullness of the Gentiles come in, but he's not done with them. They're his people, he will save them, and that's his promise. Until then, it's just like a bunch of head games going on. And so, yeah, I'm Matt Haynes. That's a lot there. I've 45 minutes in, I'm way over. I hope I was making sense. Uh, thanks for listening. Head games.

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Always you and me, baby, head games.

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Till I can't take it anymore.

unknown 44:23

Head games.

SPEAKER_00 44:26

Instead of making laugh, head games. Head games. Always you and me, baby, head games. Till I can't take it anymore. So my head games. Instead of making the laugh, we play head games.

unknown 44:50

Head games. Give the first degree head games.