"I will bless those
who bless you,
and
whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will
be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:3 NIV)
Some Christians do not
take Genesis 12:3 literally. Some do, but do not see Abraham's nation in
Genesis 12 as the political Israel we see today. I believe that God's Word is
simple, straightforward and true. God will bless those who blesses
Abraham's nation, which was inherited by Jacob according to Genesis
35:11-12.
11 And
God said to him, “I am God Almighty[a]; be
fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations
will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give
to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” (Genesis
35:11-12)
God's statement unequivocally affirm that the divine promises given to
Abraham and Jacob is not inherited by Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel
in the same chapter. Therefore, if Jacob is heir to the promises to Abraham in
Genesis 12, it flows that the spiritual principle in Gen 12:3 will apply today,
with the Jews as the reference point since the Jews are descendants of Jacob,
now Israel.
Much has been argued about US's prosperity being linked to their alliance with Israel, with Singapore's prosperity being explained the same way. It is also argued that Britain's downfall as a colonial power related to their barring of Jews from returning to their homeland in 1940, sending many of them back to face concentration camps in Europe. Does this spiritual principle explain China's rise as a global superpower today?
I was prompted by the Holy Spirit one day to look up China's phenomenal
GDP growth, and see if there was any correlation between that and China-Israeli
diplomatic relations.
I was not expecting what I found. These figures are taken from China
Statistical Study 2012.
Let us first look at China's GDP from 1979-1992.
Let us now look at China's GDP from 1993-2012
A clear picture may be seen from the China's GDP growth chart.
We can see that growth started to pick up from 1984. However, the tremendous growth from 1992 was off the charts. What happened between China and Israel in 1992? 1992 was the landmark year where China-Israeli diplomatic relations were restored. Since then, there were military and economic cooperation between the two countries until today.
Is this coincidence? Nah, I just believe the Bible to be simple, straightforward and true.
