Why Israel? - English

As Christians, we need to acknowledge our unfathomable debt to
Israel and to always pray on the basis of that total indebtedness. The
word Jew occurs eighty-four times in the Old Testament, and one
hundred ninety-two times in the New Testament. On the other
hand, the word Christian occurs only three times in the New
Testament. You cannot fully understand the Bible unless you know
something about Israel. And if you're confused about Israel, you're
confused about the Bible.

"Without the Jews, we would have no patriarchs,
no prophets, no apostles, no Bible-and no Savior!"

- excerpt from "Our Debt to Israel" by Derek Prince
Derek Prince

The identification of Jesus with the Jewish people was not just
for the few years of His earthly life and ministry. It is eternal. Many
years after His resurrection and ascension, He's still called the Lion
of the tribe of Judah! Not only was He a Jew, He still is a Jew. We
need to remember there is a Lion in Heaven, He's a Jew, and one day
that Lion is going to roar.


DEREK PRINCE (1915-2003) was educated as a scholar
at Eton College and Cambridge University, England, as well as
King's College. He also studied several modern languages at
Cambridge University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
While serving with the British in World War II, he began to
read the Bible merely as a work of philosophy he felt he
should study. In the process, Derek experienced a life-
changing encounter with Jesus Christ.

He is the author of over 80 books, 600 audio and 110 video teachings, many
of which have been translated and published in more than 100 languages. His
daily radio broadcast is translated into Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, German,
Malagasy, Mongolian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish and Tongan and continues to
touch lives around the world.