This Bible is strange, why is it relevant to me?

This Bible is strange, why is it relevant to me? The Bible is strange, no doubt. It requires alot of knowledge and effort to see just its relevance to a person living in a place and time very far away from what is narrated in the Bible.

Here's the concrete answer to the question "This Bible is strange, why is it relevant to me?": It's relevant to you because you are an Israelite. You are of the people called Israel. The Bible is about your people, once you are joined to Christ - King of the Israelites - by faith. You are spiritual Israel. You don't become one of Israel by blood, but by faith and the Spirit. So the Bible and all its seemingly strange contents are relevant to you because you are reading about your people and your history. Not to mention God's plan of redemption for you from eternity to eternity.

'Israel' just means the royal people. You are of the royal race (not by blood but by faith) once you are regenerated by the Word and the Spirit and converted (faith and repentance).

So this puts the Bible and all its strange contents into context.

It should be added: the name Israel carries a sense of having prevailed with God. Heaven taken by force. Prevailing in prayer, etc. Then given power to prevail, by the power of God, over men. Becoming a Prince of God.

Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

So, the Bible is as relevant to you as your own history and future are relevant to you.

Originally written 7.05.2007