BUILDING THE PEOPLE IN THE LAND

WHO IS BUILDERS OF ISRAEL?

SHALOM!  

Thank you for visiting Builders of Israel. BOI is a ministry based in Israel run by Israelis! 

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Based in the Galilee region of Israel, BOI exists to build the remnant of Israel (Romans 11:5) and to be a light to the nations.  We look to do this in two ways, answering the command to make disciples of all nations. As a priority of order, we bring the Gospel to the Jewish people first (Romans 1:16) and also to the Gentile world.  We secondly look to disciple those within the Ecclesia in their pursuit of the knowledge of God and defense of our faith.

In today's world, this seems counterintuitive.  In today's culture, placing one person or group in front of another is deemed criminal, bigoted, and downright shameful.  However, if we read the word of God and use our reasonable faculties, we quickly see that God has made promises to the nation of Israel that cannot and will not be denied or unfulfilled.  

We see that God does not show favoritism but instead orders all things according to his perfect will.  He does NOT show favoritism regarding Salvation yet prescribes an order to which his will is to be obeyed. (Romans 1 and 2) 

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  Who, then, is the nation of Israel/the Jewish people?  The Bible is clear that the nation of Israel consists of the descendants of Jacob/Israel, the 12 tribes of Israel.  Commonly known as the Jewish people, Israel is a nation created by God to bring forth the Messiah so that the whole world might be reconciled to the God who created all things.  Israel is a unique nation regardless of political status or current geographical location.  In other words, Israel is both a people in the Land of Israel and also outside the Land of Israel.  It also consists of both believers in Yeshua and non-believers in Yeshua.  The remnant of Israel is whom Paul in Romans and Galatians calls the Israel within Israel and the Israel of God- Jews who trust in Jesus for their salvation.

Unfortunately, the Jewish people have long been neglected, marginalized, and persecuted by the secular world and, yes, the Church. Our mission is to do the most Jewish thing a person can possibly do: share the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus, with the Jewish people. Specifically within Israel. 

 The bad news is that Israel is among the least-reached people groups in the world.  Over 99% of people within Israel have never heard the gospel.  

The good news is that Israelis are coming to faith in the messiah at a rate of 2 1/2 times that of the rest of the world.  That's right!  The church in Israel is growing two and a half times faster than the rest of the world.  This is remarkable, considering that there are just a handful of missionaries within Israel.  The local church is less than 1% of the entire population.  Estimates range between 20,000 and 50,000 believers in Yeshua in a greater population of approximately 9 Million.

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Our mandate as believers is to bring the Gospel to all mankind with the order of Israel first and then the nations.  

Romans 1:16 specifically states, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God unto salvation for any who believe, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." 

The Greek here is very clear.  Protos/proton, meaning "first" in Greek, has the meaning of first in importance, priority, and order.  The Gospel is to go to the Jew first.  This isn't a statement meant solely for the first-century believer.  The two clauses here in Greek are written in the present perfect tense using present indicative active verbs.  This means that if the Gospel remains the power of God unto salvation, then the Gospel is still to go in order and priority to the Jew first.  This is not preference but order, as God is a God of order.  This is done to fulfill the promise of God to Israel of the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31.  

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