XVI.Why Pray for Israel?
- XVI. Introduction
- XVI.A. Presuppositions for intercessory prayer
- XVI.A.1. Prayer is addressed to God whose character is unchanging
- XVI.A.2. The Torah law has never been annulled
- XVI.A.3. Repentance unto the forgiveness of sin is an unchanging principle
- XVI.A.4. The existence of generational, collective/corporate and national sin
- XVI.A.5. Individual and corporate responsibility are complementary
- XVI.A.6. Individual and collective guilt (for instance generational sin) coexist
- XVI.A.7. Repentance over generational sin
- XVI.B. Examples of intercessory prayer
- XVI.B.1. Intercessory (priestly, substitutionary) prayer identifying with the people's guilt
- XVI.B.2. Prayer in relations to one's forefathers
- XVI.B.3. Confession on behalf of the sins of others (intergenerational solidarity)
- XVI.B.3.a. for the forgiveness of the sins for past generations
- XVI.B.3.b. identifying with the sinfulness of others in seeking for one's own sins
- XVI.C. He is waiting for Israel to return
- XVI.D. Prayer for the sake of Jerusalem
- XVI.E. False prophets deceive them
- XVI.F. To provoke Israel to jealousy
- XVI.G. Because of His faithfulness in spite of their disobedience
- XVI.H. The main obstacle has been removed, the two are one
- XVI.I. To remove the blindness of Israel
- XVI.J. the battle is a spiritual one
- XVI.K. for many other reasons