Cursing Those Who Curse You...

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For those of you who don’t know much about Biblical End Times, the nation of Turkey plays a prominent role in Biblical eschatology. Turkey plays a prominent role in the New Testament, where some of the best-known early churches were planted two thousand years ago, such as Ephesus and Colossae. Over the centuries, Christianity flourished and then diminished in Turkey.

Today, Turkey is a Muslim-majority nation. Historically, Mustafa Kermal Ataturk created modern Turkey in 1923 to be a secular republic of mainly Muslims, but over the years, particularly under the current Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has slowly moved toward theocracy. This move is not universally accepted; in fact, some younger Turks are emerging as out-of-the-closet atheists.

On December 12, 2023, a member of the Turkish National Assembly (their parliament) named Hasan Bitmez was addressing the body of lawmakers. Bitmez is the leader of a Turkish political party with the happy-sounding name of “Felicity.” Mr. Bitmez isn’t really much of a happy guy, though.

As he made his fiery remarks to the lawmakers, he first criticized Israel for being guilty of war crimes, accused Israel of wanting to commit genocide against the Palestinian people, and wrapped it up saying Turkey was being much too lenient on Israel. He demanded condemnation of Israel in the plainest of terms. He praised the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas and said Hamas was fighting for freedom. He then called upon Allah to curse Israel.

And he dropped dead.

In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God calls on a man from the ancient city of Ur named Abram and God directs Abram to travel to a place called the “Promised Land.” Abram and family embark on a journey to the land that God “will show them.” They undertook the trip without a clear understanding of where they were going or why; Abram has been called a man of faith. They eventually settled in what today is Israel. Abram and his family have many struggles, triumphs, setbacks, and adventures and in the process; God renames Abram as Abraham. And God initiates a covenant or sacred agreement with Abraham.

We don’t have covenants today, despite the fact that the name is used on some legal documents. The closest thing to a real Biblical covenant is old-fashioned marriage, where two people promise to stay together, come what may. A covenant is irrevocable. Biblical covenants tend to be one sided, that is they are made by God without any requirements made of the other party.

In Genesis 12:3 (that’s chapter 12, verse 3), God makes a covenant with Abraham. God says, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

God was talking not just about Abraham or his immediate family, but to all of his descendants, which is the Hebrew or Jewish nation. The Bible says that those who are good to Israel will receive supernatural blessings, but those who oppose Israel will be cursed. Those who curse Israel may find the curse falling on their own heads.

A lot of people look at the Bible and Biblical covenants like they are authored by human beings or are just some random words in an ancient manuscript. But the Abramic Covenant, as theologians call it, is pretty clear. Even a child can understand it. Be good to Israel and you’re blessed, but curse Israel and that curse will come back on your head.

Did Bitmez curse Israel and instantly fall over dead? Absolutely. It’s up to you how you interpret that, but the terms of Genesis 12:3 were fulfilled in a dramatic way and on video. Watch for yourself.

You can accept the prophecy or reject it, but the video is not fake. No one denies the facts of this case. And if you look at the top photo, the little sign that Bitmez displays says, in Turkish, Israel is guilty of murder.

Now look at nations who have supported Israel. Israel never had a stronger ally than the United States (at least until recently) and the United States prospered beyond all reasonable expectations during those years. And now that the United States is wavering in its support of Israel, our nation is floundering.

Some object to seeing this as a prophecy, believing that if this covenant were truly spiritual and divine, it would occur 100% of the time—and it didn’t and doesn’t. Many Biblical prophecies are like that. They are fulfilled in dramatic fashion, but that doesn’t mean that every person who ever cursed Israel was instantly struck dead.

Antisemitism is on the rise again in the United States. There are many reasons for this and most are supernatural rather than political. Antisemitism is a gateway error—it’s a narrowly focused specific hatred that gradually expands and takes over one’s thoughts and, in some cases, one’s government. And antisemitism is fertile ground for many other kinds of hatred. Hatred is a curse that comes home to roost.