Tanakh....I think you are getting there a little at a time.... Yes Jesus said these words (plus all of the whole Bible). This means that Jews that believe become a part of the Body of Jesus (His Church) and those in the CHurch are no longer Jews and Gentiles but rather the 'Body of Christ'.
Now there are still those that have been Blinded by Jesus as well...Yes, He said that TOO!. Only until the Fullness of the Church and the removal of the restrainer (Rapture) will their blindness be removed. In Daniel's 70th week these Jews who have come out of Blindness are destined to travel through these 7 years. 2/3 of the Jewish nation will die during this time. The ones that believe in Jesus and his warning through a Prophecy that tells them (in Luke 21) to flea to the Mountains when the Abomination of Desolate happens will be saved by His hands directly. These will be the remnant of Israel that will live through the Millennium. Rem, here that Jesus will instill within this remnant Himself. They will no longer sin against God. It appears that only the gentiles will (during the millennium) will turn away from GOD......I might add WITHOUT SATAN's HELP thus proving that man YES MAN! has the propensity (natural tendency) to do EVIL instead of GOOD. For when Satan is loosed after that 1000 years, He (SATAN) is still able to raise an army of MEN that will plot to destroy Jerusalem again.
And my ramblings shall cease here for at least a while????? The third temple will be rebuilt according to Jesus since the AoD has to take place int he Holy of Holies. At this time there is no temple or Holy of Holies.
Where in the Bible does it say the restrainer is the Holy Spirit? It doesnt actually spell out who the restrainer is. One strong possibility is that it is the Archangel Michael' whose name means Who is like God. In Revelation He is the one who wages war in heaven and throws Satan down to the earth. He also comes to Daniel having fought with the Prince of Persia. He is known as the Prince and protector of Israel. The only reason the Holy Spirit is claimed to be the restrainer is because it fits in with the rest of the Pre Trib baggage.
A key part of your Pre Trib Scenario is that two thirds of those killed are all Jews. At present there are more Jews living in the US alone than there are in the whole of Israel. There would need to be a huge seismic shift to induce the whole of worlds Jewry to move to Israel especially when one thinks of the dangerous situation in Israel at present. It didnt happen after the Holocaust so why would it happen in the near future? Apart from that it will be difficult for many to flee to the Mountains. Those in London would have to travel several hundred miles to reach one. The warning Jesus gave was to those living at the time. He predicted what would happen within their generation and it did.
In Revelation those that rebel in the millennium are said to attack ''the camp of the saints'' Its a strange expression seeing that John uses Jerusalem throughout the rest of the book. even stranger is that the New Jerusalem is said to come down from heaven directly after their destruction. One wonders whether this New Jerusalem is empty or if not who is living in it?
I leave that to you to work out. I am sure you can devise some explanation. If not perhaps Le Haye explains it in Left behind.
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