The word, "ELECT" appears 22 times in the Bible. This is the same number of times the word, "Tribulation" is used. The word ELECT is found 4 times in the OT, all in Isaiah. This is the first place it is used.
Isaiah 42:1 NKJV
"Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 45:4 NKJV
For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
Isaiah 65:9 NKJV
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
From these passages it is crystal clear that the ELECT are JEWISH believers. The ELECT bring forth Justice to the Gentiles, thus the ELECT are NOT predominately Gentile.
The next time the word ELECT is used is in the Olivet where Jesus uses it 6 times in the Mat and Mark accounts. He does NOT use the term in Luke's account. The reference to the ELECT are specific to "shortening the days to save them" and to "gather" them. The only time the word, ELECT appears in Luke is right here:
Luke 18:7-8 NKJV
7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
In the above we are introduced to the concept of divine vengeance for the Elect when Christ returns. Christ did not return in or around AD 70.
Paul, like Christ, also uses the word ELECT six times, including here:
Romans 11:7 NKJV
What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Thus Paul has introduced the concept that some in Israel are "ELECT" but not the whole nation. Paul tells us some of Israel will be blinded. Salvation has come to the Gentiles specifically to provoke the Jews to jealousy.
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
Paul uses the word, ELECT twice in Romans. As we know the Church in Rome was predominately Jewish. Paul uses the term twice in Timothy and once in Titus - Both Jews. But just as Paul teaches the Gentile believers are grafted in with the Jewish Olive tree in Romans 11 and just as Jesus teaches that salvation is of the Jews in the Book of John, Paul reinforces this concept in the only other place he uses the word Elect (Col 3):
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
Therefore we know that the ELECT are chosen of God and they are in Israel during the Tribulation.
While John doesn't use the term, ELECT, in Revelation he does discuss a select group of Jews which he calls the 144,000. John makes clear that the 144K are of Jewish descent. John further makes clear that the 144K are sealed before the trumpets sound. John teaches that the 144K are with Christ on Mt. Zion when Christ returns. Isaiah compares and contrasts the Elect with blinded Jews. Zechariah teaches that 2/3 of Israel will be cut off and 1/3 will be refined and saved. All of these passages are related and none reference the CHURCH as a separate entity.
Therefore we have strong evidence that the "Great Tribulation" is future and applies specifically to Israel. The remnant are Jewish and they are the ELECT. To the extent that there are Gentile believers gathered when Christ returns they are clearly grafted in with the Jewish Olive Tree. The fate of the church seems bleak. Only 1 of the 7 churches are promised to be spared the TEST that will come upon the whole world. This test is deception.
Isaiah 42:1 NKJV
"Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 45:4 NKJV
For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
Isaiah 65:9 NKJV
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
From these passages it is crystal clear that the ELECT are JEWISH believers. The ELECT bring forth Justice to the Gentiles, thus the ELECT are NOT predominately Gentile.
The next time the word ELECT is used is in the Olivet where Jesus uses it 6 times in the Mat and Mark accounts. He does NOT use the term in Luke's account. The reference to the ELECT are specific to "shortening the days to save them" and to "gather" them. The only time the word, ELECT appears in Luke is right here:
Luke 18:7-8 NKJV
7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
In the above we are introduced to the concept of divine vengeance for the Elect when Christ returns. Christ did not return in or around AD 70.
Paul, like Christ, also uses the word ELECT six times, including here:
Romans 11:7 NKJV
What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Thus Paul has introduced the concept that some in Israel are "ELECT" but not the whole nation. Paul tells us some of Israel will be blinded. Salvation has come to the Gentiles specifically to provoke the Jews to jealousy.
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
Paul uses the word, ELECT twice in Romans. As we know the Church in Rome was predominately Jewish. Paul uses the term twice in Timothy and once in Titus - Both Jews. But just as Paul teaches the Gentile believers are grafted in with the Jewish Olive tree in Romans 11 and just as Jesus teaches that salvation is of the Jews in the Book of John, Paul reinforces this concept in the only other place he uses the word Elect (Col 3):
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
Therefore we know that the ELECT are chosen of God and they are in Israel during the Tribulation.
While John doesn't use the term, ELECT, in Revelation he does discuss a select group of Jews which he calls the 144,000. John makes clear that the 144K are of Jewish descent. John further makes clear that the 144K are sealed before the trumpets sound. John teaches that the 144K are with Christ on Mt. Zion when Christ returns. Isaiah compares and contrasts the Elect with blinded Jews. Zechariah teaches that 2/3 of Israel will be cut off and 1/3 will be refined and saved. All of these passages are related and none reference the CHURCH as a separate entity.
Therefore we have strong evidence that the "Great Tribulation" is future and applies specifically to Israel. The remnant are Jewish and they are the ELECT. To the extent that there are Gentile believers gathered when Christ returns they are clearly grafted in with the Jewish Olive Tree. The fate of the church seems bleak. Only 1 of the 7 churches are promised to be spared the TEST that will come upon the whole world. This test is deception.
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