right. the Christian Zionists' playbook.
tell me about the 'Davidic Covenant' - this mysterious unfulfilled covenant promise.
is this the part where David is coregent with Jesus in the future 1,000 year non-existent dispensation?
because you guys can not fathom what David's Throne is and Who is on it?
why haven't you figured out this is a Judaic Fable xtianized?
exactly like the unbelievers who perished in 70AD because they REFUSED to enter the New Covenant which is SPIRITUAL; GLOBAL; AND EVERLASTING LEADING TO ETERNITY.....not tied to Jerusalem that now is...is NOT OF THIS WORLD....dispensationalism is absolutely BLINDING everyone who falls into it.
....
Purpose
Israel has always been God’s vehicle of world redemption (Romans 9:1-5). In a way, she is God’s microphone, the means by which He speaks to a lost world. Moreover, she has birthed all God’s covenants into the world and has now come back to her ancient homeland, by the promise of the Abrahamic Covenant, to birth the final great covenant of history, the Davidic Covenant. Herein lies the ultimate purpose of her modern-day restoration. Jesus will return to Zion as the root and offspring of David (Revelation 22:1-6; Psalm 2:1-12; Psalm 72:5-11).
- The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
ICEJ Home | ICEJ International < click
.........
OH REALLY?
"to birth the final great covenant of history, the Davidic Covenant."??? WHAT'S THAT?
"The kingdom which Jesus inaugurated would, in contrast to their narrow
expectations, be spiritual in character, international in membership and gradual in
expansion. And the expansion of this kingdom throughout the world would
specifically require their exile from the land. They must turn their backs on Jerusalem
and their hopes of ruling there with Jesus in order to fulfil their new role as
ambassadors of his kingdom (Matthew 20:20-28; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21). The Acts of
the Apostles suggests that they needed something of a kick-start to get going. It is
only when the Christians in Jerusalem experience persecution following the death of
Stephen and are scattered that they begin to proclaim the gospel to others (see Acts
8:1-4). The Church was sent out into the world to make disciples of all nations but
never told to return. Instead Jesus promises to be with them where ever they are in
the world (Matthew 28:18-20).
The Fig Tree and David’s Fallen Tent
Those who believe the New Testament speaks of a third Jewish return to the Land
quote the illustration of the fig tree in Matthew 24 and ‘David’s Fallen Tent’ in Acts
15:13-17. Let’s look at each briefly.
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its
leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all
these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this
generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
(Matthew 24:32-34)
The followers of Jesus understood him to be warning them to heed the signs and flee
Jerusalem when the city came under Roman siege. Hal Lindsey, however, reverses
its meaning. He claims Jesus was predicting the restoration of the Jews to Palestine
in the 20th Century rather than their departure in the 1st Century. How does he justify
that?
But the most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews
to the land in the rebirth of Israel. Even the figure of speech “fig tree” has been
a historic symbol of national Israel. When the Jewish people, after nearly
2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on
14 May 1948 the “fig tree” put forth its first leaves.16
You may need to read that again slowly. Do you see it? I don’t either. Its called
‘clutching at straws’ or maybe in this case, ‘figs’, reading back into a passage a
subjective interpretation based on hindsight rather than foresight. Nothing in Matthew
24 leads us to believe Jesus wanted his hearers to understand that he was promising
Israel would become a nation state once again. As we have already seen, Jesus has
used the analogy of the fruit tree before ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.’
(Matthew 21:43). Indeed, Jesus says that the subjects of the kingdom, that is,
unbelieving Jews, will be ‘thrown outside’ (Matthew 8:10-12); none of those who were
originally invited ‘will get a taste of my banquet’ (Luke 14:15-24). Nevertheless,
Lindsey has popularised the notion that the return of Jewish people to Palestine
since 1948 is somehow the fulfilment of biblical prophecy. Where did he get the idea
from? Probably Cyrus Scofield.
Referring to Acts 15, Scofield asserts, ‘dispensationally, this is the most important
passage in the NT’, since he claims, ‘It gives the divine purpose for this age, and for
the beginning of the next.’17 Here is the passage in question:
After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I
will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles
who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things that have been
known for ages (Acts 15:16-18).
James is simply quoting from Amos to show that Pentecost was not an accident but
had been predicted long ago. Amos foresaw how David’s royal dynasty would be
restored after the exile through one of his descendents – Jesus – and that through
his victory on the cross and his reign over the nations, the Gentiles would also seek
to enter his kingdom along with a Jewish remnant. Scofield, however, reads into this
passage what is not there, while at the same time he obscures what is there. It all
has to do with that little phrase ‘after this’. The natural meaning is clear. James has in
mind ‘after the cross’ or ‘after the ascension’ or even ‘after Pentecost’. Scofield,
however, claims once again, ‘after this’ means after another 2000 years! He argues
that God will one day soon ‘re-establish the Davidic rule over Israel’18 and bring the
Jewish people back to the Land so that Jesus can rule as their king in Jerusalem....
http://www.christianzionism.org/BibleSays/Sizer04.pdf < click
tell me about the 'Davidic Covenant' - this mysterious unfulfilled covenant promise.
is this the part where David is coregent with Jesus in the future 1,000 year non-existent dispensation?
because you guys can not fathom what David's Throne is and Who is on it?
why haven't you figured out this is a Judaic Fable xtianized?
exactly like the unbelievers who perished in 70AD because they REFUSED to enter the New Covenant which is SPIRITUAL; GLOBAL; AND EVERLASTING LEADING TO ETERNITY.....not tied to Jerusalem that now is...is NOT OF THIS WORLD....dispensationalism is absolutely BLINDING everyone who falls into it.
....
Purpose
Israel has always been God’s vehicle of world redemption (Romans 9:1-5). In a way, she is God’s microphone, the means by which He speaks to a lost world. Moreover, she has birthed all God’s covenants into the world and has now come back to her ancient homeland, by the promise of the Abrahamic Covenant, to birth the final great covenant of history, the Davidic Covenant. Herein lies the ultimate purpose of her modern-day restoration. Jesus will return to Zion as the root and offspring of David (Revelation 22:1-6; Psalm 2:1-12; Psalm 72:5-11).
- The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
ICEJ Home | ICEJ International < click
.........
OH REALLY?
"to birth the final great covenant of history, the Davidic Covenant."??? WHAT'S THAT?
"The kingdom which Jesus inaugurated would, in contrast to their narrow
expectations, be spiritual in character, international in membership and gradual in
expansion. And the expansion of this kingdom throughout the world would
specifically require their exile from the land. They must turn their backs on Jerusalem
and their hopes of ruling there with Jesus in order to fulfil their new role as
ambassadors of his kingdom (Matthew 20:20-28; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21). The Acts of
the Apostles suggests that they needed something of a kick-start to get going. It is
only when the Christians in Jerusalem experience persecution following the death of
Stephen and are scattered that they begin to proclaim the gospel to others (see Acts
8:1-4). The Church was sent out into the world to make disciples of all nations but
never told to return. Instead Jesus promises to be with them where ever they are in
the world (Matthew 28:18-20).
The Fig Tree and David’s Fallen Tent
Those who believe the New Testament speaks of a third Jewish return to the Land
quote the illustration of the fig tree in Matthew 24 and ‘David’s Fallen Tent’ in Acts
15:13-17. Let’s look at each briefly.
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its
leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all
these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this
generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
(Matthew 24:32-34)
The followers of Jesus understood him to be warning them to heed the signs and flee
Jerusalem when the city came under Roman siege. Hal Lindsey, however, reverses
its meaning. He claims Jesus was predicting the restoration of the Jews to Palestine
in the 20th Century rather than their departure in the 1st Century. How does he justify
that?
But the most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews
to the land in the rebirth of Israel. Even the figure of speech “fig tree” has been
a historic symbol of national Israel. When the Jewish people, after nearly
2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on
14 May 1948 the “fig tree” put forth its first leaves.16
You may need to read that again slowly. Do you see it? I don’t either. Its called
‘clutching at straws’ or maybe in this case, ‘figs’, reading back into a passage a
subjective interpretation based on hindsight rather than foresight. Nothing in Matthew
24 leads us to believe Jesus wanted his hearers to understand that he was promising
Israel would become a nation state once again. As we have already seen, Jesus has
used the analogy of the fruit tree before ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.’
(Matthew 21:43). Indeed, Jesus says that the subjects of the kingdom, that is,
unbelieving Jews, will be ‘thrown outside’ (Matthew 8:10-12); none of those who were
originally invited ‘will get a taste of my banquet’ (Luke 14:15-24). Nevertheless,
Lindsey has popularised the notion that the return of Jewish people to Palestine
since 1948 is somehow the fulfilment of biblical prophecy. Where did he get the idea
from? Probably Cyrus Scofield.
Referring to Acts 15, Scofield asserts, ‘dispensationally, this is the most important
passage in the NT’, since he claims, ‘It gives the divine purpose for this age, and for
the beginning of the next.’17 Here is the passage in question:
After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I
will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles
who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things that have been
known for ages (Acts 15:16-18).
James is simply quoting from Amos to show that Pentecost was not an accident but
had been predicted long ago. Amos foresaw how David’s royal dynasty would be
restored after the exile through one of his descendents – Jesus – and that through
his victory on the cross and his reign over the nations, the Gentiles would also seek
to enter his kingdom along with a Jewish remnant. Scofield, however, reads into this
passage what is not there, while at the same time he obscures what is there. It all
has to do with that little phrase ‘after this’. The natural meaning is clear. James has in
mind ‘after the cross’ or ‘after the ascension’ or even ‘after Pentecost’. Scofield,
however, claims once again, ‘after this’ means after another 2000 years! He argues
that God will one day soon ‘re-establish the Davidic rule over Israel’18 and bring the
Jewish people back to the Land so that Jesus can rule as their king in Jerusalem....
http://www.christianzionism.org/BibleSays/Sizer04.pdf < click
