why do I even bother
That's what happened when you got away from exek 37 and went off on your little side streets.
This is what the prophet Ezekial says peace will look like, and this is just one prophet, there are many more sho say the same thing and more.
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How can you not see that peace was restored between Judah and Israel in Acts 2? All you have to do is read the last few verses of Chapter two and follow this through chapter 6. The Church - Zion is the place were peace exists, not in the world. The conditions in the world, even toward Christians, has nothing to do with the peace of which Ezekiel speaks.
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“Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; [SUP]22 [/SUP]and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel;
This did bot happen in acts two. And up until this day, It has not happened. They are not one nation, And they are not living on the mountains of Isreal
They were a slave nation in before acts 2, and they were a slave nation after acts 2 until they were completely wiped out in AD 70.
And you want me to think that is peace?
O course it happened in Acts. Look at the last few verses of the chapter.
"Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved." This is Judah and Israel together under one King - Messiah.
and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions;
hmm, was it not just a few years later, because of their continued transgressions, and their continued evil ways, that they were wiped out and destroyed according to the provisions god gave them in lev 26 for their sins?
Yes, that is what Joel said would happen to those of Judah and Israel who would not repent. This was the urging that Peter gave them in verse 40 saying,
“Be saved from this perverse generation!” There reasonPeter urged them to save themselves from that perverse generation was because God was about to destroy that generation in a few years. Those who called upon the name of the Lord would be saved from that perverse generation.
Lev 26:
[SUP]27 [/SUP]‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me,
[SUP]28 [/SUP]then I also will walk contrary to you in fury;
and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols;
and My soul shall abhor you.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet aromas.
[SUP]32[/SUP]I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you;
your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
And please not. In the case of Judah, this was not done until 70 AD. Babylon did destroy the citie and sanctuary, But baylon did not disperse the whole nation from Isreal. in fact they left a puppet king, who Babylon had to kill because he sinned against Babylon.
This destruction was indeed fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar. The Babylonians captured Jerusalem in about 596 BC and In 2Kings 24, Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiakin king of Judea and he served as a tribute king to Nebuchadnezzar for eight years. Nebuchadnezzar then replaced Jehoiakin with Zedekiah. It was during this time that the text says in verse 14,
"Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land." After eleven years, Zedekiah rebelled. In verse 20 we learn that
"He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon." It was during this time that Daniel was taken into captivity. In chapter 25 Nebuchadnezzar placed the
"city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah." After the city was destroyed and the captives led away, Nebuchadnezzar left only a small number of
"the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen." These were left only as slaves to care for the fields. If memory serves, this took place in about 605 BC. No more pupet king, no more city, no more temple. Jerusalem was utterly destroyed. This is the fulfillment of the promise of the Lord in Lev 26.
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but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
They were bot delivered from their dwelling places at that time, As I explained, You can not get that to be a fulfillment of this prophesy,
and even if they were delivered, delivered to what be totally destroyed a few decades later?
No matter which way you look at it, You have god delivering them only to totally destroy then a few decades later. and you call that peace?
Luke says that these Jews had come from every nation under heaven. Did God forgive their sins? This is what Peter said God would do for them in verse 38. He brought them backe and forgave the sins
of those who called upon the name of the Lord. This is true deliverance.
The covenant "
they shall be My people, and I will be their God" was first given to Abraham in Gen. 17:7 and is repeated some 22 times - Ex. 6:7, Lv. 26:12, Dt. 29:13, Is. 63:8, Jer. 7:23; 30:22; and 31:1 and 33; 32:38, Ezk. 11:20; 14:11; 34:30; 36:20 and 28; and 37:27, Hos. 2:23, Zech. 8:8; 13:9, Rom. 9:25-26, 1Cor. 6:16, Heb. 8:10 and finally in Rev. 21:7. Both Paul and the Hebrew writer quote this covenant as having been fulfilled.
[SUP] 24 [/SUP]“David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
This is said to happen while they lived in the land, When did Christ take over ceasar to reule Isreal as a nation after he restored them? IN THE LAND (see above)
You are looking for the same things the Jews of the first century were looking for, an earthly king on an earthly throne. They were wrong too. Both the houses of Israel have one King - Jesus. Peter could not have been plainer in pointing this out as he explained the prophesy given by David in verses 25-36. Jesus is the King on the throne of David. See the coronation scene of Daniel 7:13-14.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever;
It is bad enough you had a problem with what I said up to here, Here is one area you cannot just walk away from. You can not call this heaven, THEIR FATHERS DID NOT LIVE IN HEAVEN. God said he would restore them to the land their fathers lived in, THIS CAN ONLY BE EARTHLY Isreal.
Again again, in 70 ad, that land was utterly destroyed by titus.
And they are still there unto this day.
and My servant David shall be their prince forever. [SUP]26 [/SUP]Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. [SUP]27 [/SUP]My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. [SUP]28 [/SUP]The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”’”
Explain to the Christian jews who were killed in the furnaces of adolf hitler. and killed and slaughtered by so many people. many who claimed to be men of God in the church, why this so called covenant of peace never occurred. If acts 2 was the fulilment of this prophesy
There are two aspect to this, only one of which I will address at this time.
The fact that godless Jews who forsook their God were killed by the millions by Hitler confirms the judgment of God that continues to befall a people who deny their Messiah. Look at how God has dealt with Israel in the past when they rejected him. Do you think the judgment of God against godless Israel has suddenly stopped? God has ALWAYS and will ALWAYS stand against those of Israel who rebel against him. Read Psalms 2. For those Jews however who accept Christ, the covenant is established with them and God continued to multiply them. For these, God has
"set his sanctuary (temple, dwelling place)
in the midst of them forever." The Christian, whether Jew or Gentile, is the dwelling place of God. WE ARE THAT SANCTUARY! We are his people, and HE is our God.
"For we are the temple of the living God;just as God said, 'I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.'" 1Cor. 6:16. Paul confirms, this covenant has been fulfilled.