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here is one thing that may be missing. When the Lord raptures the church He aso raises up the Jews. I saw that in Daniel 12.
At that time shall arise Michael the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble such as never has been since there was a nation till that time but at that time your people shall be delivered everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awaken, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
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We can see that it at the time of the great tribulation, we can see that the Jews will be delivered from out of the great trib. We can see that they are raised from the dead, not just the righteous but the wicked too [so it is not the Rapture, though it would seem likely to be simultaneous with]
And here we may see that ALL Israel does not seem to mean every single Jew.
On the famous remnant, the apostles were the remnant, the Jewish church was [perhaps still is] the remnant. Paul identifies himself with the remnant.
The purpose of the remnant is to keep the testimony alive until the whole nation is turned back to the Lord. As at Mt Carmel through Elijah and the subsequent ministries of Elisha and King Jehu.
“On the famous remnant, the apostles were the remnant, the Jewish church was [perhaps still is] the remnant. Paul identifies himself with the remnant.”
indeed those saved of the first generation of the church during the great tribulation. And then the scattering of the remnant of Israel.
the question should be what identifies israel in Gods eyes ?
“Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
but
the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
Romans 9:6-8 KJV
You can’t be an Israelite in Gods eyes and reject the gospel and you can’t be a gentile in Gods eyes if you accept Jesus the seed of Abraham because in spirit it makes us the seed of Abraham to receive his spirit who is the seed of Abraham
One can be born of Israeli flesh and blood this doesn’t mean they are Gods chosen people look at Judas and all those who rejected Jesus they were isralites by flesh but not in spirit . They rejected the spirit of Gods chosen.
this makes a person elect and nothing else can even being born of a tribe of Israel cannot remove or replace this
“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
Galatians 4:6 KJV
Our flesh heritage no longer matters only Jesus and the gospel and our response to him matters
“Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but
as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
… For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus. For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus. And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:16, 26-29 KJV
This isn’t how we see it according to our rules and flesh and blood sight we see race and flesh what bloodline were born of making us something different to God . But to him if we receive Jesus and the gospel bekng born in the flesh as an Israelite , African , Chinese , Japanese , Indian , European , Greek , Roman , native anerican ect all of the things of the flesh those are not a factor any longer even flesh circumcision not a thing any longer
the one factor for all creation is Jesus and the gospel and thier ondividual response to him and the offer he’s made to be saved by him and for him not for any kingdom we have seen but the one we hear about and believe
this earth is doomed for certain even the land of Israel currently even Jerusalem under a curse but we can be saved from the curse through Christ for another kingdom
“Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.”
John 18:36 KJV
“So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”
Mark 16:19 KJV
“This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”
Acts 2:32-33
“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”
John 14:2-4 KJV
“Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 5:6, 8 KJV
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:42-43 KJV
“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”
Revelation 14:13 KJV
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
Revelation 7:9-10, 13-17 KJV
“but ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”
Hebrews 12:22-24 KJV
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
Hebrews 11:13-14, 16
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city,
new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
Revelation 21:1-2 KJV
“And he carried me away
in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,”
Revelation 21:10
“For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to
Jerusalem which now is, and
is in bondage with her children. But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”
Galatians 4:25-26 KJV
Each covenant has a promised land and a Jerusalem spoken of in the ot prophets beforehand
“For,
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,
behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.”
Isaiah 65:17-18 KJV
