AnandaHya, Israel being righteous or not, has nothing to do with the promise God gave Israel, and that is Israel is His chosen people. Ez. 36:22-27
22)"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My Holy names's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
So regardless of the pharisees and saducees whom Yeshua rebuke, God state clearly that in the last days He is going to restore His people, not because we deserve it, but because He promised it. If it weren't true than Israel would have never been reborn in 1948, for there would never had been a reason for Israel's restoration as a country. Shalom
22)"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My Holy names's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
So regardless of the pharisees and saducees whom Yeshua rebuke, God state clearly that in the last days He is going to restore His people, not because we deserve it, but because He promised it. If it weren't true than Israel would have never been reborn in 1948, for there would never had been a reason for Israel's restoration as a country. Shalom
how is it we dare to take prophecies that applied to nearly 600BC and drag them recklessly into the future?
how is that we CONTINUALLY pass over JESUS CHRIST as the fulfillment of ALL THESE THINGS?
avinu....i ask you: has God EVER permitted israel to dwell in palestine in sin and unbelief? EVER? under any circumstances whatsoever?
and while we are at this idea that we are going to revert to types and shadows for some mystery 1,000 year period, what is said here about The Second Advent?
Matthew 13
The Parable of the Weeds
24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weedsc among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servantsd of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
are we to believe this is 1,000 AFTER Jesus returns and sets up His Kingdom in earthly Jerusalem?
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