Revolution in Iran

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Trumps offer is basically unconditional surrender.
The IRGC nutters are not even the ones negotiating.
Trump stipulated regime change. And those are the ones talking.
Regime change is inevitable, Moosh-taba might even just be dead already and they've been playing Weekend At Bernie's. The problem is Pezeshkian is still alive, regime change will be bad because they left him alive. He already showed his hand when he reformed the cult.
 
All of these verses explain to us how the Old Testament promises of God apply to people who are descended from Abraham according to the flesh. This means that the church does not "replace" Israel, but rather they are "grafted into" the promises. Without any doubt Jews and religious leaders were "broken off" like branches cut from this tree. But God makes it clear, that is not permanent, God can graft them back in at a future date.

No one on either side of this debate has an issue with Christians being children of Abraham according to the faith. The debate is whether or not the covenant made with Abraham and His descendants, and the covenant made to David and His descendants is eternal or if God annulled those promises. Central to that debate are many prophecies that seem to make no sense at all if you spiritualize these promises and eliminate descendants of Israel altogether.

At the heart of this debate is whether or not Israel being made a nation in one day and Israelites walking out of the holocaust like dry bones and into the land of Israel is a fulfillment of prophecy.
Gentiles in the Old Testament, were saved by faith in the promised Messiah rather than by works or by becoming ethnically Jewish. They were saved by God's grace through faith, anticipating the same Savior as Old Testament saints.
Like OT Israelites, Gentiles were justified through faith in God and the promised Redeemer, not by observing the Mosaic law.
Scripture highlights several individuals, such as Melchizedek, Rahab, Ruth, Jethro, and the inhabitants of Nineveh (Jonah 3).
While God established a specific covenant with Israel, His grace was never strictly limited to them, and Gentile salvation was part of God’s plan from the start, as seen in the promise to Abraham that "all nations" would be blessed.
While Gentile believers in the OT were considered "strangers to the covenant of promise" (Ephesians 2:12), those who believed were integrated into the household of God, often adopting the faith of Israel.

Salvation has always been by grace alone through faith alone, whether before or after the official institution of the Mosaic covenant. Gods elect people were never ethnic Israel alone, and I don't believe that God is going to treat ethnic Israelites any different to the Gentiles in the future. We are all under the same covenant of grace.
 
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Muslims telling lies? How surprising. Not. We had an Iman telling the credulous and gullible that Muslims can coexist with any religion. He said it straight faced. Never let facts get in the way.......... There are around 2 million Arabs in Israel, mostly Muslim. Jews have been driven out of virtually every Middle East nation and the very few Christians face death if they reveal themselves.

The Quran permits Muslims to lie in order to spread Islam. The sooner the Muslim regime in Iran collapses, the better for the whole world.
 
While God established a specific covenant with Israel, His grace was never strictly limited to them, and Gentile salvation was part of God’s plan from the start, as seen in the promise to Abraham that "all nations" would be blessed.
While Gentile believers in the OT were considered "strangers to the covenant of promise" (Ephesians 2:12), those who believed were integrated into the household of God, often adopting the faith of Israel.

Agreed!!
 
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False. Never at any time in the Bible does God denote a gentile as "Israel", a son of Jacob.
In Romans 9, Paul is speaking of actual Israelite believers vs Israelite non-believers.

The term "spiritual Israel" is not found anywhere in Scripture.

And to cap this off, the New Covenant promises and blessings UNIQUE to the gentile Church and UNIQUE to the nation Israel are BOTH contained in the covenant made with Abraham. The Church enjoys spiritual union NOW, then the nation Israel will LATER, post-repentance per Hosea 6:1-2 and HUNDREDS of other passages.

And Acts 1:6-7 confirms that the kingdom WILL be restored to the Nation Israel inevitably.

From a linguistic standpoint, the Greek construction of the disciples' question and Jesus' subsequent answer strongly implies that the restoration of the kingdom is a certainty, even if the timing was withheld.

The precision of the Greek in Acts 1:6–7 provides three key grammatical markers that support the literal restoration of the nation:

1. The Verb Apokathistanis (Restore)
The disciples use the word ἀποκαθιστάνεις (apokathistaneis).
The Meaning: This is a compound of apo (back again) and kathistēmi (to set in order). In classical and Septuagint Greek, it specifically refers to reconstitution or returning something to its original, rightful state.
The Implication: You cannot "restore" something that never existed. By using this word, the disciples are referring to the specific, national, Davidic kingdom of the Old Testament. If Jesus intended to replace Israel with a "spiritual church," this would be a "replacement" or "new creation," not a restoration.

2. The Use of "Israel" (tō Israēl)
The disciples specify the beneficiary of this restoration: τῷ Ἰσραήλ (tō Israēl).
The Specificity: In the New Testament, when "Israel" is used without qualification in a historical or political context, it refers to the ethnic/national progeny of Jacob.
Jesus’ Non-Correction: Most tellingly, Jesus does not correct their terminology. He does not say, "You misunderstand; there is no kingdom for Israel." Instead, He addresses the chronology ("It is not for you to know times or seasons"). In logic, to dispute the timing of an event is to concede the reality of the event itself.

3. The Noun Chronos vs. Kairos (Times and Seasons)
In verse 7, Jesus says it is not for them to know the χρόνους (chronous) or καιρούς (kairous).
The Distinction: Chronos refers to chronological time (minutes, days, years), while kairos refers to "epochal" time or "the right moment."

The Fulfillment: By saying these times are "fixed by the Father's own authority," Jesus affirms that the "restoration" is a scheduled event on the Father’s calendar. If the restoration were never going to happen, there would be no "time or season" to keep secret.
Nobody is suggesting that a Gentile is a "son of Jacob", that definition refers to a specific ethnic group. But the "Israel of God" or "the elect of God" or "the Church, Body of Christ", these are all One and the same. There are no Jews or Gentiles in "the Israel of God". We're all One race.
Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
Gentile believers are part of the spiritual "Israel of God". We have been grafted into the olive tree of God's covenant people (Romans 11), making us part of the true Church, which is seen as the continuation and fulfillment of Israel, rather than a separate entity.
Gentile believers are not a "new" entity but are grafted into the existing olive tree, which represents the covenant people of God.
There is only one covenant of grace spanning the Old and New Testaments. Gentile believers are deemed heirs to the promises made to Israel, having been brought near through the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22).

The Church has not replaced Israel, but it is the fulfillment of Israel—the true Israel of God, comprised of all believers, regardless of ethnicity.

There is not going to be a future time when ethnic Israelis, repent. Those who die in their sin will go to hell, just the same as everyone else who is outside of Christ. Ethnic Israelis don't have any special privileges or exemptions, they are the same covenant as everyone else.

Yes Acts 1:6-7 confirms that God will restore "spiritual Israel". We will rule the world, with our Lord Jesus.

I don't agree with your Greek interpretation of Acts 1:6-7 because the Lord Jesus did not come to conquer the world by sword or force. He came to establish spiritual Israel.
 
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Probably a lie. No one trusts the US anymore

Yeah when they watch the liberal news networks and hear all the lies and deceptions they just assume all 'Mericans are liars.


Nobody not of faith is God's chosen people

In the Book of Hebrews the Lord says through Paul the Jews are beloved of the Father.


I sure hope that the IRGC has a moment of clarity and sanity any time soon.

Don't worry, they won't.

In their religion the only way they believe they can know they are going to heaven is if they die defending islam and the Iranian regime is an islamic regime that believe they are doing the will of the false god that they serve.


Iran Denies Trump Claims About Possible Deal Impacting Israel

They have to deny there are negotiation because if they don't their fellow moslems will murder them on the spot.


It's about time.....

The Saudis have already been hit several times and they still do nothing


let us pray our good servants will not be deceived.

Unless they know how islam works they shall be deceived.

Count on it because this is what islam does.


Saudis are bristling and ready to retaliate.

Yeah, I'll believe when I see it.

Their all hat and no cattle.


US troops occupying Kharg Island would be sitting ducks to FPV drones. Duct taped RPG round or mortar shell on a FPV quadcopter drone delivered right to someone's door. These things have revolutionized warfare

Yeah all the liberals are praying to the devil that US troops fail.

What else is new?


What this is with Iran right now, is a fight to the death. Iran is not going to quit.

They'll quit when all the nut jobs are dead.,