...In 1948?
A little over 63 years ago, something happened that caused a great deal of
excitement in the Christian world. In the wake of Hitler’s horrific extermina-
tion of Jews during the Second World War, a sympathetic world elected to give
a homeland to the Jews that survived the holocaust, and suddenly the modern
state of Israel was born on the site of the land God promised them thousands
of years ago. Prior to that, while Jews could be found interspersed among all
the peoples of the world, they had no land they could call their own...
...This action caused quite a stir among Christians who knew the Bible
well, for many considered it the fulfillment of a Bible prophecy that the
Lord made when the twelve apostles asked Him, “What shall be the sign
of Thy coming?” (Matt. 24:3).
In response, He replied: “now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh; “so like-
wise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the
doors” (Matt. 24:32,33).
The apostles had asked for a sign of the Lord’s coming, and the Lord
responded by saying that the blossoming of the fig tree would let them
know that “it” (His coming) was near. Since the fig tree is a well-known
symbol of Israel in Scripture, many in 1948 concluded that the Lord’s
coming must be near...
...The Stir...The Trees of Israel...The Fig Tree...
...Conclusion
Thus the fulfillment of the Lord’s fig tree parable did not take place in 1948
with the establishment of the nation of Israel in her homeland. It will rather
take place after the Rapture...
...Our Motivation...
...what would happen if every believer who reads these words were likewise
to learn to be driven by the realization that every minute of life that we begin
might end with each of us standing in The Presence Of The Savior.
"
(R Kurth)
FULL study:
What Happened In 1948?
Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided (+ I and II)!
A little over 63 years ago, something happened that caused a great deal of
excitement in the Christian world. In the wake of Hitler’s horrific extermina-
tion of Jews during the Second World War, a sympathetic world elected to give
a homeland to the Jews that survived the holocaust, and suddenly the modern
state of Israel was born on the site of the land God promised them thousands
of years ago. Prior to that, while Jews could be found interspersed among all
the peoples of the world, they had no land they could call their own...
...This action caused quite a stir among Christians who knew the Bible
well, for many considered it the fulfillment of a Bible prophecy that the
Lord made when the twelve apostles asked Him, “What shall be the sign
of Thy coming?” (Matt. 24:3).
In response, He replied: “now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh; “so like-
wise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the
doors” (Matt. 24:32,33).
The apostles had asked for a sign of the Lord’s coming, and the Lord
responded by saying that the blossoming of the fig tree would let them
know that “it” (His coming) was near. Since the fig tree is a well-known
symbol of Israel in Scripture, many in 1948 concluded that the Lord’s
coming must be near...
...The Stir...The Trees of Israel...The Fig Tree...
...Conclusion
Thus the fulfillment of the Lord’s fig tree parable did not take place in 1948
with the establishment of the nation of Israel in her homeland. It will rather
take place after the Rapture...
...Our Motivation...
...what would happen if every believer who reads these words were likewise
to learn to be driven by the realization that every minute of life that we begin
might end with each of us standing in The Presence Of The Savior.
"
(R Kurth)
FULL study:
What Happened In 1948?
Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided (+ I and II)!