A History of Prophecy in Israel

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And so the crude way of doing this is a pastor will say something like: ‘Look at the Roman Empire and how they persecuted the Jews and Rome fell. Look at the British Empire and how the British didn’t treat the Jews well, and how they fell. Look at the Nazis and how they persecuted the Jews, and they fell. It’s fair, but again, I’d be interested in knowing which country you would like now to use as your example which has its ‘crimes’ universally reported on as much as Israel. The more than 90 named signatories – four were women, the rest men – included the current president, and eight former presidents, of the Southern Baptist Convention, among other influential evangelicals. It may well be that the future events associated with the second advent of Christ at the end of the age are *Prefigured* by the destruction of the temple and city in AD 70. James R Edwards in the Gospel according to Mark argues “that the events surrounding the destruction of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem are a Type and Foreshadowing of a final sacrilege before the eschaton,” This raises questions of how to understand Rev 4-20. At the moment I tend to see John (or Jesus) as pulling together biblical prophecy into one final revelation. In his first advent the End had begun and since it has begun it cannot be long until it is completed. Ch 4-20 are the elements that have yet to play out as the Lamb brings history to a conclusion.

Still, some might ask if emphasizing the centrality of Christ’s covenant leads to the dismissal of Judaism and its covenants. Would this lead to anti-Judaism in the church? When acting justly, though, the state has not only the right but the responsibility to protect itself and the lives of its citizens.Not only was this period instrumental in transforming Christian-Jewish relations, it also changed the course of world history by creating a climate of opinion in the United Kingdom in favour of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which pledged British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. John Hagee, an evangelical pastor and influential founder of Christians United for Israel, explained the prophecy to TBN Networks in December 2022. It was hyperbole, which I thought was obvious. There are a great many theological disagreements of which this one is rather minor in the grand scheme of things, and I don’t, sincerely, consider any of them worthy of litigation. For reasons along these lines I came to see that the church composed of Jew and gentile, is the eschatological people of God of which the OT speaks. The OT’s eschatological Jerusalem is in turn the New Jerusalem, the Jerusalem above, the city for which Abraham looked whose builder and Maker is God.

A person living in the region of ANCIENT Israel known as Judea (NOT in today’s so called “Israel”) was known and called a “Judean” without regard to their actual race or religion…. It seems you have not read Gen 17 carefully enough. Ishmael and Esau were circumcised but were not heirs to the promise. The promise was to Abraham and his seed, which excluded Ishmael (Gen 17:20-21). Reply The Antichrist and his False Prophet will be captured and cast into the lake of fire. With only the power of His words, Jesus will kill everyone that remains. It will be the bloodiest battle in history. The Victor and His armies will be unscathed, but the bloodshed from the Antichrist’s army will cover a 200-mile area and reach a depth of approximately four feet (Revelation 14:19-20).A dispensationalist looks at the sacrifice in the temple of Ezekiel and concludes that when the temple is built sacrifices will resume. I see it fulfilled already in every Christian coming to Christ. If Ezekiel’s Temple is Jesus. We are in it, coming in from the north or south gate, his left and right, as he walks upon the sea of history towards the west. There are also those whose support is “more broadly American”, Hummel said: “There’s a deep cultural affinity that’s been built over decades and decades between the US and Israel all across the board.”

Probably most of this is irrelevant to where you are at Colin but I hope some is. From someone who is neither a dispensationalist nor a covenant theologian. Reply There will not be any unprecedented global catastrophes or unparalleled calamities that will point people to the return of Jesus. Rather, people will be immersed in the routine affairs of life. It will be like the days of Noah. The world will be completely off-guard by the coming of Jesus… Noting Iran’s stated objective of destroying the state of Israel, Laurie pointed to a quote from one Iranian military official who spoke of the ultimate objective of “the liberation of Palestine in Jerusalem.” Jesus’ homily in John 15 says the same. The Old Testament image of Israel is that of a vineyard filled with vines rooted in the soil of the Holy Land. You can see this outlined beautifully in Isaiah 5. But Jesus upends this. We see a vineyard again, but now we learn that there is one vine—Christ—and the only concern is not on gaining access to the land but being attached to him.

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The first was for Israel to embark on a shrewd policy to become the dominant hegemonic power in the region, and the second was to effectuate a policy of “balkanisation” of its neighbouring territories along ethnic and sectarian lines. Once the dissolution of Arab states is complete, they would eventually become Israeli satellites and the Zionist state’s source of moral legitimation. Reformed theologians believe something decisive happened in Christ. His covenant affected not simply the covenant of Moses, making a new and timeless form of salvation, but also every other Jewish covenant, including Abraham’s covenant. Christ fulfills the expectations of Jewish covenant life and renews the people of God rooted in the Old Testament and Judaism. Thus, Jesus is the new temple, the new Israel. Hagee, despite having a long history of antisemitism – he has suggested Jews brought persecution upon themselves by upsetting God and called Hitler a “half-breed Jew” – founded Christians United for Israel in 2006.