A History of Prophecy in Israel

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A History of Prophecy in Israel

A History of Prophecy in Israel

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The mistake many make, however, is in trying to project the historical details of the year 70 into a comparable and proportionate conflagration in literal, historical Jerusalem at the end of the age. Any Christian can of course be a Zionist as a political stance, and there’s a strong case for saying they should be (using the core definition only, not how the word is used is polemics).

Obviously not. That war took place just 40 years later. Jesus is expressly talking about events leading up to the close of the age, after a period subdivided in Matt 24:4-8 into (i) Jews looking for other Messiahs, (ii) the hearing of wars and rumours of wars, presumably when the Jews are not in the land (NB “the end is not yet”), (iii) a period of international war(s) – (iii) being but the beginning of the birth pangs. He then goes on to describe the last days. We may expect that fulfilment lies with those who are united to Christ and so it proves to be. Jesus tells Israel that the kingdom will be taken from her and given to a nation producing its fruits. See the context. He was referring to his disciples. He had deliberately chosen 12 as the nucleus of a new Israel, a new eschatological people of God, his own messianic community. Initially this new ‘holy nation’ was composed of Jews upon whom the eschatogical gift of the Spirit fell at Pentecost then they were joined by Gentiles who also received the Spirit putting them among the new covenant community. In Acts 15 this is seen as referring to the rebuilding of the ruins of the tent of David… Eph 2 puts Jew and gentile together as heirs to the covenants of promise. All is realised in Christ. Sorry – the answer is “NO” if you said Arabs (a true Semitic people). Many Arabs are Muslim, but there are Muslims in every country and from every culture, just like Christians).Over the last couple of years I have been looking a little at Isaiah, Daniel, and Revelation and have discovered how little I know. It’s humbling. Reply In Galatians 3:16, the apostle Paul writes, “Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it does not say ‘And to offsprings,’ as of many; but it says, ‘And to your offspring,’ that is, to one person, who is Christ” (NRSV). Paul argues from the singular noun in Genesis to show that the promises to Abraham point to Christ. Christ is the locus of the promise of land! The promises to Abraham have been realized in Christ. He holds everything Judaism desired, and knowing him gains access to such promises. Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. (Revelation 1:7, emphasis added)

The second half of the article sounds very close to replacement theology, which I don’t think is biblically supported. One does not have to be a ‘Christian Zionist’ to answer “Does the modern State of Israel fulfil biblical prophecy?” in the affirmative.All these things are now found in Jesus alone. He is the true temple. He is the person and place of sacrifice where forgiveness is found and God’s voice is heard and God’s glory and presence are encountered… so when the temple was raised… everything the temple symbolised and achieved is now found in King Jesus who rules over all the universe. The support of evangelical Christians – in 2015 the Pew Research Center estimated there were about 62 million in the US – for Israel can be split into different groups, Hummel said. Thank you. I accept that that was not your intent; but I hope you understand that given that Israel has, baselessly, been accused of genocide and such other slanders, it needlessly muddies the waters to use as your example a state which (almost certainly) is guilty of genocide; especially if, as you claim, there are many other examples you could have used. The spiritual root of Christian Zionism is dispensationalism, whose themes have fully permeated many American churches. Dispensationalism was born in the 1800s as an attempt to divide human history into a series of seven biblical categories (or dispensations) of time: the eras of Adam, of Noah, and others. We live in the era of the church, followed by the end of time. Dispensationalism embraced a pessimistic view of history, thinking the world was coming to its end and judgment day was near. As a result, it became sectarian, separating itself from mainstream society, calling sinners to repent and be saved from the impending catastrophe… I’m very unclear as to how fleeing to the mountains is a prediction of the restoration of Israel in the land.



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