The One New Man Study - The Theology Of Jew And Gentile - One In Messiah
Entire Study Recently Updated January 2006
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The One New Man Study - The Theology Of Jew And Gentile - One In Messiah Entire Study Recently Updated January 2006
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Lesson Thirteen: The Miracle Existence Of Israel And The Second Coming
TEXT: Jeremiah 31:35-36 - Thus says the Lord, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: [36] If those ordinances depart from before me, says the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
It is a miracle that Jewish people still exist today. After thousands of years of not having a country or temple and being persecuted wherever they went, there should be none left. But God said as long as there is a son, and moon and stars, there will be a physical Jew on the face of this Earth!
Jeremiah 31:35-36 - Thus says the Lord, which
gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar;
The Lord of hosts is his name: [36] If those ordinances depart from before me,
says the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
before me for ever.
Jeremiah 31:7-11 - For thus says the Lord;
Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish
ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. [8]
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the
coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child
and her that travails with child together: a great company shall return thither.
[9] They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I
will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they
shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
[10] Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar
off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a
shepherd doth his flock. [11] For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him
from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Matthew 19:28
Isaiah 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the
remnant of his people, which shall be left, from
Assyria, and from
Egypt, and from
Pathros, and from
Cush, and from
Elam, and from
Shinar, and from
Hamath, and
from the islands of the sea. As prophesied in the Bible and recorded throughout history, God scattered the Jewish people throughout the nations, leaving only a tiny remnant in the land. Nearly 2000 years later they began to return to Israel. Although Israel was restored as a state in May of 1948, it was not until June of 1967 after the Six-Day War that the Jewish people returned to the heart of the Promised Land – the regions of Judea and Samaria. Film maker Simcha Jacobovici, a traditional Jew, read about the above locations where the lost tribes were scattered in Isaiah 11:11. He set up a scientific expedition to find and document the existence of these tribes. Not only did he find them exactly where God scattered them, but he discovered that they had not assimilated!
In one case he found descendants from the tribe of Manasseh living in Northeast India. They observe the Sabbath, the festivals and the biblical Jewish laws. In 2000, the Israeli Ministry of the Interior granted citizenship to the first 100 members of the tribe. All ten "lost" tribes have been located. However, they say, "We are not lost!" Many of the tribes practice an aberrant form of Judaism, but all have relics and customs proving their heritage. I agree with them and the Word of God - they are not lost!
Ezekiel 36:1-38
Romans 11:28-29 - As concerning the gospel,
they are enemies for your sakes: but as
touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. [29] For
the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Hosea 11:1-4 - When
Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt. [2] As they called them, so they went from them:
they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. [3] I taught
Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed
them. [4] I drew them with cords of a
man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke
on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Jeremiah 3:14 - Turn, O backsliding children,
says the Lord; for I am married unto you:
and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,
and I will bring you to Zion:
Throughout history, people like Haman in the Book of Esther, Queen Isabella of Spain, and Hitler have cursed the Jewish people. Entire nations have come against the Jewish people. Even here in the "land of the free," anti-Semitism is rampant. Sid Roth was telling of his experiences as a young child when he would see signs that read, "No Dogs or Blacks or Jews Allowed!" (except it used a different word for Blacks). Friend, that happened right here in the United States of America, not overseas in some European Anti-Semitic country. What is the result of all these curses? Jewish people as a whole are blind to the gospel. The devil has backed the Jew into a corner. There is no wonder they have bitterness, pain and hatred in their hearts. Their response is understandable. First, they blame God for the Holocaust. Then they blame Christians for their persecution - many church leaders were among the worst persecutors of the Jewish race. Even for Jews who love God those wounds are buried deep in their psyche.
How then can the Gentile church reach the Jewish people? One of the best methods is with a miracle of physical healing. But there is an even greater way. Malachi 4:5-6 says Elijah will prepare the way for the Messiah. The Spirit that was on Elijah will come on the church and allow it to walk in the pure love of God. Many spiritual "fathers" will be raised up. Their job will be to reveal the love of the Heavenly Father to the world, to the Jew first. Only the compassion of Father God will melt the deep bitterness in Jewish hearts.
The Jewish people are the most love-starved people on the face of the earth; abused, misunderstood, persecuted, discriminated against, and murdered. The Jewish race have a covenant with God, but most Jews do not know HIM. As a result many Jewish people are on the forefront on unbiblical positions such as pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights, pro-New Age and against school prayer. Some are involved in the smut of Hollywood and even the movement toward a global government. Although they are few percentage-wise, they are disproportionately involved in these causes. (For the sake of fairness many Jewish people have also made great scientific and medical discoveries that have brought great benefit to mankind.)
The devil's strategy is to use the anti-God stances of some Jewish people to cause nominal Christians to join non-believers in hating all Jews. The world and nominal Christians also hate true believers. First they will hate them for standing with the Jewish race. Then they will hate them for standing with the Jewish Messiah. First the natural, then the spiritual. Christians need to heed the warning of Mordecai he gave to Esther during the time the Jewish race faced total extinction at the hands of Haman:
Esther 4:13-14 - Then Mordecai commanded to
answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shall escape in the king's
house, more than all the Jews. [14] For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at
this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from
another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Isaiah 49:22-23 - Thus saith the Lord God,
Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the
people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be
carried upon their shoulders. [23] And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and
their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face
toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Jewish people
will know Yeshua is the Messiah when believers start acting like disciples and
stop conforming to the world. The world will hate you, but the multitudes that
are in heaven because of you will cheer at your homecoming! |
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