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 Seventeen: The Law Of Evangelism And The Great Awakening Of Israel
Ezekiel 36:24 - For I will take
you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries,
and will bring you into your own land.
Joel Chernoff, general secretary of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America, said, "Messianic Judaism is by far the fastest growing stream of faith within the Jewish community. Isaiah's vision is coming to pass. Eyes are opening, sometimes almost involuntarily. Most would prefer that their search for truth NOT end in Jesus. Yet they DO want truth." That is the call of evangelism - to the JEW FIRST!
Romans 1:16-17
God foretold through both Jeremiah and Ezekiel that a time was coming when He would lose them from the uttermost parts of the earth to return home.
Jeremiah 31:8 - 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
travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. (KJV) Ezekiel 34:13 - And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
We as New Covenant Christian believers MUST love the Jew. Whether they are Jewish people who know Jesus yet or not - we need to take up a mantle of intercession and concern for Israel to come to know Her redeemer! The Redeemer is soon coming to Zion! Only acts of "supernatural love" will melt the centuries of misunderstandings and hurts. Many may say "I love Israel" in my heart yet still embrace Anti-Semitic teaching and thinking. The most Anti-Semitic act is NOT TO SHARE THE GOSPEL with the Jewish people. They are hungry right now. We as the Gentile world must reach out to them as if our very lives depend on it. In reality they do!
Romans 1:16-17 - For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek. [17] For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Look at the pattern in Romans. God's plan of salvation was established ages ago FOR THE JEW FIRST then the Gentile. Why? Because the judgment of God was also based on the same principle - the JEW would receive judgment FIRST. If the Jewish people don't accept Yeshuah as their Messiah their fate will be that of ALL unbelievers - be them Jew of Gentile- hell! The sad fact though facing the Jewish race is they will probably receive greater condemnation at the hands of our Lord because it was to THEM who FIRST received the oracles of God and the plans of salvation. Romans 11 is actually a warning to we as Gentile branches the results of unbelief. Israel rejected Messiah because of that unbelief and was judged. If the modern church world enters into the same spirit of unbelief - we will face the similar fate of national Israel! To whom MUCH is given, MUCH is always required. And we have been given MUCH!
For this reason, God is sending WATCHMEN to sound an alarm to the Jewish people (and we pork-eating Gentiles too) that time is running short. All of the church's efforts right now need to have some type of outreach to the Jewish people. Not everyone will be called to do the same things. Some will be called to evangelize them. Some will be called to teach. Some will be called to be servants and wash their feet. Some will be called to preach and exhort them. Some will be called with supernatural gifting of the Holy Ghost and prophesy over them. Some will be called to do no more than pray and intercede for the nation of Israel as a whole and the individuals living in Israel. No matter the call - great or small - we ALL have been called to be Isaiah 49 Christians. We as Gentiles are ordained to LICK THE DUST OFF their feet and serve them in this final hour. While it is true we are ONE NEW MAN IN MESSIAH and the Jewish people do not have superiority over the Gentiles, the Gentiles must realize that Satan has pulled out all the stops to hurt the Jewish people. WHY? Because they are the seed from where Yeshuah sprang and Satan has an eternal and deep hatred for the Son of God. And if he can inflict pain on His chosen people, he will freely and gladly do it.
Ezekiel 3:17-18 - Son of man, I have made thee
a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and
give them warning from me. [18]
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life;
the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at
thine hand.
Matthew 10:6 - But go rather to the lost sheep of
the house of Israel.
John 12:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it
die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
God says that in the last days - He will pour out HIS SPIRIT on ALL FLESH. As a result JEWISH sons and daughters are going to prophesy. The Jewish people will experience a MIGHTY REVIVAL, a GREAT AWAKENING if you'd like. The prophet Joel says this will happen at the time the nations try to partition Israel (3:2) And it will be the catalyst for the GREATEST AWAKENING or revival this entire WORLD will ever see. It won't be in one location- REVIVAL will be everywhere. That's why it is so important to witness to Jewish people. When we sow into them , the Gentile church will see "life from the dead!"
God will cause His former rain (Spirit of God on the Jewish people) and His latter rain (Spirit of God on Christians/i.e. Gentiles) to come down at ONCE:
Joel 2:3 - A fire devoureth before them; and
behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and
behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. Rain brings life for the harvest. This specific miracle has NEVER happened in history. The supernatural downpour of rains simultaneously will BIRTH the One New Man glorious congregation resulting in MILLIONS being saved from the Jewish race. Congregations resulting from multitudes of Jewish people being saved will be worthy - it will take a fear of the Lord to bring this forth through the church of this age. The Gentile Church has lost its fear of God. We have lost our embrace of God. We are embracing materialism and vain glory. We want to build bigger and better "user-friendly" churches instead of building people and investing our funds in PEOPLE. God is a God who loves PEOPLE. And Messiah Jesus LOVES HIS OWN! If we don't share His love for His own -then we need to question our hearts and motives. Nothing is more important in the heart of God at this time right now.
This is God's appointed time to reach Israel! It cannot be done by man's methods or his wisdom. Most of the western church's methods will not pass the mustard in this supernatural time of history. Israel and the Jewish people do not need a slick used-car salesman approach to their lack of knowledge in Jesus right now. Many have attempted to witness to Jewish people without any result and have stopped witnessing. We are in a NEW SEASON! The time to favor Zion is NOW. God must restore the Jewish branches to the olive tree. We cannot have a "GLORIOUS CHURCH" that is divided with a wall between the Jew and the Gentile. God is once again having mercy on Israel.
The anointing of the Holy Spirit destroys every yoke - every DEMONIC yoke of unbelief and fear. Notice I said "destroy" not "break." Something broken can be repaired. Friend, when the Holy Spirit destroys something of the enemy, pardon me for using a child-like statement here, but "Humpty Dumpty won't be put back together again!" GLORY TO GOD. And when the prejudice and bigotry of the 21rst Century Church is DESTROYED, the enemy will no longer have an in roads to "build" back these strongholds. This is the time we are living in! It's a day of signs and wonders. It's a day of supernatural outpourings. It's NOT a day of showmanship and prideful arrogance. Those who touch this type of anointing will be broken people. Wounded healers I like to call them. People who have been wounded but who have experienced God's grace for their hurts and allowed His grace to FLOW through them. They will also be people who will seek ONLY the glory of God, not the glory of man. It's a subtle trap but a trap that has kept the church from her finest hour. Man's wisdom will NOT DO! We must have a supernatural visitation for our homes and hearts in this hour.
In the book of Exodus, God says the lamb sacrificed at Passover is for the ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD (12:3). All of Noah's HOUSEHOLD was saved from the worldwide flood. The scarlet cord, which represents the blood, protected Rahab's entire family from being killed (Joshua 2:18). Joshua knew the heart of God for families to be saved when he said, "But as for me and MY HOUSE, we will serve the Lord." When Cornelius, a Gentile came to accept Yeshua as Savior, it resulted in his whole family being saved as well (Acts 10:24, 44). In Acts 16:31 Paul said to the Philippians jailer: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshuah the Messiah), and you will be saved, YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD."
The Jewish law
of evangelism is not for just one member of a household - it's for the entire
mishpochah (family). You and your house will be saved! A lamb for a house! The
only condition on this is faith in Yeshua and a love for Yeshua's people - the
Jewish race! Let that sink in.
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