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Episode 3: Natural Israel & Spiritual Israel

“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” | Romans 11:5 | The Elect Saints and the Root

Synopsis

The deeper you look into Bible prophecy, the more apparent it is that the events surrounding the transition from life as we've always known it into the Messianic Kingdom is centered around a very small country and peculiar people in a very central place. For millennia the nation of Israel existed in the central trade route for Europe, Asia, and Africa. While they followed the covenant God made with them, they remained secure in His hands. When they rebelled against the Lord and played the harlot going after other gods as a people, God separated from them and they fell under the judgements they agreed to at Sinai by the surrounding nations.

I believe the idea of faithfulness and unfaithfulness to God is central to understanding the central role that Israel plays in the conclusion of God bringing her back to Him. After the Messiah, born out of Israel, completed the atonement necessary for man to have a personal relationship with God again, Israel was blinded and the land desolate of her people. God promised He was not done with Israel and would never leave her forever. A remnant who will not go after other gods is awaiting redemption, but Israel as a people will be tried through fire and refined. And just as in the days of the Old and New Testaments, not all who are Israel will remain God’s people. A great deception is coming to divide those who desire God in Truth from those who are led away by lying signs and wonders. My desire is that all would see their Messiah and come to Him, but that’s not what we’re told will happen. Deception will lead many in Israel and around the world to eternal destruction.

Just as the good news went out to the Jew first and then the Gentile, Romans 1:16, so too will the deception. The earth will become drunk on wine of the unfaithful harlot’s fornication as she worships a false god and the Dragon she rides deceives and carries her away to destruction. Then judgement will come, to the Jew first and then the Gentile. Romans 2:9 The first thing Yeshua warned of when asked about the signs of the end was deception regarding false christs. He was speaking to His Jewish disciples and the centrality of Israel in Bible prophecy and the whole concept of an anointed Messiah is very much a central part of Jewish culture.

As Christians who have believed in Yeshua and accepted Him as the promised Messiah, we have the Rosetta Stone of understanding the mysteries of salvation from the beginning of the world in the New Testament. But while we are a new creation, we often forget the Hebrew roots of our faith and the necessary discernment of what God’s designs around the end times are about. Before digging into the eschatology of Christianity, I think it’s important that we are all on the same page in understanding God’s relationship with Israel and those who have accepted Christ. We need to understand we worship a Son of David from the tribe of Judah. We need to understand that while the focus is on Christians and the Gospel on the earth now, the unblinding of the faithful remnant of Israel corporately and bringing her back into relationship with her Messiah and God will be the focus of God on the earth very soon. Ultimately both Jew and Gentile who accept Yeshua are part of His Kingdom, but before that day comes, there is time.

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Associated Studies

• Series Overview
• The Moedim: Appointed Times
• Olivet Discourse: Vision of the Future
• Visions of Daniel and John
• Seals, Trumpets, Bowls
• Abomination of Desolation
• Great Tribulation
• First Resurrection
• Harpazo: The Blessed Hope
• Hour of Temptation: Left Behind

References

• False Christ | Will the Antichrist Claim to Be the Jewish Messiah? by Chris White (Audible Audiobook | Kindle | Paperback)
• THIS Is Why Jewish People REJECT Jesus as the Messiah Rabbi Schneider discusses with Allen Parr aspects of Jewish culture.
• The Aramaic “Onkelos” is not a Literal translation! | One For Israel
• Orthodox Jews Confront Messianic Jews | Isaiah 53
• Why Jews Reject Jesus as the Messiah? Sam Shamoun
• When was YHWH pierced? YouTube DTBM
• Finding Mashiach: An Emotional Search for the Jewish Messiah by Berel Solomon | YouTube
• Dr. Michael S. Heiser at https://drmsh.com/ as well as his books:
  • Naked Bible 306: Exodus 28-29 - The descriptions of the vestments worn by the priests of Israel, particularly the high priest, can make for uninteresting reading. But these two chapters of Exodus and their content put forth significant theological messaging. In this episode of the podcast we discuss how the priestly garments take us into the concepts of kingship, mediation, and mission to the nations outside Israel.
  • Week 1: Impurity and Sin
  • Week 2: Sacred Space and Sacrifice
  • Week 3: Sacrificial System (OT Sacrifices)
  • Week 4: Chaos & Calendar
  • The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible | Audible
  • Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World - and Why It Matters | Audible
• The October 7, 2023 “Al Aqsa Flood” attack was stated by Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida 100 days later, at least partially, a response to the Jews “bringing red cows.” CBS News