Thursday, June 14, 2012
Are the Jews Still "The People of God"?
One of the oddest features of Dispensationalists is their insistence that the Jews are still “the People of God.”
It is understandable to speak of a mass salvation of ethnic Jews in some future generation, calling that future generation of ethnic Jews part of the People of God.
And, it is understandable to speak of contemporary ethnic Jews who are Christians as part of the People of God.
But, Dispensationalists go further than this. They insist that the Jews are still “the People of God” right now. That is, all ethnic Jews living today are “the People of God,” regardless of their faith. Whether they are atheists or animists, it makes no difference. Race is all that matters.
What are the implications of this? Are unbelieving ethnic Jews in a different category than other unbelievers? In what sense can unbelievers be called the “the People of God”?
Such designations give a false impression about the current status of unbelieving ethnic Jews. But, let us be clear about this: an unbelieving ethnic Jew is just as lost as an unbelieving Gentile.
Unbelieving ethnic Jews will not be resurrected to life. They will not reign with Christ in a Jewish Millennium. They will not dwell in the Promised Land forever. They will not enter the Kingdom.
Millions and millions and millions of ethnic Jews have died as unbelievers. Are these millions of unbelieving ethnic Jews who have died still “the People of God”? Are there millions of God’s People in hell? Or, is this title revoked from unbelieving ethnic Jews at their death?
Furthermore, untold millions of ethnic Jews will be born before Christ returns. For those who are not elect, they will die as unbelievers and suffer the same judgment as all other unbelievers. Their race will not rescue them from God’s wrath. Their blood will not save them.
What’s the point of calling unbelieving ethnic Jews “the People of God”? This only promotes confusion.
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Jews never were for they are imposters. They are not Israelites but A people of the land of Turkey which are found in Ezekiel 38-39. John even warned us in Rev 2:9. In Exodus 2:13-19 and Acts 21:37-40 we are told the Israelites looked Egyptian. Palestinians were tested using DNA test and found to be Semites showing most Christians are following the wrong people . Surely after they are consumed in God's judgment then the whole house of Jacob will be restored but not before they are saved first which is found in Ezekiel 39:21-29
Here is the deal, the Jews are still God's chosen people according to revelation 11-13. The two witnesses preach and then the Jews turn to God in revelation 11, revelation 12 the Jews are protected from Satan, and revelation 13 the Antichrist is turned lose on the saints and kill the saints. There isn't any room for any other interpretations than that. You can't use other verses or chapters to try to scoot around these facts
Here's the deal, you've got most of the facts wrong. Rev 11-13 says nothing about how the Jews are still the people of God today. Antichrist isn't mentioned at all in this passage. Read the rest of my blog. Rev 11-13 were fulfilled in the first century.
Nowhere does it say the Jews are God's chosen people in Rev 11-13. Fact.
Here is the deal, the Jews are still God's chosen people according to revelation
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This is not a future event, and the 2 witnesses of God are the Old Testament and New Testament. You have to allow the symbols in the book of revelation to define themselves as they are defined by scripture.
The 2 witnesses are the candlesticks or olive trees:
“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. *****These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.*****” (Revelation 11:3-4 KJV)
Zechariah 4 defines this symbol as the Word of God:
“And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, *****This is the word of the Lord***** unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:3-6 KJV)
“Thy word,” said the psalmist, “is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Revelation 11:4; Psalm 119:105. The two witnesses represent the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament. Both are important testimonies to the origin and perpetuity of the law of God. Both are witnesses also to the plan of salvation. The types, sacrifices, and prophecies of the Old Testament point forward to a Saviour to come. The Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament tell of a Saviour who has come in the exact manner foretold by type and prophecy.
The French Revolution is recounted beautifully in Revelation 11.
See chapter 15 in here:
https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/132/toc
http://www.pocketoz.com.au/colours/revelation-witnesses.html
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:28-29 KJV
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