A few years ago I wrote a small newsletter for a church that I attended. Of course the church believed in the rapture and Sunday worship, so as you might expect my newsletter was full of articles dealing with how the "Jews" had rejected Christ and for this reason we (as Gentiles) were grafted in.
I remember thinking how lucky we were as Gentiles that the Jews did not accept Christ, for if they had accepted Him we would never have been invited to be heirs of God. How fortunate for us!
Well, every now and again it would dawn on me that not all of Israel had rejected Him. I mean, I remember reading about a few Jews that accepted Him, seems like they were "The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus."
After that there was Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Nicodemus and three thousand at Pentecost that also believed. Not only these but many, even at his birth, such as Anna and Simeon who being old waited at the Temple to see the Christ child and declare His arrival upon the earth.
So, at this point someone had better change the subject otherwise we are not going to be able to figure this one out. "Well, most of Israel rejected Him then." one might say, but however small, there was a group of actual physical Israelites who did NOT reject Christ. Why weren't they good enough? Why would they be tossed aside to bring in a bunch of self-righteous, ignorant, pagan gentiles?
The answer is simple. The Israelites had already rejected Him. They were lost and God plainly stated in Amos 7:8 "And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:"
So the House of Israel was already lost. Jesus didn't come to save physical Israel but spiritual Israel. He came to convert the believers from a fleshly body to a spiritual one. (Hint: **whispering** the fact that you must be "born again." is a big clue.) I mean, what else could that mean? It means that God has translated the body of Israel into a spiritual body.
So the House of Israel was already lost. Jesus didn't come to save physical Israel but spiritual Israel. He came to convert the believers from a fleshly body to a spiritual one. (Hint: **whispering** the fact that you must be "born again." is a big clue.) I mean, what else could that mean? It means that God has translated the body of Israel into a spiritual body.
Therefore He is able to keep all of His "positive" promises to Israel (such as "all Israel shall be saved") and at the same time keep all of His "negative" promises (such as "I will not pass by them any more"). You see, there are two Israels, one physical and the other spiritual.
Paul tells us this explicitly in Romans 9: 6-8 "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."
Unless you are looking around for "Kazars" masquerading as Jews (which is nothing more than a stretching of the truth in order to make sense of these verses in Romans). If it were not for the "Kazar theory" the only other option left would be to see the actual truth and we can't have that because then we would have to admit that we were the Jews.
Well, that isn't going to happen because if we were Jews that would mean we must go through the tribulation. The Bible clearly speaks of Jews being on the earth during the tribulation. So, that would mean we are the ones the Bible is speaking of and not the physical Jews. Yikes!
God has already said He "will not pass by them anymore" so it must be us, the Christians! But we prefer the lie don't we. "We prefer to be raptured out of here before the trouble begins and leave the physical Jews down here to face the wrath, not us" says the dunder-headed preacher who wouldn't know the truth if it came up and bit him.
You can believe that lie and be damned or you can believe the Truth. You are Israel, there is no rapture and unless you die before it starts you will be in the tribulation, so you better get ready!
I advise you start by preparing your spiritual house first. Read, study, pray. Click the links I have placed on the side bars here. They will take you to some good information that will help you if you have the heart to believe it.
I mean really aren't you getting tired of that same old tired line the church has been giving us for years now. Just like the Jewish leaders were deceived in Jesus' day, the Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes of today are in the same condition except their role is now being portrayed by the so-called Christian Church.
Wow, yes, this gets deep doesn't it.
Blessings.
