Where in here did I say the OT promises would not/will not be fulfilled to Israel?
In order to be born again, do you literally come through your mother's womb a second time? No of course not. But if you cannot understand the earthly pictures used to describe heavenly truths, you will never fully understand the heavenly truths.
John 3:12
have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe;
how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
The earthly temple was only a lesser copy of the true one, heaven itself. The law was a shadow of the good things to come to the Israelites, and they did come.
Hebrews 9:23-24
23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a
copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence
Hebrews 10:1
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—
not the realities themselves
The true promise land is not the earthly, that was a lesser copy of the heavenly land. The true promise land is what the saints awaited to receive.
Hebrews 11:14-16
People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
IF they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,
for he has prepared a city for them.
Again, you are making false accusations, I believe it fulfilled and happened/will happen because of Christ.
All the promises of God are yes in Christ. The Jews that were hardened had failed to see this.
2 Corinthans 1:20
20For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
Christ is the way, the truth, and the life
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life
Christ is the bread of life
John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life
Christ is the light of the world
John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world
Christ is the resurrection
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection
Christ is the source of the living water
John 7:38 To the one who believes in Me, it is just as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’
Christ is our King and high priest
Hebrews 7:17 For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Christ is the temple
John 2:21-22 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
22After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed
the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Christ is the rest/the promise land
Hebrews 4:8-10 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
I disagree. Let's examine Ezekiel 40-48
Ezekiel 40-43: The New Temple
1.) There were no orders for Israelites to build the Ezekiel temple. Christ fulfilled it.
John 2:20 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.”
2.) The Israelites were to look at the temple plans and be ashamed. Christ Fulfilled this.
Acts 2:37
37Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
3.) The Lord would dwell among Israel in his temple. Christ Fulfilled this.
Ephesians 2:19-22
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy
temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into
a dwelling place for God bye the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “
I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
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Ezekiel 44: Levitical Priest duties Fulfilled because of Christ
1 Peter 2:5
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men, but chosen and precious in God’s sight, you also, like living stones,
are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ
Hebrews 13:15-16
Through Jesus, therefore,
let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. And do not neglect to do good and to share with others,
for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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Ezekiel 45: The Prince's duties are fulfilled in Christ
Ezekiel 45:17
shall be the prince’s duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel:
he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
Colossians 2:16-17
Therefore let no one judge you by what you
eat or drink, or with regard to
a festival, a
New Moon, or a
Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ
Hebrews 9:10
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—
external regulations imposed until the time of reform
Hebrews 9:11-12
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He entered the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands (that is, not of this creation). He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves,
but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
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Ezekiel 46: The Prince's inheritance is fulfilled in Christ
Ezekiel 46:16-18
Thus says the Lord God: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons as his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons. It is their property by inheritance.
17But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince;
surely it is his inheritance—it shall belong to his sons.
18The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property.
He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property.”
Galatians 3:16
16Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many,
but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
**Heirs to what? the promises to Abraham, this includes the land.
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Ezekiel 47-48: Promise land: a picture of the true heavenly promise land; which is fulfilled in Christ
Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
14For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
15If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.
16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Galatians 4:30
30But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman (
Physical Jerusalem) and her son, for the son of the slave woman(
Physical Jerusalem)
shall not inherit with the son of the free woman
(heavenly Jerusalem).
Hebrews 12:22-24
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
23and to the assembly
a of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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There are several things missing from Ezekiel's temple. Why?
1.) No wall of partition. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
Ephesians 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has
destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility
2.) No court for women. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
Galatians 3: 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,
nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
3.) No wash basin. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were.
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Hebrews 10:22 us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our
hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
4.) No lampstand. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said,
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life.”
5.) No table of showbread. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “
I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty
6.) No alter of incense. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
Hebrews 7:25 Therefore he is able to save completely
c those who come to God through him, because he always lives to
intercede for them.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding
golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people
7.) No Curtain. Why? because Christ fulfills it:
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since
we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by
a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body
