Did the event of 1948 Israel fulfill any Bible prophecy?

Did event of Israel 1948 fulfill any Bible prophecy?


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You did not find Matthew 24:21 in my post, so your accusation is without substance.

There is a time period in Luke's Gospel, which is not found in Matthew's Gospel.
It is "the times of the Gentiles", which began in Acts 28:28, and is found at the end of Luke 21:24. It is also found in Romans 11.


Based on Matthew 10:5-7, and Romans 1:16, and Galatians 1:14-18, the Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews for a period of about 7 years before Paul took the Gospel to the Gentiles. The "times of the Gentiles" then followed this period of about 7 years.


We find the future Second Coming of Christ in Luke 21:25-28, which occurs when the "times of the Gentiles" comes to "fullness".


This times of the Gentiles has seen the greatest persecution of believers in the history of the world. It is occurring now in China and other nations. I believe it will get much worse just before the return of Christ.

It is my belief that Matthew 24:21 is referring to "the times of the Gentiles" in Luke's Gospel. It you think otherwise, feel free to do so.

However, you cannot use Matthew 24:21 to overturn the clear timeline found in Luke's Gospel.

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You are the one quoting Josephus in reference to antiochus Epiphenes and the abomination being history.

Matt 24 is very applicable to that!
 
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21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Ask a historically knowledgeable Jew whether he would rather have been eviscerated or crucified by the Romans; or shot or gassed by the Germans.

The answer will tell you something about tribulation relativity.
 
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Ask a historically knowledgeable Jew whether he would rather have been eviscerated or crucified by the Romans; or shot or gassed by the Germans.

The answer will tell you something about tribulation relativity.

Well as the scope of tribulation is global- your comparison is irrelevant! This is Jesus speaking, not some knowledgeable Jew!

So when did these things happen if the tribulation is the Roman ransacking as you imply:

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
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There is a time period in Luke's Gospel, which is not found in Matthew's Gospel.
It is "the times of the Gentiles", which began in Acts 28:28, and is found at the end of Luke 21:24. It is also found in Romans 11.

You do not understand what the Times of the Gentiles is!

It started with the Babylonian captivity than short term times of rebellion that gained Jerusalem's freedom- Jerusalem has been trodden down fo the gentiles since 607-587 B.C.

Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

You forget that vision of daniel of world empires that have controlled Jerusalem. They have been in rule since Babylon!
 
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It is my belief that Matthew 24:21 is referring to "the times of the Gentiles" in Luke's Gospel. It you think otherwise, feel free to do so.
However, you cannot use Matthew 24:21 to overturn the clear timeline found in Luke's Gospel.

Matt. 24:21 does not overturn Lukes timeline. they are speaking of 2 separate times.
Lukes discourse on the olivet discourse focuses mostly on one of the three questions the disciples asked Jesus-when will the temple be destroyed.

Matthew focuses mostly on the end of the world! The bowls and trumpets are a lengthy description of the such tribulation as has never nor ever will be seen.
 
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Why not ask the translators those questions?

As most of them are dead- that would be tough! But why don't you delve into history and see that the gospel didn't reach too far(not even the full roman Empire in teh c. 27 years after the birth of the church.

I am not saying that the standard writing of Col 1:23 is a bad translation of the words- I am saying that it is inaccurate!

"..., and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven;..."

This says preached to every creature- PREACHED! That is just not true! So that standard translation is not what was meant.

Ktisis: creature Here are the meanings all translators agree on:

the act of founding, establishing, building etc

  1. the act of creating, creation

  2. creation i.e. thing created
    1. of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation
      1. anything created

      2. after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called)

      3. the sum or aggregate of things created
  3. institution, ordinance
Now as you cannot preach to an action- #1 is not the right usage
As Paul used the modifier EVERY for creature and under (of) heaven) as to the extent of the preaching, we know from churchhistory that this is not true so #2 cannot be the accurate translation

Now we are left with #3. Institution can mean the things
god established (of heaven) which would be family, govt. Jew. Accurate but clumsy translation.

or it can also be tranlsated every type of people God ordained which would be just Jew and Gentile! This not only is an acceptable and correct translation but it fits with what is provable in hisotyr and the time of Paul writing this!
 
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21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Scripture tells us in 1 Kings 3:12 that there was "no king like Solomon before or after him." Such statements are then repeated in 2 Kings 18:5-6 of Hezekiah and in 2 Kings 23:25 of Josiah. Obviously, they can't all be the greatest King there ever was nor ever shall be. (And, of course, Jesus Christ surpasses even Solomon -- Matt. 12:42). Furthermore, this same Old Testament idea of "never will be again" is employed of various judgments that have already been fulfilled such as locusts in Egypt (Ex. 10:12-15; cf. Joel 1:1-4), a cry in Egypt (Ex. 11:6), and judgment upon O.T. Israel (Ez. 5:9; Joel 2:2). The Ezekiel 5:9 passage is especially instructive to us, for it states that the Babylonian conquest of Israel (sixth-century BC) would be the greatest judgment God had ever brought upon a nation, past or future.

What gives? Just how many "ever was nor ever shall be" events are there, and how can they all be the greatest that "ever was nor ever shall be"??
 
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As most of them are dead- that would be tough! But why don't you delve into history and see that the gospel didn't reach too far(not even the full roman Empire in teh c. 27 years after the birth of the church.

I am not saying that the standard writing of Col 1:23 is a bad translation of the words- I am saying that it is inaccurate!

"..., and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven;..."

This says preached to every creature- PREACHED! That is just not true! So that standard translation is not what was meant.

Ktisis: creature Here are the meanings all translators agree on:

the act of founding, establishing, building etc

  1. the act of creating, creation

  2. creation i.e. thing created
    1. of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation
      1. anything created

      2. after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called)

      3. the sum or aggregate of things created
  3. institution, ordinance
Now as you cannot preach to an action- #1 is not the right usage
As Paul used the modifier EVERY for creature and under (of) heaven) as to the extent of the preaching, we know from churchhistory that this is not true so #2 cannot be the accurate translation

Now we are left with #3. Institution can mean the things
god established (of heaven) which would be family, govt. Jew. Accurate but clumsy translation.

or it can also be tranlsated every type of people God ordained which would be just Jew and Gentile! This not only is an acceptable and correct translation but it fits with what is provable in hisotyr and the time of Paul writing this!

I have personally communicated with the NASB folks at the Lockman Foundation.

You can do the same.

They're very much alive.

It is mathematically impossible for every translator who has ever lived to be "inaccurate".

Only cults make claims of that nature.
 
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You do not understand what the Times of the Gentiles is!

Based on the scripture below, it would be you who does not understand.

The Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews for a period of about 7 years, before Paul began his ministry to the Gentiles.

What did Paul say to the Jews in Acts 28:28?

Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Rom 1:16 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.

Act 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Gal 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Gal 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Gal 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Gal 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Daniel Chapter 9: Dr. Kelly Varner

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Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Who are the lost sheep of the House of Israel?
Thinking they are Jews is a serious error. The Prophets make a clear distinction in over 160 scriptures about the two Houses; Judah and Israel.

It is obvious that today; the House of Israel is every faithful Christian person.
Jesus and the Apostles were successful in their mission.
 
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Who are the lost sheep of the House of Israel?
Thinking they are Jews is a serious error. The Prophets make a clear distinction in over 160 scriptures about the two Houses; Judah and Israel.

It is obvious that today; the House of Israel is every faithful Christian person.
Jesus and the Apostles were successful in their mission.

Maybe Peter will tell us who they are in the passage below...

Act 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Act 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Act 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Act 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Act 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Act 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Act 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Act 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Act 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

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Scripture tells us in 1 Kings 3:12 that there was "no king like Solomon before or after him." Such statements are then repeated in 2 Kings 18:5-6 of Hezekiah and in 2 Kings 23:25 of Josiah. Obviously, they can't all be the greatest King there ever was nor ever shall be. (And, of course, Jesus Christ surpasses even Solomon -- Matt. 12:42). Furthermore, this same Old Testament idea of "never will be again" is employed of various judgments that have already been fulfilled such as locusts in Egypt (Ex. 10:12-15; cf. Joel 1:1-4), a cry in Egypt (Ex. 11:6), and judgment upon O.T. Israel (Ez. 5:9; Joel 2:2). The Ezekiel 5:9 passage is especially instructive to us, for it states that the Babylonian conquest of Israel (sixth-century BC) would be the greatest judgment God had ever brought upon a nation, past or future.

What gives? Just how many "ever was nor ever shall be" events are there, and how can they all be the greatest that "ever was nor ever shall be"??

YOu need a better hermeneutic Ezekiel is speaking of the end times. Two thirds of Jews will be killed in the 70 th week of Daniel and yes nothing worse will ever happen to Israel.

But the tribulation spoken of by Jesus in MAtthew 24 is global in context and not just to Jews and Jerusalem!

As for the kings you cited?

REad past just teh words none before or after! God was speaking of a particular attribute of each king!

Solomon- his wisdom
Josiah- in purifying the land of idols
Hezekiah- for His trust and clinging to the Lord. Come on! YOu should be better than what you just did!
 
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I have personally communicated with the NASB folks at the Lockman Foundation.

You can do the same.

They're very much alive.

It is mathematically impossible for every translator who has ever lived to be "inaccurate".

Only cults make claims of that nature.

So they all believe that the church in less than 27 years without modern transportation and electronic media preached the gospel verbally to every human?

OK then!
 
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Based on the scripture below, it would be you who does not understand.

The Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews for a period of about 7 years, before Paul began his ministry to the Gentiles.

What did Paul say to the Jews in Acts 28:28?

Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Rom 1:16 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.

Act 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Gal 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Gal 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Gal 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Gal 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Pulling verses out of their context to build a doctrine is very dangerous.

1. Paul wrote this at the end of his life. After those 2 years he was beheaded in the malmatine. so the gospel had been going to the gentiles for at least 3 decades!

2. Let us look at the verse in context:
acts 28:
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.

Paul was imprisoned in rome and someone paid for him ot have a house though chained and guarded.

He called for the Jewish elders to speak to them. Because they wouldn't accept the gospel Paul wrote what He did about turning to the Gentiles. Pauls practice was that every town He went to He first went to the synagogue.

I can post many videos about the times of the Gentiles that do not require ripping verses out of their immediate context.

 
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Who are the lost sheep of the House of Israel?
Thinking they are Jews is a serious error. The Prophets make a clear distinction in over 160 scriptures about the two Houses; Judah and Israel.

It is obvious that today; the House of Israel is every faithful Christian person.
Jesus and the Apostles were successful in their mission.

Let me ask you a question then.

You believe Christianity came into existence long before Jesus established the Church in Acts?
If you keep that verse in context- Jesus said don't go to gentiles but to Jews only. These are ethnos and not spiritual classifications!
 
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Pulling verses out of their context to build a doctrine is very dangerous.

1. Paul wrote this at the end of his life. After those 2 years he was beheaded in the malmatine. so the gospel had been going to the gentiles for at least 3 decades!

2. Let us look at the verse in context:
acts 28:
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.

Paul was imprisoned in rome and someone paid for him ot have a house though chained and guarded.

He called for the Jewish elders to speak to them. Because they wouldn't accept the gospel Paul wrote what He did about turning to the Gentiles. Pauls practice was that every town He went to He first went to the synagogue.

I can post many videos about the times of the Gentiles that do not require ripping verses out of their immediate context.


Do you think Matthew was confused when he recorded that Jesus sent the disciples first to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel", in Matthew 10:5-7?

Do you think Paul was confused in Romans 1:16, when he said the Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews?


Do you think Paul was confused in Roman chapter 11, when he referred to the "fullness of the Gentiles"?


Do you think Paul was confused in Galatians 1:14-18, when he gave the timeline of when he met with Peter?

Please feel free to show how any of these verses are ripped out of context.

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Do you think Matthew was confused when he recorded that Jesus sent the disciples first to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel", in Matthew 10:5-7?

Do you think Paul was confused in Romans 1:16, when he said the Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews?


Do you think Paul was confused in Roman chapter 11, when he referred to the "fullness of the Gentiles"?


Do you think Paul was confused in Galatians 1:14-18, when he gave the timeline of when he met with Peter?

Please feel free to show how any of these verses are ripped out of context.

No you are just confused in your own eschatological application of them!

1. Jesus came first and foremost to be the Jewish Messiah- when they rejected HIm, the mystery form of the kingdom was taught to the apostles to prepare for the birth of the church.

2.It was and still is supposed to be to the Jew first! We saved gentiles are supposed to provoke th eJews to jealousy!

3. Romans 11 hasn't happened yet- that is why all Israel is not saved yet as prophesied numerous times in the Old Testament.

4. He met with Peter- Then 14 years later he went to meet Jerusalem leaders again! What is your fabled timeline for that????

YOu are all over the map here.

Are you suggesting that because of acts 28 we should stop preaching the gospel to Israelis?

What things do you think God started because three years after he was saved Paul spent 15 days with Peter? The bible doesn't say- so did you get some secret revelation?

Romans 9-11 is about the Jews! The nation and people! Hear please read it in its context!

Romans 11 King James Version (KJV)
11 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
 
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So they all believe that the church in less than 27 years without modern transportation and electronic media preached the gospel verbally to every human?

OK then!

What they all believe is obviously different from what you believe.

But don't be lazy. Contact 'em and ask 'em what they believe, and why.

If you're serious about not appearing cultic.
 
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Let me ask you a question then.

You believe Christianity came into existence long before Jesus established the Church in Acts?
If you keep that verse in context- Jesus said don't go to gentiles but to Jews only. These are ethnos and not spiritual classifications!
There have always been people faithful to God, from Abel until today. Jesus brought His message of reconciliation to all who would accept it.
Jesus was in Judea when He told the disciples to go to the House of Israel.
There were Jews scattered in other places and Paul always preached in their synagogues. They all rejected the Gospel and the Jews in Jerusalem arranged to have Jesus crucified.

So the House of Israel is another identity and unless it refers to the faithful Christian people of today, then Jesus' mission failed. Confirmed by Ephesians 2:1-18, Galatians 3:26-29.

You don't seem to see the many prophesies that refer directly to the House of Judah; the Jewish people, of their virtual demise and only a remnant will survive. Jeremiah 12:14
Conversely, righteous Israel has many blessings promised in the end times.
 
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3. Romans 11 hasn't happened yet

If you think all of Romans 11 is in the future take off your Dispensational glasses and read it again.

Rom 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Rom 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

As far as taking the Gospel to Orthodox Jews, I am not the one claiming that all Jews are blinded now, as many Dispensationalists claim because of their faulty interpretation of Romans 11.



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