Will the Levitical Priests make Sacrifices during the Millennial Reign?

HARK! said:

Here is the same verse from a literal translation:

(CLV) Hb 7:12
For, the priesthood being transferred, of necessity there is coming to be a transference of law also,

Greek: μετάθεσις, metathesis (G3331)
Detailed definition:

1. Transfer: from one place to another.

This refers to the High priesthood. Understanding it in this context harmonizes the scriptures which contain YHWH's eternal covenant with the Levites.



Some do. Israel is in Exile. When Father says, "stand in the corner;" the obedient son stays there until he is called out.

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Jesus wasn’t a Levite. There is no eternal covenant with the Levites that you present here. If a covenant is transferred, it left the Levites. If property is transferred from one to another, that’s from person to person, not place. An office is transferred to a person.

HARK! said:

Exactly!

(CLV) Jer 33:18
As for the Levitical priests there shall not be cut off a man from before Me who offers up the ascent offering and fumes the approach present and offers sacrifices for all the days.

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Jesus wasn’t a levite and no levi is offering sacrifices today. Your understanding doesn’t match real life.

(CLV) Num 25:11
Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, reversed My fury from on the sons of Israel in his zeal- for My jealousy in their midst so I did not finish the sons of Israel in My jealousy.

(CLV) Num 25:12
Therefore say: Behold Me giving to him My covenant of peace;

(CLV) Num 25:13
it will be his and his seed's after him, the covenant of an eonian priesthood, inasmuch as he was zealous for his Elohim and made a propitiatory shelter over the sons of Israel.

(CLV) Jer 33:19
The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying-,

(CLV) Jer 33:20
Thus says Yahweh: If you could annul My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night so that daytime and night fail to come about in their proper time,

(CLV) Jer 33:21
then also My covenant could be annulled with David My servant, so that he should not come to have a son reigning on his throne, and that with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.

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You can insist the Levites have never ceased to offer sacrifice since Moses installed Aaron and sons, but history and today prove you wrong. You can visit any synagogue you like but no Levite is there sacrificing animals. So the covenant is broken as it was all fulfilled by a non-Levite.

Yahshua holds the high priesthood.

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He is not a Levite. The law has changed. The covenant has ended. A new and different covenant has been established.

Oldmantook said:

You stated it. Not what others believe. Scripture please?

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I don’t believe there will be any sin, death, corruption, disease, Satan or the wicked on the earth to come. Premillennialists do. They have to support/justify their own error. I asked a question which you have still not answered.

Why would any Christian support the reintroduction of the useless and pointless old covenant sacrifice system in the future as premillennialists do?

Dorothy Mae said:

“All the days is not eternity.
“Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron? 12For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.13He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.15And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17For it is testified:

“You are a priest forever

in the order of Melchizedek.”b18So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless 19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.20And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him:

“The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind:

‘You are a priest forever.’”c22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.23Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office. 24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. 25Therefore He is able to save completelyd those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.27Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.”

So you can see that a change of priesthood has occurred. How do you answer this?

God promised this before and with his prophets.

And the fact is, there are no levites offering sacrifices and Christians know why.

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I showed Hark this in a detailed post #81, but he carefully avoided it. He can only persist with his argument by avoiding clear NT Scripture.

HARK! said:

(CLV) Jer 33:18
As for the Levitical priests there shall not be cut off a man from before Me who offers up the ascent offering and fumes the approach present and offers sacrifices for all the days.

(CLV) Jer 33:21
then also My covenant could be annulled with David My servant, so that he should not come to have a son reigning on his throne, and that with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.

Numbers 25:12-13

"Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace; and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.'"

(CLV) Jer 33:19
The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying-,

(CLV) Jer 33:20
Thus says Yahweh: If you could annul My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night so that daytime and night fail to come about in their proper time,

(CLV) Jer 33:21
then also My covenant could be annulled with David My servant, so that he should not come to have a son reigning on his throne, and that with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.

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It would help if you read the detail of the OT texts before submitting them. The Scriptures are saying the opposite to what you are arguing (and what you have been taught).

Jeremiah 33:15-18 predicts Christ’s first Advent, saying, “In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually."

Why?

Because the Messiah would come and supercede these old covenant positions with the substance, fulfillment and the reality. He did! He abolished the old offices because the rest were inadequate because they were performed by imperfect men. They were merely a shadow, type and figure of the true prophet, priest and king. Also, He was the awaited Messiah that would function perfectly in these divine offices eternally. He would never abdicate or be replaced.

This is therefore not talking about the restoration of the old covenant priesthood. It is not talking about the resurrection of the abolished Judaic sacrifice system. It is talking about Jesus. He replaced the old covenant arrangement in full. There is no more need for it.

In the very introduction to this whole matter we see reference to the fact that Messiah Christ would reign over His people and would save His people. These references refer to His kingship and His priestly ministry. He would execute judgement and righteousness as Israel’s true king. And He would save Judah through His precious blood at the cross of Calvary.

The word karath is a covenant word (Strong's 3772). It is a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).

lo' (Strong's 3808); a primitive particle; meaning “no” or “not.” It is a simple negation.

karath is speaking of the covenant in view, lo' negates it. It seems like you are importing your own meaning into the Hebrew word.

Jeremiah is predicting the Messiah’s first Advent when heaven’s eternal king / priest – the Lord Jesus Christ – would appear. His arrival 2,000 years ago rendered these former imperfect types eternally obsolete. Christ assumed David’s throne at His resurrection. He now mediates as king / priest for His elect. The succession of Israeli kings is now eliminated – there is only one accepted eternal King. The succession of Israeli priests is now eliminated – there is only one accepted eternal priest.

Jeremiah 33:19-26 teaches: “And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.”

The Old Testament theocracy was marked by the Davidic kingship and the Levitical priesthood.

If it says what you are suggesting (and this refers to the literal earthly kingship of David's seed and the literal Levitical priesthood): why does natural Israel not currently have a physical king today and a temple, priesthood, animal sacrifices and temple ordinance?The reality is: the promises of the perpetuity of the throne of David and the priesthood have been fulfilled in Messiah Christ. He made one final sacrifice for sin and made the temple eternally redundant. He sits on David's throne upon high today.

Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of God's promise concerning the perpetuity of David’s kingly authority. Jesus also fulfills the perpetuity of Levi.

This reading is saying the opposite to what you are claiming. Please read this slowly, "David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually."

It says the house of Israel shall "never want" a man to sit on the throne or to make animal sacrifices (as you desire) because Messiah will perfectly and eternally fulfil both offices. He is Israel's lone high priest. He is Israel's lone king. He holds both in the heavenly realm thus rendering the earthly shadow and type redundant.

This is saying the very opposite to what you are claiming. This is telling us that Israel will never again need another earthly sinful temporal priest or king because Messiah will eternally fulfil both. He is Israel's eternal fulfilment of both. I am at a complete loss to see how you can see or any other passage in the New Testament supports the resurrection of the abolished old covenant priests. This whole passage is speaking about Christ - our prophet, priest and king.

Jeremiah was actually prophesying the arrival of Israel's high priest and king who would remove the typical Old Testament operation of both. This happened at Christ's first Advent. Christ is now prophet, priest and king in heaven. The Cross eternally removed the figure, type and shadow. Christ is the substance, the true and the real. To bring back the Old Covenant is to undermine the New Covenant reality. The Levitical Priesthood has been removed long ago – never to rise again. Can I remind you heaven's only accepted priestly representative has already come and removed the old abolished arrangement?

Oldmantook said:

Your statement verifies your unfamiliarity with the subject at hand. The Millennium takes place on the "old" earth. The new earth arrives after the Millennium.

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Are Christ’s hands and feet not a satisfactory enough reminder of the cross for the inhabitants of your millennial earth?

sovereigngrace said:

I showed Hark this in a detailed post #81, but he carefully avoided it. He can only persist with his argument by avoiding clear NT Scripture.

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Some don’t want the new covenant.

Dorothy Mae said:

Some don’t want the new covenant.

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I honestly don't get it! Why would they not? Is Jesus not attractive not? Was the cross not sufficient enough? What's the resurrection not glorious enough?

I love this old anointed exhortation from an old preacher - Dr S.M. Lockridge (born Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church:

"The Bible says my King is the King of the Jews. He’s the King of Israel. He’s the king of righteousness. He’s the King of the Ages. He’s the King of Heaven. He’s the King of Glory. He’s the King of kings, and He’s the Lord of lords…

My King is a sovereign King. No means of measure can define His limitless love. He’s enduringly strong. He’s entirely sincere. He’s eternally steadfast. He’s immortally graceful. He’s imperially powerful. He’s impartially merciful…

He’s the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizon of this world. He’s God’s Son. He’s the sinner’s Saviour. He’s the centrepiece of civilization. He’s unparalleled. He’s unprecedented. He is the loftiest idea in literature. He’s the highest personality in philosophy. He’s the fundamental doctrine of true theology. He’s the only one qualified to be an all sufficient Saviour …

He supplies strength for the weak. He’s available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathizes and He saves. He strengthens and sustains. He guards and He guides. He heals the sick. He cleansed the lepers. He forgives sinners. He discharges debtors. He delivers the captive. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent. And He beautifies the meek …

He’s the key to knowledge. He’s the wellspring of wisdom. He’s the doorway of deliverance. He’s the pathway of peace. He’s the roadway of righteousness. He’s the highway of holiness. He’s the gateway of glory.

Do you know Him? Well…

His life is matchless. His goodness is limitless. His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes. His Word is enough. His grace is sufficient. His reign is righteous. And His yoke is easy. And His burden is light.

I wish I could describe Him to you. Yes … He’s indescribable! He’s incomprehensible. He’s invincible. He’s irresistible. You can’t get Him out of your mind. You can’t get Him off of your hand. You can’t outlive Him, and you can’t live without Him. Well, the Pharisees couldn’t stand Him, but they found out they couldn’t stop Him. Pilate couldn’t find any fault in Him. Herod couldn’t kill Him. Death couldn’t handle Him, and the grave couldn’t hold Him.

That’s my King, that’s my King."

sovereigngrace said:

I honestly don't get it! Why would they not? Is Jesus not attractive not? Was the cross not sufficient enough? What's the resurrection not glorious enough?

I love this old anointed exhortation from an old preacher - Dr S.M. Lockridge (born Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church:

"The Bible says my King is the King of the Jews. He’s the King of Israel. He’s the king of righteousness. He’s the King of the Ages. He’s the King of Heaven. He’s the King of Glory. He’s the King of kings, and He’s the Lord of lords…

My King is a sovereign King. No means of measure can define His limitless love. He’s enduringly strong. He’s entirely sincere. He’s eternally steadfast. He’s immortally graceful. He’s imperially powerful. He’s impartially merciful…

He’s the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizon of this world. He’s God’s Son. He’s the sinner’s Saviour. He’s the centrepiece of civilization. He’s unparalleled. He’s unprecedented. He is the loftiest idea in literature. He’s the highest personality in philosophy. He’s the fundamental doctrine of true theology. He’s the only one qualified to be an all sufficient Saviour …

He supplies strength for the weak. He’s available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathizes and He saves. He strengthens and sustains. He guards and He guides. He heals the sick. He cleansed the lepers. He forgives sinners. He discharges debtors. He delivers the captive. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent. And He beautifies the meek …

He’s the key to knowledge. He’s the wellspring of wisdom. He’s the doorway of deliverance. He’s the pathway of peace. He’s the roadway of righteousness. He’s the highway of holiness. He’s the gateway of glory.

Do you know Him? Well…

His life is matchless. His goodness is limitless. His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes. His Word is enough. His grace is sufficient. His reign is righteous. And His yoke is easy. And His burden is light.

I wish I could describe Him to you. Yes … He’s indescribable! He’s incomprehensible. He’s invincible. He’s irresistible. You can’t get Him out of your mind. You can’t get Him off of your hand. You can’t outlive Him, and you can’t live without Him. Well, the Pharisees couldn’t stand Him, but they found out they couldn’t stop Him. Pilate couldn’t find any fault in Him. Herod couldn’t kill Him. Death couldn’t handle Him, and the grave couldn’t hold Him.

That’s my King, that’s my King."

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He requires a person to give up sinful pleasures. He requires obedience and surrender of your life to receive His. Following Jesus will cost a man his pride and maybe his dreams. Jesus said to count the cost.

Dorothy Mae said:

He requires a person to give up sinful pleasures. He requires obedience and surrender of your life to receive His. Following Jesus will cost a man his pride and maybe his dreams. Jesus said to count the cost.

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Absolutely! Amen!

sovereigngrace said:

I honestly don't get it! Why would they not? Is Jesus not attractive not? Was the cross not sufficient enough? What's the resurrection not glorious enough?

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It reflects the persistent allure of naturalized carnal expectations within the Church. Paul diagnoses it precisely.

1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Oldmantook said:

Scripture states "all Israel will be saved" (Rom 11:26). It does not say all Israel has been saved but it literally points to some future time when all Israel will be saved (Isaiah 59:20–21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33–34). Deuteronomy 30:1-10 has never been fulfilled and awaits its future fulfillment during the Millennium.

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Does this include all the Israelites/Jews that have already died in unbelief?

Or does your interpretation of "all Israel" actually encompass some amount LESS than ALL?

iamlamad said:

I guess you will have to tell Jesus again that He was mistaken in telling John to go and measure the new temple! And He was mistaken when he instructed Paul to write about the man of sin entering the new temple.

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Show us the scripture where Paul calls that temple "new" and where John was told to measure the "new" temple?

Actually, I'll save you the trouble. They're not there.
You have added those words to the pages where they do not exist, simply to prop up your view.

jgr said:

It reflects the persistent allure of naturalized carnal expectations within the Church. Paul diagnoses it precisely.

1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Philip Schaff says in his History of the Christian Church (Volume 2, Chapter 12): “The Jewish chiliasm rested on a carnal misapprehension of the Messianic kingdom, a literal interpretation of prophetic figures, and an overestimate of the importance of the Jewish people and the holy city as the centre of that kingdom. It was developed shortly before and after Christ in the apocalyptic literature, as the Book of Enoch, the Apocalypse of Baruch, 4th Esdras, the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, and the Sibylline Books. It was adopted by the heretical sect of the Ebionites, and the Gnostic Cerinthus.”

sovereigngrace said:

I don’t believe there will be any sin, death, corruption, disease, Satan or the wicked on the earth to come. Premillennialists do. They have to support/justify their own error. I asked a question which you have still not answered.

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Earth to come or age to come? Two different scenarios. Your clarification is necessary.

sovereigngrace said:

Why would any Christian support the reintroduction of the useless and pointless old covenant sacrifice system in the future as premillennialists do?

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Read your Bible.
Does not Heb 10:4 state that the blood of bull and goats cannot take away sin? That being the case, only the blood of the Lamb; Jesus' blood is efficacious for the atonement of sin.
Does not Heb 10:2-3 state that the sacrifices remind us of sin and guilt?
Consequently, the sacrifices are reinstituted to remind the people of guilt and sin and their need for the ultimate sacrifice found only in the blood of Jesus.
Does not Heb 10:1 state that the law is a shadow of good things to come?
Note that it states IS a shadow - NOT WAS a shadow of good things TO COME. Thus your view is mistaken as you believe that the law was done away with and is pointless. The fact is, by these very verses the law which IS a shadow, POINTS to Jesus and those who live during the Millennium are reminded of their sins via the sacrificial system - which in turn leads them to faith in Christ.

sovereigngrace said:

Are Christ’s hands and feet not a satisfactory enough reminder of the cross for the inhabitants of your millennial earth?

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Read your Bible.
The answer is apparently not for some as Satan is loosed after the 1,000 years.
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. Rev 20:7-8

Oldmantook said:

Earth to come or age to come? Two different scenarios. Your clarification is necessary.

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According to Scripture, the earth to come or age to come are perfect, renewed and incorrupt according to Scripture. According to premillennialism, it is more-of-the-same. In your theology: corruption continues on, the wicked continue on, sin continues on, death continues on, war continues on, rebellion continues on. In your thinking, the second coming is not the closing of time, corruption, Satan and all evil, it is just a transition to the same old same old.

The new earth will not be some bipolar age full of corruption, unrighteousness, sin, death and the wicked (as Premil argues) but rather perfection and eternal glory on a regenerated earth.

Read your Bible.
Does not Heb 10:4 state that the blood of bull and goats cannot take away sin? That being the case, only the blood of the Lamb; Jesus' blood is efficacious for the atonement of sin.

Does not Heb 10:2-3 state that the sacrifices remind us of sin and guilt?

Consequently, the sacrifices are reinstituted to remind the people of guilt and sin and their need for the ultimate sacrifice found only in the blood of Jesus.

Does not Heb 10:1 state that the law is a shadow of good things to come?
Note that it states IS a shadow - NOT WAS a shadow of good things TO COME. Thus your view is mistaken as you believe that the law was done away with and is pointless. The fact is, by these very verses the law which IS a shadow, POINTS to Jesus and those who live during the Millennium are reminded of their sins via the sacrificial system - which in turn leads them to faith in Christ.

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The ceremonial law is obsolete. It is gone since the cross! Why do Premils want to promote it and restore it? There is something seriously wrong with that doctrine. That is why many here have abandoned that error. The shadow lasted till the cross.

So there is going to be two covenants running concurrent with rival atonements, offices and apparatus?

When Jesus cried it is finished, the old covenant sacrifice system was finished. This was reinforced by the ripping of the temple curtain in two. Christ was the final sacrifice for sin.

Hebrews 7:27 says of Christ and His final atonement, “Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”

Hebrews 9:28 explains that "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.”

Hebrews 10:10 says, “we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

Hebrews 10:12 says, “this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.”

Hebrews 10:14 says, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”

Romans 6:10 says, “he died unto sin once.”

1 Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.”

Hebrews 9:12 explains, “by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”

Christ put and end of sin by this final transaction for sin, thus making an end of sin forever for those who would believe. There will never again be a sacrifice for sin. Christ’s atonement satisfied heaven’s holy demands and ensured that there would never again be another sacrifice/offering for sin carrying God’s blessing.

In Premil:

· Glorified saints and mortal rebels inherit the same new incorruptible earth.
· The Premil age of Aquarius sees the majestic unchallenged righteous rule of Christ on earth end in a debacle – with a mass global rebellion by the millennial inhabitants.
· We have the biggest religious turn-around in history: from a millennial kingdom where the nations wholesale submit to Christ in righteousness to a mass revival of Satanism as "the sand of the sea." The Premillennial millennium culminates in the greatest global uprising in history from the four corners of the earth as “the sand of the sea” against the “camp of the saints.”
· You have the removal of the curse and corruption at the second coming and yet sin, death and decay continues and expands.
· This undesirable mongrel earth is equally filled with glorified saints and mortal rebels, righteousness and unrighteousness, sin and sinlessness, immortality and mortality, peace and harmony and war and terror. This concept is totally unknown to Scripture.
· You have the Jewish temple rebuilt even though the eternal temple “not made with hands” is standing on the new earth in all His “power and glory.” You have the eliminated priesthood revived to rival Christ. You have animal sacrifices resurrected after Christ abolished them forever.
· You have Christ deceived by these phony religious devotees travelling to Jerusalem every yr to act out their forced worship or else you have Him willingly presiding over a prolonged sham.
· You have the lion and lamb enjoying millennial bliss until the slaughter truck pulls up to drag the lambs, goats and bullocks to the temple in Jerusalem for sacrifice in the presence of Jesus. Amazingly, for the first time in history they have no fear of their traditional predators, just supposedly righteous millennial God-ordained priests coming for them with sharp knives.

This supposed perfect new millennial earth is so corrupt by the end of the millennium that it has to be replaced again (Rev 20:11)!!!

Oldmantook said:

Read your Bible.
The answer is apparently not for some as Satan is loosed after the 1,000 years.
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. Rev 20:7-8

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Where does Revelation 20 teach the re-introduction of the old covenant Judaic sacrificial system?

The picture you portray is outlandish, in my opinion. It contradicts numerous New Testament passages. What is the purpose of these abolished Judaic sacrifices on the new earth? Remember they involve sin offerings (Ezekiel 40:39, 42:13, 19, 21, 22, 25, 44:27, 29, 45:17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 46:20) and trespass offerings (Ezekiel 40:39, 42:13, 44:29, 46:20). How blind are these people? I mean: Christ (the final sacrifice for sin) is there with His pierced hands and pierced feet and they continue to stubbornly slit the throats of innocent lambs and goats throughout this millennial debacle. It is terrible! So much for the lamb enjoying millennial bliss with the lion and the wolf. Is the cross not suffice for these religious phonies? Is the new covenant inadequate? The longer I debate this and the more I find out, I honestly wonder how any Christian that has an awareness of the New Testament can embrace and promote this concept of a rebuilt temple and the recommencement of failed and abolished blood sacrifices in a future millennium.

Despite the alleged paradise-like conditions, the glorious and victorious unchallenged rule of Christ with a “rod of iron” and the so-called submissiveness of the nations that Premils attribute to their millennial kingdom, surely we are looking at the biggest and most-amazing religious turn-around in history in the Premil scenario? After all, at the first sight of Satan, the nations turn en-mass against Christ to Satan as “the sand of the sea.” Is this not the grossest sin imaginable?

parousia70 said:

Does this include all the Israelites/Jews that have already died in unbelief?

Or does your interpretation of "all Israel" actually encompass some amount LESS than ALL?

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Good question. I believe all means all which includes dead Israelites who died in unbelief as well as those Jews who are still alive. The reason is found in Ezekiel 37 where God commands Ezekiel to prophecy on the dry bones of Israel causing them to come up out of their graves (v.12) and are clothed with flesh, nerves, skin (v.9) and spirit (v.10). The result of which is described in the remainder of the chapter and is described in v.23:
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.