There is a reason... It's a prophesy that must be fulfilled.There is no reason for Jesus to reign on the physical earth when He returns .... It is finished. Everything needed for salvation has been finished (satan was defeated at the cross-death was overcome) ... the door of salvation is open until He returns and the first resurrection happens .... Israel is not Israel. Everything was/is fulfilled in Jesus and it has been done. Everyone regardless of ethnic origin can come to Him now the same way .... through faith.
Romans 2
28A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.29No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
Jesus left the earthly temple desolate. He was the final sacrifice for ALL for ALL time.
Matthew 23:38
Amplified Bible
Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!
Hebrews 10:10
12But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. 13Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, 14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Believers are Israel by faith in Jesus, because Jesus Christ is Himself the true Israel. ALL covenants are fulfilled in Him.
He does not dwell in temples made by man.
Acts 7:48
New American Standard Bible
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
Hebrews 9:26-28 ESV
For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him (1st resurrection).
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