Peter's Vision

[HARK!]

Acts 10
CLV(i) 9 Now, on the morrow, as they are journeying and drawing near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour of the day." 10 Now he became ravenous and wanted to taste food. Now, while they are preparing it, an ecstasy came on him,

Looks like Peter's buddies were preparing a nice, Torah observant, healthy meal.

11 and he is beholding heaven open and a certain utensil descending, as a large sheet, with four edges, being let down on the earth, 12 in which belonged all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and the flying creatures of heaven. 13 And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter! Sacrifice and eat!" 14 Yet Peter said, "Far be it from me, Lord, for I never ate anything contaminating and unclean!"

Peter says NO!

15 And again, a second time, a voice came to him, "What God cleanses, do not you count contaminating!"

Is YHWH going against his own word here? Should we trust voices that tell us to break YHWH's law? Peter isn't dining.

16 Now this occurred thrice,

Still not dining.

and straightway the utensil was taken up into heaven."

There goes the picnic blanket. No treyf for Peter.

17 Now, as Peter was bewildered in himself as to what the vision which he perceived should be, lo!

Bewildered you say? Why not go breaking YHWH's commandments every time a voice pops into your head, instead of taking the time to process it?

the men who have been dispatched by Cornelius, asking the way through to the house of Simon, stand by at the portal." 18 And, shouting, they inquired to ascertain if Simon, surnamed Peter, is lodging in this place." 19 Now, as Peter is engrossed, concerned with the vision, the spirit said to him, "Lo! three men are seeking you!"

Oh lookey here! Three men show up right after Peter rejects the unclean three times! Are the bringing him delivery from the Hungry Heathen? I hear their Heathen Fried Ham Hocks are to die for.


20 But, rising, descend and go with them, nothing doubting, for I have commissioned them."

Rats! Nothing doing. Peter still hasn't eaten. A little rat jerky for the road would have been nice until they get to the Heathen banquet. I wonder if it will be a pig roast.


21 Now Peter, descending to the men, said, "Lo! I am he whom you are seeking. What is the cause for which you are present? 22 Now they say, "Cornelius, a centurion, a man just (Law abiding) and God-fearing, (obedient) besides being attested by the whole nation of the Jews, is apprized by a holy (dedicated) messenger to send after you to come into his house, and to hear declarations from you."

I wonder if there will be any food there. Still no mention of where YHWH forces Peter to eat treyf.

23 Calling them in, then, he lodges them. Now on the morrow, on rising,

Still no food? Peter was ravenous the day before! What could be more important than a PorkFat McMuffin right now?

he came away together with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa came with him." 24 Now on the morrow he entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was hoping for them, calling together his relatives and intimate friends."

Traveling; and still no treyf!?

25 Now as Peter came to enter, Cornelius, meeting with him, falling at his feet, worships." 26 Yet Peter raises him, saying, "Rise! I myself also am a man." 27 And, conversing with him, he entered, and is finding many come together." 28 Besides, he averred to them, "You are versed in the fact how illicit it is for a man who is a Jew to join or come to another tribe, and God shows me not to say that any man is contaminating or unclean."

Oh! So YHWH was talking about men, not food. There is no such law in the Torah. That law comes from the Talmud. Yahshua rebuked placing the Talmud over the Torah.

Maybe there's still hope. Maybe YHWH is calling Peter to eat the Heathens. I hear they taste just like pork. By now Peter must be very hungry.

29 Wherefore, without gainsaying, also, being sent after, I came. I am inquiring to ascertain, then, on what account you send after me." 30 And Cornelius averred, "Four days ago unto this hour was I fasting, and at the ninth, praying in my house, and lo! a man stood before me in splendid attire, 31 and is averring, 'Cornelius, your prayer is hearkened to, and your alms are brought to remembrance in God's sight." 32 Send, then, into Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea.'" 33 Forthwith, then I send to you. Besides you do ideally in coming along. Now, then, we are all present in God's sight to hear all that you have been bidden by the Lord." 34 Now Peter, opening his mouth, said, "Of a truth I am grasping that God is not partial, 35 but in every nation he who is fearing Him and acting righteously is acceptable to Him. 36 Of the word He dispatches to the sons of Israel, bringing the evangel of peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all), 37 you are aware, the declaration coming to be down the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John heralds:" 38 Jesus from Nazareth, as God anoints Him with holy spirit and power, Who passed through as a benefactor and healer of all those who are tyrannized over by the Adversary, for God was with Him." 39 And we are witnesses of all that He does, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they assassinate also, hanging Him on a pole." 40 This One God rouses the third day, and gives Him to become disclosed, 41 not to the entire people, but to witnesses who have been selected before by God, to us who ate and drank together with Him after His rising from among the dead." 42 And He charges us to herald to the people and to certify that this One is He Who is specified by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. 43 To this One are all the prophets testifying: Everyone who is believing in Him is to obtain the pardon of sins through His name." 44 While Peter is still speaking these declarations, the holy spirit falls on all those hearing the word." 45 And amazed were the believers of the Circumcision, whoever come together with Peter, seeing that on the nations also the gratuity of the holy spirit has been poured out." 46 For they heard them speaking in languages and magnifying God. 47 Then Peter answered, "There can not be anyone to forbid water, so that these are not to be baptized, who obtained the holy spirit even as we." 48 Now he bids them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they ask him to stay some days.

Nope, no heathen banquet in any way shape or form. This was all about bringing the Pagans out of Paganism, and into Israel. It was not about taking Israel out of YHWH's Torah, and bringing Israel into Paganism.

 

[HARK!]

Acts 11
CLV(i) 1 Now the apostles and the brethren who are of Judea hear that the nations also receive the word of God. 2 Now when Peter went up into Jerusalem, those of the Circumcision doubted him,

Still no mention of food!

3 saying that "You entered to men having uncircumcision, and you ate with them!"

They weren't surprised by what he ate, simply that he ate with them. No mention of what they ate.


4 Now Peter begins and expounded it to them consecutively, 5 saying, "I was in the city of Joppa, praying; and I perceived, in an ecstasy, a vision, a certain utensil descending, as a large sheet with four edges, being let down out of heaven; and it came as far as me." 6 Into which, looking intently, I considered and perceived the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the reptiles and the flying creatures of heaven." 7 Now I hear a voice also, saying to me, 'Rise, Peter! Sacrifice and eat!'" 8 Yet I said, 'Far be it from me, Lord, for a thing contaminating or unclean never entered into my mouth!'"

Now he's bragging about it.

9 Yet the voice answered a second time out of heaven, 'What God cleanses, do not you count contaminating!'" 10 Now this occurred thrice, and it is all pulled up again into heaven."

Same story. No Pagan Picnic!

11 And lo! forthwith three men stand by at the house in which we were, having been dispatched from Caesarea to me." 12 Now the spirit said to me to come together with them, nothing doubting. Now these six brethren also came with me, and we entered into the man's house." 13 Now he reports to us how he perceived the messenger, standing in his house and saying, 'Dispatch to Joppa and send after Simon, who is surnamed Peter, 14 who will be speaking declarations to you by which you shall be saved, you and your entire house.'" 15 Now as I begin to speak, the holy spirit falls on them, even as on us also in the beginning." 16 Now I am reminded of the declaration of the Lord, as He said that 'John, indeed, baptizes in water, yet you shall be baptized in holy spirit.'" 17 If, then, God gives them the equal gratuity as to us also, when believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I - able to forbid God?

Clearly, once again, this story has nothing to do with food. It's about accepting new believers.

 

[a-lily-of-peace]

I’m not sure that Christians eating pork is a violation of YHVH’s torah.

The first five books of scripture are traditionally called the Torah, but torah is also translated as instruction or teaching. So you find Genesis 9:1-4 in the Torah reflected in the torah of Acts 21:25, where both Noah and his sons as well as the Gentile believers were told to abstain from blood, but neither were told to abstain from pork.

Romans 14 discusses this more, particularly Romans 14:14-17. If you consider pork unclean, and I grieve you by serving it to you, that would be a violation of the torah taught in these verses, but if you believed you were free to eat pork, and I grieve you by condemning you, that would also be a violation.

I don’t feel fully comfortable eating pork or prawns, or even fully comfortable discussing torah as if I can teach it, and I’m trying to resolve this as much for myself as anybody. This is what I feel to be true based on how I understand the scripture, but I only hope that YHVH continues to guide me in the spirit and the truth of Christ Jesus.

 

[Minister Monardo]

They weren't surprised by what he ate, simply that he ate with them. No mention of what they ate.

Cornelius, a friend to the nation, would have been sensitive to the dietary restrictions of a Jew

 

[Minister Monardo]

If you consider pork unclean, and I grieve you by serving it to you, that would be a violation of the torah taught in these verses, but if you believed you were free to eat pork, and I grieve you by condemning you, that would also be a violation.

Romans 14:14. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Liberty of conscience, which is essential for a living relationship with the Living God far outways a dietary law. Not eating nasty food becomes a matter of common sense. Torah dietary restrictions=Wisdom.

 

[HARK!]

Cornelius, a friend to the nation, would have been sensitive to the dietary restrictions of a Jew

I would tend to agree.

 

[a-lily-of-peace]

Romans 14:14. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Liberty of conscience, which is essential for a living relationship with the Living God far outways a dietary law. Not eating nasty food becomes a matter of common sense. Torah dietary restrictions=Wisdom.

Romans 14:20 advises not to destroy the work of God over food.

The work of God is resurrection and life. Mark 16:18 even talks about drinking deadly things, not to tempt God but to destroy fear.

The reason I wouldn’t eat it was from a desire to follow God’s teaching but if that teaching has brought me to this more challenging place I want to face that. I don’t feel any need to eat it but I also feel like it would be wrong to refuse it as though food in the stomach could destroy the life of the Spirit.

 

[Minister Monardo]

42 And He charges us to herald to the people and to certify that this One is He Who is specified by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. 43 To this One are all the prophets testifying: Everyone who is believing in Him is to obtain the pardon of sins through His name.

Please note that this sermon of Peter, as most in the Acts, includes mention of The Judgment as an essential element of the Gospel. The Gospel of the Kingdom centered around the resurrection and the judgment, not "go straight to heaven if you die in the next 2 minutes".
Psalm 97:2. CLV. Cloud and murkiness are around Him; Righteousness and right judgment are the basis of His throne.

 

[Minister Monardo]

The reason I wouldn’t eat it was from a desire to follow God’s teaching but if that teaching has brought me to this more challenging place I want to face that. I don’t feel any need to eat it but I also feel like it would be wrong to refuse it as though food in the stomach could destroy the life of the Spirit.

a well stated personal understanding of the liberty of conscience Paul preached.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

This is what I feel to be true based on how I understand the scripture

Judas felt that Christ would become king of literal Israel based on his understanding of the scriptures.

don't trust your feelings trust the true Word of GOD

Deuteronomy 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

pre•cept prē′sĕpt″
►

• n.
  A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.
• n.
  A direction or order issued by an authority; a writ, command, or process.
• n.
  A commandment or direction given as a rule of action; teaching; instruction; especially, an injunction as to moral conduct; a rule of conduct; a maxim.

 

[HARK!]

Judas felt that Christ would become king of literal Israel based on his understanding of the scriptures.

don't trust your feelings trust the true Word of GOD

Deuteronomy 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Isaiah 28:10
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

pre•cept prē′sĕpt″
►

• n.
  A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.
• n.
  A direction or order issued by an authority; a writ, command, or process.
• n.
  A commandment or direction given as a rule of action; teaching; instruction; especially, an injunction as to moral conduct; a rule of conduct; a maxim.

(CLV) Num 15:15
As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. It shall be an eonian statute throughout your generations. Like you so shall the sojourner be before Yahweh.

(CLV) Num 15:16
One law and one custom, it shall come to be for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you.

 

[a-lily-of-peace]

The Word says I’m a descendant of Noah by flesh, a descendant of Abraham by faith, and a child of God in Christ Jesus through whose blood the new covenant was made.

Every word does mean every word. Israel in the flesh was given land on this earth. The Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head.

I’m not disputing. I’m honestly trying to grow.

 

[HARK!]

The Word says I’m a descendant of Noah by flesh, a descendant of Abraham by faith, and a child of God in Christ Jesus through whose blood the new covenant was made.

Every word does mean every word. Israel in the flesh was given land on this earth. The Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head.

Hallelu YAH!


(CLV) Hb 8:10
"For this is the covenant which I shall be covenanting with the house of Israel after those days," the Lord is saying: "Imparting My laws to their comprehension, On their hearts, also, shall I be inscribing them, And I shall be to them for a God, And they shall be to Me for a people.

(CLV) Mt 15:24
Now He, [Yahshua] answering, said, "I was not commissioned except for the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

(CLV) Num 15:29
For the native among the sons of Israel and for the sojourner sojourning in their midst, one law shall apply for you, to anyone doing it through inadvertence.

(CLV) Lk 16:17
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass by than for one serif of the law to fall.

 

[Minister Monardo]

(CLV) Num 15:15
As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. It shall be an eonian statute throughout your generations. Like you so shall the sojourner be before Yahweh.

(CLV) Num 15:16
One law and one custom, it shall come to be for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you.

Is YHWH's intent here to impose a Jewish lifestyle on a stranger living among them? They were required to be circumcised to partake of the Passover. That is fulfilled. The Logos here is concerned with inclusion.
Oppress not the stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt. You know the heart of the stranger. Do not forget to be sensitive to the disadvantaged.

 

[a-lily-of-peace]

Heaven and Earth will pass away. And His Kingdom will come.

2 Peter 3:10-13

 

[Original Happy Camper]

The Word says I’m a descendant of Noah by flesh, a descendant of Abraham by faith, and a child of God in Christ Jesus through whose blood the new covenant was made.

Every word does mean every word. Israel in the flesh was given land on this earth. The Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head.

I’m not disputing. I’m honestly trying to grow.

The Promises and Covenants of God are ALWAYS Conditional!

Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

In this verse in Isaiah, God puts forth a promise to His people. But, this promise comes with conditions. In order for God’s people to eat the good of the land, they must be willing and obedient. Two little requirements that are placed upon the People!

The Promises and Covenants of God are ALWAYS Conditional!


John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

 

[HARK!]

Is YHWH's intent here to impose a Jewish lifestyle on a stranger living among them? They were required to be circumcised to partake of the Passover. That is fulfilled. The Logos here is concerned with inclusion.
Oppress not the stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt. You know the heart of the stranger. Do not forget to be sensitive to the disadvantaged.

Remember that many Egyptians left Egypt with Moses; and they entered covenant at Sinai. When they did that they became part of Israel.

(CLV) Gn 15:6
Now Abram believed on Elohim, and He reckoned it to him for righteousness

(CLV) Gn 26:5
inasmuch as your father Abraham hearkened to My voice and kept My charge, My instructions, My statutes and My laws.

(CLV) Ja 2:22
You are observing that faith worked together with his works, and by works was faith perfected.

(CLV) Ja 2:23
And fulfilled was the scripture which is saying, Now "Abraham believes God, and it is reckoned to him for righteousness," and he was called "the friend of God."

(CLV) Ja 2:24
You see that by works a man is being justified, and not by faith only.

As we come to faith, obedience to YHWH is a sign of that faith.

Genesis 17 (CLV)

9 And saying is the Elohim to Abraham, "And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you for their generations. 10 This is My covenant, which you shall keep between Me and you and your seed after you for their generations: Circumcise to yourselves every male. 11 And circumcised shall you be in the flesh of your foreskin. And it comes to be for a sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12 And a son of eight days shall be circumcised by you, every male of your generations, homeborn or acquired with money from any foreigner, he who is not of your seed. 13 With circumcision shall be circumcised the homeborn and the one acquired with your money. And My covenant comes to be in your flesh for a covenant eonian


Now bear in mind that Abraham came to faith, l long before he showed the sign. This is just an outward sign of the faith, much like Baptism. No one should force you to this. You should want to show this sign.

 

[HARK!]

Heaven and Earth will pass away. And His Kingdom will come.

2 Peter 3:10-13

Ezekiel speaks of the kingdom to come:

(CLV) Ezk 44:24
In a controversy it is they who shall officiate in judgment; in accord with My ordinances, thus they will judge it; My laws and My statutes shall they observe at all My appointed times, and My sabbaths shall they hallow.

 

[renniks]

Acts 10
CLV(i) 9 Now, on the morrow, as they are journeying and drawing near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour of the day." 10 Now he became ravenous and wanted to taste food. Now, while they are preparing it, an ecstasy came on him,

Looks like Peter's buddies were preparing a nice, Torah observant, healthy meal.

11 and he is beholding heaven open and a certain utensil descending, as a large sheet, with four edges, being let down on the earth, 12 in which belonged all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and the flying creatures of heaven. 13 And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter! Sacrifice and eat!" 14 Yet Peter said, "Far be it from me, Lord, for I never ate anything contaminating and unclean!"

Peter says NO!

15 And again, a second time, a voice came to him, "What God cleanses, do not you count contaminating!"

Is YHWH going against his own word here? Should we trust voices that tell us to break YHWH's law? Peter isn't dining.

16 Now this occurred thrice,

Still not dining.

and straightway the utensil was taken up into heaven."

There goes the picnic blanket. No treyf for Peter.

17 Now, as Peter was bewildered in himself as to what the vision which he perceived should be, lo!

Bewildered you say? Why not go breaking YHWH's commandments every time a voice pops into your head, instead of taking the time to process it?

the men who have been dispatched by Cornelius, asking the way through to the house of Simon, stand by at the portal." 18 And, shouting, they inquired to ascertain if Simon, surnamed Peter, is lodging in this place." 19 Now, as Peter is engrossed, concerned with the vision, the spirit said to him, "Lo! three men are seeking you!"

Oh lookey here! Three men show up right after Peter rejects the unclean three times! Are the bringing him delivery from the Hungry Heathen? I hear their Heathen Fried Ham Hocks are to die for.


20 But, rising, descend and go with them, nothing doubting, for I have commissioned them."

Rats! Nothing doing. Peter still hasn't eaten. A little rat jerky for the road would have been nice until they get to the Heathen banquet. I wonder if it will be a pig roast.


21 Now Peter, descending to the men, said, "Lo! I am he whom you are seeking. What is the cause for which you are present? 22 Now they say, "Cornelius, a centurion, a man just (Law abiding) and God-fearing, (obedient) besides being attested by the whole nation of the Jews, is apprized by a holy (dedicated) messenger to send after you to come into his house, and to hear declarations from you."

I wonder if there will be any food there. Still no mention of where YHWH forces Peter to eat treyf.

23 Calling them in, then, he lodges them. Now on the morrow, on rising,

Still no food? Peter was ravenous the day before! What could be more important than a PorkFat McMuffin right now?

he came away together with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa came with him." 24 Now on the morrow he entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was hoping for them, calling together his relatives and intimate friends."

Traveling; and still no treyf!?

25 Now as Peter came to enter, Cornelius, meeting with him, falling at his feet, worships." 26 Yet Peter raises him, saying, "Rise! I myself also am a man." 27 And, conversing with him, he entered, and is finding many come together." 28 Besides, he averred to them, "You are versed in the fact how illicit it is for a man who is a Jew to join or come to another tribe, and God shows me not to say that any man is contaminating or unclean."

Oh! So YHWH was talking about me, not food. There is no such law in the Torah. That law comes from the Talmud. Yahshua rebuked placing the Talmud over the Torah.

Maybe there's still hope. Maybe YHWH is calling Peter to eat the Heathens. I hear they taste just like pork. By now Peter must be very hungry.

29 Wherefore, without gainsaying, also, being sent after, I came. I am inquiring to ascertain, then, on what account you send after me." 30 And Cornelius averred, "Four days ago unto this hour was I fasting, and at the ninth, praying in my house, and lo! a man stood before me in splendid attire, 31 and is averring, 'Cornelius, your prayer is hearkened to, and your alms are brought to remembrance in God's sight." 32 Send, then, into Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea.'" 33 Forthwith, then I send to you. Besides you do ideally in coming along. Now, then, we are all present in God's sight to hear all that you have been bidden by the Lord." 34 Now Peter, opening his mouth, said, "Of a truth I am grasping that God is not partial, 35 but in every nation he who is fearing Him and acting righteously is acceptable to Him. 36 Of the word He dispatches to the sons of Israel, bringing the evangel of peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all), 37 you are aware, the declaration coming to be down the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John heralds:" 38 Jesus from Nazareth, as God anoints Him with holy spirit and power, Who passed through as a benefactor and healer of all those who are tyrannized over by the Adversary, for God was with Him." 39 And we are witnesses of all that He does, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they assassinate also, hanging Him on a pole." 40 This One God rouses the third day, and gives Him to become disclosed, 41 not to the entire people, but to witnesses who have been selected before by God, to us who ate and drank together with Him after His rising from among the dead." 42 And He charges us to herald to the people and to certify that this One is He Who is specified by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. 43 To this One are all the prophets testifying: Everyone who is believing in Him is to obtain the pardon of sins through His name." 44 While Peter is still speaking these declarations, the holy spirit falls on all those hearing the word." 45 And amazed were the believers of the Circumcision, whoever come together with Peter, seeing that on the nations also the gratuity of the holy spirit has been poured out." 46 For they heard them speaking in languages and magnifying God. 47 Then Peter answered, "There can not be anyone to forbid water, so that these are not to be baptized, who obtained the holy spirit even as we." 48 Now he bids them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they ask him to stay some days.

Nope, no heathen banquet in any way shape or form. This was all about bringing the Pagans out of Paganism, and into Israel. It was not about taking Israel out of YHWH's Torah, and bringing Israel into Paganism.

Where's it tell us that Peter didn't dine with the gentiles? And why would a gentle follow Jewish law? Where's it say that gentile Christians can't eat pork and oysters?

 

[a-lily-of-peace]

But how far back do we need to go? We can’t go back before the flood, when we ate only vegetables - 2 Peter 3:3-7 - but if the lion lies down with the lamb, will we eat meat at all?

Genesis is also part of Torah, so if Jesus used that Hebrew word “torah” where we read the English word “law” it takes on more meaning than only the legal ordinances of Israel.

And the promise we are given in a Christ is not to be restored to that land but to be reborn into the new one. I don’t disagree that is the law of the land of Israel but my heart isn’t longing for that land.

Faith is hope in things not yet seen.