Who exactly are the 'Last Saints'?
Jeremiah 31:31-33 The days are coming when I shall make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah, ….this is the Covenant I will make with the Israelites in the latter days: I shall fix My Laws in their hearts and I will be their God and they will be My people.
So you think the Last Saints are the Jewish Saints
and NOT the Saints in the Christian Kingdom of the Great Commission BEFORE the Last Saint is sealed
and NOT the Saints in the Great Tribulation Kingdom AFTER the Last Saint is sealed?
That is a strange notion that contradicts TONS of Scripture
and history (reality)
The Reformers of the Church generally believed and taught that the Church was Israel.
It does not matter WHAT the Reformers "generally believed" (not that I accept that premise)
It only matters WHAT the Bible teaches.
And the Bible teaches the CHURCH (also) represented
(1) The Saints in the Christian Kingdom of the Great Commission BEFORE the Last Saint is sealed
(2) The Saints in the Great Tribulation Kingdom (Revelation Beast) AFTER the Last Saint is sealed
The Bible REJECTS the notion that ONLY the Jewish Saints represented the Church...
frankly, I have never heard anyone else REJECT the Biblical teaching the Church represented the Saints
during the Great Commission... that is a new notion to me AND the Bible.
Therefore; all Church members were Israelites by faith.
Sir, the New Testament uses the word "Church" (over 70 times) to represent the Believers of Christ/
Please deal with this Biblical fact
However they didn’t make it clear who exactly the ‘church’ was and to allow anyone who wanted membership, some only after an intensive Bible course, some after a Baptism and some just if they made a donation, has led to much abuse and error within the established Church.
The Bible is clear the "Church" consists of BOTH
(1) the saved "wheat/sheep" sown by Jesus and destined to eternal life and
(2) the unsaved "tares/goats" sown by Satan and destined to eternal torment
You cannot understand WHAT comprises "the Church"
without understanding the "wheat and tares"
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In Matthew 13 the Lord Jesus reveals several different perspectives about the (3rd) New Testament "
Kingdom of Heaven".
The Lord reveals [v3-8] the "
Kingdom of Heaven" (Christian Kingdom) is like a man sowing seed, and the Christian Gospel
is called [v19] the "
Word of the Kingdom". The Lord reveals [v24-30] the "
Kingdom of Heaven" (Christian Kingdom) includes
both saved "
wheat" (sown by Christ), and unsaved "
tares" (sown by Satan). Moreover, these wheat and tares look very similar,
and they are allowed to grow together - until they are separated during the "
Final Harvest", which occurs at the "
End-of-the-Age".
The Lord reveals [v47-50] the "
Kingdom of Heaven" (Christian Kingdom) is like casting a net to gather both good fish ("
wheat")
and bad fish ("
tares"), which are later separated during the "
Final Harvest". And finally, the Lord reveals [v52] that the
GOSPEL
of the Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven" includes the Saints ("
wheat") understanding the Harmony of Scripture between mysteries
which were revealed during the (2nd) Old Testament Kingdom (represented as "
old treasure") and mysteries now being revealed
during the "
testimony" of the Great Commission, during the (3rd) New Testament Kingdom (represented as being "
new treasure").
(1) The "
Kingdom of Heaven" is an earthly Kingdom
(2) The sower of good seed represents the Lord Jesus Christ
(3) The sower of bad seed represents Satan, the King of Babylon
(4) The "
Word of the Kingdom" (the seed) is the Gospel of the New Testament
(5) The "
field" represents the world, as the Gospel goes forth to both Jew and Gentile
(6) The "
fruit" of the field (both wheat and tares) represents the (3rd) "
Kingdom of Heaven"
(7) The "
Word of the Kingdom" gathers good fish and bad fish during the (3rd) Christian Kingdom
(8) The (saved) "
wheat" and the (unsaved) "
tares" LOOK similar, and grow together until the End-of-the-Age
(9) At the End-of-the-Age, the "
wheat and tares" (the good fish and bad fish) are separated during a "
Harvest"
In Matthew 13 the Lord explains the
THIRD "
Kingdom of Heaven" (the Christian Kingdom -or- New Testament Church)
is an earthly Kingdom consisting of both (saved) "
wheat" and (unsaved) "
tares". This Biblical Truth also harmonizes with
the (2nd) Jewish Kingdom containing both saved "
wheat" and unsaved "
tares" within the "
Kingdom" of national Israel and
the (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom containing both saved "
wheat" (shown as "
Wise Virgins" and "
Toes/Kings" of
IRON),
along with unsaved "
tares" (shown as "
Foolish Virgins" and "
Toes/Kings" of
CLAY), in the Fourth "
Kingdom of Heaven".
In the Bible, the "
Kingdom of Heaven" represents the many unsaved "
tares",
and/or the few saved "
wheat"
associated with the "
Word of the Kingdom" (preaching the Gospel) during the
FOUR KINGDOMS on earth.
However, the (5th) Eternal "
Kingdom of Heaven" contains only the "
wheat" from each of those Four Kingdoms.
Again, notice the “
Word of the Kingdom” (the Gospel) was
unique in each of the “
Kingdoms of Heaven” on earth.
The Jewish people think they have the ancestral right to be God’s people and many today support them in this belief.
The New Testament destroys that belief:
Mat 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
It is an immutable tenet of the ‘rapture to heaven’ theory, where the Church goes to heaven, while the Jews face tribulation on earth.
Sir, you do not get to prescribe WHAT is an "immutable tenet"..
If you think the Great Tribulation (Revelation Beast) ONLY includes Jewish Saints...
then provide SCRIPTURE to support that notion.
Otherwise, you have no Biblical support at all.
Only born again believers, circumcised in their hearts, confessing faith, with true repentance, like the Ethiopian eunuch, should become Church members, by full immersion Baptism as he and Jesus were. A public declaration of their commitment.
That is right... but NOT what happens.
First... Jesus PROMISED the church contains unsaved "tares/goats"
Second... Jesus PROMISED that false teachers would infiltrate the Chruch
and the "leaven" of their false doctrines would corrupt the Church.
Third... The Bible PROMISED the Christian Church consists of both "good and bad"
So the established Churches [I capitalize Churches as they are known entities- bricks and mortar] cannot claim to be the congregation [ecclesia] of God. It is only every individual who is: Crucified with Jesus and the life they now live is not their life, but that of Jesus who lives within them…., Galatians 2:20, who are the true Israelites of God. Galatians 6:14-16
Yes, the Church consists of saved "wheat/sheep" from the Christian Kingdom (and NOT only Jewish Saints)
No, the Church is not ONLY the saved "wheat/sheep"... it also includes unsaved "tares/goats"
and all the false prophets that Jesus PROMISED would infiltrate.
You need to harmonize ALL RELATED passaged
When the letters to the seven Church types of Revelation 2:1-29 and Revelation 3:1-22 are read and understood, it will be seen that Jesus rewards the victorious or the overcomers, out of each of those Churches .
But NOT to those who do not overcome...
PROVING the "Church" does not consist of ONLY the saved "wheat" (the overcomers)
Your own "proof" contradicts your notion.
Why do you not "see" this?
This proves how not all who belong to a Church or those who think their ethnicity will save them, will be saved on the Day the Lord
So, one one hand you claim ONLY the saved are the Church
on the other hand you NOT everyone in the Church is saved.
Well... you have this correct
But that contradicts what you said before.
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