Category: JEW – ISRAEL

Romans 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.
5 question we should answer

1. What is meant by Blindness?
2. When did Israel’s Blindness begin?
3. Will it have a termination point?
4. What does ‘in Part” mean?
5. Why did God “Blind” His elect?
   1.This Blindness is Spiritual, not physical. Read all of Romans 11
   This blindness refers to the Nation of Israel not individual Jews.
   2. Israel has been blind since Mount Sinai.
   Deuteronomy 9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
   Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
   Isaiah 6:9-10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
   3. This is the real part of the mystery … it shall end with the fullness of the Gentiles.
   Romans 11:11 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.
   4. God has always had a remnant. Romans 11:2-5
   5. They were blinded that the message of salvation could be given to the Gentiles. Romans 11:11-12
   Remember when Abram was called by God. Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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Just what LAND is being spoken about?
2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
It would appear to be the Land of Israel.
Psalm 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
A Further Look at what the Scripture says about the LAND!
MOSES told the Israelites …
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
IT APPEARS THE LAND BELONGS TO THE LORD GOD…
Judges 11:12-13 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
2 Chronicles 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Job 31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Isaiah 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Ezekiel 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel 38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Joel 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Joel 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Many today cite 2 Chronicles 7:14 as a promise to the Church. Although the application is there, this is a PROMISE to Israel. Believers DO NOT have a land in this world. Our home is in HEAVEN.

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TWO – Man has separated himself from God.
God’s character is the standard by which man is to live.
Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Anytime man deviates from God’s holiness, he violates God’s standard, and this is called sin. Obviously, then all of us have sinned.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Psalm 53:3-4 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Since God is holy and Just, he will not establish a personal relationship with anyone until his sin is dealt with because he cannot allow sin in his presence.
Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:
Because sin is a violation of his standard and character, God must judge man’s sin and reject it. This is why sin causes spiritual death and results in separation from God.
Jeremiah 31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
As long as sin separates us from God, we can’t enjoy the life and relationship God wants us to have.
BUT can’t man solve the problem by living properly, by prayer, repentance and good deeds?
NO, man cannot remove the sin barrier by his own effort.
Psalm 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Ezekiel 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Human effort is not adequate because man cannot do enough to solve the problem.
Psalm 49:8-9 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

BUT, THEN HOW CAN THIS PROBLEM OF SPIRITUAL DEATH AND SEPERATION FROM GOD BE SOLVED?
God must take the initiative: He must provide the solution.
Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me.

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FOUR – God has provided the blood of atonement for today.
God has provided the blood of atonement for today.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
IN THE PROLOGUE TO ISAIAH 53 (ISAIAH 52:12-15) THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIES THE “HE” OF THESE PASSAGES.
He is described as God’s servant who will be exalted. In other parts of his work, Isaiah equates this servant of God with Messiah.
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
God’s provision for the blood of atonement through the Messiah follows the same principles God set up in the sacrifice system.
*SIN OFFERING: atonement for a man by means of a sacrifice
*PESACH: atonement for a family by means of a sacrifice.
*YOM KIPPUR: atonement for a nation by means of a sacrifice.
*MESSIAH: atonement for all by means of a sacrifice.
As we have seen, under the sacrifice system personal faith was necessary along with the blood of atonement. So faith is necessary with the sacrifice of Messiah. He should be the object of our faith today.
BUT HOW CAN WE KNOW WHO MESSIAH IS?
God made sure we could recognize Messiah by certain specific identifying marks. These marks are described by the prophets of Israel.
*His ancestry was from the family of David. Jeremiah 23:5-6
*The city of his birth was Bethlehem. Micah 5:1
*He had a supernatural nature. Jeremiah 23:5-6, Micah 5:1, Isaiah 9:5-6
*The manner of his execution was crucifixion. Psalm 22:14-17
*He rose from the dead. Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53:10
*The time of his coming was before the destruction of Herod’s Temple in
70 AD Daniel 9:26
Do you have any idea if anyone has fulfilled these prophecies, or even come close? History tells us that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled these and many other prophecies.
There are at least 48 specific prophecies concerning the Messiah which Jesus fulfilled.
The probability that one person could fulfill all 48 prophecies is 1 out of 10 with 157 zeros after it. During His lifetime many people called him Messiah (Christ is the Greek translation) and believed in Him.
Matthew 16:16, John 1:45-51, Acts 6:7
Many people since that time, both Jews and Gentiles, have had their sins forgiven and have gained a personal relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through Messiah Jesus. Through Him one becomes a completed person: a Jewish person becomes a completed Jew .
Since the blood of atonement has been provided through Messiah Jesus, there is only one more thing left for you to do.

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You must by faith receive Messiah Jesus into your life in order to have a personal relationship with God and a satisfying worthwhile life.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Receiving Messiah Jesus involve a moral decision to turn to God’s way and from your own, to trust Messiah Jesus to forgive your sins and bring you into a right relationship with God.
You receive Messiah Jesus by faith (trusting what he has done for you), he comes into your life and gives you the power to live a satisfying, worthwhile life.
Jesus says Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Some people think that receiving Messiah Jesus by faith means you’re no longer Jewish.
THAT’S NOT TRUE. AS JESUS PUT IT;
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
The apostle Paul felt the same way:
Acts 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Don’t let anything hold you back …
why not invite Messiah Jesus to give you a right relationship with God right now?
REMEMBER
*God is the source of a worthwhile life.
*Your sin has separated you from God.
*God’s provision through Messiah Jesus is the solution to the sin barrier.
*The only thing God asks you to do is to trust Messiah Jesus to forgive your sins and give you a right relationship with God.
MESSIAH JESUS ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES
Did you receive Him by Faith? Do you know what that Means?
It means hat the following promises are now true in your life:
*Messiah Jesus came into your life, and He’s there permanently.
Hebrews 13:5, Revelation 3:20
*All your sins are forgiven. Colossians 2:13
*You have a brand new relationship with God-you’re His child! John 1:12
“You’ve become a completely new person inside, and you’ve got a great new life! 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 John 5:11-13
*You’ve been set free from yourself to help others.
John 8:31-35, Galatians 5:13
SO, NOW WHAT?
Continue to trust Messiah Jesus
The way you began is the way to keep going. Colossians 2:6, Hebrews 11:6
If you keep trusting him, you’ll grow in your new relationship.
Here are a few suggestions:
*Let him communicate to you, read his words. 1 Peter 2:2
*Talk to him about everything. Philippians 4:6-7, 1 Peter 5:7
*Get together with others who have received him. Hebrews 10:24-25
*Tell other people about him. Acts 1:8. Remember to be tactful and kind.

Ezekiel 36:25-27 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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James, Peter 1-2, John 1-2-3, Jude

What do they say about The Cross? The Death? The Burial? The Resurrection?
The Return of Christ? The coming Kingdom?
The Gospel of Salvation is in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4!
The way of Salvation is in Romans 10:9-13!

NO CROSS, Not mentioned in the Jewish Epistles

DEATH (of Christ) Only found in 1 Peter!
1 Peter 3:18 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:

NO BURIAL, Not mentioned in the Jewish Epistles

RESURRECTION (of Christ) Only found in 1 Peter!
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ

SALVATION (Suggest that it is based on Faith AND works – obedience to the LAW)
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
James 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
The following do say that the Lord Jeus Christ is the Saviour:
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

KING, KINGDOM (Only mentioned twice)
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

I would suggest that these epistles were written for the Jew AND WILL NO DOUBT BE USED BY THE 144,000 during the Tribulation.
Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews will also play a great part during the Tribulation and it references:
The Cross, The Death, The Burial, The Resurrection, The Return of Christ and The Coming Kingdom.

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This prophecy of unprecedented difficulty for Jacob’s descendants will be fulfilled just before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The reason for God’s punishment is found in His instructions to their ancestors millennia ago.
Recognizing the ancient Israelites’ hostility toward Him and His commands, God told Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods” (Deuteronomy 31:16-18).
Repeating what God had revealed to him, Moses told the people: “For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands” (verse 29).
Daniel spoke of this latter fulfillment, saying, “At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:1-2).

In addition to the troubles coming to Jacob’s descendants, Jesus also spoke of an unprecedented time of difficulty that would threaten all nations just before His return. Describing this period of time, Jesus said, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).

Essentially, the time of Jacob’s trouble corresponds to the same time period called the Great Tribulation. World conditions will be worse than any time in history, and humanity will be on the brink of self-destruction.

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