Sunday 24 August 2014

The Gospel is Everything

I think that most Bible-prophecies concerning Israel already found their direct historical fulfilment long ago.

I think that the blessings being experienced by Israelis in modern times have been possible because fulfilled Bible-prophecies have never been revoked - but I don't think it was necessary in order to fulfil Bible-prophecies as if the prophecies had not already been fulfilled.

But here's what I want to say in this Post. Even if Bible-prophecies are only now beginning to be fulfilled, still their fulfilment will not involve anything that is contrary to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The fulfilment of prophecy can only be in accordance with the doctrine of the Apostles.

In other words, prophecies concerning blessing can be fulfilled only by means of the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. It can't involve the obligation to resume Old Covenant feasts and sacrifices. Not by anyone. Anywhere. Ever. That's Gospel truth.

Some say then that the modern and future blessing of Israel is unfolding unconditionally, fulfilling prophecy. But if the prophesied blessing is only now beginning to happen and is to unfold more in future unconditionally, then the situation in which Israel has found itself over the past nearly two thousand years up until 1948 must also have been without a cause. Why would God have allowed such a situation if it was without a cause?  The promise stood unconditionally, but experiencing it did depend on some things.

So no matter which way you apply Bible-prophecy to modern Israel, the Gospel explains everything and is everything. There will never be a higher program for Israel or for anyone than the Gospel. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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