Saturday 24 October 2015

Fulfilled Promises to Israel

The Church was comprised first of believing Israelis in Israel, in fulfilment of promises to Israel; then afterward of believing Gentiles also, in fulfilment of prophecies which mentioned Gentiles.

Christ indeed spoke of the Temple of His body; and the Apostles described the Church as the house of God - but prophecies which were intended to be about the stone Temple did not fail to be fulfilled by the stone Temple.

God fulfilled His promise to natural Israel first, and it was in that historical setting that Christ came and the Church was birthed.

Thus the Truth fulfilled the type without any of the promises concerning the natural failing. The prophecies concerning natural Israel became history, and that is the claim of the Gospel - the Apostles' claim.

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