Some say the salvation and restoration of Israel shall occur following the Second Coming.
Others instead understand that Jesus already brought the salvation and restoration of Israel - spiritually, in those who believed - as a prerequisite for their entering it when it comes in consummation at the Second Coming - and that Gentiles were grafted-in to the same scheme.
These are two divergent ways of understanding Old Testament Prophecy, the mission of Jesus in relation to Old Testament Prophecy, the purpose and place of the Gospel and the Church in relation to Israel and in relation to Old Testament Prophecy - two divergent ways of understanding the means to salvation for two distinct groups and two distinct times.
So it's more than just having a different eschatology tagged on to the end of our theology.
What did Jesus say? What did the Apostles write? That's where you'll find the answer, because the Law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
That doesn't mean Moses' Law was untrue - but it meant Jesus explained the full story.
Jesus Himself is truth. And the Apostles reflected what Jesus taught and did. Therefore the Four Gospels and the Epistles are the hinge on which the rest of Scripture (the Old Testament, and the Book of Revelation) must be understood.
Others instead understand that Jesus already brought the salvation and restoration of Israel - spiritually, in those who believed - as a prerequisite for their entering it when it comes in consummation at the Second Coming - and that Gentiles were grafted-in to the same scheme.
These are two divergent ways of understanding Old Testament Prophecy, the mission of Jesus in relation to Old Testament Prophecy, the purpose and place of the Gospel and the Church in relation to Israel and in relation to Old Testament Prophecy - two divergent ways of understanding the means to salvation for two distinct groups and two distinct times.
So it's more than just having a different eschatology tagged on to the end of our theology.
What did Jesus say? What did the Apostles write? That's where you'll find the answer, because the Law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
That doesn't mean Moses' Law was untrue - but it meant Jesus explained the full story.
Jesus Himself is truth. And the Apostles reflected what Jesus taught and did. Therefore the Four Gospels and the Epistles are the hinge on which the rest of Scripture (the Old Testament, and the Book of Revelation) must be understood.
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