THE MODERN JEW IN BIBLE PROPHECY


A. THE MODERN JEW IN THE LIGHT OF BIBLE PROPHECY
  1. The modern state of Israel:
    1. A problem child for the United Nations.
    2. The Arab League seeks to destroy the state of Israel.
  2. Some Theologians claim:
    1. That the state of Israel is the answer to Bible prophecy.
    2. That the prophets foretold the reconstituting of Israel as a state shortly before the second coming of Christ.
B. LET US TAKE A BRIEF LOOK AT THE MODERN JEW IN THE LIGHT OF BIBLE PROPHECY
  1. Israel:
    1. Origin and meaning of the name: It was given by the angel of the Lord to Jacob at the ford of Jabbok - Gen. 32:22-28
    2. It signifies: a prince having power with God and men prevailing - Gen. 32:28
    3. An Israelite is one in whom there is no guile - John 1:47; Zeph. 3:13
    4. A person circumcised in the heart is a true Israelite - Rom. 2:28, 29
    5. All who are Christ's are Israelites indeed - Gal. 3:26-29
  2. This shows that the name - Israel - is of spiritual origin and is a misnomer when applied to the flesh: Rom. 9:6-8
  3. There are two kinds of Israel:
    1. Israel after flesh - 1 Cor. 10:18; symbolized by Ishmael, son of the bond woman - Gal. 4:21-28; a false seed - Isa. 57:4, 11
    2. Israel of God - Gal. 6:16; symbolized by Isaac, son of the free woman - Gal. 4:31. This is the seed according to the promise made to Abraham - Rom. 9:6-9
C. LET US CONSIDER, PRAYERFULLY, GOD'S PROMISES TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED
  1. The seed of Abraham, to whom God made the promise, is:
    1. None other but Jesus Christ our Lord - Gal. 3:16
    2. Christ and Christ alone is the true heir to God's eternal promise - Heb. 1:1-3
    3. The Jews knew that - Matt. 21:37, 38
  2. All who accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour become fellow heirs with Christ to all God's promises: Gal. 3:26-29; 4:7; Rom. 8:17
  3. It must be remembered:
    1. That God is no respecter of persons - Acts 10:34, 35; Job 34:19; Rom. 2:11
    2. The new birth is the key to sonship in Christ - John 3:3-9; Rom. 8:14-17
    3. Flesh and blood are excluded - John 1:12, 13; 1 Cor. 15:50
    4. Character, and not blood relation, is what qualifies one to be an heir to God's promises.
    5. Character comes to us when we become partakers of the divine nature - Eph. 3:6; 2 Pet. 1:2-9
  4. One of the missions of our Lord was:
    1. To remove the wall of partition, set up by the selfishness of sinful human beings - Eph. 2:11-16; to bring into union all men into one faith and one hope through the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ - Compare Eph. 2:11-16 with chapter 1:10-12 Our Lord considered this objective a Must - John 10:15, 16; the modern Jew occupies the same place in the scheme of God as does any other sinner for whom Christ died - Gal. 3:26-29


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