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THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
Dr. Jobe Martin
Biblical Discipleship Ministries
www.biblicaldiscipleship.org
LAND, SEED AND BLESSING
Gen. 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 show 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 in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed.
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:
LAND, SEED, BLESSING
Initiated: Genesis 12:1-3
Reiterated: Genesis 13:14-17
Ratified: Genesis 15
Signified: Genesis 17 (and enlarged)
Reiterated again: Genesis 22:15-18
Confirmed to Isaac: Gen. 26:3-5, 24; and
Jacob: Gen. 28:13-15; 35:9-12; 46:1-4;
also: 2 Kings 13:23 (to Abe, Isaac, Jacob)
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:
LAND, SEED, BLESSING
LAND: The Palestinian covenant (Deut. 2830) amplifies the land aspect of Covenant.
SEED: The Davidic covenant (2 Sam. 7:817) amplifies the seed aspect of Covenant.
BLESSING: The New Covenant (Jer. 31:2737; Ezek. 36:22-32) amplifies the blessings
aspect of the Abrahamic Covenant.
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:
LAND, SEED, BLESSING
The Abrahamic covenant, then, is
determinative for the entire outworking
of God’s program both for Israel and
the nations and is key to the
understanding of biblical eschatology
(prophecy).
The Abrahamic covenant is the cornerstone of premillennialism. This
covenant is to be understood literally.
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:
LAND, SEED, BLESSING
A literal interpretation of the Abrahamic
covenant requires the perpetuation of
national Israel and their restoration to the
land of Israel in the last days.
The covenant consists of:
– Personal blessings to Abram,
– National blessings to Abram’s descendants,
– Universal blessings to all nations (Messiah).
THE NATURE OF THE COVENANT
Is the church spiritual Israel? Only if either
(1) the Abrahamic Cov. is shown to be
conditional, or (2) the promises are
spiritualized. Neither alternative is
acceptable. Israel and the church, though
both beneficiaries of the Covenant, are
distinct entities with distinct promises
peculiar to each.
THE CHURCH CANNOT BE
SPIRITUAL ISRAEL
Paul differentiates between Jews, Gentiles and
the church = three distinct, separate entities.
1 Corinthians 10:32: “Give none offense,
neither to Jews, nor to the Gentiles nor to the
church of God.”
Romans 11:23: “And they (Israel) also, if they
do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted
in for God is able to graft them in again.” If
Israel is the church, why must they be grafted
in again?
Distinctions between Israel and
the Church
ISRAEL
4/5 of Bible
Earthly promises
thru covenants
Physical seed of
Abe
Head is Abraham
One nation
Seen thru all ages
CHURCH
1/5 of Bible
Heavenly promises
thru Gospel
Spiritual seed of
Abe
Head is Jesus Christ
Of all nations
seen in present age
Distinctions between Israel and
the Church
ISRAEL
National salvation in
the future
Christ is King, Ruler,
Messiah
Holy Spirit came
upon some for tasks
God’s servant
CHURCH
Secure salvation in
the present
Christ is Savior,
Head, Bridegroom
Holy Spirit came
and indwells all
always
God’s family
Distinctions between Israel and
the Church
ISRAEL
Governed by Mosaic
Law
Farewell to Israel is
Olivet Discourse
Subjects in Christ’s
earthly reign
Had a priesthood
CHURCH
Governed by the
grace of our Lord
Farewell to Church
Upper Rm
Discourse
Rulers in Christ’s
earthly reign
Is a priesthood
Distinctions between Israel and
the Church
ISRAEL
Unfaithful wife
Must face God’s
wrath in Tribulation
Christ’s return
causes wailing and
mourning due to
judgment
CHURCH
Faithful bride
Kept from God’s
wrath
Christ’s return is a
comfort and the
“Blessed Hope” of
the church
see: Things to Come, pp.
201,202
THE RAPTURE: THE BLESSED HOPE
The Doctrine of Imminence: Jesus could
come at any moment for His church!!! Endtime prophecies are signs to the Jews and
herald the second coming of Christ to earth.
No prophecy need be fulfilled before Jesus
comes for His bride.
John 14:2,3; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians
15:51,52; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:4;
1Thessalonians 1:10, 4:16,17
PAUL BELIEVED IN AN IMMINENT
RAPTURE
“…that we which are alive and remain unto
the coming of our Lord….”
1Thess 4:15
“Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up…in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air….”
1Thess 4:17
At the end of his life Paul somehow knew
that he would not see the Rapture, but he
would get the Crown of Righteousness for
loving the Rapture.
2Timothy 4:8
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1ST AND
2ND COMING OF CHRIST
FIRST ADVENT
Stable
Lamb
Rejected/crucified
Die
Cross
Humiliation
Crown of thorns
SECOND ADVENT
Clouds
Lion
Welcomed/glorified
Reign
Crown
Exaltation
Crown of triumph
THE ALREADY BUT NOT YET
PRINCIPLE
In Luke 4:18,19, Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:1-2a
and, before reading the rest of verse two, He
closed the book.
After closing the book He said, “This day is
this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
Luke.4:21b.
Isaiah 61 is prophecy. In the middle of v2
Jesus splits the prophecy into already and
not yet.
THE ALREADY BUT NOT YET
PRINCIPLE
Matt. 24:15: Jesus said, “When ye
therefore shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy place….”
Daniel’s prophecy was fulfilled before
Jesus’ day by Antiochus Epiphanes
(the already) but Jesus predicts a
future fulfillment (the not yet).
2 Thessalonians 2:3-5
THE ALREADY BUT NOT YET
PRINCIPLE
Matt. 12:29b: “…unless he first binds the
strong man.” If Satan is the “strong man”
then King Jesus’ personal presence binds
(restrains) him from the full unleashing of
evil (the already) until this restraining
power is removed at the Rapture (the not
yet) 2 Thess. 2:6-9; after this Satan is
totally bound for 1000 yrs. (the not yet)
Rev. 20:2-3
THE ALREADY BUT NOT YET
PRINCIPLE
If Satan is bound from Jesus day until today,
then what does Ephesians 6:11 mean to us: “that
ye may be able to stand against the wiles
(schemes NASV) of the devil.”
Or 2 Corinthians 4:4: “In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not,…”
Or 2 Corinthians 11:14
angel of light!
Satan appears as an
SATAN IS NOT YET
BOUND!
Or 1 Thessalonians 2:18: “Wherefore we
would have come unto you, even I Paul,…but
Satan hindered us.
Satan is restrained today (the already) and
will be totally bound for 1000 yrs (not yet).
“…which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a
1000 yrs. and cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon him that he
should deceive the nations no more until the 1000
yrs be fulfilled.”
Revelation 20:2, 3
And by the way:
HOW LONG IS 1000 YEARS?
“…bound him 1000 years.”
Greek=Chilioi = “thousand” in
Revelation 20:1-7
Gk.=Murias=indefinite, large # Rev. 5:11
“…cattle on 1000 hills.” Psalm 50:10
Hebrew=Eleph=“thousand” in Psalm 50:10
A different word in Hebrew = Ribbow =
indefinite, large number.
Matthew 12: The King Rejected!!!
In Matt. 12 the works of Jesus are attributed to the power of the devil by the
religious leaders of Israel and He is officially rejected as their Messiah and King.
In Matt. 13 Jesus begins teaching in
parables to establish His Mystery
(spiritual) Kingdom and His physical reign
on earth is postponed until after the 7year
Tribulation dealing with Israel’s salvation.
MATTHEW 21:33-46:
THE KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY!
“Therefore I say unto you, the kingdom of
God will be taken away from you and
given to a nation producing the fruit of it.
“a nation” not “the nations” could be
referring to the church, see 1 Peter 2:9,10:
“But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation….”
The Church is the mystery kingdom until the
Jews are restored to their land in belief.
Matthew 24: The disciples’ questions, the
Church, Tribulation and the Second Coming
Questions: “Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world (age)?
Jesus answers:
Matt. 24:4-8 =The Church Age (already)
Matt. 24:9-28 =7 year Tribulation (not yet)
Mt.24:29-31 =2nd Coming to earth (not yet)
Mt.25:31-46 =Christ judges the remaining
nations (not yet).
Compare Matthew 24:32-35 with
Luke 21:29-33
Luke 21:29-30: “And He spake to them a
parable; Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
When they now shoot forth,..summer is nigh
at hand….This generation shall not pass
away till all be fulfilled.”
Fig tree =Israel; all trees =nations?
Generation = 1) People of Jesus day; 2)
Jewish people; 3) People of last days of this
age.
Compare Matt.24:32-35 with
Luke 21:29-33
No one alive in Jesus’ generation saw all of
the events happen described in Matt. 24.
Did the signs in sun, moon, stars appear?
Did Jesus appear in sky with power, glory
Did tribes of earth mourn? (Matt. 24:30)
Did the fig tree sprout or get destroyed?
Did heaven and earth pass away? (24:35)
THE KINGDOM IS POSTPONED
After the King is rejected the earthly
kingdom is postponed. The disciples
know this and therefore, just before the
King ascends to heaven, ask Him: “Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?” Jesus replied, “It is
not for you to know the times or the
seasons which the Father has put in His
own power.”
Acts 1:6,7
ARE WE IN THE MILLENNIAL
KINGDOM NOW?
If the King was leaving His kingdom behind
on earth as He ascended to heaven it would
seem reasonable that He would answer His
disciples Acts 1:6 question by saying, “Look
guys, do you still not understand? You are
already in my earthly kingdom. I am King
and you are my co-heirs and rulers.” But
this is NOT
what Jesus said!!
ARE WE IN THE MILLENNIAL
KINGDOM NOW?
“I charge thee therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at His
appearing and His Kingdom; Preach
the Word; be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine.”
–
2 Timothy 4:1-2
IS THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM A
FUTURE EVENT?
Acts 3:18-21 (further qualifications concerning
the kingdom) 18. “But those things, which God
before had showed by the mouth of all His
prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath so
fulfilled. (the Already)
19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the
Lord; (the Not Yet)
IS THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM A
FUTURE EVENT?
20. And He shall send Jesus Christ which
before was preached unto you:
21. Whom heaven must receive until the
times (period, NASV) of restitution
(restoration, NASV) of all things which God
hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy
prophets since the world began. Acts 3:20,21
The restoration of all is still future=millennium.
PURPOSES OF THE MILLENNIUM
“Then cometh the end, when He shall
have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when He shall have
put down all rule and all authority and
power. For He must reign, till He hath
put all enemies under His feet. The last
enemy that shall be destroyed is
death.”
1 Corinthians 15:24-26
PURPOSES OF THE MILLENNIUM
Satan is completely bound and sealed.
King Jesus rules the world from Jerusalem.
Eph. 2 =our sin is due to world, flesh and devil
The Satanic and worldly enticements to sin are
not present during the 1000 year reign.
People will still choose to sin, but can not
blame sin on anything but their own sinful
flesh.
Proof that we need the Redeemer!
IS THE MILLENNIUM DIFFERENT
FROM OUR PRESENT AGE?
King Jesus is on earth as supreme Ruler
AND
Curse removed: “The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid, and the calf and the young lion,
etc.,etc.,
Isaiah 11:6f.
“The lion shall eat straw like the bull….” Isaiah
65:25
This situation is not yet!!
IS THE MILLENNIUM DIFFERENT
THAN THE “ALREADY/NOW”?
Sickness is removed: “And the inhabi- tant
shall not say, I am sick….” Is. 33:24 also:
Jeremiah 30:17; Ezekiel 34:16
Deformity is healed: “And in that day shall
the deaf hear …and the eyes of the blind
shall see ….” Isaiah 29:18
Protection is Supernatural: Isaiah 41:8-14;
62:8,8; Jeremiah 32:27; Ezekiel 34:27; Amos
9:15
IS THE MILLENNIUM DIFFERENT
THAN THE “ALREADY/NOW”?
Freedom from Oppression: “The whole earth
is at rest and is quiet, they break forth into
singing.” Isaiah 14:3-7; 42:6,7; 49:8,9; Zechariah
9:11,12.
People have Babies: “Their children also shall
be as aforetime (formerly)….” Jeremiah 30:20a;
31:29; Ezekiel 47:22; Zech 47:22
The suckling child plays on the hole of the asp.
Isaiah 11:8f
THE NEXT EVENT….
THE RAPTURE OF
THE CHURCH
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAPTURE
AND THE SECOND COMING
RAPTURE
Jesus comes in air,
for believers
before Gt. Trib.
Saints move from
earth to heaven with
Lord.
Secret
disappearance
SECOND COMING
Jesus comes to
earth
with believers
after Gt. Trib.
Saints move from
heaven to earth with
Lord.
Public appearance
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAPTURE
AND THE SECOND COMING
RAPTURE
Christ comes to
claim His bride
Could happen at any
time since
Pentecost
Is a message of
comfort and hope
Is for the Church
SECOND COMING
Christ returns with
His bride
Is preceded by a
multitude of signs
Is a message of
judgment
Is for Israel + world
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAPTURE
AND THE SECOND COMING
RAPTURE
Is a N.T. mystery
Believers are judged
after rapture (Bema)
Leaves creation
unchanged
Abrahamic covenant
remains unfulfilled
SECOND COMING
Is O.T. prophecy
Gentiles and Jews
are judged (Matt. 25)
Major changes
occur with creation
Abrahamic covenant
fulfilled in 1000 yrs
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAPTURE
AND THE SECOND COMING
RAPTURE
Takes place before
God’s wrath comes
on earth (1 Thess 5:9)
The expectation of
the church is “The
Lord is at hand.”
SECOND COMING
Takes place after
God’s wrath comes
on earth (Rev. 19:11)
The expectation of
Israel is “The Kingdom is at hand.”
(Philippians 4:5)
(Matthew 24:14)
THE RAPTURE: THE BLESSED HOPE
The Rapture was unknown until the Holy
Spirit revealed it through the apostles.
All who are in Christ (believers) when the
Rapture occurs will never experience death.
The Rapture will occur suddenly, without
specific warning, and will be over and done
in a flash (twinkling of an eye, 1 Corinthians
15:52).
THE RAPTURE: THE BLESSED HOPE
At the Rapture all living believers will be
changed from mortal to immortal, glorified
bodies (like the resurrected Lord Jesus
Christ).
At the Rapture living and dead believers will
be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
The Rapture is to be a blessed comfort to
believers. 1 Thess. 4:18, Titus 2:13-15
THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CEREMONY
Betrothal involved the groom traveling from
his fathers house to the home of his bride
(betrothed, fiancee), paying the purchase
price and, thus, establishing the marriage
covenant.
(Matthew 27:46)
The groom then returned to his father’s
house and remained separate from his
betrothed for 12 months.
(John 14:1-3)
THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CEREMONY
During the 12 months of separation the groom
prepared the living accommodations back at his
father’s house for his wife.
(John 14:1-3)
After the new living accommodations are ready
the groom comes back for his bride at a time not
exactly known to her.
(1 Thess. 4:13-18)
He returns to his father’s house with his bride to
consummate the marriage and celebrate the 7day marriage feast.
(Revelation 19:7-9)
THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CEREMONY
In Revelation 19:7-9 the wedding feast is
announced. If the Hebrew marriage analogy is right, then the wedding had already
happened in the Father’s house.
Today the church is described as a virgin
waiting for her bridegroom, 2 Cor. 11:2. In
Rev. 21 she is described as the wife of the
Lamb. She had previously been
taken to the Groom’s Father’s house for
the wedding. (Raptured to and Bema in
Heaven).
Pretribulationists say this requires an
interval of time between
the Rapture and the Second Coming
(7 years would do).
The “Bema Seat” judgment (2 Cor. 5:10,
1Cor. 3:10f) takes place in Heaven (for
Christians) while the 7-yr Tribulation
unfolds down on earth.
DANIEL’S 70TH WEEK = GOD’S
WRATH
This 7 years pertains to Jewish Israel and is
divided into two parts of 3 1/2 yrs each.
Daniel 9:27
Matthew 24:15
Revelation 13
God’s wrath extends throughout the 7 year
period upon Jews and Gentiles (earth-dwellers) who choose earth instead of heaven.
THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE
SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL
Nature:
Wrath (Rev. 6:16,17; Zeph.1:15)
Judgment: (Rev. 14:7; 16:5-7; 19:2)
Punishment: (Isa. 24:20-21)
Darkness: (Joel 2:2; Zeph 1:14-18
Amos5:18
Scope
Time of Jacob’s Trouble:(Jer. 30:7; Is
34:1f
IS THE CHURCH IN THE 70TH WEEK
OF DANIEL’S PROPHECY?
The church was not known to Daniel.
Ephesians 3:1-6 = The church as the body
of Christ to include Gentiles = a mystery.
Colossians 1:25-27 = “…to whom God
would make known…this mystery among
Gentiles which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory.”
Daniel’s 70 weeks (490 years) is for the
Jewish people and Jerusalem!!!
THE CHURCH IS NOT IN
DANIEL’S 70TH WEEK!
Since Daniel’s prophecy of 490 years of the
history of Israel and Jerusalem does not
foresee or include the church, the church
must not be there for that 7 years.
The church was definitely there in 70 A.D.
when Titus destroyed Jerusalem so that
could not have been the 70th week of
Daniel’s prophecy (the Tribulation).
GOD’S WRATH!!!
The Tribulation (last 7 yrs of Daniel’s
prophecy) is the venting of God’s
wrath:
REVELATION 6:16b-17:
“…hide us from the face of Him that
sitteth on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of
His wrath is come; and who shall be
able to stand?”
INDICATIONS THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT
TO SUFFER GOD’S WRATH
A Greek formula addressed to the church:
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches.”
Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29, 3:6, 13, 22.
Formula repeated in the midst of the
Tribulation:
“If any man hath an ear, let him hear.”Rev.13:9
The church is not mentioned in the formula in
Revelation 13:9!
THE SEVEN CHURCHES
Four views:
Seven historical churches,
Seven periods of church
history,
Seven churches of the last
days.
Some hold all three views
simultaneously.
INDICATIONS THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT
TO SUFFER GOD’S WRATH
If the 7th church (Laodicea) is the last
days church (LUKEWARM) then it may
well be significant that Heaven opens in
Revelation.4:1 and John is caught up
into Heaven.
John’s “catching up” in Revelation.4:1
may represent the church being
raptured before the Tribulation of
Revelation 6-19:11.
INDICATIONS THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT
TO SUFFER GOD’S WRATH
If all the 7 church types are present in the
last days then Philadelphia may represent
the raptured church: “…I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation (testing, NASV)
which shall come upon all the world….”
(Revelation 3:10)
Christians kept completely out and away
from (Gk=ek) the time of the testing. Could
this represent THE RAPTURE?
“Tereo ek”= “to keep out from” see: LXX
Prov. 21:23; Acts 15:29; Jn. 12:27, 17:15
WILL THE CHURCH BE IN THE
TRIBULATION?
The 7 year Tribulation is the last 7 years of
God’s dealing with Israel according to
Daniel’s prophecy of the 70 weeks of years.
The Church is not mentioned after John is
caught up in Rev. 4:1 until Rev. 22:16 when
the Tribulation judgments on earth are over.
God’s Jewish time clock is reactivated and
the Gospel of the Kingdom is spread by
144,000 young Jewish men, not the church,
for 7 years.
WILL THE CHURCH BE IN THE
TRIBULATION?
Matthew 24:37: “But as the days of
Noah were, so shall also the coming of
the son of man be.”
Why did Jesus call attention to Noah?
Why the parallel?
God is preparing to judge the world (It
was the flood in Noah’s day).
Noah’s family only believers on earth.
WHY THE PARALLEL WITH THE
DAYS OF NOAH?
Flood judgment
coming
Enoch “raptured”
before judgment
God preserves Noah
thru flood judgment
Noah repopulates
after flood judgment
Tribulation
judgment coming
Church raptured
before judgment
God preserves
some thru Trib.
judgment
Believers repopulate
after Trib. judgment
ONE MORE PARALLEL WITH THE
DAYS OF NOAH!
All unbelievers perished in the flood. Only
believers left to repopulate the earth.
All unbelievers who survive the Tribulation will
be judged and cast into eternal punishment at
the Second Coming of Jesus.
(Matthew 25:31-46)
Only believers left to repopulate the earth
during the 1000 year reign of King Jesus Christ
on earth after the Second Coming.
WHAT ABOUT THE MOUNT OF
TRANSFIGURATION EPISODE?
Luke 9:27f: “But I tell you of a truth, there be
some standing here, which shall not taste of
death till they see the kingdom of God.”
Peter, James and John saw all the elements of
the kingdom. 1. The Glorified Lord. 2. The OT
saints=Moses. 3. The Raptured
Believers=Elijah. 4. The flesh and blood
believers who enter 1000 year kingdom = Peter,
James, John.
POINT OF CONSIDERATION
If you do not believe in a Pretribulation
Rapture, then you do not believe that
Christ can come for you at any
moment.
If you do not believe that Jesus could
come at any moment (Pretrib.) then you
are looking for the Antichrist and his
establishing the seven year treaty with
Israel (Dan. 9:27) [Postmill. exception?]
POINT OF CONSIDERATION
If Satan was bound by Jesus and is still
bound, then who possessed the Antichrist
(Nero, as in a full Preterist view) in the
middle of the 70 a.d. Tribulation?
If the Time of Jacob’s Trouble (Trib.) is over
(70 a.d.) and we are in the indefinite period
of time called the Millennium which will
deliver an evangelized,
Christianized world to King Jesus at His
Second Coming to earth, then what about
Revelation 19:19?
“And I saw the beast, and the
kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together to
make war against Him that sat
on the horse, and against His
army.”
The “kings of the earth” are
definitely not “Christianized” at
the Second Coming of the Lord
Jesus to earth, since they gather
together to make war with Him
when He arrives.
This fact eliminates
Postmillennialism, Preterism,
Kingdom-Now,
Reconstructionism, etc.
Humans will not deliver to the
Lord Jesus a “Christianized”
world at His Second Coming!
His 2nd Coming is necessary to
prevent humankind from totally
destroying itself and planet
earth.
THE WORLD IS NOT GETTING
BETTER!
“For when they shall say, Peace
and safety, then sudden
destruction cometh upon
them,…”
1 Thessalonians 5:3
“…in the last days perilous
times will come….But evil men
and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving and being
deceived.”
2 Timothy 3:1,13
ISRAEL IN THE LAST DAYS
Zechariah 12-14: In the last days
Jewish people (Abraham’s Seed)
will be back in the Promised Land
(Isaiah 11:11) and Jewish Israel will
be invaded by many nations.
Jewish Israel will not be conquered
and our Heavenly Father will rescue
His chosen people and restore
them and their land.
This did not happen in 70 a.d.!!!!
AS THE RAPTURE APPROCHES,
HOW SHOULD WE LIVE?
“For this is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye should abstain from
fornication.”
1 Thess. 4:3
“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do
your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you; that ye
may walk honestly toward them that are
without….”
1 Thess. 4:11-12a
Philippians 3:10-11, 21a
“That I may know him, and the power of
his resurrection, and the fellowship of
his sufferings, being made conformable
unto his death; if by any means I might
attain unto the resurrection of the
dead…. For our conversation
(citizenship) is in heaven; from whence
also we look for the Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ.”
LOOK UP!!!!
“Even so you, too, when you
see these things happening,
recognize that the kingdom
of God is near.”
Matthew 24:31