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ABOUT ISRAEL
This section of our bible study is
about the importance
and never ending
relationship they have with God. God did what he
did with
Israel for you and me.
He still has their good in his mind. Jesus was a
Jew/Israel. Every writer of the
bible, the word of God, was a Jew. For Jesus Christ
spoke much
about Israel
in the parables but one has to know something about
Israel to know it. The
brothers that one said he would but didn't, and the one
who said no but did, is
about Israel
and the church.
(see PROPHECY >
Destiny of Israel.)
ISRAEL IS A SIGN TO THE WORLD
Deu 28:10 All people of the earth will see that Israel is called by the
name of
the lord and fear them
ISRAEL HAS NOT BEEN
REPLACED BY THE CHURCH
Jer 32:40 God makes an
everlasting covenant to do them good,
when they fear
ISRAEL HAS SUFFERED SO FOR
THEIR IDOLATRY BUT FOR
THE GENTILES ALSO
Rom 11:11 Through their fall
salvation has come unto the gentiles,
for to
provoke Israel to jealousy
THEY CAN'T RETURN BECAUSE
THEY ARE BLINDED TILL
THE TIME
OF THE GENTILES IS FULFILLED (THE LAST
ONE IS BROUGHT INTO THE
KINGDOM)
Rom 11:7-8 Only the election
can see. The rest are blinded, given
a spirit of
slumber, that they cannot see.
HOW ARE THEY BLINDED? THE SEALS!!!!
I. DEFINITION OF
SEAL
OLD TESTAMENT : To close up
NEW TESTAMENT : Signet as fencing in or to protect from
misappropriation
By implication – The stamp for privacy or genuineness
II. ISRAEL’S
BLINDNESS
Is 29:10 The lord gave them a spirit of slumber and has closed
their eyes
Is 29:11 The vision of all is become unto Israel as the words of
a book that is sealed
and the learned men cannot read because
it is sealed
(note: Daniel had to hear from an angel to
understand what
Jeremiah wrote.)
Is 29:12 The unlearned cannot read because they are unlearned
Is 48:6 The lord showed them things but they did not know
Is 48:8 Israel is deaf because they would deal treacherously,
and were called a transgressor from the womb
Is 8:16 The law is sealed (closed up)
among the disciples
(of Christ)
Is 8:18 I (Christ) and the children
given me (the church)
are
for signs and
wonders in Israel
III. BOOKS
A. SEALED
JEREMIAH
Dan 9:2 Daniel understood by books of Jeremiah that
seventy years were determined in the desolations
of Jerusalem
(note: Daniel had to be shown by an angel that
the seventy years
were to
be upon his people also.)
DANIEL
Dan 12:4 Thou Daniel, shut up the words and seal
the book even to the
time of the end. Knowledge
shall be increased.
(God’s people perish for lack of knowledge.)
Dan 12:9 Go thy way Daniel: for the words are
closed up and sealed till
the time of the end
(God revealed the empires of the world to come; from
Babylon to
the
end of time, the time of the end. Prophecy is seen in hindsight
but even
then, only by the spirit.)
B. NON-SEALED
REVELATION
Rev 22:10 Seal not the prophesy of the sayings of
this book.
(note: This verse seems to indicate that only
prophesy is sealed.
I believe
this is so the church can understand and reveal it to
Israel, as a witness.)
IV. VISION OF
ISRAEL RESTORED
A. SEALS OPENED
Mk 13:32 Of that day and hour knoweth no man, not the angels
which are in
heaven, neither the son, but the father.
(This verse is speaking of the end time. I
believe that the father starts the
process when he gives the book with the seals to the Lord Jesus Christ.)
Rev 5:1 The father is sitting on the throne and holding a book
with
seven seals
in his right hand.
Rev 5:2-5 No one is found able or worthy to open the book
or the seals,
or to read
or even look thereon. It is written
on the outside also.
Rev 5:5-7 Only the lamb of God, the lion of the tribe of Judah,
the
Christ
himself is found worthy and able to open the
seven seals.
(note: I believe that
Israel’s land and redemption is
in the book ,
but their understanding
is in the opening of the seals. The seals seem to
bring the
four sore
judgments of God spoken,
Of in Ezek chap. 14. Since
prophesy is a
revelation
of
God when it is finished and seen, this is probably
where Israel gains
understanding. With so much at stake, only the Christ
could be
trusted. He has proven he will not
fail the father. Remember,
no man was found worthy or
ABLE to
open the seals
or read the book.)
Rev 6:1 I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals
B. EYES OPENED
1. WHEN
Is 35:5 Their eyes will be opened when the lord
comes with vengeance
Is 29:17-18 In the day that Lebanon is fruitful,
the deaf shall hear the
words
of the book
and the blind shall see out of obscurity
(The words of
the book have been obscured from Israel),
and out of darkness
(those not blinded by slumber).
2. HOW
a. WITNESSES DECLARE
Is 43:5-7 All called by God’s name
(the
church)
are gathered
from
the north, south,
east, and west
Is 43:8 The blind with eyes and the deaf
with ears are gathered also
Is 43:9 All nations are gathered and
assembled – who can declare
former
things? Bring forth the witnesses
Is 46:9-10 God declares the latter things
not yet come to pass
Is 43:10 Ye are my witnesses. Those
called by my name.
( Is 48:1 the house of Jacob is called by the name of Israel
and
swears by the name of the Lord. James 2:7 says the church
is
called by his name.
see THE TWO WITNESSES)
b. THE SOURCE
1. WHERE
Is 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of
the lord and read, none
of these
shall fail.
(Note: The book is the book of Jeremiah. This
will be shown a little later.)
Is 29:11 The vision of Israel is as
the words of a sealed book.
Is 48:8 Israel is deaf
Is 29:17 The deaf hear
(They hear before
they see.)
Ps 40:7 Then said I, Lo I come: in
the volume of the book it
is written.
(This psalm is about the church, not the
lord, because verse 12
speaks of his iniquities.)
Ps 40:8 I delight to do thy will oh my
God, thy law is within
my heart.
(The law is sealed in his disciples)
Ps 40:5 Many are thy works which
thou has done.
If I
would declare them, they
could not be numbered.
Ps 40:9 I have preached righteousness
in the great
congregation
2. WHAT BOOK
Jer 1:4-5 God ordained Jeremiah a
prophet to the nations
before his birth
Jer 1:9 The lord puts his words in
Jeremiah’s mouth
c. THE DECLARATION (THE BOOK OF
JEREMIAH)
Jer 25:4 The lord has sent unto you all his
servants the prophets
(note: He hadn’t sent all of them at this
time. Therefore
the
time of this prophesy is in the time of the end.)
Jer 25:10 God will take from them the voice
of mirth, gladness,
the bridegroom (Christ),
the bride
(the church), the
sound of the
millstones, and the light of the candle.
(note: I believe that this is even the order
of the loss, and
the candle is one of the witnesses [Rev 11:4]. The voice of
mirth and gladness are taken when they are scattered, which
happens when they reject their Messiah. They have only went into
captivity until then. At the cross they also loose the voice of the
bridegroom,
but Jesus has already told them they are left desolate and have lost the
kingdom [Mt 23:38, Mt 21:43]. The voice of the church, the body of Christ,
is now present; but it is now the time of the Gentiles. The voice of
the bride is taken at the rapture. see Rapture.
The light of the candle
is taken during the Tribulation but one of the witnesses, the olive branch,
is still present.).
Jer 25:13 I will bring upon that land all my
words which I have
pronounced against it,
even all that is written in this book, which
Jeremiah hath prophesied against all
nations.
(note: The seals of Revelation are a part of
what was
spoken against the nations.)
Jer 30:2-3 Write thee all the words that I have
spoken unto thee in
a book. For, lo, the days
come, saith the Lord, that I will
bring again
the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,
saith
the Lord: and I will cause them to return
to the land that I
gave to their fathers, and they
shall possess it.
(This could also be speaking of the end times.)
Jer 51:64 Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
(note: Because there is more to Jeremiah’s
writing, I believe
that this refers to the end of what Isaiah was
referring to in
Is 34:16 as the book of the lord. This is strengthened by the
fact that
God
had just destroyed
Babylon in the very same verse.)
C. WHAT IS SEEN
Rev 6:1-8 The four seals are opened and the prophesies of the
four sore
judgments are shown by the witnesses
(note: The
two witnesses are still present to show
Israel and the world
that this was spoken by the prophets, the servants of God.)
Ezek 14:22 Sons and daughters are brought forth and Israel sees
their
ways
Ezek 14:23 Israel sees why God did what he did
(note:
Why would God have the seal judgments and the trumpet
judgments?
The
vials are
the wrath so that separation is understood. I
believe that the
seals are
to open the eyes of
Israel by revealing what God
said he would do,
he did. When
the seventh seal is open, there
is silence in
heaven and
then start the serious judgments of the trumpets. There are
also the
ones in heaven that had to go through the great tribulation to wash
their
robes. God doesn’t
give dirty robes. These are
the candles, the
church Rev 1:20, that were explained in the parable of the ten virgins.
Five
didn’t make it when the groom came because they had to go and buy
some
oil. The oil is free to any who are watching.
V. RESULT OF THE
RESTORED VISION
A. ISRAEL IS REDEEMED
Rev 7:2-3 The twelve thousand from each of the twelve
tribes are sealed
Rev 9:4 The seal keeps them from harm
Dan 12:1 All Israel written in the book are delivered
B. ONE OF THE WITNESSES IS FINISHED
Rev 7:9 An uncountable number of souls are before the
thrown
Rev 7:14 These had to go through the great tribulation to
wash their
robes
Mt 25:1-13 There are ten virgins who know the groom,
but five
of them
miss his coming and have to buy oil.
(note: They pay with their lives.)
Rev 3:4 Only a few in Sardis have not defiled their garments
C. SOME OF ISRAEL ARE SLAIN FOR THE WORD
Rev 6:9-11 Souls under the alter, in heaven, cry for
vengeance and
receive white
robes
Rev 6:11 They are told to wait until their brethren are slain
as they were
Rev 11:7 They are killed by the beast that ascends out of
the bottomless
pit
(note: Now comes the wrath of the Lamb,
which is not the wrath of God.
This is
the day
of lord’s vengeance. Some can still be saved from eternal
damnation.
Tribulation comes before vengeance, and vengeance before
GOD USED THEM TO MAKE
THE NAME OF JESUS,
THE WORD OF GOD
Where Is It's Origination
Jn 14:24 The
word ye hear is not mine but the Father's
Phil 2:9 God
gave him a name which is above every name
II Sam 7:23
What nation is like thy people, Israel, whom God
went to redeem to himself and
to make himself a name
(Note: God created it, but it was the writers that
made it.
Even the New Testament was written by Jews.)
Rev 19:12 He had a name
written that no man knew but
he himself
(Note: Knew is a Greek word that was only used for
past tense, so John
was speaking of his past. It wasn’t
finished yet. John was still writing.)
Rev 19:l3
His name is called the word of God.
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