(Israel Pt 2) --The Key to Biblical Prop
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Thursology 38: ALL Israel Will Be Saved When Christ Returns... But How Could This Be??? (Israel Pt 2) (Thursology Live #38: 7/1/2021) --The Key to Biblical Prophecy—Understanding God’s plan for the Nation of Israel --A Pervasive Prophetic Principle: The key to understanding the future of the ___________…is understanding the future…of ___________ --Key Question: Is God ________________ with Israel? --Two IMPOSSIBLE prophecies of THIS generation: --Impossible Prophecy #1: The disbursed, scattered, exiled, desolated nation of Israel was ______-gathered into the land…________________ as God promised --Impossible Prophecy #2: God not only foretold the impossible _____- gathering of Israel…He foretold exactly ___________ it would happen!!! --Did God REALLY Choose Israel to be His People…FOREVER??? --Six biblical facts about the Nation of Israel: --Israel Fact #1: Any attempt to make Israel irrelevant to the ____ Covenant requires ___________ -texting and theological ____________________!!! --Heb 8:6-7, 13 Vv. 8-11 --Key Concept: The Old Covenant is ________________…but…both the Old and New Testaments declare that God is going to make a _________ Covenant with…___________!!! --Israel Fact #2: A key aspect of the Last Days is that the ____________________ reign of Christ…is for ___________ --Micah 4:1-3, 6-8 --Israel Fact #3: The Jews are God’s ________________ people --Deut 7:6 Deut 4:32-40 --A Foundational Precept: Other than the Second Coming of ___________ Himself…Israel’s ________________ is the most ________________ theme of biblical prophecy --Israel Fact #4: The only Savior the ___________ will ever have…is ________________ Savior!!! --Matt 15:21-28 --A Messianic Truth: It was ________________ Israel…and ______ Israel…that the Savior of the ___________ would come!!! --Israel Fact #5: The God Who raises the _________…is the God of ______________, ___________, and ___________ --I Thess 4:13-18 --Another Foundation of the Faith: Without the Resurrection…there is no ____________________!!! 1 --Matt 22:29-33 --Key Concept: The ultimate promise of the _________ Covenant...is indelibly linked to the God of the _________ Covenant --Israel Fact #6: In the End…God will ________ the __________ nation of Israel --Ezek 39:21-29 --Heb 8:10-11: “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, and everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know Me, from the least to the greatest of them.” --Rom 10:19-21; 11:1-2, 11, 17-21, 25-29 Jer 30:7-11 Zech 12:9-14 --Key Question: When will _________ Israel be saved…and _________? --Key Concept #1: Israel will be saved the only way that _____________ is saved…through ____________________…and through trusting in the shed blood of the Savior Who was _____________ for our transgressions. --Key Concept #2: By the _________ of the Tribulation…finally…there will be a refined ________________ of God’s people…and they will all ________________ their Messiah!!! --Zech 13:8-9 --APPLICATION: Our God will _____________ rebellious people…no matter how far they’ve _________ from Him!!! --The characteristics of those who are “WORTH” saving: --Characteristic #1: Ruth 1:14-16: She ________________ God…even when others ____________________ her --Characteristic #2: Vv. 17-18: She made serious ____________________ …and ____________________ through on them --Characteristic #3: 2:3-10: She was ________________ and didn’t ________________ upon the kindness of others --Characteristic #4: V. 11: Even in the midst of her ___________________ …she cared for the needs of ________________ --Characteristic #5: V. 13: Even in ___________ times…she had a ________________ attitude --Salvation Paradox: God didn’t choose a people who were ___________ to save…in fact…He chose them ________________ they were _______ to save!!! --God’s amazing grace: God works ________________ on those who are ________________ to save!!! 2 Thursology 37: Israel...Key to Unlocking the End Times: The Greatest Timing Prophecy in Scripture (Thursology Live! #37: 6/24/2021) --The Key to Biblical Prophecy: Understanding God’s plan for the Nation of Israel --The Tribulation in a verse: --Dan 9:24-26 V. 27 What V. 27 means: 1. The “Covenant”: The “prince” is the ANTICHRIST who will establish a peace treaty between the renewed ROMAN Empire and Israel 2. This covenant will allow the Jews to begin to sacrifice in the TEMPLE again 3. The “peace treaty” will be BROKEN at the middle of the seven years 4. Daniel calls the mid-point of the 7 years the “ABOMINATION of Desolation” 5. At the END of the seven years…Antichrist will be DESTOYED --The Tribulation in a chapter: --Matt 24:9: The TRIBULATION begins --Vv. 15-16 V. 21: According to Jesus, the ABOMINATION of Desolation begins the “GREAT Tribulation” --Vv. 29-31: At the end of the 7-year TRIBULATION…Christ RETURNS --A Pervasive Prophetic Principle: The KEY to understanding the future of the WORLD…is understanding the future…of ISRAEL --Key Concept: Our understanding of the final consummation of the NEW Covenant…is unalterably linked to the final consummation of the OLD Covenant!!! --Key Question: Is God FINISHED with Israel??? --Israel’s Fulfilled Prophecies of PAST Generations: 1. Dispersion: Deut 28:58-59, 64 2. Persecution: Deut 28:65-66 3. Desolation: Lev 26:31-33 4. Preservation: Isa 49:14-16: Jer 31:35-37 --Israel’s IMPOSSIBLE Fulfilled Prophecies of THIS Generation: --Impossible Prophecy #1: The disbursed, scattered, exiled, desolated nation of Israel was RE-gathered into the land…EXACTLY as God promised --Isa 11:11-12: Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people…And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. --Impossible Prophecy #2: God not only foretold the impossible RE-gathering of Israel…He foretold exactly WHEN it would happen!!! --Jer 25:8-9, 11: The dates of the Exile are well-established: 1 --The Exile began in the month Nisan, 606 BC (Dan 1:1) --The Exile ended in the month Nisan, 536 BC (Ezra 1:1-3) --An important historical fact: After the EXILE…the Jews did not reclaim CONTROL over Palestine --Ezek 4:4-6: The prophecies of national judgment: --Jeremiah prophesied that the Babylonian Exile would last 70 years…but… Ezekiel prophesied that the TOTAL number of years of national judgment would be 430 years --At the end of the Exile: how many years of judgment were left for Israel? --430 - 70 = 360 years --Lev 26:14-17 V. 18 Apply this punishment precept: --Since national Israel didn’t repent and obey after the 70 years of exile…the remainder of 360 years of punishment was multiplied by SEVEN --Do the math on how many more years of punishment would come: --360 x 7 = 2520 biblical prophetic years --A biblical prophetic year = 1260/3.5 = 360 days --The number of days left in Ezekiel’s prophecy of national punishment: --2520 years x 360 days/year = 907,200 days --Convert the total # of days of Israel’s judgment into Solar years: --907,200 days/365.242 days per year = 2483 Solar Years --When would the punishment of national Israel finally end? --Starting point: The Babylonian Exile ended in 536 BC --Ending point: 2483 – 536 (BC) + 1 = 1948 AD --APPLICATION: If God can flawlessly thread the needle through exactly 2483 years of WORLD history…then I can trust Him to flawlessly take care of ME!!! --Three ways to view the future: 1. I can believe in FATALISM 2. I can work hard to CONTROL the future…and hope that neither randomness…nor people…MESS up my plans 3. I can place my LIFE into the hands of the One who is already IN the future…working out His PERFECT plan for me --Psalm 139:11-16: If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” Even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them. 2 Putting It All Together: The Last Seven Years The 70th Week of Daniel (Dan 9): The Tribulation in a verse Dan 9:27 (3 ½ Yrs) * (3 ½ Yrs) (7 Yrs) (1 “Week”) Compare: Dan 2:40-42; 7:1-8, 11, 19-26 The Olivet Discourse (Matt 24): The Tribulation in a chapter Matt 24:9-31 “Great Tribulation” “Tribulation” The Revelation Account (Rev 6-19): The Tribulation in a book Rev. 6-19 “Peace” with Antichrist “Great Tribulation” On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish The Declaration of the Establishment of People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel.