THE FALL OF ISRAEL...WHEN? No no intelligent, spiritual, student of the Scriptures, led by the Holy Spirit, will date the FALL of Israel until after the sign of Matthew 12:40 and the WITNESS of the Holy Spirit of Acts 5:31-32. It was after the sign and the witness that Stephen uttered the words of Acts 7:51-52, “ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit, as your fathers, so ye...Which one of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them which shewed before the coming of the JUST ONE; of Whom ye have now been the betrayers and murderers?” Then Stephen saw the Son of man standing in heaven. In Acts 13:45 and Acts 18:5 the Apostle Paul also told Israel, (out of their land), that they had blasphemed the Holy Spirit; and therefore, he would turn to Gentiles. The remnant of Israel, according to the election of grace (Romans 11:3-7), accepted Paul’s message of justification by faith in Christ without Moses and the Law (Acts 13:39). The rest stumbled (Romans 9:29-33). They were blinded. (Romans 11:7-11). When National Israel rejected Paul’s message...they stoned him as they stoned Stephen...and then forbade Paul and the other apostles to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Then note what happened as recorded in 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, “God’s wrath to the uttermost came”, for Israel had filled up their sin. National Israels ALL DAY LONG ended with their BLINDNESS and FALL. Their FALL brought RICHES to the nations. (Romans 11:12). Israel became enemies of the gospel, for the Gentiles’ sake. Israel will be redeemed for the Fathers sake (Romans 11:28), AFTER God has made the ONE NEW MAN of Ephesians 2:15, AFTER God has brought to an end this special reign of Grace for the nations. Blindness in part happened to Israel UNTIL the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. lionandlambministry
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:45:31 +0000
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