The wheels within wheels. Yes they turn; so you have to be careful not to become dizzy. God has hidden his treasures in earthen vessels. Israel is indeed earthen. Looking at the bad behavior of Israel will not save us. Hidden in Israel is the word that became flesh and dwelt among men. The component of god through Holy Spirit caused Israel to return to life. Total Israel does not become the savior. Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary. It is not we that do the total transformation. The word is prophesied and He causes the action Ezekiel 2:1 Ezekiel 2:2 show the power to overcome Ezekiel 2:3.imo,
If the book is about Israel then Israel is the Messiah, the Christ.
Christ came by the promise made to Abraham as the One seed. By the same token the promise was made so that the Christ could come by that promise. Don't you love circular thought. 2 God had a plan. Abraham was called out for that reason to provide a Redeemer so God would have His people, nation. For me all the OT points to Him not the people. The people (even us) are characters in the story about Him. The story is wonderful. So many twists and turns but they all end up at the fork in the road, one straight to the gate where the Shepard stands, the other leads to no where but loss.
In prophecy and in Paul's words there is no where that I can see that ALL Jewish people will be saved. In Elijah's generation there was a raiment. I believe that the "dry bones" prophecy is about a revival within the Jews and many will receive their Messiah, the Christ. I believe that has already begun. I'm beginning to believe that the Lord has put one Karaite Jew in particular on my heart to pray for. But that could just be me, not sure.
Do Blood Moons Really Prophesy Trouble Ahead?
It was too cloudy for us too.
As a gentile I do not have the promises Israel does. I am grafted into a people who had the oracles of god. I can never forget the Gentiles lived undone and without god until the grafting in. Israel can be easily be grafted back (they are the natural stock).
Israel will bless the world in messiah. Revelation 3:20
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