Israel! Two.

Prophetic and Reality?

Where do we think Jesus will return to when He comes back?

All prophecy is based on the Messiah Jesus in relation to the events that will lead to the end of our world and the great day of Judgement! This will take place in the restored Temple o the Temple mount in Jerusalem and not as some think, Rome or some other place full of Christians?

Jesus is not just returning to gather Ekklesia, but also to restore Y’srael Basilia ot the Kingdom of Israel! Some believe this will be the establishment of the real Israel, but that has already happened so that the false messiah will be revealed!

How can we be sure of this facts, first many believers now know that we are living in the last days of the great delusion! People want to defy God on every level, they also want to undermine the teachings of the Bible and twist them to suit their own agenda!

Israel grows and its enemies are either appeased or are to be removed, the world goes with the idealistic idea of a two state solution, but there is nothing in the Holy Bible in relation to that set up!

Isaiah 10:21-22, Jeremiah 3:14, 31:8, Daniel 11:28-29, Hosea 3:5, Zechariah 8:3, Malachi 1:4, Acts 2:20, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4, 2 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 10:25, 37, 2 Peter 3:4, 10, Revelation 1:10, 2:16, 19:15.

Jesus’ Return! Two.

The falling Away?

There are many different ideas in relation to the interpretation of the book of Revelation and much of it has to do with the influences of replacement theology, if believers would see Israel’s role in this then perhaps we would have some clarity?

But this will not happen with these influences and so we can only gain a limited picture of some of the essential truths, such as the great falling away of believers from the truth!

We are living in these times now, where the doctrine of love has been manipulated to run contradictory to the word of God! It is justifying lust, sexual immorality, dishonesty and the breakdown of the family!

It has been a gradual process taking place in the western-Church over the last one-hundred and fifty years, but what has come to the fore in the last seventy years is the growing hostility based on mans ideas of equality in relation to Israel.

Jeremiah 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:1-3, 4:3-4. John 17:12,

ISRAEL? One.

Biblical and Historical!

It would seem today the state of Israel is not the true restoration of the nation of the Hebrew peoples, because they are not living in a Holy way and not at peace with their neighbours, the Palestinians?

But no other ‘Christian nation is purely Christian in either ethic or morally, so now we come to a dilemma that we are all sinners or just some? One is using this view to draw out the hypocrisy of anti-0Semitism that has been in the Christian Church since at least the second century AD!

We cannot have it both ways, or use excuses when failing to recognise that the Jews are blinded by God so that the Gentiles might be added to the Kingdom of God! There are also many other aspects in relation to the peoples of the land and deals struck long ago, but this was not with the Philistines!

What can be said is why the so called Palestinians living under the Ottomans never developed the land to the standards of what Israel is today or was one-hundred years ago?

Ezekiel 28:25-26, Joshua 9:6-16, Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17, Romans 11:2, 11-24, Galatians 2:17, James 4:8.

Philip and the Ethiopian! One.

Controversial Doctrine?

Both Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch are under estimated in the Christian experience, many believing today that this account in the scriptures was never really there?

But this is not true from the point that God was bringing the death and resurrection of Jesus to the Jews in the Horn of Africa! It also shows us the little talked about ministry of Philip who knew that Jesus was the long awaited Messiah of Israel.

The problem with the Ethiopian conversion is that it does not fit the historical reformation doctrines of how sinners are saved, believing in a certain process for that salvation which today has become a mantra in evangelical circles as sometimes the only way?

Faith is not based on a set or process of doctrines, but rather on the power of God to change our hearts, to no longer be hostile to Him. The other reason for the avoidance of dealing with this area is the old one of white racism to black people, and in some cases that not all black Christians are really born-again?

John 1:45, 3:3, 5, 15-21, 31-36, Acts 8:26-39 , Romans 3:22-23, 6:22-23.

Carnivals?

Notting Hill, Reading, Glastonbury!

The justification of sin or just having a good time?

Cultures are different, something that should be considered by all believers in the statement made by the Gospel of John’ For God so loved the World! Controversial because it addresses humanities failure on race and so to Ekklesia that carries the un-repented problem of being in the community of all the same?

We can claim that next weekend will see a rise in crime in W-London with the annual west-Indian/Caribbean street party and much will be reported and addressed in relation to all the negatives of it?

But neither Glastonbury or Reading will receive the same fare reporting of its drug abuse and violent cultures and this is because it will be majority white and civilised over that of black and dark skinned?

Genesis 6:5, 1 Kings 8:39, Job 21:27, Psalm 7:9, 19:14, 139:2, Isaiah 55:8, Jeremiah 11:20, Amos 4:13, Luke 2:35, Acts 1:24, Philippians 2:2, Hebrews 4:12.

Public blindness to Suffering? Part-Two.

Immigration Issues!

Many people do not want foreigners in their lands anymore!

But the question is who is going to do the dirty work?

Most of our young people today want to be designers, do photo-journalism, work in an office, banking? But none want to wash floors, clean toilets or be involved in cleaning old peoples bottoms, they would rather stay on the social benefits?

We cannot do without foreign people, nursing, cafés, restaurants, hotels need people who can do the jobs within a required time slot! Farmers need Eastern-Europeans to pick fruit and vegetables and Asians to work in the curry houses!

Ruth 2:10, Matthew 17:25, 1 Corinthians 14:21, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Timothy 5:10.

Identity!

‘Who am I?

Most people at some point in our lives stop to think this deep question, probably when we are going through a stressful period? It is a good question to both ask and ponder upon, because it makes us think that there must be much more to being alive and why are we here?

Creation, the universe and humanity are not complex flukes that science wants us to think, it was all by chance? The fallen nature of everything leads to an end or death, but the Holy Bible tells us a different version that is far more interesting than chance and flukes!

We were created by God before everything else was made that we see and understand! In some ways science has proved that we are made of materials that cannot be seen, such as atoms!

But our condition now is a fallen one, because of sin/failure entering in to spoil Gods order! This condition we have is a terminal illness, but healing can only be found by admitting our wrong, changing our attitudes and finding the forgiveness of God through the ‘Good works of Jesus death on the stake/tree and rising from the dead!

Deuteronomy 7:6-7, Psalm 90:2, John 17:24, 1 Corinthians 11:9, Ephesians 1:4, 2:10, 1 Peter 1:20.