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Clear searchRegathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
The Restoration of the Nation of Israel Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come Israel's history contains both judgement and preservation. The Jewish people were conquered, exiled, dispersed across c…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…tance. It does not ask whether Israel retains promises of nationhood, land, Davidic rule, regathering, and national renewal. Those subjects should not be smuggled into Paul's answer and then declared cancelled because he does not discuss them here. Christ is the promised Seed Pau…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…od." —Leviticus 26:44 Deuteronomy likewise moves from curse and dispersion to repentance, regathering, possession of the land, and circumcision of the heart (Deuteronomy 30:1-6). Judgement was not the cancellation of the revealed programme. It was part of it. The Mosaic covenant…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…place, and the public arrival of the Son of man. Its gathering naturally fulfils Israel's regathering hope. It never describes the dead in Christ rising or living believers being changed and caught up. Nor do "one taken and one left" provide an alternative rapture account. Luke l…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…les, and Israel's future mercy The Old Testament repeatedly promises Israel preservation, regathering, cleansing, the kingdom of David's Son, and a restored relationship with God. A strong supersessionist response does not simply deny those passages. It argues that the New Testam…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…ve profaned among the heathen, whither ye went." —Ezekiel 36:22 The passage then promises regathering, cleansing, a new heart, and the indwelling Spirit (Ezekiel 36:24-28). Israel's condition explains why grace is necessary; God's holy name explains why the promise is certain. Th…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…ational identity before Him (Jeremiah 31:33-37). Ezekiel joins the same inward renewal to regathering and cleansing. God brings Israel from the nations, sprinkles clean water upon them, gives them a new heart and Spirit, and causes them to walk in His statutes (Ezekiel 36:22-28).…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…s beyond the curse. Deuteronomy 30 anticipates Israel’s return to the LORD and the LORD’s regathering of Israel: “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…enant (Genesis 15:18-21; 17:7-8). The prophets added promises of a Davidic King, national regathering, cleansing, a new heart, and peaceful dwelling under Messiah. Christ is not an alternative to those promises. He is Abraham's promised Seed and David's promised Son. Through Him…
Read article →A response to Michael Horton on the land promise, Amos 9, and the people of God
…ed by permanent forfeiture. It is disobedience, discipline, repentance or divine renewal, regathering, and restored enjoyment. In some passages repentance precedes return. In others God acts to produce the necessary spiritual transformation. Deuteronomy 30:6 says that God will ci…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…brought real judgement, yet even the covenant curses anticipated scattering, repentance, regathering, and restored blessing. David did not receive a vague assurance that godly government would exist somewhere. God promised him a house, kingdom, throne, and Son. David's descendan…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…urse governed by Daniel, Judea, the holy place, the Sabbath, Jerusalem's crisis, Israel's regathering language, and the public appearing of the Son of man. Paul's Church passages identify a resurrection, transformation, and catching up of those in Christ. Those details are not mi…
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