Posted by Pastor Joey Faust in Restoration / Rebirth of Israel | Comments Off
THE 1948 RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN UNBELIEF: PROPHETIC, BUT NOT THE FINAL FULFILLMENT
I find it hard to tolerate scoffing, even when it is disguised as “a sane approach to the prophecies.” I am not impressed by those Christians who bring out their earthquake charts and try to say that there is nothing significant occurring in regard to earthquakes in these modern times. No! And I am not moved by amillennial, postmillennial or non-Christian “conservatives” who decry the incredible weather changes and act as if the soon coming of Christ would interfere with their political plans. No! I believe the various earthquakes, droughts, weather changes, increases in violence, carnality of the churches, globalism, the revivals of Romanism, pantheism, and literal Babylon are all stage-setting signs for the coming Tribulation. This means the pre-trib rapture must be very near! This is no time for scoffing.
Read MorePosted by Pastor Joey Faust in Restoration / Rebirth of Israel | Comments Off
CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHO BELIEVED ISRAEL WOULD BE RESTORED AS A NATION
I often refer to the great number of earlier Christians who predicted (on the basis of Bible prophecy) that Israel would be restored as a nation. Scores of “anti-millenarians” scoffed at such an idea for centuries. Yet, in 1948, they quit scoffing (so loudly) and had to think of another strategy! Israel was reborn. As equested, I have provide readers with partial list of such quotes in order to document my statements and equip Christians for debating amillennialists, postmillennialists, etc. It should be mentioned here that I do not believe that the present restoration of Israel is a DIRECT fulfillment of Bible prophecy. It is rather an obvious “stage-setting” that had to take place in preparation for prophecy to be fulfilled in the coming Tribulation period (i.e. the Tribulation period opens with Jews ALREADY in their land. Therefore, as we approach that period, the restoration of the Jews is a necessary, preparatory event.). It is interesting that even Daniel Whitby himself (1638-1726), the very father of Postmillennialism, looked for the conversion and national restoration of the Jews right before his spiritual thousand-year reign was to begin! (“A Paraphrase and Commentary,” p.688). Nevertheless, it was the vast multitude of Premillennialists that understood that the Jews would first be restored to their land in unbelief, suffer affliction, and then have a remnant converted to the Lord Jesus Christ at His coming. It is not possible to list the incredible number of Christians that foretold the Jew’s national restoration. Hopefully, the following summary will suffice:
Read More