Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 24
Gary responds to several critics on Facebook that disagree with his interpretation of Bible prophecy.
The temple, sacrifices, city, nation, land, and feasts found their fulfillment in the New Covenant “in reference to the Spirit”:
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He said in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (John 7:37-39).
When Jesus’ disciples asked Him whether it was time that He would restore the kingdom to Israel (Acts 1:6-8), Jesus sent the Holy Spirit (2:1-47). Notice the answer Jesus gave to those who questioned Him about “restoring the kingdom to Israel”: “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth/land” (1:8). Their inheritance would not be confined to a strip of middle eastern land.
Jesus was the personal and physical fulfillment of the temple (John 2). Jesus was the personal and physical fulfillment of the blood sacrifices (“the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”), He was the physical embodiment of the red heifer (Heb. 9:13-14).
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Jesus was the fulfillment of their “place and nation” (John 11:47-53). The chief priests and Pharisees understood the implications of who Jesus claimed to be. They were the antichrists of that generation (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:1-3; 2 John 7), the “synagogue of Satan” (Rev. 2:9; 3:9). They wanted an earthly political Messiah with physical Israel to be the center of the world with physical Jerusalem as its capital.
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Buy NowGary responds to several critics on Facebook that disagree with his interpretation of Bible prophecy. Gary gives two points of advice before jumping into a debate: 1) know what your own position actually teaches, and 2) know what your opponent’s position actually teaches.
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