CONCLUSION
This really puts things in perspective! The book of John's Revelation is all about the life of Israel as a nation, and God's dealings with her for the past 2000 years. What a glorious witness to the Apple of His Eye, the Jews! Jesus came to the Jews first and then to the Gentile. The salvation of the Jews should be a priority to every believer. "How do we make it a priority? How do we win the Jews to Christ?"
The answer is simple and yet profound. If Revelation is interpereted the way it was meant to be, which is fulfilled prophecy over a 2000 year period concerning the nation of Israel, then it becomes the greatest tool that the Church has in winning the Jews to Christ!
JUST ONE MORE THING. . .
Daniel 8:13 "Then I heard two holy ones (angels) talking to each other. One of them asked, "How long will the events of the vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?"
"The other replied, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again"
This passage is talking about Antiochus IV taking over the Temple and setting up the pagan altar, but there is something interesting here. The first question is "How long will the events of the vision last?"
The first event happens when Greece, the Shaggy Male Goat, tramples down Mede and Persia, the Two Horned Ram along with Israel. This event happened in 333BC. If you treat the evenings and mornings as years and add 2,300 years to 333BC, it takes you to the year 1967, when Israel regained Jerusalem!
The answer is simple and yet profound. If Revelation is interpereted the way it was meant to be, which is fulfilled prophecy over a 2000 year period concerning the nation of Israel, then it becomes the greatest tool that the Church has in winning the Jews to Christ!
JUST ONE MORE THING. . .
Daniel 8:13 "Then I heard two holy ones (angels) talking to each other. One of them asked, "How long will the events of the vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?"
"The other replied, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again"
This passage is talking about Antiochus IV taking over the Temple and setting up the pagan altar, but there is something interesting here. The first question is "How long will the events of the vision last?"
The first event happens when Greece, the Shaggy Male Goat, tramples down Mede and Persia, the Two Horned Ram along with Israel. This event happened in 333BC. If you treat the evenings and mornings as years and add 2,300 years to 333BC, it takes you to the year 1967, when Israel regained Jerusalem!