THE NATION ISRAEL IN PROPHECY AND THE POSITION

THE NATION ISRAEL IN PROPHECY AND THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH TEACHING CONFERENCE-1 -2017 THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN CHURCH EJIGBO. TH -11 TH MARCH 2017 10

PRESENTATION OUTLINE • INTRODUCTION • GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN UNVEILED • GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS • THE NATION ISRAEL • THE CITY JERUSALEM • ENTER THE CHURCH • THE DUAL RESTORATION WORK • THE TRUE CHURCH IN ACTION • CONCLUSION-WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

INTRODUCTION OUR PURPOSE DEFINED –THE GIDEON BIBLE CHARGE. –HAVE A PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES AND SEASONS WE ARE LIVING; AND –MOTIVATE YOU TO DO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AT THIS TIME IF YOU WANT TO BE ACCEPTED OF GOD.

The Bible

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN UNVEILED: THE TWO FAMILY COUNCILS –THE UNSEEN WORLD –JOB 38: 4 -7 (ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE/TLB) –PSALM 89: 5 -14 (ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE/TLB) –PSALM 29: 1 -2 (ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE/TLB) –PSALM 82: 2 -4 (ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE/TLB) –PSALM 95: 3 -6 (ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE/TLB)

–THE SEEN WORLD –GENESIS 1: 26 -28 –JOB 38: 4 -7 –JOHN 1: 12, 1 JOHN 3: 1 -3 –GALATIANS 4: 5, EPH 1: 5 –THE INTERACTION –I KINGS 22: 13 -22 –ISAIAH 6

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: THE MOUNT OLIVET DISCOURSE THE MATTHEW 24 QUESTIONS ANSWERED • WHILE THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ANSWERED WITH THE EVENTS OF 70 AD, • THE SECOND AND THIRD ARE THE SIGN POSTS FOR YOU TO: FIND YOUR PLACE IN GOD’S UNFOLDING PURPOSE AND PLAN: 2 PETER 3: 10 – 15, 18. PARTICULARLY WE WILL SPEAK TO: –ATTITUDE (HOLY LIVING); –CORRECT ACTIVITY (HASTENING THE COMING OF THE DAY OF THE LORD); AND

–FULFILLING APPOINTED ACTIVITY (AN AWAKENING TO READINESS) FOR ALL WHO ARE WAITERS FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF QUESTIONS 2 AND 3. –(EXPLAIN “PAROUSIA” FROM JOHN 11: 27 – 28. –WE WILL SPEAK MORE TO THIS LATER). GET WARNING AND DIRECTION ON HOW TO MAKE PREPARATION AND BE IN PLACE OF SECURITY AND NOT JUDGEMENT HEBREW 11: 7; LUKE 17: 24.

THE BACKBONE OF PROPHECY – PROPHECY MAPPING 27 TH AVENUE 46 TH AVENUE 73 RD AVENUE 97 TH AVENUE CONVENTION HI HW G AY OM D NG I K DE C ISI O N V ON E W AL NO AY . 6 66 LEY

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: WHERE ARE WE? MATHEW 24: 5 – 24, AND 29 -31 USING THIS FRAME WORK TO IDENTIFY: HOW TIME AND EVENTS HAVE PROGRESSED; WHERE THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL ARE; HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL RELATE; AND WHERE WE ARE IN GOD’S TIME PROGRESSION.

PROPHECY MAPPING: MATTHEW 24: 6 - 15 6 F A L S E 46 TH AVENUE 73 RD AVENUE M A N Y 9 - 10 7 - 8 M A N Y A B O U N D I N G 11 C H RI S TI A N 27 TH AVENUE C H RI S TI A N 97 TH AVENUE W A R G L O B A L W A R P E S TI L E N C E EL P OS G GD N OM KI 12 14 BIRTH PAINS RU MO UR S E A R T H Q U A K E S FA MI NE P E R S E C TI O N S OF FE N DE D P R O P H E T S DE CE IV ED L A W L E S S N E S S L U K E W A R M N E S S 15 NO . 6 ANTICHRIST 66

46 TH AVENUE A B O U N D I N G 11 27 TH AVENUE PROPHECY MAPPING: THE SIGN & THE SHIFT C H RI S TI A N DE CE IV ED OS G GD N OM NS O KI 12 L A W L E S S N E S S EL P 14 L U K E W A R M N E S S TI A A O L N L T 15 NO . 6 ANTICHRIST 66

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: DANIEL 9: 25 -26 THE THREE POINT FOCUS OF THESE VERSES: • THE PEOPLE (ISRAEL); • (YOUR CITY) JERUSALEM; AND OF COURSE • THE MESSIAH.

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: THE NATION ISRAEL

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: THE NATION ISRAEL: • GEN 15: 13, 18 • PSALM 105: 8 -15 • GEN 15: 7 -17; • EXODUS 19: 5, 6

• AND THEN SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS EXTENDED • GEN 22: 17 -18, GAL 3: 13 -14 AND…. . . • THE MATERIAL BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM EXTENDED-GEN 24: 1, GEN 13: 2, DEUT 8: 18, • PSALM 75: 6 -7; GEN 25: 5, GEN 26: 12 -14, • PSALM 105: 44

JERUSALEM THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD

JERUSALEM THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: THE CITY JERUSALEM CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES: § 2 KINGS 21: 7, NO OTHER CITY ON EARTH DID GOD CLAIM TO BE HIS OWN; §MATTHEW 4: 4 -11 -THE FIRST-PLACE SATAN WANTED GOD TO SURRENDER WAS THE CITY; AND §THE RAGING CONTEST IS ON ALL FRONTJEREMIAH 7: 10 -16, MATTHEW 21: 13.

§JERUSALEM IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AS FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED AND FROM THERE ALL SPIRITUAL THINGS FLOW! §JERUSALEM IS CENTRAL TO THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PLAN CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH. ZECHARIAH 14: 16 -18.

TRANSITION PERIOD-ROMANS 11 DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. UPROOTING OF THE JEWISH NATION. BIRTH OF THE Daniel 9: 25 – 26 CHURCH Matthew 23: 37 – 39 Luke 13: 33 – 35 Matthew 21: 43 RETURN OF JEWS TO THEIR LAND RESTORATION OF THE FIG APPROXIMATEL Y 2000 YEARS PROGRESSION OF 7 CHURCH AGES Luke 21: 29 Joel 1: 11 – 12 S RESTORATION OF THE VINE

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: ENTER THE CHURCH AND RESTORATION WORK. JESUS SPOKE CLEARLY AND RECORDED IN: §MATTHEW 23: 37 – 39; §LUKE 13: 33 – 35; AND THIS SITUATION WAS TO REMAIN SO UNTIL THE FULFILMENT OF: -

§LUKE 21: 29 (TO BE UNDERSTOOD IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOEL 1: 11 – 12). §JOEL 1: 7 -17 §JOEL 2: 25; AND §JOEL 3: 14

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN: BRINGING IN GOD’S KINGDOM JOEL 1: 7 - 12 DESOLATION JUDGMENT RESTORATION NATURAL FIG TREE JOEL 3: 14 JOEL 2: 25 SPIRITUAL I S R A E L V I N E C H U R C H OCCURING SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE TWO

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: DOES THE CHURCH REPLACE ISRAEL? ? THE PREVAILING VIEW AMONG THOSE ESPOUSING REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY – THAT THE CHURCH HAS REPLACED GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE – IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THEOLOGY TAUGHT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. THE CHURCH IS TOTALLY DIVERGENT FROM ISRAEL – THE TWO ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. THE CHURCH WAS BORN ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST; ISRAEL WAS BORN OF GOD’S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM. ØNUMBERS 23: 19 (ESV) ØROMANS 11: 1 -2 (NKJV)

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: DOES THE CHURCH REPLACE ISRAEL-2? ? WHEN THE CHURCH TRIES TO REPLACE ISRAEL, THE FOLLOWING OCCURS: • ARROGANCE AND EGOTISM REPLACE LOVE AND COMPASSION. • IT BECOMES BOASTFUL AND COMPLACENT. • BOTH ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE DIMINISHED. • ANTI-SEMITTISM BECOMES RAMPANT. • BIBLE PROPHECIES LOSE THEIR IMPORTANCE, AND FULFILMENT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. • THE OLD TESTAMENT LOSES ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND SUBSTANCE

ONE OF THE GREATEST FAILURES OF THE CHURCH HAS BEEN AN UNWILLINGNESS TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE GREAT EVIL. TOGETHER, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING TO CHANGE THAT. .

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: DOES THE CHURCH REPLACE ISRAEL-3? ? THOSE WITH SUCH DISPOSITION TEND TO BE: • ANTI-ISRAEL, AND THEREFORE DO NOT HONOR ISRAEL. • PRO-PALESTINIAN; AND • THEY MARGINALIZE CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT ISRAEL, EVEN WITH HUMANITARIAN ISSUES. THEY ARE THE IGNORANT SUSTAINERS OF THE BDS DOCTRINE

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: DOES THE CHURCH REPLACE ISRAEL-4? ? THE BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. THE PLAN IS TO TURN WORLDWIDE PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST ISRAEL, TO ISOLATE THE JEWISH NATION AND TURN IT INTO A PARIAH STATE WHICH NO ONE WILL BE WILLING TO DEFEND.

IT IS A “CURSE ISRAEL” MOVEMENT, AND SADLY, IT IS A FAST-GROWING AND VERY POPULAR MOVEMENT.

The Rope

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: THE CHURCH AND THE CONDITIONALITIES. § 2 PET 1: 19 AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE DAY STAR; § 2 PET 3: 11 -13 IN CONNECTION TO THE ACTIVITY THAT HASTENS §MATH 24: 30 §THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN; AND §THE SEEING OF THE SON OF MAN §WHAT SIGN DID THE TRIBES SEE THAT MADE THEM MOURN?

§MATH 24: 29 - WHEN DID THE STARS FALL AND WHAT WAS THE PREVAILING OCCUPATION OF THE CHURCH? §ANSWERS TO THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE DERIVED FROM LUKE 10: 2 -12, 17 -20; REV 12: 1 -4 AND 1 THESS 4: 16, 17. §THE UNDERLYING ACTIVITY IS WHAT IS WRITTEN IN MATH 24: 14.

BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM: PARALLEL EVENTS PROCESS OF RESTORATION 1914 - 18 ES T LI B E R A L JE R U S A L E M 1967 KI N G D O M G O SP EL OM D NG I BAL FO UR DEC LAR ATI ON S IE NL E K PARTING OF THE ROAD H AV E ISAIAH 51: 16 KIN 15 TH MAY ST AE OF IS RE AL B O RN IN 6 D A Y W A R JE W S C O N TR OL CI TY GD BE READY ISR NA AE TI L ON AL R ZI O NI ST M O VE M E N T C H A RI S M A TI C 1948 WANT I P R E A C HI N G O F T H E 27 TH AVENUE SP UR IR CH IT UA L R ES CH 1900 H E A LI N G R E VI V A LS 46 TH AVENUE 73 RD AVENUE OUTREACH W O R L D M IS SI O N 97 TH AVENUE T P E N T E C O S T A LS N E W E V A N G EL IC A LS (ALLENBY) LUKE 21: 24; 34 - 36 OM ON EIT OL 17

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM-CHURCH ACTIVITY MATH 24: 14, WHY THIS GOSPEL? BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER GOSPEL PREVAILING, THE GOSPEL OF PROSPERITY. THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE GOSPEL OF THIS KINGDOM AND GOSPEL OF PROSPERITY IS AS MUCH A SPIRITUAL WARFARE BECAUSE THE BLINDNESS THAT CHARACTERIZED THE LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE ALSO CHARACTERIZED ISRAEL IN THE DAYS THE LORD WAS WITH THE JEWS. MATH 24: 12, REV 3: 14 -22

A Bleeding Israeli

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM-CHURCH ACTIVITY THE SINGULAR ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH IS TO REMOVE THE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS AFFLICTING: • THE CHURCH ON ONE HAND; AND • ISRAEL ON THE OTHER BECAUSE OF THE INDEBTEDNESS TO THE JEW • EPH 2: 12 -13, • ROMANS 11: 11, 12, 25 -29.

FURTHERMORE THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK TO HOW AND WHY TOO §PSALM 122 §EPH 6: 12 §ISAIAH 62: 1

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: BRINGING IN THE KINGDOM-CHURCH ACTIVITY THE REALITY OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS THAT ISRAEL CANNOT BE DEFENDED JUST WITH TANKS AND PLANES AND SOLDIERS AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER MAN-MADE WEAPONS. THE JEWISH STATE MUST FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BE DEFENDED IN PRAYER. PRAY FOR PEACE OF JERUSALEM-ISAIAH 62: 1.

ISRAEL’S MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE SECOND TO NONE IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED FOR VICTORY IN A SPIRIT WAR.

Two State Solution

GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN IN PROGRESS: BRINGING IN THE KINGDOMCHURCH ACTIVITY BELOVED GOD’S PLAN IS CLEARLY STATED IN ISAIAH 51: 16.