Church's slippage from Gospel Truth!
Question: How was Judah reformed spiritually after the Scriptures were rediscovered, and how can we expect today’s Church to be reformed by a revival of Gospel-centeredness?
John the Baptist, Jesus and the Apostle Paul berated the Jewish Hierarchy of the day for adhering to the Pharisaic writings, instead of the Originals given to Moses, known as “Biblical Judaism”. It is recorded and well known by the Jews, that the Pharisees in particular were “very flexible” in their interpretations of Torah, and this is confirmed by the Qumran Scrolls. Of the main ‘schools’, or Groups of the day, the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Essens, the Pharisees became dominant, and at the time of the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, only the “Judaism of the Pharisees”, known as “Rabbinic Judaism” prevailed! This grew, and by AD 300, all the Pharisaic Interpretation had been tabulated in the “Mishnah”. This is the basis of “Modern (Orthodox Judaism)”.
This is why the Truths of the Messiah of Almighty God, as depicted and prophesied in the “Biblical Judaism” of the Old Testament (OT), are not accepted by the Jews who adhere to the current “Rabbinical Judaism” which is derived from the Pharisees of Jesus’ day.
The condition in the world still prevails, that this offer is open to all who will accept it. There is no limitation as to nationality or tribe, although the Jews are under a particular disadvantage in that they are burdened with a lack of understanding (veil), and are in a temporarily dispossessed state (Lo - Ammi) for nearly the last 2000 years. The risen Lord Christ Jesus, therefore intercedes for any person with the Father who wishes to be in a regenerated, sinless state, in the eyes of the Father through Christ, and once the Father accepts the intercession of the Son for that person they are sealed (2Cor. 1:22), (Eph. 1:13) & (Eph. 4:30), even though they remain in the flesh, and the completion is not until after the raising of the Body of Christ. Only people who seek the above in Spirit and in Truth can achieve this blessed state of Salvation, and when they are in that state there is no further need of cleansing, other than the washing of feet illustrated by Christ when He washed the feet of His disciples, (Jn. 13:5), to wash away the inevitably dirt and grime of living and walking in the world. Some groups teach that Christ intercedes with the Father for their daily sin or error. That is not the case, as when a person is washed in the blood of Christ they are made whole once and for all, (Jn. 13:10), the absolute self-sacrifice of Christ is sufficient for the Father to accept any or all people that will ever live, if their hearts are absolutely sincere at that moment in time when they embrace Christ's love for themselves. From then on they need only communicate / pray / speak to Christ as Lord, Master and Friend to request their feet be washed.
Whereas in the Old Testament Jehovah chose His people, the people of the world may now choose Jehovah (through Christ)!
As regards the question of ‘revival’; the events leading up to the return of Christ Jesus will have many false teachings, and it will test the faith of all of us; and test us to rely on our Bibles and prayer!
The events described in Matt. 24, are looking strongly similar to current events on Earth!
However; Jesus cautioned us to “watch”.
We can only be conclusive when we see the definite reality of Matt. 24:15!
Until then, watching Israel is paramount to accurately know the time we are living in!
In that context, the building of the next Temple in Jerusalem is a massive “watch” signal!
A great deal of antagonism and conflict surrounds the apparent Jewish Temple Site in Jerusalem currently, between Muslims, Jews and Christians.
See: The Jewish Temple's Purpose and Meaning (study)
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