PAGE 4 THE IMPORTANT INVITATION

IN ORDER FOR GOD TO BE ABLE TO BRING HIS KINGDOM TO EARTH, THE NATION OF ISRAEL, WHO FAILED IN ITS PURPOSE AT THE FIRST COMING OF THE MESSIAH BY REJECTING YESHUA, JESUS, MUST NOW ACCEPT HIM.  THERE IS ALWAYS IN SCRIPTURE THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE EARTH.  THE LORD SAYS:

"ABRAHAM WILL SURELY BECOME A GREAT AND POWERFUL NATION, AND ALL NATIONS ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH HIM." GEN 18:18

THE NATION OF ABRAHAM WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON ALL OF THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE EARTH.

GOD SAYS TO JACOB: "A NATION, AND A COMMUNITY OF NATIONS WILL COME FROM YOU." GEN 35:11

A NATION IS THE NATION OF ISRAEL.  A "COMMUNITY OF NATIONS" ARE THE BELIEVERS IN YESHUA FROM THE NATIONS; THE HEBREW WORD FOR COMMUNITY IS "KAHAL", WHICH MEANS CHURCH OR ASSEMBLY; MEANING THE BELIEVERS IN YESHUA FROM THE NATIONS. ISRAEL OR JERUSALEM AS IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED, HAS ALREADY BEEN A BLESSING BY GIVING US THE MESSIAH YESHUA AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE A BLESSING TO THE WORLD BY FULFILLING ITS CALLING AND USHERING IN ULTIMATE REDEMPTION FOR THE WORLD.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT HIS BROTHERS, THE ONES HE HAS ANGUISH FOR, BECAUSE OF THEIR REJECTION OF YESHUA, ARE STILL THE ONES THAT BY GOD ARE:

"...THE ADOPTION OF SONS, THEIRS IS THE DIVINE GLORY, THE COVENANTS, THE RECEIVING OF THE LAW, THE TEMPLE WORSHIP AND THE PROMISES." ROM 9:4

THESE COVENANTS AND PROMISES ALSO INCLUDE THE PHYSICAL LAND OF ISRAEL.  PAUL CONTINUES TO SAY IN ROMANS ABOUT HIS JEWISH BROTHERS WHO HAVE REJECTED YESHUA, THAT:

"...AS FAR AS THE GOSPEL IS CONCERNED, THEY ARE ENEMIES ON YOUR ACCOUNT; BUT AS FAR AS ELECTION IS CONCERNED, THEY ARE LOVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE PATRIARCHS, FOR GOD'S GIFTS AND HIS CALL ARE IRREVOCABLE.' ROM 11:28,29

HIS CALLING ON THEM TO BE A BLESSING AND HIS GIFTS TO THEM OF THE LAND AND THE COVENANTS STILL STAND AND HAVE NOT BEEN DONE AWAY WITH IN SPITE OF THEIR DISOBEDIENCE.

PAUL SAYS THAT THEIR CALLING OF BRINGING THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE EARTH WILL FULFILLED WHEN THEY FINALLY ACCEPT JESUS AS MESSIAH. HE SAYS :

"FOR IF THEIR REJECTION IS THE RECONCILIATION OF THE WORLD, WHAT WILL THEIR ACCEPTANCE BE BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD." ROM 11:15

HE IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD WHICH OCCURS AFTER YESHUA, JESUS, RETURNS IN GLORY.  PAUL SAYS:

"FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, WITH A LOUD COMMAND, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST." 1 THESSALONIANS 4