Friday, December, 08, 2006 1:59 AM
B'LuvdNobl
writes:
Everyone:-)
aurorawatcher writes: Thursday, December, 07, 2006 8:42 PM
Clarification needed
ASlayer, I believe that the Bible, particularly Romans, teaches, since the resurrection of Jesus, Jews and Gentiles come to God by the same way -- faith in Jesus Christ. Paul was a good Jew, but he needed Christ to be saved. Ditto the rest of the apostles. Timothy was half-Jewish, and had been taught the Hebrew scriptures, but he also became a Christian in his young adulthood.
So, I'm trying to figure out what you're saying. Again, I'm not a big end-times person. I'm more of a the-journey-is-the-destination Christian. So, you're perhaps trying to feed meat to someone with baby teeth on this subject. However, please explain.
Do the Jews need to accept Christ to be saved or not?
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Yes, the only way to the Father is through the Son. There are Messianic Jews today that have accepted Jesus as the Messiah, but their numbers compared to the Jews that are still looking for the Messiah are fairly small.
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The point that I was making on Valiant's site is that once the Rapture happens, the Body of
Christ(Messiah) will be complete and no more will be added. The persons that come to Jesus during the Tribulation are the ones in Revelations with the palm fronds. That is why it is that we are IN Christ for we are a separate group than those. This is what Jesus is describing in the 'Parable of the Virgins', for once the door is closed only the ones that enter into the Bridal Chamber are the Bride. Scripture plainly states that the Body of Christ is His Bride. If you are not familiar with the Jewish marriage custom, it goes like this::
The father of the groom sends his proxy to the parents of the girl that he has chosen to be his son's bride. There are wineglasses placed on the table along with a bottle of wine. When she is asked to be the bride of the groom, she either pours a glass of wine and drinks(this is acceptance) or she turns the glass upside down on the table(signifying refusal:the bride always has the choice, this is where we get the custom of the man asking the woman to marry him). If she drinks, the proxy returns to the groom's father and informs him of her decision to accept the proposal. At this time the father tells the son to prepare a place for her in his house, so the groom begins to prepare a place for her in his father's house(or attached to the side of his father's house). So, the groom begins work on his new bridal chamber and the groom continues to prepare(usually for about a year)his bridal chamber until the father of the groom approves the chamber. Then the father tells the groom to go get his bride. The whole time that the bride has been waiting, every night she burns a lamp in the window to let the groom know that she is ready, so, during the night the groom and his entourage go to the bride's home and the groom calls to her,'Come out.' and she comes out(if the lamp is not burning in the window, the groom returns home assuming that for some reason or other she has changed her mind).
The groom then takes her to his bridal chamber and the couple stays locked up in the bridal chamber for seven days and then they come out and the groom presents his new bride to the world.
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Now, compare this to the things which Jesus says to us in the Word, and you see that they are identical.
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John 14:1 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
John 14:2 "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
John 14:4 "And where I go you know, and the way you know."
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John 3:28 "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
John 3:29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
John 3:30 "He must increase, but I must decrease.
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Mat 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
Mat 22:3 "and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
Mat 22:4 "Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding."'
Mat 22:5 "But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
Mat 22:6 "And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
Mat 22:7 "But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Mat 22:8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Mat 22:9 'Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'
Mat 22:10 "So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
Mat 22:12 "So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Mat 22:14 "For many are called, but few are chosen."
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These verses Mat.22:2-22:14 describe Israel and the Body of Christ, for the Body is made up of Jews and Gentiles alike. Israel did not receive her Messiah when He came the first time, and will not recognise Him until AFTER accepting the Anti-Christ as Messiah, discovering that he is not the Messiah but an imposter, and having to suffer under his hand for 1260 days. Then when Jesus and His Body return, they(the Jews)will look upon Him who they pierced and weep, and realise the mistake they have made and receive Him as Savior; but they will not be able to become part of the Body for the Body is complete at that time.
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Rev 19:7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
Rev 19:8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Rev 19:9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' " And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."