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But of That Day and Hour Who Knows?

Posted by William Bell on December 11th, 2009

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But of That Day and Hour Who Knows? This is a common response by those who yet believe Jesus’ second coming is future. This is a brief response to demonstrate why that reasoning does not follow. The view addressed here comes from a study citing Luke 21:34-35, as a day of uncertainty. The writer maintained that since those verses followed Luke 21:32, which clearly delineated the A.D. 70 fall or Jerusalem, then they must of necessity be speaking of a yet future unknown coming of the Lord. The following is a partial reply.

Not Knowing the Day and Hour

Luke does not mention the phrase, “but of that day and hour no man knows” as does Matthew and Mark. That does not mean that the idea is not present in the text. Clarke correctly deduces the idea from the language of surprise suggested by the (more…)

Posted in Eschatology

Tags: Christianity, End time, God, Jesus, Jew, Religion and Spirituality, Second Coming, Song of Moses

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Is the New Covenant Only for Judah and Israel?

Posted by William Bell on December 4th, 2009

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Is the New Covenant only for Judah and Israel? Some believe so. They base their reasoning on the bible text which says God would make a new covenant.

“Behold finding fault with them, He says: “Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.” (Heb. 8:6). Quoting from Jer. 31:31, Paul affirms the fulfillment of this prophecy in the soon to be completed New Covenant and consummation of the Old. By virtue of the new, the Old Covenant was becoming obsolete. The time for its “vanishing away” drew near, (Heb. 8:13). It ended in 70 A.D., (Matthew 5:18; Lk. 21:20, 22, 32).

The backdrop of God’s promise to establish a new covenant with the houses of Israel and Judah, involved the cutting off of Israel (10 northern) tribes in 721 B.C. They committed idolatry under King Jeroboam. God cast them out of his sight, 2 Kings (more…)

Posted in Eschatology

Tags: AllThingsFulfilled.Com, Books of Kings, Canaan, Israelites, Jesus, Jew, New Covenant, Technorati, William Bell Jr

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How Do We Define Zionism?

Posted by William Bell on November 12th, 2009

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Christ-Centered Zionists

How do we define Zionism? It depends on our eschatology (study of the end times). For this post, we suggest three views of Zionism leaving the reader to choose which you find to be more in harmony with the Bible. Initially, Zion identified with the City of David, presumed to be the once Canaanitish city as it existed at the time of its capture by David in 1003 B.C.

After Solomon had expanded Jerusalem northward to include Mt. Moriah, the latter king, at his dedication of the Temple on this new site in 958 B.C., is said to have brought up the Ark of the covenant “out of the City of David, which is Zion” (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Chron 5:2). Only in post-Biblical times die the name Zion become erroneously transferred to the south western hill of Jerusalem.

Zion later came to signify the city of God, the city of the great King (Pss. 46:4; 48:2): a holy hill (Ps. 2:6; Joel 2:1; Zech 8:3 (the chosen place of God’s (more…)

Posted in Eschatology

Tags: Christian Zionism, Israel, Jerusalem, Jew, Palestine, Palestinian people, Torah, Zionism

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What is Zionism and Who Is Anti Semitic? – A Three-Sided Coin

Posted by William Bell on September 4th, 2009

Gog and Magog Deceives the Nations

Acclaimed reporter and former Vietnam correspondent, Alan Hart, is the author of “Zionism The Real Enemy of the Jews, Volume One: The False Messiah. In the prologue titled “Waiting for the Apocalypse, p. 26, he cites staff writer Jane Lampman’s report in (Monitorworld, March 6-12, 2004).

Her report headlined: THE END OF THE WORLD: THE DEBATE HEATS UP. She wrote that “the interest in end-times prophecy has spread beyond their circles and is not only shaping people’s lives, but even influencing United States foreign policy. She referred to the minority of fundamentalist American Christians.

(CUFI) Christians United for Israel, lobbyist John Hagee’s video “Countdown to the Final End” lists his 10 reasons for believing that our generation will see the end of the world, even if it means a nuclear holocaust between the state of Israel and the Arab world. According to the back cover of his book, Jerusalem Countdown, such a catastrophe “will affect every person on planet earth.”

Many Christians, religious and non-Zionist Jews fear being labeled “anti-Semitic” for speaking out against the Zionist movement, (more…)

Posted in Dispensationalism, Zionist-Israel, Zionists

Tags: AllThingsFulfilled.Com, Christians United for Israel, Jesus, Jew, John Hagee, New Testament, Technorati, United States, William Bell Jr, Zionism

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10 Road Signs to Armageddon – Israel Returns to the Land Before or After the Messiah Comes?

Posted by William Bell on August 20th, 2009

The Land of Abraham's Sojourn

This is our fourth installment John Hagee’s 10 Road Signs to Armageddon where he says the Jews will return home. According to Hagee, since the A.D. 70 destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans and their dispersion, they were without a homeland until 1948. See “Beginning of the End,” p. 93. He then cites Jeremiah 23:7-8, to prove that the Zionist’s seizure of land from the Palestinian Arabs fulfills Bible prophecy and prepares the way for the coming of the Messiah? Here is our study for today: 10 Road Signs to Armageddon – Israel Returns to the Land Before or After the Messiah Comes?

Does Hagee have the cart before the horse? Does he have the tail wagging the dog? In other words, does the Bible promise the inheritance of the land before the Messiah comes, or after that event? Hagee writes that Zionists have a biblical imperative to redeem the land. “Many religious Israelis are motivated by a biblical imperative to redeem the land of Israel for the Jews and (more…)

Posted in Day of the Lord, Dispensationalism, Eschatology

Tags: Armageddon, Bible, Christianity, Holy Spirit, Israel, Jesus, Jew, John Hagee, Lord, Religion and Spirituality, Technorati, Terminal Generation, William Bell Jr, Zionism, Zionist

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John Hagee – 10 Roadsigns to the End of the Terminal Generation?

Posted by William Bell on August 19th, 2009

Religious Jews Speak Out

Today we continue with the third of our segment of “John Hagee – 10 Roadsigns to the End of the Terminal Generation?” In this, we focus on the claim that Judaism is the only nation created by a sovereign act of God. In as clear words as could be stated, Jesus’ parable of the vinedressers exposes the fate of the Jews who rejected Christ, their Messiah.

“But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: The Stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that he was speaking of them.” (Matthew 21:42-44)

Now we ask in the light of the above, from whom would the kingdom be taken? The answer must be from those who were in (more…)

Posted in Armageddon, Day of the Lord, Eschatology, Featured Articles

Tags: David Ben-Gurion, Israel, Jew, John Hagee, Middle East, New Testament, Palestinian people, Signs of the End, Terminal Generation, United States, Zionism

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Arab, Egyptian, African and Babylonian Jews Met In Jerusalem for Pentecost

Posted by William Bell on August 16th, 2009

Schlomo Zand Upsets Zionists

Hundreds of thousands of the most devout men of Israel met to celebrate the a Jewish festival of Pentecost as required by the Law given to Moses. Attendees were Jews from a variety of nations. Among them were Jews from Iraq and Asia Minor (Turkey). Arab, Egyptian, African and Babylonian Jews met in Jerusalem at Pentecost for at a huge gathering. While there, they were addressed by a small delegation and an unexpected guest who’s appearance fulfilled a major Bible prophecy, (Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:16-20).

Earlier in the formulative history of Israel, God made an unexpected appearance to a gathering of nations who had united to build for themselves a tower to heaven. God purposely went down after seeing that the people all spoke one language. He then confounded their speech so that they could not understand one another. As a result, they separated from each other joined only by those who spoke a common language and were dispersed throughout the earth. They ceased building the tower as a result.

Following this event, God began to call out a new people from Ur of the Chaldees, (Babylon or modern day Iraq), through Abram,(Abraham) promising to make of him a great nation. That event was the tower of Babel. Men wanted to build a “local” earthly tower to (more…)

Posted in Dispensationalism, Islamic Eschatology, Jewish Eschatology, Premillennialism

Tags: Abraham, Alan Hart, AllThingsFulfilled.Com, Babylon, Bible, Bible Prophecy, Christianity, Israel, Jesus, Jew, Land of Israel, Old Testament, Technorati, Tower of Babel, William Bell Jr, Zion, Zionism

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How Did Every Eye See Him, Revelation 1:7?

Posted by William Bell on August 13th, 2009

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When we share the message of Christ’s return in glory in A.D. 70, we often are asked, “How Did Every Eye See Him?, Revelation 1:7. Often the conversation degenerates with snickers and sneers from detractors. Quite often the response is, “I haven’t seen him, did you see him?” The implied answer is no, of course. None living today saw Christ return in the clouds and therefore, it is assumed a ridiculous argument and proof that Christ’s coming remains a future event.

Such responses may gain the attention of the less serious bible student but have no value for those who are acquainted with reason and logic and the sacred text. Christ is unveiled in the Apocalypse in his glory. He is manifested as the Ancient of Days, a clear expression of his Divine nature. Crucified for his testimony that he would sit at the right hand of the Power (The Father) and come on the clouds of heaven, his testimony was regarded by the Caiaphas, the High Priest as blasphemy, (Matthew 26:64). However, that text is parallel to Revelation 1:7.

Christ told the High Priest that the latter would live to see him return upon the clouds. This means he would have to return in the lifetime of Caiaphas. In the same manner, not only would Caiaphas see him, reigning on the throne in the clouds, but many more would as well. In fact, all the land would mourn (more…)

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Tags: Apocalypse, Bible, Book of Revelation, Caiaphas, Christianity, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jew, Old Testament, Religion and Spirituality, Revelation 1:7, Technorati, William Bell Jr

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Who Reigns Over the Nations in the Millennium?

Posted by William Bell on July 23rd, 2009

Who Reigns Over the Nations in the Millennium?

Many claim that a particular group will reign over the nations with Christ. At one point, the Anglo-Saxons of Britain believe they were the ten lost tribes of Israel. They reasoned that the 10 tribes of Israel versus the tribes of Judah and Benjamin will reign with Christ in the millennium. Our question is, “Who reigns over the nations in the millennium?”

Imagine having a mindset that you’re part of a race of people who will rule over the nations of the world? Would that not foster aggression against other nations? However, Premillennialists hold to a (more…)

Posted in Day of the Lord, Premillennialism

Tags: AllThingsFulfilled.Com, Ancient of Days, Bible, Christianity, God, Jew, Old Testament, Religion and Spirituality, Second Coming, Technorati, Ten Lost Tribes, William Bell Jr

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When and How Did Israel’s Inheritance Come?

Posted by William Bell on July 20th, 2009

In the last post, we discussed the inheritance for Israel, showing that because of immaturity, they were the same as bondslaves. Their immaturity was not based upon age, but upon their legal status under the Law. An heir cannot inherit until reaching legal age. This we covered in Galatians 4:1-2. When and how did Israel’s inheritance come?

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