Alrighty, we’ve finally arrived at the last part of Deuteronomy Chapter 31.
Let’s get our bearings and see where we’re at, shall we?
We’ve just witnessed the transition of Israel’s leadership from Moses to Joshua.
We saw the the actual consecration ceremony when the Lord called Moses and Joshua to the tent of meeting and on the spot ordained Joshua as Israel’s new supreme leader on the planet.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve also spent some time diving into the prophetic books of Ezekiel and Revelations.
The reason I did this was so we could understand the real purpose of and how we should view Bible prophecy.
Another important reason why we dove into these prophetic books is because there is actually a ton of prophecy embedded in the final four books of Deuteronomy where we’re at now.
Hence, we are kind of being forcibly led into the prophetic realm whether we want to venture into this esoteric area or not.
Another key point I made is that our human natures never seem to be satisfied with the knowledge the Lord has plainly revealed to us.
We are always madly wanting to know those hidden things that God has only reserved for Himself.
We deliberately overlook the fact that by definition things that are hidden cannot be known (at least until God reveals them to us), yet we continue to speculate about things that don’t have any relevance to our immediate walk with the Lord and are yet future to us.
In fact, when we try to guess how God’s plan will unfold in the future and fall so in love with our own ideas on a subject, we can actually miss the fulfillment of God’s prophecies as they happen right before our eyes.
The gentile Christian church is a perfect case in point.
Historically, the institutional church became so infatuated with their own theories about what was going to happen in the future that they turned these ideas into unquestionable doctrines and they have been promoting these falsities for centuries now.
The big ones are…
…FIRST, that the church has replaced the Jewish people as God’s chosen and therefore everything that was to apply to Israel would now apply to them (in other words, that good ‘ole demonic Replacement Theology nonsense).
SECOND, that Israel was never going to return to the land from their Roman Exile.
Therefore, when the Jewish people did return to their homeland about 70 years ago, a huge portion of the gentile church totally either missed it or dismissed it.
I’m serious.
They viewed the resurrection of the Jewish nation as nothing more than a natural reaction to the events of World War II and a puppet state that was installed by the United Nations.
Another equally ridiculous view they harbored was that the resurrection of the land of Israel was NOT actually the fulfillment of prophecy.
You read that right.
They denied that prophecy had actually been fulfilled and just said the Jews are simply serving as temporary caretakers of the land until the church takes over.
Can you believe this crap?
You may wonder…
…why in the world is the institutional gentile church so keen to not recognize the rebirth of the Jewish nation in 1948 as fulfilled prophecy?
The answer is simple.
Because if the return of the Jews was accepted as Biblical prophecy fulfilled, they know darn well that they’re going to have to throw many of their cherished doctrines and faith pillars straight into the proverbial trash can (which is where those doctrines belong anyway).
Folks, that is why all of the major Christian denominations never bring up the subject of Israel.
The very presence of the Jews back in the land is a big-time threat to their anti-Semitic doctrines.
Well, I’m here to tell you…
…the times of the gentiles are fast coming to a close.
So consider this a warning or at the least some darn good advice.
While it is good to be aware of the times and look forward to the unbreakable promises of God in these latter days, do not…
…and I repeat, DO NOT BECOME ATTACHED to any one particular teacher’s or denominational view, or some popular author’s vision (no matter how exciting) about how the tribulation is going to come about, when the Rapture is going to happen, or what specific events have to occur before the Messiah comes etcetera.
Because ironically, when you become too attached to a certain view, as I just said, you fall into the danger of missing fulfilled prophecy when it happens right before your eyes (like the church did) or worse you may even end up denying that prophecy has been fulfilled and find yourself out of favor with the Lord.
Denying or being blind to prophecy that has already been fulfilled is a key topic of the end of Deuteronomy Chapter 31 and is also a major topic in the Song of Moses (contained in Deuteronomy Chapter 32).
Good advice. Not hard to do; there is no rapture as they are teaching it, and they have no clue what the so called tribulation even is. I have come across several who deny God had anything to do with Israel being reinstated. Closer inspection always reveals an anti-Semitic stance, however subtle they might try to make it.
Yup!
Have you seen the website Torahclass.com. It provides information on this topic as well.
Hi Deborah, I love Tom Bradford’s Torah Class. In fact, I get a lot of inspiration and make a lot of outlines for my articles based on the information he has on his site. And this article is a perfect case in point. Another resource I tap into sometimes is Robert Alter’s tremendous Torah commentary. Be blessed and Shalom!
I made an Instagram post:
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