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What do you think the phrase, "the restoration of all things" in Peter's sermon was referencing? And why did the Lord Jesus initially tell His disciples to avoid going to the Gentiles and Samaritans but to go only to the people of Israel--God's lost sheep? (Matthew 10:5-6) And then, why did He...

Please--really look at Peter's Temple sermon from Acts 3:12-26. I can give you many other references but the Acts 3 passage is good for a start.

I've studied BOTH. Jesus came to call the lost sheep of Israel back to spiritual conformity to Yahweh's righteousness before the granting of the physical Kingdom. The Pharisees thought that they were already good enough spiritually because they were scrupulous about keeping to the letter of...

That is your OPINION, Dave. Which claims are you denying--and why? You need to pray about this and pray that the Holy Spirit would give you discernment to properly understand what the Bible teaches. It teaches a physical Kingdom of Israel that will stand for 1,000 years before it too fails...

And NOW you are accusing me of being a "cultist"?? False accusations are evil.

I probably have more scholarly works than you do but mine are undoubtedly more trustworthy than yours. When someone sets out with an agenda to "prove" some bit of idiosyncratic theology, what is produced is usually a theological mess. Good exegesis means letting the Scriptures speak--it is...

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You do not enhance your argument by resorting to pagans for justifying your remarks. It says the ASSEMBLY--not some made up thing "the Church of the Old Covenant". You still have yet to deal with Jesus' statement that He came only to the lost sheep of Israel. (Matthew 15:24). When looking at...

Synagogue means the same thing--both church and synagogue, in the Bible, are referring to the assembly of God's people (except for one reference to the assembly of Satan). Beside that, you have misquoted the Acts 7:38 passage--it SAYS the assembly of God's people--NOT the Church. Why are you...

Now you are making things up--there is no such thing as the "Church of the Old Covenant". Jesus said He came only to the lost sheep of Israel.

No. The "woman" with the crown of 12 stars of Revelation 12 is the symbol of Israel and "she" gives birth to the Messiah Jesus. You have posed something that would create and absurdity--(Jesus is the "woman" and gives birth to Himself??).

Yes--exactly so. The "tree" in question, I believe, is the Tree of Life in God.

No--He is the Messiah of Israel. The ancient Hebrew writers believed that there would be two Messiahs--Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David, instead of ONE Messiah who came twice. The one they were expecting was the Messiah who would conquer their enemies and take them out from under the...

Once and for all: THE CHURCH IS NOT ISRAEL! The Church is a spiritual kingdom--Jesus said so--it is a blessing for ALL nations. Israel is a mortal national entity. Israel has never yet occupied all of the geography outlined in the Book of Ezekiel. It will when the physical Kingdom of Israel...

Yes. Are not demons spiritual beings?

Had Israel embraced Jesus as their Messiah, I believe that the physical Kingdom would have been given to Israel at that time and then they would have become a light to the Gentiles from there. The heavenly kingdom of God was then put into place. Either way--we won.

The Kingdom that Jesus most often spoke of was the spiritual kingdom in heaven. But, that does not negate the end-time prophecies of the restoration of a physical kingdom to Israel--which were predicated on God doing a work, by His Spirit, among Israel and Judah to bring them into conformity...

It depends on your point of view. Since Matthew is the only gospel to speak of the Kingdom of Heaven--it is likely that the earthly Kingdom of Israel was in view. The Kingdom of God, used in the other gospels is likely speaking both of the spiritual kingdom in heaven (God's home) and the...

If there is no (Millennial) Kingdom for Israel, then all of the OT prophecies about it would not come to pass and prophecy would be overturned. Unthinkable. IT. WILL. HAPPEN.

If you are speaking of 1 Corinthians 15:50--Paul is there speaking of heaven. No mortal flesh can enter the Kingdom of God (heaven). But that does not mean that the Millennial Kingdom on earth (which is the one for which Israel has always longed) will not contain mortal men--in fact, the...