Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000037
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00:41 Hello, and welcome to "Behold the Lamb" presents.
00:44 I am, Chris Shelton, your host 00:45 and we are excited to join you for again 00:49 for another spiritual, Bible, study. 00:52 Today's message is a second in a two part series 00:55 that we have entitled 00:56 "Is It Time for the Jews to Return?" 00:59 In part one, we began to examine 01:01 popular theories being tossed around as to the event 01:05 soon to take place in our world 01:07 as foretold in scripture. 01:09 And what part the literal Jewish nation 01:12 will play in this fulfillment. 01:14 You know, will there be a time or possibly, 01:17 is it now a time for all, Jews, to return to Israel. 01:21 And if they return what is this say to rest of us 01:26 in the world about our Lord's second coming. 01:28 Is this truly a sign a prophecy 01:31 being fulfilled that we should be 01:33 focusing our time and energies upon? 01:36 Will the, Jews, have a pivotal part to play 01:39 in the future of fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 01:43 where the, Bible, mentions 01:45 a one week period of prophetic time. 01:48 Or you know, what about the thousand year millennium 01:50 as spoken of in the Book of Revelation. 01:52 How would the, Jews, fit into this prophecy, 01:55 and is it true that all, Jews, will be saved. 01:59 Once again so many questions 02:01 that so many people are looking for answers too. 02:06 So let's get out our, Bibles, 02:08 and see what the, Lord, has to say about these questions 02:11 as we study along with, Pastor Kenny Shelton. 02:15 But first we are blessed 02:16 to visit the, 3ABN Worship Center, 02:18 and listen to a song entitled 02:20 "Shepherd of Love" as sung by Derrick Hall. 02:25 Shepherd of Love Shepherd of Love 02:34 Forever I'll stay by Your Side 02:45 Shepherd of Love You knew I had lost my way 03:05 Shepherd of Love You knew I have gone astray 03:24 You sought and found me placed 03:32 around me Strong arms that carried me home 03:43 No foe can harm me or alarm me 03:54 Never again will I roam 04:04 Shepherd of Love Savior and Lord and Guide 04:24 Shepherd of Love forever I'll stay by Your side 04:44 You sought and found me placed 04:52 around me Strong arms to carried me home 05:03 No foe can harm me or alarm me 05:14 Never again will I roam never roam 05:24 Shepherd of Love my Savior and Lord and Guide 05:43 Shepherd of Love forever I'll stay by Your side 06:02 O forever I'll stay by Your side 06:19 -Shepherd -Shepherd of Love, Love 06:39 Thanks for joining us here again "Behold the Lamb." 06:41 Oh, we have such an exciting study 06:43 and this is part two. 06:45 May if you missed part one, "Oh, Bless Your Heart" 06:48 you want to go back and get it, 06:49 because it's very imperative that we will. 06:52 We've a foundation, we used the first part 06:55 in order to establish some facts. 06:57 Now we're gonna come through on the second part, 06:59 and it's entitled "Is It Time for the Jews to Return" where? 07:03 Palestine, to going back and many, Jews, are 07:07 and they say, it's because, Jesus, is soon to come. 07:10 We need to establish who really is, Israel, 07:14 because so many promises were made to what? 07:16 To Israel! And some people say, 07:19 well, you know, it has to be the bloodline. 07:20 We're looking in scripture today, 07:22 we're going to find out, 07:23 because so many different subjects are involved here, 07:28 and we're gonna have prayer first and that's we do. 07:30 We're gonna just give you in a little nutshell 07:32 of what we've discussed in our first part. 07:34 Remember this is part two. 07:36 And as we do, you'll jott these things down. 07:38 If you don't have it, be sure and give us a call. 07:40 So we get these DVDs to you 'cause you want to study, 07:44 you want to show your friends, 07:45 because I'm telling you, 07:46 there is some truths that need to be uncovered, 07:49 if you haven't studied this before. 07:50 Let's ask, God, for His blessing, shall we? 07:52 As we go to Him in prayer, 07:54 I'm going to kneel and where you can. 07:55 Why don't you kneel with me and pray? 07:59 Merciful, Father, in Heaven, 08:00 we thank you for the privilege of prayer. 08:02 We ask now for the power of thy Holy Spirit. 08:05 Come near to our hearts. 08:06 O, Lord, take my heart, 08:07 take my mind, take my whole being. 08:09 We pray that heaven will speak, 08:10 we will be able to hear and those who are listening, 08:13 open the ears, the mind, 08:14 the eyes of each and every one 08:15 get all those preconceived ideas, 08:17 all those teachings that maybe 08:19 we've had all of our life. 08:20 Lay them aside and let, God, speak to us. 08:23 Thank you for hearing, thank you for answering, 08:24 and thank you for sweet people 08:26 who love, Jesus, 08:27 who is willing to take this time in study, 08:29 in Jesus' name, amen. 08:34 Well, again sometimes it's important for us 08:36 and I've mentioned every program. 08:37 I continually want to do, because you think 08:39 you are going to remember all the stuff that we cover. 08:41 Boy, we're really going to cover today by, God's grace. 08:44 So sometime the pencil is good, just jott down. 08:46 Oh, those who have short hand just put it down to, okay. 08:49 Again we are studying here, this is part two 08:51 "Is It Time for the Jews to Return" 08:53 to go back, or really who really is an Israelite. 08:58 In last part, the first part we study this right here. 09:01 We made the statement, read it from scripture 09:03 "All of, Israel, shall be saved." 09:05 Wow, is that true or false? 09:06 All of, Israel, shall be saved. 09:08 There is movements in the land. 09:10 Point number two, we talked about 09:11 there is movements in the land today, 09:13 aiming to restore the Jewish nation in Palestine. 09:17 So all these things are in progress right now, 09:20 because they believe that, Jesus, is coming, 09:22 He is going to show up over there, 09:23 so we need to be studying these things 09:25 to see whether they will be saved. 09:27 We also study where the new covenant 09:29 was made with, Israel, and not the Gentiles. 09:33 So what do we gonna do? 09:34 Well, you have to be sure, you get part number one, 09:36 because that's very, very important. 09:38 Number four, most the Protestant, 09:40 many Protestant groups are 09:41 keeping an eye on this movement. 09:43 They are keeping an eye on, 09:45 because they believe that the, Bible, 09:47 some of the prophecies point to this, 09:49 the coming of, Jesus, 09:50 and showing up over in Israel. 09:52 Well, what do you think about as you study this, 09:54 this lesson with us? 09:55 We looked at, also the teachings 09:57 of various groups, Protestant groups, 10:00 and they are calling attention right now to what? 10:03 To the Second Coming of, Jesus, 10:04 and we should all be doing that, 10:06 because He is soon to come in the clouds of glory, 10:09 and we need to be ready. 10:10 And they call attention to four things 10:13 we've mentioned in our first study. 10:14 They call attention to the purpose of His coming, 10:17 the manner of His coming, the signs of His coming, 10:21 and the events that are connected with His coming. 10:25 These are all good things. 10:27 But we'll now step to another part here. 10:29 We're talking about some teachings here 10:31 that we talked about. 10:32 We call it interdenominational movements that's going on. 10:37 And so that means a lot of different people 10:39 from different backgrounds and different church groups 10:41 are involved in this and their thinking is a long 10:44 this line that we set up in our first study. 10:47 Really who is an Israelite? 10:48 Or the promises of that, God, has made, 10:51 it's going to be fulfilled just through the bloodline, 10:54 or it's going to be through the, Gentiles, 10:55 the New Testament Church, 10:56 this is what we have to figure out. 10:58 Also we found that many of the things 11:00 that we talked about deals with the prophecy 11:03 which must be examined. 11:04 And we're gonna have to exam them closer than ever before. 11:06 For instance, we were talking about here, 11:09 we just said, the Second Coming. 11:11 So these are doctrinal teachings 11:13 that this way we're spinning this much time on, 11:16 because there is many misconceptions in the world 11:19 about the coming of, Jesus, and so it's mentioned 11:22 in this prophecies about the, Jews, returning. 11:26 Again the Second Coming, 11:27 it's talking about the seven years, 11:29 the last week of the seventies, 11:31 some of you've been studying this prophecy of Daniel 9. 11:34 You have the rapture that's involved, 11:36 you have the antichrist, that's involved 11:38 three-and-half year period there. 11:40 You have a death decree. 11:41 You have the great time of trouble. 11:43 You have the millennium which is involved here. 11:46 You have the-where it says, 11:47 the whole world is going to be converted. 11:49 You have the thousand years of that called peace. 11:52 And then you also have the destruction of the wicked. 11:54 You see how many things that we've talked about here. 11:57 These are doctrinal subjects 11:59 that are involved in this one teaching 12:01 talked about the second coming. 12:02 So we need to be clear on this information. 12:05 Now what we went over 12:07 and what you've been reading from scripture 12:08 is an important that to be truth. 12:11 Is it contrary the scripture, 12:12 or does it go along with scripture. 12:15 What was contrary to scripture? 12:18 What if all these teaching and millions are involved 12:20 in this process that we're gonna go back 12:23 and rapture in the thousand years 12:25 and seven year period and all this thing. 12:27 If they really believe it with all their heart, 12:30 friend, they may have find out if it's not truth, 12:33 that they're gonna be very disappointed. 12:36 They may give up their Christian experience, 12:38 because they put everything into this, 12:41 but they've not been putting enough time, 12:42 maybe into study of God's word. 12:45 Many believe in the, second coming of Jesus today, 12:48 but listen to this, this is the thing that gets people. 12:50 They are going to be unprepared, 12:52 that's exactly what the devil wants. 12:54 He wants us to be unprepared for His coming. 12:59 Now some people write, they don't like the word 13:01 when I use a prepare. 13:03 But, you know what, bless my poorer heart, 13:05 I'm just going to use it over and over and over 13:07 'cause I believe that we have to prepare. 13:10 Isn't that funny when you going to have supper 13:13 you prepare, you go to school you prepare, 13:15 you go to-- you need to work, you prepare. 13:17 Everything that you do in life, 13:20 you prepare for it. 13:21 You prepare for vacation, you prepare to go here, 13:24 and that's all fine, 13:26 except when you talk about prepare 13:27 for the, coming of Jesus, 13:29 and you say, well, we don't want to prepare, 13:30 we're just going to kind of set it out. 13:32 And when He comes He is going to take us on. 13:33 No, you got to prepare, so I'm gonna use it again. 13:35 We've got to prepare for the, coming of Jesus. 13:38 We also figured as we study that we must study 13:41 the purpose of the, coming of Jesus. 13:43 We must study the, promises of Jesus, 13:46 and the, prophecies of Jesus, and we put these together, 13:49 we will find out the real truth 13:50 that we want to really get in today 13:52 to the real meat of the word. 13:54 That the first, problem, I must say the first problem 13:57 we talked about the beliefs of other folks. 14:00 Now we're gonna be talking about 14:01 the beliefs in the Bible. 14:03 The first problem we come up 14:04 with is one in the very beginning 14:05 because in Genesis Chapter 13, 14:08 you read your, Bible, and when you have time, 14:10 read verses like 14 through 17 14:13 because this was the promise 14:14 that was given to Abraham, you remember? 14:17 It says that 14:18 "All the families of the earth 14:19 should be blessed through," whom? 14:21 Good, "through Abraham." 14:23 Now let see, some of you didn't get that already. 14:26 Because you say, well, no, that's just the bloodline. 14:28 No, the, Bible, doesn't read that way. 14:30 It says that 14:31 "All the families of the earth 14:34 should be blessed." 14:35 Problem number one then, so the territory 14:38 and the promise includes, what? 14:41 The whole world everybody in it, 14:44 not just a group this-- We've got to contemplate 14:47 this now though may you've been 14:48 taught the other way, contemplate it. 14:50 This promise was not to be fulfilled 14:53 in the bloodline or the descent, 14:56 you know, taking about there, or the race. 14:59 Anyway you put it, it's bigger than that, 15:01 it includes the whole world. 15:03 Now you don't talk, but it would accomplished, 15:06 through notice this and I'm going to read scripture. 15:08 It's going to be accomplished, 15:10 this promise was given to Abraham 15:11 will be accomplished through the righteousness of, Christ. 15:16 The righteousness, what? 15:18 By faith, our faith, 15:20 which includes all nations of the world. 15:23 Let me read a passage on that, 15:24 it might help you, Romans Chapter 4 verse 13. 15:28 Bible, says this, "The promise, 15:30 that he should be the heir of the world, 15:33 was not to Abraham." 15:35 We have been reading that the promises were what? 15:38 Through Abraham, through Abraham, 15:40 but here it says, here "that it should heir of the world, 15:43 was not to Abraham, or to his seed, 15:47 through the law, 15:48 but through the righteousness of faith." 15:53 The heir of these promises, 15:54 it comes through the righteousness of faith. 15:57 What does that mean 15:58 righteousness of faith, faith? 16:00 You think about the world, 16:01 you know, it was lost because of, what? 16:04 Sin, good, sin! 16:05 It's going to be restored through, what? 16:07 Abraham's seed. 16:09 A people that would be holy, 16:11 a people that would be righteous 16:13 like in the beginning. 16:15 It's very interesting, he's talking about what? 16:17 Jesus Christ here, 16:19 that we must accept Him in our hearts, 16:21 in our life, we must be born again. 16:24 It's very interesting meaning 16:27 and I-- you got to be respectful 16:28 about the meanings of Jews, they're gonna believe that, 16:30 Jesus, has even come yet. 16:32 But it says, the righteousness what? 16:34 A faith, through faith. 16:37 Righteousness of Christ, is how these promises 16:40 then are going to be fulfilled 16:42 in His people or in Israel. 16:44 So let's open our minds now. 16:46 It's interesting how, God, chose Abraham. 16:50 Have you ever thought about it? 16:52 God chose Abraham. 16:54 Why did He choose Abraham of all the people? 16:57 Interesting what the, Bible, says 16:58 there in Genesis 20:18. 17:00 The, Bible, simply says 17:02 "Because thou hast obeyed my voice." 17:05 Listen carefully "Because thou hast obeyed my voice." 17:10 And then verse 16 you drop down, 17:12 it says this, "It tells that, 17:13 that "He obeyed, God, 17:15 when he was told to sacrifice his son." 17:20 Very interesting, 17:21 so "Because thou has done this thing" 17:25 God, says "and not withheld thine only son." 17:29 So, God, said, I am going to bless, 17:31 Abraham, and his seed, because he obeyed my voice. 17:35 So, so far we're having some problems 17:37 with-it's the blessings, it's gonna be 17:39 just on a certain race or certain group, 17:41 because first of all it was what? 17:43 The blessings were to be to be to all the what? 17:45 Included the world. 17:48 It wasn't going to come through Abraham. 17:49 Was that, Abraham, and his seed, 17:50 but really what was it through? 17:51 It said through the, righteousness of Christ. 17:55 Through what? Through faith! 17:57 And now we come to the point, 17:58 God, said, I am going to bless you, Abraham, 18:00 because you were what? 18:02 Obedient! So would the promise has come 18:05 through a group, that's not obedient? No. 18:07 Would it come through a group that's not faithful? No. 18:09 Not accepted, righteousness of Christ, 18:11 never been converted, don't believe the, Jesus. 18:14 No, the answer is pretty simple, isn't it? 18:17 No, it couldn't happen that way. 18:20 Have you thought about, you put, Abraham, here 18:22 and what he went through? 18:24 It was designed by, God. 18:27 Oh, so what? 18:28 So, Abraham, could better understand 18:30 the plan of salvation and the plan of redemption. 18:34 As, Abraham, was going to offer, what? 18:35 His only son. 18:37 Take that in mind, he is God, 18:38 is willing to give up his son to come down here. 18:41 So it's all designed by, God. 18:43 See I am thankful. 18:44 I don't know about you, but I'm very thankful 18:46 as I study this scripture, 18:47 the many promises that are in scripture, 18:50 and the fulfillment of these promises 18:52 as you read them here, especially, listen, 18:55 especially in the Old Testament 18:57 are explained in the New Testament. 18:59 See sometimes they are difficult 19:00 just take the Old Testament, say, oh, was it? 19:03 They are explained in the New Testament 19:05 for those who want to. Let me give an example. 19:08 In Galatians Chapter 3 verse 16. 19:11 It says, "Now to, Abraham, 19:13 and his seed were the promises made." 19:15 You will say, well, that's got to be there. 19:17 Well, listen now. 19:18 "He saith not to seeds, as of many, 19:23 but as of one, And that to thy seed, which is Christ." 19:30 Wow! All these promises is going to be given to us 19:33 in eternal life and all the promises that, 19:35 God, has made His word is going to be through what? 19:37 Not a man, but it's going to be through what? 19:39 Through, Jesus Christ! 19:41 The seed-- did you get it, Abraham, and his seed 19:45 where the promises made 19:46 but he saith not to the seeds as of many, 19:49 but unto one and thy seed which is Christ. 19:54 It's starting to make me 19:55 think along the line just here, 19:56 just a little bit here that, God, has the big picture 19:59 that we need to be looking at here. 20:01 And so the seed then is who? 20:03 Good, Christ! Will all the blessings be fulfilled, 20:08 but it's gonna be fulfilled through 20:09 those who follow and accept Christ. 20:12 You have to follow Him and you have to be, 20:15 have to accept Him as, Lord, the Savior. 20:18 See He promises to the overcomer. 20:20 We got to be an overcomer. 20:21 You know, Revelation 21:7 says, 20:24 "The overcometh shall inherit all things, 20:27 I will be his, God," 20:28 and notice "He shall be my" good 20:31 "He shall my Son." Oh, that's good. 20:34 So the promise here then includes everything, 20:37 everyone and I just, I just present this too? 20:40 Could we really ask for anything more, 20:43 than what, God, has promised 20:45 and what, God, is doing for us. 20:46 Could we really just stand, ask for anything more, 20:48 oh, not at all. 20:50 God said, I am going to be with you. 20:51 I am going to bless you. 20:54 Now listen, where did the name, Israel, come from? 20:56 Let's-- you know, I can get down to the netted grid. 20:58 We build it up, we talk about the different things 21:00 and even that the passive scripture 21:02 seemed to indicate that only Israel, 21:04 you know, it's going to saved, 21:06 all of, Israel, be saved. 21:08 Who really is Israel? 21:10 And where did the name come from? 21:12 Well, Bible, says in Genesis 32:28. 21:15 Let me just read that for you, 21:16 he said, "And he said, 21:17 Thy name shall be called no more" 21:19 you know, come on "no more Jacob, but" what? 21:22 "But Israel as for a prince has thou power with God 21:28 and with men," listen to the words 21:30 "and hast prevailed." 21:33 Because, what? 21:34 Getting hold of the hand of, God, 21:36 he says, thy name no more, Jacob, 21:38 any more, but it's Israel. 21:40 So Israel been must be what? An overcomer. 21:44 Israel has to be, what? 21:46 They had to prevail with, God, and with men, 21:51 that's what the, Bible, says. 21:53 And so they have that power, 21:54 so there has to be something dealing with power, 21:57 has to be something that's dealing with 21:59 Jew yank up by Jacob in Israel. 22:02 There has to be something special 22:03 that's going on here in our mind 22:04 as we read these here. 22:06 And it's interesting, little bit later on, 22:09 because we're trying to, we're trying to isolate, 22:11 Israel, with a certain little group, 22:13 or people, or race. 22:16 But, God, is opening up to us. 22:18 You remember later descendants of Jacob, 22:21 the grand son of Abraham, you know, what he said, 22:24 they were known as the tribes of Israel. 22:29 That's interesting thought, 22:30 though you've been doing some studies, 22:31 you remember the 12 tribes of, Israel. 22:33 And remember when we say, Israel, 22:34 I'm going to mention again a little bit later 22:36 but it deals with character. 22:40 You will fit under one of the tribes of Israel. 22:44 Let me make this bold statement. 22:45 Everyone will have to be-Ooh, be careful now. 22:48 There had to be an, Israelite, 22:49 before they enter the portals of glory. 22:53 You're gonna say, ooh, boy, how does--. 22:54 Don't get confused about it, you need to listen it. 22:57 So the term, Israel, as used what? 22:59 In scripture here, it's used not merely to 23:02 identify a certain group of people, 23:05 it's more than that. 23:07 But rather, what? Good. 23:09 You just say, character. 23:11 That's what it talk about in scripture. 23:14 Sure, it applies to a certain race, 23:17 and sure we say, well, it's not, 23:19 it's not applied that wa all throughout scripture. 23:23 And so we have to balance it out with the word. 23:26 In the, Bible, Israel, is described there 23:29 or it tells us about the character, 23:32 or the spiritual condition of man. 23:35 So an, Israelite, then and what? 23:37 And character. 23:38 You got to weigh him up here. 23:40 If you are an, Israelite, how is your character? 23:42 If you are a part of the 12 tribes you're gonna fit under 23:44 one of those tribe your characteristic, 23:47 after all, all you take to heaven is what? 23:48 Good, your character. 23:51 An, Israelite, then is one who prevails with, God, 23:56 and man, that's what the, Bible, say. 23:58 You will say, well, I haven't been quite getting that. 24:00 Listen, in the New Testament, Paul, puts it this way 24:03 and it becomes very clear. 24:04 In Galatians Chapter 6 verse 15 and 16. 24:09 Here is what Paul said, he said, "In Jesus Christ, 24:11 neither circumcision availeth any thing, 24:15 nor uncricumcision, but a new creature." 24:19 Oh! "And as many as walk according to the rule, 24:23 peace be on the, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." 24:29 Paul said, the Israelite is not, 24:31 I'm not talking about just a race, 24:33 or what they did or what they held up 24:35 as-- this is God's family. 24:38 He said, that so the, Israel of God, 24:40 are those who obtain 24:42 an experience of becoming, what? 24:45 A new creature, a new creation in Jesus Christ, 24:49 those who have been, what? 24:50 Converted! Wow! 24:53 Friend, are you new creation in Christ? 24:56 Have you been converted? 24:58 You are an Israelite. 25:00 That's what, God says. 25:01 Promises to all the family and it's through the sink, 25:04 not just the mankind, but it's through, 25:07 Jesus Christ, what? By faith. 25:09 By obedience to His word. 25:11 By accepting Him as, Lord and Savior. 25:13 Those promises apply to us today. 25:16 Let me just read a couple of quick-- 25:19 I think some couple of verses in just, 25:22 oh, now become so clear to us. 25:24 Romans, you have your, Bible 25:25 turn with me Romans Chapter 2, 25:28 and then we're gonna go to Romans Chapter 9. 25:30 So let's read a couple of verses there 25:32 that makes us so clear. 25:33 And remember at the first program 25:36 that we did, we read some of the passages of scripture 25:40 that really seemed to indicate a certain direction, 25:44 and so don't overlook these other passage 25:46 in the New Testament that's leading in a direction that, 25:49 God, has intended in New Testament. 25:51 Don't overlook them, they are clear. 25:53 How can we overlook this, Romans Chapter 2:28 and 29 25:58 'cause it was going through 25:59 this the righteousness by faith. 26:01 And here is what verses 28 and 29 says, 26:05 there in Romans Chapter. 26:06 Where am I? At Romans Chapter 2. 26:08 Okay, Romans Chapter 2, 26:09 I'm gonna read verses 28 and 29. 26:15 It says, "For he is not a Jew," 26:19 notice "He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, 26:23 neither is that circumcision, 26:26 which is outward in the flesh. 26:29 But he is a Jew, which is" What? 26:31 "One inwardly, and circumcision 26:34 is that of the heart, and in the spirit, 26:39 and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, 26:42 but" What? "But of God." 26:45 Well, these are powerful hymn. 26:47 Paul, is pointing out who is a real Jew? 26:49 Who is a real Israelite here? 26:51 He says, not all these outward things here 26:53 but it's what? It's not the bloodline, is it. 26:56 He is talking about the new heart 26:57 experience to be converted, to live by faith, 27:01 to be obedient to God's word. 27:03 And then in Romans Chapter 9, 27:06 we had more time we'll spend with, Romans Chapter 9, 27:08 this is homework for you. 27:10 You jott this down, you begin to really study what? 27:12 Because the world is being led astray 27:14 by the lies of the devil. 27:17 Every subject matter that we talked about, 27:19 we first came on here. 27:20 The devil has twisted it, he has mingled it, 27:23 he has confused the minds 27:24 and till even somebody who says they understand it, 27:26 they get confused sometime. 27:29 But, you know, the gospel is simple enough 27:31 that a child can understand. 27:33 And the devil has complicated and twisted it. 27:36 And in order to try, to have to make any kind of sense, 27:38 you have to take things out of context. 27:40 You've got to twist it again to try to make it say, 27:42 well, you wanted to say. 27:44 Friend, don't do that, 27:45 let the, Bible, interpret itself. 27:47 What it say? Just read the, word of God. 27:48 Notice with me Romans Chapter 9 verse 6 through 8. 27:52 Now I know there are times where we got to hurry 27:54 but all stay with me on this. 27:56 You said, oh, I just-oh, now, 27:58 let the, spirit of God, 27:59 come into your heart, into your mind. 28:01 Quit saying I can't understand it. 28:02 Now you can understand it. 28:04 If you invite the Holy Spirit 28:06 to give you proper understanding 28:07 and then you are willing to put some effort 28:10 in the studying the word of God. 28:11 He will make it clear to you. 28:13 Starting with verse 6, Romans Chapter 9. 28:16 "Not as though the word of God, 28:18 hath taken none effect. 28:21 For they are" Listen "For they are not all Israel, 28:27 which are of Israel." 28:30 When we say that is very clear 28:32 what it's talking about, we say, 28:33 oh, I don't get that because all that which is, 28:35 Israel, is not, Israel. 28:37 That means, you've got something there 28:38 that you know, they might be born again 28:40 the love of, Jesus, and you've got those in, 28:41 enter just like in your church. 28:42 You've got some who are born again, 28:44 you've got some who are not. 28:46 Well, I belong to such and such church, 28:47 you've got some who love, Jesus, 28:49 and you've got some who maybe, 28:50 they're not loving, Jesus. 28:51 You follow what I am talking about here. 28:52 Those verse 7 with me, 28:55 "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, 28:58 are they all children" 29:01 they says, well, because we are Abraham seed, 29:02 we are heirs according to word. 29:03 The, Bible, said, "Neither because they are 29:05 the seed of Abraham, are they all children 29:09 but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called." 29:11 " Verse 8 "That is, 29:13 which are the children of the flesh, 29:16 these are not the children of God, 29:19 if you are child of flesh today, 29:20 you are not a child of, God, 29:22 but the children of the promise 29:24 are counted for his seed." 29:27 Now notice in verse 6, it says, 29:29 "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel." 29:33 So what does that say, 29:34 not all the descendents really what? 29:38 Belong to Israel in the spiritual sins." 29:42 And then it goes on the promise, 29:44 it's simply limited to those 29:46 who meet conditions of the covenant 29:49 and it includes faith and it includes, 29:52 what? Obedience. 29:55 Righteousness of Christ. 29:58 And then it talks about 29:59 there, are the children of God, 30:00 but the children of promise are counted for his seed. 30:03 Remember this, jott it down. 30:05 Remember, spiritual blessings are not inherited, 30:10 you know, we talk by inherited by natural descent. 30:14 So what does that say, spiritual blessing, 30:16 well, I am going to get spiritual blessing 30:17 because I am of the bloodline, no. 30:21 You will not. You must be a child of God. 30:23 You had to have faith and obedience. 30:26 You remember talk about the bloodline, 30:28 remember, Abraham, 'cause you know the story 30:30 about, you know, he had the bond slave, or servant. 30:35 And so he had two sons, 30:36 we'd just condense it down here real quick. 30:38 Abraham had what-- it says two sons. 30:40 Now remember, out of the two sons, 30:41 they were his blood, were they not? 30:43 One was by the bonds, they call him the bond son 30:47 in the, Bible, that means slavery. 30:49 And the other one was called, what? 30:53 I didn't hear somebody. 30:54 The first thing is what? 30:55 Ishmael, we talk about, Ishmael. 30:57 Ishmael, was the son of human devising. 31:02 He was the son of, listen, human effort. 31:05 But, Isaac, was what? 31:06 He was the son of promise. He was the son of faith. 31:10 But they were both bloodline, 31:12 but only one of them, did you notice only, 31:14 Isaac, received the promise. 31:17 It doesn't mean 31:18 that, Ishmael, was excluded from it. 31:21 It just simply said, God, chose whom He will 31:24 to carry on His work. All can be involved. 31:29 Isaac, was chosen of God, not Ishmael, not Ishmael. 31:34 Abraham, Sarah, think about this, 31:37 it was a miracle birth, was it not? 31:39 It was such a miracle birth that then notice, 31:42 the promise was accepted by what? 31:45 By faith! Think about, 31:47 Abraham, think about the seed, 31:48 think about who is really, Israel. 31:51 The promise that, God, gave them was a miracle 31:54 and they had to accept it by what? 31:56 Good, by faith. 31:58 It enabled them to conceive, 32:00 Sarah to conceive, to have what? 32:02 Isaac, son of promise. 32:04 And Paul kind of explains it this way in scripture. 32:07 He said, it was a, listen, a supernatural rebirth. 32:12 It was a supernatural, what? 32:14 Rebirth and what can happen here. 32:18 That's what they're Gentiles, we as Gentiles. 32:22 You know, we have to, we have to become 32:25 children of, Abraham, 32:27 the Bible, is talking about here. 32:28 And heirs according to the promise right here. 32:32 As we read that we become that supernatural rebirth, 32:35 the Gentiles, we become seeds of Abraham. 32:38 Boy, this, I tell you it really gets deep 32:40 when you begin to study, amen, this is wonderful. 32:44 Have you had, have you been reborn, 32:46 have you had rebirth experience? 32:49 You really know what is about to be born again, 32:51 we love Jesus, love your heart, 32:52 your soul, and your mind. 32:55 This is what so important in the world 32:57 that we live in here. 32:58 First of all is, experience with Jesus Christ. 33:01 And so we, as we read these things, 33:02 they are all good but remember, 33:04 remember what, John the Baptist, 33:05 even said, Remember, 33:08 we take law of promise in the Old Testament 33:10 and they are explained in the what? 33:11 Good, in the New Testament. 33:13 John the Baptist, said, like this in Matthew 3:9, 33:15 he said, "And think not to say within yourselves," notice 33:20 "we have Abraham to our father, 33:23 for I say unto you," John was saying 33:25 "And I say unto you, that God, is able of these stones 33:29 to raise up children unto Abraham." 33:33 Wow! That kind of opens up 33:34 the whole new line of thought, doesn't it? 33:37 I tell you, God, God, has some real information 33:40 for the, children of God, who is willing to really 33:42 get into the word, they begin to study. 33:45 Now what really determines 33:47 whether we are a child of Abraham or not? 33:49 What really determines it? 33:51 The, Bible, is clear in Galatians Chapter 3 verse 7. 33:54 It says, "Know ye therefore 33:56 that they which are of," What? 33:58 "Of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." 34:03 Now how can we overlook this clear passage? 34:06 How can we really debate that? 34:07 Say, no, it has to be the Jewish race. 34:09 You're gonna be an Israelite, 34:10 you got-- The, Bible, said here. 34:12 "Know ye not that they which are of, what? 34:15 Good, of faith. 34:17 The same are they, what? Children of Abraham. 34:20 Are you at faith today? 34:21 Then you are, John, of Abraham, right? 34:24 Part of the family of God. 34:25 Heirs according to, what? The promises. 34:28 So then we go back and repeat again. 34:30 So must we be blood, 34:33 must we be born in a certain nationality 34:37 in order to be Abraham's seed, do we? 34:41 This is powerful. 34:42 Listen the Galatians 3:28 and 29. 34:44 Now I am not going to read all 28, 34:46 I'm going to set it up here real quick, so you can see. 34:48 Remember he starts out that 34:49 it said that there is neither, what? 34:52 Jew, nor Greek. 34:54 It start out, talking about nationalities. 34:57 In God's side, there is neither Jew, nor Greek. 34:59 And then it goes on in verse 29 it says, 35:01 "And if you be Christ's, 35:04 then you are Abraham's," What? 35:06 "You are Abraham's seed, 35:08 and heirs according to the promise." 35:10 What if we missed, what if you missed all these years? 35:14 Oh, we won't be looking over, 35:15 we're not gonna be seeing what's going on, 35:17 listen, those people, the majority of them 35:19 blessed are precious heart, 35:20 they don't believe in, Jesus Christ, 35:22 they don't believe that He is coming back 35:24 that He even came the first time 35:26 and received to be heirs according to promise, 35:29 we ought to righteousness in the faith, 35:30 accept Jesus, we need to be converted, 35:32 we need to be obedient. That's not happening. 35:36 Our eyes needs to upon, Jesus Christ. 35:38 Our eyes need to be upon the word of, God, right here. 35:40 Quit worrying about some kind of bloodline 35:42 those who have what? 35:43 Probation has already ended, 35:45 and really to get into the word of, God, here, 35:47 and say, my, what does God say. 35:49 God says, you can't get any clearer than this. 35:51 If you are Christ, 35:53 are you Christ? Are you Christ? 35:57 Have you accepted Him as, Lord and Savior? 36:00 The, Bible, says this. Then you are Abraham's seed. 36:06 The Jew will tell me today, well, you are not Jew, 36:08 you don't have the blood of Jew, 36:10 you don't have. 36:11 The, Bible say, that's above the Jewish bloodline. 36:16 You're Abraham, I am Abraham's seed, 36:18 and I am heir according to the promise. 36:21 Interesting, when you mention that the promises made. 36:23 I hope we have time to talk a little about this 36:26 before our time runs out. 36:28 But they'll say, yeah, but what about all those promises 36:30 which was made to the, Israel, 36:31 and, you know what? 36:32 Listen, they are all going to be fulfilled 36:34 through the New Testament Church. 36:38 All of those promises that, God, has made, what? 36:40 Because we of what? 36:41 We are Abraham's seed, because I've accepted, 36:44 Jesus Christ, because of what? 36:46 Because of Jesus Christ, He is the seed. 36:49 And all we can be part of the family, 36:51 God here it says, I am heir according to the promises. 36:54 I can receive the promises 36:55 just like the Jews or anyone else. 36:58 I will make this clear and I will come back. Listen. 37:00 A Jew today, he gets to heaven 37:03 just exactly like you are going to get there 37:05 or I get there. They must be born again. 37:10 Please keep that in mind. 37:11 There is no shortcuts for anyone. 37:14 We've got to accept Jesus. 37:18 To me that's powerful passage there, Galatians 3:28-29. 37:22 Jott that down and read when you have more time. 37:25 And we say, okay, that's plan is it plan, church plan. 37:30 Those who are, Christ, are spiritual, what? 37:35 Israel. Spiritual Israel. 37:38 If you are in, Jesus Christ, that's what it says, 37:41 not the fleshly, not the literal, Israel, 37:47 but it says, they were spiritual Israel. 37:49 So those promises will be fulfilled 37:51 through us. Praise God. 37:57 So we talked about one who is a Jew by birth. 38:01 And I want to make it clear. 38:03 You are not automatically, 38:04 you don't automatically receive the promises, 38:09 the divine promises. 38:10 You don't automatically receive 38:12 a-I want to call it a free pass. 38:15 You don't receive that because of your bloodline. 38:19 As we went through this, we see that it deals 38:21 with the, righteousness of Jesus Christ, 38:24 those who accept, Jesus, by faith. 38:27 You're gonna be heir according to the promise. 38:31 Exactly, the Jew, will receive it, 38:34 exactly the way, the Gentile, 38:36 obtains the blessings. No different. 38:41 Let's speak real plain, shall we once again? 38:46 Blood relationship to Abraham. 38:50 If you are able, let's say you are able to go back, 38:53 and you're able to trace your family tree. 38:55 People are interested in family tree, 38:57 who, what, when, where in bloodlines. 39:00 If you could go back 39:01 and you could trace that amount 39:03 and somehow you found that, somehow down through time 39:06 that somehow you were kin of Abraham. 39:10 Oh, boys, you sense, ooh, boy, I will tell you listen. 39:13 You know, how much that's worth 39:14 if when it comes to salvation about what the papers worth 39:17 it's written on. 39:19 That's pretty plan, isn't it? 39:22 It doesn't matter. 39:23 The, Bible, teaches "It doesn't matter." 39:27 Don't forget Matthew 3, 39:28 read verse 7 through 9 when you have time. 39:30 Here is a biggie, I call him biggie, 39:31 sometimes, shocking sometime, 39:36 and we need to be shocked 39:37 when we are studying scripture, 39:38 'cause it gets and say, well, I didn't realize that. 39:40 Let me, let me look here a little bit. 39:42 Now what is the point of even going through a lot of it, 39:45 because it deals with so many what? 39:48 Subjects! So many subject that people misapprehend. 39:54 They are not contemplating, they are not studying them, 39:56 because they have this thing in their mind. 39:58 This is why it's going to be, 39:59 because it has to go like this 40:01 in order to take place. 40:05 And therefore, what? 40:06 We are not learning and putting 40:07 into our heart and mind, what truth is, 40:09 and when the enemy appears. 40:12 When the enemy appears 40:14 dear friend, you're gonna be fooled. 40:16 That's a burden we have here at Behold the Lamb. 40:18 We don't want anybody to be fooled. 40:20 If you want to be lost, that's your choice. 40:23 You don't have to serve, God, if you don't want to. 40:27 But we plead and we beg just say look 40:30 at least open your ears, 40:31 and your mind, and your heart, 40:33 and spend a few moments to study this, 40:35 because this touches on all of different subjects 40:40 about the dozens, and we are getting off, 40:44 we are not studying what truth is anymore. 40:45 We are studying what? 40:47 Some of the teachings of man, 40:50 and we realize where that's going to lead us. 40:54 Here is the biggie, now listen carefully. 40:57 The enemy has done what to our minds. 40:59 He has confused him. 41:01 He likes to confuse the mind, 41:03 because that's the only way that he can get to, who? 41:06 To get to you. 41:07 The Holy Spirit, how can Holy Spirit get to you? 41:10 Through what? Good, through the mind. 41:12 Do you see what the devil is working 41:14 on the mind all the time? 41:16 Anything that we can take into our body 41:18 to confuse the mind, whether be, 41:19 you know, pills or we're drinking things 41:22 or we're smoking things, 41:23 somebody need to stay with me. 41:24 Eating too much of things that it does, what? 41:29 It confuses the mind. 41:30 People says, oh, no, it didn't. 41:31 You know and I know, well, be carefully about I know here. 41:36 You know, of course, I know. 41:39 Let say you have a great big meal, what happens? 41:42 Do you think properly, do you feel right? 41:45 Say, you've overeaten. 41:47 Your mind becomes dull a lot of times 41:49 and you want just kind of lay down 41:51 and take a nap and so, you know, 41:53 the enemy will even try to confuse us 41:55 even on things that are good within themselves 41:57 and maybe the good food that we are eating. 42:00 But we maybe overdoing, so I am saying, 42:01 he is trying to confuse the minds, 42:03 so that we can't comprehend spiritual things, 42:06 so we need to be careful. 42:09 The things that we take into our body 42:11 that affect our what? Our mind. 42:13 Everything does of who we are. 42:16 That's why, God's last day, 42:18 people have a health message that we need to be studying 42:22 and apply to our hearts, into our life 42:24 that we maybe fit vessels for the Holy Spirit to dwell in. 42:31 God is well aware what's taking place 42:34 and what the enemy is doing, 42:35 much more than we would could ever be. 42:39 And he wants to warn us here 42:40 in these last days regarding these, prophecies of Israel. 42:47 As the devil confuses the mind of the, Christians 42:50 and the Jews, and many denominations today. 42:53 Remember there are couple of--well, 42:54 I've mentioned quite regularly 42:55 but Revelation Chapter 14 verses 6 through 12. 42:59 Revelation Chapter 18 verses 1 through 4. 43:02 We find that some of our minds are confused, 43:04 but there is a specific message 43:06 that is given and it announces that, what? 43:11 Babylon is fallen. 43:14 Babylon is always denotes, what? 43:16 Come on, you know, all these things 43:17 but, lets put them together one, two, three, confusion. 43:21 Confusion, what? 43:22 Not just anything in the world, 43:24 the spiritual things, the world spiritual. 43:28 The, Christian world has been, 43:30 what we're drunk with these false doctrine and teachings, 43:34 the wine that we've been drinking, 43:35 false doctrine and teaching. 43:37 Our minds have become confused. 43:39 Everywhere in scripture that literal or mystical Babylon, 43:45 it's always an enemy of God. 43:48 Babylon, enemy of God, 43:49 Babylon, enemy of God, always. 43:53 And friend, in Revelation, 43:56 let me just be real clear on this. 43:58 You say, well, Babylon, that was then, 44:00 hey look, Babylon, just means confusion 44:02 and it's talking about in religious things 44:04 and so I'll make this statement. 44:05 All religions, all apostate religions, 44:11 religious organizations, 44:13 all of their leaders in any of the movements. 44:19 You see, they've fallen away from truth, 44:22 have been drinking at the well of Babylon. 44:26 If they are teaching false doctrines, 44:29 you've been drinking a Babylon's well. 44:33 And, God, is going to hold us accountable. 44:35 Apostate means, you've fallen away from what is truth. 44:39 Maybe you don't care anymore. 44:42 Religious organizations we've fallen 44:45 and the Three Angels Message or Revelation 14, 44:48 a Second Angel's Message, Babylon is falling, listen, 44:51 come out of her, what? My people. 44:55 So God's people must be, 44:57 many of them must be in Babylon 44:59 or he would not call them out. 45:01 I hope somebody is hearing this now. 45:04 Do you hear that over there? Listen. 45:06 He is calling them out. 45:09 So we not participate in, what? 45:11 Their sins and their false doctrines, 45:13 and false teaching and God's people 45:15 has to stand up in the last days, 45:17 and to be heard. No they're afraid. 45:21 This is not a time for fear dear friends. 45:24 That Second Angel's Message has to be given. 45:26 First Angel's Message has to be given. 45:28 Third Angel's Message has to be given. 45:33 How far we've fallen away from, God, God, help us. 45:37 God is going to deal with these churches today. 45:43 The churches that He is talking about. 45:47 The ones they are fulfilling the prophecies 45:49 in the Book of Revelation 45:50 that, John, is talking about here. 45:56 And I will say this dear friends, 45:57 many of these apostate churches 45:59 have knocked the spirit of God's people 46:02 who keep the commandments of God. 46:05 Oh, big statement you better believe it. 46:10 See all these future promises made to the seed of Abraham, 46:15 I want to get it squared way in our minds now. 46:18 The promises of the future inheritance and power, 46:21 these promise of restoration of Israel. 46:24 Everyone dear friend, will be fulfilled, 46:27 not in a race, not in the nation, 46:29 but through faith, what? 46:30 In Jesus Christ, what my, Bible says. 46:33 Those who have accepted Him as Lord and Savior. 46:36 Salvation is between, what? 46:38 You and God! It's very personal, 46:43 it's not that you have to race. 46:44 It's not a kingdom, it's not national, 46:47 it's not a-- it's not nation 46:49 but its individual between you and God. 46:54 Remember whatever you might think 46:55 that you don't have that free pass 46:57 because of genealogy. I can tell you that. 47:00 The word does not ever teach that. 47:03 We've just got ourselves confused, 47:04 the devil confused our mind on it. 47:08 You say, well, why, why? 47:09 Because the persons think, they have a free pass, 47:11 they think they can get away from God. 47:15 They don't, they don't, they can find salvation 47:17 apart from, Christ, and they cannot. 47:20 It's in Christ. 47:23 Remember, God, saves people individually, personal. 47:27 Let's just examine a few moments 47:29 that we have left, about Jesus' work Himself 47:31 while He was here on earth with Israel. 47:33 You remember what, Jesus, told the woman. 47:35 Remember what He told her at the woman of Canaan. 47:38 She came to Him and to heal her daughter. 47:41 You remember what was talked about there 47:43 in Matthew 15:24. 47:44 Here is what, Jesus, said to her. 47:46 He said, "But he answered and said, 47:47 I am not sent" listen very carefully 47:50 "But unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 47:56 Jesus, was telling when she came for miracle, 47:58 she came for healing. 47:59 Jesus, said that I've come to do what? 48:01 I am sent back to the lost sheep, 48:04 talking about what the Jews lost. 48:07 Wow! What was, Jesus, saying? 48:12 He said, primarily, this is His goal, 48:14 He was sent to, what? To the Jews. 48:17 But remember He never ever deny the Gentile, 48:20 the blessings that He offered to His people. 48:23 He is making a statement here because of salvation. 48:26 We're gonna read when you say, 48:27 salvation is of the Jewish rule, 48:28 what's that mean. 48:30 Jesus, was pointing in that direction. 48:33 Jesus, knew the probation was getting ready to close, 48:35 but the Jews as a nation and they came here 48:37 and disciples and He counseled them 48:39 to what work would the Jews do. 48:41 Let me just read that, 48:42 Jesus, was sent to the lost sheep of the house of, what? 48:45 Of Israel. Read it when you can. 48:47 Okay, when you get Jeremiah 50 verse 6, read that. 48:51 God's speak of His people 48:52 has been, what? Lost Sheep. 48:54 Isaiah 53:6, He talks about His sheep, 48:57 like sheep, we like sheep, we've all done, what? 49:00 We've gone astray. 49:03 And so in Acts 13:46, notice what this says. 49:06 It says, "Necessary that the word of God, 49:09 should first have been spoken to you." 49:11 But notice this "But seeing ye put it far from you, 49:15 and judge yourselves," What? 49:16 Unworthy of everlasting life, 49:19 lo, we turn to," What? To the Gentiles." 49:22 First what? It was come out to Jews. 49:24 The Jews didn't accept, Christ, right here. 49:27 He said what? 49:28 Because you didn't want to hear the word of God. 49:29 It was first spoken you but you seeing 49:31 you didn't want any part of it. 49:33 He said, right here and you judge yourself, 49:35 notice, unworthy of everlasting life. 49:37 So apart from, Jesus, what, there is no everlasting life. 49:41 We've got to accept Him into our heart and life. 49:43 Lord, he say, we turn, what? 49:44 We turn to the Gentiles. 49:47 Wow! And Acts 18:6 say, 49:51 "From henceforth I will go unto the," 49:53 What? "To the Gentiles." 49:56 And again Acts 28:28 it says, 49:59 "Be it known therefore unto you, 50:00 that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, 50:04 and that they will hear it." 50:07 They will hear the word, they will respond. 50:09 Where did, Jesus, first send the 12 disciples 50:12 in Matthew 10 verse 5 and 6. 50:14 Where did He first send them? 50:17 Jesus, sent the 12 and He commanded them, 50:19 saying, Go not the way of the Gentiles, 50:22 but into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not, 50:26 but go not again 50:27 rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 50:31 Here is the passage that will make you stop 50:33 and think in John 4:22. 50:35 It says, Jesus, responded to the woman. 50:38 We're talking about Samaritan here, notice this. 50:39 About the source of salvation, 50:41 here is what, Jesus, says, listen, why did He said it. 50:44 He said, He told His woman, 50:45 He said "You worship what ye know not what" 50:50 How do you like somebody say that to you? 50:51 You don't know what you are worshipping here. 50:54 We know not what we worship 50:55 for salvation is of what? Of the Jews. 50:58 What does that means salvation is of the Jews? 51:01 See Samaritans, He is saying the Samaritans didn't even, 51:04 they didn't know what they worship, why? 51:06 Because they were combination of apostate Hebrews 51:10 and they were part of the 51:11 Hellenism combined together. 51:14 And so they worshipped Him as Mark 7:7 says, 51:17 they worshipped, Jesus, in vain. 51:19 He was trying to get their attention. 51:20 Jesus, offers them a superior, 51:24 the Jews religion is superior to theirs, 51:27 if they had followed it. 51:29 Remember the, Jews, were chosen to be, what? 51:32 Witnesses to the world. 51:34 But what do you means superiority, 51:35 it mean we have to beat you. 51:36 Superiority here if you look it up 51:38 and you study here. It means this. 51:40 God, has chosen the Hebrew people 51:43 as His representatives to the earth. 51:45 He trusted them with the Ten Commandment law, 51:48 and that the Messiah was going to be a Jew. 51:52 There was a better way that He approved of their teaching 51:56 and what they're doing, absolutely not. 51:57 He came, He said oh, I came the lost house of Israel. 52:01 So quickly here our few moments. 52:02 How does, a Gentile, become a spiritual Israelite? 52:05 How does, a Gentile, 52:07 then become a spiritual Israelite? 52:11 This is something for sure, 52:13 anyone who has faith in, Jesus Christ, 52:16 we've been reading as what? 52:17 We have faith in, Jesus Christ. 52:18 You're been born again, you're an Israelite, 52:20 that's just as that simple. 52:22 Israel and the children of Christ 52:25 are synonymous in scripture. 52:27 You're a child of God, you're what? 52:29 You're an Israelite. 52:31 Literal, we talk about literal Israel 52:33 is only a symbol of what? 52:35 Spiritual Israel here, just like, 52:38 I remember the land of Canaan, 52:42 you know, he had the literal land of Canaan, 52:43 but it was a symbol of what? 52:45 The heavenly Canaan, yes, that you're sure. 52:48 Romans 11 read verse 17 through 23. 52:51 It speaks of an olive tree, here quickly an olive tree, 52:54 olive tree is who? Is Israel. 52:56 Some of their branches were broken off. 52:59 The natural ones that mean they were breadline, 53:02 broken off that's a tribe of Israel, 53:03 because of what? Because of unbelief. 53:06 The Gentiles and the other nations 53:08 were grafted into those places, what? 53:12 They became Israel, the branches, 53:14 notice this the branches that were broken off 53:18 and you know what, they may be grafted into individually. 53:22 We've been grafted into the part of the family, 53:24 God, we're Abraham's seed. 53:26 But they only can be grafted in as we exercise, 53:29 faith in Jesus Christ. 53:31 So the Jew dear friends ceased to be Israel, 53:34 because they lost connection, 53:36 you got to read all these passages, 53:38 they lost connection with the main stock or the wine. 53:43 Oh, boy, and their place was taken by every nation. 53:48 Kindred, tongue and people given in Revelation 14, 53:51 through what? Three Angel's message again. 53:53 You accept, Jesus Christ, you are, Israel, 53:56 and any gathering is going on over in, 53:58 Israel, or anything is taking place right here 54:00 will not be fulfilled, 54:01 will not have the blessing of Bible Prophecy. 54:05 Bible doesn't teach that dear friend. 54:07 All who enter heaven, I want you to think, 54:09 all who enter heaven. 54:10 I've mentioned this before, must be an Israelite. 54:14 Yeah, promises that are made to, 54:17 ancient Israel, 54:19 will be fulfilled in, spiritual Israel. 54:23 Remember promises that were made to, 54:25 Abraham, you remember that concerning 54:27 the inheritance of the earth 54:28 and they were not fulfilled in him 54:32 or his descendants. 54:34 Do you remember that why? 54:35 Because they lived, the Bible, said 54:36 in Hebrews 11, they lived in what? 54:38 In the country, they lived in tents, 54:41 they all died in the faith not receiving the promises. 54:45 Wow! Israel, the true Israel of God, 54:50 those who enter heaven, 54:53 each one of them dear friends, 54:54 will be assigned I believe by tribe 54:57 according to their characteristics. 55:02 They enter in not as strangers, 55:05 not as a, Jew, not as a Gentile, 55:08 but as the Israel of God, the New Testament Church. 55:12 They enter in as overcomers 55:14 and so as we start out with our first passage, 55:17 so all of, Israel, shall be saved. 55:20 Friend, I pray that you'll take this, 55:22 you know, this little information just scratching 55:24 and you'll begin to work, you'll begin to study 55:26 and you're gonna find out who 55:27 the, true Israel really is of God, 55:30 and the preparation that it would take. 55:31 Let's pray about it right now before we close, shall we? 55:34 That the Holy Spirit will help us 55:35 to understand this message is confusing the world today. 55:40 Merciful Father in Heaven, 55:41 we truly thank you for Your word. 55:43 Much as been covered only your Holy Spirit can help us 55:45 to understand these words. 55:47 As we do, we pray that each one will take us 55:49 a stand for what we know is right and truth 55:51 and we'll keep our eyes not on our country, 55:53 not on the people, but on Jesus Christ, 55:55 our Lord, and our Savior. 55:57 Help those we pray you study Jesus' name, amen. 56:00 Thank you for studying with us too. 56:02 We realize it takes some of your time, 56:04 but we want you to take that time, 56:06 take time and study in prayer every day. 56:08 Remember, you know, the only way 56:10 we can bring these programs to you 56:11 as by the free will offering of God's people. 56:13 We thank you, we love you. 56:14 Thank you for joining us. 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