Comparing and contrasting how God dealt with Israel with how He deals with the body of Christ is very helpful in understanding how to rightly divide the Word of Truth.
In Acts 1, after Christ is caught up into a cloud, two angels question the disciples as to why they are gazing up into heaven. Why did they ask that question, and what significance does it have to Israel’s prophecy and their future?
When Israel again becomes God’s chosen people, the will have to become like Nathaniel. They will have to proclaim that Jesus is the Christ, the King of Israel. They will receive an earthly kingdom which comes down from heaven and will rule and reign on the earth. The Jews will be a kingdom of priests during the millennium and will fulfill the…
An introduction to this subject looks at who these commissions were given to. There were only eleven apostles that received this commission, but the kingdom required that there be 12. The twelve were required to fill the twelve thrones juding the twelve tribes of Israel. These commissions bind those to whom they were given to the law of Moses. They endow those…
Jesus Christ gave the keys to the kingdom to Peter. The Rock on which that kingdom church would be built was Peter’s confession: ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ This is the same foundation that Paul establishes the body of Christ upon. Although the foundation is the same, the churches had to be different. If they were the…
What is known as ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ is and often repeated prayer in churches around the world. Understanding what is being prayed for in that prayer should be tantamount to the constant repetition of it. If Christians understood the context and the meaning of the prayer, it is doubtful that it would be mindlessly repeated in unison at services and events. It…
Many metaphors are used for the nation Israel. One important one to understand is that they are sheep. Christ came to seek and to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel. It is helpful when reading the gospels that we understand that Christ is a Shepherd coming to save his sheep. Christ sought out the children of Abraham, Isaac and…
The words ‘Jew’ and ‘Israel’ are interchangeable in the New Testament. This is not true of the Old Testament. At that time being a Jew could mean becoming a proselyte, or being of the tribe of Judah or Benjamin.
Understanding right division means understanding Israel and the role it played and will play. When reading Israel’s history, prophetic scriptures and how God was dealing with them, we can compare and contrast that to how he deals with us in the dispensation of grace.