Hi to all and I have many OP'S as to why Israel was set aside ,
God married Israel in Exodus
God divorced Israel in
Jer 3:8 and gave Israel a Bill of Divorce .
Then Jehovah sent John the Baptist to get Israel to be CLEANSED/BAPTIZED , but resisted .
John's message was " the Kingdom of Heaven is at HAND ".
John's Baptism was to prepare the Nation of Israel for the coming Kingdom .
But they KILLED their Messiah , so what happened to that Kingdom .
The disciples in
Acts 1:6 , when Jesus in verse 3 was explaining and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God , his disciples asked Jesus , Lord , wilt thou at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel ?
In
Acts 2:1-4 , got a taste of what
Acts 1:5 was told to them .
What is written in
Acts 3:19-20 was to be Israel's last opporunty to REPENT ,
Verse 19 reads , " You change your minds , or Repent , therefore and be reformed for your sins to be Blotted out , so that the times of refreshing may come from Face of the Lord .
Refreshing means a time of RESTORATION .
But in verse 20 , IF ISRAEL would Repent , " And He may send Jesus Christ , the One Having Been Proclaimed Before to you "
#1, " May send " is in the Greek Subjuncative Mood of Possibility .
#2 , " having been proclaimed " is the correct translation because it is a participle .
#3 , It is in the Greek Passive Voice and means that God will do it and not man .
#4 , It is in the Greel Perfect Tense , which means Past Action with Continuing Results and the results will happen in the Second Coming .
And in verse 21 , " until the time of Restoration which is the 1000 reign of Christ begins .
It is obviouly that Christ did not come back and Israel has been Temporarlly set aside , until the time of the Gentiles be come in .
This means no Temple and no Jewish Priests doing the service and blood sacrifices in Jerusalem , dan p
