2 advents of Jesus Christ:
Purpose of the Great Tribulation – driving the Jews to the wall until they acknowledge their offense, which was rejecting God at His 1st coming (His offer – Matthew 4:17, their rejection – Matthew 12:24), and requiring them to seek Him for His 2nd coming. – Hosea 5:15
Satan targets believing Jews in particular because if he wipes them out no one will be around to seek God for His 2nd coming.
Jewish sacrifices were a model of Jesus Christ as they did not pay for sin. – Hebrews 10:4
Jesus Christ is the only one that could pay for sin. – John 1:29
Vengeance belongs to God:
God speaking to Abram – Genesis 12:3
God says not to retaliate – Leviticus 19:18
Moses proclaiming God’s words – Deuteronomy 32:35
God controls who gets His wrath – Proverbs 24:17, – Proverbs 24:18
God will give what is deserved – Proverbs 24:29
Paul speaking of gifts – Romans 12:19
Paul speaking on God’s sole prerogative – Hebrews 10:30
Jude says the Lord will do the rebuking; we do not need to rail against others – Jude 1:9
“An eye for an eye” in the scriptures is saying let the punishment fit the crime, to prevent unbalanced retaliation
What shall we do to work the works of God? Jesus’ answer – Believe on Him whom God sent. – John 6:28, John 6:29
We become like the Gods we worship. – Psalm 135:15, Psalm 135:16, Psalm 135:17, Psalm 135:18, Psalm 115:8
Abel’s sacrifice was made by faith, – Hebrews 11:4, Genesis 4:4
and Cain’s was of the cursed ground. – Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:5
God clothed Adam and Eve with coats of skin signifying that only by the shedding of innocent blood will sins be covered; pointing to Jesus shedding His blood on the cross to take away our sins. – Genesis 3:21
Although Satan has usurped the world since Genesis 3 and continually tries to thwart God’s plan (thou shalt bruise his heel) through Jesus , Jesus (it shall bruise thy head) will crush him when He returns on the Day of the Lord and will then finish him off after the millennium. – Genesis 3:15
Jesus said Moses wrote the Torah (Pentateuch – 1st 5 books of the Old Testament) – John 5:46
Paul references Moses’ writing – Romans 10:5
Jesus references Moses’ writing – Mark 12:26
Jesus references Moses’ writing – Matthew 19:8
God, through Malachi, tells Israel to remember the law Moses wrote – Malachi 4:4
Daniel confirms Moses’ writings just before the end of the exile – Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:12, Daniel 9:13
Israel re-institutes temple worship, after returning from the exile and building a new temple, according to the book of Moses – Ezra 6:18
David tells Solomon that Moses wrote the law – 1 Kings 2:3
God tells Joshua that Moses wrote the law – Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8
Moses writes the law – Deuteronomy 31:9
Moses writes about Israel’s journeys – Numbers 33:2
God tells Moses to write – Exodus 17:14
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. – Matthew 13:44
the treasure = believers, the body of Christ, the Church (not the buildings)
the field = the world, the creation
the man = Jesus
The kingdom of heaven is like the Church in the world; the which when Jesus predestined, He hid from the Old Testament, and then came into His creation to willingly give all that He had, and die on the cross to redeem His Church and Creation.
Jesus has bought us and the creation back with the blood He shed on the cross, and He will take final possession, with us following, after He finishes opening the seven sealed title-deed He takes out of the right hand of the Father. – Revelation 5:1, Revelation 5:7