You literally have no understanding of what prophecy teaches. You make all kinds of claims against prophecy not even understanding any of it. Prophecy is centered on Israel. The prophets were all of Israel. The bible comes to us from Israel. The church started in Israel. The Messiah was a JEW born in Israel. God will rule from Zion in Israel. The Holy City, the New JERUSALEM is in Israel. If you believe the nation, the land, the people Israel are of no account today then your argument is with the Bible. Your human reasoning will not stand but the Word of the Lord will.
By the way, prophecy you shouldn't pass judgement on those who uphold prophecy. We do not disregard any of the church in any land Africa or otherwise. Educate yourself and stop spreading falsehood.
my “construct” is from the Bible. If you read the prophets you notice a few obvious things: 1. They are Hebrews speaking to Hebrews. The church did not exist. 2. Their prophecies could not possibly be fulfilled by the church. That makes no sense. 3. Many prophecies have already been fulfilled, the obvious one being the coming of messiah. 4. Prophecy is always, always fulfilled literally. The allegorical fulfillment is not biblical because it does not fit that pattern. If we go with your construct, then the prophecies that remain regarding Israel will go unfulfilled.
As a little thought exercise, read Ezekiel 36 and ask yourself how that could possibly be applied to the church. It just doesn't work.
Then there is the faithfulness of God to consider. If he had rejected his own people that he brought out of Egypt then he is not faithful. But the fact is He is faithful and follows through in his promise to the church and to Israel. The church should be very glad about that because we are no less unfaithful than Israel.
Yes, Israel is a secular state. But its establishment against all odds is fulfillment of prophecy. Of you reject Israel, you reject clear prophecy.
This is not 19th century construct, it's ancient and literal construct.
Ethiopia looks to me like one of the Lampstand on Revelation 11.
The African continent looks like a large African skull
You literally have no understanding of what prophecy teaches. You make all kinds of claims against prophecy not even understanding any of it. Prophecy is centered on Israel. The prophets were all of Israel. The bible comes to us from Israel. The church started in Israel. The Messiah was a JEW born in Israel. God will rule from Zion in Israel. The Holy City, the New JERUSALEM is in Israel. If you believe the nation, the land, the people Israel are of no account today then your argument is with the Bible. Your human reasoning will not stand but the Word of the Lord will.
By the way, prophecy you shouldn't pass judgement on those who uphold prophecy. We do not disregard any of the church in any land Africa or otherwise. Educate yourself and stop spreading falsehood.
You've been taught a 19th-century theological construct.
The ‘Israel’ the prophets spoke of finds its fulfillment in the global Body of Messiah not a secular state that rejects Jesus.
my “construct” is from the Bible. If you read the prophets you notice a few obvious things: 1. They are Hebrews speaking to Hebrews. The church did not exist. 2. Their prophecies could not possibly be fulfilled by the church. That makes no sense. 3. Many prophecies have already been fulfilled, the obvious one being the coming of messiah. 4. Prophecy is always, always fulfilled literally. The allegorical fulfillment is not biblical because it does not fit that pattern. If we go with your construct, then the prophecies that remain regarding Israel will go unfulfilled.
As a little thought exercise, read Ezekiel 36 and ask yourself how that could possibly be applied to the church. It just doesn't work.
Then there is the faithfulness of God to consider. If he had rejected his own people that he brought out of Egypt then he is not faithful. But the fact is He is faithful and follows through in his promise to the church and to Israel. The church should be very glad about that because we are no less unfaithful than Israel.
Yes, Israel is a secular state. But its establishment against all odds is fulfillment of prophecy. Of you reject Israel, you reject clear prophecy.
This is not 19th century construct, it's ancient and literal construct.
This is an interesting reminder that the body of Christ is global, and heaven’s map looks very different from ours.
AMEN!