On Tue, 28 May 2013 08:03:51 -0700
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IQN wrote:
> All the children of Jacob, except Levi,
> were reckoned with the Gentiles.
>
> Which begs the question, who is Israel?
Pete wrote:
> From my understanding Israel is Israel. All twelve tribes. All the tribes
> have separated themselves from God according to the old testament. All are
> divorced from what I have read.
There is more to it than we realize. It was just something to ponder.
> In the time of Jacobs troubles 12 thousand from each tribe, virgin young
> men will be anointed by God for ministry world wide, and I would suspect
> mainly for Israel. Along with the two witnesses Gods word will be revealed.
>
> Unfortunately the Levites will allow the anti-christ to sit on the throne
> of the temple they have at the ready. He, of course, will proclaim himself
> to be God. At the end of the seven years that remain alloted to the Jew
> those Levites and their families will be destroyed. And when the Prince of
> Peace established world peace He will purge all of Israel, and call back to
> the land of their ancestors all those who currently live elsewhere. They
> will live in the lands originally promised to Abram, each tribe living on
> that in a horizontal fashion from the top down.
>
> The Levites will be demoted Eze 44 to support services in the New Temple,
> The one described in Ezekiel and those of Zadok will take their place. EXE
> 43:19 and then the LORD will choose those of other nations to serve Him as
> well.
>
> Thus the Lord will fulfill His promise to the Jews from times of old.
As you may have noticed - I don't get into prophecy too much.
There are literally dozens of independent views on them. I came
to the conclusion that they cannot be fully understood until they
are fulfilled. So, I finally gave up on predicting the future, <grin>
and just read them the best I can. That was years ago.
These days, I focus on Symbolism, Ordinances and Laws.
They hold the keys to understanding the global scope of what
happened in things past, and how the plan of God, was revealed
through them. For instance, Passover.