DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM: JERUSALEM, O JERUSALEM!
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Destruction Of Jerusalem
a) Now enters the last Times of Israel — THE KINGDOM IN ALL THE WORLD — the period in which we still live today.
b) God's spiritual kingdom, the new Israel, had been spreading rapidly throughout the world. Churches had been established in numerous cities. The Holy Spirit's blessing, and the risen Christ's power, had been manifested everywhere. It was clear that Christ was reigning as both king and high priest in heaven.
c) Many, nevertheless, were blind to all this, and the Jews, especially in Jerusalem, generally just kept right on following the old way as if nothing had happened. They rejected their Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. They clung to their temple worship for forty years. But in AD 70 it was suddenly taken from them by the Romans who besieged and destroyed their city and temple — just as Jesus himself had foretold.
2. Jerusalem, O Jerusalem!
a) The Times of Israel all had their purpose, but having fulfilled that purpose, each came to an end. The kingdom of God was always moving toward becoming an eternal kingdom in heaven. God did not preserve Jerusalem and its new temple from yet another destruction in AD 70. Christ, having made one sacrifice for all sins, was now officiating in the true temple in the heavenly Jerusalem.
b) The Jews should have recognized this, and abolished temple worship. Since they did not, God allowed their enemies to do it for them. More tragic even than the cruel destruction of their city and temple, was their own rejection and loss of the kingdom of heaven. How many people are still doing the same today, and putting themselves in the way of terrible destruction?
The End ...
1. Destruction Of Jerusalema) Now enters the last Times of Israel — THE KINGDOM IN ALL THE WORLD — the period in which we still live today.
b) God's spiritual kingdom, the new Israel, had been spreading rapidly throughout the world. Churches had been established in numerous cities. The Holy Spirit's blessing, and the risen Christ's power, had been manifested everywhere. It was clear that Christ was reigning as both king and high priest in heaven.
c) Many, nevertheless, were blind to all this, and the Jews, especially in Jerusalem, generally just kept right on following the old way as if nothing had happened. They rejected their Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. They clung to their temple worship for forty years. But in AD 70 it was suddenly taken from them by the Romans who besieged and destroyed their city and temple — just as Jesus himself had foretold.
2. Jerusalem, O Jerusalem!
a) The Times of Israel all had their purpose, but having fulfilled that purpose, each came to an end. The kingdom of God was always moving toward becoming an eternal kingdom in heaven. God did not preserve Jerusalem and its new temple from yet another destruction in AD 70. Christ, having made one sacrifice for all sins, was now officiating in the true temple in the heavenly Jerusalem.
b) The Jews should have recognized this, and abolished temple worship. Since they did not, God allowed their enemies to do it for them. More tragic even than the cruel destruction of their city and temple, was their own rejection and loss of the kingdom of heaven. How many people are still doing the same today, and putting themselves in the way of terrible destruction?
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