Watching for the Messiah
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Waiting for His Return
Waiting for His Return
we are going to use V 40 as a spring board into a prophecy message
And as Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
Jesus had gotten into an fishing ship and crossed the sea
into Gentile territory
Jesus had a predestined divine encounter with a man
who was demon possessed
after Jesus saved this man He returned to Galilee
The crowd was looking with eager anticipation for the return of the Healer
There is coming a day when Jesus is going to return to Israel
and the people who will see Him will mourn and rejoice at His appearing
read Matt 24 1-14.
Matt is talking to the Jewish disciples
about the end times’
about what is going to happen in the world and especially to the Jewish people
The Hebrews are a Godless nation right now
There are some orthodox that are living by the oral traditions and the books of Moses
they have no temple to properly worship
they don’t have the Messiah
they rejected their Messiah back at the time of the crucifixion
AD 70 they lost their temple, land, nationality
God has brought them back into the land
but as a nation they are still looking for their Messiah
Today Israel is 1
up until the 7th of Oct. they were very divided
but after the atrocities of the Satanic Hamas
and the Muslim people who want to totally destroy Israel
the Jewish people are united against the enemy
Jewish young adults from around the world have come to Israel to Join the armed forces
Israel as a nation is relying on their weapons and military to crush their enemies
they have very little thought if any of their Messiah
Matthew 24 we are seeing I believe the birth pains of the tribulation
when the Israel will be so tired of war that when the Antichrist comes with a peace treaty they will rejoice
when the Antichrist comes with the promise of a new temple they will gladly open their arms and hearts
to their savior to their messiah
but it will be the false messiah
it will be the one who really wants to destroy them
we looking this morning at what it take for the Jewish Nation to turn to their Messiah
The Tribulation
The Tribulation
The tribulation is God dealing with the nation of Israel
the 70th week of Daniel
turn to Daniel 9 24
Daniel 9:24 (LSB)
“Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city,
to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sin,
to make atonement for iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
69 weeks Jerusalem will be thriving again V 25
V 26 the Messiah will hang on the cross
V 26 Jerusalem will be destroyed
V 27 the antichrist will make a covenant with the nation
The nation has rejected their Messiah
they will be tricked into thinking that the antichrist is their messiah
The Israeli Rebellion
The Israeli Rebellion
from the time the nation was born it rebelled against God
rebelling against Moses
golden calf
Miriam with leprocy
The ground opening up Korah’s rebellion
refusal to go into the promised land
wilderness wanderings
the times of the Judges
the kings and prophets
the going into exile
over and over God has warned the people
punished the people
not given them the blessings if they obey
it has always been that God had to be severe with them to get their attention
it took WWII to bring them back to the land
today in Israel
the Palestinian state was given to them during the Oslo Accords
Israel gave a part of the promised land to the Palestinians
in hopes of peace
you cannot make peace with Satan
he is the father of lies
so Gaza and the West Bank was handed over to their enemies
this is God’s land that He has given to Israel
not to be given away
it has taken these atrocities for the people of Israel to say enough is enough
around the world the antisemitism has escalated 1000%
bringing more people back to Israel
as you can see it always takes disastrous pain for God to get the attention of the nation
The End
The End
first he will misrepresent himself as the messiah
He will bring a false peace
then he will be the abomination that causes desolation
God will use the antichrist to bring the nation to their knees
so at the end of the tribulation
there will be the final war
Zechariah 13:8–9 (LSB)
“And it will be in all the land,” Declares Yahweh, “That two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last; But the third will be left in it. “And I will bring the third part through the fire
And refine them as silver is refined And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
Indeed, I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city will go forth in exile, but those left of the people will not be cut off from the city.
at this time Jesus will return
And as Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen. BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; and all the tribes of the earth will MOURN OVER HIM. Yes, amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Revelation 19 11-19.
Zech 12 10-13 2.
The nation of Israel will see their Messiah
they will mourn because of all the lost time
they will mourn because of all heart ache
they will mourn because of the Messiah that the nation had crucified
“But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the POWERS OF THE HEAVENS will be shaken.
“And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.
“And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
The nation of Israel will be waiting and recognize their messiah when he comes for them
but you as a person don’t have to go through the tribulation to see your Messiah
Is the Messiah knocking at your hearts door?
Is the Holy Spirit convicting you of your sin?
is the Holy Spirit convicting you of your need of a Savior?
today is the day of salvation
Today is the day to repent at the foot of the cross
today is the day to fall at the feet of the Lord Jesus
today is the day to call upon the Lord and be saved