The 27th in a Series of Studies on Biblical ProphecyFaith Bible Church, Bradenton, FL

Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor

the power of God."Matthew 22:29

“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

Luke 11:52

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“They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.”

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:3–4

”For I bear them witness that they

have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.”

Romans 10:2

always learning and never able to come to

the knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 3:7

PilatethereforesaidtoHim,“AreYouakingthen?”Jesusanswered,“YousayrightlythatIamaking.ForthiscauseIwasborn,andforthiscauseIhavecomeintotheworld,thatIshouldbearwitnesstothetruth.EveryonewhoisofthetruthhearsMyvoice.”

John18:37

ForIdonotdesire,brethren,thatyoushouldbeignorantofthismystery,lestyoushouldbewiseinyourownopinion,thatblindnessinparthashappenedtoIsraeluntilthefullnessoftheGentileshascomein.26 AndsoallIsraelwillbesaved,asitiswritten:“TheDelivererwillcomeoutofZion,andHewillturnawayungodlinessfromJacob;27 forthisisMycovenantwiththem,whenItakeawaytheirsins.”

“AndIwillpouronthehouseofDavidandontheinhabitantsofJerusalemtheSpiritofgraceandsupplication;thentheywilllookonMewhomtheypierced. Yes,theywillmournforHimasonemournsforhisonlyson,andgrieveforHimasonegrievesforafirstborn.

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

John1:10–11 Hewasintheworld,andtheworldwasmadethroughHim,andtheworlddidnotknowHim.11 HecametoHisown,andHisowndidnotreceiveHim.

Romans3:11 Thereisnonewhounderstands; thereisnonewhoseeksafterGod.

1.BecausetheyRejecttheSpirit

fusiform gyrus, also known as the (discontinuous) occipitotemporalgyrus

(Greek: "prosopon" = "face", "agnosia" = "not knowing"), also called face blindness

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

1.BecausetheyRejecttheSpirit

1Corinthians2:14ButthenaturalmandoesnotreceivethethingsoftheSpiritofGod,fortheyarefoolishness tohim;norcanheknowthem,becausetheyarespirituallydiscerned.

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

John3:3Jesusansweredandsaidtohim,“Mostassuredly, Isaytoyou,unlessoneisbornagain,hecannotseethekingdomofGod.”

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

εἶδον (eidon) = behold, look upon, notice, consider, perceive

1.BecausetheyRejecttheSpirit

Luke24:13-32

TwoDisciplesontheEmmausRoad

Matthew12:46,Luke8:19&Mark3:31

Jesus’brothers&sisters

Luke18:31-34;Mark9:31-32&John20:24-29

Jesus’disciples

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

JewishExpectationsoftheirMessiah

Jesusfailed,intheeyesoftheJewishpeople,todowhattheyexpectedtheirMessiahtodo—destroyevilandalltheirenemiesandestablishaneternalkingdomwithIsraelasthepreeminentnationintheworld.

1.BecausetheyRejecttheSpirit

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

JewishExpectationsoftheirMessiah

OnPalmSundaytheJewishnationshoutedpraisestoGodforthemightyworkstheyhadseenJesusdoandcalledout,“Hosanna,saveus,”whenHerodeintoJerusalemonadonkey(Matthew21:9).TheytreatedHimlikeaconqueringking.Then,whenHeallowedHimselftobearrested,tried,andcrucifiedonacursedcross,thepeoplestoppedbelievingthatHewasthepromisedprophet.TheyrejectedtheirMessiah(Matthew27:22).

1.BecausetheyRejecttheSpirit

ForIdonotdesire,brethren,thatyoushouldbeignorantofthismystery,lestyoushouldbewiseinyourownopinion,thatblindnessinparthashappenedtoIsraeluntilthefullnessoftheGentileshascomein.

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

denyJesus’deity

2.BecausetheyRejecttheTrinity

yachid:numericechad:unified

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

denyJesus’deity

2.BecausetheyRejecttheTrinity

John10:30IandMyFatherareone.”

John10:31–33ThentheJewstookupstonesagaintostoneHim.32 Jesusansweredthem,“ManygoodworksIhaveshownyoufromMyFather.ForwhichofthoseworksdoyoustoneMe?”33 TheJewsansweredHim,saying,“ForagoodworkwedonotstoneYou,butforblasphemy,andbecauseYou,beingaMan,makeYourselfGod.”

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

denyJesus’authority

2.BecausetheyRejecttheTrinity

Matthew7:28–29 Andsoitwas,whenJesushadendedthesesayings,thatthepeoplewereastonishedatHisteaching,29 forHetaughtthemasonehavingauthority,andnotasthescribes.

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

denyJesus’authority

2.BecausetheyRejecttheTrinity

Matthew28:18–20AndJesuscameandspoketothem,saying,“AllauthorityhasbeengiventoMeinheavenandonearth.19 Gothereforeandmakedisciplesofallthenations,baptizingtheminthenameoftheFatherandoftheSonandoftheHolySpirit,20 teachingthemtoobserveallthingsthatIhavecommandedyou;andlo,Iamwithyoualways,even totheendoftheage.”Amen.

Genesis36:1-37:36

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

Matthew27:25 Andallthepeopleansweredandsaid,“Hisbloodbeonusandonourchildren.”

3.BecausetheyRejecttheSeverityoftheirSin

denytheneedforaSavior

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

3.BecausetheyRejecttheSeverityoftheirSin

denytheneedforaSavior

John11:49–50Andoneofthem,Caiaphas,beinghighpriestthatyear,saidtothem,“Youknownothingatall,50 nordoyouconsiderthatitisexpedientforusthatonemanshoulddieforthepeople,andnotthatthewholenationshouldperish.” (seealsoJohn18:14)

ISRAEL REJECTS MESSIAH

4.RemaininPersecution &Judgment

Most Jews today perceive the last 2,000 years of historical Jewish persecution to be at the hands of so-called “Christians.” From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to the pogroms in Europe, to Hitler’s Holocaust—Jews ultimately believe that they are being held responsible for the death of Jesus Christ and are being persecuted for that reason. They, therefore, reject Him today.

1.Becausetheywillhavea SpiritualRebirth

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

26 AndsoallIsraelwillbesaved,asitiswritten:“TheDelivererwillcomeoutofZion,andHewillturnawayungodlinessfromJacob;27 forthisisMycovenantwiththem,whenItakeawaytheirsins.”

“AndIwillpouronthehouseofDavidandontheinhabitantsofJerusalemtheSpiritofgraceandsupplication;thentheywilllookonMewhomtheypierced.

1.Becausetheywillhavea SpiritualRebirth

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

2.Becausetheywillhavea VisionofChrist

“AndIwillpouronthehouseofDavidandontheinhabitantsofJerusalemtheSpiritofgraceandsupplication;thentheywilllookonMewhomtheypierced.

אלי

Psalm22:16–18FordogshavesurroundedMe;thecongregationofthewickedhasenclosedMe.TheypiercedMyhandsandMyfeet;17 IcancountallMybones.Theylookand stareatMe.18 TheydivideMygarmentsamongthem,andforMyclothingtheycastlots.

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

2.Becausetheywillhavea VisionofChrist

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

Isaiah53:5ButHewaswoundedforourtransgressions, Hewasbruisedforouriniquities;thechastisementforourpeacewasuponHim,andbyHisstripeswearehealed.

2.Becausetheywillhavea VisionofChrist

thepenetrationofasharpobjectintothebody,whichcanharm,wound,orevenkill

חלל (ḥā·lǎl)

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

TheTalmud,referstoaMessiah,SonofJoseph,whowillbeslain(Sukkah52a).InpresentingthisconceptofaMessiahwhowillbeslain,theTalmudicrabbisrefertoZechariah12:10.

2.Becausetheywillhavea VisionofChrist

Genesis42

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

3.BecausetheywillRepentoftheirSin

“…thentheywilllookonMewhomtheypierced. Yes,theywillmournforHimasonemournsforhisonlyson,andgrieveforHimasonegrievesforafirstborn.

Genesis43-45

ISRAEL RECEIVES MESSIAH

4.Consequently,theywillbeDeliveredfromUngodliness

Zechariah13:1“InthatdayafountainshallbeopenedforthehouseofDavidandfortheinhabitantsofJerusalem,forsinandforuncleanness.”

SiegeofJerusalem 12:1-3

BattleofArmageddon 12:4-9

PouringoutoftheSpirit 12:10

Revelation&IdentityofMessiah 12:10

GodlysorrowforMessiah 12:11-14

Cleansingfountain 13:1

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