Monday, June 30, 2008

Jewish Rabbi Visit

So the last two days we had a special guest speaker. He is a Rabbi at a Messianic Jewish Congregation in Phoenix and also a staff Evangelist for Jewish Voice Ministries International. I invited him to come to speak to us about our Jewish heritage as Christians and on how Israel plays a role in the end times. What we got was that and so much more.

Saturday Rabbi Jack (that's his name) shared with us how Christianity wouldn't exist were it not for the Jews. Then he talked to us about prophecy and showed us various prophecies in the scripture and where they had been fulfilled. He also showed us some prophecies that were being fulfilled in our own time. The biggest point - That Christ is coming back soon, we need to be ready for his coming and urgently tell others that they may prepare themselves for his return.
Rabbi Jack returned on Sunday to teach us about The Ancient Jewish Wedding and how it was symbolic of Christ's return for his bride (the church). This somewhat simple comparison was something that I had never heard before. It was eye opening that the similarities are so obvious yet many, even most Christians have never heard it before. Anytime we get to see a glimpse of what Christ's return is going to be like, even if only in a symbolic way, it is truly exciting. Again the main point - Be Ready.

We never will know the time when Christ will return for his church. Scripture tells us that no man knows the day or time of his appearing. Only the Father knows. What we do know is that his return is always getting closer. It could be tomorrow, or the next day, next week, next month, next year. We never know - :e could return as you are reading this blog. What we do know is that he is coming and when he does we need to be ready for his appearing. We don't want to be caught unprepared like is told in the parable of the 10 Virgins. 5 of them were foolish and did not take extra oil for their lamps. When the bridegroom arrived, the foolish ones did not have enough oil. They had to go buy some more oil and missed the coming of the bridegroom. Christ is the bridegroom, let us not find ourselves unprepared when he returns for his bride.
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