‘Last Generation’
While we await the
fall of Iran, regime change and the incarnation of the Antichrist to start
World War 3, let's check our own doctrines and our understanding of Jesus'
words and endtime signs
Mark 15:2 Then Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the
King of the Jews?” He answered him and said, “It is as you say.” (Luke
23:3; Mat 26:11; John 18:33-37)
Our Lord confirmed
that He came as the King of the Jews in all the four gospels. This shows the
importance of Jesus being made King. Was He enthroned as a King during His
lifetime on earth? No, except in mockery!
John 18:36 Jesus
answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world,
My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now
My kingdom is not from here.”
He declared that
He did not come to be the king of Israel but the spiritual King of the Jews.
Mat 2:2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King
of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship
Him.”
Our Lord made it
very clear to all, including the wise men and gentiles from the East, that
Jesus would come as the king of the Jews to fulfill the Old Testaments of
Judaism, and also that Jesus, the Messiah of the Jews, was indeed the incarnate
of Yahweh, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, and not
any other gods or idols.
Mat 15:24 But He
answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.”
Mat 10:5-6 These
twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of
the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Our Lord came to
save the Jews only. So He instructed His disciples to preach only to the Jews
and avoid the Gentiles. Thus, after His crucifixion and resurrection, only the
Jews were saved.
Acts 4:29-31 “Now,
Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness
they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs
and wonders may be done through the name of Your Holy Servant Jesus.” And when
they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with
boldness.
After the
disciples received the power of the Holy Spirit, they were fearless, boldly
preaching to the Jews with signs and wonders. They were united and their faith
were so great that they believed the Lord by giving up all they had and making
His words as royal decree.
Luke 18:22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him,
“You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Acts 4:32-33 Now the
multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did
anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all
things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.
After His
resurrection, Jesus gave every disciple the Holy Spirit to dwell within them
(physical bodies) as their seal of redemption. When they exalted Jesus and
enthroned Him as King by accepting His words as His Royal decrees, this
fulfilled the prophecy - "the kingdom of God is within you".
Luke 17:20-21 Now when
He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered
them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will
they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is `within you.”
