End of the Age of the Gentiles

[Babbler]

Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.--Lk 21, 25

This statement indicates the Gentiles times will come to an end.

The destruction of the temple and Israel is the penalty they were to pay for not keeping the covenant with God. In Leviticus chapter twenty-six, the penalty for Israel not keeping the covenant is stated. The severity of punishment grows to seven times seven of the first punishment. It ends with them eating their own sons and daughters (LV 26, 29)

Reading the history of the fall of Israel from 66-70, there is no doubt about the savageness of the destruction against Jerusalem and that Israelites did eat their children.

But, this is about the end of the Gentiles times. Will Christianity become as abhorrent to God as Israel became? Those of us who are old enough to have witnessed the change in society should now be able to foresee, culturally, where we are headed.

Apostasy is growing in the churches. We have homosexuality, and as expected, New Age is now being guised as Christianity. There is no hell and we are all going to heaven. The Christian community is evolving (sic.). Eventually, you will not be able to recognize whether the community is Belial's or the Messiah's. That is when Belial willl sit enthroned and the Lawless One will take his seat. But don't expect to be raptured before this mess.

Christ said, "The harvest is the end of the world, while the harvesters are the angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will dispatch his angels to collect from his kingdom all who draw others to apostasy, and all evildoers.

Christ said it is a world of apostasy when he arrives.

"That is how it will be at the end of the world. Angels will go out and separate the wicked from the just and hurl the wicked into the fiery furnace..."

Keeping with that theme, "The War Scroll", from the Dead Sea Scrolls, paints a picture of Angels raining hell down upon the earth. "For our Majestic One is Holy. The King of Glory is with us and the host of his spirit is with our steps. Our horseman are as the clouds and as the mist covering the earth; as a steady downpour shedding judgment on all her offspring."

"...then the heavenly hosts shall raise their voices and the everlasting foundations shall melt and quake. The war of the heroes of heaven shall spread over the world and shall not return until annihilation that has been determined from eternity is completed. Nothing like this has ever occurred."--From The Thanksgiving Song also from the Dead Sea Scrolls

The End of the Age of Gentiles will not be pretty.

[wyguy]

Good post!

[MorningGlory]

I totally agree, Babbler.

[Guest shiloh357]

Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.--Lk 21, 25

This statement indicates the Gentiles times will come to an end.

No, that is not what it indicates. It refers to the oppression that the Gentiles will heap on Israel and the fulffillment of it. It refers to the end of the Gentile possession and rulership of Jerusalem. That happened on June 7, 1967 when Jerusalem was finally in Jewish hands for the first time in almost 2,000 years.

[nebula]

I wonder about that.

2/3 of Jerusalem is still trampled by the Gentiles, is it not?

[Guest shiloh357]

I wonder about that.

2/3 of Jerusalem is still trampled by the Gentiles, is it not?

"Trampled" is a euphimism for having control of. Jerusalem is the control of the Jews. "Trampled" does not merely refer to a Gentile presence there. There are Gentiles still walking in the city, but they are not in control of it.

[nebula]

I wonder about that.

2/3 of Jerusalem is still trampled by the Gentiles, is it not?

"Trampled" is a euphimism for having control of. Jerusalem is the control of the Jews. "Trampled" does not merely refer to a Gentile presence there. There are Gentiles still walking in the city, but they are not in control of it.

What about the "Christian" section and the "Arab" sections?

And what of the Temple Mount?

How are the Jews in control of these?

[Guest yod]

I wonder about that.

2/3 of Jerusalem is still trampled by the Gentiles, is it not?

"Trampled" is a euphimism for having control of. Jerusalem is the control of the Jews. "Trampled" does not merely refer to a Gentile presence there. There are Gentiles still walking in the city, but they are not in control of it.

What about the "Christian" section and the "Arab" sections?

And what of the Temple Mount?

How are the Jews in control of these?

When you call the police, Israelis come. If a war breaks out against Jersualem, it is Israelis who will be fighting to defend it.

I concur with Shiloh that the "TIMES of the Gentiles" ended on June 7, 1967

Just as the people of Israel had already been judged before the destruction of the Temple which would come a short time later and end their "times", the Gentiles are being judged even now for the dividing of sheep and goat at His coming.

And the enemies of His people will be destroyed.

I think we could make the case that something new began on June 7, 1967. Since that time, like no other in history, the righteous of all nations (gentiles) have begun blessing Israel. I think we are entering (and have entered) the "TIMES of the one-new man" (or some such title)

[JohnD]

Actually this speaks of the time of the end... in the 70th Week of Daniel...

Revelation 11:2 (NASB95)

2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.

Edited April 28, 2011 by JohnDB

[JohnD]

dupe

Edited April 28, 2011 by JohnDB