How do you love Jesus's Coming more? Why, STUDY Scripture, of course! See Luke 24.

The entire Bible has as its foundation the covenants of God made to Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Christ. What you will notice about these covenants is that they refer to several situations where Israel will have activities that last "forever" or will endure or be practiced "forever." Take, for instance, Genesis 13:15 promises Abraham that "all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever." What does a promise like this mean if God knows the day that Abraham is going to die? Take another promise God gives to David: "I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.” But if you read verse 11 in that chapter, God refers to the day David will die. How can God keep these promises? The answer is simple: resurrection. Before God can begin to keep his 'forever' promises to anyone, God first needs to set up the person to live forever so that they can be kept. That means these promises are given to those whom God will save by resurrection. As you read Scripture, keep this in mind: God's forever promises and language refer to far more than mere rhetoric; they refer to a real situation where people need to live forever for them to be accomplished. Only resurrection answers this aspect of eschatology. Jesus himself was challenged on this very issue by his religious contemporaries. "But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him" (Luke 20:37–38). God has vowed to keep his promises, and the only way to do that beyond the grave is resurrection. This is the future context of situation God's 'FOREVER' language points.

The OT prophets understood the Coming King of kings as the embodiment of God's name on the earth, he will live and rule forever as God's name is forever. Psalm 72:17 May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed! Now look at the NT's vision of Jesus Christ's Coming rule: Luke 1:31-33 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” When Jesus bursts through the clouds, he will kill his enemies and rule forever. The last part of the Book of Revelation 20-22 outlines many situations, but one overrall message: Jesus Christ rules forever. First he rules the earth for 1,000 years, then he rules in eternity forever. When we study God's Word we realize it all points to Jesus Christ.

Replacement theology has taken many forms through the centuries. The latest form is today's Anti-Zionism. Thomas Fretwell tears it all apart. They have tricky ways of flipping the Scripture upside down. Thomas Fretwell and the Ezra Foundation Get informed, be a servant ready to stand firm in God's promises.