ISRAEL & THE CHURCH [23 MAY 2023]

 
  • THE FULLNESS OF ISRAEL
    Romans 11:11-12 “I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!”
    Father, we thank You for the fullness You’ve promised for Jacob. We ask for You to bring it to pass, and give us grace to agree with Your word in our hearts, minds, and lifestyle.

  • THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES
    Romans 11:25 “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”
    Matthew 24:14 “And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
    Revelation 7:9-10 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’”
    Father, we ask You to send laborers into the harvest of the unreached and unengaged nations of the earth. Prepare Jesus’ inheritance and bring forth the ‘fullness of the Gentiles,’ that we may well serve Jacob as You prepare him for his fullness.

  • A MATURE AND FAITHFUL CHURCH
    Ephesians 4:11-16 “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.”
    Revelation 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
    Lord, we know we have a lot of growing up to do. Thank You that You are able to keep what has been committed to You and finish what You started. We say yes to Your brilliant means to bring us into maturity, that Your “one new man” of Jew & Gentile is mature in You.

  • REPENTANCE IN THE CHURCH
    Romans 11:25
    “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”
    We must reckon with our ignorance. Paul issued this warning, and Rome did not listen. This ignorance has bred arrogance, and we have sinned against the Jewish people ever since. We cannot ignore the influence of “Church Fathers” that gave license to atrocities like the Holocaust, the Spanish Inquisition, and various pogroms throughout history. We cannot serve Jacob if we do not repent of our abuses towards him in the past.

FREE RESOURCES FROM FAI TO SERVE AND ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU PRAY:

  • “Old Wine” From Ballads of the Song of Solomon, meditate on Jesus’ love for and wise shepherding over His people to bring the “one Body” of the covenantal commonwealth into the fullness promised through the prophets—anchored in the story He is writing for Jerusalem. Go behind the lyrics with this video and this cited lyric study guide.

  • Covenant and Controversy III: The Great Trouble The third installment in the Covenant and Controversy series asks, “Why the severity?” Discover Scripture’s prophetic testimony of the “great and terrible Day” God removes all ungodliness from Jacob, and how we must prepare as a Body to serve in that hour. As Reggie Kelly puts it, “Jacob’s trouble is not just Jacob’s problem.”

  • MGBS // The War to End All Wars and Its Impact on the Middle East Daniel 11:31-45) Revisit a MARANATHA GLOBAL BIBLE STUDY session with Dalton from June 2020 examining the geopolitical implications of the last great war before Jesus ushers in the age wherein the “nations learn war no more,” and how we must posture our hearts and disciple new believers to stand in that Day.

  • The Singular Gospel // We Must Repent Before We May Proclaim An article from Stephanie Quick written during the ISAIAH 62 Fast calling us to recalibrate back to “this Gospel of the Kingdom” (Mt. 24:14).

  • Our Israeli Bomb Shelter Campaign FAI is partnering with local officials in Israel to rehabilitate and restore dilapidated bomb shelters and ensure their security for years to come. It is a unique opportunity to serve victims of war before the war begins.




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