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Messiah Returns on a Prayer
Christians — that is, in terms of mostly a Gentile crowd — may have a rigorous experience when studying the Bible — but few study to the point of identifying the true Jewish roots to the object lessons at hand. For example, much of the Bible's account of an end time is couched in terms of the Church and this can quickly lead to diminishing the importance of Israel and the Messianic Jews. The importance of Jewish roots is explored in the 'Harmony' Area of the WindowView. So, what we present in that area is meant to challenge the minds of both Jewish and Gentile visitors — to really get the purpose behind the Jewish context.
The Jewish roots are many, for example:
- the Bible is a Jewish document
- penned and preserved over time by Jewish scribes
- inspired by the God of Israel
- filled with teachings by the Jewish Messiah, for the 'Jew first and also the Greek'
- the entire thing pivots about Israel for the benefit and relationship between God and all mankind.
- Israel is to be the light to all the nations (Gentiles) and that is the Jewish story!
So, now we can ask: What brings back the Messiah? Is there a clue to the specific condition that triggers His return?
At the every last of the Tribulation we have a picture of a Messianic community — perhaps dominated by Jewish believers with some Gentiles present — now in safe keeping in a wilderness... yet still a community being sought out by the enemy. In a desperate hour the Jews — not the Church in a ''classical'' sense — will pray for the return of Messiah. The clue to this has always been in the Scriptures:
"for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, `Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'" (Matthew 23:39; NKJV)
A prayer will go out from the Jewish-Messianic community and then the Messiah will return (see Chapter 23 of the Creator's Window).
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