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This video and the previous two describe the context and reason for "the blessed hope," the rapture of the Church. We have a few brief hours now before the rapture to embrace a divine mission, a “charter” of the church, if you will, that we've largely forgotten. That is the Christian’s responsibility to Israel. If we’ve believed in Jesus Christ, 1st Peter 2:5-9 tells us that we are “a royal priesthood.” Why are we a royal priesthood? Because the high priest is a King, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is also the “King of Righteousness and the “King of Peace,” and the true Melchizedek. The Church is a priesthood chosen for a specific purpose under true Melchizedek. We learn about Melchizedek in Genesis Chapter 14 and Hebrews Chapters 5 and 7. Hebrews 11 then shows us the why.
In Genesis Chapter 14, there’s a story of nations hostile to Israel who come into the land. Abraham, of course, is living as a nomad. Five armies come into the land under Chedorlaomer, and they sweep through the land. And as they're snatching up captives, they take Lot and his family. Abraham hears about it. In Genesis 14:14-18 describes Abrahams fight with just 318 servants, meeting and tempting offer from the King of Sodom afterwards, and says, "Then Melchizedek, King of Salem brought out bread and wine ...” Melchizedek blessed Abraham. What did God say in Genesis 12:3? “I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you.”
In Hebrews 5:1, we meet Melchizedek again. This time the writer of Hebrews tells us that Melchizedek was a type of Jesus Christ, and by that Jesus, at His resurrection, became the Hih Priest of the Order of Melchizedek. The crux is Hebrews 5:5. “So also, Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was He who said to Him, ‘You are my son today. I have begotten you.’” We know from the Psalms that this was spoken to Jesus Christ after the resurrection. “This day I have begotten you. And he also says in another place, you are a priest forever.” This is a quote from Psalm 110:4. Jesus Christ became the High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek on His resurrection to form a priesthood of a new order.
Hebrews 7 establishes principles of the Melchizedek priesthood. It is to bless the nation of Israel. You and I are not called to be their judge. We are called to be a priesthood standing in their behalf. It is to minister to them righteousness and peace. Here's our evangelistic outreach to the Jewish people. It is to be conformed to the character of Christ “made like the Son of God.” Romans 12:2 supports this. It is a royal and an eternal priesthood. In other words, it comes from the lineage of the King and it lasts forever. There is no end to this ministry of ours. It receives the spoils of victory. There's a victory coming that is much greater than the victory Abraham had, one that is going to involve the entire world and the implication is that victory occurs because we, the Church, will be playing our part. It is not of Jewish lineage and is superior.
Hebrews 11 contains a roster of those who, through Old Testament generations sought God. Why did the writer include particular people? Hebrews 11:33 answers this, “Who, through faith, ... out of weakness were made strong.” Hebrews 11:39-40 adds, “And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise. God, having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.” They won't fulfill the plan of God for them as a nation without the help of the Church. We've forgotten about our responsibilities to Israel!
Corrective action is needed! Intercede on behalf of Israel. That's the greatest and the strongest thing you can do. Don't just pray for the nation now. Think ahead. Look ahead into the story and lodge prayers before the throne of God that are going to get answered in the tribulation. Pray that God might use you to start something, to send out a ripple that's going to have an impact on them. A book that you send, or a prayer that you pray, or a witness that you give. You never know. Stand up for them in the arena of world opinion. Stand up in the arena of your sphere of influence. Don't hold your tongue when people bad-mouth Israel. Shelter the Jews. The day may come that you'll have to shelter them. Anti-Semitism is sweeping the world again. Isn't it interesting hostility of a kind that we haven't seen since Nazi Germany is now in Germany, France, Britain, America? Don't let the blessed hope lose its blessing for you. It's a blessed hope for a reason. And that is that we have fulfilled our mission and that God is now going to be able to bring the children of Israel to the knowledge of Him.
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