hat tip to PJ at Sola Dei Gloria:
In defense of the Gospel
“Messianic Good News” was formed for the purpose of proclaiming and publishing the Good News that Jesus is the Messiah. There is no other good news or promise of blessing apart from that of being reconciled to God through faith in Him – for Jew and non-Jew alike. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). In view of certain teachings suggesting that there is another gospel for Israel which is yet to be fulfilled we felt it necessary to define exactly what the gospel is and to refute the false notion of another gospel that is being held out as the hope of Israel.
What is the gospel?
Since gospel means good news, in order to fully appreciate the good news we need to first grasp the bad news of the collective condition of mankind. Following the disobedience of Adam and Eve mankind was driven from God’s presence, represented by the Garden of Eden, and subjected to the curse of death. But at the same time that the curse was pronounced over them the LORD gave them the promise of good news: the seed of the woman would crush the head of the deceiver (Genesis 3:15). The exile from Eden set mankind on a course through which they would experience the devastating consequences of sin and rebellion in the hope that they would seek the LORD and be reconciled to him in genuine faithfulness through the Messiah (see Romans 8:18-22). The Messiah/Redeemer was only destined to be born thousands of years later, but those who believed God were sustained by faith in the promise.
Abraham was such a man of faith, as Jesus testified: “Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad” (John 5:56). God called Abraham out from among the pagans to further his purpose of redemption through the descendants of Abraham, re-iterating again the good news of a future redemption with the promise that all nations would be blessed through his seed (i.e. the Messiah). Thus the nation of Israel was formed as the vehicle through which his redemptive purposes for mankind would be realised.
The Law of Moses was given to Israel as a measure to show how far man has fallen short of God’s perfect standard of holiness and as a means by which the people could draw near to God through the sacrifices of atonement. Everything in the Law – temple, sacrifices and priesthood – pointed ahead to the Messiah who would fulfil the Law in every aspect: The Messiah is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10:4).
Unfortunately the Rabbis failed to understand the goal and purpose of the Law, imagining that it was the means by which righteousness could be attained. But what emerges throughout Scripture is that what is needed is not a change from without, but a change within. Until we are transformed by the Holy Spirit, God’s perfect Law given through Moses testifies against us that we are sinful and rebellious by nature: “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you. For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are (Deuteronomy 31:26). Moses knew that the people of Israel would fall into apostasy and be scattered among the nations. This is why Jesus said to those who pretended to be righteous according to the Law, “Do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set” (John 5:45).
Read the complete article here: In defence of the Gospel
i don’t know what to make of all this. I read pastor Hagees book and I totally disagree with Him, but the more I hear about this I have to wonder if he’s not completely aware of what he’s saying! I mean this is heresy, so does he think he’s right and therefore just misguided by his love for Israel, or does he know this is garbage but has turned against Christ? I preffer to believe the former and keep him in my prayers, but I just don’t know anymore. The church is truely being divided and it’s happening fast! Let’s pray the Lord counts us as worthy and spares us from deception!
The gravest sin there is, is people against people.
Mr Hagee has misinterpreted scripture, as most people do.
Romans 10:4 is absolutely true. But it doesn’t mean that the Law has ended, it means there is no new ones to be put in place. His truth is through misinterpretation, which will unfortunately misguide people.
The last covenant in the bible is in Jeremiah 31:33 “I will place my Law within them, and write it in their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people”.
As with every covenant that The Almighty has made with His prophets, it is sealed with blood. There was no one to seal the last covenant until Jesus walked the earth. So in this it is meant that Christ has brought the Law to an end.
In Matthew 5:17 Jesus says, he is not here to do away with the Law of Moses or the teachings of the Prophets. I am here to make them come true.
You are correct ohevyisrael about the church being divided, but if you honestly look back to biblical times, it has always been divided. The difference between now and then, is that it is more openly divided now.
Everyone has a little bit of the truth, but it is so shallow because their relationship with The Almighty, is also shallow. They learn from tradition. People like they always have, have placed their faith in other people, and not in The Almighty God who created them.