T. Justin Comer
Introduction
I. Summary of theocracy
-The main theme of the Bible
-A clash between darkness and light
-Who will rule over this cosmos?
-A coming kingdom
-Eschatology explains how and why God is now able to dwell on
earth.
II. Nation state versus Redeemed Israel
The current state of Israel is not the redeemed Israel spoken
of in prophecy. Instead, it is the Israel that is under God’s judgment, and
they will continue to be until that final restoration unto glory.
-Israel’s final redemption comes with world peace
+Isaiah
35:10, Joel 2:19,
-Israel’s final redemption means they believe in the Lord
their God
+Isaiah
10:20, 48:8-11, 52:6, Jeremiah 31:1, Ezekiel 34:30-31, Hosea 2:7, Zechariah
8:8,
-Israel’s final redemption happens at Christ’s return
+Genesis
49:10, Isaiah 16:4-5, 33:17-18, Ezekiel 34:23-24, Hosea 3:4-5, Zechariah 9:16,
-Ezekiel 22:19-22
+Current
Israel is fulfillment of prophecy, but not promise.
+Isaiah
11:11, 63:18,
III. Summary of Principalities and Powers
-One government/influence over all nations
+Genesis
11, Revelation 13:3, Luke 4:5-7, Daniel 10:13,
-Antichrist Kingdom
+Daniel
2, Revelation 17:9-11, Daniel 7:1-5, Revelation 13:1-2, Isaiah 14:12-14,
Ezekiel 28:11-19, Zechariah 1:19, Revelation 17-19, Genesis 11:2, Psalm
109:16-20,
-Defeat only by God’s wisdom
+Cross
-1
Corinthians 18-2:8, Psalm 82:5,
+Ephesians
3:10
-Revelation
12:11, Deuteronomy 32:21,
IV. Israel’s purpose
-Covenant
+The
covenant is an eternal covenant. The eternal covenant is not necessarily with
Israel, but with all of God’s elect. God has chosen a specific people for Him
to put His name upon, and all other nations must come unto them in order to worship the Lord. The covenant unfolds
throughout the Scripture gaining more and more detail, until finally it
culminates in the man Christ Jesus – the true Israel and firstfruit from the
dead.
+Genesis
9:25-27, 12:2-3, 15:1-21, 22:18, 25:23, 26:4, 28:14, 35:11, 48:19, Deuteronomy
4:1, 5:3, 6:25, 10:12-13, 11:26-28, 16:19-20, 26:17-18, 29:9, Joshua 1:5, 2:9,
Psalm 105:8, Romans 11:28-29,
-Center of nations
+God
has chosen a specific place (Zion) for His rule. Israel will be heralded as the
center of all nations when Christ sets up His literal Kingdom and rule on the
earth.
+Ezekiel
5:5, Deuteronomy 28:1, 28:13, 32:8-9,
-God’s nation among nations
+The
purpose for Israel is this very thing: it is God’s nation among all nations.
That has a couple implications: priesthood, theocracy, display of God’s
character, and His witness unto the four corners of the earth.
+Deuteronomy
4:34, Zechariah 8:6, Deuteronomy 7:6, Isaiah 51:4a,
V. Tribulation
-Seven years
+Daniel
9:27,
+The
number 7 is vitally important to the Scriptures. There were 7 days of creation;
some of the rabbis have speculated the world is on a 7000 yearlong clock, the
last 1000 years being the reign of Messiah. Joshua marched around Jericho for 7
days, 7 times on the seventh day. When you offer a sin offering, you pour out
the blood 7 times upon the altar. The number 7 speaks of perfection, not merely
completion. For the age to end with a 7 year Tribulation seems perfectly
legitimate and absolutely patterned.
-Final judgment
+There
are a lot more Scriptures than I put here. Ultimately, the proof is in the
pudding, and the pudding needed to be displayed to other places before it
became repetitive. To answer the question of how we know that this is the final
judgment and that there is no more judgment after this, we simply need to ask
“why?” Why is God sending the Tribulation? It is to redeem a people that have
rejected Him, and to establish His literal Kingdom upon this earth. If His
people are no longer disobedient, and the world is in peace, then why would there
need to be another judgment upon the earth? The Judgment Seat comes after the
1000-year reign of Christ, after certain peoples and nations gather again
against Jerusalem led by Satan Himself (Revelation 20:7 and onward)
+Isaiah
51:11, Daniel 9:24-27,
-Christ returns at end
+Daniel
9:24 (with respect to Ezekiel 45:17), Ezekiel 34:23-24, Daniel 2:34,
VI. Beginning of Seven Years (first 3 ½ years)
-Covenant/treaty made
+This
is one of the most powerful, yet subtle, understandings. There simply are not
very many Scriptures to indicate a covenant or treaty to be made. The point
isn’t the treaty made with the Antichrist, but instead is that Israel trusts in
the arm of the flesh. Instead of trusting in their God, they look to “Egypt” to
protect them.
+Deuteronomy
23:6, Isaiah 28:15, 30:1, Daniel 9:27,
-Peace and Security
+Isaiah
30:2-5 (note in Bible: If Egypt’s help is Israel’s shame and disgrace, how much
more the Antichrist’s?), Jeremiah 6:14, Daniel 8:25 (when they feel secure),
+I
think that the best thing to note is that Jesus tells us to watch; Paul and
Peter also both talk about the Day of the Lord coming like a thief. To those
that are not watching, they will be taken by surprise. Why? For those that are
the people of God, they will not expect sudden calamity. Those that are not of
the Lord will not find anything strange or ‘unnatural’ signs to clue them in.
-Trusting in man/arm of the flesh
+Isaiah
31:1, 31:3, 57:11-13, Jeremiah 17:5-8,
-Temple and Sacrifices
+What
does God think about the sacrifices that Israel will be offering during the
first 3 ½ years of the Tribulation?
+Deuteronomy
32:17, Psalm 40:6, 51:16-17, Isaiah 1:11, 66:3-4, Daniel 8:11 (there must be a
third temple for them to be brought low), Amos 5:22,
VII. Middle of Seven Years (somewhere around 1,260-1,290 days
before Jesus’ return)
-Covenant broken
+Isaiah
24:5, Daniel 9:27, Isaiah 28:18, 33:8, Daniel 11:30-32, 12:7,
-Antichrist
+King
of the North
-Not
so much about specific verses that say the King of the North is the Antichrist,
but that the King of the North is typically always the one to come against
Israel and Jerusalem
-Jeremiah
1:13b-14, 6:1, 6:22, 10:22, 13:20, Ezekiel 26:7, Daniel 11:28,
++Isaiah
19:4, Daniel 7:8, Jeremiah 48:25, Daniel 7:24-25, 8:23-25, 11:21, Micah 5-6,
Jeremiah 51:25 & Zechariah 4:7, Matthew 4:8 (in reference to Revelation
13:2), Matthew 24:24, Luke 19:43-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 13:1-8
(Isaiah 27:1 mentions the piercing of the Leviathan, a type of antichrist {beast
from the sea}),
-Abomination of Desolation
+Psalm
74:7-8, 79:1, Jeremiah 7:30, 51:51, Daniel 9:27, 11:31, Matthew 24:15, Ezekiel
7:24b, 8:3, Daniel 8:11, 9:26-27, Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Revelation
13:14-15,
VIII. Jacob’s Trouble
-Jeremiah 30:7
+No
time worse
-Daniel
12:1, Deuteronomy 28:53, 28:62-63, 29:22-28, Psalm 9:13-14, 42:3, 44:9-11,
83:4, 88:13-18, 102:1-11, Isaiah 1:25, 3:18-26, 7:17, 13:12, 24:6, Jeremiah
9:25-26, Ezekiel 5:12, 7:25-26, Joel 1:2-3, Matthew 24:21, Luke 21:22-24,
-Antichrist Wars with the Saints
+Daniel
7:21, 7:25, Revelation 13:7, Psalm 79:2, Daniel 8:10, 11:33-35, Luke 21:16-17,
-Israel’s flight
+Amos
9: , Deuteronomy 4:26-27-31, Jeremiah 31:31-37, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 28:20,
28:25, 32:26-27, Isaiah 5:13, 6:13, 22:1-3, 48:21, 59:9-13, Jeremiah 12:4,
Ezekiel 6:8, 20:33-35, 34: 4-6, 36:19-20, Amos 5:18, 9:1-4, Zechariah 2:6,
14:2, Matthew 12:30, Luke 22:31-32, Revelation 12:6,
-Strength and Power of Israel Broken
+The
strength and power of Israel is their pride. God must break it off of them if
the strength and pride of all other nations is to be broken off as well.
+Deuteronomy
32:36, Psalm 102:23, Isaiah 2:17-18, 3:22, 22:8-11, 23:9, Ezekiel 7:24a, Daniel
12:7, Leviticus 26:19, Zechariah 13:8-9, Luke 21:31,
-Refuge in wilderness
+Ezekiel
20:33-35, Genesis 32:30, Isaiah 28:11, Jeremiah 5:18, 31:2, Amos 9:8-10,
Zechariah 10:9, Matthew 24:45 (in reference to Revelation 12:6), Revelation
12:6, 12:13-14,
-Our witness to the Jews/wrestle principalities
+Daniel
11:35-40, Psalm 14:7, Romans 11:25-26, Psalm 53:6, Isaiah 14:32, 40:9-11, 58:1,
Jeremiah 49:12, Matthew 10:1, 17:20-21, 25:14-30 (parable of the talents – the
talents are the Jewish people coming into our hands, according to context of
Matthew 24:45-46), Matthew 25:40, Luke 21:14-15, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, 2:6-8,
Ephesians 3:10-11, Revelation 12:11, 12:17,
IX. Restoration
-Gog and Magog/Antichrist war
+Revelation
19: , Ezekiel 38-39, Zech 12, 14, Psalm 33:10-11, 48:4-7, 74:13-14, 75:8,
Isaiah 8:9-10, Isaiah 13:4, 18:6 (Revelation 19:17-18, Ezekiel 39:4), Isaiah
27:1 (Revelation 19:12-21), Isaiah 29:3 (Luke 21:20), Isaiah 29:5-8, 31:4,
31:8, Jeremiah 7:33, Joel 2:20, 3:1-3, Zechariah 12:3, 12:9, Matthew 24:28 (in
reference to Revelation 19:17-18), 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 14:14-20,
19:11-21,
-Return of Christ/Establishment of the Branch
+Deuteronomy
18:15, Psalm 2:6-9, 80:15-17, Isaiah 4:2-6, 9:6-7, 11:4, Zech 12:10, Isaiah
31:6, 41:2, 42:1-4, 66:18, Ezekiel 34:22-24, 37:23-24, Daniel 7:13-14, Amos
9:11, Zechariah 3:8-9, 6:13, Malachi 3:1-4, Matthew 24:27, Luke 1:32-33, Luke
21:27, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, Revelation 11:15,
-Judgment of Nations
+Joel
3:1-3, Obadiah 15, Micah 4:3, Matthew 13:41-42, Revelation 11:18,
-Gathered from Nations
+Psalm
107:2-3, 111:9, Isaiah 11:12, 14:1, 35:10, 43:5-7, 54:6-7, Jeremiah 3:18,
12:15-17, 30:8-9, 31:8, 32:37-40, Ezekiel 11:16-17, 20:41-43, 28:25-26,
34:13-16, 36:24-30, 39:25, Zechariah 10:10, Matthew 8:11-12, 24:31,
-Full Redemption
+Romans
11:26, Isaiah 27:9, Deuteronomy 12:2-3, 30:1-6, Psalm 50:15, 66:12, Isaiah 12:3
(John 7:37-38), Isaiah 30:19-22, 32:15, 45:17, Jeremiah 31:31-37, 32:8, Ezekiel
11:18-21, Obadiah 17, Zephaniah 3:11-13, Zechariah 9:11-12 (in reference to
Matthew 26:28 as the Covenant), Zechariah 12:10-13:2, Ephesians 1:14,
-In One Day
+Isaiah
10:17, 10:20-23, 66:8-9, Ezekiel 36:33-36 (on the day), Zechariah 3:9, 9:16,
-Principalities and Powers Defeated
+Revelation
20:1-5, Isaiah 24:21-22, Psalm 2, Ezekiel 28:17, Matthew 8:29,
-Veil that Covers Nations
+The
veil that covers the nations is their pride. It is ultimately put there by
demons. The Church must wrestle those demonic powers to overcome them and break
off the veil that blinds Israel, so that at Israel’s redemption the veil will
be broken off of the nations.
+Isaiah
25:7, 54:3 (Genesis 9:27), Ezekiel 28:25, 35:23, 36:36, Daniel 7:11-12,
-Jesus Rules from Jerusalem and Zion
+Isaiah
2, Zechariah 14:16, Deuteronomy 11:12, 15:6, Psalm 48:1-3, 50:2, 65:1-3,
99:1-2, 102:21-22, 110:1-2, Isaiah 24:23, Jeremiah 31:5, Joel 2:32, Micah
4:1-2, Zechariah 8:1-3,
-Jeremiah 23:7-8
+Deuteronomy
7:14, Psalm 37:9-11, Isaiah 31:5, 16:14-15, Jeremiah 16:14-15,
X. 1000 year reign
-World peace
+Isaiah
2:4, 60:17b, Daniel 7:21-22, Joel 3:10 (in reference to Isaiah 2:4)?, Joel
3:17, Micah 4:3, Zechariah 9:10, 14:11,
-Israel as Priests
+Genesis
33:10, Deuteronomy 18:2, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 4:6, 17:8-13, Joshua 4:24,
Psalm 18:43, Isaiah 12:4, 14:2b, 55:5, 60:1-3, 60:12, Ezekiel 37:26-28,
Zechariah 3:4 (Joshua being a symbol of priestly Israel), Zechariah 8:13, 8:23,
-Redemption of Nations
+Deuteronomy
32:43, Psalm 9:20, 22:27-28, 47:7-8, 79:10, Isaiah 52:15, Psalm 86:9, 94:10,
96:7-9, 98:2-3, Isaiah 2:2-3, 10:13-14, 18:7, 26:9b, 45:22-24, 51:4-5, 56:4-8, Ezekiel
37:28, Daniel 7:14, 7:27, Amos 9:12, Zechariah 2:11, 8:20-22, 14:16, Malachi
1:11, 1:14, Romans 11:11-15,
-Church as Spiritual Rulers
+Isaiah
32:1, Jeremiah 23:4, Daniel 7:18, Zechariah 14:5b, John 1:51 (with reference to
Zechariah 3:8-10 & Genesis 28:12), Romans 8:18-21,
-First Resurrection
+Revelation
20:4-6, Psalm 17:15, Daniel 12:13, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 15:42-44, 15:50-53,
Philippians 3:10-11, 3:20-21, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, Revelation 20:4-6,
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