The nation of Israel had three chances to accept the Gospel of the Kingdom, promised to them from the time of Abraham (”you shall be a nation of PRIESTS to the Gentile nations. The first chance was given from God the Father to John the Baptist to the nation of Israel. They rejected his message and ALLOWED his death. STRIKE ONE.
The second chance was through Jesus Christ the Messiah, God the Son in flesh. They rejected His message and DEMANDED His death. STRIKE TWO.
The third and final chance was God the Holy Spirit coming as promised on the day of Pentecost. The nation as a hole rejected Him and kept on until it culminated in Stephen. They PERFORMED his death themselves
They rejected the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. By Acts 28 God had blinded them and set them aside and turned to the Gentiles.(Israel will be blinded until the fullness of the Gentiles is complete)
God saved Paul and sent him to the Gentiles(and whatsoever Jews believed the Gospel of the GRACE of God. Apart from covenants He had made with Israel. This gospel is based PURELY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, NOT OF WORKS LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.
When the fullness of the Gentiles has come in and the Body of Christ is complete, He will once again turn His eyes to Israel and the kingdom GOSPEL that was promised and preached will be preached once again. Why? Because He is going to return and set up His Kingdom just as the KINGDOM GOSPEL says. With Israel becoming a nation of PRIESTS and taking the wonderful news to the Gentiles Nations.
Beautifully delivered! AMEN! The Tribulation has two prongs of purpose: 1) to deal with the earth=dwelling unbelievers who have reject God’s Grace in Christ; 2) to end sin of rejecting the Messiah and evangelize Israel. With purpose #1, it is important for humans to reject the mark and call upon the Lord for deliverance, and a number so great John could not number them show up in Heaven as Tribulation saints; with purpose #2 a Remnant of alive Jews will be protected from the evil one by the Messiah’s power and will be the people populating the millennium of the Kingdom.