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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 53
James 1:1-2
Alright now in the last moments of our last program, we jumped on up into Christ’s earthly ministry and we showed then from chapter 9 verse 35 that He went about all the cities of the Nation of Israel, going into their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. Now granted, there’s always the exceptions, but everything written in the Old Testament concerning prophecy was concerning the Nation of Israel. If it weren’t for Paul this Old Testament program is the only thing I could teach. These remaining letters are the Old Testament program. Alright, now you have Psalms chapter 2, right?
Psalms 2:1-2a
"Why do the heathen (the non-Jew people, the Gentiles) rage, and why do the people (Israel) imagine vain things? In other words Jew and Gentile connived together to reject the Messiah, the Christ. Now verse 3.
Psalms 2:3
Now look at verse 4.
Psalms 2:4
Now verse 5:
Psalms 2:5
"Then (time word. Then the next verse in Psalms 2 is verse 6:
Psalms 2:6
The King! Well you see, the whole purpose of those three years of ministry and miracle after miracle after miracle was to prove to the Nation of Israel that He was that Messiah. Matthew 16:13
Matthew 16:14
Israel’s unbelief that after three years of miracle after miracle after miracle. Matthew 16:15
Now here comes Peter’s profession of faith. Matthew 16:16
"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, (the Messiah, the Anointed One) the Son of the living God." Period! All Peter believed was that Jesus was the Christ. There is not a word about believing in His death, burial, and resurrection as required in Paul’s Gospel for the Church Age. Matthew 16:17
It’s just an extension of all the Old Testament prophecies except now they have fulfilled the rejection, and Christ’s resurrection and the ascension, but other than that everything is still based on the Old Testament promises that God the Son is going to be the King of Israel. God the Son has gone back to Heaven. God the Spirit has come down and has manifested himself, but now look what Peter says in verse 22. The Temple is still operating, remember and Peter says:
"Ye men of Israel, (how many Gentiles are in there? Him, (speaking of the Messiah)being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,…," God wasn’t taken by surprise when they rejected Him. Any reference to Israel’s salvation yet? NO! You all know Psalms 110:1 "The Lord said unto my Lord, come sit at my right hand until (time word) I make your enemies your footstool." The end of the Tribulation when God will have destroyed the enemy and then He will set up His kingdom.
Not a word about being a salvation for the Nation of Israel. Yes, you killed Him but God raised Him from the dead, the Kingdom is still valid. Verse 34:
"For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my LORD, (now he’s quoting Psalms 110 verse 1) Sit thou on my right hand, 35. Until…"Now every Jew knew that word "until" was a time word. That after He had sat at the Father’s right hand for a given period of time, He would yet be returning to set up the Kingdom. Now read on:
That yes, you killed the Messiah, but God raised Him from the dead. Verse 38:
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent,…" Having killed and rejected the Messiah. It was a horrible national sin for Israel to have rejected their promised Messiah. Repent is the message!
"Then Peter said unto them, (Israel) Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,…" Well, this was a national thing concerning Israel, that they were to repent of having crucified the Messiah Who was now alive and well at the Father’s right hand waiting for the day when He could yet return and give the Nation of Israel her King.
Alright so the admonition for the Jew of Peter’s Pentecostal audience was repent and be baptized. Who was the first one that preached that to Israel? John the Baptist! "Repent," Peter says.
Okay, chapter 3 verse 12. They have just healed the lame man much like they did in Christ’s earthly ministry. why marvel ye at this? 13. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, (see how Jewish this is? Even though Israel killed Him, what did God do? Israel isn’t going to stop God’s program.
"…whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses." There’s no salvation attached to that death, burial and resurrection. It’s just a fact for Israel to understand that even though they killed the King, God raised Him from the dead and He is still able to be their King. The Kingdom!)To be the King. Israel is told to repent and God will yet send His Son to be their King.

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