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Revelation Decoded Season 1: Through the Lens of Prophecy
February 17, 2025 · 19 min
The Bible warns of signs leading to the Messiah’s return. Join Rabbi Schneider as he explores Revelation and Israel’s role in prophecy.
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Israel's Role in God's Plan 0:00 The Hebrew Bible has a lot to say about the tribulation and the last days. We have these Hebrew prophets. They saw how it start with Israel and0:12 it would quickly spread to the entire world.0:24 We have to understand, beloved, that when God said to Israel that he chose them out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, that the covenant that he made with them is irrevocable.0:37 Despite Israel's unbelief, God said to Israel, the gift in calling upon you is irrevocable. This is recorded for us in the book of Romans.0:49 Growing up as a Jew myself, I I growing up, I I was surrounded by Jewish people. So I lived in Jewish neighborhoods, had Jewish friends, and, so I didn't really know anything else with being1:01 Jewish. But as I age, as I grew older, I began to get experiences beyond my own community, beyond my own friendships. And the older I got and the1:13 more anti Semitic the world became, the more I recognize how unique the Jewish people are and how they've been hated by the world1:25 from the time that they were birthed as a nation, beginning of course with, with Pharaoh's persecution of them, the killing of the firstborn, and we could go on and on and on, looking at1:36 antisemitism over the course of world history. And as we do that we see that antisemitism, it's a disease, it's spiritual, and it gets down to1:48 the fact that the devil hates God. The devil's the opposite of everything God is. He's the reverse of God. He's the anti God, and God2:00 loves the Jewish people. He loves Israel with an irreversible love. I remember just recently up close and personal how I experienced such vile2:11 hatred from an antisemite. I had some work being done on my property. And as I had this work being done on my property, I, began to talk with 1 of the workers there, and I2:23 began to share the gospel with this worker. And this this this person that I was sharing the gospel with, obviously knowing I was Jewish because of the my payas and because of just things that he2:35 learned about me through the course of working on my property, he began to vent his hatred for Jewish people with such a utter, utter violence. I'd never experienced the poison2:47 so up close and personal before. He began to say, Israel is doing to the Palestinians what Hitler did to them, and I can't even share with you through through the in the same spirit that2:59 he was coming at me with. And, he just went on, and it was it was it was just incredible. Israel, beloved, plays a key role in the end times.3:10 Not only did they play a key role from the time that God chose them as recorded in the early pages of scripture, but Israel continues to play a role in the end times. And3:22 so we see recorded in the book of Jeremiah a scripture that speaks to us about a time that's coming that Jeremiah calls Jacob's3:34 trouble. But before we get into the words of Jeremiah, I just wanna lay a foundation. We're looking at Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 6. The Lord says here to Israel, for you are a holy3:46 people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a special people, treasured above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. So from the very beginning,3:58 we see that there's something unique about Israel. And just as there was something unique about Israel from the beginning, okay, the whole history of salvation is traced through the Jewish people. Abraham,4:11 Isaac, Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel. From Jacob, we have his 12 sons who become the 12 tribes of Israel. Then from the tribe of of Judah, we have our Messiah, Yeshua4:23 of Nazareth. Yeshua says to the Jewish people, you'll not see me again until you're saying Baruch HaBa Bashem Adonai. In other words, Jesus isn't coming back until the4:34 Jewish people are saying, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. That's the English translation of Baruch HaBa Bashem Adonai. Paul said that Yeshua's return, all Israel will be4:46 saved. So salvation begins with the Jewish people, and God's culmination of His plan of salvation, the return of Messiah will culminate with the4:58 Jewish people coming to faith. But in between that time, we know that the Jewish people rejected Messiah Yeshua at his first coming.5:10 Yeshua will return when there's enough Jewish people that believe in him and are calling upon him to return, that their call upon him to5:22 return will usher in his return to the entire planet. The Jewish people were chosen not just because they were to remain unique in the earth as the5:34 only people that were treasured by God, but the Jewish people were chosen to be God's vessel of blessing to the world. And even at Messiah's5:45 return, you you the Jewish people will play a role of the world being blessed because it's the Jewish people's call upon him to return that will usher in his return that will manifest5:57 the fullness of his salvation to the entire world. Are you hearing what I'm saying? Let me summarize it again. Why did God chose choose the Jewish people? He chose them because he loved them,6:10 and because he was keeping the oath that he made to Abraham. Through your descendants, Abraham, all the peoples of the earth shall be blessed. And so God chose Israel because he loved them.6:22 He uniquely loved the descendants of Abraham, he was keeping his word to Abraham, but God also chose the Jewish people to be his channel of6:34 blessing, beloved ones, if you're a Gentile now, to you. God chose Israel to be his conduit or channel of blessing to6:46 the entire world. And so God says here, for example, in the book of Genesis chapter 22 verse 17 and 18, these words, I indeed will6:58 bless you, and I will indeed multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven. God is speaking to Abraham here, so he's speaking about Abraham's descendants, I will multiply them as the7:10 stars of the heavens and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies, now listen to this, Through your offspring,7:22 get this now, through your offspring, all the nations of the earth, get it now, through your offspring, all the nations7:34 of the earth will be blessed. And so God chose Israel to be His channel of blessing to the world. When Abraham obeyed God,7:46 God made up his mind. He had made up his mind beforehand because he knows everything in advance, but he declared, Abraham, because you've done this, your descendants now are gonna be my channel of blessing to the entire7:58 world. We see this illustrated in the life of Yeshua. When Yeshua came to earth, who did He go to? He went to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. So we've8:10 read for example, in the book of Matthew chapter, 10 verse 5 and 6, Yeshua is saying this, when a Canaanite woman came to him looking for his help, Yeshua said, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house8:22 of Israel. Paul, when he went into a city, the first place he would go would be to a synagogue. It wasn't meant to stay in Israel. It wasn't meant to stay in a8:33 synagogue. But as Paul said over and over again in the Book of Romans, it's to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Even as God chose Israel from8:45 the beginning, we've learned that his return is tied up to a met critical mass of Jewish people, enough Jewish people that have come to faith that they're calling upon him to return.8:58 So too, beloved, as we're thinking about the book of Revelation and end times, we know that the end times are gonna involve something that the church is used to9:10 calling the tribulation. But the tribulation is hinted at in the Hebrew Bible through the prophet Jeremiah,9:23 where Jeremiah alludes to a time that he calls the time of Jacob's trouble. Reading out Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 5 through 7, for thus9:35 says the Lord, I have heard a sound of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask now and see, can a male labor with child? In other9:47 words, can a male give birth? Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in labor and all faces9:58 turned pale? God is describing men holding their their their, their groin section as if a woman is focused on that area when she's giving birth. God is saying, why are men10:10 doing that in fear and trembling and pain as if they're a woman in labor? Then he continues, alas, for that day is great so that no 1 is like it. There's no other day like this10:22 day that's coming. And the day of the Lord in scripture is both a single day and a season, a period. It's used both ways. It's a single day, and it's a period,10:34 a a small period, connotating all the things that will happen at the time of Yeshua's return. Alas, for that day is great so that no 1 is like it.10:46 That is even the time get it now, church, hear it. So that is even the time of Jacob's trouble. Jacob's trouble is a prophetic code word for the great10:58 tribulation. It starts with Israel, and think of what's going on with Israel right now and the trouble that they're experiencing and the threats on all sides, the danger there, how the11:10 whole country there is petrified. It starts there, and then it spreads to the entire world. It is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.11:22 God's remnant in Israel will be saved, and those that have been grafted into the commonwealth of Israel from all the nations of the earth. Gentile believers will also, in like manner,11:34 be saved. Now as I indicated earlier that the Hebrew Bible has a lot to say about theThe Last Days and Call to Repentance 11:45 tribulation and the last days. We know the tribulation from the New Testament, but the Hebrew prophets spoke a lot about this.11:57 Jeremiah named it, but listen to what Daniel said. And by the way, Yeshua referred to Daniel's teaching on the last days. Jesus referred to Daniel get this, church.12:08 Jesus quoted Daniel in Matthew 24 in describing the last days. Jesus said as Daniel said, and then Jesus talked about the12:20 last days. Listen to what Daniel said. Daniel chapter 12 verse 1. And there should be a time of trouble such as never was, since there was a nation, even so to that time. In other words,12:32 Daniel's saying there's gonna be a time of trouble, and there was never a time like it before, nor will there ever be again. Daniel continues. And at that time, your people shall be delivered, everyone12:44 who should be found written in the book. He's talking about the Lamb's Book of Life here. So we have these these, these prophetic visionaries, these seers,12:56 these Hebrew prophets that saw into the future. They saw what we call the great tribulation. They saw how it would start with Israel and it would quickly spread to the entire13:07 world. We're more familiar with Matthew chapter 24. Jesus is speaking here. And Yeshua says, for then there will be a great tribulation, such as not happened13:19 since the beginning of the world until now, nor shall there ever be. That's exactly what we just got done reading in Daniel's words. Right? Yeshua continues. Unless those days were13:31 shortened, no 1 would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. And Yeshua continues to give us13:43 insight into when this time would happen. And the first insight that I wanna reference is when Yeshua compared the time on earth that would be be that that that13:54 described what life on the world would be like during the time preceding immediately preceding his return, he alluded to Noah. So in Matthew 24, Yeshua14:06 said this. As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in the days of Noah before the flood, they were eating and drinking,14:18 marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so will be the coming of14:30 the Son of Man. So what was it like during the days of Noah? Yeshua said it's just gonna be like it was during the days of Noah. What was it like during the14:42 days of Noah? Again, church, we have to go to the Tanakh, to the Hebrew Bible, to find out. The Hebrew Bible teaches a lot about the last days. Here's what it was like during the days of Noah, Genesis14:54 chapter 6. Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was continually only evil. The Lord was sorry that he had15:06 made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. The earth was corrupt before God and filled with violence. God looked on the earth and saw it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted15:18 their way on the earth. So God said to Noah, the end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence. Because of them, now I'll destroy them with15:29 the earth. Corruption and violence. I mean, you just think about corruption from the top of governments all the way down through the the corporations and the15:41 businesses and the way people deal with 1 another and violence. Let me ask those of us that are calling ourselves Christians right now. When was the last time that you watched15:53 a a movie on YouTube or on television or on streaming that was filled with violence? How many of today's blockbuster movies16:05 are filled with violence? Sex and violence is what sells. The next thing that Yeshua quoted was in the days of Lot. What was the days of Lot like? Culture and society that was16:16 filled with sexual immorality. We are living in the last days immediately preceding Yeshua's return. I'm gonna16:28 be talking more about this, but for now I just want you to understand that Yeshua's return, it's not far away from us.16:40 Yeshua said he's gonna come like a thief in the night, but we're not in the darkness. Those of us that are believers, we can see what's happening. And I wanna ask you right now, if you're not16:52 fully committed to the Lord, if you don't realize if you don't realize that you're gonna stand before him and give an account for your life, I'm gonna sincerely17:04 ask you to get on your knees, turn to Him right now, ask Him to forgive you, sincerely being sorry for your sin and grieving about it,17:16 turn to Him, repent, give your life to Him, and by His grace and by His power make up your mind, my friend, right here and right now17:28 to live for Jesus. From this day forward to pick up your cross, deny yourself, and obey Him. And when He does return, which is sooner than you think, you will be17:39 saved. You know what's a really interesting thought to ponder? The Jordan River in Israel, it flows both in to the Sea of Galilee17:52 and the Dead Sea. Think about it. The same the same river, right? The river of Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Yet even though18:04 it's the same river flowing into both of those bodies of water, the Sea of Galilee is teeming with life and the Dead Sea is just as it18:16 says, dead. Why? Because the dead sea has no outflow, but the sea of Galilee has an outflow. It's releasing some of the water that went into it outside18:28 of itself. And beloved, it's the same thing with our lives. We have to be people that sow and people that give. I want to encourage you beloved, sow financially into God's ministry.18:40 As you do, you'll be teeming with life just like the Sea of Galilee. Thank you for your help.In this video 0:00 Israel's Role in God's Plan11:35 The Last Days and Call to Repentance
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