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Posttrib related questions
Question:
2. Do Christians participate in the 2nd Exodus during the 70th yearweek?
Answer:
We take a look at the Bible texts about the 2nd Exodus from the Bible's book of Isaiah:
Isaiah 63:1: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Isaiah 63:2: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Isaiah 63:3: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Isaiah 63:4: For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Isaiah 63:5: And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Isaiah 63:6: And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
This is a prophecy of Yeshua during His 2nd Exodus.
In verse 3 it clearly states that no one from the nations helps Him but Yeshua will do this alone.
And also in verse 5 Yeshua repeats this again that there is no one to help Him and no one to uphold Him.
But will some posttribbers say doesn't Isaiah 49 say that we Gentile nations will bring back the Israelites?
Let's take a look at the Bible texts:
Isaiah 49:22: Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Isaiah 49:23: And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
As we can read, the kings in verse 23 are the nursing fathers of the Israelites.
So this is after Armageddon in the millennial kingdom of peace because we read about these same kings during Armageddon the following in the Bible book of Revelation:
Revelation 16:14: For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 19:19: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him (Yeshua) that sat on the horse, and against his army.
In the Bible book of Revelation, before Armageddon, the kings are still rebellious and wage war with the demons against Israel.
After Armageddon, during the millennial kingdom of peace, the Gentile nations (kings) will know that Yahweh is the Lord as we read in the Bible book of Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 38:23: Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
We therefore conclude that Christians will not participate in the physical Second Exodus of Yeshua during the 70th yearweek.
One might ask: What then is the task of the Christian during the 70th yearweek?
We find the answer in Yeshua's teaching about the end times in Matthew 24:
Matthew 24:45: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Matthew 24:46: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matthew 24:47: Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
The faithful and wise servant gives Yeshua's servants their meat (God's Word) at the right time.
Blessed are the Christians who will be found doing so when Yeshua Second Coming and the 2nd Exodus takes place.
Furthermore, we will need to study and make our own the teaching of Yeshua to the seven churches of the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
After the 2nd Exodus, I believe Yeshua will reveal himself as Joseph did to his brothers.
Yeshua will send away all the Gentiles (Christians with the rapture) before revealing himself to his brothers.
However, the Gentiles will help the Israelites return to the Promised Land in the early years of the thousand-year kingdom of peace.
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