Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications… The Surprised Jew: a clash of wills -- thousands of believing Jews -- the church displacing kingdom -- two-fold division of men formerly -- now three-fold -- church different in organization from kingdom -- the Baptist puzzled -- Jesus did not fill out Hebrew prophecy -- two characteristics, personal and official -- personal details fulfilled -- official not because of rejection -- out of situation grew four gospels -- Mark -- Matthew's the gap gospel -- Paul's audiences -- Luke's gospel -- these three tell of rejection mainly -- John's gospel -- the order of the gospels in canon. The Surprised Church: God holds to His plan -- mixed ideas of kingdom and church -- a handy principle of interpretation -- one law consistently applied -- the church to fulfil its mission and go -- the kingdom simply retarded, yet to come -- the plan enriched -- sliding scale of fulfilment -- the King must come -- - even this in Hebrew picture, Zechariah 12:10. New Testament teaching. Peter, Acts 3:21. -- keeping truth in proportion -- the gospel of the kingdom -- Paul, 1 Thessalonians 1.10.2:19.3:13.4:13-18.5:10-23.2 Thessalonians 1:7-10.2:1-9.1 Corinthians 1:7, 8.3:13.5:5.15:23, 25, 51, 52.16:22.2 Corinthians 1:14.5:2-4. Romans 8:18, 19, 23.11:12-29.13:11, 12.16:20. Colossians 3:4. Ephesians 1:10, 14, 18.4:4, 30.5:27. Philippians 1:6, 10.2:16.3:20.4:5.1 Timothy 1:1 (note Paul's use of "hope" throughout).6:14. Titus 2:13.2 Timothy 1:12, 18.2:12.4:1, 8. -- The Book of Revelation -- the coming surprise. The Surprising Jew: greatest surprise -- for all -- the puzzle of history -- divinely preserved -- the keystone of the coming kingdom -- Jesus the spirit magnet for Jew and all. Parallel Verses KJV: And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. |
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