Greetings in the name of the Lamb who is also a Lion,
Much is said about how the Jewish people missed the first coming of Messiah because they were looking for a conquering king to free them from the yoke of the Romans and the Greeks — politically and religiously. We were expecting and wanting a king like the Gentiles have — not particularly holy, or even righteous, but someone ‘to be proud of’. When we willfully rejected the Anointed One of God — the true God — we were willing to accept not only a king like the Gentiles have, but the very gentile king himself, Caesar! This apostasy remains till this day on the part of the Jewish nation, wherever we may be — whether in Israel or still scattered amongst the nations to where YHVH drove us.
A particular attribute of God our Father and the Lord Yeshua Messiah is that He is no respecter of persons: He is not partial; He is not prejudiced; His scales are just; to whom more is given, more is expected. He requires more of His own people — Israel on the one hand, and the believers on the other — because we have been the recipients of His revelation and covenants. Judgment begins in His own household as a witness to all of His Fatherly love and of His righteousness.
Many in the Body of Messiah today are showing themselves to be no different than the Jewish people in their misapprehension. Fear God. . .for He has committed us all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all. There is no place in the Lord’s all-seeing view for pride or arrogance.
Just as most of Israel set aside much of the Word of God regarding the necessity for the Messiah to suffer the things written about Him and to enter into His glory, so it seems today throughout much of ‘christendom’ that the truth of Jesus being the King of kings is being set aside in order to make nearly all things acceptable to the One who died a criminal’s death on the cross. The false teaching is growing that God in His great love will forgive all sin and sinners, and that virtually no one will have to suffer everlasting punishment for their unbelief and rebellion or lukewarmness against Him for who He Is! Rather than looking for Yeshua to return and judge all unrighteousness and to establish His Kingdom on the Earth, too many of us are satisfied with a gospel of tolerance and of being already full, already rich, already ruling without the others whom the Holy Spirit is bringing to maturity together as one new man with all who have historically placed their faith and hope and love in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lamb is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David; The Lion is the Lamb of God, who was slaughtered for our sins, transgressions, and iniquity. . . .and who rose from among the dead to receive the glory that was His with God before the world was! Messiah/Christ is not divided. He is who He is, and will do all that is written in the Scriptures concerning Himself. To Yeshua/Jesus is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen!