George Antonios, thanks for your considered reply. We do need to address these prophecies, in their context, considering both the the Grammatical-Historical exegetical method and the Spiritual method, which essentially sees the prophetic Scriptures as relating to Christ, his incarnation, saving work, resurrection and eternal kingdom, in addition to the G-H context for the immediate hearers.
We need to consider the prophecies at the time of Jesus' incarnation in addition to the OT prophecies, remembering he will return in glory for resurrection and judgment, and to establish the NH&NE.
My reply cannot be comprehensive, but will show you the way forward.
There is a common expectation that towards the end of the present "dispensation" (aka the present Gospel age, aka the present millennium) that the Jews will accept their Messiah and begin to receive the Prophetic promises. The implication of that expectation is God has been denying the Gospel to the Jews for 2,000 years, or 50 generations, rather that the 3-4 generation of the commandment. (Deut. 5:9-10) Even then, the Gospel was open to them and they were urged to repent.
A further implication is that when Gabriel prophesied 70 weeks (490 years) (Dan. 9:24)
“Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
that Jesus' prayer in John 17 claiming to have finished his work was premature and his great triumphant shout from the cross
"FINISHED!" was mistaken.
That's right! Old Testament Jews have been raised from the dead,
I presume you are referring to Ezekiel's dry bones prophecy. (Eze. 37) The context is seen in vs 11-14 where we see the exiles lamenting -
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’
The exiles would be restored to their land, and rebuild the temple for their Messiah, and God will pour out his Holy Spirit on them, and they will LIVE!
David is a prince in Zion right now,
Read Acts 2 - Jesus has ascended to David's throne - remembering that David sat on the
"throne of the LORD." (1 Chr. 29:23, 1 Sam. 8:7)
Jerusalem is the highest mountain in the world,
Certainly! It is heavenly! (Heb. 11:16)
Israel is at peace and ruling the nations with no wars or famines or pestilences,
Jesus has won the victory; he is presently saving his redeemed people. He will return in glory to establish the New Heaven and New Earth. We, once his enemies, have peace with God by faith in Jesus, and have a Gospel of peace for the nations. (2 Peter 3)
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are eating bread over there, Moses and Elijah are on the right and left hands of Christ as he sits on David's throne ruling the nations with a rod of iron,
In heavenly glory, now.
the land of Edom is pitch and brimstone, all Israel is saved, no one needs to tell them to know the Lord, and
the nations take hold of the skirt of a Jew and seek his spiritual leadership,
That Jew's name is Jesus.
and the state of Israel stretches from the Euphrates to Sihor (the Nile) today, and a highway stretches from Iraq to Egypt, and the animals are all herbivores in that land!
I don't know how people can miss it. You tell 'em!
No. It's MUCH bigger - as far is the East is round to the West! When Jesus returns all will realise, just as the rebel Jews "saw" Jesus vindicated in the clouds of judgment in the AD 70 war.
