"President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the U.S.
will be beginning a process to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and officially recognize the city as Israel's capital.
"I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," Trump declared in his statement.
"While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering." CP
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Ephesians 4:14
Well get ready for the Dispensationalists (Secret Rapture Crowd) to use this as a way to promote their false doctrines. In Prophecy, Israel is a symbol for God's people, not literal Israel.
1-Dispensationalists will use this as a sign of the coming "rapture" (primarily because they view this as a path to reinstate the old Jewish sacrifices in Jerusalem which they believe will be reinstated based on their eschatological view).
2-Some of my fellow SDA's will declare it a sign of the end because some will believe it will galvanize Christians in America to begin pushing for the implementation of the Mark of the Beast.
On the first point, we know that there is no prophecy that that predicts old sacrifices reinstated before the end in Jerusalem. The 144,000 are NOT literal Jews in Israel. It is a symbolic number for God's people.
On the second point--we will have to see...who knows?
---But personally I have no problem recognizing Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. It's their nation.
"I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," Trump declared in his statement.
"While previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, I am delivering." CP
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Ephesians 4:14
Well get ready for the Dispensationalists (Secret Rapture Crowd) to use this as a way to promote their false doctrines. In Prophecy, Israel is a symbol for God's people, not literal Israel.
1-Dispensationalists will use this as a sign of the coming "rapture" (primarily because they view this as a path to reinstate the old Jewish sacrifices in Jerusalem which they believe will be reinstated based on their eschatological view).
2-Some of my fellow SDA's will declare it a sign of the end because some will believe it will galvanize Christians in America to begin pushing for the implementation of the Mark of the Beast.
On the first point, we know that there is no prophecy that that predicts old sacrifices reinstated before the end in Jerusalem. The 144,000 are NOT literal Jews in Israel. It is a symbolic number for God's people.
On the second point--we will have to see...who knows?
---But personally I have no problem recognizing Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. It's their nation.
