The Latter Days, as mentioned in Deuteronomy 4:27-31

Before I begin, let me say that the Bible is full of prophecies that know all about the past and how it ties in with the future and it is 100% accurate. God works through all kingdoms and people through all of history to make things come to pass at just the right time. I can think of no better way to prove God is in control then to recommend that you read the book The Oracle by Jonathan Cahn.

Deuteronomy 4:27-32

“And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you. And there you will serve other gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice (for the LORD your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them. For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.

God, through Moses, is laying out the options. Obey and love the Lord your God and you will be protected and cared for; disobey and run after idols and you will be sent into exile and cursed.

When you read through the Torah, History, and Prophets, it is amazing how many times the people and their Kings were given the choice between blessings and curses. As Moses said before he died, “So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants. But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall surely perish.” It is hard to understand, with such a stark contrast, why anyone would choose the wrong way. But most of the people in Israel did. I must confess that I sometimes choose the wrong way too.  It says that in the latter days, when there are times of distress, Israel shall turn to the Lord. It is something we are all waiting for, though it will come in times of distress.

How will God respond with deliverance as the scripture above says?  I sometimes wonder if God will take into account the church’s terrible treatment of the Jews, when he judges them (and us). In other words, their negative response up until now, may be partly excusable/compensated because the church has said (mistakenly) to them that Jesus did away with the law. In so doing, we have painted a false picture of who Jesus is. I named this blog Luther’s Baggage because most of the Protestant denominations trace their start to the Reformation. Luther inherited his anti-Jewish and anti-Law views from the Catholic church. The grafted in Gentiles in the ecclesia need to believe all of the scriptures and live in such a way as to make the Jews jealous. I should also say that the covenantal obligations are different for Jewish believers and Gentile believers. But the goal for Gentiles is to become Torah friendly, as in learn and choose because the Master said these things and there is wisdom in them. That comes with time, as Acts 15 envisioned.

Did not Jesus say, “You shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ We need to help them acknowledge that Jesus is Yeshua, the Messiah who upholds the Torah.