Millennial Period - My Comments.

When we started studying Ezekiel and Zechariah, we noticed that this period was going to be a combining of two facets of God's people, on the one hand the remnant (believing Jews who stayed loyal to God and refused to worship idols) and Christians who are part of God's people through adoption; made available through Jesus' death and resurrection. Throughout our history, Christians and Jews have been at odds with each other. I don't know why this is; If we read the Bible for all its worth like Gordon Fee says in his book, this idea becomes clear. Ezekiel and Zechariah talk about this combined group, but you won't find this idea in their commentaries. They don't remember what Paul said in Romans about Christians being grafted into the Jewish roots. In fact when they talk about what Paul says, they forget Paul was a Jew and knew the Old Testament very well. Everything Paul said is based on the Old Testament; how can they say that what Paul said in Thessalonians is a mystery. Jesus said a student is never greater than His master. Jesus being God, can not be less than Paul. Why do we give Paul's words more weight than Jesus?? The Bible is God's Word, and one of God's attributes is that He can not lie, how come so many different schools of thought for end times?? The problem is, scholars are reading the Bible and cutting it up; as they would any other book. The Bible is not an ordinary book, and as such, it must be handled carefully and with respect. We call God the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. If God can not lie and can not contradict Himself; then how can we change so drastically what He told the prophets in the Old Testament, with what He says in the New Testament?? The core verses on the right hand side of this blog, are there to keep me grounded. Jesus said "I did not come to do away with but to fulfill." Why is it I seem to be the only one who reads God's Word in this fashion??