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Modern Israel is set up by the world powers after the War and for a while at least
use Palestinians as servants (Isaiah 14:2, Jer 23:8).
The gospel is preached throughout the world (Mat 24:14, Mark 13:10). This does
not necessarily involve a current delay on the Second Coming as the gospel is
preached already to the basic spirits of all men and their minds according to their
willingness to receive it (Psalm 19:1-4, Rom 1:19-21, 10:18, Col 1:23). Therefore
in this sense this requirement is already fulfilled.
‘The Future’ As We Understand It
At least by the end of time the Holy Ghost teaches Christians all the truth (John
14:26, 16:13, Rev 10:6). This is a most urgent need for Christians to address (1
Cor 3:3). It is not easy or trivial for Christians to accept the full truth of the Word
in their conscious minds (John 16:12, 1 Cor 3:2-3, Heb 5:11-14, 2 Pet 3:16). This
process will mean that Christians present the one set of beliefs in unity (John
17:11, 21, 22). Of course the Church has one mind, body, soul and spirit whether
the believers understand this or not, with Christ as its Head (Acts 4:32, Eph 4:4,
Col 1:18). This is overtly demonstrated to all when the Church is explicitly united
in the conscious minds of believers and not only just united by the spirit (Acts
4:32) and becomes a unified body in that sense (Eph 4:3-4) and thereby powerful
in evangelism (John 17:21).
When Christians understand that they have only to keep the two Great
Commandments (Mat 22:37-40), also called laws (Heb 8:10) and law (Jer 31:33 -
God/Christ is the Law) as they are part of the Law (Lev 19:18, Deut 6:5, 10:12,
Mat 22:36-39, Rom 13:9, Gal 5:14, Jam 2:8), then shall the prophecy of Jeremiah
31:33-34, Ezekiel 11:19-20, 36:26-27 and Hebrews 8:10-11 that refers to
Christians being in unity about what is right and wrong (Heb 8:10-11), be nearer to
fulfilment. Christians already represent a partial fulfilment as they have the Spirit
of God within (1 John 3:9) but have not yet fulfilled it as regards a mature and
agreed understanding of doctrine, let alone the appropriation of the Eden-like state
of a non-ageing flesh (Job 33:25, Ezek 36:26, 35, Heb 8:13). Finally it is
completely fulfilled at the changing or resurrection of Christians at the second
coming of Christ when we receive a perfect, immortal and different flesh (1 Cor
15:51-54, Rev 20:12) and live in Paradise (Gen 2:8, 3:24, Luke 23:43, Eph 4:4, 12,
Rev 22:2). Whilst called ‘laws’ and ‘law’, the two great commandments do not
apply as the Law (Rom 10:4, Gal 5:14). By people becoming Christians, without
this understanding, these prophecies were only partially fulfilled as is witnessed by
the manifest disunity of doctrine in time and space exhibited over Christian