A Brief Survey Of Israel's Consummated Salvation In Matthew & Hebrews

                                          A Brief Survey Of Israel's
                       Consummated Salvation In Matthew & Hebrews

In [Heb 12:18f] the Lord would "shake" again heaven and earth. Verse 25 gives the Hebrews a warning of those that failed in unbelief in the first exodus. The "heaven and earth" first represented the Covenant from Sinai. "Once more' is a reiteration of the warning given in [Heb 10:25f] of the believer's in Palestine to preserve as the Day of judgment is coming.

 N.T. Wright states in His "Victory" work that "heaven and earth" represented the temple during the Second Temple Peroid. They have come "to Mount Zion" This is the consummation of the second exodus which the writer is comparing to the first. This of course is a major motif of the book [Heb 3:7-4:11; 10:25-39; 12:22; 13:10-14].They were also "receiving the kingdom" The timing of the kingdom according to Christ would be in the demise of Jerusalem [Lk 15-20; 21:31; Mtt 8:11-12;16:24-28; 21:33-44; 22:1-14] And yet the timing of Zion / Kingdom being restored is at the time of the resurrection and marriage [Isa 25:6-9]. And we see clearly the marriage would be "when the sons are cast out" at when the "city is burnt with fire" [Mtt 22:7b].

In [Mtt 8:11-12] we read, "I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Christ is alluding to the great Isaianic prophecies of the regathering of the faithful remnant and the Gentiles, (Body of Christ) into the land / Zion [Isa 2:2-4; 11:9-12; 27:9; 43; 49; etc.] Yet the "sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" [Mtt 8:12]. The sons being cast out into outer darkness in A.D. 70. [Mtt 22:13] states this would happen when the marriage ready was ready but judgment came to those who spurred the invitation, the Jews. This is Gehenna, the wrath of God and the same as the lake of fire.

So in [Mtt 8:11-12], we have the banquet, kingdom, second exodus, and the resurrection. How else would Abraham, Issac, and Jacob be in the kingdom without first being raised? In [Heb 11] Abraham and the rest of the O.T. saints would be resurrected into the "heavenly country!" [Isa 25:6-9] has Zion (the kingdom), banquet, second exodus, and the resurrection, This is [Mtt 8:11-12]. Also, it should be noted in using the analogy of scripture we see in [Mtt 22:1-14] when the marriage and kingdom would take place. At the burning of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 {Mtt 22:7]. There is no mysteries 2000 year gap between Mtt 22:7-8. After the burning of the city THEN ...the wedding is ready. Also, it should be noted you don't invite guests to a wedding that is not ALREADY "prepared!" [Mtt 22:3-5}

 It should also be noted that most scholars attribute [Gal 4:26 is Heb 12:22] (F.F. Bruce, R.T. France & Ben Witherton lll) Yet Gal 4:28-31 is the casting out of Hagar and Ishmael who represented the Jews of the earthly Jerusalem, which is a reference to A.D. 70.

If the restoration of Zion and the consummation of the Davidic Kingdom was in A.D. 70 as Hebrews attests to [Heb 10:25-39; 12:18f; 13:10], then this means ALL of the covenantal promises have been fulfilled, as they are not given out in piecemeal. For instance [Isa 25:6-9] has the second exodus, Zion's restoration, the marriage, and the resurrection. Since above we briefly showed the first three were fulfilled than by necessity the resurrection took place at the fall of Jerusalem. Again, it is imperative to understand this fact. If just one promise is consummated at the Parousia then all are. They are not broken up in piecemeal.