Conclusions

The outline below highlights the main non-negotiable principles established throughout the Bible that define how the final picture of God’s eschatological puzzle should look like, defining all four borders and corners according to my Joint Christian and Jewish Resurrection Eschatological Theory. The essential Centerpiece on which all these elements rest is the principle of “one new man” of Ephesians 2:15-16, where both Jew and Gentile are reconciled into one same body through the cross of Jesus (Yeshua).

The four foundational elements regarding God’s relationship with Jews and Christians represent the “Corners” of this puzzle:

1. God’s Old Testament saints and present-day Jews (though not yet believers in Yeshua) are part of His people. They will ultimately accept Him at the right moment.

2. The Church has been included in God’s New Covenant, together with Israel.

3. God has partially fulfilled His promises to Israel by returning them to their land.

4. God will keep His promises to Israel regarding their resurrection and Kingdom.

 The four great promised future events established in the Bible create the outer “Borders:”

1. There will be a First Resurrection of God’s saints to eternal life through the New Covenant, which includes both believing Jews and Gentiles.

2. These saints will co-reign with Yeshua during the Messianic millennial kingdom.

3. There will be a Second Resurrection, this time of unbelievers, for their judgment and condemnation to eternal death.

4. God’s saints will then enter the Father’s eternal kingdom (World-to-Come), which                   includes a new heaven and new earth, where God will live among His people.

 


In this manner, I avoid: 1) the Pretribulational concept of a literal seven-year restriction to Jesus’ mentioned “Great Tribulation” and Daniel’s last “week,” as well as avoiding a literal interpretation of apocalyptic timing in Revelation and a “rapture” for only the Church (leaving Israel behind to suffer even worse tribulation); 2) the Midtribulational view of the Sixth Seal as being the mid-point moment for the “rapture” of the Church in the middle of the seven-year Great Tribulation (also leaving Israel behind); and 3) the Postribulational return of Jesus after the seven-year Great Tribulation to raise the Saints and return immediately with them to establish the Kingdom (for and with the saints simultaneously). Those pieces do not seem to fit within the theological principles of Scripture, and when forced to fit, they produce a picture that distorts true Biblical scenario. This is what I have called my Joint Christian and Jewish Resurrection Eschatological Theory.

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