WILL THERE EVER BE A RESTORATION OF JUDAISM?

WILL THERE EVER BE A RESTORATION OF JUDAISM?
Heb. 10:9

Don Fortner


"He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second." That is to say,God has,by the obedience of his Son, taken away the old covenant and the old order of ceremonial worship and established the new covenant and the new order of spiritual worship. But will he ever take away the new to revert to the old? Will there ever be a restoration of Judaism? I know that the Jews have gathered as a nation and that they are endeavoring to restore their temple, their priesthood and their religious order. But will the Lord God ever again accept the Jews as a nation and return to the carnal ordinances of ceremonial religion? The answer is - No! Here are two reasons why the answer must be "No."

1. THE NATION OF GOD'S ELECT IS A SPIRITUAL NATION, NOT A POLITICAL ONE.You who are born of God are God's "holy nation" (I Pet. 2:9-10). This nation is the church of God,made up of all believers in every age.The Israel of the Old Testament was only a type of this,the true Israel, the Israel of God. All of this Israel (the church of God's elect) shall be saved (Rom. 11:26). But to say that all natural Israel shall be saved is to affirm, contrary to everything revealed in Scripture, that every person born of Jewish descent will ultimately be saved, whether or not he trusts Christ!

2. CHRIST, BY HIS OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH, HAS FULFILLED ALL THE TYPES AND SHADOWS OF THE LAW. His obedience to the moral law put an end to the rule and dominion of it (Rom. 10:4). And his obedience to the ceremonial law put an end to it (Heb.10:1-22).His blood put an end to animal sacrifices forever. His priesthood put an end to the earthly priesthood forever. His entrance into the holy place made without hands put an end to temple worship forever. His exaltation to the throne of God as the Son of David put an end to David's earthly throne forever. His blood, his priesthood, his entrance into heaven, his exaltation to the throne of God is the effectual accomplishment of our salvation and God's eternal purpose. If ever God should again receive the sacrifices of Jewish ceremonial worship, from human hands, upon a material altar, in a Jewish temple, it would mean that the Christ we worship is an impostor, the blood he shed was useless, the gospel we believe is a lie! The whole New Testament is a fabrication, and we are yet in our sins!


Don Fortner is pastor of
Grace Baptist Church
Danville, KY