Zechariah 9 The second coming is in waiting to win more Gentiles to faith, something Israel failed to do.

Jesus came to usher in Gentiles, people like you and me, into God’s family through faith in Him.  The Jews expected Jesus to restore them and their nation and their temple.  It may very well be that, because they failed to welcome Gentiles and failed to honor and worship Him rightly, God brought about the first coming to welcome the Gentiles in, and He is waiting on His second coming to win more.  When He comes the second time, He will restore Israel, Jerusalem, and a remnant of Jews, and we will also share in the blessing of the Millennium.  In this way, I see the tribulation as punishment for Jews and unbelievers and God’s grace in seeking to win them during the tribulation.  I believe the church will be spared the tribulation by the rapture and return with Jesus for the Millennium.  We need a measure of humility in all of this, but this is what I hold to.  It makes sense to me because the Jews are under the curse of the law because they failed in God’s mission, and they have not received the cure for the curse in Jesus, as the church has.  This is why the tribulation is called the wrath of the Lamb in Revelation 6, and we are promised we will not experience the wrath. ★ Support this podcast ★