Ryan Laposky

Follower of Jesus. Believe in the Gospel of Grace. Dispensational. Pre-millennial. Literal-historical grammatical hermeneutic. Pro-Israel.

[Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael]

Replacement Theology is one of the most dangerous heresies infecting the church worldwide. How can the Church replace Israel when Israel has a prophetic destiny that is still to be fulfilled? If God made a promise to Israel and replaced it with the Church, what’s to stop Him from breaking His promise to you? In this episode of Truth Be Told, Amir teaches the truth of why the Church depends on Israel, not the other way around!

[Ryan Laposky @ryanlaposky]

@farmingandJesus Andy Woods is very helpful on this topic 👍

[Ryan Laposky @ryanlaposky]

@farmingandJesus Yes!

[Ryan Laposky @ryanlaposky]

@farmingandJesus https://t.co/vDWSuC6GNL

[Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael]

This afternoon, during my youngest son’s 13th birthday celebration, I spent time with some dear friends who are like family to me.

As we talked, we all agreed on how late the hour is and on the magnitude of the times and seasons in which we live. We also agreed that what we are witnessing today may very well be a preview of what the future will look like for Israel after the rapture - a world leader who appears friendly toward our nation, brokers a peace agreement, and even allows the temple to be rebuilt, only to reveal his true nature and turn completely against her.

These are truly historic and biblical times.

Stay close to the Lord. Remain rooted in His Word. Encourage one another and stay in fellowship as we eagerly await His return:

“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

(Hebrews 10:24–25 NKJV)

[Hananya Naftali @HananyaNaftali]

"I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling... On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations." (Zechariah 12:2-3)

[Daniel Cohen @DanielCohenTV]

PERFECT RESPONSE! Ambassador Huckabee answers President Trump’s claim that without Trump, Israel wouldn’t exist: "Without Israel, without the Jewish foundation, there would not be an America. We owe our very existence to what happened in this land."

All Christians are called to be an ambassador for Christ. Ambassador @GovMikeHuckabee you are a true ambassador in every sense of the word. For Jesus, America and God’s covenant nation.
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[Mark @Mark_Wilson_25]

WHY WOULD A LOVING GOD ALLOW JACOB'S TROUBLE?

Many Christians hear about the future Tribulation and immediately think of wrath, judgment, and destruction.

But when Scripture calls it "the time of Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7), it reveals something many overlook:

The primary focus is not the destruction of Israel.

It is the restoration of Israel.

God's goal is not to break His people.

God's goal is to bring them home.

"Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it." (Jer. 30:7)

Notice the ending.

Not destruction.

Salvation.

Not abandonment.

Restoration.

A Father Disciplines the Son He Loves

Scripture consistently portrays Israel as God's son.

"Israel is my son, even my firstborn." (Ex. 4:22)

And even after centuries of rebellion, God still asks:

"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child?" (Jer. 31:20)

His answer is astonishing:

"My bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him."

A judge punishes a criminal because of law.

A father disciplines a son because of love.

The difference matters.

Jacob's Trouble is not evidence that God hates Israel.

It is evidence that He refuses to abandon Israel.

"I have loved thee with an everlasting love." (Jer. 31:3)

Why Doesn't God Simply Move On?

Because He made promises.

The Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 15:18-21).

The Land Covenant (Deut. 30:1-10).

The Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:12-16).

The New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34).

These were not temporary arrangements.

They were divine commitments.

God Himself declares:

"If those ordinances depart from before me... then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever." (Jer. 31:35-36)

And:

"For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake." (1 Sam. 12:22)

And:

"God is not a man, that he should lie." (Num. 23:19)

The existence of Jacob's Trouble proves Jacob still matters.

The Tribulation proves God has not forgotten His promises.

In fact, the very chapter that promises Israel's permanence also promises Israel's future restoration:

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah." (Jer. 31:31)

The goal of Jacob's Trouble is not merely national survival.

The goal is covenant fulfillment.

As Chuck Missler often observed:

"The issue is not Israel's faithfulness to God. The issue is God's faithfulness to Israel."

The Tribulation is not proof that God has abandoned His promises.

The Tribulation is proof that He intends to fulfill them.

Hosea Gives Us the Pattern

One of the most overlooked prophetic passages may summarize the entire story:

"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early." (Hos. 5:15)

Notice the sequence:

❖ Messiah departs (Hos. 5:15).

❖ Israel acknowledges her offense (Hos. 5:15).

❖ Affliction comes (Jer. 30:7).

❖ Israel seeks the LORD (Hos. 5:15).

❖ Restoration follows (Hos. 6:1-2).

The purpose of the Tribulation is not merely punishment.

It is repentance.

Daniel says the Seventy Weeks will:

❖ Finish the transgression (Dan. 9:24).

❖ Make an end of sins (Dan. 9:24).

❖ Make reconciliation for iniquity (Dan. 9:24).

❖ Bring in everlasting righteousness (Dan. 9:24).

"To finish the transgression" means God will bring Israel's long history of covenant rebellion to its divinely appointed conclusion through repentance, restoration, and the establishment of Messiah's Kingdom.

God is preparing a people for their King.

The Battlefield of History

There is another dimension many believers miss.

If Satan can destroy Israel, then God's covenant promises fail.

If God's covenant promises fail, then God's Word fails.

If God's Word fails, then the entire biblical message collapses.

That is why Israel remains at the center of the prophetic drama.

The conflict is bigger than politics.

Bigger than borders.

Bigger than nations.

It is ultimately about the faithfulness of God.

This is why Satan relentlessly targets the Jewish people throughout history.

The issue has always been covenant.

The Outcome Is Glorious

Most discussions of Jacob's Trouble focus on the suffering.

Scripture focuses on the outcome.

Ezekiel describes the process:

❖ Regathering to the land (Ezek. 36:24).

❖ Cleansing from sin (Ezek. 36:25).

❖ A new heart (Ezek. 36:26).

❖ The Spirit within (Ezek. 36:27).

❖ Restoration and obedience (Ezek. 36:27-28).

Zechariah describes the moment:

"They shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn." (Zech. 12:10)

Paul describes the result:

"And so all Israel shall be saved." (Rom. 11:26)

Isaiah describes the Kingdom:

"Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." (Isa. 2:3)

One day the nation that rejected her Messiah will welcome Him.

One day Jerusalem will look upon the Pierced One.

One day the covenants will be fulfilled exactly as promised.

One day the King will stand upon the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:4).

One day the nations will stream to Jerusalem (Isa. 2:2-3).

One day Israel will finally become what God always intended her to be:

"A light to the nations." (Isa. 49:6)

To be sure, the Tribulation is also a time when God judges an unbelieving world that has rejected His authority (Rev. 6–19).

But Scripture repeatedly emphasizes that Jacob's Trouble is about Jacob.

The name itself tells us so.

The furnace is terrible.

The purpose is glorious.

The story does not end in trouble.

It ends with repentance, restoration, covenant fulfillment, and the reign of Messiah.

Jacob's Trouble is not the end of Israel's story.

It is the final chapter before the King returns, the covenants are fulfilled, and the Kingdom begins.

[A Cloistered Hermeneutic @Exodus15_11]

@VividProwess Amir at @beholdisrael did an excellent job in summarizing the coming rift between the US and Israel.

Advance to 15:00

https://t.co/9StSaWrtcW

[Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael]

Mr. President—when your helicopter was shot down, no one was killed, yet you still found it necessary to respond. So how is it that when explosive drones are launched into our civilian communities in the north, you dismiss it as meaningless?

Hypocrisy at its best!

[Andy Woods @dr_andywoods]

PPOV 412. Babylon Rising! Persecution, Apostasy​ and more End-Times events. https://t.co/tbOwPCmxWu

[Andy Woods @dr_andywoods]

NEW BOOKLET: "The Mystery of Antisemitism" by Dr. Andy Woods - From the Lighthouse https://t.co/cDPzF3Wbzs

[Frank Turek @DrFrankTurek]

Romans 9 has nothing to do with the election of individuals to salvation it has to with the election of the nation of Israel.

[Andy Woods @dr_andywoods]

5 Critical Signs Happening Right Now! Pastor's Point of View 411. 6-5-26. https://t.co/piumsmgKvG

[Andy Woods @dr_andywoods]

False Theologies & the Church. Dr. Andy Woods on Dominion Theology, Replacement Theology, and NAR
https://t.co/gmyUI5paXs

[Andy Woods @dr_andywoods]

666 Tech Mandates, Bible Teaching Illegal, & more prophetic events. PPOV 410. https://t.co/pBZf4Vs8xs

[A Cloistered Hermeneutic @Exodus15_11]

The Rapture will be Church-centric.

The Second Coming will be Jew-centric.

Disagree?
Well, of course you do. Those who think "it's all about me and the Church" have been listening to the nonsense of Covenant Theology.

[Mark @Mark_Wilson_25]

@byroncarroll Are you a partial preterist or full?