Showing posts with label Pharisees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pharisees. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Enlightenment Gained From How the Pharisees Treated the Prophecies About the Messiah


By Liu Fang

Two thousand years ago, the Israelites desperately longed for the coming of the Messiah, but when the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, finally arrived, the Pharisees actually nailed Him to the cross, and as a result, the Israelites were subject to God’s punishment—the destruction of Israel. This bitter failure really calls for our reflection: How come the Pharisees who had believed in God for generations resisted God? Now it is already the last days, and the prophecies of the Lord’s return have basically been fulfilled. At this critical time of welcoming the Lord, how can we avoid following in the footsteps of the Pharisees?