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With all of the division that is in the Church over doctrinal issues it is hard to visualize a time coming when the people within the Church will finally come to terms and see eye to eye. I am excited about a time coming when those that are sincere will come into an awakening and see the purpose of God in a singleness of heart. I sincerely doubt that the time will come that all of our doctrinal issues will be solved. This will probably only happen at the return of Christ. It is then that he will help us to see the truth completely for we shall be as he is.

In Isaiah chapter 52 God gives us a hope for a time that all the watchmen will see eye to eye. It promises a time that the watchmen will bring good tidings and salvation. This is speaking of preaching the Gospel. The exciting part is that they will all preach the same message. The confusion about how to be saved will be drowned by the truth of God's Holy Word that will be made manifest in the hearts of God's Church. This will come through the power of the Holy Spirit; it could happen no other way. Please read the following scriptures.

It is in verse eight that we find the verse that declares that the watchmen will see eye to eye. This hope surely will break through all of the darkness and despair of all the false teachings and doctrines that are being preached by many today.

In verse six Isaiah explains that in that day Israel will know Gods name. This is speaking of the name of Jesus. Today only a few in Israel realize that Jesus is God's son and are able to trust that he is God just as much as the Father is God. This explains that Christ will be revealed to the hearts of Israel in a special time that is coming on the earth.

In verses eight and nine it is explained that at the time that all of these things happen; the watchmen will sing together and will lift up one voice. This means that they will all preach the same Gospel, the same message and that they will do this with joy and excitement.

The question remains; when will this happen? Verse eight of these scriptures gives us a good indication of the timing of this. I personally believe that this will happen during the Tribulation. It can only come about during the time that God makes a grand move to reach his people Israel with the Gospel so that they can be saved. In this verse he says, "for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion." This scripture is explaining that it will happen at the time that Christ is in the process of saving Israel. But first God must reveal to God's people, the Gentile Church, the need to reach Israel with the Gospel.

At the present time there are so many Christians that believe that Israel doesn't need to be saved. It is frightening that this is going on because not only are they teaching not to share Jesus with the Jewish people but that it is wrong to do it. John Hagee is one of the ministers along with many others that believe that we should only be friends with Israel. He teaches that we are wrong to share Jesus because they are saved under the Law of Moses and don't need him. His belief is that Israel is God's chosen people and don't need to hear the Gospel. Well, everyone that is saved today is God's chosen people and we still had to get saved through the hearing of the Gospel. One man contacted me that believed these teachings and accused me of being anti-Semitic for teaching that the Jews need to believe the Gospel and be born-again the same as everyone else.

There will come a time that people will reject the views of men like John Hagee and will begin to have the vision and hope that Paul the apostle had concerning the salvation of Israel. This is one reason for the teachings that we are teaching. It is to bring hope to every heart. I believe that one of the reasons that the Church in the Gentile world is struggling to keep the true message and to see our children saved is because of this problem. Paul told us in the 11^th chapter of Romans that to be lifted up with pride against the Jew, to feel that we are privileged and that they are not could cause God to put us in blindness. God placed Israel in partial blindness and they were cut off because of the hardness of their hearts. Paul said that God might do the same to us. Could this be the reason for the spiritual death in the Gentile Church today? Christ did not die only to save the Gentiles; all must come through the cross to be saved.

The Gentile Church must wake up. In this same chapter of Isaiah we find out that these watchmen are called the watchmen that are on mount Ephraim. This is a difficult scripture for many to understand because they must understand who Ephraim is today in order to interpret the meaning of it. All of the Gentiles today have been saved through the preaching of the cross because of the promise given to Joseph's son Ephraim. It first came to the disciples from Galilee that was descendants of the tribes that belonged to Ephraim and then taken to the world through the preaching of the Gospel. Today everyone, all of us is a watchman of Ephraim that stand on the spiritual walls of Israel praying for the salvation of those people. Any Gentile that is a truly born-again person in Christ should be praying for Israel because it is the plan and purpose of God.

I believe that most Christians will not wake up to this fact until the time of the end. During the last few years of the Tribulation when the Church is trying to rescue and protect Israel from the Antichrist we will see this happen. From the time of the signing of the seven-year peace treaty to the time Israel is invaded by the Antichrist. Everyone in the Church is familiar with the fact that the Antichrist will go into the Temple and declare that he is God. Do you think that spiritual eyes will pop open at that time? The ridiculous situation that the Church sits in today is the fact that they can only think about being in the rapture to escape and leave the Jews behind to face the Antichrist alone. Whew, this so disturbs me. Please share the truth with others. Help gather prayers groups for the salvation of Israel. Be a true watchman for God and declare the importance of the salvation of Israel to all the Christians that you know. You will be resisted but hold your ground because some day they will say, you are right and will see eye to eye with you about God's purpose for Israel. His purpose is that he is going to save them just like he did with you and me.

Yours in Christ,
Tommie Spurgeon

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