William Bell Day 2 -- 2018 Memphis Eschatology Conference

All right. Well, welcome back to the next session. And this is where we are going to continue our study on eschatology in Galatians. I will try to get through as much of the material as I can cover as much as I can during the session and try to make up a little bit of time because I know we got behind from our earlier Q&A session, but we were attempting to accommodate Don who had to leave for a flight, but we're grateful for his message as well as for the open forum that every one participated in and we thank you for your questions. All right. So let's talk about Galatians try to move a little further into this epistle. I laid a bit of a foundation. So you should have somewhat of a cheat sheet in your minds at this point that we talked about Jesus Christ dying and being raised from the dead in Galatians chapter 1 and verse 1 and that the result of that was that God declared him as his son. We also pointed out the fact that the privilege and purpose of sons was to inherit to have an inheritance, which is the key in my judgment, the key theme of the epistle to the Galatians and because it focuses on both the death of Christ and the inheritance, that's really the cross and the parisia that is expressed in this book and therefore demonstrates very much the eschaton and the subject of eschatology. We also talked about the inheritance requires a last will and Testament and if that was the new covenant and Paul said it could not be changed. And so that makes what we have very very important that we should not deviate from what has been recorded for us and the last will and Testament names the heir of who is the actual beneficiary of that will and so we're going to talk about that. It expresses a relationship because we have the father bestowing his goods on to or to the son and that was determined by birth. All right, because Resurrection is also viewed as birth from the dead and that is Colossians chapter 1 and verse 18 as well. And then we looked at I think one of the last things we talked about was Paul's dying as well being crucified with Christ and we're going to say a little bit about that as we move forward, but in dying with Christ, he begins to align himself with the with the seed as we will try to establish as we move forward. So now we are coming to chapter 3 and so as we look in chapter 3, we begin with the statement. Oh foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified. Now, what we see here is that the spirit was involved in making sons. In other words, this is the eschatological spirit poured out in the last days and it was essential for the spirit to indwell and for them to be operating by and under the power of the spirit in order that they might become sons of God. Let's look at just a couple of passages in Romans chapter 8 and we mentioned that Galatians was very closely related to the book of Romans. But when you look at Romans chapter 8 and starting at verse 14, the Bible says for as many as are led by the spirit of God. These are the sons of God. And so the spirit was also there to establish them and to confirm them as sons of God. And that's very important. Let's just read through that so you can see how this relates. He says for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out Abba father the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God that we are the sons of God and if children that is if sons then what then heirs heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together. Notice also that there is a mention of suffering here. So keep that in mind and I'll go back to Galatians and you'll see the same concept. So in Galatians chapter 3 in verse 2, he says this only I want to learn from you. Did you receive the spirit by the works of the law? Now, that's very very critical because as we were establishing that they were being delivered out of the present evil age out of that ministration of death and we just established the fact that it was necessary to have the spirit in order to produce the sons. That is the eschatological spirit within the first century. Then it is key for us to understand that those who were under the law did not have the spirit that is a distinction that Paul is making and so those who were wanting to follow Christ based upon the law therefore were not considered sons and you'll see that established even further. So this is very important as we move forward. Now, let's look at the questions that Paul asks in this context. So he says this only I want to learn from you. Did you receive this spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? And when he says the hearing of faith, he's talking about that revelation of the gospel the preaching of the gospel and then are you so foolish notice having begun in the spirit. So this was a process that was not yet completed. That is also important to understand as we're moving forward in this text Steve Basin's use the same word and the same concept when he was talking about those who had begun in the spirit in the book of Philippians Philippians chapter 1 verses 5 and 6. So he says are you so foolish having begun in the spirit you have begun in that realm. Remember they died to the realm of the flesh. They're now raised in the realm of the spirit and he says now that you have begun in this realm. Are you now being perfected and the word perfect means to become full-grown. It was about an end goal to be reached a point at a destination to which they were coming and I'll tell you why that was necessary. And so he says are you now being made perfect by the flesh and the flesh here refers to that realm wherein they are dependent upon their own Humanity to accomplish their righteousness is just like Romans chapter 10 and verses 1 through 3 where Paul said brethren my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved for I bear them record that they have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness now the Jews were not ignorant that God was a righteous God. They were ignorant of how he made men righteous. And so he says they being ignorant of God's righteousness have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God and what did Romans 1 16 and 17 teach it says for I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. What is the power of God and a salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek for their end is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written. The just shall live by faith. So the righteousness of God is revealed from Heaven in the gospel and that is what they were ignorant of and that's why Paul was saying to them. I'm Marvel that you're so soon removed from him who called you into the grace of Christ to a different gospel and what they were doing was they were going back into that system where there was no spirit. And if there was no spirit there there was no confirmation that they were sons of God. And if there was no confirmation that there were sons of God they could not be heirs and therefore would lose out on the inheritance as we'll try to develop as we move forward now. So he says and this is what I mentioned when I we were in Romans right before we came back. He says have you suffered so many things in vain now, we have a lot of people who always talk about their sufferings and they always got this problem in that problem. I got problems. My back's hurting me right now. I mean, but those are not the kind of sufferings that the Bible is talking about in the connection of eschatology. These are the birth pangs. These are the sufferings that would attend the Messianic age the new age to come they understood that they would go through this process and you can read about the birth pangs Jeremiah 36 and 7 you can read about them in Daniel 12 in verse 1. You can read about them in Hosea 13 verse 13 read about them in Matthew 24 8 John 16 Romans chapter 8 particularly Revelation chapter 12. They're all through the New Testament and they're all attending the last days that were leading up to the new age that was coming in. So this is what Paul says about them in Romans 8. Let's go back. Remember that affinity between Galatians and between Romans. So in Romans chapter 8 beginning at verse 17 again, he says and if children then heirs heirs of God join heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together. Now watch the sufferings verse 18 for I consider that the sufferings of what of this present time. There's your audience relevance. These were unique sufferings that the church was going through in the last days of that Old Covenant age just prior to the birth of the New Covenant age. And so he says they're not worthy. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the Glory which is about to be revealed in us. So they were looking for this about to be revealed Glory. They were undergoing intense sufferings. Paul called them the present distress in first Corinthians 7 in verse 26. And that's what Paul is alluding to asking them. Look you have suffered for all of this and now you're going to go back and devalue the purpose of the sufferings that you were willing to endure earlier when you first learned about the gospel and you're going to go back to this this time where there is no spirit and therefore forfeit all that you have as a result of the inheritance. Now, then he goes on and after talking about the price that they had paid for that then he brings in Abraham and he says in verse 6 just as Abraham. Well, let me go ahead and read 5 therefore he who supplies the spirit to you and works Miracles among you. So they had these Miracles during that that last day's eschatological time frame and I believe it was Kyle who quoted Micah 7 and 15 according to the days of your coming out of Egypt. How many days was that was 40 years, right? According to the days of your coming out of Egypt. I will show marvelous things or I will show Miracles. We don't have but a 40-year period for those Miracles that were operative just like in the time of the Exodus and the fact that he alludes to that is demonstrating that the Exodus was yet in progress as you'll see as we continue to develop this point. And so it was for 40 years now some people say well, then what about us? Why don't we have any Miracles we do? But they're all written in the book. Here's what the Bible says in John chapter 20. 30 and 31 truly many other signs did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book, but these are written that you might believe and that believing you may have life through his name. Now, wait a minute. If we want life the Bible says the Miracles are written. Do you know I studied McGarvey's Christian evidences some years ago when I was in the school of preaching. He was a great scholar. One of the things that he pointed out. He said that we could not determine the authenticity or the genuineness of a Miracle anymore. If we had seen it before our eyes or reading it in a book. Because what you have to determine them with is a scientific reasoning process. How many times have you seen Magic? That you thought was real or look so real your eyes are not going to determine whether it's a valid Miracle or not. The Bible says they have been written and written Miracles. Can determine or rather will produce life. Isn't that what you want? Jesus said that you I've come that you might have love and you might have it more abundantly. He says you can have abundant life reading written Miracles. So we have we don't need any more. We've got everything that pertains to life and Godliness earnestly contend for the faith once for all delivered to the Saints and not get caught up in looking for another Miracle. That's not written. Jesus said there were a lot of them that weren't written. We have to stay with the book. All right. Didn't mean to get that riled up about it, but Ogre isn't used to seeing me like this. He thought I was all dignified and everything. All right. So now let's look at Galatians 3. So he says just as Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Therefore know that only those who are of what who are of faith are sons of Abraham. Now what God has just done what Paul has just done is he has discredited a physical blood relationship to Abraham as the basis for a relationship to God and to the inheritance as a matter of fact, there's one beautiful concept that I like I'll tell you what Romans chapter 9 to start in Romans 9. Here's one of the things that the Bible says and be while I'm getting there. Let's look at John 1. I'll just quote it. You can make a note of it in your notes. John says in John 1 in verse 11. He says he came to his own and his own received him not but to as many as received him to them. He gave the authority or the power to become the sons of God even to those who believe on his name which were born not of blood not of men not by the will of the flesh but of God that passage discredits any natural birth for being related to Abraham. John the Baptist told him that he's the only thing to call yourselves sons of Abraham. God's able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. So in Romans chapter 9, here's what the Bible says verse 6, but it is not the work that the word of God has taken no effect for they are not all Israel who are of Israel. See God didn't accept all of the Israelites. He says nor are they all children because they are the seed that means the natural seed of Abraham but in Isaac your seed shall be called that is those who are the children of the flesh. These are not the children of God, but the children of the what the promise the children of the promise are counted as the seed. Now, I don't have time to make this point, but I'm going to do like done. He said he didn't have time and he went on and made the point. You remember when God told Abraham to take Isaac up on the mountain and to kill him. Well, Isaac was Abraham's only natural born son. He was Abraham's son in the realm of the flesh. And so the Jews would be thinking we're the seed of Abraham through Isaac because the Bible did say in Isaac share your seed be called. Well, here's what God did. He told Abraham to go up and to slay his son and Abraham took the dagger and came down to slay Isaac. Now God stopped him from actually killing him but in Abraham's own mind and in the mind of God Isaac was put to death. Now, what's the meaning of that? Abraham cut off the fleshly tie to Isaac through that death. Now look at what Hebrew says and you'll see how the connection relates to Isaac in Hebrews chapter 11 and and the verse is 17. All right, the Bible says by faith Abraham when he was tested offered up Isaac and he who had received the premises offered up his only begotten son. Now, wait a minute. The Bible says he offered him up. Is that right? So that means Isaac was offered up but notice of whom it was said in Isaac your seed shall be called. So for all practical purposes Isaac was a dead man. But then he says concluding that God was able to raise him up even from what from the dead from which he also received him in a figurative sense. So here's what happened. Abraham put Isaac to death and God raised him by stopping him from killing him Etc. That was a figurative way of God raising Isaac from the dead. So Isaac becomes the one through whom the seed comes not by his fleshly relationship, but by the power of God and the power of the spirit in raising him from the dead. And that is his connection to Christ as is developed in both Romans and in Galatians. All right. Now, let's go on. And so he says God would verse 8 and the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith preach the gospel to Abraham beforehand saying in you all the Nations shall be blessed. Now when God gave Abraham that promise in Genesis chapter 12 verses 1 through 3 and he spoke about the Nations you can see the table of Nations in Genesis chapter 10. They certainly were not all Shemites in that or in that connection. And so he says he would glorify the Nations or rather in you all the Nation shall be blessed. That promise is taken up in the third chapter of the book of Acts through Moses. Remember Don said that the promise of life began in the garden Genesis 315. It was passed on to Abraham Genesis 12. It was also passed on to Moses in Genesis chapter 8, excuse me in Exodus chapter 18. Wait a minute Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 15 through 18. Now, let's take a look in Acts chapter 3 and I'm moving fast for purpose. I was I was I picked up the guy who painted our building and the other day because he had to repair a toilet and it was raining. I had lots of things to do try to get ready. We were driving down Shelby Drive. He said you're a man with a purpose aren't you? I was driving pretty fast, but I was safe Hogar. At any rate in Acts chapter 3 when the Bible talks about the coming of the Lord it says in verse 19 and I'll read it quickly. I'm not going to have time to cover everything. I want to cover that's no unfortunate for you repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he might send Jesus Christ who was preached to you before now watch people are talking about a Rapture. They're talking about some intermediate coming of the Lord ain't gonna happen. Who was that? Robert Buna and John Watson from Indianapolis. They had a poster up that says the Rapture has been permanently canceled. I thought it was brilliant and you know, it's supposed to happen or it was supposed to happen around this time because this is the time of Rosh Hashanah and the feast days that they're practicing in the land of Israel and a lot of these Christians are trying to imitate them not understanding what's going on. The book of Galatians ought to cure that stuff. But anyway, he says whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things spoken of which God is spoken by the mouth of all his prophets since the world began. So Jesus was not going to come back until all of these things were fulfilled. And so he says for Moses truly said to the fathers the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren him shall you hear in all things whatsoever. He says to you now, here's the point. I want to get to you can read the rest of that on your own. But here's what I want to point out. This is the promise that God made to Abraham and you'll see that if I can get to it later in Galatians, you are this verse 25. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our father saying to Abraham and in your seed all the families of the earth to be blessed. That's Genesis 12 and verse 3. Would you agree? That's the same text of Galatians chapter 3 and verse 8, but now watch and see what the blessing is. He tells you in the next verse. He says to you first that's to the Jew first. God having raised up his servant Jesus sent him to bless you in doing what? In turning every one of you away from his iniquities. It's not about land in Israel. It was turning one away from iniquities. Now note that down as we continue on. All right. So then as we move forward, he says so then those who are of faith Galatians 3 and verse 9 are blessed with believing Abraham for as many as are of the works of the law are under what? They're under a curse. For it is written. Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things, which are written in the book of the law to do them. See, that's what you had. If you wanted righteousness in the Old Covenant, you have to continue in all things. And James said if any man decides that he wants to keep the law and he offends and how many points one point he is guilty of how much of it all of it. Sounds like a pretty deep curse to me, doesn't it? Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things, which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God. It is evident for the just shall live by faith. That's a couple of times. We've heard that from Romans 1 17 and also from here. It's a quote from Habakkuk 2 in verse 4. Now watch this verse 12 yet. The law is not of what it's not a faith, but the man who does them shall live in them. Now, we just read Paul asked the question. Did you receive the spirit through the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? He's telling you now. The law is not of what it's not of faith. Now in verse 13, we're back to the Exodus theme. He says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law having become a curse for us. What is written cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. So Christ became a curse in order to deliver them from the curse. Now, here's here's one of my most favorite passages. I discovered this when I was preaching in Warren, Ohio, and and I saw this and I just thought wow, what a powerful point now watch this. He says in order that that's what the word that means the conjunction of purpose in order that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus that we Jews do you see that you see that contrast the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles remember because he said in you all the Nations should be blessed and then he says that we might receive the premise of the spirit through faith. So what he was saying was this see everybody wants to go to the to the Jew to get their Salvation according to the Jew. Now, here's what the Bible says. The Bible says Salvation is of the Jews, but the manner in which God was demonstrating Salvation was through the Gentiles apart from Torah. That's Acts chapter 15 in Acts 15. Paul said or rather Peter said in verse 76 of Brethren. God made choice among us that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe and he says and put no difference between us and them purifying their hearts by faith. He says so then why are you tempting God to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples with neither our fathers nor we were able to bear but we believe that according to the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we Jews shall be saved even as they now, what did he do in that context? He forbade them to impose the law on the Gentiles. And therefore was telling the Jew you're going to be saved not by the law just like they were arguing. You must keep practice circumcision. Keep the law in order to be saved. He said no, you're going to be saved like these Torah free Gentiles that you've referred to as dogs and everything else. You're going to be saved in the same manner that they are saved apart from the law. Does that make sense? All right. No, I'm going fast. I got a lot of stuff to cover. And so then he says notice that we might receive the promise of the spirit brethren. I speak in the manner of men though. It is only a man's covenant yet. If it is confirmed no one knows or adds to it. See we're back to our last will and Testament. This is that covenant. This is that premise and he says now to Abraham and his seed singular. Where the premise is made. He does not say and two seeds as of many but as of one and to your seed who is home. Who is Christ? So Christ is the one true seed Christ is Israel in the scriptures. And if we try to determine Israel from anything and anyone other than Christ, we are playing in the wrong ballpark. The Bible says in this I say that the law which was 430 years later cannot know the covenant which was confirmed before by God in Christ that it should make the what the promise of no effect because the promise had already been given prior to the law. Now, what's the whole purpose of this developing Christ as the seed? What did I say? The key theme of the book of Galatians is inheritance. That's why right after talking about the seed, which is the offspring the son. He says for if the inheritance is of the what is of the law. It is no longer by premise, but God gave it to Abraham by what by promise. So do you see how all of this about sons is all about the inheritance. Then he says what purpose then does the law serve? I think who was that Kyle? I believe spoke about the law was given in first Timothy. He says it was for the ungodly for the profane people, Etc. He says it was added because of transgressions till the seed should come. Now a lot of people think that the coming of the seed here means when Jesus first came in his personal ministry or when he was born Etc. No, the text is talking about the eschatological coming of Christ. I'm going to demonstrate that to you till the seed should come to whom the premise was made and it was appointed through Angels by the hand of a mediator. Now mediator does not mediate for one only but God is one. There's a lot of controversy over that. I don't have time to get in there. We're just going to pass on by it. And so watch this now. Look at look at the verse 19 again. What purpose then? No, no, no. Go back to verse 18. This is what I want you to see. What if the inheritance is of the law? So there's the word inheritance. Note that it is no longer a promise. You can note that but God gave to Abraham by premise. Now, let's go the next point. I want you to see in connection with this. So we got a good understanding of what's being spoken of here. He says in verse 21 is the law then against the premises of God certainly not for if there had been a law which could have given what life truly Mark this one down righteousness would have been by what by the law. Now, here's what you should understand Church. The life that was premised is righteousness. It's not taking your skin out of a dusty dark tomb. It is righteousness. Here's what David said in Psalm 17 verse 10. He says I will be satisfied when I awake in your likeness. Now Paul quotes that in first Corinthians chapter 15. The verse is 34. And this is what he says. I want you to see it very clearly awake to what to righteousness and do not what sin for some do not have the knowledge of God. The life in the New Testament is arising to righteousness. And yet we got a church and a Christian community that all they can think about is raising these old bodies that you don't even want. You always complaining about him. So I'm too tall. So I'm too short. So I'm too wide. So I'm to this. I'll do that. So I'm aching all the time. And you want them some 17. I think it's verse 15. Awake to righteousness. That's Daniel. That's this is Daniel 12. It's righteousness. Righteousness is the life. You see how much eschatology is in Galatians? Resurrection eschatology. All right. And so he says but the scripture has confined all under sin. Oh, I wish I had more time that the promise by faith in Christ in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe but before faith came we were kept under guard by the law kept for the faith, which would afterward be revealed. So the law kept them under guard in prison. All of the people that want to be saved according to the Old Testament. He says the law kept them under God guard. You're in prison. All right now watch this. Therefore the law was our tutor. That's the word pedagogue or pedagogy. And this was a person that had the care of a Jewish child until he reached the age of accountability or not until he reached the age of maturity. So as long as he was a child, he was under the care of this pedagogue and then, you know for his education for his character development for everything that he needed. He was turned over by his parents to this pedagogue a and that continued until the child reached the age of maturity. So when the Bible is talking about the faith coming in, it's not just talking about the inception of faith. It's talking about the maturity and the consummation of faith, which is the time of the coming of the Lord, but let's go on so you'll see. So he says but after faith has come we are no longer under a tutor for you are all what? Sons of God. See, this is why I developed that Jesus died and that he was declared as the son of God. And this is why in Galatians 2 20. Paul says I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless. I live yet. Not I but Christ lives in me because in Romans chapter 6 verses 3 and 4 the Bible says what should we say then or this is verse 1. What should we say? Then shall we continue in sin the grace may abound God forbid how should we who did what died to sin live any longer there in no, you're not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his what into his death. What was death for to become a son? What is the sun all about to become an heir the inheritance? What is the inheritance is righteousness. It is life from the dead for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. That is your resurrection garment. Now watch this. There's neither June or Greek. There's neither slave nor free. There's neither bond or free. There's neither male nor female for you all one in Christ. Jesus. Now, this doesn't mean you go back to the back and take the men signs off the bathroom door. He's talking about people who were eligible to receive an inheritance and under the law a slave had no inheritance in Israel a female had no inheritance in Israel and a non Jew had no inheritance in Israel, but in Christ all become one. There are no distinctions as far as receiving an inheritance. You got to stay with the context. See people go here. They want to make everything out of it. No, this is all about inheritance. So watch and if you are Christ's then are you Abraham seed and what airs according to the premise? I got to make two more points and I'm a close. I just can't get through all of it. So very quickly now watch this even though he said that and you have Jews who were in the house of Abraham and Gentiles who were not but here's what Paul says. He says now I say verse 1 that the air as long as he is a child does not differ at all from a what from a slave. Why because he's not mature because he's still under the care of that Pentagon and even as they came into Christ the spirit was given in order to bring them to maturity so they could become a full-grown man. You don't give an inheritance to a child. They have the right to the inheritance, but they're not responsible enough to handle it at that point. Are they if God haven't turned the church loose without the full Revelation? What mess were they made? Look at the mess we make with it. So they had to be brought to full-grown age. Who was that? Was that you Steve that talked about I thought as a child understood as a child when I became a man. I put away the childless thing. That's first Corinthians 13 is Ephesians 4 that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro caring about with every wind of doctrine by the slight of men and cunning craftiness whereby the line way to deceive. That's what the purpose of the miracles were for to bring them to a state of maturity so that they could become full-grown and inherit. And so here's what we have. He says he's under guardians and stewards until the time appointed until the appointed time. That's Daniel's appointed time because that's the time of the inheritance now. Oh boy, Stanley. I wanted to get to this for you. Even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world. The elements there are not the periodic table. Those are elements of the law Stokia. You can find them in second Peter 3 10 and 12. You can find them in Hebrews 5 12 and 6 one. You can find them in Colossians 3 8 and also verse 20, but he says when the fullness of the time was come God sent for the son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those who are under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons and because you are sons God has sent forth the spirit of his son of his son into your hearts crying out Abba father see only a person who was called a son had the right to call his master father. If a slave was in the house of the the owner if that owner or the head of that house called that slave a son that son had the right to inherit when Ishmael was in the house of Abraham Abraham called him his son and because he called this Egyptian bun woman's child his son. He had the right to inherit until he started to persecute Isaac and what did Sarah say? Sarah said cast out the bun woman and her son. He shall not be heir. So even though he was an heir because he had been called a son by Abraham when he started persecuting her son by her husband Abraham. She said get rid of him cast him out. Now the casting out Abraham had two sons. I'm ending right here. Abraham had two sons one by a bun woman and one by a free woman. The Bible says these are the two covenants. These are two mountains. Someone is talked about. All right. So he says this bond woman is Hagar who is Mount Sinai in Arabia and answers to the Jerusalem which now is so the Jerusalem that was existing in the first century before the Temple fell that was Hagar. It's amazing that all of the enemies of Israel that are found in the Old Testament. God calls them that same people in the New Testament. They have become all their enemies in the New Testament and Egypt is one of the ones that they had become. But anyway, he says that's Egypt now. So those fleshly Jews are considered as Egypt. What were they doing in the New Testament? Why do you think the Christians were suffering these eschatological sufferings? Because these natural Jews who didn't accept Jesus as the Christ were persecuting them for saying Jesus was the son of God. They killed him, right? They crucified Christ. Jesus had told him they were going to do that. And so here they are. And so Paul uses this allegory and he makes the same application. He says nevertheless, what does the scripture say? He says because Isaac these were the sons of promise. These are the Christians. These are the people that you have patterns yourselves after if you're following Christ and therefore he says cast out the bun woman and her son where they shall not or she shall not be heir or they shall not be heir with my son Isaac. Now, here's the point. When was the casting out? Matthew 8 11 and 12. Jesus said many will come from the east the West Luke adds the north and the south and sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom when you yourselves that's the Jews are cast out. When were the Jews cast out in 70 AD Matthew chapter 21 and the verse is 41 through 43 at with the parable of the divine dressers where he at least the vine dressers. He came seeking fruit. They persecuted one. They killed another and this is what they said. And so last he said I'm going to send them my son. They looked they saw the sun. They said aha. This is the sun. Let us kill him that we may seize upon his inheritance. You see how son and inheritance is connected all through the scripture. And so they thought by killing Christ. They were going to destroy him. But see God had news for them. God raised him from the dead never to die anymore. And after they had killed him, he says, well, then what is he going to do? He says he will destroy those wicked men. Burn up their city. And he's going to take the kingdom from them and give it to a nation producing its fruit. And when the Pharisees heard it, they perceived that he had spoken of them. Everybody we know understands that 70 AD that's the time of the casting out Matthew 8 11 and 12 Matthew 21 41 through 43 and Galatians 4 and verse 30 the last text. I'm just going to throw it in just for goodness sake. And that's Galatians 5 and verse 5. For we through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness, which is by faith. Now, everybody believes your hope is resurrection, right? We only have one hope. And it was called the hope of what? Righteousness. It's life from sin death. That's the problem of the garden. That's what Galatians dealt with. That's why it's a very very eschatological book read the rest of it. I don't have time to cover it. I'm also ready for fudge the couple of minutes, but God bless you. And I hope that the message has been a blessing to you.