JESUS: THE TRUE ISRAEL OF GOD

Many verses in the old testament that points to Israel point to Jesus as the fulfiller of the prophecy. The word Israel means "a prince that has power with God."
Look at these verses in comparison:

Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn
Matthew 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

1 Corinthians 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

After crossing the red sea, Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness and failed.
Jesus after his baptism went in the desert 40 days and succeeded (Matthew 4:1-2).

In Psalms 80:8 God calls Israel a vine later called the fruitless vine.
In John 15:1 Jesus said he was the true vine.

In the old testament the name Israel was applied to one man and his victory over sin.
In the new Jesus is the Israel who over came all sin.

Isaiah 41:8 originally applied to Israel as Gods servant was quoted in the new testament as being fulfilled by Jesus (Matthew 12:16-19).

God called Israel his first born (Exodus 4:22) then Paul applied this same terminology to Jesus (Colossians 1:15).

God called Israel the seed of Abraham (Isaiah 41:8) but later Abrahams seed is termed as one seed in Jesus (Galatians 3:16).

Israel is called a holy nation (Exodus 19:6). The Church which is in Christ, remember we are one body, is said to be the royal priesthood quoting this same verse and applying it to the Church (1 Peter 2:9).

According to the new testament there are 2 Israels: one bound and one free. The Church is the one now free, applying it to Abrahams seed and applying Ishmaels linage, the child of bondage, to Israel of the flesh (Romans 9:3-6).

The finaly is this: David is told his son Solomon would build the house of God. Solomon fell into sin. He failed. Jesus said destroy this temple and I will raise it up in 3 days. Its all about Jesus. The word always points to Jesus and ends with Jesus. He is the fulfiller or the word of God.

ON THE WRONG END OF THE ROCK

Revelations 6:12-17

12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Now look at what Jesus prophecied in Luke 23:27-30:

27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

Jesus tells the people of Jerusalem to be affraid of the future in which destruction would come. He tells them that they and their children should weep for themselves for destruction is coming on them. Jesus is prophecying to those present of their sins being judged, the sin of rejecting him.

When John saw this vision he was speaking of what Jesus had prophecied. The judgement was going to be poured out on the jews and this is the prophecy John and Jesus both spoke of. John mentions the rocks falling on them connecting these passages.