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William Hendriksen's terse and simple comment has been a source of light and wisdom to manyyoung and old Christians struggling with the 'hard sayings' of passages of the New Testament. As has been well observed, his books are masterworks ofsimplicity and penetrating study. Their homely style often disguises the rigour of hisbackground study and biting analysis of different commentators. His writingslack neither persuasive force nor nuance. Israel and the question of the legitimacy of Zionism is and willremain for some time a white hot contemporary topic. The importance of whether or notBiblical prophecy is pertinent to the resurrection of the Jewish state hasprofound theological and political ramifications.
In this work published in 1968he addresses the topic. His second chapter takes the form ofa 12 point rebuttal of a position which he constructs from citationswhich propose that modern Israel is a fulfilment ofBible prophecy, it is a position he completely opposes.Here is aresponse to each of his 12 points.Are'the restoration promises of theJews' prophecies being fulfilled today?1 WH's response to 'The return is nowpartial andwill shortly be complete.' WHstarts with a passage especially convenientto make his case. 29.14 is clearlyprimarilyapplicable to the return from Babylonand for the reasons hegives. Yet the immediate neighbour of even this carefully selectedpassage,which initially seems like a simple reiteration, Jer.30.3, cannot be confined to the return from Babylonalone. It echoes thepromise of restoration in Deuteronomy 28, and looks forward to thereign of theMessianic King, Jer.30.9,21 and that at a time when the foreign yoke is perpetually broken(30v.8), Gentile exploitation ceases (v.8), their adversaries takencaptive(v.16), and their sins removed and their wounds healed (v.15-17).
Thefollowingchapter again echoes the sense of Jer.29.14 in 31.4,8-9, 23-4, 28, but its context is also mixed with prophetic referencesto theslaughter of the babes at Bethlehem, 31.15-7, the implementation of theNewCovenant made with the same backsliding and rebellious people who brokethe old Sinaitic Covenant, 31.31-4, and is tied to a cast iron promiseto the same apostate seed and nation of Israel of anultimatedeliverance and pardon more secure than the sun and the stars (v.35-47). Prophets often allude to events in the samepassage which are related though not contemporary, for example Isaiah'ssign ofthe virgin birth of Emmanuel is given to Ahazin thecontext of Syrian and Israeli incursions into Judah 7centuries before,Isa.7.10-6. Similarly repeated events of the same character are oftenseenprophetically as occurring as one event, like the first and secondcoming ofMessiah, for example in Isaiah 66.8-14 and 15-16.Sohis claim that in Jer.29.14, 'it cannot beproved the passage has anything to with recent or still futuremigrations' looksdistinctly suspect. Greater caution is warranted, especially when inorder toconsistently maintain this position, prophecies of Israel are referredto theJewish nation when considering the return from Babylon, and thenswitched tothe already ingathered church, without special regard to sinful Israel,whenthe Messianic monarchy, dominion over or among the Gentiles, or thephysicaldestruction of enemies in battle is referred to.
He also claims, 'thesameholds, of course, for similar restoration passages.' And cites fourof these.Two bear closer examination.Deut.30.1- 10, is preceded by the prophetic curseof Deut 28.68 whichspeaks of the sale of Jews in Egypt insuch vast numbersthat they are bought for a derisory price.Such events were documentednot at the time of the Babylonian captivity, but by the overwhelmingmass ofslaves captured in 70 AD and again in 135 AD.So again the promise of restoration to the land follows a prophecy,over amillennium before the event, which describes captivity well after Babylon 'sdestruction. Far cry 4 game location. Again WH's claim looksdistinctly suspect.Ezek.36.17-19, 26-28Itis telling that Hendriksen chooses not toquote verses 23 to25 which profoundly undermine hisclaim by pointing to a restoration of Israel tothe land beforenot after cleansing. 'And I willsanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which yehaveprofaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I amtheLORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall besanctifiedin you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the heathen,andgather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.Thenwill I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from allyourfilthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.' 2 Areturn not only from Babylonbut from many otherparts of the globe, therefore not referring to first captivity.Again,whilst Hendriksen's general point is validthat the return fromcaptivity outside Babylon,does not preclude specificreference to the Babylonian captivity Jer.29.14 is an excellentexample - hiscitation of Isaiah 11 here is highly problematic to his case. Firstly,thechapter is eminently Messianic, as many Jewish writers also assert,and initially describes the spread of Messianic kingdom. Secondly,immediatelypreceding and within WH's quote is anemphaticreiteration that it is the 'rod of Jesse' who shall act as an ensign indrawingthe Gentiles and then the diaspora.Thirdly, bothv.10 and v.12 repeat the expression, 'in that day', underlining thatthey occurtogether in history. It is exceedingly difficult to see whatpost-Messianicrestoration of the non-Gentile Israelcould be intended ifnot that of the C.20th. It would be a considerable stretch to confinethisrestoration to 5 centuries B.C.3 Asecond not first return.(Isa.11.11)This'second recovery'is applied by the prophet first to Assyria, not to Egypt - this makes Hendriksen's assertion that he here describeswhat wasactually the first return from Assyria as the second, on the basis thatit wasthe second from Egypt look transparently hollow.4 Zechariahrefers to post exilicreturn from future captivity. (Zech.8.1-8)Thepassage WH has chosen from Zechariah is significant, but not as plainor as dramatic as later passages, which speak plainly of a post exilicscattering and a post exilic gathering, like Zech.10.8-10, or ofdramatic events in or after the time of Messiah.
John Gill says forexample of 10 v.9, 'this is to be understood of the conversion of theJews', and then alludes repeatedly to their restoration to their land.If however, as Calvin suggests, the return here is merely metaphorical,to the Gospel and to true spirituality in the rejected Messiah, thenit's hard to understand what is intended by the expression, 'and placeshall not be found for them' v.10 - is the Gospel insufficientlycapacious to accommodate a few million extra sinners, is the mercy ofGod tightly constrained? Calvin suggests as a solution, 'So also nowZechariah says, that the number of people will be so great, that theplace churches will be hardly large enough for so vast a multitude.'
Indication if he were right at the least of a massive Jewish revival,not a trickling stream of conversions. Again references in Zechariahwhich combine extensive spiritual revival, like Zech.9.9-10 orZech.12.2-5, 6-8 or Zech. 14.14-17, with overwhelming military victorymust either virtually extinguished by allegorising or we are at a lossto attribute them merely to the milder successes of the Maccabees,which were long before the Advent. It is also noteworthy that thepredicted transformation of 4 specific fasts to feasts is as yetunfulfilled, Zech 8.19, and likely to remain so till there iswidespread national revival in the land of Israel.5 Useof 'latter days' implies end times.Itis easy to see the force of WH's assertionthat the expression the 'last days' is notto be confined to the immediate end times, however he is quite wrong toclaimthat 'nothing whatever is mentioned' of the second coming in severalof thesepassages. In Genesis 49.8 for example, a triple prophecy is given of Judah.The first and thirdthat his brethren will glorify or confess to him and then worship him,reminiscent as it is of Joseph's provoking his hardened brethren torepentanceremains largely unfulfilled to this day.
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With an uninterrupted printing history since it was first published in 1939, this classic interpretation of the book of Revelation has served as a solid resource and source of inspiration for generations. Using sound principles of interpretation, William Hendriksen unfolds the mysteries of the apocalypse gradually, always with the purpose of showing that 'we are more than conquerors through Christ.' Both beginning and advanced students of the Scriptures will find here the inspiration to face a restless and confusing world with a joyful, confident spirit, secure in the knowledge that God reigns and is coming again soon. This edition features a newly designed interior layout.