How did Jesus present Himself to Israel at His first coming?
He presented Himself to Israel as their King, their Redeemer, and their Messiah, having come out of that Jewish background under the covenant promises and the law. For the most part, the nation rejected it, though several thousand came around to it.
Les explains that Jesus came out of the Jewish background, under the covenant promises and under the law, and nothing had changed except that their Messiah had made His appearance. He had presented Himself to Israel as their King, their Redeemer, and their Messiah. For the most part the nation rejected it, though several thousand came around to it. On the whole, Israel rejected Christ at His first advent and crucified Him. In Acts, Peter appealed to the nation over and over to repent of crucifying their Messiah, but God had raised Him from the dead, and He was alive and still in a position to come back and be their King. Yet Israel rejected Him and went on in unbelief until Acts chapter 9, when God supernaturally saved Saul of Tarsus and announced He would send him far hence to the Gentiles.