Judgment on Israel
Judgment on Israel
Just as Jesus founded a renewal movement to summon Israel to repentance, he also warned of impending judgment on his people if they failed to repent. (He and John the Baptist were not the only teachers of their day to pose such stark alternatives; the Dead Sea Scrolls testify that the community that produced them viewed itself as Israel’s righteous remnant, and the rest of the nation as headed for judgment.) Thus Jesus prophesied to Israel as well as founded a prophetic movement to carry on the mission.