John Hagee et al

It's interesting that Pastors like John Hagee have written books on the end days. He views the occurences in the middle east as fulfillment of the prophecies in the Book of Ezekiel.

He is quick to mention that Israel becoming a state in 1948 is the direct fulfillment of God's promise to regather the Israelites back to Jerusalem. He has spilled lots of ink carving out his view of prophecy fulfillment.

But why does he stop at the regathering of Israel? Why doesn't he comment on the rest of Ezekiel and what happens next? According to Ezekiel (36:15), once God regathers the Israelites back to Israel, they will no longer hear the taunts of the nations around them.

People are quick to conclude that Ezekiel was fulfilled with the events in 1948, yet how do they explain the fact that 36:15 was left unfulfilled? Israel is still surrounded by nations that hate them. They still hear the taunts of Iran, Syria, Iraq, etc. It's a case of people who write books picking and choosing what is fulfilled in scripture and what isn't.

And of course Hagee may need to explain how Ezekiel 39 through the end of the book is to be reconciled with Christianity. In God's "New Jerusalem" he is going to require daily sin sacrifices from the Israelites and other offerings.

If Jesus replaced the sacrificial system and man no longer has to sacrifice for sin atonement for belief in Jesus, why does God require animal sacrifices for sin atonement in heaven?

Ezekiel is one book that is not normally taught in Church or Sunday School.