Dear Greg,
Thank you for sharing that Messianic Psalm. I don't however see Psalm 22 in general or Verse 31 in particular as foreshadowing the Church age without the establishment of the Kingdom age. Part of the context includes Verses 27 & 28:
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Indeed, Israel must become a nation of priests and spread the worship of the true God; which is something they failed to do the first time around, necessitating the establishment of the Gospel of Grace through Paul. There is hardly universal worship of the true God at this point.
Soon and very soon the Church age will end so that Israel can fulfill her ultimate mission and establish the beginnings of the millennial kingdom. It could be an interesting time to live through for the nation Israel as she goes through her purification process.
Of course, today's Blood Bought Christians will have disappeared before the above process begins with the absurd explaination that Aliens are responsible as they attempt to establish their own kingdom of darkness upon the face of the earth.
Blessings,Mike