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Contrary to the teachings of false prophets and "christians" (so-called) through-out church history, the word of God solemnly DECLARES (and IS bringing to pass), that GOD intends to restore the nation of Israel to their former ESTATE; not only in their spiritual relationship with the LORD, but as a NATION.
Various Bible-believing preachers, BEFORE 1900, were declaring that the Jews would LITERALLY be restored to the land of Palestine. The Scholars of the major universities and seminaries, laughed and mocked.
These "scholars" (if you can call them that) have deceived thousands upon thousands of people with their claims that the "church" fulfilled the LITERAL promises to Israel, or that God was all through with the Jews and wouldn't have any more dealings with them as a NATION.
HOWEVER! Since World War One and Two, we NOW see the NATION of Israel again, and Jews by the thousands, FLOCKING back to the land of promise!
In looking at these things, let us follow the correct order of scripture (1Cor.15:45-47) and first talk about the PHYSICAL restoration of Israel.
In Ezekiel chapter 37, we are given the famous vision of the valley of "dry bones", and the LORD asks the prophet: "Can these bones live?" (v.3) This is interesting, because the LORD specifically said in verses 11-14 (and see verse 22) that these "bones are the WHOLE house of Israel."
Make no mistake. These bones are NOT "the church", nor the "true Jew", nor the "true Israel", nor anything else! These "bones" represent what the Bible SAYS they represent-- THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL (Ezek.37:11).
"For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land." (Ezek. 36:24)
You SEE that God intends to LITERALLY take a LITERAL PEOPLE from among the LITERAL heathen and LITERALLY BRING THEM into their own land -- LITERALLY! Nothing could be clearer.
Again we see in Amos 9:14,15 the same thing. MORE THAN fifty percent of the Prophets in the Old Testament deal with this time of restoration!
If you're NOT a bigot, if you're NOT prejudiced, whether you are lost or saved, you can READ Ezekiel 26:8-15, and Zechariah 8:6,7, and Isaiah 54:60 and plainly SEE, that, after a period of chastening and judgment, God is going to WHOLLY restore the twelve tribes of Israel IN their land.
The "Spiritualizing" of these promises to the Jews by "scholars", from the time of Augustine and Origen, on up to the present day, saying that the 1000-year reign of Christ is not literal, that's a direct PERVERSION of the word of God and you who do so, shall bear your judgment.
The facts of history refute the position of any man who does not literally believe the words given by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1. In 1917 there were 25,000 Jews in Palestine: in 1932 there were 180,000: in 1945 there were 500,000: today there are over a MILLION!
2. April 1, 1925 -- Hebrew university was opened.
3. Three million trees were planted before 1925: one million dollars worth of vines before 1929: $22,000,000 was spent for rehabilitation including irrigation of desert lands which have begun to blossom as a rose!
4. Israel, which had not been an independent nation since about 600 B.C., was re-established as an independent NATION in 1948!
Anyone with enough sense to read a morning newspaper can plainly SEE that GOD has intentions of restoring Israel and is beginning to do so!
This is not all. God has intentions of CONVERTING THE NATION OF ISRAEL to HIMSELF by SIGNS and WONDERS exactly as HE did in the days that he sent MOSES INTO EGYPT (Hos.2:14-23; 3:4-5, Jer.50:17-20, Rom.11:25-29, Ezek.20:33-36).
It is said: "The only thing that men learn from history, is that men NEVER learn from history!" - Listen, God has given the world a detailed blueprint of the FUTURE by telling what has happened (Eccl.1:9), but the world for the most part, will MISS IT, as they missed it the first time.
We are told over and over again, that some day God will QUIT dealing with AMERICA(!) and Europe and Asia and Africa and will give the Jews their chance again, and when that happens, you can pray "God bless America" until you're red, white and blue in the face, and God will NOT! The wicked shall be turned into hell, and ALL the nations that forget God.
Are you foolish enough to think that a nation that has SLAUGHTERED MORE THAN 30 MILLION INNOCENT UNBORN BABIES can ESCAPE God's Judgment? God forbid! Yea, Let God be TRUE, but every man a liar.
Prayerfully consider the following Bible verses:
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Romans 11:25-33 Romans 11:1-8 Ezekiel 36:24-28 Hebrews 8:9-13 Zechariah 12:9-11 Revelation 1:7 Isaiah 49:12-23 Isaiah 60:1-22 |
One thing that all Catholics, Jehovah Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Campbellites, and Reformed theologians have in common: They ALL DENY fifty percent of the Old Testament by STEALING the literal promises God gave to Israel and mis-applying them to the "church"!
In the United States today, there is a movement to teach "christians" that the American Jew is not really an Israelite, but a "Khazar" who intends to rule the world through something called the "Protocols". (A heresy written by a monk and used during the Inquisition as an ALIBI to kill Jews and get their property.)
God is going to completely regather Israel as a nation in their homeland, and he is going to convert them to the crucified Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, as their real Messiah, when he appears the second time and they behold GOD whom THEY have PIERCED!
The capstone of the Jewish Restoration prophesied throughout the Old Testament is put on by the Apostle Paul in Romans 11:25-27:
"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins."
Paul (THE apostle of the Gentiles), says 3 things there that no New Testament Christian could miss unless he willfully and deliberately closed his eyes to the truth:
1. Someday God IS going to "dump" the Gentiles. (Rom.11:25, Jer.30:11; Jer.46:28, Isa.40:17, Jer.50:4-7)
2. Someday the Lord IS going to "save" Israel as a NATION. (Rom.11:26, Dan.12:1-4, Jer. 30:7)
3. The greatest DANGER for the Gentiles (Americans, Europeans, Asiatics and Africans) is becoming "wise in your own conceits." (Rom.11:25, Psm.2, Jer.50:4-7, Isa. 40:12-22; 45:11-24)
Be assured, that God Almighty is going to fulfill His promises: He has said it, and He WILL do it!
JEWS today are on the move by the thousands. We will look in detail at the miracle that is going on in the land of Palestine today, but you need to get this and get it good:
1. God is going to restore the whole house of Israel in Palestine.
2. God is going to restore Israel to the Lord Jesus as their Messiah.
The superstitious traditions of your great pagan universities in the Northeast, and the fanatical ravings of the sects and heretics will NEVER nullify the promises of God. If you think otherwise, then you are wise in your own conceits and you are in GREAT DANGER. God says what he means and means what he says!
"There is none that doeth good, no, not one -- there is no difference for ALL HAVE sinned -- by nature children of wrath -- children of disobedience! Ye[YOU ALL!] MUST be born again!" (Rom.3, Eph.2, John 3)
Someone asked George Whitefield why he preached so MANY sermons on the text, "Ye Must Be Born Again," to which he replied: "Because ye must be born again!" So... HAVE You? Are YOU born again? ARE you? That which is born of flesh is flesh; and as far as that goes, that which is born of water is water(!) but God demands an entirely new creature by HIS SPIRIT (John 1:12-13, 2Cor.5:17).
And when God says you'll wind up in the lake of fire, unable to even see the kingdom of God, without this new birth, He meant exactly what He said and He will bring it to pass regardless of your attitude toward Him or toward His word.
God is fulfilling Old Testament prophecy in your morning newspaper and yet some still will not submit to His word, and God will one day fulfill His promises of a burning, eternal, lake of fire, regardless of ANYONE'S "spiritualizing."
JESUS IS THE LORD!
Ye MUST be born again.
When? -- NOW !
"It SHALL come to pass in the last days that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved"!
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved!"
"BELIEVE GOD, that it SHALL be, even as it was told thee!" Listen, God is not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance! What are you waiting for? To morrow may never come for you, and the Bible plainly declares that "NOW is the day of salvation!" Right Now!
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. --Richard
(See "Palestinian Question" message next. Thanks. :)
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