Because I seem to have collected a few Antisemites who
believe that Israel is the Devil’s work, a nation full of fake Jews and a
people that God would never use and a place that will never see a Temple, a
place apart from and unconnected to God or his Word, I repeat this article. I
invite them to refute these passages one at a time until they have called them
all a lie…
ISRAEL’S HISTORY
God is very, very, very clear that in the end days, He will
gather the Jews from every corner of the earth and bring them back to the
physical land of Israel… God, in no way is referring to Jews in various
nations. He is saying that He will bring them back to the Land that He gave
them, that that will be a miracle that leaves people in awe. It is the
reestablishment of Israel that is the clear Biblical sign that the end is less
than seventy years away. It is this Physical Israel… the political entity
called Israel that all of prophecy speaks to… it is this physical and political
entity that you will be blessed for blessing and cursed for cursing.
Israel’s history perfectly follows God’s plan as indicated
in Deuteronomy 30:2-4, “And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey
his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children,
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the Lord thy God will
turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather
thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. If any
of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the
Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: including the
dispersion due to disobedience and regathering into the land because of the
unchanging nature of the covenant.”
“Who has ever seen or heard of anything as strange as
this? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come
forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, the baby
will be born; the nation will come forth.” Isaiah 66:8
“He will raise a flag among the nations for Israel to
rally around. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the
earth.” Isaiah 11:12
“The time is coming when my people will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with her fruit!”
Isaiah 27:6
“‘Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather
you and your children from east and west and from north and south. I will bring
my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth. All
who claim me as their God will come, for I have made them for my glory. It was
I who created them.” Isaiah 43:5-7
“‘But the time is coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when people
who are taking an oath will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who
rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’ Instead, they will say,
‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their
own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had
exiled them.’ For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their
ancestors.” Jeremiah 16:14-15
“For the time is coming when I will restore the
fortunes of my people of Israel and Judah. I will bring them home to this land
that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it and live here again.
I, the Lord, have spoken!” Jeremiah 30:3
“I will surely bring my people back again from all the
countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this
very city and let them live in peace and safety.” Jeremiah 32:37
“Therefore, give the exiles this message from the
Sovereign Lord: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I
will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile. I, the Sovereign Lord,
will gather you back from the nations where you were scattered, and I will give
you the land of Israel once again.” Ezekiel 11:16-17
“When I bring you home from exile, you will be as
pleasing to me as an offering of perfumed incense. And I will display my
holiness in you as all the nations watch. Then when I have brought you home to
the land I promised your ancestors, you will know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 20:41-42
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of
Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For
I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will
reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people. They will live
safely in Israel and build their homes and plant their vineyards. And when I
punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know
that I am the Lord their God.” Ezekiel 28:25-26
“I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered
flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places to which they
were scattered on that dark and cloudy day. I will bring them back home to
their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them
on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers in all the places where people
live. Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There
they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in lush mountain pastures.”
Ezekiel 34:12-14
“And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I
will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home
to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. I will unify
them into one nation in the land. One king will rule them all; no longer will
they be divided into two nations.” Ezekiel 37:21-22
“So now the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity
of my people; I will have mercy on Israel, for I am jealous for my holy
reputation! They will accept responsibility for their past shame and treachery
against me after they come home to live in peace and safety in their own land.
And then no one will bother them or make them afraid. When I bring them home
from the lands of their enemies, my holiness will be displayed to the nations.
Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God – responsible for sending
them away to exile and responsible for bringing them home. I will leave none of
my people behind. And I will never again turn my back on them, for I will pour
out my Spirit upon them, says the Sovereign Lord.” Ezekiel 39:25-29
“In that day I will restore the fallen kingdom of
David. It is now like a house in ruins, but I will rebuild its walls and
restore its former glory. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all
the nations I have called to be mine. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do
these things.
‘The time will come,’ says the Lord, ‘when the grain and
grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards
on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine! I will bring my exiled people
of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities
and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat
their crops and drink their wine. I will firmly plant them there in the land I
have given them,’ says the Lord your God. ‘Then they will never be uprooted
again.'” Amos 9:11-15
“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Once
again old men and women will walk Jerusalem’s streets with their canes and will
sit together in the city squares. And the streets of the city will be filled
with boys and girls at play. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: All
this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God’s people. But is it
impossible for me? says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. This is what the Lord of
Heaven’s Armies says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the
east and from the west. I will bring them home again to live safely in
Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them
as their God.” Zechariah 8:4-8
Ezekiel 16, more than any other chapter, speaks to God’s
relationship with Israel. He speaks of Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife but in
the end, He goes back to His covenant and promises that in spite of all Her
sins, He, God, will honor His covenant!
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, confront
Jerusalem with her detestable practices 3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign
Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the
Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day
you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you
clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on
you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you.
Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born
you were despised.
6 “‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your
blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”[a] 7 I made
you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty.
Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that
you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and
covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant
with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
9 “‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you
and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put
sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you
with costly garments. 11 I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your
arms and a necklace around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose,
earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 So you were
adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric
and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You
became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. 14 And your fame spread among the
nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made
your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to
become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your
beauty became his. 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,
where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your
beauty.[b] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my
gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in
prostitution with them. 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on
them, and you offered my oil and incense before them. 19 Also the food I
provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered
as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign
Lord.
20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to
me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. 22 In all your
detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of
your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
23 “‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In
addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and
made a lofty shrine in every public square. 25 At every street corner you built
your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with
increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by. 26 You engaged in prostitution
with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger
with your increasing promiscuity. 27 So I stretched out my hand against you and
reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the
daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You
engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable;
and even after that, you still were not satisfied. 29 Then you increased your
promiscuity to include Babylonia,[c] a land of merchants, but even with this
you were not satisfied.
30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[d] declares the
Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute!
31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty
shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you
scorned payment.
32 “‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own
husband! 33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your
lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. 34
So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you
for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is
given to you.
35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord!
36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and
exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of
all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood, 37
therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure,
those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from
all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark
naked. 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery
and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and
jealous anger. 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and
they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip
you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. 40
They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces
with their swords. 41 They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on
you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you
will no longer pay your lovers. 42 Then my wrath against you will subside and
my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but
enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what
you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all
your other detestable practices?
44 “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb
about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are a true daughter of your
mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of
your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a
Hittite and your father an Amorite. 46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived
to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to
the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom. 47 You not only followed their
ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon
became more depraved than they. 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign
Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters
have done.
49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her
daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor
and needy. 50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore
I did away with them as you have seen. 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins
you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your
sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done. 52 Bear your
disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because
your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So
then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear
righteous.
53 “‘However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her
daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,
54 so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in
giving them comfort. 55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria
with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your
daughters will return to what you were before. 56 You would not even mention
your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, 57 before your wickedness was
uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom[e] and all her
neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise
you. 58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable
practices, declares the Lord.
59 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. 60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you. 62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
David…
