a ridicule….
“a thing of horror and an object of scorn and ridicule ”
Deuteronomy 28:37 (The Bible)
ISRAEL
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Israel rejected
Deuteronomy 28:36 Psalm 44:13‐14
The LORD will drive you You have made us a
and the king you set over reproach to our neighbors,
you to a nation unknown to the scorn and derision of
fathers. Th
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those around us You have
you will worship other made us a byword among
gods, gods of wood and the nations; the peoples
stone. You will become a shake their heads at us.
thing of horror and an But now you have rejected
object of scorn and ridicule and humbled us; you no
to all the nations where the longer go out with our
LORD will drive you. armies.
The nation of Israel will continue to be a hated nation – until they repent and accept
the God of their fathers. Then they will be the most sought after nation on earth.
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Israel accepted…
Deuteronomy 28:13 Deuteronomy 32:8
The LORD will make you When the Most High gave
the head, not the tail. If the nations their
you pay attention to the inheritance, when he
commands of the LORD divided all mankind, he set
your God that I give you up boundaries for the
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peoples according to the
follow them, you will number of the sons of
always be at the top, never Israel. For the LORD’s
bottom.
at the bottom people….
portion is his people
Israel is the light bearing nation of the world. It has existed for over 3,500 years. It
was called by God to this mission. Israel has, for most of it’s existence been
unfaithful to this calling. As a result of this rejection, God has appointed
surrounding enemies to harass and correct the nation. Today those enemies are
the primarily the surrounding Islamic states.
Israel’s Arab Enemies…
Psalm 83
“ O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not
still. See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear
their heads. With cunning they conspire against your
people; they plot against those you cherish. “Come,”
they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, that the name
of Israel be remembered no more.” With one mind they
plot together; they form an alliance against you – the
tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab, and the
descendants of Hagar, Gebal, Ammon and Amalek,
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Philistia, with the people of Tyre. Even Assyria has joined
them and lend strength…who have said, “Let us take
possession of the pasturelands of God.”
The peoples outlined above are more or less a who’s who of the surrounding
nations of the modern State of Israel. The ancient enemies are still there as a
remarkable fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
Israel being taunted…
Ezekiel 35:5 Ezekiel 36:1‐2
This
“This is what the Sovereign This
“This is what the Sovereign
LORD says against you, LORD says: The enemy
Mount Seir…Because you said of you, Aha! The
harbored an ancient ancients heights have
hostility and delivered the become our possession.”
Israelites over to the sword
at the time of their
calamity. Because you
said, These two nations
and countries will be ours
and we will take possession
of them.”
Mount Seir is the ancient homeland of Jacob (Israel’s) brother Esau. The country
was often referred to as “Edom” in the Bible. They are mostly Arab peoples today.
Israel being saved…
Ezekiel 36:8,33 Ezekiel 36:22,26
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Israel, will produce house of Israel, that I am
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things, b t f th sake
soon come home…On the of my holy name, which
day I cleanse you from all you have profaned
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your sins, I will resettle
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among the nations
your towns, and the ruins where you have gone…I
will be rebuilt. The will give you a new heart
desolate land will be
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and put a new spirit in
cultivated…” you…”
The reality of an unrepentant Nation of Israel in the land today is an amazing
fulfillment of Bible prophecy. When Israel is finally saved – the whole world will
be at peace. The miracle of the rebirth of Israel will be a blessing to the world.
Israel: a blessing
Ezekiel 37:24 Ezekiel 37:26
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“My servant David will be “I will make a covenant of
king over them, and they peace with them; an
will all have one shepherd. everlasting covenant…My
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They will follow my laws gp
dwelling place will be with
and be careful to keep my them; I will be their God,
decrees. They will live in and they will be my people.
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the land I gave to my y Then the nations will know
servant Jacob, the land that I the LORD make
where their fathers Israel holy, when my
lived…and David my y y g
sanctuary is among them
servant will be their prince forever.”
forever.”
The coming Kingdom of God on earth will be the restored Kingdom of Israel. David was
their most famous king – and is the forefather of the Jewish Messiah , Jesus Christ.
Jerusalem as Future Capital of
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new age of peace…
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be
established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the
hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and
say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of
the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in
his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many
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peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor will
they train for war anymore.
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah 2:2‐5
The hope of Jerusalem and Israel is the hope of the world!