Bible Reading:
Isaiah 11:1-11
Key Verse: Verse 8 – “And it shall come to pass in that day, that
the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from
Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”
Key Words: to recover the remnant of his peopleAs prophesied by Isaiah, Jeremiah
(16:14-16), Ezekiel (34:11-24), and Jesus Himself (Matthew 24:32-33), the
Jewish people are returning to their homeland in mass numbers.
The Jews have defied thousands of
years of persecution, bloodbaths, and holocaust. They as well have defied the trend toward
absorption into other nations. They have
retained their racial purity, and are returning to the promised land as
promised before the Lord returns.
From the west come the “enlightened” Jews –
those who are educators, doctors, lawyers, and industrialists. From the east come the deeply religious
orthodox Jews – passionately devoted to rebuilding Zion into an exclusively religious
state. Both kinds of Jews will see a
promised Messiah in the anti-Christ. The
western Jews will hail him because he offers them a peace treaty that assures
them security and freedom from war. The
eastern Jews will embrace him because he will permit them to rebuild their
temple.
Many times in the past people have
thought that the return of Christ was at hand.
When the Christian era reached its one-thousandth year, many thought
that Christ would return. When Islam
swept across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe,
it seemed as though the Lord must return.
When the French Revolution steeped a nation in blood and elevated
Napoleon to the throne, many cried out that the Lord’s return is imminent. When Hitler came on the scene and the Jews
were being massacred by the thousands, again people cried out, “The Lord is
coming!”
But one vital factor was missing in each of
these situations. Israel had not
been re-birthed as a nation. That is no
longer the case, and the fact that Israel is back in its homeland adds
more urgency to our message. End-time
events can now take their ultimate shape and the Lord’s return is really near.
What to do: ✞ Make your salvation sure.
✞ Put your priorities in order:
God, family, job, etc.
✞ Pray
for Israel.
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