God Does Everything He Promises To Do

¹⁴ and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.

“They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵ I will plant Israel in their own land,
never again to be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Prophesy Provided

There are many who believe in replacement theology – that God has abandoned Israel in favor of the church.  While there are some areas where the church is being used the way Israel was supposed to be used, God is not done with Israel.  This particular prophesy is evidence of it.

God not only provided this prophesy, but others as well, showing that His had is upon His people.  God is far from being done with Israel.  And the blessings and curses for those that bless or curse her are still binding and occurring.  The last two nations on Earth that were Israel’s friends – The United Kingdom and The United States of America – have turned their backs on Israel.

The United Kingdom is now being plagued with descendants of Ishmael who follow the teachings of the one who declared that his god was the greatest of all deceivers. Talking of the one that they follow, Jesus said:

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

The United States of America, whose President has turned away from Israel, and is even now welcoming and transplanting the very same people that are plaguing the United Kingdom and all of Europe into its country, will soon suffer the same fate.

God Gathers

Not only is this prophesy evidence that God still loves and has great plans for the Israelites, but many in this generation have seen it come to pass with their very own eyes.  In 1948, the dry bones became as flesh, and Israel, the only nation ever to have been scattered to the four winds, was once again a nation, and her people repatriated to her.  What had become a desert began to flourish.

But although God gathered them, they were still under Gentile control.  On June 6, 1967, after the Six Day War, God delivered them from their oppressors and Israel once again, the only nation ever to have done so, became completely sovereign over its land after millenia of being scattered.  God doesn’t mess around, and He does EVERYTHING He says He is going to do.  Even if it takes more than TWO MILLENNIA. And He ALWAYS does it at the exact right time.

Verdant Ventures

Have you ever took a look at what Israel looks like from space?  It is a verdant, lush country.  What was once desert has been terraformed by Israel with the help of Almighty God.  At the Eastern edge of Israel, it looks as if God had used his finger to outline the edges of the country from other land.  On one side, it is green and lush.  On the other, it is dry and desert.  God is blessing Israel and protecting it.  They are able to grow their own food, and drink their own wine, because God promised this to them more than TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

Is God slow in answering His promises?  Absolutely not!  God has perfect timing.  Why now, you might ask?  Because He foretold it in Daniel over 2500 years ago, and then gave Daniel the time for it to occur and only defining the time after the death of Christ.  We often find that we must wait for a while in order to come through our issues.  But God is faithful, and no matter how long it takes, He will always fulfill all that He has declared.  The Israelites have personally experienced this.  In 2 Peter 3:8, in the Greek, a hEmera is as a thousand years.  While hEmera has been translated as the word “day” here, it can also be translated as a time.

Permanent Planting

The formation of Israel as a nation and the repatriation of its people is not just some random event, or temporary situation.  God has promised that He would not allow them to NEVER be uprooted from their land again.  Since God keeps all of His promises, any efforts at removing the Israelites from Israel will result in great backlash from God.  Nations who try to do so should soberly consider the consequences of their actions should they try to take from Israel what God has now given to them through His promise and give it to anyone else.

Ask any nation who oppressed God’s people what happened to them after God finished using them as His tool of punishment.  It might be hard to ask; all have fallen.

A Qualifying Question

Let’s ask a question:  Do we love Israel, the people AND the nation, the same way that God does?

A short prayer of preparation:

Father in Heaven, You are perfect in all of Your ways.  You have shown me in Your word how much You love Israel.  Help me to love Your people as You do.  Give me a desire to show them Your love so that they would desire You in a greater way.  Show me how to pray for Your people that they would be blessed, protected, enriched, and turn their hearts to You.  Open their hearts that they may see Your Son for who He really is.  Restore Your people to Yourself, and help me to be prepared for what is next to come.  This I ask in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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