ISRAEL

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ISRAEL
Gods Prophetic Clock
Scott Huckaby www.BibleTract.org
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Todays Discussion
How Israel is the most important Sign of the
Times Various Signs of the Times related to
Israel
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What miracle is represented here?
For I am the LORD, I do not change therefore you
are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. (Malachi 36
, NKJV)
Despite dispersion, the uniqueness of the Jews
has been preserved. The Jews not being
assimilated into local cultures is historically
unprecedented.
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Why is Israel such an important sign from God?
The LORD has proclaimed you to be His special
people. (Deuteronomy 2618 , NKJV)
The Lord ordained that the Jews would be a
special people, unique in all the world He
revealed Himself to us through the Hebrew
prophets and Jesus Christ.
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Why hasnt the Church replaced Israel in Gods
promises?
Israel has experienced a hardening in part until
the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And
so all Israel will be saved, as it is written
"The Deliverer will come from Zion He will turn
godlessness away from Jacob. (Romans 1125-26,
NIV)
God has made separate promises to Israel and the
church. God is not done working through Israel as
a nation.
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How do we know prophecies about Israels
restoration to the land have not been fulfilled
in history?
Their context is related to the coming of the
Messiah to set up His kingdom on earth.
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What category is this prophecy?
'Thus says the Lord GOD "I do not do this for
your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy
name's sake, which you have profaned among the
nations wherever you went... For I will take you
from among the nations, gather you out of all
countries, and bring you into your own
land. (Ezekiel 3622-24, NKJV)
End Times re-gathering from multiple nations
Unbelief refers Israel as having profaned the
name of the Lord
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How do we know this prophecy has not been
fulfilled yet?
'Thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I will take the
children of Israel from among the nations,
wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own
land and I will make them one nation in the
land, on the mountains of Israel and one king
shall be king over them all they shall no longer
be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided
into two kingdoms again... and they shall dwell
there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever and My servant David shall be
their prince forever. (Ezekiel 3721-25, NKJV)
It says that they shall dwell in the land forever.
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What is the significance of Israel not being
pulled from the land?
I will bring back the captives of My people
Israel they shall build the waste cities and
inhabit them they shall plant vineyards and
drink wine from them they shall also make
gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant
them in their land, and no longer shall they be
pulled up from the land I have given them," says
the LORD your God. (Amos 914-15, NKJV)
It reinforces the idea that this restoration of
Israel to the land is a sign of Christs return.
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How do we know this re-gathering fulfills
prophecy?
I will bring back the captives of My people
Israel they shall build the waste cities and
inhabit them they shall plant vineyards and
drink wine from them they shall also make
gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant
them in their land, and no longer shall they be
pulled up from the land I have given them," says
the LORD your God. (Amos 914-15, NKJV)
It is not Gods pattern to prematurely end
restoration before they turn back to Him.
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How do we know this is not about Israels
restoration from Babylon?
'Thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I will take the
children of Israel from among the nations,
wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own
land and I will make them one nation in the
land, on the mountains of Israel and one king
shall be king over them all they shall no longer
be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided
into two kingdoms again... and they shall dwell
there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever and My servant David shall be
their prince forever. (Ezekiel 3721-25, NKJV)
Restoration from multiple nations David ruling
over them
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What does the reference to no longer being two
nations mean?
'Thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I will take the
children of Israel from among the nations,
wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own
land and I will make them one nation in the
land, on the mountains of Israel and one king
shall be king over them all they shall no longer
be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided
into two kingdoms again... and they shall dwell
there, they, their children, and their children's
children, forever and My servant David shall be
their prince forever. (Ezekiel 3721-25, NKJV)
There will be no division like in the time of the
kings when God restores them.
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How do we know this has not been fulfilled?
They shall not defile themselves anymore with
their idols, nor with their detestable things,
nor with any of their transgressions but I will
deliver them from all their dwelling places in
which they have sinned, and will cleanse them.
Then they shall be My people, and I will be their
God. (Ezekiel 3723, NKJV)
It says the nation of Israel will return to being
Gods people future fulfillment.
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When will Israel as a nation be Gods people
again?
I saw another angel coming up from the east,
having the seal of the living God. He called out
in a loud voice to the four angels who had been
given power to harm the land and the sea "Do not
harm the land or the sea or the trees until we
put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of
our God." Then I heard the number of those who
were sealed 144,000 from all the tribes of
Israel. (Revelation 72-4, NIV)
During the tribulation when the 144,000 preach
that Jesus is Messiah
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What does it mean that David will rule over
Israel?
David My servant shall be king over them, and
they shall all have one shepherd they shall also
walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and
do them. (Ezekiel 3724, NKJV)
During the millennial reign of Christ,
resurrected saints will have positions of
authority in the Lords government.
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What is significant about what the land of Israel
will be called?
Thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, O My people, I
will open your graves and cause you to come up
from your graves, and bring you into the land of
Israel. (Ezekiel 3712, NKJV)
It could have been called Palestine, Galilee,
Samaria, or Judah but it is to be known by its
biblical name, Israel.
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What else will God restore to Israel?
The desert and the parched land will be glad the
wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the
crocus, it will burst into bloom it will rejoice
greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon
will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and
Sharon (Isaiah 351-2, NIV)
God will make the desert bloom and restore the
forests when He brings back Israel to the land
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How has Israel bloomed and blossomed like a rose?
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will
bud and blossom and fill all the world with
fruit. (Isaiah 276, NIV)
Mark Twain visited Israel in the 1860s and
reported that Israel was a barren wasteland with
no trees in Innocents Abroad. Today there are
over 400 million trees in Israel and rainfall has
increased over 450 since 1900. Israel exports
more food than it imports.
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Why has Israel has been able to produce so much
food?
The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the
reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the
planter by the one treading grapes. New wine
will drip from the mountains and flow from all
the hills. (Amos 913 , NIV)
Israels advanced irrigation has enabled them to
grow several crops a year
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How has this been fulfilled?
Russia
Do not be afraid, for I am with you I will bring
your children from the east and gather you from
the west. I will say to the north, 'Give them
up! and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.
Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the
ends of the earth (Isaiah 435-6, NIV)
Europe
Mideast
Ethiopia
The order Mideast (Syria, Iraq, Jordan
1930-1940) Western Europe after WWII Russia
starting in 1988 finally Ethiopia (Operation
Solomon, Summer, 1991).
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How has this been fulfilled?
My determination is to gather the nations to My
assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My
indignation, all my fierce anger all the earth
shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
For then I will restore to the peoples a pure
language (Zephaniah 38-9, NKJV)
A pure language that was lost will be restored in
the end times Hebrew is the only lost language
that has ever been restored.
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What is the trend for languages?
There are fewer languages in the world than there
once were because many have been consolidated and
some have been effectively lost (Latin).
Why are there fewer languages?
Languages and dialects are consolidating as the
world seeks to work together more thus attempting
to reverse what happened at the Tower of Babel.
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How may todays Hebrew be considered a pure
language?
During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a
spoken language was all but lost except for
Biblical scholars.
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How may todays Hebrew be considered a pure
language?
During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a
spoken language was all but lost except for
Biblical scholars. The Hebrew language had been
corrupted with others Ladino (Hebrew Spanish)
Yiddish (Hebrew German)
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How may todays Hebrew be considered a pure
language?
During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a
spoken language was all but lost except for
Biblical scholars. The Hebrew language had been
corrupted with others Ladino (Hebrew Spanish)
Yiddish (Hebrew German) Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
dedicated his life to reviving the pure Hebrew
language inventing thousands of new words based
on Hebrew root words.
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How may todays Hebrew be considered a pure
language?
During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a
spoken language was all but lost except for
Biblical scholars. The Hebrew language had been
corrupted with others Ladino (Hebrew Spanish)
Yiddish (Hebrew German) Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
dedicated his life to reviving the pure Hebrew
language inventing thousands of new words based
on Hebrew root words. Today Hebrew is the
language that binds Israelis together despite
their coming from different nations.
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How may todays Hebrew be considered a pure
language?
During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a
spoken language was all but lost except for
Biblical scholars. The Hebrew language had been
corrupted with others Ladino (Hebrew Spanish)
Yiddish (Hebrew German) Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
dedicated his life to reviving the pure Hebrew
language inventing thousands of new words based
on Hebrew root words. Today Hebrew is the
language that binds Israelis together despite
their coming from different nations. Israelis
can now read original biblical scrolls without
translation. (You cant say the same thing about
English, Old English is almost unintelligible to
us today.)
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What foreshadowed this in 1967?
They will fall by the sword and will be taken
as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will
be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times
of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 2124, NIV)
Israel re-took possession of Jerusalem for the
first time since they were dispersed by the
Romans in 70 A.D. Since then, Jerusalem has
been under the governments of the Romans,
Byzentines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamlukes, Turks,
British, and Jordanians.
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How is Jerusalem still trampled on by the
Gentiles?
Therefore when you see the 'abomination of
desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let
him understand), then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains. (Matt 2415-16, NKJV)
A mosque is on the temple mount and the
abomination of desolation at the mid-point of the
tribulation causes Israel to flee Jerusalem
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Why is there always something about Jerusalem in
the news?
It shall happen in that day that I will make
Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples all
who would heave it away will surely be cut in
pieces, though all nations of the earth are
gathered against it. (Zechariah 123, NKJV)
The peace of Jerusalem stands in the way of world
peace Its strategic location near most of the
worlds oil
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How will the end times government of Israel
differ from ancient times?
And the governors of Judah shall say in their
heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my
strength in the LORD of hosts, their God. (Zech
125, NKJV)
Israel will be ruled by a democracy rather than a
monarchy. Note Leaders of Israel during this
time will be secular because they refer to the
Lord as their God.
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How was this fulfilled on May 14, 1948?
Before she was in labor, she gave birth before
her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who
has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as
Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her
children. (Isaiah 667-8, NKJV)
Israel was born as a nation in a single day then
immediately had travail from war with Arab
neighbors. Most nations form following war,
with Israel it was the other way around.
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What will Israel's military power be like in the
end times?
In that day I will make the governors of Judah
like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery
torch in the sheaves they shall devour all the
surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the
left. (Zechariah 126, NKJV)
Israeli forces have won against superior forces
in 48, 56, 67, 73, 81. Today they are the
most powerful force in the region and currently
the only nation with nuclear weapons.