WHY GOD FORMED ISRAEL AS A NATION: PROPHET EZEKIEL
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Read Ezekiel, chapter 36 through 39.
There you will read why Jehovah promised that "in the latter days" Jews would come from every nation into their own country.
That occurred on May 14, 1948, by an act of the United Nations. Since that day till now, Arabs have sought to destroy every Jew on Earth, beginning in Israel, pushing Jews into the Mediterranean. The next generation of Arab youth are taught to hate "Jew-pigs," as they are called for Arabs consider Jews descendants of monkeys and pigs.
In other words, the formation of Israel as a legitimate nation did not bring peace to the Jewish inhabitants. Instead, it has brought untold tension, including the present stress due to continued fighting between the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael.
It was Isaac who was the legitimate son of Abraham and wife Sarah. It was Ishmael who was the illegitimate son of Abraham and servant girl Hagar, the latter being Arab. The two boys grew up knowing one another — and tussling against one another. The prophecy was that they would continue the tension for future generations. We witness it played out ongoingly today and into the future.
The formation of Israel as a nation was forecast by prophet Ezekiel, particularly in chapters 36 through 39. There God speaks of taking His people from every nation into their own nation. There they would set up their agricultural centers, Jehovah referring to such as "mountains, valleys, and ravines." There too they would set up their urban centers. The countryside would be populated with the descendants of father-of-the-faithful Hebrews, Abraham.
As stated above, that happened on the historic date of May 14, 1948. But why? Why did Jehovah promise His disobedient children a place called "home"?
After all, the Hebrews had been informed as to how God expected them to live in holiness, abiding by His commandments, keeping His laws. However, one generation after another went wayward until finally God gave them up to pagan nations. First to the Assyrians and then to the Babylonians. Israel in the north and Judah in the south fell to heathen rulers who enslaved God’s chosen.
When this backslidden state occurred, God’s name was besmirched. He was made to appear the lesser deity in that His own offspring would not keep to His expectations. Therefore, how could God be God?
Consequently, Ezekiel prophesies that when God brings His own, that is, Hebrews henceforth referred to as "Jews," into their own country, it was not because they deserved it. Not at all. God accents that repeatedly. It was to vindicate His holy name. That is, it was to bring into favor before the peoples of the globe that the God of the Old Testament is the true and only God. God is God, none other is God.
Furthermore, God stated through prophet Ezekiel that the return of Jews to Israel, once known as Canaan Land, the land "flowing with milk and honey," was to lift high God’s call to holiness. His holy name was not only to be put aright; holiness as a lifestyle was to be reestablished by a fresh discipleship.
The latter years of the Old Testament witnessed a sad loss of holiness. Hebrews went "awhoring," to use the Old Testament term coming from the mouth of Jehovah. They went after other loves and left their First Love, God. They spiritually then divorced their allegiance to God in favor of courting heathen idols. Idol worship became rampant. Evil became daily fare. The Old Testament clergy prostituted themselves physically and doctrinally.
Therefore, their leadership proved to be more devilment than holy.
God said in the midst of all that that one day, "in the latter times," there would come the era when Jews would return to Israel, establishing their own country. However, once again, it would not be because they deserved it. It would be to broadcast worldwide that God is truly God, the Lord is the Lord, and Holiness is His name and nature.
To this day, Jews languish in much societal pain because of Ishmael’s descendants still threatening the demise of the Jews. Present-day Jews enjoy their Israel but they don’t. They can’t because of the daily stress put upon them. They are happy to have their own country, having wandered as gypsies of the planet for centuries, yet they are not safe at home.
It is all because prophecy has come to pass in "these latter times."
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Read Ezekiel, chapter 36 through 39.
There you will read why Jehovah promised that "in the latter days" Jews would come from every nation into their own country.
That occurred on May 14, 1948, by an act of the United Nations. Since that day till now, Arabs have sought to destroy every Jew on Earth, beginning in Israel, pushing Jews into the Mediterranean. The next generation of Arab youth are taught to hate "Jew-pigs," as they are called for Arabs consider Jews descendants of monkeys and pigs.
In other words, the formation of Israel as a legitimate nation did not bring peace to the Jewish inhabitants. Instead, it has brought untold tension, including the present stress due to continued fighting between the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael.
It was Isaac who was the legitimate son of Abraham and wife Sarah. It was Ishmael who was the illegitimate son of Abraham and servant girl Hagar, the latter being Arab. The two boys grew up knowing one another — and tussling against one another. The prophecy was that they would continue the tension for future generations. We witness it played out ongoingly today and into the future.
The formation of Israel as a nation was forecast by prophet Ezekiel, particularly in chapters 36 through 39. There God speaks of taking His people from every nation into their own nation. There they would set up their agricultural centers, Jehovah referring to such as "mountains, valleys, and ravines." There too they would set up their urban centers. The countryside would be populated with the descendants of father-of-the-faithful Hebrews, Abraham.
As stated above, that happened on the historic date of May 14, 1948. But why? Why did Jehovah promise His disobedient children a place called "home"?
After all, the Hebrews had been informed as to how God expected them to live in holiness, abiding by His commandments, keeping His laws. However, one generation after another went wayward until finally God gave them up to pagan nations. First to the Assyrians and then to the Babylonians. Israel in the north and Judah in the south fell to heathen rulers who enslaved God’s chosen.
When this backslidden state occurred, God’s name was besmirched. He was made to appear the lesser deity in that His own offspring would not keep to His expectations. Therefore, how could God be God?
Consequently, Ezekiel prophesies that when God brings His own, that is, Hebrews henceforth referred to as "Jews," into their own country, it was not because they deserved it. Not at all. God accents that repeatedly. It was to vindicate His holy name. That is, it was to bring into favor before the peoples of the globe that the God of the Old Testament is the true and only God. God is God, none other is God.
Furthermore, God stated through prophet Ezekiel that the return of Jews to Israel, once known as Canaan Land, the land "flowing with milk and honey," was to lift high God’s call to holiness. His holy name was not only to be put aright; holiness as a lifestyle was to be reestablished by a fresh discipleship.
The latter years of the Old Testament witnessed a sad loss of holiness. Hebrews went "awhoring," to use the Old Testament term coming from the mouth of Jehovah. They went after other loves and left their First Love, God. They spiritually then divorced their allegiance to God in favor of courting heathen idols. Idol worship became rampant. Evil became daily fare. The Old Testament clergy prostituted themselves physically and doctrinally.
Therefore, their leadership proved to be more devilment than holy.
God said in the midst of all that that one day, "in the latter times," there would come the era when Jews would return to Israel, establishing their own country. However, once again, it would not be because they deserved it. It would be to broadcast worldwide that God is truly God, the Lord is the Lord, and Holiness is His name and nature.
To this day, Jews languish in much societal pain because of Ishmael’s descendants still threatening the demise of the Jews. Present-day Jews enjoy their Israel but they don’t. They can’t because of the daily stress put upon them. They are happy to have their own country, having wandered as gypsies of the planet for centuries, yet they are not safe at home.
It is all because prophecy has come to pass in "these latter times."
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