Deuteronomy 7:6
King James Version
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God:
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto himself,
above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
What is the future for Israel?
How can she survive her present?
What facts does Scripture reveal?
Here's where SPIRIT led this workman.
On the things people continue to ignore.
First, Israel cannot be destroyed.
The Only One Who could would be GOD.
Second, GOD wants her to live.
Ezekiel 37:1-5
King James Version
37 The hand of the Lord was upon me,
and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about:
and, behold, there were very many
in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me,
Son of man, can these bones live?
And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them,
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones;
Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,
and ye shall live:
Third, Israel has a destiny to fulfill.
Just that oftentimes, she's idolatrous, and hard-hearted.
She keeps backsliding.
A stiff-necked people, as GOD Himself said.
Exodus 32:7-10
King James Version
7 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Go, get thee down;
for thy people, which thou broughtest
out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way
which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf,
and have worshipped it,
and have sacrificed thereunto, and said,
These be thy gods, O Israel,
which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 And the Lord said unto Moses,
I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people:
10 Now therefore let me alone,
that my wrath may wax hot against them,
and that I may consume them:
and I will make of thee a great nation.
If you want to understand GOD's patience, look to the Bible.
GOD kept sending prophets to warn, and teach Israel.
So they may turn away from sin, and idolatry.
But they kept defying GOD's laws.
Until GOD sent His Son, to save humanity.
Fourth, Jews and Gentiles are bound to each other, salvation-wise.
Romans 11:8
King James Version
8 (According as it is written,
God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see,
and ears that they should not hear;)
unto this day.
Romans 11:11
King James Version
11 I say then,
Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles,
for to provoke them to jealousy.
Romans 11:32
King James Version
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon all.
Israel is a brave, but troubled state.
Fifth, she needs to acknowledge JESUS as Messiah.
Matthew 23:39
King James Version
39 For I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me henceforth,
till ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.
And with JESUS comes PEACE.
Sixth, Israel's survival depends on GOD alone.
His commands are clear.
These verses prove it.
Deuteronomy 11:1
King James Version
11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes,
and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Deuteronomy 11:8
King James Version
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments
which I command you this day,
that ye may be strong,
and go in and possess the land,
whither ye go to possess it;
Deuteronomy 11:13-15
King James Version
13 And it shall come to pass,
if ye shall hearken diligently
unto my commandments
which I command you this day,
to love the Lord your God,
and to serve him with all your heart
and with all your soul,
14 That I will give you the rain of your land
in his due season,
the first rain and the latter rain,
that thou mayest gather in thy corn,
and thy wine, and thine oil.
15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,
that thou mayest eat and be full.
Deuteronomy 11:16-17
King James Version
16 Take heed to yourselves,
that your heart be not deceived,
and ye turn aside, and serve other gods,
and worship them;
17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you,
and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain,
and that the land yield not her fruit;
and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land
which the Lord giveth you.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
King James Version
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words
in your heart and in your soul,
and bind them for a sign upon your hand,
that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And ye shall teach them your children,
speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them
upon the door posts of thine house,
and upon thy gates:
21 That your days may be multiplied,
and the days of your children,
in the land which the Lord sware
unto your fathers to give them,
as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:22-25
King James Version
22 For if ye shall diligently keep
all these commandments
which I command you,
to do them,
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in all his ways,
and to cleave unto him;
23 Then will the Lord drive out
all these nations from before you,
and ye shall possess greater nations
and mightier than yourselves.
24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet
shall tread shall be yours:
from the wilderness and Lebanon,
from the river, the river Euphrates,
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
25 There shall no man be able to stand before you:
for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you
and the dread of you upon all the land
that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
King James Version
26 Behold, I set before you this day
a blessing and a curse;
27 A blessing,
if ye obey the commandments
of the Lord your God,
which I command you this day:
28 And a curse,
if ye will not obey the commandments
of the Lord your God,
but turn aside out of the way
which I command you this day,
to go after other gods,
which ye have not known.
2 Chronicles 7:14
King James Version
14 If my people,
which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
Proverbs 3:3-5
King James Version
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding
in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 6:20-24
King James Version
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart,
and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp;
and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Romans 11:5
King James Version
5 Even so then at this present time also
there is a remnant
according to the election of grace.
Seventh, she is loved by GOD.
Deuteronomy 7:7
King James Version
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you,
nor choose you,
because ye were more in number than any people;
for ye were the fewest of all people:
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