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From Every Nation.
No way the passage above from Ezekiel could be referring to the Babylonian captivity because after the Jewish people were captives there, they came back only from Babylon. It could also not have been referring to the Assyrian captivity because they only came back from Assyria after that one.
Even when Jesus walked this earth, they were still not all back in their land. Jewish people lived all over the civilized world at that time. That is why the Apostle Paul went on three separate missionary journeys: To preach the Gospel to the Jewish diaspora.
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Never before in the history of the world was there a time that the Jewish people came back to israel from all over the world…..until today. In the last century, by a miraculous event effected by God Himself in 1948, they returned from EVERY NATION on earth where they had been scattered.
Destruction Of Evil Leaders.
God also said He that would “Destroy the fat and the strong,” in Ezekiel 34. He is referring here to evil leaders. This has certainly proved to be true. Every nation that has ever tried to come against God’s people, that has shed their blood, and attempted to anihilate them have, in turn, themselves been destroyed. Not one of them are around any more.
But Israel is still here! 🙌🏻💖 After 2,000 years and all they have endured, they remain a nation under God. They even speak the very same language they did in the Old Testament! Why, the prophet Ezekiel could literally walk down any street in modern-day Israel, sit down in any restaurant, and read the menu. He might not know what a Reuben sandwich was, but he could read it nonetheless.
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God Will Seek What Was Lost.
God further says that He will “Seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick.” Who is this flock?
Ezekiel 34:30 “Thus they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord God.’”
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It’s clear that The Holy Spirit is not referring to the Church here but to Natural Israel. God prophesied that Israel would ultimately come back into their own land. That they have! As I said, when Jesus walked on earth, the Israelites were not all back in their land. They had, in fact, been scattered for generations. At the time of His birth, they were still out there.
During His time on earth, it was predominantly the tribe of Judah who were living in the land. Most of natural Israel had settled among the peoples of the lands where they were taken during one of their many captivities. The tribe of Judah, in that sense, can be considered to be more guilty of the rejection of Jesus than the rest of natural Israel.
When Paul went on all those missionary journeys, he preached the Gospel to those dispersed Jews so that they would have the same opportunity to accept Jesus as their Messiah. Sadly, they also rejected Him, by and large. You can read the whole sad story by following the link listed earlier in this article.
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The Treasure Hidden In The Field.
Do you remember the parables of Matthew 13? One of them was about the “Treasure hidden in a field.” If you read carefully, you’ll notice that it was hidden twice. That’s how God protected His people. He hid them among the nations long before Jesus walked on earth.
After He ascended back to heaven, in 70 A.D., He allowed the Romans to destroy the temple. Afterward, He hid them again, scattering the Jewish people among all the nations of the world so that, in these last days, He could bring them back into their own land to be a nation once again. If he hadn’t, their enemies might have been able to obliterate them all. But our God is always far ahead of the devil. He is never caught by surprise.
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