Bible Study Week 11
Part 2
Israel Becomes a Nation
The Bible states over and over again that the Jews would return to the desolate land and rebuild what was destroyed.
Prophecies about Israel
a. "And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore" (Ezekiel 37:21-22, 25-26).
b. "Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far. and my daughters from the ends of the earth" (Isaiah 43:5-6).
c. "He that scattered Israel will gather him" (Jeremiah 31:10).
d. "And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth" (Isaiah 11:12).
e. "I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will brig you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive" (Jeremiah 29:14).
Israel Becomes a Nation
The new nation of Israel is a result of the Jewish people coming back to Palestine. Their return to their homeland is on of the modern miracles of the twentieth century.
Israel became a nation on May 15, 1948, despite strong resistance from the Arab nations surrounding it. And despite persistent conflict, it has continued to exist as a nation. "And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel and...I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God" (Amos 9:14-15).