Israel Shows that the Bible is True!
.God can see the future, foretold it in His word, and has been utterly faithful in keeping His promises.
There
are so many prophecies and promises in the Bible concerning Israel that have
come true, especially in the last 200 years, that no one could possibly have
predicted or imagined.
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It shows that God can see the future, foretold it in His word, and has been utterly faithful in keeping His promises.
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It shows that God can see the future, foretold it in His word, and has been utterly faithful in keeping His promises.
More
than 300 years ago, King Louis XIV, the ruler of France, asked the famous
philosopher, mathematician, Blaise Pascal, to prove that the existence of God. Pascal replied: "Well, Your Majesty, the Jews! The Jews!" Their
remarkable story of survival and their journey through history till today
reveals that time after time, God's word is true.
Persecution - Deuteronomy 28
Exactly
as Moses predicted in Deuteronomy 28, the Jewish people have suffered greatly,
and been persecuted wherever they have gone. They have been repeatedly
conquered by various empires and regimes, battled against, and while in exile
they have suffered numerous violent pogroms, thousands were slaughtered in the
Crusades, millions in the Holocaust, as well as the evils of the Inquisition
and the repeated trauma of being forcibly expelled from country after country.
The persecution of the Jewish people has been relentless and really quite
extraordinary. If you are not sure about this statement, just do a Google
search, and you’ll see what I mean. Yet somehow, they are still alive to tell
the tale.
A divinely preserved people - Jeremiah 31
History
books show that when people groups are dispersed from their homeland, they
gradually lose their ethnic identity and are eventually assimilated or lost
after a maximum of five generations. But somehow, the people of Israel have
maintained their Jewish identity for thousands of years in exile.
This, too, is
extraordinary. But not surprising, if we believe the Bible. Why? Because God of
God’s promise in Jeremiah 31:35-36 which says that as long as the sun and moon
are still in place, Israel will never cease to be a nation before him. Last
time I checked, all three were carrying on just fine. Because God’s word is
faithful and true, even though we are not.
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Against
all odds, Israel was declared a state once again in the land of Israel, on May
14th 1948. Immediately following the establishment of the State of Israel, five
armies gathered against the brand new country to destroy it, and remarkably
(miraculously), despite very little in the way of soldiers, training, or
weapons, all of which had been forbidden under the British Mandate, Israel
somehow won.
This
miracle was repeated again in the wars of 1967 and 1973. Each time it seemed
almost inevitable that Israel would be finished, but to everyone’s surprise,
the exact opposite happened: Israel survived and thrived.
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Since then, the Jews returned to their homeland from all over the world - at the founding of the state, only 6% of all the world’s Jewish population lived in Israel; today it is almost 50%, and steadily growing.
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Since then, the Jews returned to their homeland from all over the world - at the founding of the state, only 6% of all the world’s Jewish population lived in Israel; today it is almost 50%, and steadily growing.
This
is a testimony to the truth of God's word - He promised over and over that He
would bring His people back to the land, and He has done it, just as He
promised. .
The Jewish people are back in Israel despite their unfaithfulness, because God has promised, and He remains faithful even when we are not.
A
resurrected language - Zephaniah 3:9, Jeremiah 31:23
Just
as God promised, the Hebrew language was brought back to life after being a
dead language for thousands of years. It is the only time in history that this
has ever happened.
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Back in the 1950s Israel’s streets were full of many languages as people were coming from all corners of the earth, with many languages and dialects, but today, the vast majority of Israel’s population grew up speaking Hebrew as their mother tongue.
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Back in the 1950s Israel’s streets were full of many languages as people were coming from all corners of the earth, with many languages and dialects, but today, the vast majority of Israel’s population grew up speaking Hebrew as their mother tongue.
The
remarkable story of the restoration of the Hebrew language started in 1877,
with a young man called Eliezar ben Yehuda, who says, “I heard an inner voice calling to me: ‘Revive Israel and its language
in the land of the fathers’”.
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His story is not an easy one by any means, but God used this young man to bring his word to pass. Today in Israel, for the first time since the early church, thousands of Messianic Jews read the Scriptures in the original language - in their mother tongue: Hebrew!
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His story is not an easy one by any means, but God used this young man to bring his word to pass. Today in Israel, for the first time since the early church, thousands of Messianic Jews read the Scriptures in the original language - in their mother tongue: Hebrew!
Now,
by with the help and insight of the Holy Spirit, believing Israelis are
uncovering wonderful insights in the text that are not visible to those who
cannot read Hebrew. This too is a mighty work of our faithful God.
The land of Israel responds to the people of Israel -
Isaiah 27:6, 35
God
also promised to send rain to sustain his people, and remarkably, meteorological
data shows that every time there was a wave of aaliya - Jewish people
returning
to Israel - there was a corresponding increase in rainfall to keep up with
them!
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The land of Israel has flourished and blossomed, and filled the world with fruit. Just as God said it would. Shops all over the world carry fruit, vegetables and produce from Israel, much of which was grown in the desert!
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The land of Israel has flourished and blossomed, and filled the world with fruit. Just as God said it would. Shops all over the world carry fruit, vegetables and produce from Israel, much of which was grown in the desert!
Israel's
technological developments have enabled them to find creative ways of making
even the most barren places fertile and productive.
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The cherry tomato was invented in an area close to the Dead Sea.
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De-salination systems and the revolutionary drip-irrigation method have been developed in Israel, which have changed farming in hot climates for many around the world.
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The cherry tomato was invented in an area close to the Dead Sea.
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De-salination systems and the revolutionary drip-irrigation method have been developed in Israel, which have changed farming in hot climates for many around the world.
On
top of all of that, there have been many great breakthroughs in science and
medicine as the people have been living and thriving back in their own land
again.
A
land given by God - Genesis 12-13
About
4,000 years ago God commanded Abraham to leave his country and assured him: “Go from your country and your kindred and
your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a
great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will
be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonours you I
will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis
12:1-3);
“Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northwards and southwards and eastwards and westwards, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.” (Genesis 13:14-15).
“Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northwards and southwards and eastwards and westwards, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.” (Genesis 13:14-15).
Some today are unsure if this promise still stands, but ask yourself - when has
God ever broken His word?
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It is no accident that the people of God are back in the land God promised to their forefathers - their
restoration, though fraught
with challenges and sorrows for many people, is a fulfilment of God’s word.
Because God is faithful and true, even though we are not.
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It is no accident that the people of God are back in the land God promised to their forefathers - their
Here
is what Charles Spurgeon had to say on the matter:
"I think we do not attach
sufficient importance to the restoration of the Jews. We do not think
enough about it. But certainly, if there is anything promised in the Bible it
is this. I imagine that you cannot read the Bible without seeing clearly
that there is to be an actual restoration of the Children of Israel."
God
promised He would do it, and He has done it. Not because Israel is in any way
better than any other nation - in fact, God says the opposite! “It was not because you were more in number
than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you
were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is
keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers.” (Deuteronomy 7:7)
From
Father Abraham to the streets of Israel today, the story of the people of
Israel at every corner proves that while we fail God over and over, He is
faithful and
His word is true.
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As
we celebrate 68 years of the promised re-establishment of Israel, let us
recognize the epic story of God’s faithfulness as demonstrated not only in the
pages of the Bible, but in the same piece of real estate that he promised to
the forefathers thousands of years ago. He is the same God, yesterday, today
and forever.
The
God of Israel keeps his promises! If he has done all this for Israel, you can
count on his faithfulness to you too.
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God?
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lyrics
King of kings, Lord of lords
You are faithful
Faithful, You are faithful
King of kings, Lord of lords
I worship You
Great is Thy faithfulness, oh, God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou has been and Thou forever will be
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand had provided
Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me
Summer and winter, springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in the courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness mercy and love
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence
To cheer and to guide
Strength for today
And bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all time
With ten thousand beside
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand had provided
Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand had provided
Great is Thy faithfulness Lord
Great is Thy faithfulness Lord
Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me
Faithful, You are faithful
King of kings, Lord of lords
You are faithful
Faithful, You are faithful
King of kings, Lord of lords
I worship You
King of kings, Lord of lords
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