This speaks of two births of man: a physical birth through woman and a spiritual birth through Gods Spirit. Answers from history, religions, and the Bible, We could all use good news now and here is the best newsall about salvation in Jesus, Its not always about youHow to Correctly Read and Apply Bible Stories. 4:11-12). Gurion, the recognised leader of the Jewish people, declares the existence of the sovereign State of Israel, according to UN Resolution 181. Two of the tribes (Benjamin, Judah), along with the tribe of Levi (the priests who served the temple), created the Southern Kingdom or Kingdom of Judah. After this comes the literal end of the world the physical destruction of the present earth through intense heat (2 Pet 3.7,10). Image: NielsF [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. How did he get there? 0000166830 00000 n FACT: despite the scattering, God did not destroy national Israel He simply gave her a writ of divorce (Jer 3.8). Learn from the convenience of your own home. There never was a Palestinian people or a Palestinian Arab nation. 1 Corinthians Barnes' Bible Charts {Cyrus the Great permitted the return from captivity. Its up to an individual to choose to believe in Jesus and be born a second time! The attackers may also be destroyed by nuclear devices since Malachi 4 refers to a time of fierce heat when invaders are burnt to ashes. Sources. Israel's captivity began . For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. Heres what the Bible says about this amazing promise: In Revelation 21: 1-7, we read about Johns vision: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Note that God said: I will be their God. Map copyright: By No machine-readable author provided. Judges No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! YES! Around 1880 the Turks ruled Israel/Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire and there was only a small Jewish presence. In other words, Israel returns (largely in unbelief) to the land and heritage covenanted to Abraham and his descendants. 0000177222 00000 n When we look at the History of Israel we see a clear pattern: The Israelites fall into sin, God punishes them with exile and captivity, The Israelites repent of their sins, God saves them from genocide and brings them back to the Promised Land. From then on, popes would be heavily influenced by the presiding French king of the time. Nebuchadnezzar, who with his defeat of Neco had become the dominant world power, besieged Jerusalem for the second time taking King Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon (this event in 597BC helps understand the fifth year of Jehoiachins exile specifically given by in Ezekiel 1:2) along with 10,000 Jews, one of whom was the young man Ezekiel. This was due to the Persian leader Cyrus the Great deciding to allow Jewish people to return home. Zechariah They finally settled mainly in the area currently known as Israel, including the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, although the tribes of Benjamin, Gad, Reuben and part of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan, Fig.2. Leviticus Heres the real reason (although you probably wont agree): Politicians, the media, and many NGOs are really just pawns in a spiritual battle between truth and error, between light and darkness, between Christ and His adversary Satan. 0000007747 00000 n People will be born and will die in the Millennial earth, just as in the present age. Historically, the Jewish people are generally referred to as the Children of Israel, signifying their descent from Jacob. Some 80% of Israels natural water is in the north and the National Water Carrier (NWC) system conveys water from Lake Galilee southwards. Of all the Times of Israel, the seventh Exile and Scattering is probably the saddest. The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. Other resolutions refer to the on-going Palestinian refugee problem, but many see this now as a political tool by Arab nations, link, link. How long did he prophesy before the final fall of Jerusalem? 628 Holy Land recaptured by the Byzantines. Hoshea became the last King of Israel when he assassinated King Pekah (2Kings 15:30). This, despite so many of their greatest intellects dying in the gas chambers.. The wilderness of Paran, The location of much of the wilderness wanderings of the nation of Israel. Sadly, this legal fact is often ignored by the UN. Given these historic and certain future events, we can see that the various claims on Jerusalem are actually the outworking of a spiritual battle over Jerusalem, a battle between truth and error, between the God of Israel and spiritual forces of darkness. Bible Prophets - Old Testament Major and Minor Prophets God indeed intervenes in world affairs! The atomic constants and the molecular structure of matter were made through Jesus. Satan knows all this and end-time prophecy underscores the attempts by Satan to eliminate Israel: the dragon (Satan) persecuted the woman (Israel) who gave birth to the male child (Christ) (Rev 12.13), This hatred was evident in the holocaust and subsequent wars against Israel, and culminates in all nations turning against Israel at Armageddon (Zech 14.2, Rev 16.16). Proverbs The Council of Constance was held in 1414, where all the popes who claimed the papacy were told they would either be forced out of office or would need to resign. Ezekiel Chartfrom Charles Swindoll Sadly this is not generally true of the western institutionalized church, which usually holds to replacement theology i.e. The 70 years span the years from the first deportation (605 BC) to the first return after 536 BC, or from the destruction of Solomons Temple in 586 BC to the building of the Second Temple in 516 BC. League of Nations documents of the 1920s refer to the local Arab population as existing non-Jewish communities. The Fact of Israel's Captivity ( 2 Kings 17:1-6) After 200 years of existence as a nation, the ten northern tribes of Israel were conquered by the Assyrians and taken captive. Categories: As a member, you'll also get unlimited access to over 88,000 Secondly, God used the ark as an indicator of when He wanted the Israelites to travel, and when to stop. Where have they all gone? The ingathering commenced in the late nineteenth century and key dates in the historic restoration of Israel are as follows: Israels National Water Carrier (click to enlarge). According to international law, Israel is NOT occupying Palestinian land since the West Bank and Gaza Strip were not under any sovereignty prior to the Six Day War. The tribes of the northern kingdom are often spoken of as "the ten lost tribes". We owe to the Jews, wrote Winston Churchill in 1920, a system of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all wisdom and learning put together. The Holy Land is an old place, about the oldest in the world! 0000003622 00000 n The timeline begins with Adam in Eden, then on to Noah and the Flood and the birth of Israel through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They decided to elect a new pope, this time only one, to put an end to the schism. 1270 Final Crusade arrives, and all its participants are massacred. David Ben-Gurion became the first Prime Minister. a. Also note to whom he is sent and why. <]>> Learn about the Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Avignon during the Middle Ages. When during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery; today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long. The result of such unbiblical teaching is that the institutionalized church takes the worlds view and essentially rejects modern-day Israel, and so pays little attention to end-time prophecy about Israel. Collapse of Crusader Kingdom begins. When Christ returns the geology of the area will be totally changed and the Mount of Olives just east of Jerusalem splits into two (enlarge image). Such a fate of the invaders is suggested in Zech 14.12. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. By the end of the 1949 War of Independence the fledgling Israeli forces had defeated five invading Arab armies. THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL: He said to his servants, Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. In fact, they will especially honor the Jew: In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you' (Zech 8.23). Both King Abdullah I of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt were assassinated when they attempted to come to some kind of accommodation with a country that most sane people now accept is not going away. In recent years, India has expressed the desire to deepen and develop ties with Israel, and some see India as Israels best friend in South Asia. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. This is a mystery accepted by faith. Abraham answered, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son. And the two of them went on together. Under Gods call, Abram (later called Abraham) migrated from the city of Ur sometime between 1900 and 1750 BC to Gods appointed land, Canaan (todays Israel). 1265 Mamelukes, led by Sultan Beybars, conquer the Holy Land. 5. Four of these dates refer to a day and month in 587 b.c., very close to the time of Jerusalems destruction. However, religious sources emphasize that they were able to maintain their religious traditions despite the circumstances. 1956 After Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the company which administered the Suez Canal, a joint attack by the French and British was launched. OF JERUSALEM In the time of Moses God made such a contract with the people (nation) of Israel, although the Bible refers to it as as Gods covenant. Zephaniah prophecies judgement, followed by restoration. The borders also include Gaza, significant parts of present-day Syria and probably all of Lebanon. 63 B.C.E. Jesus gives a warning: Revelation 22.15 In all, a remnant of some 50,000 Jews returned to Judah, but most remained in Babylon. King Jehoiakim experienced the arrival of the Babylonians and he was forced to pay them tribute. 4. 0000047055 00000 n Hebrews Looking to the end of the age, it is a remnant who are 'sealed' by God for service and witness to the world (Rev 7.3,4), and it is a remnant who survive end time wars, return to their God, and enter into the Millennium (Mat 24.16, Isa 10.20,21, Zech 8.6). Luke In Deuteronomy 28:1-16, we read: 1If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. Nahum. Nations will willingly go up to Jerusalem to worship the LORD and listen to His teaching (Mic 4.2 Isa 66.23). (about 334 years). He said to me: It is done. The location is politically sensitive in that the international community regard Jerusalem as part of both Israel and Palestine, and even that Jerusalem is not part of Israel [US Supreme Court, 2015]. 722BC NORTHERN KINGDOM (ISRAEL) DEFEATED BY ASSYRIA First Temple, the national and spiritual center of the Jewish people, built in Jerusalem by King Solomon. The people all responded together, We will do everything theLordhas said. So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord. In other words dont just title chapter 1 Gods Glory. Throughout the history of Israel God has always maintained the Jewish presence in the world. flashcard sets. Monasticism Overview, History & Orders | What is Christian Monasticism? Most of the western world aims for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. When God allowed the Israelites to be captured by the Assyrians he allowed this to happen at different intervals of time. Isaiah OF JERUSALEM 1 John The history of Israel confirms this thought; Jacobs descendants, the twelve tribes of Israel, the Hebrew Israelites, have suffered but prevailed for 3,000 years. Chart of Old Testament Prophets and Kingswhere they fit in history The picture shows the arrival of Jewish immigrants to Israel in 2007. When did the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah go into captivity? Why did God send them out of the land he gave them? Before their dispersion the house of Israel and the house of Judah refused to observe Gods sabbaticals and Jubilees. During this period the Bible is translated into Greek (the Septuagint). Add to this the Hamas objective of replacing the Jewish State with an Islamic caliphate, link, then the two-state solution is clearly impossible! This view is of course incompatible with Christs teaching, namely, that the gospel (as spread by the church) should be first conveyed to Gods people, the house of Israel (Mat 10.6). NOTE: Refer to the Timeline above to help get an overview of the timing of the prophesies of Ezekiel. Song of Solomon Arts & Culture The critiques brought against the Catholic Church would only grow, later leading to the Protestant Reformation. 9:4-5, 10:14-15). For instance, the global BDS campaign (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) aims to create economic and political pressure on Israel concerning (so-called) land occupation and Palestinian rights. Scholars date this migration from Ur somewhere between 1900 and 1750 BC, and the land in question was Canaan. The invasion could be imminent given the present Russian-Iranian alliance and Irans declared hatred of Israel. At age 30 he would be eligible for the priesthood but before he reached that age he was taken into exile in the next invasion described below.