chapter sixteen
Summary


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chpater:
a. Feeling the burden for Israel.
I feel that there are certain things that I must remind you of. One of those things is the restoration of Israel. There are so many people who fail to read their Bibles, and because of this, we are ignorant to the promise that God made concerning Israel's restoration. Here are a few scriptures about this.
Isaiah 54:6-8:
Isaiah 45:17:
Jeremiah 4:27:
Isaiah 4:2-4:
Isaiah 10:20-22:
Isaiah 45:25:
Jeremiah 30:18-20:
Jeremiah 31:1-5:
Jeremiah 31:6-10:
So, we can see that God is going to restore Israel in our time. How do I know that it will happen in our time? Because we are living in the final hour at this moment. If He does not do it now, then they will never be restored. It is our job, as the Gentile Bride, to give them the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
How many of these people are going to be saved? The Bible tells us a third of Israel will be saved and two thirds of Israel will be cut off and die. Yet, the Bible also tells us that all of Israel will be saved. In another place it says the whole house of Israel. What is God trying to tell us? I will try and explain. Here are some scriptures about this.
Zechariah 13:8-9:
Romans 9:27:
Isaiah 45:25:
Jeremiah 30:19:
Romans 11:26:
There are many more scriptures that pertain to this great restoration of Israel. Let me share with you what I believe to be true. If it is a third, yet it is all, then it can only mean one thing. The third part of Israel is all the Jews that are alive in the world today, the other two thirds have already perished, through the centuries since Christ. All who are alive in these last days will be saved. NOT A FEW!!
The next reminder is that the Gentiles will take the Gospel to the Jews. Isaiah is very explicit about this occurrence. Here are some scriptures about this.
Isaiah 60:9-10:
In verse nine, the isles and the ships of Tarshish are nations to the west of Israel, across the Mediterranean Sea. The ships of Chittim would be seen in the same light, both were Japheth's sons, Noah's grandson. At the time of the writing of the book of Isaiah anyone living to the west across the Mediterranean were considered either Tarshish or Chittim. This scripture shows them bringing the children of Israel from far. They are not bringing them back to Israel, but are bringing them to the name of the Lord. What is His name? You're right, it is JESUS. He is also the Holy one of Israel in this scripture. This verse is showing Gentiles leading the children of Israel to Christ. When they come, they give Him everything that is precious to themselves.
The sons of strangers who build up their walls, are Gentile Christians restoring the fallen condition of Israel, back to their great standing with God. This will come through the preaching of the Word of God. The kings who minister to them are the same people who God calls kings. He said that we (Christians) are kings and priests.
In this scripture we also see the Lord telling them that once again they have been given favor and He has shown them mercy. How did He show them mercy? It was through the preaching of the Gentile Christian.
In Romans 11:30-31, Paul said:
Isaiah 60:16:
In this scripture we are seeing the Gentile bride holding brand new born again Jews in her arms, feeding them the milk of the Word, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is then and only then, that Israel will realize that Jesus is their Redeemer and is also the mighty One of Jacob. The kings once again are the born again Gentiles, whom God calls kings and priests.
Isaiah 61:5-6:
In verse 5, the strangers who feed Israel's flocks are Gentile preachers, preaching the Word and being shepherds to Israel. The plowmen and vinedressers are the same thing. But, God wanted to show Israel that they would not only be ministered to, but would become ministers themselves. The riches of the Gentiles is Jesus, and they will boast themselves in His glory. The Jews will then begin to minister to the unsaved Gentiles.
Isaiah 60:11-12:
In verse 11, their gates being open continually day and night means that their hearts will always be open and ready to share the Gospel with the Gentiles any time night or day. They will receive anyone that will come to Christ. The forces of the Gentiles is talking about large groups of Gentiles, MILLIONS.
Verse 12 is not what many theologians have taught us in the past. The Gentiles will not be slaves to the Jews during the millennial reign of Christ, and this scripture is something that happen now, not then. The nations who will perish if they do not obey the Jews, are people who do not receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Jews will be preaching the Gospel, those nations or persons who do not obey the message will perish. It is the same message that we preach today, and whoever does not obey our message will also perish.
Isaiah 60:1-5:
In verse 1, we see the conversion of Israel to Jesus Christ, and their acceptance of the Gospel. They see the light. God is telling us that they will receive the truth. When Jesus came to Israel, the Bible said that He came unto his own, but His own received Him not. It also said that the Light had shined in darkness, and the darkness comprehended Him not. But now they do receive Him, and they do see His light. And, He will fill them with His glory.
Verse 2 gives us a little better picture of this same thing. In verse 3, we see Gentile sinners coming to their light. Their light is JESUS, and Jesus is going to save the Gentiles through the preaching of the Jew. These Gentiles will become kings and priests in the Kingdom of God.
Verse 4 shows us clearly that this is the time for Israel to be regathered. Judah and Ephraim will be joined together during this time, shortly before the coming of the Lord. Not only them, but all of God's people, both Jew and Gentile.
Verse 5 gives us an insight into almost a private matter between Israel and their God. Down through the age, the Jew has suffered so much. There have been many things happen to them that they don't understand. Now, for the first time, Israel will understand the why of it, and the purpose that God has for them at last. Their hearts will be filled with compassion.
In Isaiah 26:18, Israel is troubled in their hearts because after their conversion to Christ, they also realize how close the end is. They regret that they haven't done anything for Jesus. But, now, they see that they still have time to try and save mankind from eternal destruction.
The abundance of the sea in verse 5 is talking about fish from the sea. Jesus told Peter that He would make Peter a fisher of men. Here we see Israel pulling men out of the sea, a multitude of souls from the sea of life. Once again, the forces of the Gentiles is talking about millions of people coming to Jesus through the preaching of the Jew.
Isaiah 54:1-3
In verse one God is talking to Israel. When Jesus came, she did not travail with child, but rejected Him, instead, Jesus told her that she would remain desolate until the time that she would say, "blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.", (Matthew 23:38-39). Now He is telling her to sing because she is going to have more children than she, or the Gentiles, would ever dream that she would have. In fact, more than the married wife. Who is the married wife? You're right again, it is the Gentile Bride!
The Jews will cause more people to be saved than the Gentiles have been able to reach for Christ since Jesus Himself was here! Does it hurt? It should! It should provoke us into doing something besides watching television and trying to see how many material goods we can accumulate. The Gospel should be the very heartbeat of the Gentile Church, but it isn't. It is materialism instead.
But, God is about to change our course into doing something wonderful for Jesus. We are getting ready to do something for Him that will cause the greatest Revival the world has ever known. In this first verse, we are the reason that He tells her to sing. We have reached the Jew with the Gospel and she has received Jesus as her Lord. Now she is about to do her work. This is going to be her song, the cross of Jesus, The Gospel.
In verse two, God is telling Israel to make her tents a lot bigger. She is going to have to make room for millions of souls who will be coming to her song.
In verse three, we see them going to the right and the left, or to the east and to the west, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her seed that shall inherit the Gentiles are the millions of brand new Jewish Christians that have just been born again. It has always been Israel's inheritance to take the Gospel to the world. She was called to do this first. Her inheritance is the nations of Gentile people who come to her through the preaching of Jesus.
Cities are desolate if there are not a number of Christians living there. Inhabited cities have many Christians living in them. How do I come to this conclusion? Israel, at the time of Jesus, had a small remnant saved and living there, but Israel was still counted desolate. So, it has to be large numbers, not small remnants of Christians, for God to conclude them inhabited. They will cause cities to become inhabited.
It was in Bethel where we are able to get our first picture of Israel taking the Gospel to the world. God has hidden this from us in the past, but is now removing the blindness from our hearts so that we can see and believe.
Genesis 28:14:
This verse was a prophecy of Israel taking the Gospel. All the nations who receive their preaching will be blessed with salvation.
God's Word is so perfect, He goes into detail in the exact order of their mission as it takes place. This is so amazing to me. We know by the scriptures that Ephraim, the Jews who are living in the Western Hemisphere, will be saved first. God even said that Ephraim is His first born. When they are saved, they will begin their preaching and it will all start right here! In America!! In the first part of the tribulation Ephraim will then take the Gospel to the land of Israel in Asia. Asia is the East. Notice He told Jacob to the west, then the east. And, this is exactly the order of the Jewish evangelism of the world.
When Israel is invaded, most of the Jews come to America to be saved, but the 144,000 Jews who live in Israel, and the missionaries who come from America, will stay to reach Asia with the Gospel. During this last three and one half years, they will then take it north into Europe, and then to the south in Africa and Australia, and all the southern parts of the world. But, you must remember that war is raging in Asia, and many Jewish Christians will give their lives, trying to reach the Gentiles who live there, with this precious message of Jesus. But, don't forget that we will become ONE with the Jew in those days and will also do all we can to help them with the burden of carrying the Gospel.
In Isaiah 66:18-19, God shows us more about Israel taking the Gospel to the world.
These scriptures are considered by many Bible theologists as occurring during millennial reign of Christ, after His coming. But I'm going to share with you why this cannot be.
The number one reason is found in the 19th verse. This scripture tells us that they would go to Tarshish, Pul, and other nations that have not heard of His glory. The question I would have to ask concerning this would be, Who hasn't heard of Jesus? Before Jesus comes back the Gospel will be preached to all nations, and then the end will come. The Bible teaches that at His final return all eyes will see Him. It also says that every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.
No, this gathering of nations is not a literal gathering but a spiritual gathering, through the preaching of the Gospel.
Once again, we see Tarshish, a place to the west of Israel, symbolizing the Western Hemisphere. It will, once again, all start in America, because this is where the bringing together of Ephraim and Judah will occur. Of course, by now you realize that Israel will also get saved here, then they began their preaching, beginning in America. Their preaching will cause the total salvation of our nation.
Of course, we don't want to forget the bronze tank of water that was in Solomon's Temple. This tank was like a large bowl sitting on the backs of twelve bronze oxen. This tank held 10,000 gallons of water and was used for the washing of the priest's hands and feet before ministering in the temple. It was called a sea. The ox represented Ephraim, who possessed the Birthright. Of course, we know that all of Israel will end up being saved through Ephraim's birthright. These oxen faced north, south, east, and west. This symbolized them taking this water to the nations. Altogether, it was a shadow of Israel going into the whole world to cleanse the nations for the Lord's service, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. the preaching of the cross of Jesus.
One of the most hidden scriptures about this happening is found in Daniel 12:7:
This scripture is depressing to read, unless you understand it's meaning, and then it becomes a wonderful scripture. The time, times, and an half in this verse is the last three and one half years of the tribulation. The power of His holy people is the same power that the New Testament talked about.
In Romans 1:16, Paul said:
I Corinthians 1:18:
This scattering of the Gospel occurs during the last three and one half years of the tribulation, after the whole house of Israel is saved. Because of the seriousness of world conditions, the Jews and their brothers, the Gentiles, will take the Gospel in a last effort to save the world, and then the end will come.
In Matthew 24:14, God says:
Also in Revelation 14:6-7:
Verse six shows an angel in heaven with the gospel to every nation. This angel is a symbol of what the Lord is doing on the earth during this time. This follows the conversion of the 144,000 Jews, which will be the last three and one half years. The thing that gives the gospel more fervency will be the intensity in which the preachers of that time will be preaching. Everyone will realize that it is the end, no time left to waste
Once again, Paul said in Romans 11:26-29:
These scriptures are clearly telling us that even though Israel has not accepted the call, that there is no way they can get out of their gift nor their calling. Their gift is Jesus, and their calling is to preach the Gospel to the world, and it will happen, because God has spoken it.
It is very important for us to give the Gospel to the Jew. We have tried for so long without their help to reach the world with the Gospel, and many true hearts have given Jesus their all in an attempt to do this. But, sin and wickedness are outrunning the Church in every nation. Murder, rape, divorce, homosexuality, are consuming our nations. Don't you feel that it is time that we recruit some help to get the job done? If we will reach the Jews in America, God will completely change our nation. Please, please, please, let us drop our pride, and do what Jesus wants us to do.
Sometimes God makes a request from people that sounds pretty absurd to them. For example, Elijah, when he went to the Gentile woman and her son. He requested the last morsel of food from them for himself. It was a test from God, so that He could bless this Gentile woman and her son. When she did as he asked, she had an abundance of food, while everyone around her was starving.
Jesus told Peter to fish on the right side, which probably seemed a little foolish to Peter. But, he did what he was asked. Because of this, he caught so many fish that the boats couldn't hold them.
If we will do what God asked us to do about reaching the Jew with the Gospel, the results will be so massive that it will go beyond our comprehension. Please hear His voice, and try to pray for Israel, and do it for America. She needs your prayers so bad. And God will love you for it.
Looking back over the volume of this study book, I cannot help but get the feeling that we are looking at one of the greatest discoveries of this century. The mercy of our Lord always goes beyond our expectations. There, no doubt, will be people who will reject this book because of the mercy in it. God is more than fair with mankind. In judgment, no one will be able to say that He was not. Let us review this study.
The seven year tribulation will be at the time of Jacob's troubles, the time of Israel's redemption, the time of Israel's child birth. During this same seven years, Israel will rebuild the Temple for the coming Messiah. They will begin to offer animal sacrifice to God, and vigorously follow the Law of Moses. This will be short lived though, because God begins to save the people of Israel through Jesus Christ instead.
After three and one half years, Israel will be invaded by the anti-Christ. Some of these people will be taken captive and killed. But the vast majority will escape, only to be saved by the Lord Jesus, in a Gentile land, where they will be taken care of for the last three and one half years of the tribulation.
In this time, God begins to fight for Israel. The trumpets will occur with the vials of wrath to warn the world that the time is at hand. Many people have asked me whether or not we would be able to hear the trumpets sound. I do not believe that you will actually hear the sound of a trumpet. What we will see, will be the event as it occurs, which will be like a trumpet because it will sound a warning. As each one of the trumpets occurs, it will be a signal to the world to repent and get their hearts right with God.
When the seventh trumpet begins to sound, there will be a Great Earthquake, followed by giant hailstones. The Church will be raptured. Between this time and the Judgment Seat of Christ, at His return, the people who repent will be born again and spend the next thousand years as normal people on the earth.
They will again be tested at the end of the thousand years by Satan. Those who pass the test, and do not follow Satan, will receive new bodies at the second resurrection. Those who do yield to the devil will be cast into the LAKE OF FIRE at the Great White Throne Judgment. Everyone who receives Christ before the seventh trumpet will inherit Eternal Life at the rapture of the Church.
After the rapture of the Church, the Church will come back with the Lord Jesus to help fight at the Battle of Armageddon. All the nations of the world will be assembled at this Great Battle, to fight over the nation of Israel. Jesus wins the battle and the thousand year reign of Christ begins.
I believe that during the time of the flood, Noah was surprised when God did not close the door of the Ark for seven days after he and his family was already in the Ark. GOD'S MERCY!!
According to His Love, we will see millions of people saved because of the open door during the Great Tribulation. I find myself anxiously waiting for these events to begin. Even so, COME QUICKLY, LORD JESUS!!!!!
In closing, I would like to say, GOD LOVES YOU. His Love and Mercy are from everlasting to everlasting, and it is His Mercy to show us the end-time. He has revealed His word to us, to prepare us for the work that we, the Church, must do!
Because of the teaching of two different dispensations, (one for the salvation of the Gentiles, and the other for the salvation of the Jew,) Israel has been neglected when it comes to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This book, in its' entirely, has shown us the importance of reaching God's people, the Jew. Jesus is expecting us to be moved with compassion, to help Israel find eternal salvation. Here are some scriptures that tell us to do something about it. It must begin with prayer for Israel. Whoever blesses Israel, God will bless. Whoever curses Israel, God will curse. Doing nothing is not helping. Jesus said that we were either with Him, or against Him.
Psalm 122:6:
Isaiah 62:6-7:
Maybe you will become a watchman to pray for Israel?
Jeremiah 31:6-7:
Paul said that through your mercy, they may obtain mercy.
When it comes to prophesy, many people do not realize the importance of their role, in fulfilling it. Many think that if God wants it to happen, then it will. But, God uses people to fulfill His will. It was God's will to save the Gentiles. But, if the Apostle Paul and others had not desired to do the will of God, then, God would have had to use someone else. God promises to bless those people who pray for Israel. How much more, do you think, will He bless those who actually go to the Jew with the message of Jesus Christ?
In the years to come, God expects this nation of Christian people to reach all of the house of Israel, all over the world. If we help Him, then He will bless our families and us during the seven years of tribulation that are coming very soon. It will result in the salvation of our nation, America. We must also pray that God will help us to be prepared at the time of Israel's escape. Please pray for Israel, and this ministry, that we might reach the Gentile Church in time to help Israel!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!
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