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Originally Posted by bbyrd009
Ty Lafon, an interesting counterpoint. Can you expand on the below, provide some refs? ty
"a “restored” nation of Israel (which the Scriptural record explicitly asserts in several instances would occur as the end of the present age drew near)"
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bbyrd009, I have managed to arrive at this conclusion based upon the manner in which I believe the following scriptural passage should be interpreted (there are others, of course, but for the sake of this discussion allow me to utilize just this one):
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (
Isaiah 11:11 KJV)
As we who have lived since the end of World War II and have seen the news reports and video clips of the horrendous torture and deaths of untold numbers of Israelis which took place during that era, we know that in accordance with what is known as the Balfour (sp?) Declaration, the British Empire who controlled the land of Palestine at the end of that war, were required to allow the Jews to resume possession of this land which God had promised to Abraham and his descendants. As a result, we have also been witness to countless Jews, from around the world and from every nation to where God had caused them to be scattered, to return to that land.
When God inspired Isaiah to record that He would
"recover the remant of his people" (the Israelites] from the other nations of the world, and bring them once again to their "promised land," He also said that this gathering (or, in fact, re-gathering) of His chosen people, the descendants of Abraham, would represent the
"second" instance wherein He had accomplished such a task. The first, of course, was done under the leadership of Moses, whenever God brought the nation of Israel from out of the bondage of Egypt.
As I stated previously, there are other passages in the scriptures which refer to this re-gathering of the Jews and the return to their "promised" homeland before the 2nd coming of their Messiah to that land.
I pray that this brief explanation will be helpful.
