ISRAEL PAST PRESENT & FUTURE BETH ARIEL CONGREGATION, MONTREAL J.I. Gabizon 1- INTRODUCTION Isaiah 55:10-11 10 "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 2- DEFINITIONS A- THE JEW Secular definitions: Biblical definition: Esther 2:5 Now in the palace at Shushan there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite. −1− Ester 8:17 And in every province and city, wherever the king's command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them. B- HEBREW Genesis 14:13 And there came one who had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt on the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. Philippians 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee. THE TABLE OF THE NATIONS Genesis 10 −2− JAPHET Genesis 10:2 HAM Genesis 10:6 SHEM Genesis 10:21 EBER Genesis 10:21 PELEG & JOKTAN Genesis 10:25 THE TOWER OF BABEL Genesis 11:1-9 ABRAM Genesis 11:26 1Cor.10:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT Genesis 12:1-3 Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Son of David Davidic Covenant Son of Abraham Abrahamic Covenant C- ISRAEL “One who strives with God” “God strives” “He will be prince with God” Genesis 32:24-30 −3− Isaiah 49:3 & 5 The Servant Song: Yeshua – Israel 3 "And He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.’ 5 "And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My God shall be My strength). 3- ISRAEL’S PURPOSE A- Genesis 12:1-3 B- Exodus 19:5-6 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel." 1- Israel: A special treasure to God Matthew 13: 44 Israel the Treasure of God Matthew 13: 45 The Body of the Messiah, the Pearl of God 2- Israel: A Kingdom of Priest God’s Cohanim Isaiah 43:21 This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise. Isaiah 60:3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD; men shall call you the Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. −4− 3- Israel: a holy nation to God C- The 70 nations in the Table of the Nations Gen.10 & the 70 persons of Israel Genesis 46:27 All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy. Exodus 1:5 All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons. D- WHAT OR WHO KEPT THE JEWS ALIVE DURING THE PAST 2500 YEARS? Secular response: Monotheism, Torah, Persecution Biblical response: Deuteronomy 7:6-7 6 "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 "The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples. Deuteronomy 9 5 Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart dost thou go to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may perform the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 "Understand, therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou art a stiff-necked people. 4- DEUTERONOMY 28 & LEVITICUS 26 The Blessings That Follow Obedience 28:1–14 The Curses That Follow Disobedience 28:15–68 −5− (1) Curses as Reversal of Blessings 28:15–19 (2) Curses by Disease and Drought 28:20–24 (3) Curses by Defeat and Deportation 28:25–37 (4) The Curse of Reversed Status 28:38–46 (5) The Curse of Military Siege 28:47–57 (6) The Curse of Covenant Jeopardy 28:58–68 A- TO THE JEW FIRST Romans 2:9-11 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Gentiles; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Gentiles. Paul proceeded to the Jew first: Salamis (13:4–5), Antioch of Pisidia (13:14), Iconium (14:1), Philippi (16:11–13), Thessalonica (17:1–2), Berea (17:10), Athens (17:16–17), Corinth (18:1–4), Ephesus (19:1, 8), Rome (28:16–17) B- ISRAEL’S RE-ESTABLISHMENT Leviticus 26 44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. 45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.’" −6− 5- A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL Creation Bird’s Eye View of The History of Adam 10,000 B.C. (?) Israel Abraham 2000 B.C. Moses 1500 B.C. David 1000 B.C. P R O P H Babylonian Diaspora 586 B.C. Times of the Gentiles E T Luke 21:24 S The First Coming 30 ad Roman Diaspora 70 ad Return to the Land; 1948 arielcanada.com −7− E T E R N I First Coming You are T Second Coming here Y 586 BC 1000 Church Age Tribulation years TIMES OF THE GENTILES LUKE 21:24 arielcanada.com 6- THE REASONS FOR THE DIASPORA Genesis 1:1 Romans 1:18-20 Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Romans 11:11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Isaiah 5:13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honourable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst. Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 "we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 "Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. −8− Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men.