Sorry, God isn't a liar..
Amo 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
This verse is obviously not referring to the past inhabitants of Israel, as they were uprooted from their land in 70ad.
It can only be the modern Israel.
actually you have no way of knowing modern Israel is the one that will never be uprooted. God hasn't validated them, nor have they repented or acknowledged God or the government of his Christ. It really is more like you and other are adding your own prophecy, because a lot of the things about the permanent resettlers have not come to pass
1. They are not in unwalled/undefended cities
2. They have no tribal identity
3. There is no highway
4. Assyria and Egypt are not allies of Israel (
Ezekiel 38 hasn't been fulfilled yet, that war is a future prophecy.
Correct, and you also have to look at the whole set of things Ezekiel prophesied as a package deal, you can't cut and paste just anything.
Chapters 36-38 are all about the resoration of Israel and what it looks like. You cannot take away from that a scenario where God restores an apostate nation. It is all about restoration of their entire nation as a nation that fulfills God's purposes.
Claiming to be Israel but rejecting God.... is not a sign that Israel fulfilled the restoration Ezekiel spoke of.
[/quote]If you research what has been fulfilled in the Bible, you will see what has or has not unfolded, and what prophecy is future.[/quote]
Exactly. Israel has not been restored as a nation because they don't recognize God. It all has to roll together. Even if you say that modern Israel is a fulfillment of prophecy on grounds that God is preparing to restore them, fine, it still doesn't amount to the fulfillment of Ezkiel.
Of course God is orchestrating world events, he says HE draws Gog out, and has planned out the Armageddon Battle in detail..... still doesn't make modern Israel legit.