Prophecies literally being fulfilled in the past 140 years

nolidad said:

I accept the fact that the majority of the believing churches are covenant amillenialists and do not recognize that god has a future plan to grant Israel a kingdom from which they rule in their own land with Christ as head for 1,000 years.

They have allegorized the specific prophecies and given them a spiritual application to the church. However even their own covenant amillenial theologians like Cox, Allis Hokema and Boettner have gone on record to say that if one is to take these prophecies as literal, then the dispensational view is the valid view ( I paraphrase)

Well:
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Behold the prophecies that have been fuflilled literally and reconsider whether amillenial thought is what you should keep.

The order of Israel's return to the land
History has shown that the Jews returned to the land in the following order: the East first, then the West, followed by the North, and finally the South. The Jews first returned from the Middle East (Syria, Iraq, Jordan 1930-1940), then Western Europe after WWII, then Russia starting in 1988, and finally Ethiopia (Operation Solomon, Summer, 1991)...

Isaiah 43:5-6 - Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth--

The miracle of Israel's return to the land.

Jeremiah 16:14-15 - "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that it shall no more be said, `The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,' but, `The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.' For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.

Renewal of Hebrew language contrary to world trends
There are fewer languages in the world than there once were. Languages and dialects are consolidating as the world seeks to work together more. During the dispersion of Israel, Hebrew as a spoken language was all but lost except for Biblical scholars. During the Diaspora, pure Hebrew had become mixed with German (Yiddish) and with Spanish (Ladino). Zephania Elineazer Ben Yahoda dedicated his life to the pure Hebrew language inventing thousands of new words based on Hebrew root words. Now it is the language that binds Israelis together despite their coming from different nations. Israelis now can read original Biblical scrolls without translation. In 1982 Hebrew became the official language of Israel...

Zephaniah 3:8-9 - Therefore wait for Me," says the LORD, "Until the day I rise up for plunder; my determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all my fierce anger; all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord.

Jews will return to a land called Israel

Ezekiel 37:12 - "Therefore prophesy and say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel."

Israel's rebirth as a nation
Israel was born as a nation in a single day, May 14, 1948. They immediately had travail in the form of war with their Arab neighbors...

Isaiah 66:7-8 - "Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children."

The last days government of Israel will be a democracy

Zechariah 12:5 - And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.'

The shekel will be re-established as currency
Israel will pay their taxes in shekels...

Ezekiel 45:12-16 - "The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina. This is the offering which you shall offer: you shall give one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley. The ordinance concerning oil, the bath of oil, is one-tenth of a bath from a kor. A kor is a homer or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer. And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them," says the Lord GOD. All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel

Israel's military power will be without peer in the end times

Zechariah 12:6 - In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place-- Jerusalem.

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nolidad said:

Prophecies literally being fulfilled in the past 140 years Part 2


Luke 21:24 - "And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."

Israel will buy back their land
When the Jews return to the land, they will buy it back. They did this to establish the kibbutz system...

Jeremiah 32:44 - "Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,' says the LORD."

Israel will rebuild as in Biblical times
Israel will rebuild their cities and their names will be the same as in Biblical times. Even the little city of Cana is still called Cana.

Ezekiel 36:10-11 - "I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."

God will restore the land to Israel
Mark Twain visited Israel in the 1860's and wrote about it in his book "Innocents Abroad". He reported that Israel was a barren wasteland with no trees. Almost 2000 years of foreign conquerors had abused the land having no respect for it. Today there are over 400 million trees in Israel and rainfall has increased over 450% since the beginning of this century.

Isaiah 35:1-2 - The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God.
Note that Lebanon was well known for its cedars...

Judges 9:15 - And the bramble said to the trees, `If in truth you anoint me as king over you, then come and take shelter in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon!'I Kings 5:6 - Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians.II Kings 19:23 - By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, and said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, to its fruitful forest.Psalm 29:5 - The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, yes, the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon.Psalm 104:16 - The trees of the LORD are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted,Song of Soloman 5:15 - His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.Isaiah 2:13 - Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;Isaiah 14:8 - Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, `Since you were cut down, no woodsman has come up against us.'Jeremiah 22:23 - O inhabitant of Lebanon, making your nest in the cedars, how gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, like the pain of a woman in labor?Zechariah 11:1 - Open your doors, O Lebanon, that fire may devour your cedars.

The desert shall bloom
Israel is now the breadbasket of the Mideast exporting fruit all over the world...

Isaiah 27:6 - Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Israel will grow more than one crop a year
When the Jews return to the land, they will grow several crops a year. Due to advanced irrigation in Israel this is a reality today...

Amos 9:11-13 - "On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name," says the LORD who does this thing. Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it."

With all these things happening literally in that sliver of land called Israel after a 1900 year diaspora, why do some Christians still reject God still has a plan for the nation of Israel?

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Dave L said:

The Church is Israel, not the broken off unbelievers.

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