(February 22, 2008) About 1900 years ago the nation of Israel ceased to exist. The Jewish natives were dispersed throughout the world and no longer had a land to call their own. They should have assimilated into every culture they were sent to yet for those same 1900 years they maintained their identity and eventually wound up back in their land and reestablished the nation of Israel. Why?
The American author Mark Twain asked a question in a similar vein, “What is the secret of [the Jews'] immortality?” (Concerning the Jews by Mark Twain)
As I wrote in my book the answer to Mark Twain’s question is God. God has a plan for the Jewish people and this plan included bringing them back to the land of Israel that He gave to them. God declared, through the prophet Amos, that one day He would bring the Jews back to the land of Israel forever:
“And I will bring again the captivity of My people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 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 your God.” (Amos 9:14-15)
The Jews are in the land of Israel to stay. God’s plans for the End-Times revolve around the modern nation of Israel. This is why a country two and a half times the size of Rhode Island is in the world news every day. Thus, it is interesting that some Middle East leaders keep calling for the destruction of Israel or declare that Israel will cease to exist. The head of the Hizbullah terrorist organization based in Lebanon declared, “The disappearance of Israel is an inevitable fact. It is a historic process in the region which will come about over several years.” He was responding to the fact that arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus earlier in February.(Nasrallah: Israel’s disappearance inevitable)
This is just one example of how Israel stays in the news. The president of Iran continues to make anti-Israel statements frequently. South American leaders have made disparaging remarks about Israel. The United States’ foreign policy has a large interest in what goes on in Israel and its environs. China has a large investment in Middle East oil and is concerned about anything that may inhibit the free flowing oil to its country. This would include any disruptions caused by the Arab-Israeli conflict. The European Union constantly makes statements concerning the Israel-Mideast situation. The Russians have been involved in this conflict for decades. Islamic terrorism will continue its agenda of spreading Islam throughout the world while at the same time calling for the destruction of Israel. The impact of the tiny nation of Israel will continue to be felt by the world until Jesus returns again to set up His kingdom in Israel. God declared that this would be the case in the End-Times:
“1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” (Zechariah 12:1-3)
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