June 2008 article by Tim Beall
Last month (May) there were great
celebrations in the
Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and
my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand
that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after
me.
Isaiah 43:12 I have declared, and
have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you:
therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
That’s telling us that if we watch the events surrounding
Luke 21 v 24 And they (
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And when these things begin to come to
pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
To emphasise the point Jesus told them a parable about
Behold
the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of
your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come
to pass, know ye that the
Notice he mentioned also “all the trees”. In the last 60 years hundreds of new nations
have been formed "have shot
forth.”- surely an additional sign. So
as God’s witnesses
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And in that day will I make
That’s telling us that there will always be disputes over
Deuteronomy 28 v 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his
commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these
curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: v 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before
thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways
before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
After many warnings from God, and after one 70 year exile,
the Romans lost patience with the rebellious Jews and expelled them from their
land. The Romans meant this to be
forever. The wonderful thing was that
God in his mercy left
2 Samuel chap 7 v 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people
Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and
move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,
as beforetime,
Jeremiah chap 30 v10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,
saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from
afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,
and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I
am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee:
but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished.
So the nations that scattered the Jews have come to an
end. Where is the Babylonian empire?
That of Persia, Media, Greece and Rome? They as God said have all disappeared
BUT NOT THE JEWS. They remained as a separate people, with their own identity,
despite having no land for almost 2000 years.
When a homeland was sought for, the Zionist movement were offered many
homelands, in different places in the world. But according to
prophecy it had to be the
Ezekiel chap 36 v 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall
have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in
the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
34 And the desolate land shall
be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
35 And they shall say, This land that was
desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and
ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
36 Then
the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the
ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and
I will do it.
That is also a small foretaste of what the kingdom of God
will be like when “the earth will blossom as a rose.” There’s so much to say,
so many prophecies to look at. Remember Jesus told us to watch for the
restoration of Israel. Why? Because it is a sign that Jesus himself is to
return soon to this earth to establish God’s Kingdom - notice on the earth, -
based around
Daniel chap 2 v 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God
of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom
shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone
was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the
iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain,
and the interpretation thereof sure.
According to the Bible that stone is Jesus Christ. He will return soon
to this earth. The Jews at present don’t accept him as their Messiah but after
much suffering they will.
Zechariah chap 12 v 10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look
upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is
in bitterness for his firstborn.
Then when Jesus returns that great work of filling the earth with
God’s glory will begin and what a wonderful place it will be. Each one of us
could be there IF we read God’s word, IF we repent, change our ways, IF we are
baptised and If we then try and live lives of service to God longing for the
return of his son to restore again the kingdom to
Israel. As it says in Acts 1 verses 7-11: When they (Jesus’ disciples)
therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at
this time restore again the kingdom to
We echo the last words of the Bible Revelation 22 v
20 : He
which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come,
Lord Jesus.