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October 29 - November 1, 2019
“It is hopelessness that sets the stage for the moving of God’s hand and the impossible that sets the stage for a miracle.”
“The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the year 1947.” “1947! The same year everything else happened . . . the fifty-year prophecy, the Partition Plan, and the UN resolution that would bring forth the rebirth of Israel.” “In the year of restoration comes the restoration of the word.” “So the people of Israel came back to the land, and God restored the word to them.”
“The day that Sukenik brought the Dead Sea Scrolls back to his home, the day he unrolled them, and the day their words first came to light was November 29, 1947. November 29, 1947, was the day that the United Nations was assembled in New York to vote on the resolution that would bring Israel back into existence.” “The word and the nation on the same day!”
“Ezekiel saw the resurrection of the people that made up the nation. But what you saw was the resurrection of the nation as a whole. The woman you saw lying on the ground wasn’t a person but the nation itself.
the people of Israel would be resurrected; it was that the entire nation would follow the pattern of resurrection. The nation itself would rise according to the template of the dry bones.”
“A resurrection brings back, restores, and raises up what was dead. In AD 70 the nation or kingdom of Israel died. Death brings disintegration, the scattering of elements. So ancient Israel disintegrated, so much so that its remnants, its culture, its citizens, and its people were scattered in pieces throughout the earth. To disintegrate is natural. But to come back together is not. But against the laws of nature and history, the scattered pieces of ancient Israel began gathering back together again . . . the scattered bones of your vision, assembling piece by piece. So from the ends of the
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Never has a nation been so completely destroyed and so come back to life . . . or vanished from world history for thousands of years, only to reappear in modern times. And never have any people been so driven from their homeland, then gathered back together from every corner of the earth.
“Nations exist,” he said, “and then are spoken of. But the Israel that was to rise from death was spoken of, prophesied of, and dreamed about for thousands of years before it existed. Such things have no precedent. Nor has any such thing ever been foretold thousands of years before it happened. But from ancient times it was prophesied, ‘I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”
‘Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.’ 6 Truman would later recount that it was those words that were pivotal in his decision.” 7 “And . . . ” “They were the words of the stranger, Mark Twain.
“In the year of Jubilee the fiftieth year is consecrated. So in the year of Jubilee the United States Senate consecrated the fiftieth year. The resolution said this: Whereas June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War and the reunification of the city of Jerusalem. . . Whereas, in 1967, Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during the conflict known as the Six Day War. . . Whereas this year marks the 50th year that Jerusalem has been administered as a united city. 3
“On December 6, 2017, the president entered the White House Diplomatic Reception Room with an announcement to give to the world: I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. . . . Through all of these years, presidents representing the United States have declined to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In fact, we have declined to acknowledge any Israeli capital at all. But today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. 1
In fact the Hebrew word for Jubilee is Yovel. And Yovel, or Jubilee, literally means the trumpet, or ram’s horn. For the Jubilee to come, the trumpet must be sounded.”
“And what does it tell you about the word, the Scriptures?” “The word is real . . . and also more real than the world.” “And you say that because of what?” “Because the world changes, but the word remains. And in the end the world and everything in it conforms to the word and to its purposes.”
“That nothing is an accident . . . If the veil wasn’t removed, you could miss it. And it could appear as if there was no purpose. But it was all there. Nothing is an accident, the world, history . . . life . . . It’s not random. It has a purpose, even when you can’t see it. It means something. It has meaning and purpose.” “Yes,” said the Oracle, “a purpose not just to the world and not just to history and not just to life, but to each life. No life is an accident. No life is without meaning. To each is a purpose . . . to yours.”
“To yours specifically . . . Even when it seemed to be without meaning and purpose, even when you couldn’t make any sense of it . . . there was a reason and a purpose . . . just as there was in the mystery. The hand of God was there, moving all things for the purpose and hope of redemption . . . even when you asked why and found no answer.”
“It was not just in your vision,” he replied, “but in your life. You asked God why, but you didn’t hear an answer. There was a reason and a purpose. And so it is written, ‘“I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD, “plans of peace and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope.”’”
entire life in this world, to know nothing else but this world . . . and yet to never feel at home within it?” “Why is that?” “Because it isn’t home. So no matter how long you live in it, and no matter how familiar it becomes, your heart can never be fully at peace within it. How could you feel at home in a world of sorrows and pains and fears and rejections and broken dreams and tears and heartbreaks and losses and failures and sins and shame and evil and emptiness? You could never feel at home in this world because it’s not your inheritance. It’s not your land. And it’s not what you were
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“The answer to your question is no. There is no one so far away that His arms aren’t longer still, no sin so great that His love isn’t stronger still, and no life so hopeless that His redemption isn’t greater still. And if He didn’t forget His ancient people, neither will He forget you. And if He didn’t give up on them, neither will He give up on you. And if He kept His word to them, so too will He keep His word to you. ‘For with God nothing will be impossible.’”
I have known you from the beginning, from before you took your first step, before you breathed your first breath, before you were even conceived. I have seen all your tears and have known all your sorrows and wounds and pains, all your longings and hopes, all your fears, your dreams and heartbreaks, your burdens and weariness, your times of asking Me why, your cries of loneliness and emptiness, your times of separation, your mourning for what was lost, your weaknesses and failings, your wanderings, your sins and shame . . . And I have still loved you with an everlasting love . . . And now I
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