I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. League of Nations documents of the 1920s refer to the local Arab population as existing non-Jewish communities. There were just 24,000 Jews living in Israel, amounting to just 8% of the total population, link. However, religious sources emphasize that they were able to maintain their religious traditions despite the circumstances. King Herod: Biography & Bible | Who Was Herod? It has become an important part of both Judaism and Christianity. b. So here Jesus was referring to a time dispensation rather than to the literal end of the world. David Ben-Gurion became the first Prime Minister. Where did they settle after leaving their captors? Further decline of the land, but increasing Jewish population, 1917 1948: British rule. 10Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you.11The Lord will grant you abundant prosperityin the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your groundin the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 0000006987 00000 n When was the departure of God's glory prophesied - before or after the fall of Jerusalem? They were Hebrew Israelites. Note that 144,000 = 12 12,000 where 12 = 5 (God's goodness) + 7 (completeness and spiritual perfection), link. Jews: Historically, the tribe of Judah (Heb Yehuda) gave rise to the term Jew (Heb Yehudi). Some see the taking of East Jerusalem in 1967 by Israeli forces (see below) as the fulfillment of Jesus prophecy: Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Notice when Ezekiel's mouth is shut and then later opened. Image: NielsF [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia. .and how historical truth relates to religious truth, The BibleHuman Story or Divine Revelation? The Hebrew term Aliyah describes the relatively recent massive influx of Jews to their ancestral land, Israel. They fall on the open fields and mountains (Heb har hill country) of Israel and fail to reach Jerusalem (Ezek 38.19). Today we see God fulfilling this promise as Gods people return to their promised land. } 1333 Franciscan Order established in Jerusalem. Since Israels establishment in 1948, the country has almost tripled the territory used for farming and production has multiplied 16 times. The population of the United Kingdom of 63 million is nine times that of Israel. Abraham answered, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son. And the two of them went on together. Rehoboam (930 to 913 B.C.) The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar laid Siege to Judah by 597 BC. 2. 1 Thessalonians Specifically, during the millennium, Israel will come a great nation, Christ will establish His kingdom and sit on Davids throne, the tribes of Israel will have been fully restored to the land promised to Abraham, and God will write His Law on the hearts of both Jew and Gentile. Image: NielsF, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia. Being forced to leave Judah, they lived in Babylon between 597 BCE and 538 BCE. Abraham!, Do not lay a hand on the boy, he said.  I In the context of Rev 7, the 144,000 are servants of God made ready to proclaim the gospel to the nations in the great Tribulation (Rev 7.14). As Jews started returning to their homeland around the start of the 20th century, the need to combat desertification became one of national importance. They aim for a single state a Palestinian state. Jordan captures the eastern part of Jerusalem and Israel's historical heartland, Judea and Samaria. 740 Jonah is a prophet in Judah till 730. The West Bank refers to an area bounded by the so-called Green Line and the west bank of the River Jordan (SEE MAP). Joshua 4. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,because you have obeyed me.. Azal may be several km south of the present-day Mount of Olives, link. 0000177222 00000 n Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula, but after international condemnation, Israel was forced to withdraw. Joseph was to be blessed with precious things from the deep (Heb tehom: sea, abyss) lying beneath (Deut 33.13), Asher was to dip his foot in oil (Deut 34.24) and Zebulun and Issachar were to find treasures hidden in the sand (Deut 33.19). A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. Only one lonely voice disturbed their peace the voice of Jeremiah prophesying in Judah (cf Jer 1:9, 10). They then make Zedekiah a puppet king over Judah in 597. Israels climate change is certain since her God is faithful to His promises. Lets read the incredible test that earned Abraham an incredible reward for his descendants. They finally settled mainly in the area currently known as Israel, including the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, although the tribes of Benjamin, Gad, Reuben and part of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan, Fig.2. 14Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. But God has compassion on His people (Deut 30.3-5) and promised that He would bring them back from the nations and place them back in their own land: And (the Lord) will lift up a standard for the nations, and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth (Isa 11.12) By appointing nine French cardinals, he hoped that in the future they would elect more Frenchmen to become Pope. But man will not spend eternity on this earth! From the rise of Zionism to the present day, Israel has not been welcomed on the world scene. Below are some of the key words and phrases you will be looking for. These servants of God are sealed on their foreheads (Rev 9.6) for ministry and protection from demonic powers throughout the tribulation period. This is spearheaded by the World Council of Churches (WCC) which has called on member churches (Anglican, Methodist ) to support an international boycott of Israeli settlement produce and services, link. JUDGMENTS AGAINST JUDAH TO JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATIONS, THE LAST SECTION SHIFTS TO PROPHECIES OF Did their lives have any real meaning? 0000046986 00000 n In 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. The Book of Ezekiel, Click chart to enlarge I would like to speak to you today as an historian, because it seems to me that the State of Israel has packed more history into her 62 years on the planet than many other nations have in six hundred. 2. She has been on the front line in the War against Terror and has been fighting the Wests battles for it, decades before 9/11 or 7/7 ever happened. According to Islamic ideology, once Islam conquers a territory it is to remain under Islamic dominion forever, and Islam is humiliated when such territories are lost to infidels, link. The Green line was an armistice line drawn up after the 1948-49 war under the auspices of the UN and it was intended to be temporary. Or is there any value in being circumcised? Their primary goal is to reach Jewish people with the Gospel of Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah. The Burning Bush Israel becomes a predominantly Christian country, 636 1099: Islamic rule. .why geography, archeology, artifacts, and documents matter, What is truth? Similar to the captivity of Jewish people in Babylon, many believers felt separated from the homeland of their church. 0000009068 00000 n Resist the urge to glance at what the commentaries say until you have carefully observed the text. Out of the 6.2 million Jews in Israel (2015), the demographic is: Orthodox (20%), traditional (38%), secular (42%). A few years after Samaria fell and the kingdom of Israel was led into exile, the Assyrians turned their attention to Judah where Hezekiah was reigning and Isaiah the prophet was preaching. All this of course requires water. Radical Islam is never going to accept the concept of an Israeli State, so the struggle is likely to continue for another sixty years, but the Jews know that that is less dangerous than entrusting their security to anyone else. The House of Judah was also rebellious and eventually suffered the same judgement. 1147 Second Crusade arrives in the Holy Land. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war [Benjamin Netanyahu, 2006], We must constantly repeat that the root of the conflict is the very existence of the State of Israel [Benjamin Netanyahu, 2012], The nuclear deal with Iran does not block Irans path to the bomb, it paves Irans path to the bomb [Benjamin Netanyahu, August 2015]. Because of their sins, chief of which was idolatry, the kingdom lasted only 208 years. We contribute a share of our revenue to remove carbon from the atmosphere and we offset our team's carbon footprint. Why did God send them out of the land he gave them? At the very end of this age 144,000 are drawn from twelve tribes of Israel and sealed for their protection (Rev 7.3,4). We will worship and then we will come back to you., Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. The Ark of the Covenant, Whilst the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, God instructed them to make an ark out of acacia wood. First a few key points about the nation (people) of Israel: Israel may be three hundred miles long, thirty miles wide, but its three thousand years deep. NO! 1517 Following the Ottoman conquest in 1517, the land was divided into four districts and attached administratively to the province of Damascus and ruled from Istanbul. Record the theme or title of each chapter remembering to try to use words that are actually in the chapter. Looking to the end of the age, it is a remnant who are 'sealed' by God for service and witness to the world (Rev 7.3,4), and it is a remnant who survive end time wars, return to their God, and enter into the Millennium (Mat 24.16, Isa 10.20,21, Zech 8.6). That is why his descendants, the Israelites, are blessed. Man has a choice and Jesus gives a plea to mankind: I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. Prophecy states that regathered Israel will go through a time of great tribulation and distress as the world system persecutes Israel. If this is the same people group as in Rev 7, then we must also regard the latter as male virgins. King Sennacherib Facts & Accomplishments | Who was Sennacherib? 1. Instead, every voter votes for a single party. 0000010498 00000 n This idea is promoted even though there are records the Parthians fled northwest. The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. Today, out of thew 8.3 million people in Israel (2015) the demographic mix is: Jewish (75%), Arab (21%), Others, including Christian (4%). Nahum prophecies Assyria's downfall. Has there been a change in rainfall? Tap the title above, next to the arrow, to go to thatlesson with a link back to thispage. 2. The table below shows the kings who reigned in Israel and Judah. What did they live for? The king Coniah became like a shattered jar as Jeremiah had prophesied, and none of Coniah's descendants could reign any more on David's throne in Judah. tl_categories_checked(); 597 BC 2ND SIEGE OF JERUSALEM & EXILE TO BABYLON: is described in 2Ki 24:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Record this date in your Bible margin) When Jehoiakim died, Jehoiachin succeeded him as king of Judah and in 597 B.C. So, in returning, Judah held the royal symbol of kingship in Jerusalem until Christ came. Ecclesiastes This was referred to as the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. I said at the start that I was speaking to you as an historian, and so I say: No people in History have needed the right to self-defense and legitimacy more than the Jews of Israel, and that is what we in the Friends of Israel Initiative demand here today. In Romans 8:18-23 The Genesis account also gives hope for mortal man. The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel with the goal to wipe Israel off the map. There will be an all-nation invasion of Israel at the very end of the age, with Jerusalem the objective (Zech 14.2). Avignon Papacy | Papal Court, Western Schism & the Three Popes. Sadly this is not generally true of the western institutionalized church, which usually holds to replacement theology i.e. This created a schism, a split within a religious group, in the Catholic Church. Verse 2 explains that it was the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile which would be 593 BC because Jehoiachin was taken from Jerusalem to Babylon in 597BC, and so the fifth year would be 593 BC and this was the year Ezekiel began his prophetic ministry which would span 2 decades ending around 573 BC. 3. Apart from a remnant of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi which returned to rebuild Jerusalem, the whole of national Israel (all twelve tribes) was now dispersed amongst the nations and Jerusalem was occupied by Gentile nations. Paul is saying that both creation and man himself groan due to imperfection and mortality. Archaeology and historical documents show that Jews have lived in Israel for over 3000 years! What were they born for? 0000006839 00000 n The tribes of the northern kingdom are often spoken of as "the ten lost tribes". In 1946 the Mandate was transferred over to the UN, and Article 80 of the UN Charter implicitly recognizes the Mandate for Palestine of the League of Nations. The scattering was complete around 722 BC. We owe to the Jews, wrote Winston Churchill in 1920, a system of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all wisdom and learning put together. And during the final war against Israel prophecy says that God will again clearly intervene to protect His people: Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle (Zech 14.3). 70 C.E. For this reason it is sometimes called The Temple Vision. What is to be done with the temple? 0000006399 00000 n Moreover, as a direct result of Article 80, the UN cannot transfer these rights over any part of Palestine (vested as they are in the Jewish People) to any non-Jewish entity, such as the Palestinian Authority. So there we have it. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. These are powerful and inspired words. TO THE INDUCTIVE STUDY OF EZEKIEL, FIRST YOU WILL WANT TO ESTABLISH THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT BY UNDERSTANDING THE TIMELINE. 1 Kings So is there a deeper reason for the boycotts? The Mandate did not grant any national political rights to Arabs, but Article 2 did safeguard the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race or religion. 12The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words theLord had commanded him to speak. But what of the climate? Oil and gas fields in grey. God wants the church to call His people, wherever they are, back to Himself. But it does explain everyday experience. The UN has even resolved to raise the Palestinian flag at the UN headquarters after upgrading the Palestinians status to a non-member observer State even though no such state exists! The later Assyrian kings Sargon II and his son and successor, Sennacherib, finished the demise of Israel's northern ten-tribe kingdom. Lamentations He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. They were to follow the statutes of holy living, various laws and observe mandated Holy Feasts at their appointed time. The Babylonian Captivity of the papacy was a period of time when the pope left Rome. 1882 First large-scale immigration to Israel, mainly from Russia. List God's instructions to Ezekiel ("the son of man"). $('.chk_timeline_types:checked').each(function(elem) { InJohn 1:9-14, we read: The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. More . Where? It went before them on their travels to search out a resting place for them (Num 10.33). The Catholic Church would later use the phrase to describe the movement of the papacy from Rome to Avignon. After the intervention of the USA and USSR, military operations ended on October 25, 1973. Theirthird goal is to teach the local church about its Jewish roots and to train other believers in how to share the Gospel with their Jewish friends (see Rom. You may reject the concept of a spiritual world co-existing with the physical world, but it is a fact; Jesus Christ proved beyond doubt that the spiritual world exists. 0000177422 00000 n 538 BC Many Jews return from Babylonia; Second Temple began to be rebuilt. This kingdom embraced the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, so Paul called himself a Jew since he was from the tribe of Benjamin (Acts 22:3), and Jesus was a Jew since His lineage is traced to Judah (Lk 3.23-33, Heb 7.14). For many of their governments, which are rich enough to have economically solved the Palestinian refugee problem decades ago, it is useful to have Israel as a scapegoat to divert attention from the tyranny, failure and corruption of their own regimes. The history of the twelve tribes of Israel has been obscured by artificial gaps in their migratory history. Here we have the God of Israel they are Gods very own people, forever (2 Sam 7.24). This will help you understand the timing of Ezekiel's prophecies. And it is in the new and perfect earth where God comes and walks with man, as He did in the Garden of Eden. Jesus talked about world events at the end of the age in Mat 24.3. These segments provide a good way to divide the book up for profitable study and suggestions for inductive study are given for each segment division below. Another Ezekiel Chart, A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH The millennial age is one of firm government from Christ, but also one of universal peace. Titus When does the glory depart? DEFEATED BY ASSYRIA. Categories: The Knesset has legislative power and comprises 120 members who are also elected for a term of four years in nationwide elections. 4. The next artificial gap in the history of Israel occurs in the third century A.D. when historical texts depict the Parthians as disappearing from their Asian homelands. Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. From those same passages, why does the glory depart? We learn from this story that God is merciful and longsuffering, but when people persistently depart from his word they will reap what theysow. Whilst involving the whole world, it is essentially a time of suffering for those Jews who have returned to the Promised Land. Israels eastern border is of particular concern since it involves the West Bank. Kings of Judah. Note that, whilst it is common to refer to Abrahams descendants as Jews, this is not strictly accurate. Where Did God's People Go After Captivity? In recent years, India has expressed the desire to deepen and develop ties with Israel, and some see India as Israels best friend in South Asia. 1917 British Foreign Minister Lord Balfour issued on November 2, 1917, the so-called Balfour Declaration, which gave official support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people with the commitment not to be prejudiced against the rights of the non-Jewish communities. Traditionally, the UK government has had good relations with Israel, including good intelligence cooperation, and has been viewed as one of the worlds friendliest countries to Israel, link. The number 144,000 also appears in Rev 14.1-5 and these too have their Father's name written on their foreheads. Abrahams wife Sarah bore him a son, Isaac, and Isaacs wife Rebecca bore Jacob (meaning supplanter). And the fourth river is the Euphrates. When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He was evil, so it was Judah's turn to be conquered. NOTE: Refer to the Timeline above to help get an overview of the timing of the prophesies of Ezekiel. Haggai [Similar information is given in 2Chronicles 25-27].