tion. Another key verse is Isaiah 11: 9-12. The 11th verse reads, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the rem nant of his people.” Note the use of the term “the second time.” While we do not set times or seek to estab lish specific dates, saying this means that we do see God, for the second time, bringing His children out of the dispersion back into their prom ised possession! Amos 9:14-15, “I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them.” Now someone may justly say, “Well, that was fulfilled and under Zerubbabel when they returned to rebuild the temple.” Keep in mind, however, that relatively speaking, just a handful came back. Then, too, they only re turned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, not to the other cities of Palestine. This is a promise for the rebuilding and rehabitation of the entire land. Ezekiel 36-40 shows the broad panorama from the return of the children of Israel to the battle of Armageddon and on into the millen nial reign of our Saviour. Ezekiel
before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assur ance of thy life.” It is so amazing, humanly speak ing, that such accurate prophecies could be made concerning the de struction and dispersion of a nation even before the nation was formed and in its promised land of habita tion. Do you know, at one time, his torians believed that there probably were less than 1,000,000 Jews left alive in the world, so great were the calamities which continually befell them? We think about the disappear ing American eagle and the buffalo of the prairie, but something which was even rarer in those days was a Jew who had escaped death. How strange is this city whose very name means peace, Salem, with the word Jeru meaning foundation. Yes, it is a city whose foundation is peace, yet it has been completely devastated as perhaps no other in the world. It has changed hands on 20 different occasions and five times it has been completely leveled to the ground. Keep in mind that the elec tive grace of God doesn’t provide for one’s physical security. At the same time, Scripture clearly indicates to us that Jerusalem will one day ful fill its name, “foundation of right eousness.” That will take place when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to this earth to rule and to reign in His millennial kingdom. Then righteous ness shall cover the earth even as the waters cover the sea. Let us consider next the thrilling theme of the promise of the return of Israel to their own land. Luke 21:24 is a key verse, which foretells, “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” Have you ever stopped to figure it out? For the first time in more than 2500 years, the name of Israel has been placed back on the map as belonging to the Jew ish people. Not since 587 B.C. have they had their independence as a na
Mrs. Merrie An Zdef, fifth grade teacher at Anthony School in the Norwalk-La Mirada district, is shown talking with Mr. Dave Hammond, director of the Audio Visual department of Biola, following a recent video tape recording session. With them are Mr. and Mrs. Gale Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds is principal of Anthony School. Through the kind gift of a Christian friend, Biola was provided with video tape recording facilities which are used in the educa tional program of the school. 9
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