.jpg)
Remember when there was no Israel?
I don’t claim to understand most of it. I just pray He’ll come back and get me real soon.
Exactly.
Lev 26 said that if Israel kept the Lord's commandments they would live in the land securely. And if they didn't they'd be exiled. And if they repented, He'd bring them back. And if they didn't repent, He'd bring them back anyway.
Zech 10, written after Israel was brought back from the Babylonian exile, speaks of a future exile and future restored Israel.
Zec 10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. Zec 10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. Zec 10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them. Zec 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
After nearly 2000 years of exile, the Lord has brought an unrepentant Israel back to live in the land.
And Chapter 12 issues a stark warning for those who oppose Israel that I hope our country never forgets.
Zec 12:2 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. Zec 12:3 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. ...
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Zec 12:10 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.