The Kingdom of Israel.
When God made the nations of the world, He also made a nation to rule over them. That is Israel. They learnt of God`s righteous rule and were to teach the other nations this also.
`When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Israel from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. ` (Ps. 114: 1 & 2)
God establish the people of Israel in their own land with a king of His choosing, king David. God said -
`I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: “Your seed I will establish forever and build up your throne to all generations. ` (Ps. 89: 3 & 4)
However, over time the people rebelled against God and bowed to idols. God gave them over to the nations of the world.
`…they (Israel) tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies, but turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;…` (Ps. 78: 56 & 57)
`O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. ` (Ps. 79: 1)
But God is faithful, and, in His timing, He will bring them back to Himself in righteousness.
`I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the lord. ` (Hos. 2: 19 & 20)
After the tribulation of God`s judgments upon the nations the Lord will come and reveal Himself to His people Israel.
`It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced.
Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.` (Zech. 12: 9 & 10)
When God made the nations of the world, He also made a nation to rule over them. That is Israel. They learnt of God`s righteous rule and were to teach the other nations this also.
`When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Israel from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. ` (Ps. 114: 1 & 2)
God establish the people of Israel in their own land with a king of His choosing, king David. God said -
`I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: “Your seed I will establish forever and build up your throne to all generations. ` (Ps. 89: 3 & 4)
However, over time the people rebelled against God and bowed to idols. God gave them over to the nations of the world.
`…they (Israel) tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies, but turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;…` (Ps. 78: 56 & 57)
`O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. ` (Ps. 79: 1)
But God is faithful, and, in His timing, He will bring them back to Himself in righteousness.
`I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the lord. ` (Hos. 2: 19 & 20)
After the tribulation of God`s judgments upon the nations the Lord will come and reveal Himself to His people Israel.
`It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced.
Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.` (Zech. 12: 9 & 10)
