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Jeremiah 23:1–4, 7-8 (NIV): 23 “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD. 2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the LORD. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the LORD. 7 “So then, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ 8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”
Jeremiah 23:3 and 8 are a few of the verses from the bible foretelling creation of the state of Israel in 1948. That is what finally occurred in 1948 was the fulfilment of the ancient prophesy by Jeremiah. God had gathered the remnant of His people from all the countries that He had scattered them in the past and brought them all back to the land of their forefathers, as was given to Abraham and his descendants.
Verse 8 proclaims, God rescued the Israelites before when through Moses, He brought them out of Egypt into the wilderness and then with Joshua and Caleb, 40 years later into the Promised Land. But it was only in 1948 that the Jews finally had their proper homeland where they finally lived in their own land, where they would be fruitful and increase in their number. A place where the LORD God will place shepherds over them, and they no longer will be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing. Nevertheless, the journey was not without its hazards as the surrounding nations went to war with them, and even today, they still need to go to war to preserve and protect their existence. But God will surely make sure that His Word remains true, and we believe that Israel and her people will no longer be scattered or destroyed until the day the Lord returns.
In the spiritual sense, we may hold fast to these verses, believing that as adopted Gentile children of Israel, God will also bring us back into His fold all those who knew Him before but have now backsided and are now living lives of their own. He still loves them like He loved the Israelites.
Repent from your rebellious ways and return to God. If we confess our sins and forgive those who sinned again, He will surely forgive us and accept us back into His family like the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son. He will surely give us a robe to wear, put a ring on our finger, and slaughter the fattened calf in our name. Return to God and reclaim our sonship in His Kingdom as redeemed and rightful citizens of heaven!
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