Year of Jubilee began
this week! Biblical Year 5776
“Then I Myself shall
gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven
them and shall bring them back to their pasture; and they will be fruitful and
multiply….Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they
will no longer say, as the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from
the land of Egypt, but as the Lord lives, who brought up and led back the
descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the
countries where I had driven them. Then
they will live on their own soil” (Jer. 23:3/7-8).
Hey Gang: When asked, twenty-two prophecy guru’s agreed that
the number one prophetic event of the past one hundred years was the
reestablishment of the land of Israel. Can
there be any doubt of God’s unending love for the land of Israel and the Jewish
people than to reestablish of the land of Israel? He iss bringing the olim
(those making aliyah (returning) back to the land of their heritage from the
four corners of the earth.
As I have worked my way through the Bible, on numerous
occasions I always pay special attention to those verses that seem to stand out
in bold print. I am amazed that seldom do I get the same
message from those verses when I come across them a second and third time. I also noticed that many times it may be the
verse before or after that one that stood out boldly the last time that is bold
this time.
We had arrived at the home of one of my bride’s aunts, who
happened to come down with the flu and was unable to teach her Sunday School
class. After several failed attempts to
find a substitute, she drafted me to be her stand in. I admit that I did a lot of reading from the
quarterly that morning for the subject was taken from a book that I seldom
spent much time studying and was not even sure how one pronounces Habakkuk.
But, in the course of preparing to fill her shoes, I ran
into one of those verses that was bold and lodged in my brain. I believe it is a word for this day when so
many folks have become discouraged with the shaking that our nation and our
world is going through. I sense that Habakkuk was a wee bit
discouraged and cried out to God, “How
long, O Lord, will I call for help and You will not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not
save!” (1:2). God’s response to
Habakkuk, and to all of His children, when the rubber-hits-the-road “Look among the nations! Observe! Be
astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days you
would not believe if you were told” (vs. 5).
Is that not true today? The twenty-two guru’s mentioned
above, when asked what is the greatest trend in prophecy today agreed that the
re-establishment of Israel was number one on the prophetic fulfillment chart; but there is also a converging taking place of
mucho prophecies that are described in the Bible.
Some said the rapid
rise in apostasy was the second greatest; others said the coming together of
the pieces of the Gog and Magog confederacy; a few mentioned the ever
increasing miracles of technology; and still others said the reoccupation of
the city of Jerusalem by the Jews. All agreed that the return of God’s people to
the land of their heritage should be enough to convince even the weakest of
God’s creation that it is God who is pulling His children back to the land of
their heritage.
I received a blog this morning that had the caption “Nearly
30,000 Jews Immigrated to Israel thus far in 2015. I also received a message from Operation Exodus
informing me they have surpassed all previous years in assisting the olim to
make Aliyah.
The Israeli Department of Immigration and Absorption Minister
recently announced, “At the rate the
olim are arriving they will surpass all previous records for any given year”. Thus far in 2015 (5775 on the Jewish
calendar) 29,500 olim have enter Israel.
He said we expect that number to top out around 35,000 for the year.
The reasons given for this rapid increase centers on two
issues: First, the tremendous increase in anti-Semitism and persecution of Jews
around the world; second, the economic conditions. It is felt that being a Jew or Christian
severely limits your opportunities in the job market today in many countries.
Soooo, friends and neighbors, I close this epistle with a
verse that I feel is so very important when describing what is really happening
in the world; “Yet, once more, I will
shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” This
expression ‘Yet once more’ denotes the
removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those
things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us
show gratitude by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with
reverence and awe’ for our God is a consuming fire”. Hebrews 12:26b – 29.
Notice the last line,
“That we may offer to God an acceptable
service”. You will have opportunity
today to offer to God an acceptable service.”
Go!
Blessings,
Gramps
PS We received
news from Joel Rosenberg this week that over 300,000 Jews have accepted Yeshua as
Messiah. But really exciting new continues, as
he reports that millions of Jews around the world are seeking to learn more
about Messiah!!! Hallelujah!
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