It seems that, for believers, time has gone full circle to what God planned in the beginning. The schism caused problems for the Catholic Church. This led to the Jewish-Babylonian War. This covenant was ratified by God alone, meaning that the covenant is eternal and unconditional (Gen 15). The millennial age is one of firm government from Christ, but also one of universal peace. Mark every key word. The Levant objective falls under the general Islamic ideology of a world-wide caliphate, link. KEY PHRASES & WORDS*, 63/77x = Phrase found 63 times in Ezekiel out of all 77 uses in the Old Testament. Crowning his achievements was the building of the Temple in Jerusalem, which became the center of the Jewish people's national and religious life. Mans life span may well extend to at least 100 years (Isa 65.20,22) but physical death inevitably follows. 19481949 The Arab-Israeli War; the Arabs refused to accept the newly established State of Israel. 0000010498 00000 n Jesus said that unless those days are shortened, no flesh would be saved (Mat 24.22). This differs from the first past the post system in the US and UK, and permits small parties to be elected. The picture shows the arrival of Jewish immigrants to Israel in 2007. Looking to the end of the age, it is a remnant who are 'sealed' by God for service and witness to the world (Rev 7.3,4), and it is a remnant who survive end time wars, return to their God, and enter into the Millennium (Mat 24.16, Isa 10.20,21, Zech 8.6). Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Jeroboam reigns over the northern Kingdom of Israel from Samaria. Nahum c. 1080 BCE - c. 1010 BCE Saul reigns as the first king of Israel . function googleTranslateElementInit() { In Europe, many of these migrating tribes were called the Saxons, Germans, Jutes, Alani (Alans) and Goths. Home From around 586 BC until modern times, the land of Israel or Holy Land was ruled by Gentile powers: World Government: The four historical empires in bold type (Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman) are in fact the four great empires prophesied to rule over Israel before the Second Coming of Christ (Dan 2.31-45). Jesus gives a warning: Revelation 22.15 The captivity eventually ended with the election of Pope Martin V. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member. Only one lonely voice disturbed their peace the voice of Jeremiah prophesying in Judah (cf Jer 1:9, 10). Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Interpretations of the Bible abound, but what is actually written? Not only would some members of the ten tribes have made their way to Judah before, during, and after the Assyrian attack, but some would have been already living among the people of Judah and Benjamin. 1947 The United Nations approved the partition of Israel into separate Jewish and Arab states on November 29, 1947. 1000 BCE David captures Jerusalem . At the outset it seems unfair on the rest of mankind. Jewish aliyah to Israel, The Palmach: Jewish immigration to Israel. Who are the Patriarchs of Israel & What is their significance? In 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. Israel existed, long before being taken into captivity, as a unified kingdom under Saul (reigned from 1050 to 1010 B.C. Mortality was the consequence of the wrong free will choice. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, Father?, The fire and wood are here, Isaac said, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?. He lay on his side for a total of 390 + 40 = 430 days (Ezek 4.4-6), symbolizing the 430 years of sabbatical rebellion on a year for a day principle. Palestinians authorities take control, 2002: Israel reoccupied all of the West Bank following waves of Palestinian suicide attacks, and begins construction of the West Bank Fence along the Green Line in order to protect Israeli civilians from terrorism. } But those who boycott Israel should heed the biblical warning: I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse (Gen 12.3). I feel like its a lifeline. The result of such unbiblical teaching is that the institutionalized church takes the worlds view and essentially rejects modern-day Israel, and so pays little attention to end-time prophecy about Israel. Nebuchadnezzar, who with his defeat of Neco had become the dominant world power, besieged Jerusalem for the second time taking King Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon (this event in 597BC helps understand the fifth year of Jehoiachins exile specifically given by in Ezekiel 1:2) along with 10,000 Jews, one of whom was the young man Ezekiel. Now there were two popes, and Catholics were unsure of who officially held authority. From Morocco to Afghanistan, from the Caspian Sea to Aden, the 5.25 million square miles of territory belonging to members of the Arab League is home to over 330 million people, whereas Israel covers only eight thousand square miles, and is home to seven million citizens, one-fifth of whom are Arabs. 722 The ten tribes of Israel go into captivity. The seven-branched lampstand (Israels Menorah) well-summarizes the purpose of Israel both now and in the Millennium. After alls been said and done, the Bibles bold declarations culminate in its last book, Revelation. This is a mystery accepted by faith. There are many prophecies of the ingathering of national Israel and her remarriage to her God. Without doubt there is an overall bias in the UN against Israel. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. In fact, the number of Jews in Israel today has increased by over 7,000 percent in just 100 years! Although I alluded to the 10 Lost Tribes as one of the astute Bereans reminded us they are not in fact lost and this idea can lead to some faulty theological conclusions. However, this had traditionally been the job of the pope of the Catholic Church. But to date rainfall statistics show no long-term rainfall improvement since the 1970s, link. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. To confirm this promise God changed Abrams name to Abraham, meaning father of many nations (Gen 17.5) and He made a covenant with him: I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you I will give to you and your descendants all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God (Gen 17.7,8). What happened to the Northern 10 tribes? First Fruits as a prophetic picture of Christ's Resurrection, The Sign of Jonah as a prophecy of Christ's Resurrection. Then, in 922 BC the twelve tribes split into a southern kingdom (called The House of Judah, embracing Judea and Jerusalem) and a northern kingdom comprising ten tribes and called The House of Israel, or simply Israel (Jer 11.10). Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. What is he told to do? First, it represented the only place on earth where God promised to manifest himself to man (v22). Prior to these kingdoms, God gave Moses the boundaries of Canaan as the children of Israel entered the land (Num 34.1-12). Abrahams wife Sarah bore him a son, Isaac, and Isaacs wife Rebecca bore Jacob (meaning supplanter). After this comes the literal end of the world the physical destruction of the present earth through intense heat (2 Pet 3.7,10). Even so, Israeli farmers have come a long way since the Zionist pioneers began clearing rock-strewn fields and draining the swampland. 0000006987 00000 n Prophecy indicates that there will be several major wars against Israel in the near future, just before Christ returns to rule the earth as King (Zech 14.9). When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. When was the departure of God's glory prophesied - before or after the fall of Jerusalem? 1187 Destruction of the Crusader army by Muslim leader Saladin. List the theme of each chapter as before. The House of Judah was also rebellious and eventually suffered the same judgement. The pope in France had fewer supporters, and was referred to as the antipope by Rome. While the Jewish people were exiled they faced immense pressure to conform to the culture of Babylon. Chronology of Time Used by Archaeologist and Historians. Ezekiel 45 and 48 provide amazing detail of a (probably new) temple the LORDSs sanctuary located just north of the city area (see map). But International law firmly states that Israel is not in occupation, link. History confirms the reality of such statements. I will take the children of Israel from among the nations and bring them into their own land (Ezek 37.21). They fall on the open fields and mountains (Heb har hill country) of Israel and fail to reach Jerusalem (Ezek 38.19). So here Jesus was referring to a time dispensation rather than to the literal end of the world. This is spearheaded by the World Council of Churches (WCC) which has called on member churches (Anglican, Methodist ) to support an international boycott of Israeli settlement produce and services, link. End of Gentile Rule: The declaration of the State of Israel in 1948 effectively ended over 2500 years of Gentile rule over Israel, although Jerusalem itself was not fully liberated until 1967. Built the altar and offered sacrifice in the 7th month. From this same information we can tell that Jacob was 91 years old when Joseph is born. 2 Corinthians Israel is unique since it is the one nation on earth that God uses to make a name for Himself. More , Image: Known oil and gas fields in the Levant Basin. Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including Oxford University. Tap the title above, next to the arrow, to go to that nextlesson. Such prophecies are brief and full of symbolism little detail is revealed. But man will not spend eternity on this earth! Israels King David asked a similar question. 605 BC 1st SIEGE OF JERUSALEM & EXILE TO BABYLON: is described in 2Ki 24:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. What happens to the glory of the LORD? As you go through these chapters one at a time, interrogate the text with the five W's and an H. Ask questions such as: What does Ezekiel see? 1967 - Six-Day War: after Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran on May 22, 1967, Israel launched an attack on Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Iraqi airports on June 5, 1967. Lesson 116: Isaiah 1-2; Lesson 153: Micah; Lesson 155: Haggai; Zechariah 1-2; Lesson 103: Ezra 1-6; Lesson 129: Isaiah 54-57; Lesson 102: 1 Chronicles; 2 Chronicles; Lesson 158: Malachi 1-2; Home-Study Lesson: 2 Kings 21-25; 1 Chronicles; 2 Chronicles; Ezra; Nehemiah (Unit 21); Lesson 132: Jeremiah 1-6; Lesson 148 . 4000 BC Canaanites inhabit the land of Israel. 0000009068 00000 n During 1882-1903 some 25,000 Jews emigrated from Russia and Romania, 1897: Theodor Herzel convened the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, 1904: Start of the Second Aliyah, mainly from Russia and Poland. Over the past 100 years the nation and people of Israel have come to prominence on the world scene. By appointing nine French cardinals, he hoped that in the future they would elect more Frenchmen to become Pope. Philemon These trees seem to have been deliberately planted to test how humans would use their free will. 1000 BC. In fact, his influence had begun to grow outside of religion and into politics. Assyrian Timeline. }); When does the glory return (what is the the first fulfillment of the glory returning)? Lets read with an open mind what the Bible tells us about our origins and our future. In contrast to other Middle Eastern countries, Israel has a western-style democracy. Secondly, God said that He would make the descendants of Abraham into a great nation which would be Gods servant and witness in the world. Instead of mankind or fleshkind he was really speaking of man as a spiritkind or Godkind. Zeph 1:1. 0000004766 00000 n (Record this date in your Bible margin) In 605 BC Ezekiel was 18 years old when 15 yearold Daniel and his 3 friends were captured by Nebuchadnezzar and taken from to Babylon. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Israel also reuses treated sewage, and computerized drip irrigation and micro-sprinklers for agriculture. It was a profoundly moving sight, for it was the sovereign independence represented by that flag which guarantees that the obscenity of genocide which killed six million people in Auschwitz and camps like it will never again befall the Jewish people, to whom the rest of civilization owes so much. Remember Ezekiel is prophesying from exile to Jews in exile before the final destruction of Jerusalem in the first 24 chapters that emphasize judgment. Heresies and Inquisitions in the High Middle Ages, Hungarian-Austrian Dual Monarchy & Ausgleich | Compromise of 1867, Iron Age Empires: Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and Persian Empires. NORTHERN KINGDOM (ISRAEL) During these years the ingathering from the nations into Israel has been remarkable, as shown by Jewish population statistics: 1882: 0.025m; 1918: 0.06m; 1948: 0.72m; 1965: 2.3m; 1985: 3.5m; 2005: 5.3m; 2014: 6.1m; link. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Muslims conquered The Levant (which embraces all of Israel and much more, link) in the 7th century and the land of Israel remained in Muslim hands (apart from the brief Crusader period) until liberated from the Muslim Turks by the British in 1917. Now a brief timeline of key events: God gave Israel her own land (ancient Canaan) through an unconditional covenant with Abraham Through Abraham's descendants all nations would be blessed through Israel's Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus) God renamed Abraham's grandson Jacob and called him "Israel" If You Found This Helpful, Please Share. SECTION 3: Chapters 2532: Prophecies concerning the Nations. For instance, In the end-time context of the restoration of national Israel, God sets Israel as a banner (or sign) to the nations and gathers Israel and Judah from the four corners of the earth (Isa 11.12). So according to the Bible, Israel today is not occupying Palestinian land. The Timeline of the Old Testament shows the Israelites were in Egypt for about 400 years and then were ruled by judges for about 400 years. How is it to be interpreted? Israels enemies should take note of Gods promises to Israel: Whoever assails you will fall because of you no weapon that is formed against you will prosper (Isa 54.15,17) (about 334 years). Note whether it was by symbolic acts, messages, visions, parables, or signs. As King David exclaimed: Who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make a name for Himself (2 Sam 7.23). On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. SECOND SIEGE the Assyrians begin to attack the Kingdom of Israel and its capital Samaria (2Kings 17:5). Ezra Israel Led into Captivity: 2 Kings 17:6: 721 BC: Strange Nations Transplanted into Samaria: 2 Kings 17:24: 716 BC: Hezekiah's Good Reign: 2 Chronicles 29: 715 BC: Hezekiah proclaims a solemn Passover: . 622 BC (record next to 2Ki 22:3) 2Kings 22:1ff describes the incredible events during the reign of Josiah, the godly king over the southern kingdom of Judah at the time that the book of the law was found in the house of the Lord where it had been lost! Where is it to be placed? She has been on the front line in the War against Terror and has been fighting the Wests battles for it, decades before 9/11 or 7/7 ever happened. This kingdom embraced the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, so Paul called himself a Jew since he was from the tribe of Benjamin (Acts 22:3), and Jesus was a Jew since His lineage is traced to Judah (Lk 3.23-33, Heb 7.14). God wants the church to call His people, wherever they are, back to Himself. m3RCy5S)EzHiDn`r }M{ XN95`,/qh0W9jfA)ZPt{Msp6?5|FK%mn9k{{Z. 2095 BC Abraham moves to the land of Canaan from Ur of the Chaldeans. Why did God do this? As you begin observing this final segment, read Ezek 40:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. So the number 144,000 denotes a people made holy and spiritually complete for God's service. This has been true in history and is true for the future. During this period the Bible is translated into Greek (the Septuagint). Area A is under full control of the Palestinian Authority, Area B is under Palestinian civil control and shared Palestinian and Israeli security control, and Area C (62% of the West Bank) is under full Israeli control. In chapter 8 of Pauls letter to the Romans he spoke a mystery. So God eventually sent them into captivity by the power of the Babylonians. 66 AD Jewish revolt against the Romans. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! He said to his servants, Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. Read through this segment one chapter at a time. The atomic constants and the molecular structure of matter were made through Jesus. Jesus talked about world events at the end of the age in Mat 24.3. 930 BC. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. Acts (THE LORD IS NOT THERE), PROPHECY OF RESTORATION (see Acts 26:7, Jas1:1, Re 21:12 as support that these 10 tribes are not lost). The distinctive thing about Ezekiels foreign oracles, apart from their focus on Tyre and Egypt, is that they are more related to contemporary history than are those of Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Amos. When we look at the History of Israel we see a clear pattern: The Israelites fall into sin, God punishes them with exile and captivity, The Israelites repent of their sins, God saves them from genocide and brings them back to the Promised Land. And it is in the new and perfect earth where God comes and walks with man, as He did in the Garden of Eden. But it is possible for mankind to be translated to an immortal spiritkind like his Creator. This was . Subsequently, the popes who presided in France were known as the antipope. There the pope was heavily influenced by the French king. Importantly, it is this return of Gods people that will eventually bring the nations to know God (Ezek 36.23). 926 BC Kingdom of Israel divides because of Solomons sins. God allows this to happen as punishment for the nation's many sins that they refused to repent of (2Kings 17:7 - 23). Gradual decline of towns, commerce and Jewish communities, 1517 1917: Ottoman rule. was the first King of the Jews. If you don't already own one, I highly recommend you consider purchasing one (Click here) if you are interested in inductive Bible study. Around 1880 the Turks ruled Israel/Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire and there was only a small Jewish presence. Israels eastern border is of particular concern since it involves the West Bank. The history of Israel confirms this thought; Jacobs descendants, the twelve tribes of Israel, the Hebrew Israelites, have suffered but prevailed for 3,000 years. And during the final war against Israel prophecy says that God will again clearly intervene to protect His people: Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle (Zech 14.3). Byzantine Period Reestablished 628638 AD. Babylonian Captivity of the papacy was an interesting time for the Catholic Church. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) Do not be amazed that I said to you, You must be born again.. In Genesis chapter 1 we read that God made mankind male and female and blessed them to be fruitful and multiply. When was this to happen? In John 3 Jesus said: That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Although He paid tribute money to the Assyrian Empire for a few years, he stopped doing so shortly after a new Assyrian ruler, King Shalmaneser V, assumed the throne in 727. But who actually returned? In the first place, God trusted his message to the Jews. 2 Ch 34,35. lessons in math, English, science, history, and more. From the rise of Zionism to the present day, Israel has not been welcomed on the world scene. Genesis tells us that Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which was supposed to make them die. <]>> He who was seated on the throne said, I am making everything new! Then he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. The attackers may also be destroyed by nuclear devices since Malachi 4 refers to a time of fierce heat when invaders are burnt to ashes. 705 Sennacherib becomes king of Assyria. The 1000 denotes 'divine completeness and Father's glory'. The 70 years span the years from the first deportation (605 BC) to the first return after 536 BC, or from the destruction of Solomons Temple in 586 BC to the building of the Second Temple in 516 BC. In July 2006, to take one example at random, Hezbollah crossed the border of Lebanon into Israel and killed eight patrolmen and kidnapped two others, and that summer fired four thousand Katyusha rockets into Israel which killed a further forty-three civilians. This captivity is described in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. These forces blind the nations the politicians, the media, the institutionalized church, the man in the street and the adherents of political Islam such that they believe a lie (2 Thes 2.10,11). 2014: New National Water Carrier completed, based on five desalination plants on the coast. YES! On the day of the covenant, God defined the boundaries as from the river (brook) of Egypt to the River Euphrates (Gen 15.18). Israel is the central player in that spiritual world. Do the Jews have any advantage over the Gentiles? By the end of the Middle Ages, the countrys urban centers were virtually in ruins, most of Jerusalem was abandoned, and the small Jewish community was poverty-stricken. Under the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Israel continues to supply agreed water amounts to Palestinian areas. 0000128092 00000 n A primary reason for the existence of Israel is that she is Gods witness and servant in the world (Isa 43.10). Shalmaneser, angry that no tribute was being paid, and finding out the Hoshea was secretly seeking an Egyptian military alliance, acted swiftly against Israel. This, despite so many of their greatest intellects dying in the gas chambers.. In 1003 BC King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel, and in 960 BC his son Solomon built the first Jewish temple. 2. Around 725 B.C. 403 0 obj <> endobj Certainly, the evidence to date is that each time Arab nations attack Israel, they are defeated and their end-state seems worse than their first. Also list what you learn about the Spirit, heart, and the glory of God. Unfortunately, as long as Arab countries refuse to recognize Israel and continue to attack her, such cohabitation would seem to be impossible. b. What if they hadnt eaten the forbidden fruit and simply obeyed the rules God imposed in Eden? Sennacherib the ruthless commander of the Assyrian army, made aseige. Halloween Special: Why Jesus wasnt a zombie. World History Publishing is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. The Ark of the Covenant, Whilst the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, God instructed them to make an ark out of acacia wood. Paul is saying that both creation and man himself groan due to imperfection and mortality. Tiglath-pileser carried away the trans-Jordanic tribes and the inhabitants of Galilee ( 2 Kgs.
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