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GOD SPEAKS THROUGH MIRACLES

Other than the Lord Jesus Himself, few things in Scripture teach us more about the nature and character of God than that of His relationship with the nation of Israel. Through Israel, we have learned the Lord is our provider, protector, redeemer, enabler, deliverer. As Romans 11:25‑27 says,

I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; for this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins” (NKJV).

Many teach that the church has replaced Israel, and this is nothing more than the proverbial “cut off your nose to spite your face” mistake. In other words, if God cast off those whom He made unconditional and eternal promises to, then we are all in trouble. If He cast off Israel, then He could do the same with the church.

Many who do not believe that modern Israel is biblical Israel also believe that God chooses to save some and not others, and those whom He chooses to save cannot be lost because they are eternally secure. Yet they deny this very thing when it comes to the nation of Israel. If God doesn’t change, then how can their belief that God has cast off modern Israel be true?

So take heart! Learn from Israel that God is faithful to His promises, and not even nearly 2,000 years outside of their national homeland can separate them from His unconditional and everlasting promises. That means we can know, with certainty, that when we blow it—and we all do—that God will remain faithful to us, for He cannot deny Himself.

You won’t find a greater proof of this than the miracle of the regathered nation of Israel, in which God brought His people back into their national homeland.