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HAS ISRAEL A FUTURE?
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Psalm 89:1-8, 28-34

Romans 11:25-36

 

“Great peace have they

which love Thy law…”

 

HAS ISRAEL A FUTURE?
 
a) God’s Word cannot be broken. God called Abraham and sealed the call by an everlasting covenant (Gen 12, 15, 17). The promise was renewed to Isaac, Jacob and David. To Jacob, He said, “… I… will give this land… for an everlasting possession” (Gen 48:4); to David, “Thy seed will I establish for ever… my mercy will I keep for him for evermore… my covenant will I not break…” (Ps 89:4, 28, 34). God has spoken. His Word cannot be broken.
 
b) God is regathering Israel. Through their thousands of years of suffering, bondage in foreign lands, dispersion and decimation by Gentile enemies, God has not forgotten Israel. In spite of their obstinacy and repeated rebellion, God has not cast them away. But in the fullness of time, He is regathering them, according to His promise: “For, lo, the days come... that I will bring again the captivity of my people…” (Jer 30:3; cf. Isa 14:1).
 
c) God is chastening Israel. Despite the chastening already received from God, Israel today persists in unbelief. The majority today are atheists. Therefore, God will further chasten them, for His plan cannot be frustrated. “I will punish you for all your iniquities” (Amos 3:2). The dreaded day of Jacob’s trouble is yet to come (Jer 30:5-7).
 
d) God will yet save Israel. All of God’s dealings with Israel are working toward her eventual conversion. God will take away their blindness (Rom 11:25), and “they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn... as one mourneth for his only son” (Zech 12:10). “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins” (Rom 11:26-27).
 
THOUGHT: Israel will be saved when Jesus returns (Rom 11:26-27).
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for Thy love and mercy to Israel. I thank Thee, too, for Thy love and mercy to me.

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