In the “Re-Beginning”

Some people believe there are no viable Jews today, some believe the church has replaced the Jews, and some, such as myself, believe that when Israel once again became a nation on May 15,1948, it disproved the belief that God is finished with the Jews. Since then, prophecy has become like popcorn in a microwave; it starts slowly with a pop here and a pop there, and then it becomes faster and faster until it is finally finished.

The Fig Tree symbolizes the nation of Israel.

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1. THE BIRTH OF A NATION IN JUST ONE DAY.
   
   • Isaiah 66:8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.
     
     
     
2. The birth of Israel is the culmination of many prophecies;
   
   • See Topic: The Regathering, See Topic: Jews in the Diaspora and the regathering for historical events and photos.
     
   • Mark 11:21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
     
     (Prophetically: The nation Israel will cease to exist after they reject Jesus as their Messiah. They will be dispersed across the globe, persecuted, and rejected until, on May 15, 1948, a new generation begins).

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• The Fig Tree throughout scripture is symbolic of the nation Israel. Figs represent Jewish people. The tender leaves on the fig tree are the regathering of the Jewish people, newly budding in the promised land.
  
  • Matthew 24:32-34 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it (or He) is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation (the generation that sees the restoration of Israel) will by no means pass away till all these things take place (The return of Jesus to set up His kingdom on earth.)”
  • See Pop-Up: Definition of a Generation
    
• The disciple Peter declared that the fig tree is the “whole house of Israel” in the Ethiopian edition of the gospel of Peter. It documents the understanding of the early post-apostolic Church that the fig tree was understood by the Jewish Christians to be a clear prophecy of the rebirth of the nation Israel in the last days prior to Christ’s return.
  In this edition, Peter is being quoted “Hast thou not grasped that the fig-tree is the house of Israel?”

• The symbolism of the fig tree being the “whole house of Israel” in the non-canonical Apocalypse of Peter, (Ethiopic Edition) ~100 AD states “Hast thou not grasped that the fig tree is the house of Israel”.

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• Another culmination of this prophecy is the Valley of Dry Bones wherein the nation Israel is prophesied to come back to life.
  
  • Ezekiel 37:4 “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! ⁵ Thus says the Lord God to these bones: ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. ⁶ I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
    (The Valley of Dry Bones is coming back to life. Not until the end of the tribulation era of seven years will she receive her “breath” ie, Holy Spirit).
    
    

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The concept of the nonexistence of “true Jews” just doesn’t make biblical sense to me on several levels. First, DNA tests prove otherwise; and secondly, God promised they would never cease to exist, that there would always be a remnant.

My source will always be the Word of God. God is not a liar and cannot lie. I cannot put my faith in churches or pastors, which ignore God’s promises to the Jews.

• DNA Proof:
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  • In 2000, M. Hammer, et al. conducted a study on 1,371 men and definitively established that part of the paternal gene pool of Jewish communities in Europe, North Africa and Middle East came from a common Middle East ancestral population. They suggested that most Jewish communities in the Diaspora remained relatively isolated and endogamous compared to non-Jewish neighbor populations.
    
    ^{Ostrer H, Skorecki K (February 2013). “The population genetics of the Jewish people”. Human Genetics. 132 (2): 119–27. doi:10.1007/s00439-012-1235-6. PMC3543766. PMID23052947.
    Nebel A, Filon D, Brinkmann B, Majumder PP, Faerman M, Oppenheim A (November 2001). “The Y chromosome pool of Jews as part of the genetic landscape of the Middle East”. American Journal of Human Genetics. 69 (5): 1095–112. doi:10.1086/324070.}

• God’s promise:
  Jeremiah 31:36 “(Only) If those ordinances (laws of the universe) depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.” (In other words, its never going to happen.)

No one believed such a thing could happen, not even the organized church through the ages. The nation had been “dead” for approx. 2,000 years, being nothing but “dry bones”.

Isaac Newton disagreed with the concept of the church replacing the Jews; he insisted that scripture indicated there would be a new Jewish nation literally. He spent the second half of his life scrutinizing prophecy.

The nation and the language were resurrected from the dead, just as Ezekiel prophesied in Ezekiel 37 and 38 when the valley of dry bones stood up and became a nation. Not only was the nation resurrected, but the Hebrew language was resurrected, the first “dead” language to do so. Even an extinct Palm Tree was discovered.

God Himself declared He would never, ever abandon the Jews.

Jeremiah 31:³⁵ “Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs the sea,
And its waves roar
(The Lord of hosts is His name):

³⁶ “If those ordinances depart
From before Me, says the Lord,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”

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Up From the Dead