The Lord has never hidden His love for Israel. As they contemplated the destruction of their nation, Isaiah was called upon to also remind them restoration followed. God’s timing is His own and history reminds us that Israel’s restoration as a nation was never really completed until 1948. Still, God did restore His people. He used the world after WWII to bring the Israeli people home from across Europe and the world. Now Israel stands as an independent nation with influence across the globe.
Then and now, God has laid claim to HIs people. That is why those that honor God honor Israel. It is also why those who hate God want Israel wiped from the map. One can never underestimate the power of the tiny nation. As God loves His people Israel, He also loves those around the world that have chosen to have a personal relationship with Him. They are His adopted children and have the same devotion.
As one of His chosen, we must live and act as the devoted ones. Hide the word of God in our hearts. Pray without ceasing. Do not forsake the meeting and fellowship with other believers. Instead, simply trust God and humbly follow His lead in our lives. If we will, Like Israel, we will experience God’s restoration in our lives.
God Bless You
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob.
Once again, He will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you,
4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury[a] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”
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