THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

CHAPTER XIX
"SHALL ISRAEL BE RESTORED As A NATION?"
Under the above title
a writer, in a recent issue of
a religious periodical, undertakes to give scriptural
evidence in support of the doctrine that the natural
seed of Jacob are hereafter to be reconstituted as an
earthly nation, and as such are to reoccupy the land
of Canaan.
This attempt is commendable. For it is surely incumbent
upon those who uphold the doctrine above
referred to, to bring clear proof thereof from the
Word of God. Moreover, it will help the reader to form
his own independent judgment on the important matter
we are considering, if we call his attention to the
passages of Scripture relied upon by those who hold
the doctrine of the national restoration of Israel.
What evidences then does this
writer advance?
First he quotes Jeremiah 31 : 35-37 ;
and to this passage
particular heed should be given; for of course
the first witness will be one upon whose testimony special
reliance is placed. Here is the passage:
"Thus saith the Lord that giveth the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by
night, that divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; the
LORD of hosts is His name: If those ordinances depart from
before Me, then the seed of Israel shall cease from being a nation
before Me forever. Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above
can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched
out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all
that they have done, saith the Lord."
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