The Two Gatherings of Jews in Israel

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I was recently asked about my article entitled “The Two Regatherings for the Jews in Israel” of which I have emphasized that the gathering of the Jews today back to Israel is a fulfillment of a Bible prophecy. The question is this: “If the modern day state of Israel is a fulfilment of Bible prophecy, why is it that there has been no peace there?” Behind his question is the assumption that if God is behind this re-gathering of Israel then there should also be His blessing and peace. I pointed out to him that the prophets who spoke of the re-gathering of Israel back into the land also spoke of them coming back in unbelief and also of the difficulty that would then come upon that nation (before their eventual salvation and the return of the Lord to riegn in Israel). Their re-gathering is for eventual blessing but there is the time of Jacob’s trouble before that.

Here is an example:

Jer. 30:3-7 “For behold, days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The LORD says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it. ‘” (4) Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: (5) “For thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard a sound of terror; of dread, and there is no peace. (6) ‘Ask now, and see if a male can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? (7) ‘Alas! For that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved from it.”

This prophecy of Jeremiah is two-fold:

1. The Time of Jacob’s distress or the sound of terror

2. The restoration of the fortunes of Israel.