Question: I read a post of yours which said the following, "The ONLY nation ever to be formed in ONE DAY. This fact happened in 1948, but was foretold 2700 years earlier by the biblical prophet Isaiah:
“Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” Prophet (Isaiah 66:8).
Israel became a nation/reborn on May 14, 1948.
GLORY TO GOD!"
The Israel born in one day is not the one you are referring to.
When Isaiah said, "Before she goes into labor, she gives birth, before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son." (Isaiah 66:7), he was speaking about the woman of Revelation 12 and the birth of the Messiah.
When saying,"Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion (Jerusalem) in labour than she gives birth to her children (Isa 66:8). He was referring to the brothers of the son, the other children (Rev 12:17; Gal 4:26; Heb 2:11).
What is your take on it?
Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful and glorious name!
Here is what Isaiah the prophet foretold, "Before she goes into labour, she gives birth, before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son."(Isaiah 66:7). Note the phrase, "Before she goes into labour", which means Israel as a nation to be born in a day happens before the Great Tribulation which is "Jacob's Trouble" (Jer 30:4-6, 7), which she will enter in to it "like a woman in labor" in the near soon coming future. This is what has accurately has happened in May 14, 1948.
God said to Pharaoh through Moses, 'Thus says the LORD: "Israel is My son, My firstborn. So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn."' (Exo 4:22-23). Further God reaffirms this point to Jeremiah the prophet saying ,"For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn." (Jer 31:9). So it is not just Ephraim or Judah, but both were joined together as His first born son and once again has become the rightful inheritor of God's promises in the realm of physical existence (Ezek 37:19).
But in the Spiritual Realm as the Church which is the rightful inheritor of God's promises remain on earth now, the nation of Israel is jealous about its greatness and existence (Rev 3:9; Rom 1:11, 14), once Rapture happens the Church will be taken up as "the earth opens it mouth and swallow [s]... up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of His mouth" (Rev 12:16). Thus the Rapture will make the Church get married to Jesus Christ, and will thereafter be settled in the New Heaven and New Earth, but the Jewish "servants of God" in Israel 12000 out of each of the 12 tribes, total 144000 remnant of Israel will be sealed by God and kept through the Great Tribulation of those times (Rev 7:1-8), for them to enter His Millennial rule and get multiplied to be used as a blessing to the new world that is coming to this earth. The prophets of OT foresaw this scenario of Israel as a reborn nation in our times and also thereafter going through the Great Tribulation, and said the following, "Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah [(i.e.) completely annihilated]" (Isa 1:9; Rom 9:29). Hallelujah! God is faithful to His sons and daughters, and His covenant inheritors both the Church as the Spiritual inheritor of God in the new heaven and new earth, and Israel as the Physical inheritor of God on earth! GLORY!
The elect of Matthew 24 is not speaking about the woman of Rev 12, because there "the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child (i.e. Jesus Christ) as soon as it was born...She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations...her Child was caught up to God and His Throne." (Rev 12:4, 5). The above verse without doubt speaks not about the nation of Israel or even the people of God the Church, but rather it speaks about the birth, death, resurrection life of Jesus Christ and His ascension to be seated at the right hand of the throne of God in the City of God in heaven which is New Jerusalem the spiritual headquarters of the Church, which is the seat of sovereign power to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
Here is the context of the Elect from Matt 24:21-22, 31, "21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
We see that when Christ comes around the Matt 24:30 time, it says when the, "... sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." This above verse clearly conveys to us that, at the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of the sorry state of their human existence which will be near to extinction especially of the believer because of Antichrist's hate to hunt and kill them whenever they are hiding for their lives (Matt 25:31-46), and these will see the Lord Jesus coming, they will see Him in their human flesh and body they were living in. But the Tribulation saints, with a resurrection euphemism, is said to be gathered together as His elect by the angels from all the earth, because all of their spirit were taken from heaven from under the holy altar of God and were let loose to rise up and be a blessing to the whole earth (Rev 6:9-11; Matt 23:34-36; Rev 20:4-6), the language of which is very much related to resurrection victory over death (1 Cor 15:50-58). This shows that this is absolutely speaking not about those alive and see the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but rather without an iota of doubt speaks about the Tribulation martyrs who have died for the name of Jesus Christ, and will be rising up to live for a thousand years in their physical body, and at the end of the Millennial rule all of Jesus Christ, these martyred who were resurrected in their physical body will rise up in their glorious body (Matt 24:31; Rev 20:4-6). Hallelujah! .
So the bottom line is, the elect of Matt 24:21-22, 31 speaks about the saints who are left behind from the Church who are called in Rev 12:17 as the woman's offspring, who will believe in Jesus Christ at that time and will be ready to die, and also will die as martyrs for His Holy Name, which will be the greatest end time soul harvest of God. Where as, millions and millions of martyrs will enter in to the Kingdom of Heaven, through faith which makes them the believing Great Tribulation Saints of the end of end time (Rev 7:9-17). And thus inherit the Millennial reign of Jesus and the Church as priest to reign from this Old Jerusalem from the present earth we live in their physical bodies for the Glory of God (Rev 14:12-13, 14-16; 20:4-6). Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
Much Blessings......
Much Blessings......
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