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== Fullfilment of the prophecies in ancient and recent times ==
== Fullfilment of the prophecies in ancient and recent times ==
In chapter 36 through to chapter 39, the Lord speaks on several occasions that he will drive the Jewish people out of their landand scatter them among the gentile nations as a punishment for their corruption and iniquities.
In chapter 36 through to chapter 39, the Lord speaks on several occasions that he will drive the Jewish people out of their land and scatter them among the gentile nations as a punishment for their corruption and iniquities.
For example,
For example,
"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them." Ezekiel 36:16-19 KJV
"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them." Ezekiel 36:16-19 KJV
This prophecy was literally fullfilled in 70 AD when the state of Israel was invaded and destroyed by the Roman Empire. This resulted in the Israeli people being driven out of their own country and forced to live in foreign lands where they were often met with brutal persecution, contempt and scathing slander. Please note that the slander which the Jews would receive from in the gentile lands was also prophecized several times in the same book (Chapters 36-39). As we know from history, the Jews would continue to be a wandering people among gentiles without a state of their own until the restoration of the state of Israel in 1948.
This prophecy was literally fullfilled in 70 AD when the state of Israel was invaded and destroyed by the Roman Empire. This resulted in the Israeli people being driven out of their own country and forced to live in foreign lands where they were often met with brutal persecution, contempt and scathing slander. Please note that the slander which the Jews would receive in the gentile lands was also prophecized several times in the same book (Chapters 36-39). As we know from history, the Jews would continue to be a wandering people among gentiles without a state of their own until the restoration of the state of Israel in 1948.
In addition, the prophecy that the people of Isreal would ultimately be forgiven by the Lord, allowed to return to their original land and once again prosper in the glory of the Lord was also literally fullfilled in 1948.
In addition, the prophecy that the people of Isreal would ultimately be forgiven by the Lord, allowed to return to their original land and once again prosper in the glory of the Lord was also literally fullfilled in 1948.
"And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all." Ezekiel 37:21-22 KJV
"And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all." Ezekiel 37:21-22 KJV
Israel was miraculously restored as a state in 1948 in accordance to prophetic scripture, followed by the resettlement of millions of Jews who returned from various non-Jewish nations including USA, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc states.
Israel was miraculously restored as a state in 1948 in accordance with prophetic scripture, followed by the resettlement of millions of Jews who returned from various non-Jewish nations including USA, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc states.
Since the messages of the restoration of the Israel state given to the prophet Ezekiel are not just given once but are repeated several times through three chapters (36-39) for emphasis, and since they are very concrete and specific (as opposed to symbolic or figurative), this leaves us with no room for doubt that the Old Testament prophecies have been literally fullfilled in modern times, and are continuing to unfold before our eyes as the intervention in human history of the Lord himself. Since the fullfillment of this Israeli state restoration prophecy, the preterist approach which liberal Theologians and secular scholars take towards Bible prophecy has lost much of its credability.
Since the messages of the restoration of the Israel state given to the prophet Ezekiel are not just given once but are repeated several times for emphasis throughout the three chapters (36-39), and since they are very concrete and specific (as opposed to symbolic or figurative), this leaves us with no room for doubt that the Old Testament prophecies have been literally fullfilled in modern times, and are continuing to unfold before our eyes as acts of divine intervention in human history by the Lord himself. Since the fullfillment of this Israeli state restoration prophecy, the preterist approach which liberal Theologians and secular scholars tend to take towards Bible prophecy has lost much of its credability.