2,500 years ago, the prophecy foretelling the divine appointment of Israel's independence was spoken. Today, as Monday's sundown arrived, Israelis began their celebration of Yom Ha'Atzmaut, a day that signifies the transformation of mourning into joy, celebrating 76 years of independence!
📖"Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For as soon as Zion was in labor, she brought forth her children?" (Isaiah 66:8)
👉🏼Before Jesus discusses the end times in Matthew 24, He lays some groundwork.
📖“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! Matthew 23:37
💙When He said this, He was expressing His deep longing to bring all Jewish people into His loving care. Despite their rejection of Him and the prophets that God had sent to them, Jesus still loved them deeply and wanted to care for them.
💓Jesus' use of the word "often" indicates the persistence of His longing to gather His people together. It suggests that Jesus had repeatedly tried to reach out to them, to draw them close to Himself, and to offer them His love and grace. It reveals his unending compassion and tireless efforts to bring them into his arms, despite their resistance and rejection.
⛔The phrase "but you were not willing" highlights the free will of the people and their refusal to accept Jesus' invitation. It conveys a sense of sorrow and disappointment on Jesus' part, as He genuinely desired to gather them together, but they chose not to accept His love and salvation.
🤍This statement is a powerful declaration of Jesus' love for them and us. It is a reminder that no matter how far we may have strayed from Him, His love for us never fades, and He is always ready to gather us under His wings and bring us back into His loving care. It conveys the idea that Jesus desires to protect us from harm, to comfort us in times of distress, and to guide us towards the path of salvation.
🔊Israel: The end time is here. Jesus is making a new path for you, and the great tribulation that He foretold is around the corner. After a period of suffering, a new birth awaits you and you will believe in Him.
It's time to open your Bible and read Isaiah 53, the "forbidden chapter," to understand the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, YOUR Messiah!
"He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes, we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, everyone, to his way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth." Is 53
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⚠️ IS TIME TO BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH, YESHUA HAMASHIACH
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Believe Jesus is the Son of God, who shed His blood for you, died on the cross for our sins, He was buried and resurrected during the third day, according to the Scriptures, so we can have eternal life with Him.
The moment you believe in Him and that He died for your sins - you're saved, justified, sealed until the day of redemption, and rapture ready!
The Holy Spirit will come to live inside of you - He will help you, guide you, change you, and be with you FOREVER!
📖"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:16-18)
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