With Israel surviving for thousands of years while the surrounding countries have disappeared from history - just as the Bible predicts - it should come as no surprise to anyone that Israel will continue forever.
Grant Jeffrey explains it well in his book "Apocalypse, The Coming Judgment Of The Nations:"
" The Bible clearly teaches that Israel will continue as a nation under the Messiah forever. The triumphant words of Isaiah declare that Christ will rule forever in Jerusalem from the throne of David. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His Kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever" (Isaiah 9:6,7).
After almost two thousand years of exile among the nations, the Jews finally returned to the Promised Land in fulfillment of the prophecies of Ezekiel 37, the vision of the valley of dry bones. No other ancient nation, which had ceased to exist, has ever returned to national life. Yet Israel was reborn in "one day" as Isaiah 66:8 declared. "Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children." (In Grant Jeffrey's book "Armageddon - Appointment With Destiny" he shows how Israel was reborn on May 15, 1948 at the precise time foretold by the prophecy of Ezekiel 4:4-6).
Furthermore, Israel recovered its ancient Hebrew language, exactly as foretold by the prophet Zephaniah, "For then I will restore the peoples a pure language, then they may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord" (Zephaniah 3:9). None of the other ancient nations speak their age-old languages. Today, King David could walk the streets of Jerusalem and be understood in his biblical language, Hebrew. This is both a great miracle and a tremendous fulfillment of prophecy.
In the prophecies of Jeremiah, God declared that His covenant with Israel was unbreakable and will continue forever, comparing it with the eternal nature of the sun, moon and stars. "Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, and its waves roar, the Lord of hosts is His name: 'If those ordinances depart from before me,' says the Lord, 'Then the seed of Israel shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever'" (Jeremiah 31:35,36). After describing the miraculous return to the Holy Land, Ezekiel confirmed that Israel will remain in the Promised Land forever. "Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever." This passage proves that God's promise to Israel will continue forever. It also shows that the men and women of the Millennium and New Earth will continue having children forever."
By George Konig
September 18, 2005
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