The Lord Will Gather You
Today’s Text: Deuteronomy 30:1-10
YOM HA’ATZMAUT: Israel Independence Day

The following Bible passage is a powerful reminder of God’s prophesied intervention to draw His Chosen People back to the land given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 

DEUTERONOMY 30:1-10

“Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, and you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you.

If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you.

Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land, which your fathers possessed and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

Also the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments, which I command you today.

The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. 

For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Yom Ha’atzmaut is the celebration of Israel’s spontaneous, miraculous and supernatural rebirth! Today, you are a witness to that reality!

Charles E. McCracken is an international Bible teacher, long-time friend of Israel and advocate for the Jewish people. With 40 plus years of ministry experience, Rev. McCracken is known for authenticity in communicating biblical truth that makes his presentations relevant for those seeking to understand the significance of Israel and the church in Bible prophecy. He staunchly supports the nation of Israel and the Jewish people’s right to exist and live in peace.

© Charles E. McCracken 2016, devotional comments only. Repost/Reprint with permission from the author via Contact Form under ABOUT. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Emphasis added.)

IMAGES:
1) Nighttime view of Israel from space. By NASA Earth Observatory [Public domain-Hubble], via Wikimedia Commons – Enhancement: MKM Portfolios
2) By PlanetUser (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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