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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Whole House of Israel, #6
And provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. (Isaiah 61:3—NIV)
When the oaks of righteousness have been prepared, the Redeemer, including all who have matured in Christ, who have come to the stature of the fullness of Christ, will return with Him and turn away godlessness from the elect among the physical Jews. The saints will come from Zion as soon as they have been made ready by the Lord.
"The whole house of Israel," the vast army that will be raised from the dead and return to the land of Israel, includes every true saint of God from the time of Abel through to the remnant of true saints who will be alive on the earth when the Lord returns. They all will be caught up together to be with the Lord that they might return with Him, deliver Jerusalem from the hand of the wicked, and install the Kingdom of God on the earth.
The Lord Jesus Christ will be crowned King on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and there is no authority or power in the heavens, on the earth, or in the dark regions below the surface of the earth that can prevent it.
In that day the Apostles of the Lamb will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Thus all Israel will be saved, that is, all who are of the promise, God's elect. Not just all who are of the Jewish race but those who have been chosen by the Lord, including the elect among the Gentiles.
The Two Sticks
Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, "Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him." Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, "Ephraim's stick, belonging to Joseph and all the house of Israel associated with him."Join them together into one stick so they will become one in your hand. (Ezekiel 37:16,17—NIV)
The two sticks of wood form the cross that reconciles the elect Jews and Gentiles.
By abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. (Ephesians 2:15,16—NIV)
One stick stands for Judah and all the Israelites associated with him.
The second stick stands for Ephraim and all of Israel associated with him.
We Gentiles are included in the second stick, because the prophecy over Ephraim revealed that he would become a group of nations, not just the nation of Israel.
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations." (Genesis 48:19—NIV)
To be continued.