Hi there,
So this is a hard concept to grasp, because many of you will not be familiar with the concept of "Sons of the Kingdom", nor "Israel removed from the Middle East". Jesus says the kingdom is within you (gospels, from memory), and from that we are able to understand that sons are born to that kingdom, but why would they be born in the Middle East, if the nation of Israel (from which Salvation comes) is not there? The answer is that there will be faith in the Middle East, even if Israel is not there.
Jesus said "the kingdom of God will be taken from you [Israel] and given to another nation, bearing the fruits of it" (again gospels, from memory). That is where the notion of Israel being taken out of the Middle East is grounded (scripturally). What you may not have considered, is holding these concepts together: that there is a massive birth of the sons of the Kingdom, where that vacuum is left. This will be a healing of the wound left by Armageddon (the event that prestages the second exodus, of Israel out of the Middle East). In other words, Christ will Himself be near to Israel's enemies in the sons of the kingdom ("a man's enemies will be enemies of his own household" gospels, from memory) that are born to them.
The point is that God does not just leave a vacuum, even when Israel's days go elsewhere, He still thinks of those who are with Him in the Middle East. This is compassion! This is love! Can you see the struggle? The struggle to leave the past behind? So anyway, if you think this is strange, you can always pray about it - the Holy Spirit won't bring it to mind, if it's not the truth. What I am hoping is that you will say "praise God! He will never leave us nor forsake us!"? The power of knowing that your enemies will not be left without the presence of God, is something that gives us peace in eternity - it is not supposed to be something that you compare yourself to others with.
I hope this has been of some encouragement to you.
God bless.
So this is a hard concept to grasp, because many of you will not be familiar with the concept of "Sons of the Kingdom", nor "Israel removed from the Middle East". Jesus says the kingdom is within you (gospels, from memory), and from that we are able to understand that sons are born to that kingdom, but why would they be born in the Middle East, if the nation of Israel (from which Salvation comes) is not there? The answer is that there will be faith in the Middle East, even if Israel is not there.
Jesus said "the kingdom of God will be taken from you [Israel] and given to another nation, bearing the fruits of it" (again gospels, from memory). That is where the notion of Israel being taken out of the Middle East is grounded (scripturally). What you may not have considered, is holding these concepts together: that there is a massive birth of the sons of the Kingdom, where that vacuum is left. This will be a healing of the wound left by Armageddon (the event that prestages the second exodus, of Israel out of the Middle East). In other words, Christ will Himself be near to Israel's enemies in the sons of the kingdom ("a man's enemies will be enemies of his own household" gospels, from memory) that are born to them.
The point is that God does not just leave a vacuum, even when Israel's days go elsewhere, He still thinks of those who are with Him in the Middle East. This is compassion! This is love! Can you see the struggle? The struggle to leave the past behind? So anyway, if you think this is strange, you can always pray about it - the Holy Spirit won't bring it to mind, if it's not the truth. What I am hoping is that you will say "praise God! He will never leave us nor forsake us!"? The power of knowing that your enemies will not be left without the presence of God, is something that gives us peace in eternity - it is not supposed to be something that you compare yourself to others with.
I hope this has been of some encouragement to you.
God bless.