"Brit-Am
Now"-12
05/11/2002
1.
"Brit-Am Now"-12
Contents:
1. Sharon Lindstrom: Future of the Nations?
2. Steve Collins: Millenium Empire?
3. Joan Griffith: 1/10 will be left
From: Sharon Lindstrom
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-11
Hi Yair,
If you have space perhaps you could post
some of the references in
scripture regarding the future of the
nations. Scripture doesn't seem to
indicate that everyone left will all be
living in the Israel region --
rather, the remnant, or those who are
left of all the nations will be living
all over the earth and all will recognize
and worship G-d and consider
Jerusalem their governing capital.
(PS: there are many more passages like
these below)....
Psalm 22:27-28 All the ends of the world
shall remember and turn unto the
LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before thee. For the
kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the
governor among the nations.
Psalm 67:2-7 That thy way may be known
upon earth, thy saving health among
all nations. Let the people praise thee,
O God; let all the people praise
thee. O let the nations be glad and sing
for joy: for thou shalt judge the
people righteously, and govern the nations
upon earth. Selah. Let the
people praise thee, O God; let all the
people praise thee. [Then] shall the
earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even]
our own God, shall bless us. God
shall bless us; and all the ends of the
earth shall fear him.
Psalm 72 [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the
king thy judgments, O God, and thy
righteousness unto the king's son. He
shall judge thy people with
righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
The mountains shall bring peace
to the people, and the little hills, by
righteousness. He shall judge the
poor of the people, he shall save the
children of the needy, and shall break
in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear
thee as long as the sun and moon
endure, throughout all generations. He
shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass: as showers [that] water the
earth. In his days shall the
righteous flourish; and abundance of peace
so long as the moon endureth. He
shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
and from the river unto the ends
of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness
shall bow before him; and
his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings
of Tarshish and of the isles
shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba
and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea,
all kings shall fall down before him:
all nations shall serve him.
Psalm 82:6 Arise, O God, judge the earth:
for thou shalt inherit all
nations.
Isaiah 2:2 -4 And it shall come to pass
in the last days, [that] the
mountain of the LORD'S house shall be
established in the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall
flow unto it. And many people shall go
and say, Come ye, and let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, to the house
of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk
in his paths: for out of Zion shall
go forth the law, and the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall
judge among the nations....
2. Shalom Yair,
I have another possible solution to the
question of where will all the
Israelites be placed in the Messianic
Age.
Whether the Messianic Age begins with
many or few Israelites (i.e. "a
remnant"), it seems evident that the blessings
of a huge population for the
Israelites will be fulfilled in the Messianic
Age. This would fulfill the
blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant that
his birthright descendants would
be as numerous as the sands of the sea
or the stars of heaven. Therefore,
the question becomes: Where will they
all go to when their numbers become
this great during the Millennium?
I see a probable answer in the historical
precedents of what occurred in
the time of Kings David and Solomon when
the tribes were last united under
single rulers. The initial years of Solomon's
reign are, in my view, a
type of what will occur in the Messianic
Age. Solomon was a great king
ruling from a "world capital" in Jerusalem
in an era of world peace and
enlightenment. The wealth of the earth
flowed to Jerusalem, and the
nations of the earth sent ambassadors
and contingents to observe the Feast
of Tabernacles. I see in this historical
period a type of the future
Messianic Age.
During Solomon's time, the Israelites
were not confined to their
territorial allotments in the Promised
Land. The Israelites (the dominant
power in the "Phoenician Empire" of that
time) had major colonies in North
Africa, Spain, European coastlands, the
British Isles and even the New
World. Based on this precedent, I believe
that while the Israelite tribes
will have contingents of people living
in their ancient Promised Land
tribal allotments during the Messianic
Age, they will also have many
overseas habitations as well.
God foretold in Genesis 28:14 that the
Israelites would colonize in all
directions and spread abroad on the face
of the earth. This blessing was
focused primarily on the tribes of Ephraim
and Manasseh in Genesis 49:22
where the tribes of Joseph are likened
to a vining plant "by a well"
(nations near water) which send out "branches"
(colonies) to locations
located away from the root of the plant.
This was especially fulfilled in
the 20th century when "the sun never set
on the British Empire" and the USA
was a single great nation (Genesis 48:19)
I believe this aspect of the Abrahamic
Covenant will apply to the tribes of
Joseph and the rest of the Israelite tribes
in the Messianic Age as well.
This would indicate that while the tribes
will be "rooted" in their old
territorial allotments, they will spread
abroad and inhabit regions of the
earth far from the Promised Land. Given
the precedent of where the
Israelites colonized under King Solomon,
we would expect those locations to
include Europe, the British Isles, North
America and even Austral-Asian
regions (where evidence has now placed
the ancient Phoenicians as well).
Since we find Israelite tribes living
in these locations already today, it
is likely that these regions will also
be Israelite habitations in the
Messianic Age.
Steve Collins
3. From: Joan Griffith
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-11
And don't forget, the prophets say "My
people will pass under the rod"
which means that only 1/10 of Israel (not
only Judah) will be left.
Insurers are talking about nuclear events
here in America (because they
don't cover acts of God or acts of war).
All in all, the prophets predicted a horrible
war, but after that, the
Messiah will bring in peace, and there
will yet be old people and children
playing in the streets, and what I like
to think about: every man will sit
under his own vine and fig tree.
Joan Griffith
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