WEBVTT

00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:03.149
Today I'm going to begin a new series of messages

00:00:03.149 --> 00:00:10.830
that I pray with all of my heart will be a real

00:00:10.830 --> 00:00:16.429
inspiration, a genuine blessing to you. I mean

00:00:16.429 --> 00:00:21.649
that. I want more than anything in the world

00:00:21.649 --> 00:00:27.649
that this new series of messages shall do something

00:00:27.649 --> 00:00:31.050
to you that will take you deeper in the things

00:00:31.050 --> 00:00:33.770
of God than you have ever gone before, that will

00:00:33.770 --> 00:00:36.969
make you appreciate your salvation more than

00:00:36.969 --> 00:00:40.509
ever, and that will give you a clearer understanding

00:00:40.509 --> 00:00:45.990
and knowledge of the Word of God. This new series

00:00:45.990 --> 00:00:51.509
of messages will be on the resurrection. And

00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:55.520
as I... close my little heart -to -heart talk

00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.659
today. I'll go just as far as I possibly can.

00:00:58.100 --> 00:01:03.880
Then I shall continue with the same subject in

00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.120
my next heart -to -heart talk with you until

00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:12.459
we have covered all three of these resurrections.

00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:20.400
For the Scriptures clearly speak of three definite

00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:25.590
kinds of resurrection. a national resurrection,

00:01:25.950 --> 00:01:33.069
a spiritual resurrection, and that all -important

00:01:33.069 --> 00:01:37.790
resurrection, the material resurrection. All

00:01:37.790 --> 00:01:40.430
right, for just a very few minutes, let's begin

00:01:40.430 --> 00:01:46.670
with the national resurrection. Of course, this

00:01:46.670 --> 00:01:50.469
refers to Israel. And in the sixth chapter of

00:01:50.469 --> 00:01:53.959
Hosea, in the Old Testament, the first two verses,

00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:57.840
we read these words, Come, and let us return

00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:04.120
unto the Lord, for he hath torn, and he will

00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:10.240
heal us. He hath smitten, and he will bind us

00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:17.360
up, and after two days he will revive us. In

00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:23.169
the third day he will raise us up. and we shall

00:02:23.169 --> 00:02:28.830
live in His sight. Oh, let me repeat a part of

00:02:28.830 --> 00:02:31.389
that. This is very marvelous to remember something.

00:02:31.569 --> 00:02:34.389
This is the very day, this is the very generation

00:02:34.389 --> 00:02:38.490
that this portion of the Word of God is being

00:02:38.490 --> 00:02:44.930
fulfilled before our very eyes. After two days,

00:02:45.930 --> 00:02:50.710
Will he revive us? And in the third day he will

00:02:50.710 --> 00:02:57.689
raise us up and we shall live in his sight. There

00:02:57.689 --> 00:03:01.569
are several things in this passage worth noting.

00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:06.469
First, we see from the context that the words

00:03:06.469 --> 00:03:10.889
of the prophet are addressed conclusively to

00:03:10.889 --> 00:03:14.590
the Jewish people and to the whole twelve tribes.

00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.599
And these twelve tribes are represented by Ephraim

00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.719
and Judah. Read it. It's there. The sixth chapter

00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:29.900
of Hosea. And it is the whole house of Israel

00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:34.639
that says, Come and let us return unto the Lord.

00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:41.080
In these words, we have the cry of repentance,

00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.900
not of an individual. But it's to cry repentance

00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:49.300
of a nation that has been torn and smitten by

00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:53.639
the Lord. It's not to cry a person's dead in

00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:58.180
their graves. The healing does not refer to a

00:03:58.180 --> 00:04:03.599
resurrection from the dead. And the binding means

00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:10.379
that the whole twelve tribes will... be rebound

00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:18.600
into one nation again in their own land. The

00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:23.860
expression, will revive us, does not mean a resurrection

00:04:23.860 --> 00:04:28.899
from physical death. For the word revive simply

00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:34.300
means what we mean when we speak of a revival

00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:40.300
religion, which is a... spiritual and not a physical

00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:46.439
resurrection. Now, the remarkable statement in

00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.779
the passage, this passage that I've just now

00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:51.560
given to you, to me the most remarkable thing

00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:57.019
about the whole passage is the time of the revival.

00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:06.560
It says after two days. It's clear that those

00:05:06.910 --> 00:05:12.649
Two days are not literal days or 24 hours. No.

00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:18.269
For more than two such days have gone by. Sure.

00:05:19.410 --> 00:05:22.589
For these words were spoken by the prophet about

00:05:22.589 --> 00:05:31.649
B .C. 780 or about 2700 years ago. And... therefore,

00:05:31.769 --> 00:05:35.769
must be interpreted on the scale of that one

00:05:35.769 --> 00:05:42.509
day is with the Lord as a thousand years. Go

00:05:42.509 --> 00:05:46.430
to 2 Peter, the third chapter, and it's about

00:05:46.430 --> 00:05:49.310
the eighth verse. And you'll find the scripture

00:05:49.310 --> 00:05:56.689
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years.

00:05:57.490 --> 00:06:01.290
Taking that scale of time, We see that Israel

00:06:01.290 --> 00:06:06.790
is now well along in the third thousand years

00:06:06.790 --> 00:06:14.310
of her rejection. And it's been during this generation,

00:06:14.610 --> 00:06:21.149
our generation, that the Jews have been regathered

00:06:21.149 --> 00:06:26.790
and are now a nation and Israel is recognized.

00:06:27.610 --> 00:06:32.509
as a nation by all other nations in the world.

00:06:32.829 --> 00:06:35.269
Oh, to me, that's thrilling. It's marvelous.

00:06:35.410 --> 00:06:38.269
You know, if it were suggested that we discuss

00:06:38.269 --> 00:06:41.089
the future of any other nation than the Jewish

00:06:41.089 --> 00:06:45.370
nation, I, for one, would not attempt it. The

00:06:45.370 --> 00:06:49.449
task would be simply a speculative one based

00:06:49.449 --> 00:06:53.610
on probabilities that would be likely to be upset

00:06:53.610 --> 00:06:57.009
by unforeseen circumstances. But I want you to

00:06:57.009 --> 00:07:01.350
know something. The Jewish nation has the unique

00:07:01.350 --> 00:07:08.310
distinction of having for its historian the Holy

00:07:08.310 --> 00:07:15.170
Spirit, who has not simply recorded the past

00:07:15.170 --> 00:07:21.329
history of that nation, but has outlined the

00:07:21.329 --> 00:07:27.110
future. We have the history, the complete history

00:07:27.110 --> 00:07:31.649
of the Jewish people so far as their past is

00:07:31.649 --> 00:07:36.449
concerned. If you want to know the future of

00:07:36.449 --> 00:07:39.889
the Jewish people, if you want to know the future

00:07:39.889 --> 00:07:45.029
of Israel, turn to God's precious word. Turn

00:07:45.029 --> 00:07:49.930
to the Bible. And we have a perfect revelation.

00:07:51.889 --> 00:07:55.970
regarding the future of this nation. Isn't that

00:07:55.970 --> 00:08:01.009
marvelous? Oh, beloved, this should be not only

00:08:01.009 --> 00:08:04.970
very thrilling to you and to me as Gentiles,

00:08:05.089 --> 00:08:07.329
but I should think this would be one of the most

00:08:07.329 --> 00:08:09.110
thrilling things in the world to the Jewish people.

00:08:11.230 --> 00:08:16.730
Oh, this to me is marvelous. You know, long before

00:08:16.730 --> 00:08:23.089
Israel... became a nation in our generation.

00:08:23.370 --> 00:08:28.329
And of course that took place in 1948. May the

00:08:28.329 --> 00:08:33.110
16th, 1948, when again the Jews were gathered

00:08:33.110 --> 00:08:37.450
together and Israel was acknowledged, accepted

00:08:37.450 --> 00:08:41.970
as a nation. Your generation, my generation,

00:08:42.169 --> 00:08:45.049
and yet this thing was prophesied 2 ,500 years

00:08:45.049 --> 00:08:53.250
ago. Sure, the restoration of the... was prophesied

00:08:53.250 --> 00:09:01.769
2 ,500 years ago as a fact. I'm going to show

00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:03.370
you in just a second how marvelous the Word of

00:09:03.370 --> 00:09:08.049
God. The 30th chapter of Jeremiah. Oh, I know

00:09:08.049 --> 00:09:10.730
there are folk who feel the Bible is outdated,

00:09:11.049 --> 00:09:16.230
outmoded. It's the most up -to -date reading.

00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:22.779
that we have in the world today. More up -to

00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:27.440
-date, more informative than tomorrow morning's

00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:31.220
newspaper or your world commentator tonight.

00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:37.659
That's right. The 30th chapter of Jeremiah. Therefore

00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:41.740
fear not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord.

00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:46.440
Neither be dismayed, O Israel. For I am with

00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.000
thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Though I

00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.500
make a full end of all nations, whether I have

00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:59.659
scattered thee yet, will I not make a full end

00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:04.899
of thee. I will bring again the captivity of

00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:09.379
my people Israel, and they shall build the waste

00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:12.720
cities and inhabit them, and they shall plant

00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.350
vineyards and drink. the wine thereof. They shall

00:10:16.350 --> 00:10:19.789
also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

00:10:20.090 --> 00:10:24.350
And I will plant them upon their land, and they

00:10:24.350 --> 00:10:30.049
shall no more be pulled up out of their land.

00:10:31.529 --> 00:10:36.149
Oh, that's it. I've just read to you a portion

00:10:36.149 --> 00:10:43.470
from the ninth chapter of Amos. That's it. But

00:10:43.470 --> 00:10:45.549
somebody may say this prophecy was fulfilled

00:10:45.549 --> 00:10:49.049
in the restoration from the Babylonian captivity.

00:10:49.509 --> 00:10:54.269
Not so. For at that time they were driven out

00:10:54.269 --> 00:10:59.870
of the land after that. And this promise is that

00:10:59.870 --> 00:11:05.730
they shall no more be pulled up out of their

00:11:05.730 --> 00:11:16.100
land. And this... was a future restoration. And

00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:21.799
that restoration has taken place in our generation.

00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:27.539
Let me go a little further with this. The 37th

00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:31.159
chapter of Ezekiel, the same picture is given,

00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:38.159
exactly the very same picture. Here it is. And

00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.379
the hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried

00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:42.559
me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me

00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.820
down in the midst of the valley which was full

00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:50.000
of bones. How often I've heard preachers using

00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:57.899
this valley of dry bones regarding the dead spiritual

00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:03.669
church members who fill their pews. I know some

00:12:03.669 --> 00:12:06.929
of you ministers have an awful lot of dead bones

00:12:06.929 --> 00:12:12.409
parked in your pews on Sunday morning. Oh, but

00:12:12.409 --> 00:12:15.429
there's flesh on those bones. And this, of course,

00:12:15.429 --> 00:12:20.590
the Word of God does not refer to Gentiles. It

00:12:20.590 --> 00:12:25.110
does not refer to those dead, spiritually dead

00:12:25.110 --> 00:12:28.990
church members that you've got in your churches.

00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:36.299
This refers to the restoration of Israel. The

00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:42.820
bones are the whole house of Israel who shall

00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:51.500
one day live. The graves are the nations where

00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:58.059
they dwell. Watch. And he said unto me, Son of

00:12:58.059 --> 00:13:03.379
man, Can these bones live? There was a time for

00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:07.000
generations when men and women the world over

00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.840
wondered if the prophecy could possibly be fulfilled,

00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:15.360
when the Jews who had been scattered to all corners

00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:20.879
of the earth could be restored again as a nation.

00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:25.820
Can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord

00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:32.240
God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy

00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.440
upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry

00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.659
bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith

00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:42.039
the Lord God unto these bones, Behold, I will

00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.759
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:51.269
live. Watch now. and I will lay sinews upon you,

00:13:51.309 --> 00:13:54.070
and I will bring up flesh upon you, and I'll

00:13:54.070 --> 00:13:56.769
cover you with skin, and I'll put breath in you,

00:13:56.889 --> 00:14:00.330
and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am

00:14:00.330 --> 00:14:05.110
the Lord. I'm reading God's word. Now, here is

00:14:05.110 --> 00:14:09.909
something. Watch that 11th verse. Then he said

00:14:09.909 --> 00:14:17.889
unto me, Son of man, these bones are. the whole

00:14:17.889 --> 00:14:24.210
house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones

00:14:24.210 --> 00:14:28.669
are dried, and our hope is lost. We are cut off

00:14:28.669 --> 00:14:36.389
from our parts. Here comes the first of all the

00:14:36.389 --> 00:14:39.909
resurrection, the national resurrection of Israel.

00:14:40.129 --> 00:14:44.210
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith

00:14:44.210 --> 00:14:49.789
the Lord God. Behold, O my people, I will open

00:14:49.789 --> 00:14:55.470
your graves. Here comes your national resurrection

00:14:55.470 --> 00:15:01.029
of the Jewish people of Israel. I will open your

00:15:01.029 --> 00:15:07.309
graves and cause you to come up out of your graves

00:15:07.309 --> 00:15:14.710
and bring you into the land of Israel. And that

00:15:14.710 --> 00:15:20.330
glorious resurrection of the Jewish people, of

00:15:20.330 --> 00:15:28.230
Israel, has taken place in our generation. And

00:15:28.230 --> 00:15:33.230
as surely as we have seen this national resurrection,

00:15:33.710 --> 00:15:39.990
we will also experience the second resurrection,

00:15:40.190 --> 00:15:44.860
which is spiritual, third resurrection, which

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:50.120
is material. God will keep his word. Amen.