O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets and stonest them which are sent unto
thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not. Behold, your
house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto
you, Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord. And Jesus went out and departed from
the temple. And his disciples came to him for
to show him the buildings of the temple. And
Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?
Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left
here one stone upon another that shall not be
thrown down. And as he sat upon the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?
And what shall be the sign of thy coming? End
of the world. And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ,
and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear wars
and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled.
For all these things must come to pass, but the
end is nigh. is not yet. For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
and there shall be famines, pestilence, earthquakes
in diver places. All these are the beginning
of sorrows. Then he continues in this 24th chapter
of Matthew in the 32nd verse. now learn a parable
of the fig tree when his branch is yet tender
and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer
is nigh and so likewise ye when ye shall see
all these things know that it is near even at
the doors verily i say unto you This generation
shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.
And then to make his words very certain, he continues
by saying, Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but my words shall not pass away. In other words,
you can stake your very life on my word. The
God who has given a covenant, a God who has made
a promise, will keep his word to the crossing
of every T and the dotting of every I. All right,
we're going to begin a new series of messages.
Just good old -fashioned heart -to -heart talks.
And before I do, I want to remind you of something,
and that is the fact that it would be a very
good idea if you would get that old -fashioned
Bible, the Word of God that has been on your
bookshelf lo these many years, the Bible that
you have felt was outdated, outmoded. The Bible
that you have not read for many, many months.
You felt it was good for your mother. Oh, sure.
You have memories of your grandmother sitting
there, perhaps in an old -fashioned rocking chair,
reading that precious word, weeping as she read,
with a complete confidence in that word. Listen,
beloved. That word, this very hour, is more up
to date than tomorrow's newspaper. In this series
of Heart to Heart Talks, I want to discuss with
you God's program for Israel and for its land.
And it's all outlined in the 36th to 37th chapters
of Ezekiel. Micah, somebody says Ezekiel. That's
in the Old Testament. Why, do you mean to tell
me that in this present generation, when we have
gotten so far and progressed so far in science,
that you would recommend that we go back to the
Old Testament that's so far removed from this
20th century? My friend, that which is found
in the... Old Testament, that which the Holy
Spirit gave more than 2 ,000 years ago is literally
more up -to -date than your 6 o 'clock news,
than your 11 o 'clock news tonight. And it's
just like that. Before we begin, With the 36th,
37th chapter of Ezekiel, we must examine some
truths that are necessary to understand these
two chapters. We need to recognize that the Trinity,
which includes God, Jehovah God, the promised
land, and the chosen people, must not be broken.
You cannot... Break this trinity. And remember
something, when I speak of Israel, when I speak
of the Jews, we are talking about an earthly
people. A Jew must be born again in exactly the
same way that a Gentile must be born again. Know
that. In that, there is no favoritism whatsoever.
Just because a man is a Jew does not mean that
he does not have to be born again in exactly
the same way that a Gentile must be born again.
Both Jew and Gentile must accept Jesus Christ,
the very Son of the living God, as a personal
Savior to have salvation, to have redemption.
to enter heaven, to be a part of the great body
of Christ. Israel, the Jew, is an earthly people.
All the covenants that God gave to Abraham and
the seed of Abraham are all earthly covenants.
The land that he promised, remember, is... here
on earth. Therefore, I say to you, this trinity
that's described in the Old Testament includes
God, the land that God promised to Abraham and
his seed, and God's chosen earthly people. You
cannot separate these three. These three must
go together. Now, much of the prophecy in Scripture
is concerned with the land and the people. Jehovah
is the God of the book. Israel is the people
of the book. And the promised land is the land
of the book. If the people of the book ignore
or turn away from the God of the book, then the
land of the book must be surrendered and God
will judge both the land and the people. This
trinity was promised. Abraham by God. You want
to know something? If I had never believed any
part of the Bible before, if I read the Bible
and said, I cannot believe it, I would have to
believe it this hour. I would have to believe
that it is the very Word of God as I see God
keeping His Word, His covenant with Israel, His
earthly chosen people. It's like that. Remember
something. In Genesis, the 17th chapter, we find
a twofold promise. Begin, if you will, please,
with the seventh verse. Two verses, seventh and
eighth verses. This is the 70th chapter of Genesis.
Go way back there, the first book of the Old
Testament. And I will establish my covenant between
me and thee and thy seed after thee and their
generations for an everlasting covenant. to be
a god unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And
I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee
the land wherein thou art a stranger and all
the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession.
And I will be their god. And he did exactly that.
He did exactly that. The first part of the covenant
was, I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed.
The second part of the covenant was, I will give
unto thee and to thy seed all the land of Canaan.
These two verses were a covenant that God made
with Abraham and his seed. And you and I saw
the fulfillment of that in our generation. Oh,
this is glorious. Do you want to know something?
Ezekiel, the 36th and the 37th chapters are a
rehearsal of God's program for his people. His
people Israel and the promised land. Ezekiel
tells us very clearly what God will do. And please
bear in mind that these prophecies concerning
the people of Israel always include their land.
The two go hand in hand. They cannot be separated.
Now, God really began his plan of salvation when
he called Abraham. a Hebrew, out from the rest
of the peoples of the then known world to become
a peculiar people unto himself. And Bible history
clearly reveals to us how God carried Abraham
on in his plans even to the birth of Isaac. Next,
he continued to carry on by unfolding his will
to Jacob. And the 12 sons. And then on to the
Egyptian bondage. Then he continues on to the
exodus from Egypt. And then into Canaan until
at last the time came when that race of people
was the dominating nation of the world under
King Solomon. When Israel walked with God, God
blessed them. They kept that supreme God -given
power. When they served him, when they were true
to him, when they lived close to him, he blessed
them. But when they failed him, he took that
power away and gave it to certain sections of
the Gentile race. Remember something. God never...
never delegated this supreme earthly dominance
to Jew and Gentile jointly. Never. He always
gave it to one or the other. And history will
bear out the fact that the world has always,
from Solomon's time until now, been... either
under Jew or Gentile, but never jointly. Jew
time began under Solomon's reign, lasted until
the Jewish or Hebrew people sinned away their
rights to it. Then Gentile time began, and it
has been Gentile time ever since. You and I have
been living in Gentile time, while the Jews have
been scattered to the east, to the west, to the
north, to the south. They've been scattered throughout
the world. While we have been living in Gentile
time, and Jesus called the Gentile reign the
times of the Gentiles, you'll find in his own
words, the 21st chapter of Luke. The 24th verse.
But remember something. There's a great transition
period taking place right now. We're coming now
to the time when literally the Gentile time is
coming to an end. The dispensation of the Gentiles
is quickly coming to an end. The Holy Spirit
is about to leave this earth. When he goes, he
will take the church of the Lord Jesus Christ
with him, the bride of Christ. We are now in
the very beginning of the time when God is going
to keep every covenant he ever made with Israel,
his earthly people. He will keep every covenant,
every promise he ever made to Abraham and Abraham's
seed down through the generations. And it began
in the year of 1947, 48, 49, when Israel, for
the first time, in 2 ,000 years became a nation.
And Israel was recognized by all other nations
except Russia. At that time, Russia was the only
nation that would not accept Israel as a nation.
But all other nations accepted Israel as a nation.
And the Jews came from all parts of the earth.
Oh, Hitler tried under his reign. Hitler did
everything in his power to kill the Jews. But
Hitler didn't reckon with God. There are thousands
of men and women living today who are not reckoning
with God. My friend, you'd better reckon with
God. He's far from being dead. Where is he? He's
exactly where he was when he spoke the worlds
into existence. He's exactly... where he was
when he said let there be light and there was
light he's exactly where he was when he spoke
and the moon was brought into existence and the
sun was brought into existence And when man was
created in his image and after his own likeness,
he is this hour exactly where he was when he
made a covenant with Abraham and Abraham's seed.
And he will keep his word. He will keep his promise.
And we're at the very threshold now when he is
going to keep his word. Every part of that covenant
with Israel, his chosen people. And believe me
when I tell you that saying is true. You give
the devil enough rope and he'll hang himself.
I don't care whether it's true in an individual
life, whether it's in the life of a nation. Always.
You give the devil enough rope. And Russia sealed
her own doom when she started to get greedy eyes.
regarding Israel, God's chosen people. Touch
not mine anointed. That's the word of God. Keep
your hands off of the man, the woman, whom God
has chosen. When you see a man or woman that
has God's favor upon his life and God has chosen
that one for his definite purpose, that one has
God's blessing, that has God's anointing, don't
touch them. You're playing with fire if you do.
Touch not mine anointing. What is true of an
individual is true of a nation. Touch not God's
chosen people. He has dealt with them down through
the years. Not always with favor, not always
with blessing. When there was any chastising
to be done, he has done it. And it's true with
his... Chosen servant. Don't you try to chastise
his chosen vessel. He'll chastise that one. As
a father, a good father will punish his child.
The heavenly father will punish his chosen child.
So it is with the nation. God has sent his chastisement.
His punishment, lo, these many years, upon a
rebellious people, his chosen earthly people.
But, my friend, it will not keep him from keeping
his earthly covenants with them. And he'll see
them through to the end. And I promise you, upon
the authority of God's word, no matter what Russia
does, no matter what China does, no matter what
Egypt does, Israel will come out on top.