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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the

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prophets and stonest them which are sent unto

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thee, how often would I have gathered thy children

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together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens

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under her wings, and ye would not. Behold, your

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house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto

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you, Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall

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say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of

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the Lord. And Jesus went out and departed from

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the temple. And his disciples came to him for

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to show him the buildings of the temple. And

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Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?

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Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left

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here one stone upon another that shall not be

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thrown down. And as he sat upon the Mount of

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Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,

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saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?

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And what shall be the sign of thy coming? End

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of the world. And Jesus answered and said unto

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them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For

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many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ,

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and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear wars

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and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled.

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For all these things must come to pass, but the

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end is nigh. is not yet. For nation shall rise

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against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

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and there shall be famines, pestilence, earthquakes

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in diver places. All these are the beginning

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of sorrows. Then he continues in this 24th chapter

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of Matthew in the 32nd verse. now learn a parable

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of the fig tree when his branch is yet tender

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and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer

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is nigh and so likewise ye when ye shall see

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all these things know that it is near even at

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the doors verily i say unto you This generation

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shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.

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And then to make his words very certain, he continues

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by saying, Heaven and earth shall pass away,

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but my words shall not pass away. In other words,

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you can stake your very life on my word. The

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God who has given a covenant, a God who has made

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a promise, will keep his word to the crossing

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of every T and the dotting of every I. All right,

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we're going to begin a new series of messages.

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Just good old -fashioned heart -to -heart talks.

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And before I do, I want to remind you of something,

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and that is the fact that it would be a very

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good idea if you would get that old -fashioned

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Bible, the Word of God that has been on your

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bookshelf lo these many years, the Bible that

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you have felt was outdated, outmoded. The Bible

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that you have not read for many, many months.

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You felt it was good for your mother. Oh, sure.

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You have memories of your grandmother sitting

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there, perhaps in an old -fashioned rocking chair,

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reading that precious word, weeping as she read,

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with a complete confidence in that word. Listen,

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beloved. That word, this very hour, is more up

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to date than tomorrow's newspaper. In this series

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of Heart to Heart Talks, I want to discuss with

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you God's program for Israel and for its land.

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And it's all outlined in the 36th to 37th chapters

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of Ezekiel. Micah, somebody says Ezekiel. That's

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in the Old Testament. Why, do you mean to tell

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me that in this present generation, when we have

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gotten so far and progressed so far in science,

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that you would recommend that we go back to the

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Old Testament that's so far removed from this

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20th century? My friend, that which is found

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in the... Old Testament, that which the Holy

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Spirit gave more than 2 ,000 years ago is literally

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more up -to -date than your 6 o 'clock news,

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than your 11 o 'clock news tonight. And it's

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just like that. Before we begin, With the 36th,

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37th chapter of Ezekiel, we must examine some

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truths that are necessary to understand these

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two chapters. We need to recognize that the Trinity,

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which includes God, Jehovah God, the promised

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land, and the chosen people, must not be broken.

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You cannot... Break this trinity. And remember

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something, when I speak of Israel, when I speak

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of the Jews, we are talking about an earthly

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people. A Jew must be born again in exactly the

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same way that a Gentile must be born again. Know

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that. In that, there is no favoritism whatsoever.

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Just because a man is a Jew does not mean that

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he does not have to be born again in exactly

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the same way that a Gentile must be born again.

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Both Jew and Gentile must accept Jesus Christ,

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the very Son of the living God, as a personal

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Savior to have salvation, to have redemption.

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to enter heaven, to be a part of the great body

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of Christ. Israel, the Jew, is an earthly people.

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All the covenants that God gave to Abraham and

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the seed of Abraham are all earthly covenants.

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The land that he promised, remember, is... here

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on earth. Therefore, I say to you, this trinity

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that's described in the Old Testament includes

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God, the land that God promised to Abraham and

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his seed, and God's chosen earthly people. You

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cannot separate these three. These three must

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go together. Now, much of the prophecy in Scripture

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is concerned with the land and the people. Jehovah

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is the God of the book. Israel is the people

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of the book. And the promised land is the land

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of the book. If the people of the book ignore

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or turn away from the God of the book, then the

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land of the book must be surrendered and God

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will judge both the land and the people. This

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trinity was promised. Abraham by God. You want

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to know something? If I had never believed any

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part of the Bible before, if I read the Bible

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and said, I cannot believe it, I would have to

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believe it this hour. I would have to believe

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that it is the very Word of God as I see God

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keeping His Word, His covenant with Israel, His

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earthly chosen people. It's like that. Remember

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something. In Genesis, the 17th chapter, we find

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a twofold promise. Begin, if you will, please,

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with the seventh verse. Two verses, seventh and

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eighth verses. This is the 70th chapter of Genesis.

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Go way back there, the first book of the Old

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Testament. And I will establish my covenant between

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me and thee and thy seed after thee and their

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generations for an everlasting covenant. to be

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a god unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And

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I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee

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the land wherein thou art a stranger and all

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the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession.

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And I will be their god. And he did exactly that.

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He did exactly that. The first part of the covenant

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was, I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed.

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The second part of the covenant was, I will give

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unto thee and to thy seed all the land of Canaan.

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These two verses were a covenant that God made

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with Abraham and his seed. And you and I saw

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the fulfillment of that in our generation. Oh,

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this is glorious. Do you want to know something?

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Ezekiel, the 36th and the 37th chapters are a

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rehearsal of God's program for his people. His

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people Israel and the promised land. Ezekiel

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tells us very clearly what God will do. And please

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bear in mind that these prophecies concerning

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the people of Israel always include their land.

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The two go hand in hand. They cannot be separated.

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Now, God really began his plan of salvation when

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he called Abraham. a Hebrew, out from the rest

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of the peoples of the then known world to become

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a peculiar people unto himself. And Bible history

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clearly reveals to us how God carried Abraham

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on in his plans even to the birth of Isaac. Next,

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he continued to carry on by unfolding his will

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to Jacob. And the 12 sons. And then on to the

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Egyptian bondage. Then he continues on to the

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exodus from Egypt. And then into Canaan until

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at last the time came when that race of people

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was the dominating nation of the world under

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King Solomon. When Israel walked with God, God

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blessed them. They kept that supreme God -given

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power. When they served him, when they were true

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to him, when they lived close to him, he blessed

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them. But when they failed him, he took that

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power away and gave it to certain sections of

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the Gentile race. Remember something. God never...

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never delegated this supreme earthly dominance

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to Jew and Gentile jointly. Never. He always

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gave it to one or the other. And history will

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bear out the fact that the world has always,

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from Solomon's time until now, been... either

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under Jew or Gentile, but never jointly. Jew

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time began under Solomon's reign, lasted until

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the Jewish or Hebrew people sinned away their

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rights to it. Then Gentile time began, and it

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has been Gentile time ever since. You and I have

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been living in Gentile time, while the Jews have

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been scattered to the east, to the west, to the

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north, to the south. They've been scattered throughout

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the world. While we have been living in Gentile

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time, and Jesus called the Gentile reign the

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times of the Gentiles, you'll find in his own

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words, the 21st chapter of Luke. The 24th verse.

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But remember something. There's a great transition

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period taking place right now. We're coming now

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to the time when literally the Gentile time is

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coming to an end. The dispensation of the Gentiles

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is quickly coming to an end. The Holy Spirit

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is about to leave this earth. When he goes, he

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will take the church of the Lord Jesus Christ

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with him, the bride of Christ. We are now in

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the very beginning of the time when God is going

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to keep every covenant he ever made with Israel,

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his earthly people. He will keep every covenant,

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every promise he ever made to Abraham and Abraham's

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seed down through the generations. And it began

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in the year of 1947, 48, 49, when Israel, for

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the first time, in 2 ,000 years became a nation.

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And Israel was recognized by all other nations

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except Russia. At that time, Russia was the only

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nation that would not accept Israel as a nation.

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But all other nations accepted Israel as a nation.

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And the Jews came from all parts of the earth.

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Oh, Hitler tried under his reign. Hitler did

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everything in his power to kill the Jews. But

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Hitler didn't reckon with God. There are thousands

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of men and women living today who are not reckoning

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with God. My friend, you'd better reckon with

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God. He's far from being dead. Where is he? He's

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exactly where he was when he spoke the worlds

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into existence. He's exactly... where he was

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when he said let there be light and there was

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light he's exactly where he was when he spoke

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and the moon was brought into existence and the

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sun was brought into existence And when man was

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created in his image and after his own likeness,

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he is this hour exactly where he was when he

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made a covenant with Abraham and Abraham's seed.

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And he will keep his word. He will keep his promise.

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And we're at the very threshold now when he is

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going to keep his word. Every part of that covenant

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with Israel, his chosen people. And believe me

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when I tell you that saying is true. You give

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the devil enough rope and he'll hang himself.

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I don't care whether it's true in an individual

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life, whether it's in the life of a nation. Always.

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You give the devil enough rope. And Russia sealed

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her own doom when she started to get greedy eyes.

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regarding Israel, God's chosen people. Touch

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not mine anointed. That's the word of God. Keep

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your hands off of the man, the woman, whom God

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has chosen. When you see a man or woman that

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has God's favor upon his life and God has chosen

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that one for his definite purpose, that one has

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God's blessing, that has God's anointing, don't

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touch them. You're playing with fire if you do.

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Touch not mine anointing. What is true of an

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individual is true of a nation. Touch not God's

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chosen people. He has dealt with them down through

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the years. Not always with favor, not always

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with blessing. When there was any chastising

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to be done, he has done it. And it's true with

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his... Chosen servant. Don't you try to chastise

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his chosen vessel. He'll chastise that one. As

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a father, a good father will punish his child.

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The heavenly father will punish his chosen child.

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So it is with the nation. God has sent his chastisement.

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His punishment, lo, these many years, upon a

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rebellious people, his chosen earthly people.

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But, my friend, it will not keep him from keeping

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his earthly covenants with them. And he'll see

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them through to the end. And I promise you, upon

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the authority of God's word, no matter what Russia

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does, no matter what China does, no matter what

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Egypt does, Israel will come out on top.