"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land." And in the prophecy of Zephaniah we also read, "Behold at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save that which is lame, and gather that which was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame had been in the earth. At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah" (Zeph. 3:19, 20). These prophecies cannot refer to any return of Israel which has as yet taken place, but they will be fulfilled to the very letter in connection with the Second Coming of Christ.

4. At the time of our Lord's Return EPHRAIM and JUDAH WHO HAVE BEEN SO LONG DIVIDED ONE FROM THE OTHER, SHALL BE UNITED IN ONE NATION UNDER ONE KING, DAVID. This is made very plain in Ezek. 37:19, 22, 24, "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel,

his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. And I will make them one nation

in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd; and they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them."

5. Closely connected with what has just been said, it is revealed in God's Word that because of our Lord's Return, JUDAH SHALL BE SAVED AND ISRAEL SHALL DWELL SAFELY. "Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely" (Jer. 23:5, 6). There shall be a national salvation of all Israelites then upon the earth. As Paul puts it, "And so all Israel shall be saved; even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion a Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness

from Jacob; and this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins" (Rom. 11:26, 27). "The gifts and the calling of God are not repented of", and though Israel has proven untrue to the covenant of God, yet God remains faithful. At present they are enemies for our sake, but as touching the election they are beloved for the fathers' sake and in due time in connection with the Return of our Lord, God will have mercy upon them all (cf Rom. 11:28-32). Israel shall be cleansed from all their filthiness and from all their idols, a new heart will be given unto them, and a new spirit put within them, the stony heart shall be taken away from them and they shall be given a heart of flesh; God will put His Spirit within them and cause them to walk in His statutes, and they shall keep His judgments and do them. This in every detail is a matter of Divine prediction. Jehovah Himself says through the prophet Ezekiel, "Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be my people, and I will

be their God (Ezek. 37:23). In the preceding chapter Ezek. 36:25-27, He had already said, "I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my ordinances, and do them. And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and lay no famine upon you." The same thought is expressed in other words through the Prophet Jeremiah where we read, "Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah; not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my

law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah; for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more" (Jer. 31:33-34).

6. Because of the Return of our Lord Jesus and the events spoken of above that grow out of that Return, ISRAEL SHALL BE MULTIPLIED AND THE WASTE, DESERT AND RUINED CITIES SHALL BE REBUILT AND THE NOW DESOLATE LAND BECOME LIKE THE

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GARDEN OF EDEN; JERUSALEM SHALL BE CALLED "THE CITY OF TRUTH" AND SHALL BE FILLED WITH PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND GLADNESS. The Old Testament Prophets abound with predictions of this golden age for Israel that is coming. In Ezek. 36:37-38, we read, "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: for this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. I will increase them with men like a flock. As the flock for sacrifice and the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with