| The LORD promised to gather them back from the
remotest parts of the earth |
Deut
30:1-4
Now it shall come
to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing
and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them
to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives
you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice,
according to all that I command you today, you and your
children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that
the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and
have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the
nations where the LORD your God has scattered you. If any of
you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from
there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He
will bring you.
Isa 43:1-7
But now, thus says
the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O
Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called
you by your name; you are Mine. When you pass through the
waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you
shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I
am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I
gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored,
and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and
people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will
bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from
the west; I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to
the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth-- Everyone who
is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I
have formed him, yes, I have made him."
Jer 23:3-8
"But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all
countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to
their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. I will
set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be
lacking," says the LORD. "Behold, the days are coming," says
the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of
righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute
judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah
will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His
name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,
"that they shall no longer say, 'As the LORD lives who
brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,'
but, 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led the
descendants of the house of Israel from the north country
and from all the countries where I had driven them.' And
they shall dwell in their own land."
Eze 37:12-14
Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you
to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of
Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have
opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from
your graves. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall
live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall
know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,"
says the LORD.'
Eze 39:27-28
When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered
them out of their enemies' lands, and I am hallowed in them
in the sight of many nations, then they shall know that I am
the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the
nations, but also brought them back to their own land, and
left none of them captive any longer.
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| What the LORD requires of us |
Gen
12:3
I will bless those
who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in
you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Matthew 25:40
I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least
of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.
Isa 49:22-23
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will lift My hand in an
oath to the nations, and set up My standard for the peoples;
they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters
shall be carried on their shoulders; kings shall be your
foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they
shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and
lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am
the LORD, for they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me."
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