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Scattering out; Gathering in. A 4000 year-old promise. Scattering out; Gathering in. Genesis 12: 1-3, 7. ~ 2000 B.C. Abram. Scattering out; Gathering in. Genesis 15: 12-21. “To your descendants I give this land…”. ~ 2000 B.C. Scattering out; Gathering in. Genesis 17: 1-8.
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Scattering out;Gathering in A 4000 year-old promise
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 12: 1-3, 7 ~ 2000 B.C. Abram
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 15: 12-21 “To your descendants I give this land…” ~ 2000 B.C.
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 17: 1-8 “…I will give you as an everlasting possession…” ~ 2000 B.C.
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 26: 2-5 “…I will give them all these lands…” ~ 2000 B.C. Isaac
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 28: 10-15 “…I will give you and your descendants the land…” ~ 2000 B.C. Jacob
On Wednesday, a small and ancient community in the Samaria region performed a Passover offering just as it has done for over two thousand years.Israel's small Samaritan community gathered, as it does annually, to offer sacrifices on Mount Gerizim, overlooking Shechem. Heads of Samaritan households slaughtered 35 sheep that were offered in a way very similar to that prescribed in the Torah, for sacrifices at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
According to a press release issued by the Shomron (Samaria) Regional Council, the Samaritan priesthood conducts the offerings. The leader of the priests is the "High Priest," just as is the case in the Torah. Following the slaughter of the animals, they are roasted and eaten with matzah, as would be done if Jews today brought the paschal lamb to the Temple in Jerusalem.
While the Jewish Torah requires Passover offerings to be brought on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Samaritans believe that the preeminent holy spot is Mount Gerizim. Mount Gerizim also features prominently in the Torah as a mountain upon which blessings were pronounced to the Jewish people. Deuteronomy 11: 26-29 Deuteronomy 27-28 John 4: 19-21
Scattering out;Gathering in Genesis 46: 1-4 Exodus 12: 40-41 ~ 1800-1400 B.C. Israel 430 years to Egypt & back
Scattering out;Gathering in Leviticus 26: 33-45 Unconditional land Conditional production ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 25-31 Obey – possess & be blessed Disobey – scatter & be cursed ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 28: 58-67 Obey – possess & be blessed Disobey – scatter & be cursed ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 29: 12-15 Renew the covenant with who? ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 29: 22-28 Obey – possess & be blessed Disobey – scatter & be cursed ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 30: 1-5 If I scatter you, I will gather you ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 31: 14-22 And He still let them in??? ~ 1400 B.C. Israel
Scattering out;Gathering in Deuteronomy 28: 49-52 Ezekiel 17: 1-4 Jeremiah 29: 10-14 A specific ‘scattering’ for a specific time
Scattering out;Gathering in Isaiah 11: 10-12 Amos 9: 8-15 A second ‘scattering’ And final ‘gathering’ When?
Scattering out;Gathering in Isaiah 43: 1, 5-7 Isaiah 49: 19-22 Jeremiah 9: 11, 16Jeremiah 31: 7-10 From the ends of the earth
Scattering out;Gathering in Ezekiel 11: 16-17 Ezekiel 34 Ezekiel 36: 16-28 Pre/Post Babylon My servant David My Spirit in you
Scattering out;Gathering in Ezekiel 36: 1-12 To the mountains, hills, ravines, valleys “I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you.”
Scattering out;Gathering in Ezekiel 37 “Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones”
Scattering out;Gathering in Joel 3: 1-3 Judging the nations
Scattering out;Gathering in Zephaniah 3: 8, 19-20 Judging the nations
Scattering out;Gathering in Matthew 25: 31-46 Judging the nations A sheep? Or a goat?
Scattering out;Gathering in Zechariah 7: 13-14 Zechariah 8: 7-13 Zechariah 10: 8-10 Desolate land Productive land
“….. A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.” Scattering out;Gathering in Mark Twain On a visit to the Holy Land - 1867
Scattering out;Gathering in Isaiah 66: 7-11 “Can a country be born in a day or can a nation be brought forth in a moment?” May 14, 1948
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Irrigated land 1948 = ~0
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Irrigated land 1948 = ~0 2006 = 750 Sq Mi
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Cultivated land 1948 = 637 Sq Mi
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Cultivated land 1948 = 637 Sq Mi 2007 = 1680 Sq Mi
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Vegetable Cultivation 1948 = 27 Sq Mi
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Vegetable Cultivation 1948 = 27 Sq Mi 2005 = 254 Sq Mi
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in All Agricultural Land 1948-2007 = 4X Increase
Has the desert bloomed? Scattering out;Gathering in Exports 1948 = $6 Million 2009 = $67.5 Billion
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in W.E. Blackstone Theodor Herzl Chaim Weizmann 1882-1903 = 30,000 1903-1914 = 40,000
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in Balfour Declaration 1919-1923 = 35,000 1924-1931 = 82,000
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in Rise of Nazi Germany 1932-1938 = 197,000 World War II 1939-1945 = 82,000
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in Total Immigration 1882-1948 = ~500,000
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in After May 1948 1948-1951 = ~688,000 1952 – decline to 1986 low of 9500 immigrants
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in After May 1948 1990-1991 = ~376,000 then decline to 2009 = 14,500 immigrants
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in Population 1948 = 806,000 2009 = 7.5 Million 5.66 million Jews Over 3 million Jewish immigrants
Are the Jews returning? Scattering out;Gathering in May 2006 More Jews in Israel than any other single location in the world (U.S. next)
September 2008 (5769) World Jewish population Scattering out;Gathering in Total World = 13.3 million Israel = 5.55 million U.S. = 5.3 million France = 490,000 Canada = 375,000 Britain = 295,000
Scattering out;Gathering in Hebrews 9: 11-15 “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ…” “New covenant” “Promised eternal inheritance”