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Remember here as you read this that G-d's promises to Israel were conditional upon them following and keeping His commandments and accepting Yeshua Ha'Meshiach (Jesus Christ) as their Savior. Take a look at the following Bible verses:

 

Exodus 19:5-6 ...'Now therefore, IF ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, THEN ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.'

 

1 Kings 6:12-13 ...'Concerning this house which thou art in building, IF thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, THEN I will perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.'

 

1 Kings 9:6-7 ...'BUT IF ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: THEN will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people.'

 

Do you see now? IF you obey me, THEN I will keep my covenant with you. Conditional!

 

And we all know that the Jewish nation continued to sin against G-d and rejected Yeshua as their savior! Therefore BREAKING the "everlasting covenant" which would only remain as an everlasting covenant through obedience.

 

Now there is something that Yeshua told the Jews through one of His parables which also helps us to understand what would happen to the Jewish state.  Read the parable of the vineyard in Luke 20:9-16. Here you will see Yeshua giving a story about a vineyard owner (G-d) going away and leaving his vineyard (G-d's kingdom on earth) to 'husbandmen' (the Jews) to take care of it and 'bare fruit' (expand G-d's kingdom). And while the owner was away, he sends 'servants' (prophets) to see how things are and collect the 'fruit'. But the husbandmen beat the servants and sent them away empty handed (The Jews mostly then rejected the prophets). The  owner (G-d) sends his son (Yeshua). And the husbandmen KILL the son (Jews have Yeshua Ha'Meshiach killed). And what did Yeshua say would happen to the husbandmen (the Jews) after doing all these things? They would be destroyed (destruction of Jerusalem in AD70) and the vineyard (kingdom of G-d) would be GIVEN TO OTHERS (the Gentiles, or anyone who accepted Yeshua Ha'Meshiach (Jesus Christ) as their Savior).

Now look at how the Jews reacted to this parable. Acts 20:16 ...'And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.' ... Meaning they KNEW that Jesus was saying THEY would be destroyed and the kingdom would be TAKEN OFF THEM AND GIVEN TO ANOTHER PEOPLE. And this is EXACTLY what happened!

This is so important, because you will not get the whole truth about the "end times" until you understand the role of "Israel" in "end time" Bible prophecy.

 

Remember how the Jews did not understand Bible prophecy and thought that Yeshua was going to come the first time as this mighty warrior who would setup a "physical" kingdom on earth and rule over the nations? Well, we have it all over again with end time prophecy many people today believing the exact same thing! But this time with the second coming of Christ. They believe that Yeshua is going to return, after a secret rapture of the church and setup His kingdom in Israel and rule there for the thousand year millennium. The Bible prophecy teachers today are so focused on war and destruction in Israel, that they are missing the great spiritual application of G-d's kingdom, just as the disciples did during Yeshua's first coming.

Luke 17:20-21 .....'And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of G-d should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh NOT with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of G-d is within you.'

 

Do you see what Yeshua is saying in the above Bible verse? He's explaining in clear words that the kingdom is a "SPIRITUAL" one. And yet the disciples were still clinging to the belief that Christ would setup a physical kingdom to rule from on earth, just like the prophecy teachers of today ...
 Luke 24:21 .....'But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel.' ...

They were still holding on to that idea, and when Yeshua died on the cross, their hopes were crushed! They just didn't understand the spiritual application of Israel and the kingdom of G-d, until the day of Pentecost.

The idea here is the Jewish people (Judah) will not have Israel back (if the Bible means the literal land) until Yeshua Ha'Meshiach (Jesus Christ) returns.  The idea is that G-d is El-Shaddai, the Almighty G-d, so no human can do, or come close to doing His job and filling His cause.

One way or another Israel is in exile until Yeshua Ha-Meshiac returns, regardless of what Judah believes.  Only 'THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH' (Yeshua Ha'Meshiach) can "clean their mess," and save them now.