‘Last Generation’
Ezek 15:6-8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Like the
wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire
for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will set My
face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour
them. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against
them. Thus, I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’
says the Lord GOD.”
The crucifixion of
Jesus was the great and dreadful day of the Lord for the Jews, when they were
no longer the people of God. At the death of Jesus, God tore the veil of the
temple into two; ending the era of Judaism so that the physical body of every
born again Christian becomes the temple of God. Because of this sin, God will
destroy Jerusalem and Israel making them desolate. All Jews must flee to other
nations to escape His wrath.
Though Yahweh
abandoned them for the greatest abomination and sin ever committed, He did not
immediately banish them nor destroy the temple of God, in order to allow Jesus’
disciples to preach and convert the devout Jews who return to Jerusalem to observe
the feasts. They came from the far corners of the earth.
Act 2:5-6 And
there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under
heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused,
because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
Driving the Jews out of Israel
God used the heathens to fulfill His plan of Diaspora
(dispersing the Jews to all corners of the earth to be a blessing to those
nations) until God gathers them back to Israel and Jerusalem.
In 70 AD, Titus
destroyed the temple of God to end animal sacrifices (Judaism) and also Jerusalem
to disperse the Jews. According to Josephus, a million Jews were killed with 97K
enslaved. Many fled to countries in the Mediterranean.
In 134 AD, Hadrian
killed over 580K Jews (many more died of starvation) at the Bar Kokhba revolt.
Hadrian changed Judea to Syria Palestine and banned Jews from circumcision to
wipe out Judaism. Jews were barred from entering Jerusalem.
When Constantine
became a Christian, He loved the Lord by getting Jerome to compile the holy
scriptures together and translate them into Latin. The Vulgate is still being
used by the Catholic church and it is the basis for all Bible translations. He
persecuted the Jews and barred them from entering Jerusalem.
During the
Crusades, many Jews in Jerusalem were killed by Christian soldiers thus
fulfilling His word and by 1500 AD there were only about 5K Jews left in
Israel.
A Blessing to all Nations
Gen 22:18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
All the Jews who
fled to other nations were happy and successful and were blessings to all those
nations. They became highly respectable citizens because of their special gifts
of talent, wisdom and knowledge just like Daniel, Joseph and many others.
Jer 42:11-12 Do
not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not be afraid
of him,’ says the Lord, ‘for I am with you, to save you and deliver you from
his hand. And I will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause
you to return to your own land.’
Even though the Jews cursed themselves by shedding the innocent blood of Jesus, He is faithful to
His word that though they are no longer His people but when they obey His
words, they will still be blessings to the nations.
