The land of Israel multiplied with the population of the Jewish people. 

Ezekiel 36:10-11

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“I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 36:10-11

God spoke to the land of Israel that after 1878 years of being desolate of Jewish occupation and rule, between 70AD and 1948, she would again be inhabited. The Jewish people would be multiplied upon the land, all of the house of Israel would populate her in 1948. Every single Jewish person who wanted to be reunited as a Jewish nation, every one of them, could freely gather within the newly formed State of Israel. There are 73 major cities in Israel that are populated to the extent of being recognized as a municipality. There are about 12 million Israelis that inhabit the land. The ruins that laid desolate of Jewish government and population for 1878 years are now inhabited and rebuilt. People and animals have multiplied within the borders of the State of Israel. They are better established as a nation today than they were in their Old Testament beginnings. We can truly say that the hand of God is still working in this world today and He is Lord.

The Jewish people have their earthly promised land, but unless they reconcile to God through Jesus Christ, they will never step foot onto the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. We know that there are no blessings for Israel mentioned in the New Testament, and all of the blessings promised to Israel in the Old Testament have become the inheritance of those who live for God through Jesus Christ.

God speaks these words to Abraham, “I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.” Genesis 22:17 However, the Holy Spirit clarifies this in the New Testament to mean those living for Jesus Christ are Abraham’s descendants, “Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.” Galatians 3:16 “For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham;” Romans 9:6-7

The land of the New Jerusalem, in the new heaven and earth, will have multiple multitudes of people entering in. These are those who live for Jesus Christ, His house of Israel, “For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.” Romans 2:28-29 This present heaven and earth will be destroyed but a new heaven and earth will be created to give rise to new cities and new populations in the Kingdom of Heaven. Things will be much better in the New Jerusalem than what ever existed in this world. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1