Children of God gathered together from every side and made one nation.

Ezekiel 37:21-22

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 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again” Ezekiel 37:21-22

The Israelites asked Ezekiel what he meant by joining the two sticks together as one in his hand. So, Ezekiel explains; God would regather the Jewish people into the land of Israel from wherever they were, whatever nation they were in, from every direction. That happened in 1948 when the Jewish people migrated to the newly established State of Israel. They became one nation. In the time of Ezekiel, the land was divided in two parts, with Israel in the north and Judah in the south, but the State of Israel joined the two together as one territory. Now, they have one king, or prime minister over them.

All of the promised blessings made to the Israelites in the Old Testament have been transferred to everyone who lives for God through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. There are no blessings for the Jewish people mentioned in the New Testament. The promise that Israel will never be divided again refers to the body of Christ who will forever be united with God in the New Jerusalem. Jesus speaks these words to the Jewish people, “See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Matthew 23:38-39

Unfortunately for the Jewish people, they will not be gathered into the eternal New Jerusalem as one nation among the children of God. To be there, it’s necessary to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Messiah, and He is the one King over all believers. “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33

Those who are gathered from every direction are we who live for God through Jesus Christ. We will be resurrected from the dead and have a home in the eternal New Jerusalem where Jesus Christ is the one King over us. The “sons of the kingdom” are the unbelieving Jewish people, and they will be cast out into outer darkness, “And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 8:11-12

Jesus Christ came to bring the Jewish people and the non-Jewish people together by believing in Him. All of the Jewish people who believe in Jesus Christ will be made one with all of the non-Jewish people who believe in Jesus Christ. Obviously, there is no nation on this earth where the two will be gathered together and made one. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the eternal New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. All believers, Jewish or non-Jewish, will be resurrected and gathered from every direction of this earth and made one nation in the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ is the one King who is over us all.

In the day of Ezekiel, the Jewish people were divided into two nations, as seen in the picture to the left. The kingdom of Israel is to the north in the blue, and the kingdom of Judah is to the south in the orange. In 1948, the Jewish people were gathered from all across the globe and migrated to the newly established State of Israel. At that time, the territory of Israel and Judah became one territory within the State of Israel, as seen in the picture to the right. They now have one king, or prime minister.

As far as the West Bank and Gaza Strip eating away a big chunk of the State of Israel, that is prophesied about in the following verse. Israel will have no peace or rest, “‘Thus says the Lord God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: “They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dread…” Ezekiel 12:17-19

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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