God is known as the one who sent Israel into captivity and also brought them to their own land. 

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“Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.” Ezekiel 39:28

The Lord gathered the Jewish people out of their captivity among the “heathen”, especially their captivity in Europe and within Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. In 1948, the larger half of the Jewish people gathered in the State of Israel to live among their own people, away from the “heathen”. The smaller half are in the United States. There is a very small percentage of Jewish people who live elsewhere around the world. In 1948, none of the Jewish people were left among the “heathen”, they had a choice of where they wanted to relocate.

There is no question that God caused the Jewish people to be led into captivity across the globe and He is the one to regather them to the State of Israel. Jesus Christ spoke of the destruction of Jerusalem and their temple, and it happened in 70 AD by the hand of the Roman general, Titus, [just 37 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ]“Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Matthew 24:1-2

For 1848 years [from 70AD to 1948], the Jewish people were scattered away from the land of Israel and dispersed across the globe. God said He would regather them to Israel to unleash His judgment on them, and He did so in 1948. Today, Israel is under the judgment of God as they have been in 17 wars since being brought to the State of Israel, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. The total destruction of Israel will happen during the Battle of Armageddon as described in this 39th chapter of Ezekiel. “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.” Ezekiel 22:19-20

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are grossly outnumbered by those who detest God, scoff at Jesus Christ, and oppress the presence of the Holy Spirit. In a sense, we are captives in this sin-plagued world, “It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7-8 The “him” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast.

The good news is that we will be gathered to our own land, the New Jerusalem, as our Lord Jesus has said, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” John 14:1-4

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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, 3:11