Israel in Prophecies

Radiant Israel on Facebook
People attacking the legitimacy of Israel, and sowing discord amongst Christians against the Jews are either intentionally deceitful, or are biblically illiterate. 

I listened to a woman today with over 400K followers ramble about how modern Israel has nothing to do with the Bible 🤦‍♂️

Ummm….. except for the fact that the Bible is full of prophecies about Israel being regathered, reborn, and supernaturally restored in the last days. 

Please educate yourselves so that you are not easily misled and deceived by people who don’t know the Bible, or are intentionally deceptive against those who don’t read the Bible for themselves. 

Old Testament prophecies + New Testament prophecies and implications:

“Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.”

- Isaiah 66:8

Ezekiel 36 & 37: Describes a physical regathering of Israel from the nations to their land, symbolized by a vision of dry bones coming back to life. It also foretells a spiritual revival, including receiving a new heart and a new spirit.

Jeremiah 30:3: States that the days are coming when God will "bring back the captives of My people Israel and Judah, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers".

Jeremiah 16:14-15: Prophesies that the people will no longer say, "As the Lord lives, who brought up the people of Israel from the land of Egypt," but rather, "As the Lord lives, who brought up the descendants of the household of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where he had driven them".

Amos 9:13-15: Predicts a time when the land will be so productive that harvests will be plentiful, and the people will "rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them" and "plant vineyards and drink their wine".

Zechariah 10:6-12: Mentions God strengthening the house of Judah and saving the house of Joseph, bringing them back with mercy, so they will "be as though I had not cast them aside". 

Romans 11: The Apostle Paul discusses a future ingathering and accepts of the Jewish people, culminating in all Israel being saved.

Ezekiel 37:24: Prophesies a future reign of "David," understood by some as a Messianic king, after Israel's restoration.

Jeremiah 31:7 & Isaiah 2:2: Foretell a time when Israel will be the chief of nations and Jerusalem the center of the world under the reign of the Messiah.

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Michael Robinson - Facebook
Your list of prophecies is correct — Israel’s restoration is real, foretold, and unavoidable. Anyone denying it simply hasn’t read the text. But Scripture also gives a second message that often gets ignored, especially by Christians who think defending Israel means flattering Israel.

The prophets don’t only announce restoration — they warn Israel about the exact dangers that accompany restoration.

Every major restoration prophecy is paired with a sober warning:
• Ezekiel 36 – restoration comes after Israel is humbled, not exalted

“Not for your sake do I do this… be ashamed and confounded for your ways.” (Ez. 36:22, 32)

• Ezekiel 37 – bones live only after they realize they are dead, helpless, and dispersed
Artificial confidence is not part of the process.
• Zechariah 12–14 – Israel is gathered, but also shaken, surrounded, pierced, refined

“I will bring the third part through the fire… they will call upon My name.” (Zech. 13:9)

• Jeremiah 30–31 – restoration comes with “Jacob’s trouble”
Not triumphalism — breaking, repentance, and finally mercy.

• Isaiah 66 – yes, a nation born in a day
But the same chapter says God rejects the proud and listens only to the contrite (Isa. 66:2).

And Jesus Himself warns Israel bluntly:
• Luke 21 – Jerusalem restored and pressed by the nations
• Matthew 23 – the land remains desolate “until you say ‘Blessed is He who comes’”

Not restored because of Israel’s righteousness — restored in spite of Israel’s righteousness.

The prophetic pattern is always the same:
God gathers Israel
Israel stands in pride or self-reliance
The nations rise against her
A remnant cries out
Messiah intervenes
The remnant becomes the redeemed nation

Anyone who teaches restoration without the “refining fire” part is only quoting half the prophets.

And history repeats this pattern perfectly:
Before Babylon — pride
Before Rome — pride
In the last days — pride revisits, and Scripture says the same correction returns

“I will sift the house of Israel among the nations… yet not a kernel will fall to the ground.”
— Amos 9:9

Israel survives — because God wills it —
but Israel is shaken — because God loves it.
So yes, the prophets prove the modern restoration is real.

But the prophets also prove:
Restoration without repentance is incomplete.
Security without humility is an illusion.
And pride is the one thing that guarantees the fire must come.

Joel says the last days hinge on one moment:
“Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered.”

Not nationalism.
Not military ability.
Not political alliances.
Calling on the Name.

Israel is chosen —

but chosen to be refined, humbled, restored, and ruled by the Messiah they once rejected.
That is the whole story, not just the comforting half.