That the Jews will remember and turn unto the Lord, after their restoration, is clearly taught in both Old and New Testament prophecies. The Hebrew word translated heathen; like the Greek word rendered Gentile, means nation.

“But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went….And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen nations shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes; for I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land (The Land promised to your forefathers).

Then He says He will sprinkle clean water upon them to cleanse them; and give them a new heart; and put his Spirit within them, and cause them to walk in his statutes; then adds: And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

And not only that, but the land which has been so long desolate and unproductive, will return to its former fertility. “And I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you; and I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen – Ezek 36:21-38. Read also the 37th Chapter.

After speaking of the valley of dry bones, which is explained to be the whole house of Israel, to be brought up out of their graves; the prophet is told to take two sticks, and write upon them; and the sticks whereon thou writes shall be in thine hand before their eyes; and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them unto their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two Kingdoms any more at all….My tabernacle also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people; and the heathen (the nations of the world) shall know that I, the Lord, do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Also, in the 38th and 39th Chapters of Ezekiel., after speaking of trouble with Gog – Russia, after their return, and are dwelling in the mountains of Israel; gives the purpose for which it is all brought about; their own good, and the good of the nations, in clear, positive language.

Dan 12:1, speaks of their deliverance in a time of trouble, such as there never was since there was a nation.

Zech 8 teaches of their return; the building of Jerusalem; and a time of trouble, when every man’s hand will be against his neighbor; and closes with a thus saith the Lord. “In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him, that of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.”

Zech 14 tells us of the gathering of the nations against Jerusalem; that the Lord will come with all the saints, and fight against the nations; that He will be King of all the earth; and that the left of the nations (the survivors of Armageddon), which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year, to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

In Ezek 21, we read of their last king – Zedekiah: “And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end; thus saith the Lord God; remove the diadem, and take off the crown….I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him – Verses 25-28

They were overturned, First at the Babylonish captivity, 606 B.C., where their treading down began; Secondly, at the destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70; the third time will be the one spoken of in Zech 14, and right there he will come whose right it is: or will then complete the conquering of the nations; and the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord and his Anointed ones.

And so, we might quote largely from Isa., Jer., Ezek., Amos, Zeph., Zech., and other prophets, showing that the children of Israel will return to their own land. And the united testimony of Prophets and Apostles is that it was designed of the Lord to prove a glorious blessing to themselves and all other nations; bringing them to acknowledge that God is the Lord.

And how could it be otherwise?

When such a vast amount of prophecy becomes a fact, it will prove the scriptures true; and when they are proved true by fulfillment, it can but be a terrible blow to skepticism and infidelity. Jesus said: I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, you may believe that I am he – John 13:19.

And so, the result will be to the nations, when they see so much come to pass; and probably on this account Israel was scattered among all nations. Then it will be true that: “The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein” – Isa 35:8. R107