Last updated on January 18, 2023
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
While I was accustomed to reading the Bible almost daily, I tended to read my favorite passages and those to which I felt drawn. I’ve rediscovered a vast treasure trove of books, stories, and life lessons I never knew or didn’t remember. How exciting it’s been to see the things God is showing me.
For example, in Psalm 14, I used to wonder what was meant when it says in the above passage, “They have all turned aside. Together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.”
Is that really true? Does no one do good? Perhaps taking it out of context would seem to be what God is saying, but putting it into proper context, I realize now this Psalm is apocalyptic. It’s referring to the time at the end of the tribulation when God’s people have been removed or put into a place of protection, and the earth-dwellers who remain are wicked and corrupt.
The last paragraph is especially gripping to me: “Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people…”
What is so amazing is that God restored the Jews to the land of Israel in unbelief, and David is crying out to God, “Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!” We know that salvation came out of Zion through the death and resurrection of Yeshua Hamashiach, the Messiah.
The Bible says in Zechariah 13:8-9: “It will come about in all the land,” declares the LORD, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; but the third will be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
Because my salvation journey began in elementary school with some classmates who were almost all Jewish (I was jealous for their God), I’ve always had a passion to reach the Jews with the message that Yeshua is their Messiah. Many Jews are looking for Him, especially the mystics, because they can read the signs and they know the Scriptures. They just don’t realize it is His second coming, not His first, that’s on the horizon.
I also believe that percentage-wise, more Jews will be saved than Gentiles in those last days. One-third of Israel, the Bible says, will come to know Yeshua as the Messiah shortly before His return. From what Psalm 14 says, it might be an even smaller percentage for the Gentiles.
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” How many times have we heard that in the news? How many times have Christians been mocked? Even if the earth-dwellers don’t say it outwardly, we know them by their works. And it will get worse, but there is Good News.
“For God is with the righteous generation” – Whether that means God will protect the righteous in the last days or remove them, I’m not sure, but I believe it indicates a tremendous revival before His return. I am praying for the church to wake up and realize that the time is now.
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