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| MarkStaneart | Jul 9 2011, 07:10 AM Post #1 |
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! (Numbers 23:10) This can be described as the prophecy of the last man standing and it is pronounced every time we use the term ger, goy, or gentile. The Greek word gentile simply means the nations; however, in common usage, it as assumed to mean every nation except Israel. There is Israel and everybody else. Probably the most definitive source of this idea comes from the prophet Isaiah (the prophecy of peace to the gentiles). Isaiah 2:1-4 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. (2) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (3) And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (4) And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. While, to point, Bilaam is prophesying specifically regarding the Israel occupation of the land before them; but the impact of the prophecy is transcendent: that Israel is considered in a unique way, unlike any other nation of the world. Indeed, when from the end of time, history will be looked upon from the perspective of Israel and everybody else. |
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