TY - BOOK AU - Bray, John Leighton, TI - Israel in Bible prophecy AV - BS649.J5 B73 PY - 1983///] CY - [Lakeland, Fla.] PB - [John L. Bray Ministry], KW - Bible KW - Prophecies KW - Israel (Christian Theology) N1 - How today's situation in Palestine came about -- How did Israel's history first begin? -- God made a covenant (promise) to Abraham -- First, there was the promise of the land -- Second, there was the promise of the seed -- Third, there was the promise of future blessing to all the world -- The promise of the land was definitely fulfilled in Israel's past possession of it -- God also promised that the children of Israel would be Dis-possessed of the land if they did not remain true to Him -- The Israelites were finally dis-possessed of their land -- God promised Israel a return from their captivity after seventy years -- Were the ten tribes of Israel "lost"? -- Israel's prophesied return to the land was literally fulfilled (in the past) -- Do all the Jews really want to return to Palestine? -- Are all the Jews in Palestine (and the world) really Jews? -- The "Ashkenasim" Jews -- Are the "Ashkenasim" Jews of Gentile "Khazar" ancestry? -- "There is no Jewish race" -- The Jews of North Africa -- The black Jews of Abyssinia -- The Jews of Yemen -- The Jews of Persia -- The Jews of China -- Jews in the Pacific lands, Japan, Philippines, Dutch East Indies -- The parable of the ten pounds -- The Arabs and the Palestinians -- Prophecies included spiritual blessings for the future -- A new covenant was prophesied -- When Jesus came, Israel in the land rejected Him and His new covenant -- The prophecies about Israel have already been fulfilled -- So we are living in this age of grace, the time of the new covenant established by the blood of Jesus -- Christians are the true Israel of God now, whether Jews or Gentiles -- "And so all Israel shall be saved: (Romans 11:26) -- Conclusion ER -