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A. FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT...
1. The promise of restoration - Jer 29:14
a. This restoration is the one after 70 years of Babylonian
captivity - Jer 29:10
b. Applied by Daniel to the time in which he was living - Dan
9:2
c. In which Jews throughout the Persian empire (not just
Assyria and Babylon) were encouraged to return to Jerusalem
- Ezr 1:1-4
2. The "second" restoration - Isa 11:11
a. This could apply to the Babylonian restoration, if the
"first" refers to the deliverance from Egyptian bondage in
the days of Moses - cf. Isa 11:16
b. However, the context suggests a figurative restoration made
possible in the days of the Messiah - Isa 11:1,10; cf.
Ro 15:12; 11:5
3. The return prophecies in Zechariah - Zech 8:1-8
a. Zechariah prophesied about the year 520 B.C.
b. His prophecies were fulfilled in the days of Ezra (458
B.C.), Nehemiah (446 B.C.), and afterward - Ezr 7:1-10; Neh
11:1,2; cf. also 1 Macc 14:8-12
4. The "latter days" in Jer 30:24
a. As seen in a previous study, in the OT it can mean simply
"in the future"
b. The context of Jeremiah makes it clear that it refers to
after the 70 years of Babylonian captivity - Jer 29:1,10,14;
30:3,22,24
5. The promise of physical and economic restoration - Isa 35:1;
61:4
a. These passages also have reference to recovery after the
Babylonian captivity
b. They can also have figurative reference to the coming of the
Messiah - cf. Isa 61:1-3; Lk 4:18-21
6. The promise of victories over their enemies - Am 9:14-15
a. Again, these promises likely refer to the restoration
following Babylonian captivity
b. In any case, such promises were conditional - cf. Jer 18:
7-10
-- Such are the responses to those espousing a latter day
restoration of Israel
B. FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT...
1. The return of Jerusalem to the custody of the Jews - Lk 21:24
a. The passage speaks not of Jews retaking custody, but of the
trampling down of the city
b. "until the times of the Gentiles has been fulfilled" is
interpreted by some to simply refer to the Parousia (second
coming of Christ) - Lenski, Hendriksen
2. The rebuilding of the temple - 2Th 2:4
a. "the temple of God" is understood by many to refer to the
church - Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom, Barnes, Gill, Clarke
b. It is so used by Paul and Peter - 1Co 3:16-17; 1Pe 2:5
c. Thus it may have no reference to the temple in Jerusalem
3. The regathering of the twelve tribes - Mt 19:28
a. A literal regathering may be inferred, but it is not
necessarily implied
b. The "twelve tribes" has been figuratively applied to
Christians - Jm 1:1; cf. 2:1
c. Many understand Mt 19:28 to refer the blessed state of the
apostles in the eternal state, as their reward in eternal
life after suffering so much for Christ - Mt 19:29; cf. Mk
10:30
4. Regarding the passage in Ro 11:25-27, some thoughts from
various scholars:
a. "The term "All Israel" means the total number of elect Jews,
the sum of all Israel's remnants." - Hendriksen
b. "The term 'all Israel' in Rom. 11:26a must be understood as
indicating the collective elect out of Israel." - Volbeda
c. "'All Israel' in 11:26, is not the people of Israel,
destined lo be converted collectively, neither is it the
church consisting of united Jews and Gentiles; but it is the
full number which during the course of the centuries is
gathered out of Israel." - Bavinck
d. "'All Israel' is to be understood as a designation not of
the whole nation but of the whole number of the elect out of
the ancient covenant people...and the adverb (so) cannot
mean 'after that,' but only 'in this manner.' " - Berkhof
-- Such are the responses to those espousing a latter day
restoration of Israel
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