Signs in John's Gospel - The Lamp Broadcast

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the nation once repentance occurs. But, remaining faithful to His
Word, God cannot heal the nation before repentance does occur (cf.
Lev. 26:40ff; II Chron. 7:14).
Note Ps. 138:2b in this respect:
“…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name [lit., ‘…you
have exalted above all things your Name and your Word’ (ref. NIV)].”
There has been no change in Israel’s condition down through the
centuries, and there can be no change until the One Who has “torn”
the nation binds the nation’s wound, which will occur following
repentance, which will take place “after two days…in the third
day [which will be the seventh day, the Sabbath, counting from the
beginning of Man’s Day]” (Hosea 5:13-6:2). And this is perfectly
in keeping with the signs in John’s gospel, the signs in the other
three gospels, the signs in the Book of Acts, or any other place in
Scripture bearing on the subject.
(Note the present remnant in the land today, forming the nation
of Israel [almost 6,000,000 strong], along with that which is usually
taught concerning this remnant — that the Jews in the land today are
there in a beginning fulfillment of God’s numerous promises in the O.T.
concerning the nation’s restoration to the land.
But that which is usually taught concerning this remnant in the
preceding respect cannot possibly be correct. Israel’s restoration cannot
occur until the nation repents; nor can it occur until the third day. The Jews
in the land today are there prior to repentance, near the end of the second day.
For additional information on this subject, refer to the author’s book,
THE TIME OF THE END, Appendixes I, II, “The Intractable Middle
East Problem” and “The Death of the High Priest.”)
A very similar picture to that of Israel’s sickness is presented
in Rev. 3:17 of the Church as it will exist at the end of the present
dispensation, depicted by the seventh Church in Revelation
chapters two and three, the Church in Laodicea:
“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and
have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”