Signs in John's Gospel - The Lamp Broadcast

162 SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
in the ark, the Jewish people in that day will find themselves in
a place of safety from the surrounding storm, during a time of
darkness (not a place of safety extending to individual Jews, for
millions of Jews will be slain during this time, but a place of safety
having to do with the nation as a whole [Zech. 13:8, 9]).
(Note that Jonah, cast out of the ship into the sea, presents another
facet of the same picture concerning God’s supernatural protection of
and care for Israel. Jonah is seen actually cast into the sea itself, and the
giant fish which the Lord had prepared to swallow Jonah then became
the means through which Jonah was protected from that depicted by
the sea.
And though Jonah died in the belly of the fish [Jonah 2:2], after
two days, on the third day, the Lord supernaturally intervened. After
Jonah had remembered and cried out to the Lord, he was not only raised
from the dead but the Lord caused the fish to vomit Jonah out upon dry
ground. Jonah then heeded the Lord’s previous command and carried
God’s message to the Gentiles [Jonah 2:2-3:3].
In that future day, the entire nation of Israel will find itself in exactly
the same position as the disciples in the ship out on the sea. They will
find themselves in exactly the same place Jonah found himself once he
had been cast into the sea and swallowed by the great fish — in the
place of death, scattered among the Gentiles, awaiting resurrection and
removal from the nations on the third day.
God has decreed that He will deal with His people in this respect
out among the nations, not in their land [Lev. 26:32-46; Deut. 4:27-31;
28:63-68; Ezek. 37:1-14]. He removed His people from their land because
of disobedience, placing them out among the nations to effect
repentance through Gentile persecution.
And the Jews presently in the land, forming the present Nation of
Israel, cannot remain there indefinitely. They have returned under a
Zionistic movement [resulting from man’s efforts, not God’s] in unbelief,
before repentance. They have returned before it is time for them
to return. Thus, they will have to be uprooted and driven back out
among the nations, which is exactly what will occur in the middle of
the Tribulation when Antichrist is allowed to bring this to pass.
Repentance will occur with the Jewish people [the entire nation]
scattered among the Gentiles. The matter is never seen to occur any other
way in Scripture.