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obey! Let’s understand how YEHOVAH God will bring this about in the very
near future.

1. Did YEHOVAH God know Abraham’s descendants would forsake Him
and His way? Deuteronomy 31:16. How would YEHOVAH God punish
them? Verses 17-18; chapter 4:25-28.

COMMENT: Ancient Israel did indeed forsake YEHOVAH God, committing
grievous sins, as He knew they would. As punishment for their disobedi-
ence, YEHOVAH caused them to be taken captive and scattered among
the nations.

2. Biblical prophecy reveals that the birthright tribes of Israel (Ephraim and
Manasseh) will be taken captive once again because of their continued na-
tional sins. Will the modern descendants of Israel be scattered all over the
earth? Isaiah 11:11-12. Will they turn to YEHOVAH God in their “time of
trouble” in the end time? chapter 40:25-31.

COMMENT: Ancient Israel did forsake YEHOVAH God, committing griev-

ous sins as noted in Deuteronomy 4:29-30. (Notice especially the words
"latter days" in verse 30.) Will YEHOVAH God then remember the cove-
nant He made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Verse 31.

3. Will YEHOVAH God bring His captive people back to the land He prom-
ised Abraham? Deuteronomy 30:1-5. What is the time setting for the re-
gathering of the remnant of Israel? Isaiah 27:12-13.

COMMENT: The blowing of the "great trumpet" refers to the "last trump"
signaling YEHOVAH God’s return to earth as King of kings (I Thessaloni-
ans 4:16; Revelation 11:15). At His return YEHOVAH God will seek out
and bring back the remnant of Israel from this modern captivity. Those still
alive after the soon-coming Jacob’s Trouble (Jeremiah 30:7) will be
brought back to the land of Palestine where all 13 tribes will be settled after
their former estates.

4. Will this coming exodus of YEHOVAH’s people Israel from captivity
around the world be much greater than their former exodus from Egypt in
the days of Moses? Jeremiah 16:14-15; 23:3, 7-8.

COMMENT: Jeremiah’s God-inspired prophecy of this future exodus was
written about 600 B.C. The first exodus was only a lesser type or forerun-
ner of a second and far greater exodus to come!

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