Questions about Deuteronomy 30:1-10

  1. Is there any question in Deuteronomy 30:1-10 about the eventual restoration of the children of Israel t the land?
    1. Yes.
      • No, there is no question. Moses didn't state it with any "ifs".
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • This is right. Moses said very carefully that the children of Israel would be scattered throughout the world and then when they had reflected upon all that has happened and repented, heart and soul, then God would restore them to the Promised Land. This is all very clear.

     

     

  2. Has this prophecy already been fulfilled?
    1. Yes.
      • No, Israel has never been more prosperous that they were under king Solomon's rule.
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • Yes, this is correct. See (a.) above.

     

     

  3. What of this prophecy has never been fulfilled?
    1. Israel has never been deliberately scattered to every nation.
      • No, they have been scattered by the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Romans.
    2. Israel has never been restored to the land.
      • No, they were restored to the land after the Babylonian exile.
    3. The people of Israel have never repented and turned their heart to God.
      • Well, who but God know if they have ever repented?
    4. Right Answer!Israel has never been more prosperous that they were before they were scattered.
      • Yes, they have never been more prosperous that they were under king Solomon.

     

     

  4. Will the Lord fulfill this particular prophecy?
    1. No, when Israel rejected Jesus and handed him over to be crucified, God rejected them and gave the promises to the Gentiles through the Church.
      • No, this is wrong. God will do EVERYTHING that he said he would do.
    2. No, because Israel will never repent and turn to the Lord with all of their heart and soul.
      • No, everything written in the Book will come to pass--period.
    3. Yes, but the Church is not the spiritual Israel and it is in the church that it is fulfilled.
      • No, the church is not the spiritual Israel.
    4. Right Answer!Yes, Israel will once again be the light of God to the World.
      • Yes, once the Church is taken in the catching-up Israel will be the focus of God's attention.

     

     

    Questions about Ezekiel 36:8-12

  5. Who will be the people that will be restored to the "mountains of Israel"?
    1. Right Answer!The children of Israel.
      • Yes, this children of Israel. All twelve tribes.
    2. The Gentiles in the Church.
      • No.
    3. The Gentiles and the Jews in the Church.
      • No, the church is not on the earth at this time.
    4. The Jews.
      • No, the Jews will be restored, but so will all of the other tribes of Israel.
      • Please read Ezekiel 48 and see that the restoration is for all twelve tribes.
      • Jeremiah 30:1-3
        This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: "Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,' declares the LORD, "when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,' says the LORD." (NIV)

     

     

  6. Has this prophecy been fulfilled in the past?
    1. Yes, modern day Israel is the fulfillment of this prophecy.
      • No. Modern day Israel is a restoration of some of the Jews, but not all twelve tribes, and modern day Israel is not more prosperous than they were under king Solomon.
    2. Yes, the return of the Jews after the Babylonian exile fulfilled this prophecy.
      • No, the restoration from Babylon did not include all twelve tribes.
    3. Right Answer!No, Israel has never been more prosperous than they were under king Solomon.
      • Yes, this is the best answer.
    4. No, when Israel handed Jesus over to be crucified God gave the blessings to the Church.
      • This is not true. Every prophecy in the Bible will come true.

     

     

    Questions about Ezekiel 36:16-32

  7. Why was Israel driven from the Land?
    1. Because their conduct was perverse.
    2. Because they defiled the land by their conduct and actions.
    3. Because they shed blood in the land and worshiped idols.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, all of the above.

     

     

  8. How does this passage say that the dispersed Jews have profaned God's holy name?
    1. Right Answer!By their conduct in the land.
      • Yes, but this is not the right answer to the question.
    2. Because they still love money more than God.
      • No, it doesn't say that.
    3. Because they are God chosen people and they have been expelled, which in effect says that God was unable to control his own children.
      • Yes, this is the reason given.
    4. Because they murdered innocent blood.
      • This is true, but is not the correct answer.

     

     

    Questions about Ezekiel 36:22-32

  9. Why is it that God is going to restore Israel to the Land?
    1. Because they will have truly repented and come to love the Lord with all their hearts.
      • No, this is not the given answer.
    2. Because the Church will have been taken to heaven in the "rapture" and Israel will be restored as God's chosen instrument of light.
      • No.
    3. Right Answer!God will purge the sin from the children of Israel during the day of the Lord and then reestablish them in the land to show all that he can raise his children properly.
      • Yes, this is the given answer.
    4. Because God's promises are irrevocable.
      • This is true, but this is not the correct answer.

     

     

  10. Will Israel be holy before and during their re-establishment to the Land?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
      • Yes, God will purge sin from Israel and make them holy.
    2. No.
      • No.

     

     

    Questions about Ezekiel 36:33-38

  11. Is this the restoration that the disciples asked Jesus about in Acts 1:6?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
      • Yes.
    2. No.
      • No, it is the restoration. There are many promises in the Scripture of a restored Israel and the disciples were aware of them. They knew that Jesus was the one to bring them to completion, and so they asked him if he was going to do it then.

     

     

  12. When Israel is reestablished in the Land, and is like the garden of Eden, who will see and understand?
    1. Right Answer!The nations of the world.
      • Yes, the world will know that the God of Israel is the God.
    2. Those of the fourth kingdom.
      • No, they will be dead.
    3. The wicked in the Church will understand when the blessing are taken from the church and given back to Israel.
      • No, the church will be in heaven.
    4. The church will understand and then join Israel to become one body of believers
      • No. the church will be in heaven.

 

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