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168 JESUS IS COMING.
there, and in Egypt and elsewhere. But in the future, or
second restoration, not one will be left.
"If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of
heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and
from thence will He fetch thee." Deut. 30:4.
"Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from
the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the
north, give up; and to the south, keep not back; bring my
sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the
earth; EVEN EVERY ONE that is called by my name: for I
have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I
have made him." Isa. 43:5-7.
"For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both
search my sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh
out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are
scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered in the
cloudy and dark day; and I will bring them out from the
people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring
them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains
of Israel." Ezek. 34:11-13.
"Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God,
which caused them to be led into captivity, among the
heathen; but I have gathered them unto their own land,
and HAVE LEFT NONE OF THEM ANY MOKE THERE." Ezek.
39:28-29.
In the first restoration it was only Jews who returned.
In the second, or future restoration, it will he both Judah
(the two tribes) and Israel (the ten tribes).*
"In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the
house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the
land of the north to the land that I have given for an
inheritance unto your fathers." Jer. 3:18.
"And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel,
EA'EN ALL OF IT, and the cities shall be inhabited, and the
wastes shall be builded." Ezek. 36:10.
Ezekiel was directed to take two sticks, representing
Judah and Joseph, which should be joined and become one
stick in his hand, and when the people enquired what it
meant, he was directed to say unto them :
"Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the chil-
dren of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be
gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them
into their own land: and I will make them ONE NATION in
Except in this place, we use the word Israel in its broader
sense, meaning the whole twelve tribes.