There is Simply Too Much Evidence by Merwin
I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.
This scripture (thank you Blue Letter Bible) introduces so much...
Jer 24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.
And when seen in relation to its context...
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.
Jer 24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.
And then in relation to what Jesus said in Matthew,
Mat 24:32 ¶ Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:
is extremely important regarding this.
Jer 24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.
Jeremiah spoke at the time when Israel's sovereignty was being taken from them (please read all of Jer 24:). And they would not have their nation again except only as a tiny (100yr) exception from the Macabee rebellion.
In essence they virtually were not truly "planted" by God, until the whole world recognized their sovereignty via the United Nations vote and their own charter May 14, 1948.
What a miracle for them to have their National Identity intact from the time of Jeremiah.
And for them to be "planted" at such a time as this. You might ask... why? Why would this be significant?
When the prophet Daniel wrote of the last days this is one of the things mentioned...
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
With all the world travel and general mass transit of today... this would be a fair description of "...many shall run to and fro" that is on an unprecedented scale to the extreme. Not to mention that God saw fit to make Daniel mention it.
And though that is impressive, let us also note the Strong's* treatment for "increased", in the "knowledge shall be increased", and allow me to emboldened some of the Strong's that I find significant...
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
a) (Qal)
1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
2) to be or grow great
b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many
c) (Hiphil)
1) to make much, make many, have many
a) to multiply, increase
b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly
c) to increase greatly or exceedingly
2) to make great, enlarge, do much
2) (Qal) to shoot
I particularly like the last one "to shoot" the obvious references are, a sling, an arrow, perhaps a catapult device. All with the common quality of having a projectile as stationary at one point, and immediately accelerated to the point of fatality in the next micro - instant.
It is said in common conversation revelations that have been given by the scientific community, that because of computers and people's close involvement with them, that what we have as information (increases) doubles, every five years and that this rate of increase is accelerating.
Maybe I am reaching... but I think not. For me, this clearly indicates where we are presently, with... "knowledge shall be increased".
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
And because of the running "to and fro", and because of "knowledge" having been "increased" like a shot... we have for the first time in history the ability to...
Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
This is the first generation in history that has the ability to accomplish and enforce these things.
And have this happen...
Rev 11:3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Rev 11:7 ¶ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Rev 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Never before in history could these things have come to pass, whereby the entire planet could "You Tube" the spectacle to celebrate their deaths and wait to see if the prophecy came true.
Never before in history has God planted Israel (Judah the "tender young shoot") in the land as its own sovereign country and recognized by law, by every (willing or unwilling) country on the planet.
Never before in history could the signs mentioned by Jesus, especially in Matthew, have ever come to pass. "Wars rumors of wars", he said were just the beginning, the travail.
In the last one hundred years alone... in the extreme measurement of a single lifetime, there has been more genocide, more mass murdering of millions, more lives lost through two world wars, pestilence (more were killed by influenza following WWI than died in the war). More through countless conflicts, famine, floods (tsunamis and others), and earthquakes, than all the other thousands of years... multiplied five times over.
There are people alive right now who were alive when all this carnage happened.
And these are just "the beginnings", "the travail", the "birth pangs"... can anybody in good conscience deny this crescendo... this snowballing of events?
I have titled this... "There is Simply Too Much Evidence" and so there is, for this merely scratches the surface. More to come in... "There is Simply Too Much Evidence Two".
*Strong's... The most respected and well used source for transliteration of Hebrew and Greek.
