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       &quot; Elder Brother&quot;
       By: Runner Date: January 29, 2013, 1:59 pm
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       So, really�how will we, as the "elder brother" church &#10015;
       respond to this restoration of our "younger" brother Israel?
       Will we, in self-righteousness oppose of grace toward Israel?
       Will we like the elder brother in the story...become angry and
       bitter that, after 2000 years of labour in the Father's
       vineyard, He hasn't thrown a party for us, but ecstatically
       welcomed our undeserving "brother" back home ?
       Some will for sure! They don't even "see" it as happening.
       Charles Spurgeon said in his eloquent way, "I think we do not
       attach enough importance to the restoration of the Jews. But
       certainly, if there is anything promised in the Bible it is
       this. The day shall yet come when the Jews, who were the first
       apostles to the Gentiles, the first missionaries to us who were
       afar off, shall be gathered in again. Until that shall be, the
       fullness of the church's glory can never come. Matchless
       benefits to the world are bound up with the restoration of
       Israel, their gathering shall be as life from the dead."
       Interesting..and food for thought. Of the two rods He will make
       one strong one.
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