10/04/2026 – Day 342 – “The Resurrection Land”
“I was sitting in his study by his desk when he showed me an ancient coin. “What do you see on it?” asked the teacher.
“A man standing by a palm tree,” I said. “And under the tree is a woman sitting down.”
The man is a Roman soldier,” he said. “And the woman represents Israel weeping. It’s called the , a commemorative coin issued by the Romans to celebrate their destruction of Israel. No look at this.” He handed me another coin, silver and not ancient but modern. “What do you see?” “The palm tree, the woman, and a man … but it’s different. The woman is standing up and holding a baby, and the man is planting a tree.”
It’s called Israel Liberata. It’s the coin issued by Israel after it came back into the world. It’s based on the Roman coin, but the image of death and sorrow has turned into one of the resurrection and joy. Nations are born and grow. But Israel is different. Israel is a resurrection. And what is a resurrection? It’s a restoring of what once was. So the coins of Israel are the resurrections of the ancient coins. Its language is the resurrection of its ancient language; its cities, the resurrection of its ancient cities. Even its trees and forests, are the resurrections of its ancient trees and forests. And much of these resurrections came through translating what was in the Bible into reality. Through the Word came the nation. The resurrection of Israel is a sign, a picture of salvation. You see, our salvation is not only a new birth. It’s a resurrection. It’s a restoration.”
“But we’ve never been anything else but fallen.” I said. “How can we be restored or resurrected to whatever we’ve never been?”
“If this is the fallen version, then there has to be another version, the person God made you to be. That is the resurrection of salvation. It is that you become the you that you were always meant to become… God’s holy creation… the you as you would be if you were fallen. And how do you take part in the resurrection? You do as in the resurrection of Israel. You translate the Word of God into your life, in every area and realm. Make your goal resurrection … that you might become that which, in Him, you are … and are to be.”
The Mission: Your life is a resurrection. Follow, in the Word of God, the pattern for life and become the person you were created to become.
Jeremiah 30 – 31; Hosea 6:2; Amos 9: 14-15; Ephesians 2:6
The Resurrection of Zion
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Commentary:
From the “The Apologetics Study Bible”:
“30: 1-3. … Verse 1 attributes the prophecy to Jeremiah. Certainly it is not impossible for a prophet to speak of both judgment and hope — in this case, judgment in the near future and hope for the long term. Jeremiah had previously offered hope (2:1-3; 3:14-18; 23:1-8; 24:4-7). In fact, in calling him, the Lord acknowledged that Jeremiah was to be a prophet who would both “uproot and tear down” and “build and plant” (1:10; see also 31:38). Other prophets also offered messages of hope along with predictions of doom. Ezekiel spoke of God deserting Jerusalem but returning in the future (Ezk 10:18-19; 11:23; 43:4-5). Hosea said that in the near future Israel would be “Not My People” but in the far future once again “My people” (Hosea 1:9;2:23). Joel said that the Day of the Lord would bless His people and send them the Holy Spirit (Joel 1:15; 2:26-28). Amos juxtaposed judgment for sinners with the future restoration of Israel (Amos 9::9-10; 9:11-15). The prophets ‘proclamations of judgment were always intended to move the people to repentance and their words rang with confidence in the Lord’s ultimate faithfulness to His covenant.”
I encourage y’all to read and pray over Romans Chapter 11 – “Israel’s Rejection Not Total”, ending in “A Hymn of Praise” , the final verses: 33-36. “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.”
Back to the commentary:
“11:25-26. Paul showed here that hardening is not a permanent sentence against Israel, even though it resulted from their rejection of the message about Christ. First, he reaffirmed that only a part of Israel was hardened. That is, many Jews of Paul’s day did acknowledge Jesus as Lord and were saved. Nevertheless, at the end of the age, the Jews will turn en masse to Christ for some believe that Jews throughout the church age will respond to the gospel). When Paul state that all Israel will be saved, he did not intend “all” without exception but “all” as in a very large number (see 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 12:1;2 Chronicles 12:1; Isaiah 45:25; Daniel 9:11; Mark 1:5; Luke 3:21; Acts 13:24). Paul used similar connotations for “all” and “many” in Romans 5:18-19 (cp. a similar usage of “all” in 11:32).”