Concerning all the things that God has promised us, we need to have hope; we must expect the goodness of God. We should take Israel for our example and inspiration: The hope (Ha Tikvah) the Jews had did not disappoint. For after close to two thousand years in exile, God indeed brought them back to repossess Israel and Jerusalem. As long as our hope is in God, it is just a matter of time before we ‘enter the promised land’.
Read more: Tikvah (Hope) Does Not Disappoint, Part 2 (30th Sept 2020)
When the Jews were driven out of the Holy City (Jerusalem), and the Holy Land (Israel), by the Romans starting in 70 A.D., they hoped against hope that one day they will return to Jerusalem and Israel. Their hope did not disappoint them. And it couldn’t because hundreds of years before they lost the beloved city (as Revelation 20:9 calls it), and were expelled from the Holy Land (as Zechariah 2:12 calls it), they had not only received from God a prophecy that indeed the expulsion would happen, but also a promise that they would indeed return home one day.
Read more: Tikvah (Hope) Does Not Disappoint (23rd Sept 2020)