"19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
"20 The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall aagain in thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell."
We are discussing a little more about the gathering of Israel. I like the description in the Institute manual with respect to these two verses:
"So many people will come, both to Zion and the Old Jerusalem, that they will complain that the land is 'too strait [narrow] for me: give place to me that I may dwell' (Isaiah 49:20). This overcrowding has occurred wherever the modern gathering has taken place. The Church has a difficult time keeping up with needs for chapels and leadership because of its many converts. Modern Israel has received so many ingatherers that the land is literally 'too narrow by reason of the inhabitants' (v. 19)."
There are a lot of constraints for the Church because of the gathering of Israel. In addition to the ones mentioned above, the recent economical recession has put a strain on church building. It is interesting, because in my stake they are building a new stake center. Many construction companies tried to outbid each other for it. Times are hard here for construction companies. We got a great deal from a company that says they usually don't do such small jobs. (That made me wonder what their regular jobs were like if a stake center is small.)
In another related subject to the verse, one of the fruits of a Patriarchal Blessing if you are a member of the church is the knowledge of what tribe if Israel, or part of the house of Israel, you are from. They are truly being gathered in in these days. I have heard that there are some of the tribes that have only a few people identified from them at this time, and they know each other and have their contact information. How great is that!
The saints gather at churches in their neighborhoods. Some are overflowing in capacity and some are not. But, there are prophesies about certain areas of the world that seem, to me, very consistent about the gathering of Israel. There is a prophesy about the southeast United States that says there will be more that a million members of the church here. The last statistic that I heard was that we have about half of that right now, maybe a little less. We need to gather Israel, and identify them and give them the opportunity to receive the blessings of the church.
We are discussing a little more about the gathering of Israel. I like the description in the Institute manual with respect to these two verses:
"So many people will come, both to Zion and the Old Jerusalem, that they will complain that the land is 'too strait [narrow] for me: give place to me that I may dwell' (Isaiah 49:20). This overcrowding has occurred wherever the modern gathering has taken place. The Church has a difficult time keeping up with needs for chapels and leadership because of its many converts. Modern Israel has received so many ingatherers that the land is literally 'too narrow by reason of the inhabitants' (v. 19)."
There are a lot of constraints for the Church because of the gathering of Israel. In addition to the ones mentioned above, the recent economical recession has put a strain on church building. It is interesting, because in my stake they are building a new stake center. Many construction companies tried to outbid each other for it. Times are hard here for construction companies. We got a great deal from a company that says they usually don't do such small jobs. (That made me wonder what their regular jobs were like if a stake center is small.)
In another related subject to the verse, one of the fruits of a Patriarchal Blessing if you are a member of the church is the knowledge of what tribe if Israel, or part of the house of Israel, you are from. They are truly being gathered in in these days. I have heard that there are some of the tribes that have only a few people identified from them at this time, and they know each other and have their contact information. How great is that!
The saints gather at churches in their neighborhoods. Some are overflowing in capacity and some are not. But, there are prophesies about certain areas of the world that seem, to me, very consistent about the gathering of Israel. There is a prophesy about the southeast United States that says there will be more that a million members of the church here. The last statistic that I heard was that we have about half of that right now, maybe a little less. We need to gather Israel, and identify them and give them the opportunity to receive the blessings of the church.
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