Miracle

“He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together.” Jeremiah 31:10

Who would have thought that after more than 2000 years of exile, the Jews would be able to return to the land promised to them by God? After the Assyrian exile in 733 BCE, the Babylonian captivity in 597-586 BCE, and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE, Jews were scattered to all corners of the world. 

When the Jews were able to return to Israel in 1948, it was a miracle. At no time in history had an ancient people who had been displaced, persecuted and even massacred, been able to reestablish their nation in their original homeland. But it is no surprise because God promises this in Deuteronomy 30:1-5, Amos 9:15, Isaiah 11:11 and other prophecies in the Bible. 

We too can depend on God’s promises. We read in Deuteronomy 7:9, “Know therefore that the LORD your Godis God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.” And in 2 Timothy 2:13, St. Paul writes, “If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He CANNOT deny Himself.”