The Two Regatherings
of Israel and The Day of the LORD
1. The First Worldwide Regathering in Preparation for Judgment.
a. The First WW Regathering Will Be With Fury
b. The First WW Regathering Will Be To Fury
Ezekiel 22:17-22. I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries , and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
Zechariah 13:8-9. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
c. The First WW Regathering Will Be Before the Day of the Lord
Zephaniah 2:1-3. Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
2. The Day of the Lord (Refers to a specific time period in the future)
a. One of the Purposes of The Day of the Lord is to Make an End of Wickedness
Isaiah 13:6-12. Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; ... 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold.
b. The Day of the Lord Will Include Miraculous Signs (Like During the Time of the Exodus From Egypt)
Zephaniah 1:14. The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
Joel 2:30-33. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
c. The Day of the Lord is Also Called The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
Jeremiah 30:6-11. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. ... 9 but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. ... 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Malachi 4:5. Behold, I will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord
: 6 and he shall turn the heart of
the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children
to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a
curse.
3. The Second Worldwide Regathering in Preparation for Blessing.
a. There Will Be an Individual Judgment As Part of the Last Worldwide Regathering
Ezekiel 20:33-38. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. ... 41 when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. ... 44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
b. The Last Worldwide Regathering Will Occur Before the Messianic Kingdom.
Jeremiah 31:8-13. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: ... He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. ... and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Ezekiel 11:17-20. Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you
from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where
ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of
Israel. ... 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a
new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of
their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 that
they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 3. The Second Worldwide Regathering in Preparation for Blessing.
a. There Will Be an Individual Judgment As Part of the Last Worldwide Regathering
Ezekiel 20:33-38. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. ... 41 when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. ... 44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
b. The Last Worldwide Regathering Will Occur Before the Messianic Kingdom.
Jeremiah 31:8-13. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: ... He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. ... and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Amos 9:8-15. I will not utterly destroy the
house of Jacob, saith the Lord. 9 For, lo, I will command,
and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations,
like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least
grain fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people
shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not
overtake nor prevent us. 11 In that day will I raise up
the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up
the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I
will build it as in the days of old: 12 that they may
possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which
are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.
... 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of
Israel, ... 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they
shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I
have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
Ezekiel 36:22-35. Thus saith the Lord God; I
do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine
holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen,
whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which
was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in
the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am
the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be
sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will
take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all
countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I
cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony
heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of
flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my
judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and
I will be your God. ... 32 Not for your sakes do I this,
saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and
confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. 33 Thus
saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed
you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell
in the cities ... 35 And they shall say, This land that was
desolate is become like the garden of Eden.
c. The Last Worldwide Regathering Will Be the Second Worldwide Regathering.
Isaiah 11:6, 11-12. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him ... and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. ... And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
d. Every Jewish Person Living at That Time Will Be Gathered
Isaiah 27:12-13. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ... and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
c. The Last Worldwide Regathering Will Be the Second Worldwide Regathering.
Isaiah 11:6, 11-12. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him ... and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. ... And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
d. Every Jewish Person Living at That Time Will Be Gathered
Isaiah 27:12-13. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ... and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Isaiah 43:5-7. Fear not: for I am with thee:
I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from
the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the
south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my
daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 even every one that
is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory,I
have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Ezekiel 39:25-29. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name ... 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28 then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
e. During the Messianic Kingdom The Regathering Will Be Celebrated Instead of the Exodus (Seder)
Jeramiah 16:14-16. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 but, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord , and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Jeramiah 23:3-8. I will gather the remnant of my flock out of
all countries whither I have driven them ... 5 Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall
execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah
shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his
name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. 7
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they
shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8 but, The Lord
liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of
Israel out of the north country, and from all countries
whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Ezekiel 39:25-29. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name ... 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28 then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
e. During the Messianic Kingdom The Regathering Will Be Celebrated Instead of the Exodus (Seder)
Jeramiah 16:14-16. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 but, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord , and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.