09/17/2023 – “The Haftorah Mystery” – day 67 / Amos 9: 11-15 ; Psalm 18:30; 2 Timothy 3:16
Recall that each day of this “Book of Mysteries” 365 day devotional by Jonathan Cahn involves a discussion between a spiritual mentor and a student. This is another amazing Biblical prophecy fulfilled, over two thousand years later. Let’s get started:
“He took me into the Chamber of Scrolls and led me over to a scroll unique from the others in that it rested permanently on its own wooden platform.
‘Every week,’ he said, ‘on the Sabbath, in synagogues throughout the world, a word from the Prophets is read along with a word from the Torah. The Word from he Prophets is called the haftorah reading. It comes from this scroll, and is often just a few verses long.’
‘How long has this been going on?’ I asked.
‘From ancient times.’ he said.
He then rolled the scroll forward to find the passage he was looking for.
‘For two thousand years,’ he said, ‘the Jewish people wandered the earth in exile from their land. But the Word of God prophesied that in the later days God would bring them back to their homeland and the nation of Israel would come back into the world. The prophecy came true on May 15, 1948, when the nation of Israel was resurrected. The exile of two thousand years was over. (Insert note: 2,699 years from the prophecy to fulfillment, see below *) May 15, 1948, happened to be a Sabbath. That means there was a word appointed from ancient times to be read in every synagogue throughout the world on the day that Israel came back into the world.’
‘What was it?’
‘It was from the Book of Amos (insert: Amos: 11-15) . It was this.’ Placing his finger on the Hebrew swords in the scroll, he began to read: ‘I will restore David’s fallen tabernacle. I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins. I will rebuild it as it used to be… And I will bring my people Israel back from exile. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyard and drink their wine. They will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them.’ It was the ancient prophecy foretelling the future restoration of Israel… And it just happened to be appointed from ancient times to be read throughout the world on the very day that Israel’s restoration was fulfilled. What does it tell you?’
‘The Word of God is true, truer than circumstance, and stronger than history.’
‘Yes,’ said the teacher. ‘And so fully trust in it. And when God gives a promise, He will fulfill it. It will come to fruition at the time ordained for it… at the appointed and exact moment.’
The Mission: Take a Word from Scripture you can walk in this day. Seek for the exact and appointed moments for the Word to come to fruition.”
Psalms 18:30; Amos 9: 11-15; 2 Timothy 3:16
Soli Deo Gloria!
Comment on the Amos prophecy from my Halley’s Bible Handbook: “The prophecy seems to have been delivered on a visit to Bethel (7: 10-14), about 30 years before the Fall of Israel. Amos was a prophet of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, with a message to Israel, the Northern Kingdom, in the reigns of Uzziah king of Judah (787 – 735 B.C.) and Jeroboan II king of Israel (790 – 749, 1:1). The ‘earthquake’ (1:1), Josephus says, was co-incident with the imposition of Uzziah’s leprosy (II Chronicles 26: 16-21), according to which, * Amos’ prophecy was about 751 B.C.“