Derek Prince - First The Jews, Then The Gentiles
Then God will judge the other nations. Joel 3:1-2. Time is running out, I’ll have to go quickly. Joel 3:1-2: For behold, in those days and at that time when I bring back, the exiles of Judah and Jerusalem. Notice this refers to the same period. The return of the Jewish people to their own land, God says: I will also gather, all nations (Gentile nations) and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people, my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have also divided up my land. So God says when He’s finished, dealing with the Jews then He will deal with the Gentiles. He'll deal with them, on one basis, the way they have treated Israel. That’s a remarkable fact but it’s there. God has got two accusations. One, they have oppressed the Jewish people.
Number two, they have divided up or partitioned that land. God says, That’s my land. I gave it to Israel. And, no human authority or government has any right whatever, to divide that land up. What is happening today? Exactly what God said should not happen. The land has been partitioned, is being partitioned and probably will be partitioned. But when God comes, in judgment He’ll judge the nations that have partitioned that land. Unfortunately, right at the top of the list He could put Britain. Because, Britain was responsible for the mandate at the end of World War I, was authorized to provide a national home for the Jewish people, and in the year 1922 Britain by a single decision of Winston Churchill, allocated seventy-six percent of that land to an Arab nation, which is now called Jordan. And no Jew is permitted to live there.
Of the remaining twenty-four percent, the United Nations divided it up. But all are going to have to answer to Jesus when He comes. And if you look at Matthew 25, the judgment of the nations, the sheep nations that are invited into the kingdom, the goat nations, that are dismissed from the kingdom, that are sent into everlasting punishment The basic principle of division is the way they have treated the brothers of Jesus. I say this because it’s so important because Israel is a major factor, in world affairs today and many of the nations are lining up on the wrong side. Israel cannot defend themselves but sooner or later, when the time comes, God will intervene.