What would have to happen for God to cast off the seed of Israel?
According to Jeremiah 31, God would cast off Israel’s seed only if the fixed ordinances of sun, moon, and stars departed, heaven above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath. Since those things cannot be done, God will never cast aside His chosen nation Israel despite what they have done.
Les explains from Jeremiah 31:35–36 that the Creator who gives the sun for light by day and the ordinances of the moon and stars for light by night, who divides the sea, is the Lord of hosts. If those ordinances—the laws of nature and science—depart from before Him, or if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then the seed of Israel would cease from being a nation before Him forever and God would cast off the seed of Israel for all they have done. Les says this cannot be done, so God will never cast aside Israel. He stresses that God is not through with His chosen nation, even though they rejected and crucified their Messiah. God raised up Saul of Tarsus, Paul, sent primarily to the Gentiles, while individual Jews can be saved in the age of grace. The tribulation is primarily God dealing with Israel, not the church.
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
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What does Jeremiah 31:35-36 mean about Israel ceasing to be a nation?
According to Jeremiah 31:35-36, Israel will remain a nation before God forever because her continuance is tied to the fixed ordinances of nature: only if the laws of the sun, moon, and stars depart, or heaven can be measured and the earth's foundations searched out, would God cast off the seed of Israel.