He restores all things.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for Mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. (Hosea 14:4-7)

As GOD winds down His sentence against Israel for its sIn and rebellion, He gives this prophecy that can only happen when GOD restores all of Israel to its former glory and rules it when He is here once again.  And just as the prophecies of His first coming have come to pass, so shall this (and others still to be fulfilled.)  GOD will restore Israel as a nation and a people.   He will heal and revive the Jewish people because they return unto Him.  He still cares for His chosen people.

He chose them, not because they were the mightiest, or the biggest, or the greatest nation; but because of the opposite of all those, so that He would get the Glory in what He would do in and through them.  Just as He wants to do with each of us.  He loves us and wants what is best for us.  He wants to restore the relationship we had with Him in Adam.  But He can only do that if we repent and receive His Son, Jesus Christ by faith in His finished work on the Cross of Calvary.

Don't wait until tomorrow to believe Jesus Christ has paid the penalty for your sIns.  He wants to give you an eternal and abundant life today.

If you know Him, share Him with those that don't that they might have life.

In Christ,
Jefferson A. Sweet