THE AWAKENING OF EPHRAIM
PART 17 — THE KING IS GATHERING HIS PEOPLE
The Great Regathering Before the Return of the King
Throughout Scripture there is a theme that appears repeatedly from Torah to Revelation.
It is the theme of gathering.
The Elohim who scattered His people is also the Elohim who gathers His people.
The Elohim who judged His people is also the Elohim who restores His people.
The Elohim who drove His people among the nations is also the Elohim who calls them back from the nations.
This theme is so pervasive throughout Scripture that it is impossible to understand biblical prophecy without understanding the regathering.
Most believers are familiar with the scattering.
Few fully understand the gathering.
Yet the gathering is one of the greatest prophetic promises in all of Scripture.
The story begins in Torah.
Long before Israel entered the land, Yahuah warned what would happen if the covenant was abandoned.
He warned of exile.
He warned of judgment.
He warned of scattering.
He warned that His people would be driven among the nations.
These warnings were not vague.
They were specific.
They were prophetic.
They were covenantal.
And they came to pass exactly as He declared.
The Northern Kingdom was scattered.
The Southern Kingdom was scattered.
The people were dispersed throughout the nations.
The covenant people became strangers in foreign lands.
The people who had once been called apart became mixed among the nations.
Yet the warnings of Torah never ended with judgment.
They always ended with restoration.
The same Torah that warned of scattering also promised gathering.
The same Torah that warned of exile also promised return.
The same Torah that warned of judgment also promised mercy.
This is why the restoration story cannot be separated from the covenant story.
The covenant contains both warning and promise.
Both judgment and restoration.
Both scattering and gathering.
The prophets repeatedly build upon this foundation.
Isaiah speaks of it.
Jeremiah speaks of it.
Ezekiel speaks of it.
Hosea speaks of it.
Amos speaks of it.
Zechariah speaks of it.
Again and again Yahuah declares:
“I will gather them.”
Not they will gather themselves.
Not a government will gather them.
Not a movement will gather them.
Not a denomination will gather them.
Yahuah Himself declares that He will gather them.
This is one of the most important distinctions in prophetic understanding.
The gathering is not ultimately man’s work.
The gathering is Elohim’s work.
He scattered.
He gathers.
He judged.
He restores.
He disciplined.
He redeems.
One of the most overlooked aspects of the gathering is that Scripture repeatedly compares it to a future Exodus.
Most people know the first Exodus.
Few understand that the prophets repeatedly speak of a second and greater Exodus.
Jeremiah declares that a day is coming when people will no longer primarily speak of Yahuah as the One who brought Israel out of Egypt.
Instead, they will speak of Him as the One who gathered Israel from all the lands where He scattered them.
Think about the magnitude of that statement.
The first Exodus is the greatest deliverance recorded in Scripture.
Yet Jeremiah says a future deliverance will be so great that it will become the dominant testimony of Yahuah’s faithfulness.
Why?
Because the first Exodus delivered Israel from one nation.
The second Exodus gathers Israel from all nations.
The first Exodus brought Israel out of Egypt.
The second Exodus brings Israel out of the nations.
The first Exodus gathered one generation.
The second Exodus gathers the scattered of many generations.
The first Exodus was local.
The second Exodus is global.
The first Exodus was a shadow.
The second Exodus is the greater fulfillment.
This is why the Exodus pattern appears throughout prophecy.
The first Exodus becomes the prophetic template for the second.
What happened then foreshadows what will happen again.
There was bondage.
There will be bondage.
There was separation.
There will be separation.
There was deliverance.
There will be deliverance.
There was judgment.
There will be judgment.
There were signs and wonders.
There will be signs and wonders.
There were plagues.
There will be plagues.
There was a call to come out.
There will be a call to come out.
There was a journey through the wilderness.
There will be a wilderness testing.
There was covenant renewal.
There will be covenant restoration.
There was entry into the inheritance.
There will be entry into the Kingdom.
The pattern remains remarkably consistent.
This is why the prophets repeatedly connect restoration with wilderness imagery.
Yahuah declares through Hosea that He will bring His people into the wilderness and speak to them there.
The wilderness is not merely a place of geography.
It is a place of purification.
A place of testing.
A place of preparation.
A place where covenant is renewed.
The same pattern established during the first Exodus appears again.
This becomes even more significant when we move into Revelation.
Many of the judgments described in Revelation mirror the plagues of Egypt.
Water turned to blood.
Darkness.
Judgments upon the earth.
Judgments upon the powers of rebellion.
The parallels are not accidental.
The first Exodus judged Egypt.
The second Exodus judges Mystery Babylon.
The first Exodus confronted Pharaoh.
The second Exodus confronts the kingdoms of the world.
The first Exodus exposed false gods.
The second Exodus exposes the idols of the nations.
The first Exodus delivered Israel from slavery.
The second Exodus delivers the covenant people from the systems of Babylon.
This is why the call of Revelation echoes the Exodus:
“Come out of her, My people.”
The language is deliberate.
The pattern is deliberate.
The prophetic picture is deliberate.
The gathering cannot occur without a coming out.
The restoration cannot occur without separation.
The Kingdom cannot be established without judgment upon the kingdoms of men.
This is precisely why the awakening is so important.
The awakening prepares the gathering.
The gathering prepares the Exodus.
The Exodus prepares the Kingdom.
The Kingdom prepares the reign of Messiah.
This becomes especially important as we approach the end of the sixth day.
Throughout Scripture a prophetic pattern emerges.
Six days of labor.
Then Sabbath.
Six thousand years of human government.
Then the Kingdom.
Six thousand years of man’s rule.
Then Messiah’s rule.
If we are indeed approaching the conclusion of the sixth millennium, then it should not surprise us that the awakening of Ephraim accelerates.
The watchmen are awakening.
The remnant is awakening.
The scattered are awakening.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is spreading.
The covenant is being restored.
The dry bones are rising.
The Two Sticks are moving toward reunification.
The olive tree continues its restoration.
The fullness of the Gentiles approaches completion.
The restoration of all Israel advances.
Every prophetic stream is moving toward convergence.
This is where many people misunderstand the purpose of the awakening.
The awakening is not merely about discovering identity.
The awakening is not merely about learning Hebrew words.
The awakening is not merely about understanding prophecy.
The awakening is preparation.
Preparation for restoration.
Preparation for gathering.
Preparation for the greater Exodus.
Preparation for the coming Kingdom.
Preparation for the return of the King.
This becomes especially clear in Ezekiel 34.
Yahuah condemns the false shepherds.
The shepherds who scattered the sheep.
The shepherds who neglected the sheep.
The shepherds who fed themselves rather than the flock.
Then Yahuah makes an astonishing declaration.
“I Myself shall search for My sheep and seek them out.”
Think about the significance of that statement.
The King Himself becomes the Shepherd.
The Shepherd Himself begins the search.
The One who scattered now gathers.
The One who judged now restores.
The One who disciplined now heals.
This prophecy reaches its fullest expression in Yahusha.
Yahusha repeatedly identifies Himself as the Good Shepherd.
The Shepherd promised by the prophets.
The Shepherd sent to gather the lost sheep.
This is why Yahusha declares:
“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.”
This is also why He declared:
“I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I have to bring them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.”
One flock.
One Shepherd.
One King.
One Kingdom.
The gathering has always been moving toward unity.
The gathering has always been moving toward restoration.
The gathering has always been moving toward the fulfillment of Ezekiel 37.
The Two Sticks become one.
The divided become united.
The scattered become gathered.
The lost become found.
The exile becomes restoration.
This is why the awakening of Ephraim is so important.
The awakening is not the destination.
The awakening is the beginning.
The gathering follows the awakening.
The restoration follows the awakening.
The Kingdom follows the awakening.
The dry bones awaken so they can be gathered.
The scattered awaken so they can return.
The remnant awakens so they can prepare for the King.
The awakening serves the gathering.
The gathering serves the Kingdom.
The Kingdom serves the reign of Messiah.
The Shepherd is calling.
The sheep are hearing.
The remnant is awakening.
The gathering has begun.
The greater Exodus is approaching.
The King is gathering His people.
The Kingdom is drawing near.
The covenant is being restored.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is advancing.
And every day brings us closer to the fulfillment of the promises spoken from the beginning.
Greg Witter | Ephraim’s Cry Hebraic Mindset Study Series
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