ISRAEL

The NATION of ISRAEL is the most prominent and important nation mentioned in the Bible. The name ISRAEL is inherited from the patriarch JACOB, whose name was changed by God to ISRAEL (Genesis 32:24-28), meaning to “Rule as a Prince with God” [Hebrew יִשׂרָ•אֵל Yisra’el (yis-raw-ale’)].

The lineal descendants of JACOB-ISRAEL formed the nation, Israel. To understand the importance of Israel to God’s plan and purpose it is necessary to go back in history to the calling of ABRAM and the establishment of the ABRAHAMIC COVENANT.

 Jacob Renamed “ISRAEL”

Genesis 32:24-28

 

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.  And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

PROGRAM OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL

 

 

The Establishment of the Abrahamic Covenant
  • The Sojourn in Egypt
  • The Calling of Moses and the Exodus
  • The Old Covenant Delivered at Mount Sinai
  • Forty Years Wandering in the Wilderness
  • Entering the Promised Land
  • The Period of the Judges
  • The United Kingdom under Three Kings
  • The Divided Kingdom
    • The Northern House of Israel
    • The Southern House of Judah
    • The Assyrian Invasions & Israel Deported
    • The Babylonian Invasion & Judah Exiled
    • Westward Migration of the Northern House of Israel
    • Return of the Exiled of Judah