Angus Wootten

Restoring Israel's Kingdom Angus Wootten 1st edition

What was the last question Messiah Yeshua?s disciples asked of Him?

As they stood there on the Mount of Olives ? knowing that their Messiah was about to depart from them ? what mattered most to these men? What was the last question they asked of their Teacher?

Do we ? those who, today, claim to be the followers of Israel?s Messiah ? even bother to ask the question that mattered to His chosen twelve?

With olive groves serving as a backdrop, these fathers of our faith asked the King of Israel, ?Lord is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?? (Acts 1:6)

Why did Yeshua?s disciples ? who had been trained by Him fro more than three years ? ask this particular question? Could it be because He had taught them to pray to our Father in Heaven, ?Thy Kingdom come, on earth, as it is in Heaven??? (Matthew 6:10).

Are we a people who are looking to help bring Yeshua?s Kingdom here ? to this earth? Or, have we lost sight of the vision that burned in the hearts of Yeshua?s first disciples? As part of His ?chosen people? (1 Peter 1:1; 2:9), have we lost sight of what should be our ultimate goal? For that matter, have we lost sight of our heritage ? as part of the people of Israel? Could we be part of the Ephraimite people so long ago blinded to the truth of their Israelite roots? (Genesis 48:19; Hosea 1-2; 8:8; Amos 9:9).

Even as Judah is beginning to see the Messiah, is the veil likewise being lifted from our ?partially blinded? Israelite eyes? Do we belong to Israel?s ?olive tree? in a greater way than previously imagined? (Isaiah 8:14; Romans 11:25; Jeremiah 31:18-19; 11:10, 16; 2:18, 21). Is that why we are feeling a longing in our hearts for ?something more??

Do we now feel a hunger deep within because the ?set time? to restore Israel?s Kingdom is upon us?

If so, are we properly prepared to work toward that goal?