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Long ago
  in ages past,
they rejected the only one
  who could save them.
And if anyone should reject
  salvation from God,
then he has chosen
  destruction instead.
What they did to Him
  was done to them.
They were scattered
  among the nations.
And they suffered persecution.

But what can be said
  about all of this?
And how can anyone
  possibly accept it?

The salvation of God
  is for all the nations
and not only
  just for one.
But as long as the Jews
  were in their home land,
other nations might think
  that they are excluded
  from God.
So the Jews were scattered
  over the face of the earth
so that all the world
  might have a chance
  to learn
that the grace of God
  can also be theirs
if only they would
  accepted His Word.                               See Romans 11:11, 11:25

And so
  this is the proof
  that God has not
  forsaken them forever,
and this is the sign
  that they will recover:
When most of the earth
  has finally heard,
then they will again return.                       See Romans 11:26
And when those scattered
  among all the nations
finally return
  to where they first began,
then
we shall see
  what they have learned.
The central issues
  will be addressed,
the ultimate questions
  shall be asked,
and the Truth Itself
  shall be manifest
until everyone has heard.

Why have you
  come back again?
What is it that you hope
  to gain from it?
Are you returning to the root
  from which you sprang?
Do you wish to start
  all over again?
Then do not be
  half-hearted,
but fulfill your good
  intent.
Go back to the place
  where you first began
so you may finally come
  to understand.

Or did you return
  to this place again
because of persecution
  among the nations?
Did you forsake all the
  nations
because it is a world
  of sin?
Then do not be
  half-hearted,
but do as you have said.
Humble yourselves
  and repent
and forsake this
  world of sin.

"Come out of it
  and be holy!
Touch no unclean thing!"
  as the prophets of old
  have said.                                              See Isaiah 52:11

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