The descendants of Israel, scattered from their God-given homeland by war, captivity, and migration, eventually settled in northwestern Europe and later colonized distant lands, forming great nations such as the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Most modern Israelites are unaware of their identity and the future that awaits them. Despite their wealth and technological advancements, these nations also lead in crime, addiction, divorce, and other societal ills, embodying a paradox of progress and evil. Due to this excess of sin, God will bring punishment upon them through war, captivity, and exile, as He makes and breaks nations to suit His purpose. However, God's love for Israel ensures that this is not the end. He disciplines His children to provoke change and repentance, though Israel remains stiff-necked and stubborn, refusing to yield until they endure terrible devastation. Once He gains their attention and they turn to Him, God is quick to help, delivering them in a second exodus. He will regather Israel not merely for nostalgia but with a specific purpose: to bring them to conversion and restore them as a model nation, showing the world how to live God's way. In the Millennium and beyond, with Israel back in its land and fulfilling its role, the earth will experience peace, prosperity, and security. The land will be cared for as God instructs, producing bountifully, and ancient cities will be rebuilt. This remnant of Israel, living according to God's ways, will assist in the conversion of the world and rear their children in righteousness. God will give them a pure language for true worship, and everything about Israel will be cleansed and purified as befits a holy nation. Under Jesus Christ, King David will be resurrected to rule over Israel, with the twelve apostles governing the tribes, and the land will be divided among them with holy portions set aside. These conditions will persist beyond the Millennium, with Israel's tribes remaining prominent in God's government, their names inscribed on the gates of the New Jerusalem, bringing joy to God throughout eternity. Though the coming days are dark, Israel has a glorious future, as God works out His purpose to bring them into His Family and grant them eternal life in His Kingdom, ultimately showing mercy on all.

God's work of regathering and restoring Israel is a vital part of His plan in the years following Christ's return. By regathering, God will actively search the lands of Israel's enemies to find and return scattered Israelites to the Land of Promise, defined as the territory from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates. Restoration involves God's actions to bring Israel back into His favor, encompassing a single act of forgiveness on the Day of Atonement and a gradual process of increasing Israel's wealth and prestige among the nations, positioning her as the head of the world's nations. This regathering and restoration follow a period of punishment for Israel's sins, as God corrects her through successive cycles of discipline due to the increasing rate of iniquity. The scattering of Israel results in the land lying desolate, but God promises to regather His people from the nations, assembling them in a staging area outside the land for judgment, ensuring only the obedient enter the Promised Land. During the time of Jacob's trouble, God asserts His determined purpose to regather and then restore Israel, punishing gentile nations in the process, with a focus on His commitment to return scattered Israel to the Land of Promise and to prosper and multiply them beyond their ancestors. Restoration includes a profound transformation, as God will give Israel a new heart and a new spirit, enabling faithfulness through His covenant of peace, ensuring they never backslide again. This value added to restored Israel surpasses what was present before, enhancing their ability to love and serve God completely. God's plan also involves leading restored Israelites out from the Land of Promise to preach the gospel worldwide, mirroring the model of sending out trained preachers to assigned territories. Christ, as the Shepherd, will guide them through the gates of the city, seen as exits, to minister to both Gentiles and Israelites residing outside the land, facilitating the spread of salvation across the earth. Israel's role in carrying the gospel, God's power of salvation, to all nations is central to His purpose. As their prosperity and influence grow, Israel will become a beacon, an example of obedience and blessing, drawing others to the truth. God will sow Israelites in various regions outside the Land of Promise, apportioning territories corresponding to the twelve tribes, maintaining order in His plan. This worldwide preaching and teaching effort, unhindered and guided by those already transformed, will ensure the gospel reaches all people, fulfilling God's ultimate aim of salvation for everyone.

God's very Word assures us that though Israel and Judah have forsaken Him, and He has acted to punish and remove them in His righteous wrath, He is not done with them yet. He desires to show mercy and return them to favor, ultimately to glory. Even when He forsakes His people for a time, He tries to bring them back, often acting for His name's sake to uphold His reputation, fulfill His plan, and keep His promises, rather than because of human righteousness or desire. In prophecies of the end time, such as in Ezekiel 20, God declares that He will return physical Israel to Him after they have forsaken Him. This second exodus of Israel to their land will occur because He decides to act, bringing His long-running plan to fruition, knowing best how to work with His people for ultimate success. As II Peter 3:9 states, He does not want anyone to perish but that all should come to repentance, seeking to grant eternal life. Romans 11:26 confidently states that all Israel will be saved, though they will endure much hardship. God, in His goodness, will ensure this promise comes to pass. Soon, He will seek out Israel and begin to turn them back to Him. In Luke 15, the Parable of the Lost Sheep illustrates the joy in heaven when millions of Israelites are finally found and return to God, showing His desire to bring back those who have forsaken the flock and the covenant. Israel may be lost to the world, often referred to as the lost ten tribes, but God has not lost them. He knows exactly where they are, providing multiple clues in Scripture about their modern locations. Jesus Himself, in Matthew 15:24 and Matthew 10:5-6, was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, as were His disciples, indicating that even 700 years after the fall of Samaria, He knew where Israel resided. James 1:1 addresses his letter to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, confirming they were extant, known by the church, and dispersed across a broad swath of the earth. Ezekiel 36 and other prophecies affirm that Israel is not lost and will be restored, as scores of biblical prophecies speak of a repentant Israel returning to their homeland for the Millennium under Messiah's rule. God's Word does not return empty, and His plan depends on Israel's existence somewhere in the world, ensuring these prophecies will be fulfilled by Him. He marks them wherever they are, as Amos 9:9 states, not letting the smallest grain fall to the ground. Scripture provides directional clues from Jerusalem's standpoint, indicating Israel generally lives north and west of the Holy Land. Jeremiah 3 and 31 proclaim words toward the north, calling Israel back from the north country and other parts of the earth. Hosea 12 and Isaiah 49:12 suggest they follow the east wind, coming from the west, with the bulk living northwest of Jerusalem, along a line cutting through the heart of Europe. Additional clues in Psalm 89 and Jeremiah 31 point to Israel's presence in distant isles and coastlands afar off, along great rivers and seas, indicating a strong naval and maritime trade presence in northwest Europe and its islands. Jeremiah 31 further reveals that God will gather the remnant of Israel from the chief of the nations, showing they are citizens of vital, wealthy, and strong countries, hiding in plain sight with glorious recent histories veiling their ancient roots. Genesis 49 describes Israel, especially the tribes of Joseph, as a restless, pioneering, migrating, and colonizing people, spreading beyond boundaries to new lands, a trait seen in many nations of northwest Europe and their colonies over the past millennium.