Israel's Divine Appointment: Restored to Rule and Teach the Nations

The foundation of all Scripture rests on one decisive act: Yah entrusted His law, covenant, and spoken words to a single nation, Israel. Paul makes this crystal clear in Romans 3:1–2: "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of Yah." This statement dismantles any doctrine that tries to universalize the origin or authority of Yah's instruction. Yah didn't distribute His truth equally among all peoples. He gave it directly and exclusively to Israel, establishing them as the sole stewards of His divine law.

From the beginning, Yah's plan wasn't simply to save Israel from oppression but to raise them up as a nation trained in righteousness. Their obedience would serve as a model for all other nations. They were to be refined through discipline, shaped through statutes, and made holy through covenant. This wasn't a temporary calling, it was an everlasting mandate meant to continue until Yah's entire plan for earth was completed through them. Exodus 19:5–6 expresses Yah's intent clearly: "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people… and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation." They weren't chosen to be like the nations. They were appointed to lead them.

This national training began the moment Israel left Egypt. Yah gave them His Torah not merely to believe in, but to live out completely. Deuteronomy 6:6–7 makes this non-negotiable: "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children…" Their homes, communities, and generations were to be saturated with His commandments. Israel was being raised as a disciplined people who would one day carry His standard across the earth.

But Israel rebelled. They disregarded Yah's commands, pursued foreign gods, polluted the sanctuary, and despised correction. They violated the covenant they had willingly agreed to. As Exodus 24:7 records, "All that Yah hath said will we do, and be obedient." That declaration wasn't symbolic or casual, it was a legal and spiritual agreement sealed with blood. Israel accepted both the blessings for obedience and the punishments for rebellion. When Yah scattered them, enslaved them, and stripped them of their land and power, He was executing the very judgment they had agreed to in advance. Their suffering wasn't a breach of covenant, it was the penalty built into the covenant itself for disobedience; as outlined in Deuteronomy 28.

Yet even in their rebellion, Yah's promise remained. The prophets never declared that Yah would replace Israel with another people. Yah declared He would purify and reclaim the same people He began with. His plan didn't change. His covenant wasn't scrapped. It awaited fulfillment through refinement. Yah's words in Ezekiel 36:24–27 leave no room for speculation: "For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean… A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you… and cause you to walk in my statutes." Yah didn't promise to erase their past. He promised to cleanse it, redeem it, and use it. The law that was once external, written on scrolls, would now be internal, engraved on their hearts. Israel's transformation wouldn't be merely religious or ceremonial, it would be a complete and comprehensive change. They wouldn't just be informed by the law, they would become the living expression of it.

This restoration leads to real dominion over real nations with tangible geopolitical consequences. Israel's rise will be a visible, political, and global ascension. Yah spoke through Daniel to reveal exactly how this transition will unfold. Daniel 7:27 declares: "And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." The rulership of the earth will be given to the restored children of Israel, and the nations will come under their authority.

This wasn't a new concept introduced in the New Testament, it was already deeply embedded in the understanding of Yahusha's disciples. After His resurrection, in Acts 1:6–7, they asked Him, "Master, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" They weren't thinking of heaven. They were thinking of rulership. They expected the fulfillment of the prophets. Yahusha didn't correct them for asking him this question, he affirmed the premise of their question by answering, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." The restoration was legitimate, and only the timing was withheld for a future time.

Israel is destined for rulership, but only after purification. Once cleansed, Yah will raise them up as kings and priests, just as He intended from the start. Isaiah 61:6 confirms this: "But ye shall be named the Priests of Yah: men shall call you the Ministers of our Elohim: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves." The world won't teach Israel; Israel will teach the world. The authority to rule and instruct will belong to those who were once scattered, despised, and forgotten. And the Gentiles who seek truth will no longer search among themselves, they will go to the Israelites. Zechariah 8:23 captures this moment: "Ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations… saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that Elohim is with you."

Yah never distributed His covenant evenly, he gave it to one people, trained them with severity, punished them for rebellion, and promised to restore them when they were ready. That people is Israel. And when their restoration is complete, their role won't be debated; it will be established. They will rule, and they will teach the world, and the nations will listen to them. This is the divine structure Yah has set in place, and no force on earth will overturn it.