“Gather together his elect from the four winds.” The term the “elect from the four winds” is a symbolic Old Testament term used to locate the Israelites who have been scattered throughout the earth in judgment. In judgment, God scattered the Jews all over the earth (Ezekiel 5:10; 12:14, 15; Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64). God warned Israel of this judgment but they still rebelled against the Lord and experienced the judgment. The symbol or metaphor to describe
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