"I think we do not attach sufficient importance to the restoration of the Jews. We do not think enough of it. But certainly, if there is anything promised in the Bible, it is this." (C.H. Spurgeon) Browse the COVENANT AND CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS.

Reggie Kelly addresses the distinctions between 1948 and the final return to the Land. Browse the COVENANT & CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS.

“We are not able to measure such depth of love manward, because we cannot understand the height of their love Godward. We listen in silence.” (A. Saphir) Browse the COVENANT & CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS now.

“In the book of the Church we see, rooted in Israel, and beginning at Jerusalem, the history of Jesus and of the body joined to Him by the Spirit.” - A. Saphir

Spurgeon on Ezekiel 37: "He surely ought to have known his own mind, and led by the Holy Spirit, he gives us as an explanation of the vision, not— 'Thus says the Lord, My dying Church shall be restored,' but—'I will bring My people out of their graves, and bring them into the land of Israel.'"

David Baron reflects upon the case and consistency of antisemitism. Browse the COVENANT AND CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS.

Adolph Saphir reflects on the history and prophetic destiny of his family and people. Browse the COVENANT & CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS now.

Art Katz examines the election of Israel. Browse the COVENANT AND CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS.

“This is paradoxically the inverse consequence of that which is intended for blessing. It underlies and compounds all grievances in those who should have been the recipients of God-intended blessings—grievances, conscious or unconscious, that can be kindled unto rage! That rage, I am suggesting, is called anti-Semitism.”

In 1839, the Church of Scotland dispatched a delegation of four ministers to investigate the condition of Jewish communities throughout Europe and the land of Israel. While M'Cheyne was away, W.C. Burns pastored M'Cheyne's parish in his stead, and the LORD visited their fellowship with power. M'Cheyne and his colleagues were convinced blessing had come as they blessed Abraham's sons, and convicted they should spearhead new efforts to honor the Jews with their Gospel.

He preached the following upon return, 17 November 1839.