"Gather" Israel, Deuteronomy 4:32

Picking up with verse 32 of Deuteronomy 4, the Lord asks Israel (His chosen people) to reflect on the past, back to creation. Does Israel recall anytime since the creation of the world where a people like Israel heard the voice of God speak to them from the flames of a burning bush? Have they witnessed a time when God gathered a nation from the midst of a nation using signs and wonders, war and a "mighty hand", and an "outstretched arm." Moses/the Lord is referring to Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage. Israel's exodus is relevant to the gathering of modern Israel because that is exactly what the Lord will do in the latter-days. His covenant and promise is to gather modern Israel from the midst of many nations. The Lord will do His latter-day work in much the same manner as He gathered Israel anciently and delivered them from Egyptian bondage. Using signs, wonders, war and an "outstretched hand." The "outstretched hand" should spark our curiosity. Anciently, Moses extended his outstretched hand to part the sea and deliver Israel from the Egyptian army. He was God's servant. Delivering modern Israel with an outstretched hand will also involve the rise of another servant of God.
The consequences of the many signs and wonders given Israel in their Egyptian deliverance outwardly proved to the Lord's people the Lord was Israel's living God. Israel was not only instructed the Lord was God, but He visibly proved to Israel the Lord was God through His deliverance of the chosen people. The Lord went so far as to allow Israel to hear His voice and instruct them. The Lord showed them great fire from the burning bush and Israel literally heard his words. Just as the Lord was active and present in delivering ancient Israel, the Lord will manifest Himself in the latter-days.

The Lord loved Israel's fathers and chose to lead their posterity out of Egypt under His direction. The Lord is Israel's God and beside Israel's God there is no one else.

The Lord's promise to the children of Israel: "Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, forever. (vs.40)

This last promise is of interest to us and our study. We want to know what will happen when the Lord prolongs Israels days, and they return to Him. We will use our study of the word "gather" to find out.