In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah there was a restoration of Judah in rebuilding the temple and walls of Jerusalem, but the subject at hand, the primary restoration, refers to the future day, after the desolation of Judah by the Assyrian, when both the two and the ten tribes which have been separated for centuries will return and be established in their land, over two thousand years since they were taken captive. "Then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel." They will again be one nation. This will be effected by the Lord Jesus as He plants His feet upon the Mount of Olives in that day.
The Mount of Olives
The outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah shall be gathered from the far corners of the earth. The seven streams of Egypt will be dry so that men can go over dryshod, and a highway shall be there from Assyria for the return of Israel. "In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers (nations) have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion."
Isa. 11:10-1610And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isaiah 11:10‑16) Isa. 18:77In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion. (Isaiah 18:7)
"The LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it."
God has set his king upon his holy hill, Zion. The decree is declared, the Lord is God's Son. He is made higher than the kings of the earth.
After judgment has been poured out upon the nation, they will be saved on the basis of faith in the sacrifice of Christ. "He was bruised for our iniquities." Also, a fountain (of water) will be opened to the house of David for sin and for uncleanness, for cleansing. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
"Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee."
When the Lord will come to the Mount of Olives, He will be seen only by the remnant who wait for Him, and in whom He will begin to set up His kingdom. The kingdom will be called "the kingdom of Israel," as it was two thousand years before, until Judah was taken captive.
"The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first," also Jerusalem shall have the first dominion. The children of Jacob will take root in their own land and blossom. "I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up."
Zech. 12:77The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. (Zechariah 12:7) Mic. 4:88And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:8) Isa. 27:3,63I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isaiah 27:3)
6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isaiah 27:6) Amos 9:1515And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God. (Amos 9:15)
At this time all of the nations of the prophetic earth will return to their own respective lands, and it shall be said, "Behold the fig tree, and all the trees."
The Lord speaks of Israel as a vineyard of red wine which He will keep from harm night and day.