Israelites have Increased a thousand fold as Prophesied!
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Number of Israelites:
The Israelites were promsied (Deuteronomy 1: 11) that they would increase by a thousandfold. In Biblical Times when a census was taken only males between the age of 20 to 60 were counted. We therefore had to add on to the number an estimate of the quantity of females and children needing to be added. Indication exist however that concerning the promised future increase then the TOTAL POPULATION IS INTENDED! THIS BRINGS US DOWN TO PRESENT DAY FIGURES.
The estimate number of Israelite in the world today is 638,314,633. This is close to the 1,000 fold increase over the 600,000 who then existed. A good portion of those counted may not be of genuine Hebrew stock BUT this could be negated by other descendants of Israel who are not at present in Israelite countries.
In our article,
Joseph as Prototype
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/prototype.html
We mentioned the promise to Rebecca.
Genesis (KJV) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART OUR SISTER, BE THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, AND LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM.
Genesis (ESV) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBEKAH AND SAID TO HER, 'OUR SISTER, MAY YOU BECOME THOUSANDS OF TEN THOUSANDS, AND MAY YOUR OFFSPRING POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHO HATE HIM!'
The expression translated as "thousands of millions" or as "thousands of ten thousands" in Hebrew is "alfei revaavah" the KJV says it means
thousands of millions.
Moses had blessed Israel:
Deuteronomy 1: 11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!
... They were then 600,000 males between the ages of 20 to 60 (Exodus 12:37-38). PREVIOUSLY WE MENTIONED "with women and children makes about ca. 3 million, or more. That would mean ca. 3000 million!"
Rebecca was blessed to become the mother of thousands of millions (Genesis 24:6). This is according to the King James that is consistent with the Hebrew according to the Hatam Sofer.
We also had the promise to the Children of Israel that they would increase a thousandfold.
Moses had blessed Israel:
Deuteronomy 1: 11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!
... it was here prophesied that the number of Israelites as it then was would be multiplied a thousand times over.
Previously we said:
They were then 600,000 males between the ages of 20 to 60 (Exodus 12:37-38) which with women and children makes about ca. 3 million, or more.
That would mean ca. 3000 million! We now wish to remove the caveat of women and children not being in the prophesied number. They were.
Rebecca was blessed to become the mother of (a) thousands of millions (Genesis 24:6).
This means multiplying a thousand times 600, 000 regardless of whether men or women were numbered:
Is there a precedent for this consideration?
See:
AI Overview
https://www.google.com/search?q=600%2C000+and+the+creation+of+Israel&oq
The figure of
600,000 primarily refers to the approximate size of the Jewish population living in the British Mandate of Palestine at the time of Israel's creation in May 1948.
Biblical/Mystical Significance: Some religious interpretations note the fascinating coincidence that the number of Jews in the land in 1948 was approximately 600,000, a number that holds symbolic significance in Jewish tradition, often associated with the number of Israelites who left Egypt or who were of fighting age when entering the Land of Israel in Biblical times.
Here we have the figure of 600,000 being considered regardless of sex or age. This observfation was also made by
We therefore have the following option:
The Blessing to Rebecca meant:
"Alfei Revavah" means "thousands of millions" regardless of sex or age.
Let us compare this possibility with World Populations at present:
World Population:
8, 219, 501, 506
https://populationmatters.org/lp-the-facts/?gad_source
Population by Countries:
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/
Joseph
United States 347,275,807
United Kingdom 69,551,332
Canada 40,126,723
Australia 26,974,026
New Zealand 5,251,899
Total for Joseph:
489,179,787
Rest of World: Israelite nations:
France 66,650,804
Netherlands18,346,819
Belgium 11,758,603
Sweden 10,656,633
Israel 9,517,181
Switzerland 8,967,407
Denmark 6,002,507
Finland 5,623,329
Norway 5,623,071
Ireland 5,308,039
Luxembourg 680,453
Total for israelite Nations except for Joseph:
149,134,846
Total for Joseph plus the others:
489,179,787
149,134,846
638,314,633
According to this the number 600,000 has increased a thousandfold!
Many of those counted may be foreigners etc., but this could be cancelled out by descendants of Israel in other countries.
A lot of possibilities exist but the above figures indicate we are heading in the right direction.
Implications for the future. This presnet-day conjuncture of the number predicted with the numbers of today may be yet another indication that we drawing lose to The End Times! Only now do the numbers coincide.
For more on the significance of the number 600,000 see:
The Nation of Israel
by Rabbi Aryeh Kahn
https://aish.com/48924507/
