God's Orderly Way

In God's ways with man, He is very orderly. God deals with different companies at different times. As we read our Bibles, we need to notice carefully who He is talking to or talking about.
In His ways with His earthly people, God first deals with the remnant, then the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, then the ten tribes, and finally He makes them to be again one united nation of twelve tribes.
God distinguishes between the earth and the world. Isa. 26:9 says: "When Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness." The earth includes Israel, the Roman Empire and the other nations that had to do with Israel at the time our Lord Jesus was here. The world includes all the rest of the people on planet earth. In prophecy we see God judging the earth while the rest of the world looks on and learns righteousness. In the Revelation a fourth part of the earth means Israel and a third part of the earth means the Roman empire.
In God's ways of judgment it's as if He says to a nation. "It's your turn; you come." He brings them into His land and deals with them there. Then He calls another group of nations and says. "Now it's your turn." and He deals with them there. He deals with the whole of the earth in that way.
God's ways in blessing arc like a stone dropped in a pond. It starts at a point and then includes increasing circles. It begins at Mount Zion, and then spreads to the beloved city of the Lord, Jerusalem. Then He has a little larger circle called Judah, the two tribes and where they lived, then the whole land of Israel, then the earth, and finally the whole world conies into blessing. As we read the prophetic word and seek to enter into God's thoughts and heart about it, it is extremely important and enjoyable, too, for us to see which circle God is dealing with.