Being now three generations in Israel, with the birth of our granddaughter, looking at the Bible and Israel’s history, we wonder if this, too, is not a ‘sign’ of the times foretelling about when the Lord Jesus Christ will return. There is one family that I can think of who represent four generations of Jewish believers in Yeshua here in the land.
YHVH God refers to the 3rd and the 4th generations in significant ways to do a judgment, and a consequent redemptive work for those who stay with Him, or else repent and return to Him. (Gen 15:12-16; Ex 20:4-6; 34:6-7) The third generation is still a ‘living link’ to what the first generation went through (the grandchildren of the first generation; whereas, the fourth generation either ‘believes’ the report and identifies in a healthy way after all the trauma; or, they believe the account and are bitter regarding their history; or, they are apathetic and cut themselves off from their own family’s and nation’s history. (This is a simplistic and generalized analysis.)
Where are we. . . as the Judge stands at the door, and the only wise God and Savior is preparing to intervene in powerful ways to make His order out of the prevailing chaos within His own household, and among His own people and nation, and in the wider world which He created and made?