Identifying The Broken-Hearted
Contributed by Bishop Nathanyel Israel
The broken-hearted are the twelve tribes of Israel. They are commonly known as the people scattered in North, South, and Central America and fit the curses in Deuteronomy, the 28th chapter. These are the broken-hearted that the Bible speaks of. The broken- hearted is also mentioned in Ezekiel 37, which discusses the dry bones. It points out that the whole house of Israel, the so-called Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, are the dry bones. We went into captivity because we broke the laws of God. Our disobedience led us to be broken-hearted as we look towards a nation that cannot save us, so our hope is in vain.
Hosea 5:15
“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.”
The scriptures say we will seek God in our affliction, not the other nations. The Lord is the one who punished us for not keeping the commandments. We refuse to turn back to the Lord, yet we are constantly getting doors closed in our faces by not receiving the help we expect from these other nations. We do this in ignorance because we don’t know that we were brought here into captivity for disobeying the
Heavenly Father. The Bible reveals that the Lord will smite us with madness. A broken heart led to many problems in our communities, including drug abuse, violence, hatred, adultery, and much more. This trauma is happening because our hearts, our minds are broken. We must turn to the one true God who put us in these conditions. We must acknowledge our offense, and he will give us the Kingdom. Understanding that this is the condition we face, our people need vision. This is where leadership comes in.
Jeremiah 3:15
“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
Romans 10:13
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”
Our people are continually being left broken-hearted, without any leaders or vision. How can we call on the Lord if we do not know the Lord? God had to send his spirit down here to give us preachers and leaders for the people. He blessed some of us to hear his Word. We learned from our elders, and we were able to take the truth and expand it to where we are now.
Isaiah 61:1 - 3
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”
What’s written in Isaiah 61 is our mission. The leadership at IUIC is on a mission to ensure that our people hear the gospel of Christ. We have to have a vision to bring to the people. We have to be able to see the future by knowing the Bible and understanding the plan God has outlined for his people choosing to repent.
The Cause of Our Broken Hearts
We forgot our God and that caused us to be broken-hearted collectively. The Bible says that the Lord requires us to keep the commandments. It’s written very clearly in the book of Deuteronomy. We reached a point in history where we wanted to be like the other nations and follow their customs. All the prophets, men of the Lord, kept warning the Nation of Israel to stay away from the ways of the heathen. Even when we got our first king, that idea was inspired by wanting to be like the other nations. God gave us King Saul, which still wasn’t enough for us. We continued to break the laws of God until the Lord was moved to anger. We were all sent into captivity until we learned to acknowledge our offenses.