This passage
seems to put
the redemption of Israel in two stages, using first fishers, and then
hunters.
According to the
prophets, the redemption of the House of Israel (the Lost Ten Tribes) does not
happen till the end of the age. How then does God accomplish this task?
God is not
arbitrary. His laws are consistent, and He doesn’t make mistakes. God has
not changed or done away with his laws. The word of God and His commandments are
the same as they have always been.
1John 2:7
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
The End From the
Beginning
God also has had His
plan for mankind from the beginning. God knows
exactly where He is going.
Isaiah 46:9
9 Remember the
former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and
there is none like me.
10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is
still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
As the Israelites
were in the desert in the wilderness, God told them about their return from
exile.
Deuteronomy 30:1
2 and when you
and your children return to the LORD your God and obey him with all your
heart and with all your soul according to