24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you from out of all countries, and will bring you into your land.

How is this accomplished?

27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Again, in Jeremiah 31:33 it says:

This [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says HaShem, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

If you are part of Israel this is the "sign" that God is calling you back; if you have a compulsion to observe his statutes and judgments.

Lets look again at Exodus 31:13

... You shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am HaShem that makes you holy (separates you).

Notice It is NOT a sign for others to see, but for ISRAEL to know that they are part of His holy people (the Hebrew word for holy is "kadosh" which means to set apart).

A spark within a person is somehow ignited, separating them from other people, as they are drawn to the study and observe of God's laws.

It may seem a bit confusing, because there is no way to

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