Bible Prophecy
Israel and Jerusalem:
The Road To Armageddon
"I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you"
(Gen 12:3)
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The Bible warns the destiny of the World is inseparable from Israel and Jerusalem. The Bible says God would one day re-gather the children of Israel back into their land from among many nations around the world. The Bible says they would be re-gathered in unbelief ... God warns He is not re-gathering the children of Israel into their Land because they deserve it, but because His Name and His Word are at stake (see Ezekiel 36:17-23) ... and because He loves them. They are His chosen people. The Bible warns God would then make Jerusalem a world trouble spot. The Bible says all nations of the world will turn against Israel. The Bible warns during this time 'Gaza will be forsaken' ... and offers a stark warning. The Bible warns a coming world leader (the 'Antichrist') will rise out of 10 nations which once formed the Roman Empire and will enforce a peace plan or treaty (‘covenant’) upon Israel ('upon the many' - for many in Israel will be against it) ... and then, after a 3½ year false peace, God warns He will send the children of Israel (and all the nations of the world) through a fiery trial unlike anything in the history of the world, to separate those who will turn back to God and His Word from those who have hardened their hearts against God and His Word (the 'Apocalypse'). The Bible warns two-thirds of the people in Israel will be 'cut off and die' during this time. Then, one day when the armies of the world will gather in and around nation Israel (the coming battle of Armageddon) and when all seems lost for the children of Israel, the Bible says a believing remnant will recognize their Messiah from Scripture, and will call upon His Name. He will then return to save Israel. The Bible also tells us 'after these things' the little nation of Israel and the children of Israel will rule over all the nations on Earth, in peace, under her King and Messiah Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew). The Bible says all of the covenants, promises, curses, prophecies, and blessings God has made to the children and nation of Israel will be fulfilled ...
"Search from the Book of the LORD, and read,
‘Not one of these (prophecies) shall fail;
not one shall lack her mate.’
For My mouth has commanded it,
and His Spirit has gathered them."
(Isaiah 34:16)
First ...
God said He would re-gather Israel back in the Land . . . on May 14, 1948 God’s prophetic clock started ticking again, loudly.
These prophecies are important because we can now watch the news, read a book on post World War II history, or look at a current map of the world and see there is now a nation called Israel. For almost 2,500 years - starting with the Jewish captivity under Babylon, then Persia, then Greece, then Rome; and, almost 2,000 years since the birth and rejection of the Messiah, when God held the children of Israel accountable, and then, using the Roman army, scattered the people into the nations around the world - the Jews have been dispersed. A people without a nation. However, God said He would one day re-gather the children of Israel into the Land which He has given them as a nation. Through His prophets God also warned He would then judge the children of Israel (and the whole world) at this time for their unbelief. This prophetic re-gathering, which this generation is now seeing take place, is to serve as a sign and a warning to the world that the Apocalypse, the "Day of the Lord," draws near . . .
"Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Shall the Earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children."
(Note: This prophecy was fulfilled in one day - on May 14, 1948)
(Isaiah 66:8) (There is remarkable mathematical prophecy concerning this event below)
"He will set up a banner for the nations,
and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the Earth." (Not just Babylon ...)
(Isaiah 11:12)
"Thus says the Lord God:
' Surely I will take the children of Israel
from among the nations,
wherever they have gone,
and will gather them from every side
and bring them into their own Land."
(Ezekiel 37:21) ('Nations' plural ... this is not their return from Babylon)
"And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel,
and say, ‘O mountains of Israel,
hear the Word of the LORD ...’"
"But you, O mountains of Israel,
you shall shoot forth your branches
and yield your fruit to My people Israel,
for they are about to come . . ."
"For I will take you (the children of Israel) from among the nations,
gather you out of all countries,
and bring you into your own Land."
(Ezekiel 36:1, 8, 24)
"Thus says the Lord GOD:
‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, (plural ... not Babylon)
wherever they have gone,
and will gather them from every side
and bring them into their own Land;’"
(Ezekiel 37:21)
Now, search through history for a sovereign nation Israel . . .
Year 500 BC? "No."
Year 300 BC? "No."
Year 100 BC? "No."
Year 200 AD? "No."
Year 500 AD? "No."
Year 1000 AD? "No."
Year 1400 AD? "No."
Year 1700 AD? "No."
Year 1800 AD? "No."
Year 1900 AD? "No."
Year 1948 AD? "Yes!!!" ... There it is!!! . . . May 14, 1948!
How has the world reacted to such a profound fulfillment of Bible prophecy? A miracle that can be documented by simply looking at a map and a Bible. It has ignored it! Just as God says most of the world will ignore the warnings of the coming Apocalypse. Remember, God uses prophecy to prove that He is who He says He is, and to authenticate the warnings and the promises found in the Bible.
The Bible warns a series of events (which will change the world forever) would begin after Israel would once again become a sovereign Nation (after almost 2,500 years) . . . This remarkable event took place on May 14, 1948! How has the world reacted to such a profound fulfillment of Bible prophecy? A miracle that can be documented by simply looking at the Bible and a map. It has ignored it! Just as God warned most of the world will ignore the signs of the coming 'Apocalypse' (also called 'the time of Jacob's trouble', the 'Great Tribulation,' and 'the Day of the Lord.'). Remember, God uses prophecy to prove He is who He says His is, and to authenticate all the warnings and the promises found in the Bible . . .
Then, Jerusalem: "A Cup of Trembling"...
"Behold, I (God) will make Jerusalem
a cup of trembling (anger, fear)
unto ALL the people (nations) round about . . ."
(Zechariah 12:2)
"And in that Day (the "Day of the Lord" ... the coming "Apocalypse")
I (God) will make Jerusalem
a burdensome stone
for ALL people"
(Zechariah12:3)
Don’t miss this . . . God says HE is the One stirring things up in Israel and Jerusalem!!!
Then, the struggle for 'Peace' and 'Security' . . .
Beware of 'Peace Plans' or 'Roadmaps to Peace'!
"Because, even because
they have seduced My people (Israel),
saying, "Peace",
and THERE WAS NO PEACE ..."
(Ezekiel 13:10)
"For they have healed the hurt
of the daughter of My people slightly,
saying, 'Peace, Peace;
WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE!"
(Jeremiah 8:11)
"For you yourselves know perfectly
that the Day of the Lord (the coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)
so comes as a thief in the night.
FOR WHEN THEY SAY, "PEACE AND SAFETY!"
THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES UPON THEM,
as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.
And they shall not escape."
(1 Thessalonians 5:2-3)
A terrible warning: GAZA!!!
The Bible links GAZA to the coming "Apocalypse." Several years ago the world watched as all the Jews in Gaza were forcibly removed from their homes and their land ... even those buried in cemeteries were forcibly dug up from their graves and removed from Gaza. This 'uprooting' of the Jews from Gaza which the whole world watched on the news may be a much more 'significant' prophetic event than most realize ...
In the book of Zephaniah, God warns Gaza would one day be ‘forsaken' (yes, that same Gaza you have recently been watching on the world news). Gaza is in the land which was given to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:1-12), and one of Messiah's titles is "The Lion of the Tribe of Judah" (Revelation 5:5). God links the forsaking of Gaza to the coming 'Apocalypse,' which is also called 'The Day of God’s Wrath' and the 'Day of the Lord's Anger."
From these following passages in Zephaniah, God wants the children of Israel and ALL Mankind to learn and know at least three (3) things:
1. First, God has issued a terrible warning and a 'plea' to both the children of Israel and to all people on Earth . . .
"Gather yourselves together,
Yes, gather together O undesirable nation
(the nation who would willingly try to give God's land to her enemies)
Before the decree is issued,
Before the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord's fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you!
Seek the Lord, all you meek of the Earth
who have upheld His justice (meaning ... this warning is also for everybody on Earth!)
Seek righteousness,
Seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord's anger." (The coming 'Apocalypse' ... the 'Day of the Lord's Wrath')
2. God wants all in Israel and on Earth to know what will help trigger this fierce and terrible anger: Gaza!! He warns, 'Gaza will be forsaken'... her inhabitants (the children of Israel) 'uprooted' and 'driven out' . . .
"For Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines (Palestinians):
"I (God) will destroy you
So there shall be no inhabitant." (All 'Palestinians' and their allies should take note ...)
Some import things to consider as we study these Bible prophecies and watch the news ...
- Hamas is directed, trained, and equipped by Russia and Iran (study the prophecies of Russia and Iran).
- If you do your homework you will find Israel discovered Russian Spetsnaz (special operations) forces infiltrated Gaza soon after Israel pulled out several years ago.
- You will also find banks of Hamas tele-marketers made calls to America from Gaza to campaign for Obama during an early Presidential campaign.
- "Hamas" in the days of Noah. Jesus warned the generation of the coming ‘Apocalypse’ would be "as the days of Noah"...
"But as the days of Noah were,
so also will the coming
of the Son of Man be ..."
(Matthew 24:37)
To help us understand this prophecy God describes the generation of Noah as morally corrupt and "filled with violence." The Hebrew word translated "violence" in this passage was "HAMAS!!"
"The Earth was corrupt
(like smelly, rotting meat ... immoral)
before God,
and the Earth was filled
with violence ("hamas!")
(the Hebrew word for violence was ‘hamas’).
So God looked upon the Earth,
and indeed it was corrupt;
for all flesh had corrupted
their way on the Earth.
And God said to Noah,
"The end of all flesh
has come before Me,
for the Earth is filled
with violence (‘hamas’)
through them;
and behold,
I will destroy them
with the Earth.’" (Only 8 people on Earth were saved ...)
(Genesis 6:11-13)
- ALL people of the world should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckles watching this terrible prophecy slowly start to unfold.
3. God also wants all to know there is Hope. He promises hope for all those who will wait in faith and trust in Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) ... for one-day in the future, after the coming 'Apocalypse' ... the 'Day of God's Wrath' ... the terrible coming 'Day of the Lord' a remnant of the tribe of Judah will once again peacefully inhabit and prosper in that precious land God promised and gave to them ... and then, and only then, will there be 'peace on Earth.' For at that time, our Messiah and God will restore all the Earth in peace and beauty ... as promised.
"The seacoast shall be pastures,
With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;
They (the remnant of the house of Judah)
shall feed there flocks there (coastlands of Gaza);
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
The the Lord their God will intervene for them,
And return their captives."
(Zephaniah 2:1-7)
All Nations will then turn against Nation Israel ...
The Battle of Armageddon
The Bible warns around the time of the coming ‘Apocalypse’ and Armageddon ALL nations will turn against Israel. God has also warned those people and nations who will someday soon divide the Land of Israel ...
"In those days
and at that time,
When I (God)
bring back the captives
of Judah and Jerusalem,
(this will happen after 1948)
I will also gather ALL nations,
And bring them down to
the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(outside Jerusalem ... 2 Chronicles 20:1-30)
And I (God) will enter into judgment
with them there
On account of My people,
My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered
among the nations;
They have also DIVIDED
up My Land."
(Israel will be divided)
(Joel 3:1-2)
"And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs
coming out of the mouth
of the Dragon, (Satan)
out of the mouth of the Beast (Antichrist),
and out of the mouth
of the False Prophet
(the second Beast - a religious leader).
For they are spirits of demons,
performing signs (miracles),
which go out to the kings of the
Earth and of the whole world,
to gather them to the battle
of that great Day of God Almighty ...
And they gathered them together
to the place called in Hebrew,
Armageddon."
(Revelation 16:12-16)
The weapons will be used. Much of the world will be destroyed. Cities will disappear. Armageddon means the "Hill of Megiddo." Megiddo is part of the Plain of Esdraelon which is located in central Israel. Napoleon came through there and declared it to be the finest battlefield in the world. The whole world will be drawn into this war over Israel and Jerusalem. No nation will be spared. The Bible warns there will be three deadly waves associated with this conflict, including: A Russian lead invasion of Israel, a massive Chinese invasion of the Middle East, which will then be "joined" as the armies of the Antichrist march from all around the world to the place called "Armageddon." Jesus will return to engage this final battle Himself. He alone will destroy the enemies of Israel. We don’t know the timebetween events. We do know that God has set aside seven years to complete His plan with Israel, and this Age ...
"Thus says the LORD of Armies (Hosts):
BEHOLD!
Disaster shall go forth from nation to nation ...
And at that Day the slain of the LORD
shall be from one end of the Earth
even to the other end of the Earth ..."
(Nobody will escape God's wrath after the 'Rapture')
(Jeremiah 25:27-38)
"For I (God)
will gather ALL the nations
to battle against Jerusalem,
the city (Jerusalem) shall be taken,
the houses rifled, and
the women ravished (brutally raped).
Half of the city (Jerusalem)
shall go into captivity,
but the remnant of the people
shall not be cut off from the city."
(Zechariah 14:2)
"And it shall come to pass
in all the Land (Israel),
says the Lord,
That two-thirds of it
shall be cut off and die,
but one-third shall be left in it:
(only 1/3 survive - fewer in the world)
I will bring the one-third
through the fire,
will refine them as gold is tested.
They will call on My Name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, 'This is My people';
and each one will say,
'the LORD is my God.'"
(Zechariah 13:8-9)
"Alas!
for that Day is great,
so that none is like it:
it is even the
time of Jacob's (Israel’s) Trouble,
but he shall be saved out of it."
(Jeremiah 30:7)
"At that time Michael (the Archangel)
shall stand up,
the great prince
who stands watch over
the sons of your people (Israel);
and there shall be
a time of Trouble (Tribulation),
such as never was
since there was a nation"
(Daniel 12:1)
"For there will be
Great Tribulation (Trouble)
such has not been since
the beginning of the world
until this time
no, nor ever shall be.
And UNLESS
those days were shortened
NO flesh (living thing on Earth)
would be saved"
(Matthew 24:21-22)
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) warns NEVER in the history of Mankind has there ever been (or ever will be) anything as terrible and deadly as the coming "Apocalypse"... only a small remnant of the world will survive after the coming Antichrist commits "the abomination of desolations" when he will stand in a new Jewish Temple and demand to be worshiped above all that is called "god" ...
