Will Israel Survive – Putin Speech to
the Federal Assembly - SCOTUS POISED TO RECONSIDER HEARING ELECTION CASE -
BRICS Nations Unite Against the Dollar – 35 States To Get Hammered By Storm - US
Gives Ukraine False Hope - Global Military Operations Underway - Tucker Carlson
Speaks - HARBINGER DAILY – WATCHERS Report US MILITARY NEWS and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
FEB. 21st 2023
New Judy Byington > SGAnon ~ Q+
Trump U.S Military - Restored Republic - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 11:09 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-judy-byington-sganon-q-trump-u-s-military-restored-republic-2538605.html
The World Health Organization and the
CIA Are Extremely Trained Liars - Dr. Robert Malone (Video) - Tuesday, February
21, 2023 14:54 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/02/the-world-health-organization-and-the-cia-are-extremely-trained-liars-dr-robert-malone-video-3788943.html
Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit, Breaks Down
How McCarthy Footage Release Will Expose Jan 6th Inside Job!! - Alex Jones - Tuesday,
February 21, 2023 14:54 - 15 FACTS on the Dozens of Federal Operatives Who
Infiltrated the Trump Crowds on January 6th at the US Capitol - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/jim-hoft-gateway-pundit-breaks-down-how-mccarthy-footage-release-will-expose-jan-6th-inside-job-alex-jones-3655584.html
REAL RAW NEWS: GITMO Shoots Down
French Military Plane Carrying Paratroopers - By Michael Baxter -February 21,
2023 - United States forces at Guantanamo Bay on Monday shot down a French
A400M military transport plane as it breached the station’s Air Defense
Identification Zone (ADIZ) without responding to radio calls, a source in
General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News. The A400M is like the American
C-130 in that it is quad-turbo aircraft capable of carrying many troops or
military hardware. Designed by Airbus Military, the A400M is a tactical
airlifter sized between the C-130 and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III; it can
carry heavier loads than the C-130 and can use rough landing strips. https://realrawnews.com/2023/02/gitmo-shoots-down-french-military-plane-carrying-paratroopers/
SCOTUS POISED TO RECONSIDER HEARING
ELECTION CASE THAT ACCUSES U.S. LEADERS OF IGNORING FRAUD, VIOLATING THEIR
OATHS - written by Summer Lane February 20, 2023 - The Supreme Court of the
United States (SCOTUS) is reconsidering hearing Brunson v. Alama S. Adams et
al., a case that alleges that U.S. executives like Joe Biden, Kamala Harris,
and hundreds of members of U.S. Congress “intentionally refused to investigate
evidence that the November 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.” As
reported by RSBN, SCOTUS denied hearing the case in early January. The
Utah-based petitioner, Mr. Raland Brunson, stated after the court’s decision
that he would be filing a petition for reconsideration. https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/scotus-poised-to-reconsider-hearing-election-case-that-accuses-u-s-leaders-of-ignoring-fraud-violating-their-oaths/
BITCOIN: Expert Predicts Looming
Economic Collapse as BRICS Nations Unite Against the Dollar - Andy Schectman,
CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments, explained in a recent interview
that the five leading emerging economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa, collectively known as BRICS nations—are “coalescing against the
dollar.” Schectman believes that since 2022, de-dollarization “seems to be
spinning much, much faster.” Feb. 21st 2023 - https://news.bitcoin.com/expert-predicts-looming-economic-collapse-as-brics-nations-unite-against-the-dollar/
BLP: James O’Keefe Speaks Out After
Being Ousted From Project Veritas by Board of Directors - By Shane Trejo - Feb
20, 2023 - Big League Politics reported on how O’Keefe was targeted by the
board for removal shortly after Veritas divulged information implicating Pfizer
in crimes against humanity: “Project Veritas has obtained some insane hidden
camera video from Jordon Trishton Walker, who works with Pfizer as the Director
of Research and Development, Strategic Operations – mRNA Scientific Planner. https://bigleaguepolitics.com/james-okeefe-speaks-out-after-being-ousted-from-project-veritas-by-board-of-directors/
MAIL ONLINE: At least 35 states to be
hit by coast-to-coast winter blitz: Southern California braces 80mph blistering
winds during coldest storm in YEARS and airlines across Midwest already issue
travel waivers amid 20inch snowfall - Major airlines have begun issuing
warnings ahead of the impending winter storm that is expected to sweep hit the
U.S. from coast to coast - Delta, Southwest, and United have announced adjusted
policies for passengers in certain parts of the country, mostly impacting
airports in the Midwest - The storm will start on the West Coast in the early
hours of Tuesday and heavy snow is predicted for states in the Midwest
throughout the week - By HOPE SLOOP FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 01:42 EST,
21 February 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11774413/Winter-storm-35-states-hunker-heavy-snow-high-winds.html
Representative Walter Hudson Joins
Bradlee Dean (Video) - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 8:15 - “They are acting in a
way that is foreign to the constitution and must be held accountable.” -Bradlee
Dean - This week, Minnesota state Representative Walter Hudson joined Bradlee
to go over some of the outlandish, criminal bills being passed against the
people (Psalm 94:20-21). “Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne
that brings on misery by its decrees? 21 The wicked band together against the
righteous and condemn the innocent to death.” https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/02/representative-walter-hudson-joins-bradlee-dean-video-2601292.html
Russian President Vladimir Putin
delivers an address to the Federal Assembly - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6:28 -
https://beforeitsnews.com/international/2023/02/russian-president-vladimir-putin-delivers-an-address-to-the-federal-assembly-2510941.html
New SGAnon Intel on Trump Returning -
Global Military Operations Underway - Plus Juan O Savin - Tuesday, February 21,
2023 8:53 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/new-sganon-intel-on-trump-returning-global-military-operations-underway-plus-juan-o-savin-2538597.html
Derek Johnson Law & Order! Trump
Latest Updates! Military Movements! - Situation Update Must Video - Tuesday,
February 21, 2023 9:54 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/derek-johnson-law-order-trump-latest-updates-military-movements-situation-update-must-video-3655546.html
US Gives Ukraine False Hope That it
Can Recapture Crimea - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 9:16 - By stating the US will
support Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland
confirms beyond doubt that Washington encourages Kiev’s aggression and
escalation of war. A possible attack on Crimea will not only fail because the
peninsula is well protected, but it will lead to a more devastating retaliation
by Russia against the ruling regime in Kiev. – By Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based
geopolitics and political economy researcher - https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/02/us-gives-ukraine-false-hope-that-it-can-recapture-crimea-2477377.html
Tucker Carlson: A hard look at a few
issues - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 8:50 - https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/02/tucker-carlson-a-hard-look-at-a-few-issues-2700661.html
ATLAS SHRUGS: 20,000 Protest War in
Ukraine During Kamala Harris Visit at Munich Security Conference - By Pamela
Geller - on February 20, 2023 - There is a peace movement growing apace in
Europe. Meanwhile, America slouches to bankruptcy and failure. The same
‘anti-war peaceniks ‘who set the country on fire to oppose the Vietnam war are
America’s biggest supporters and promoters of this vicious, pointless war in
Ukraine, a country long in the Russian sphere. The two countries’ shared
heritage goes back more than a thousand years. https://gellerreport.com/2023/02/20000-protest-war-in-ukraine-during-kamala-harris-visit-at-munich-security-conference.html/?lctg=87791646
HARBINGER DAILY: If You Call Yourself
A Christian, Yet You Hate The Jewish People… You May Believe In A Different
Bible – By Amir Tsarfati - February 14, 2023 - If you call yourself a
Christian, yet you hate the Jewish people, you may believe in a different
Bible. Even Paul, towards the end of his life, having been persecuted and
ridiculed by the religious Jews, had the following things to say: Acts 28:17-20
KJV – “And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the
Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and
brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our
fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the
Romans. Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was
no cause of death in me. But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained
to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. For this
cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you:
because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.” https://harbingersdaily.com/if-you-call-yourself-a-christian-yet-you-hate-the-jewish-people-you-may-believe-in-a-different-bible/
JERUSALEM POST: Is Google responsible
for online terrorism? SCOTUS hears Section 230 case - Gonzalez v. Google
centers on the contention that YouTube's algorithms engendered the
radicalization and recruitment of Islamic State members and affiliates. - By
MICHAEL STARR Published: FEBRUARY 20, 2023 18:18 - Updated: FEBRUARY 21, 2023
16:20 - Gonzalez v. Google centers on the contention that YouTube’s algorithms
engendered the radicalization and recruitment of Islamic State members and
affiliates, ultimately making the social media platform liable for attacks like
the November 2015 Paris ones that cost the lives of 130 people including the
petitioners’ daughter, Mexican-American college student Nohemi. - https://www.jpost.com/international/article-732170
ALPHA NEWS: US teachers peddling same
‘woke ideologies’ taught in North Korea, defector says - "When I started
university at Columbia University, I couldn’t believe it because they were
saying the same things that my North Korean teachers told me in the North
Korean classroom," Yeonmi Park said. - By Harold Hutchison -February 20,
2023 - https://alphanews.org/us-teachers-peddling-same-woke-ideologies-taught-in-north-korea-defector-says/
WATCHERS: Extremely heavy rains hit
Brazil, leaving at least 36 people dead - Monday, February 20, 2023 - Brazil’s
southeastern coastal areas were hit with exceptionally heavy rainfall on
February 18 and 19, 2023, causing floods and landslides that killed 36 people
and displaced hundreds more. The region experienced some of the country’s
highest recorded rainfall totals for a 24-hour period, with Bertioga
registering 694 mm (27.32 inches) and São Sebastião recording 649 mm (25.55
inches) during the same timeframe. https://watchers.news/2023/02/20/extremely-heavy-rains-hit-brazil-leaving-at-least-36-people-dead/
UPDATED: Walkthrough In Sacramento
After 2020 Election Showed Dominion Boxes Labeled “Made in China”, a Pallet of
Ballots Unsealed, Passwords and Flashdrives Laying Around Tabulation Room - By
Joe Hoft - Feb. 19, 2023 12:00 pm - An IT expert by the name of Mark Cook was
given an opportunity to walkthrough the county’s election operations in
December 2020. Mr. Cook took some
pictures and they were displayed in the report along with some observations. Here
are some of the observations: One of the first pictures shows an estimated 100
boxes in the warehouse with “Dominion Voting” and “Made in China” stamped on
them. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/walkthrough-in-sacramento-after-2020-election-showed-dominion-boxes-labeled-made-in-china-a-pallet-of-ballots-unsealed-passwords-and-flashdrives-lying-around-tabulation-room/
Cincinnati Shuts Off Ohio River
Intake, Switches To Water Reserves - Cincinnati officials announced they would
temporarily be cutting off the city's water intake from the Ohio River and are
switching to water reserves. - by PAUL AUBERT
February 19, 2023 - https://nationalfile.com/cincinnati-shuts-off-ohio-river-intake-switches-to-water-reserves/
GITMO Tribunals on the Way - Tuesday,
February 21, 2023 12:04 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/gitmo-tribunals-on-the-way-2538607.html
Summary & Analysis Of President
Putin’s Address 21/02/23 with Icelandic journalist Haukur Hauksson - Tuesday,
February 21, 2023 10:41 - https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/02/summary-analysis-of-president-putins-address-210223-with-icelandic-journalist-haukur-hauksson-2700666.html
X22 Report - The Tyrannical
Government Is Coming After Our Cowboys! Who’s Next! – By Couy Griffin - Must Video
- Tuesday, February 21, 2023 11:15 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/x22-report-the-tyrannical-government-is-coming-after-our-cowboys-whos-next-couy-griffin-must-video-3655560.html
Will Israel Survive?
By David R. Reagan
Published on: June 1, 2022
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Feb. 21st 2023
The answer to my title question from
the viewpoint of world politics is an emphatic “No”! And the reasons are
painfully obvious:
Israel is a tiny country the size of
New Jersey with a Jewish population of only 7 million. It is surrounded by 22
Arab countries with a population in excess of 350 million, nearly all of whom
are dedicated to the annihilation of Israel.
The Arab military forces adjacent to
Israel now have sophisticated missiles, which they are willing to use
indiscriminately.
Iran (a non-Arab neighbor) has
missiles capable of reaching Israel and is developing nuclear capacity. Its
leaders have announced repeatedly that as soon as they produce a nuclear bomb,
they will use it to annihilate Israel.
The world’s major international
organizations (the United Nations, the European Union, and the Vatican) are all
committed to forcing Israel to surrender her heartland to the Arabs, leaving
the country only 19 miles wide at its narrowest point.
The same organizations are demanding
that Israel surrender all or half of her capital city of Jerusalem.
The world’s two superpowers, the
United States and Russia, have joined the rest of the world in demanding the
creation of a Palestinian state in the heartland of Israel, a state that would
become a terrorist launching pad for the takeover of all of Israel.
The people of Israel have grown
war-weary after 74 years of never-ending hostilities.
Many of the current leaders of Israel
have grown corrupt and have lost the Zionist vision. And some of the most
corrupt are religious leaders who will sell their souls for a shekel.
The secularization of Israeli society
has produced a loss of faith in God and in the truths of their religion, which,
in turn, has generated an attitude of defeatism.
Both the people of Israel and their
leaders have embraced a policy of appeasement that only whets the appetite of
the Arabs and encourages them to press harder for more and more Israeli
capitulations.
And so, understandably, from the
world’s viewpoint, the annihilation of Israel is only a matter of time.
GOD’S PROTECTION
But there is a supernatural Power of
Protection at work here that the world does not recognize nor understand. They
should, because that Power, our Creator God, has manifested Himself on behalf
of the Jewish people throughout history.
In the Bible, we read of empire after
empire coming against Israel — the Hittites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians,
the Greeks, and the Romans — yet, where are these empires today? They are all
in the dustbin of history; whereas the Jews are back in their homeland with
their own nation-state.
Likewise, in modern times, since the
re-establishment of the state of Israel, the enemies of the Jews have come
against them time after time in efforts to destroy them. In fact, the Jewish
state has fought at least a dozen wars since 1948, and the periods between the
wars have been times of extreme tension due to unending terrorist attacks.
Yet, despite all this never-ceasing
violence, Israel has survived. The reason, of course, is that the Bible says,
“He who keeps Israel, neither slumbers nor sleeps” (Psalm 121:4).
THE CRUCIAL QUESTION
But what about the future? Does
Israel have any hope? Again, the world would answer with a resounding “No!” But
what does the Bible say?
Well, my friends, it says just the
opposite. The Bible portrays some dark days ahead for Israel, but it also asserts
that Israel will come through those days victorious. Let’s take a look at the
dark days that are prophesied.
DARK DAYS AHEAD
1) The War of Extermination
Psalm 83 states that the immediate
neighbors of Israel will launch a war for the purpose of “wiping out Israel as
a nation” (verse 4). The nations described as being a part of this nefarious
effort are those with a common border with Israel today (verses 6-8) — Lebanon,
Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Gaza.
The second half of the psalm is a
prayer for the victory of Israel (verses 9-18). The war’s outcome is not
specifically stated, but we know from other scriptures that Israel will be
victorious.
For example, Zechariah 12:6 says that
in the end times Israel will be like “a firepot among pieces of wood and a
flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the
left all the surrounding peoples…”
Continuing, the prophet further
asserts (Zechariah 12:8-9):
“In that day the LORD will defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will
be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the
LORD before them. And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations
that come against Jerusalem.”
Prophecy scholar Bill Salus believes
this war of annihilation will boomerang on the Arabs and will result in their
overwhelming defeat, producing great territorial expansion and enhanced
national resources for Israel. It will also produce the security spoken of in
Ezekiel 38, where it says that before the War of Gog & Magog, Israel will
live in security. Incidentally, it is during this war that Israel will most
likely destroy Damascus, in fulfillment of prophecies in Isaiah 17 and Jeremiah
49.
But the security provided by the
Psalm 83 War will not last long because the Arab nations will most likely turn
to their natural ally, Russia, and cry out for help — resulting in…
2) The War of Gog & Magog
This is the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39,
where Russia comes down against Israel with certain specified Muslim allies. I
believe the Russians will be delighted to respond to the Arab cry for help
because they have always dreamed of taking the oil fields of the Middle East.
They will, therefore, launch an invasion for the stated purpose of helping the
Muslims destroy Israel. Their specific allies will involve the outer ring of
Muslim states that surround Israel — all but Saudi Arabia.
I believe Russia’s unstated agenda
will be to use the Arab invitation as an excuse to expand their sovereignty
over all the Middle East. This ulterior motive is mentioned in Ezekiel 38:12,
where it says the Russians will come “to capture spoil and to seize plunder.”
The invading armies will be
supernaturally destroyed by God “on the mountains of Israel” (Ezekiel 39:4).
The Lord will accomplish this destruction through earthquakes, pestilence, hail
storms, fire, brimstone and battlefield confusion (Ezekiel 38:19-22). Even the
Jewish people will recognize that the victory belongs to God, and many will
open their hearts to Him (Ezekiel 38:23).
The Timing of Gog & Magog
The greatest mystery concerning this
war is its timing. Most have placed it at the beginning of the Tribulation.
Others delay its start to the middle of the Tribulation. But increasingly, in
recent years, the tendency has been to place it before the beginning of the
Tribulation.
The best discussion of timing that
has yet been written can be found in Ron Rhodes’ book, Northern Storm Rising
(2008). He concludes that it is most likely to occur 3½ years before the
Tribulation begins.
His conclusion is based on the
following reasoning. The Tribulation lasts seven years. Ezekiel 39:9 says the
Jews will spend seven years burning the weapons they will capture when Russia
and its allies are destroyed in the Battle of Gog and Magog (possibly nuclear
fuel). Revelation 12 says the Jews will flee from the land into Jordan 3½ years
into the Tribulation when the Antichrist tries to eradicate them. Therefore,
the only way the Jews could spend seven years burning the weapons is for the
war to begin 3½ years before the start of the Tribulation.
Rapture Question
This raises a question: Does this
mean the wars of Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 and 39 must occur before the Rapture?
Not at all. The Rapture could occur any time before, during, or after these
wars.
Keep in mind that the Rapture is not
what marks the beginning of the Tribulation. The Tribulation will begin when
the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel (Daniel 9:27). Several years
could elapse between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation.
3) The Unveiling of the Antichrist
The next dark moment for the Jewish
people will occur in the middle of the Tribulation when the Antichrist comes to
Jerusalem and declares himself to be God.
Up to that point in time, the Jews
will have considered this man to be their political savior because he will
initiate the Tribulation time period by guaranteeing the safety of Israel and
allowing them to rebuild their Temple. But once he comes to their rebuilt
Temple and declares himself to be God, the Jewish people will totally reject
him, and he will respond with a vengeance.
Satan will inspire him to once again
try to annihilate the Jewish people, picking up where Hitler left off. Many of
those in Israel will flee to Jordan. The Antichrist will pursue them, but he
will not be allowed into Jordan because this remnant of the Jews will be given
supernatural protection by God.
The Antichrist will then launch a
second worldwide Holocaust, and in the process, he will manage to kill
two-thirds of the Jews remaining in Israel and around the world. We find this
prophecy in Zechariah 13:8-9:
“It will come about in all the land,’
declares the LORD, ‘that two parts in it will be cut off and perish; but the
third will be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire,
refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will
call on My name, and I will answer them…’”
This is the reason that Jesus
referred to the last half of the Tribulation as “the great tribulation” — not
because this half will be worse than the first half, but because the wrath of
Satan will be focused on the Jews.
So, the Antichrist will be very
successful in his war against the Jews, but he will fail in his ultimate goal
of annihilating all of them. For we are told repeatedly throughout the
Scriptures that a great remnant of the Jews will live to the end of the
Tribulation, at which time they will receive Yeshua as their Messiah.
THE GOOD NEWS
1) The Return of Jesus
The good news for the Jewish people
does not start until the return of Jesus to this earth at the end of the seven
years of Tribulation. After the Jews have come to the end of themselves, due to
their unparalleled persecution during the second half of the Tribulation, Jesus
will appear in the Heavens, and the remaining remnant will repent and accept
Him as their Messiah.
Here’s how it was described in
general by Moses before the children of Israel entered their Promised Land
(Deuteronomy 4:30): “When you are in distress and all these things have come
upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to
His voice.”
The prophet Zechariah describes it in
greater detail (Zechariah 12:10): “I will pour out on the house of David and on
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that
they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as
one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the
bitter weeping over a firstborn.”
The climax of this great day is
related in the next chapter (Zechariah 13:1): “In that day a fountain will be
opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and
for impurity.”
Jesus Himself stated in Matthew
23:37-39 that He would not return to this earth until a remnant of the Jews
were ready to receive Him as their Messiah.
2) Regathering in Belief
When Jesus returns, all believing
Jews on planet Earth will be regathered to Jerusalem. The current regathering
is in unbelief. This one at the end of the Tribulation will be a regathering in
belief. This regathering is mentioned in several places in the Hebrew
Scriptures. Here’s one from the time of Moses (Deuteronomy 30:1-4):
“So it shall be when all of these
things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse… and you return to the
LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I
command you today, you and your sons, then the LORD your God will restore you
from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all
the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. If your outcasts are at
the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from
there He will bring you back.”
3) Primacy
We are then told in the Scriptures
that Jesus will begin His millennial reign by establishing Israel as the prime
nation of the world. Jesus will reign from Jerusalem as King of the World.
David, in his glorified body, will reign as the King of Israel. Believers, in
their glorified bodies, will be scattered across the earth to reign with Jesus
over the Gentile nations.
Isaiah devotes three full chapters
(60 thru 62) to a description of the blessings that God will pour out on the
Jewish people during the Millennium. Just consider for a moment some of the
blessings that Isaiah mentions:
The Shekinah glory of the Lord will
appear over the nation (Isaiah 60:2): “…the LORD will rise upon you, and His
glory will appear upon you.”
Foreign aid will come from all the
nations of the earth (Isaiah 60:5-6, 10, 16): “…The wealth of the nations will
come to you. They will bring gold and frankincense…”
Israel will be rebuilt (Isaiah 61:4):
“Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, they will raise up the former
devastations; and they will repair the ruined cities…”
The Temple in Jerusalem will be
beautified (Isaiah 60:7): “…I shall glorify My glorious house.”
Israel will receive the respect of
the nations for the first time in its history. Zechariah 8:23 says the Jews
will be so respected that when one walks by, ten Gentiles will grab his robe so
that they can walk with him. Isaiah puts it this way (Isaiah 60:2-3): “…The
LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come
to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah adds (Isaiah
60:15): “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated with no one passing through,
I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from generation to generation.”
The peace and joy of the nation will
be guaranteed (Isaiah 60:17): “…I will make peace your administrators and
righteousness your overseers.”
The Jewish people will be a channel
of blessings to all the nations (Isaiah 61:11): “For as the earth brings forth
its sprouts, and as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, so the
Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the
nations.”
The city of Jerusalem will be adorned
with blessings (Isaiah 62:1-3, 7):
“For Zion’s sake I will not keep
silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness
goes forth like brightness, and her salvation like a torch that is burning. The
nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be
called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD will designate. You will also
be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of
your God… And [God will make] Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”
And the reason for all of this is
that the Lord will make the nation of Israel and the city of Jerusalem His home
during His Millennial reign (Isaiah 60:13): “…I shall make the place
[Jerusalem] of My feet glorious.” Ezekiel confirms this statement in Ezekiel
43:7 — “He said to me, ‘Son of man, this [Jerusalem] is the place of My throne
and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of
Israel forever.’”
GOD’S PROTECTION
Israel has some very difficult days
ahead, but God has made wonderful promises to them that they can rely on:
“Behold, He who keeps Israel will
neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4).
“No weapon formed against you shall
prosper” (Isaiah 54:17).
“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do
not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely
I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah
41:8-16).
Our nation needs to pay attention to
these promises of God. In recent years, we have put enormous pressure on Israel
to follow a path of appeasement by “trading land for peace.” In the process we
have increasingly given encouragement to Israel’s sworn enemies. If we continue
to manhandle Israel, we are guaranteeing our own destruction.
SUMMARY
In conclusion, the Scriptures teach
that Israel will not only survive, but the nation will emerge as the prime
nation in all the world as God fulfills His promises to the Jewish people and
comes to live in their midst.
What a glorious day that will be —
not just for Israel, but for all the world. A day of absolute victory is coming
for Israel — that will also mean victory for the Church.
In Psalm 122 we are told to “pray for
the peace of Jerusalem.” The Scriptures make it clear that Jerusalem will never
experience peace until Jesus returns. So, when you pray for the peace of
Jerusalem, you are praying for the Lord’s return.
We are also told in the New Testament
to pray the Aramaic phrase, “Maranatha!” which means, “O Lord Come!” (1
Corinthians 16:22). So each morning as you awake, pray for the peace of
Jerusalem and then look to the sky and cry out in your heart, “Maranatha,
Maranatha, Maranatha, come quickly, Lord Jesus!”
And on the glorious day when that
prayer is answered, the Jewish remnant will cry out, “Baruch Haba B’shem
Adonai!!” meaning, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Matthew
23:39).
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