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Jacob’s Trouble & the Great
Tribulation - Military Arrests CDC Official for Covid Crimes - Military Takes
Control – The Bush Crime Family – DAN BONGINO – France in Revolution - Greens
Push for Depopulation and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
May 2nd 2023
KERRY CASSIDY ON PATRIOT
STREETFIGHTER SHOW - GITMO MOVES TO GUAM – May 2nd 2023 - https://rumble.com/v2llrxi-kerry-cassidy-on-patriot-streetfighter-show-gitmo-moves-to-guam.html
THE DAN BONGINO SHOW: An Interesting
Turn In The Tucker Story! - Dan Bongino - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 13:32 - In this
episode, I address the leaked video which poured fuel on the Tucker Carlson –
Fox News story. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/an-interesting-turn-in-the-tucker-story-dan-bongino-3661788.html
X22 Report - Joe Biden & The
Federal Reserve Are In The Process Of Restructuring The Economic System, Never
Interfere! - Must Video -Tuesday, May 2, 2023 15:52 - The people in France
aren’t taking it anymore, they are pushing back with more protests. RFK Jr. is
now red pilling the D’s in regards to climate change. The economic system is
falling apart and now the D’s want [JB] to negotiate with the McCarthy. As more
banks fail and the system collapses the restructuring is happening now. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/05/x22-report-joe-biden-the-federal-reserve-are-in-the-process-of-restructuring-the-economic-system-never-interfere-must-video-3084935.html
Here We Go! Putin Launches PRE-EMPTIVE
Attack, Protests Erupt In Ukraine Against Zelensky! - Redacted News Live - Tuesday,
May 2, 2023 15:58 - Western media all seem to be on the same page about the war
in Ukraine, Zelensky’s government can’t launch an offensive against Russia. So
what’s really going on here? Is this part of a disinformation campaign before a
massive NATO assault? https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/05/here-we-go-putin-launches-pre-emptive-attack-protests-erupt-in-ukraine-against-zelensky-redacted-news-live-2478094.html
Ohio: Advocates Look to Restart
Ballot Initiative Campaign to Legalize Marijuana for Adults - Tuesday, May 2,
2023 16:01 - https://norml.org/blog/2023/05/02/ohio-advocates-look-to-restart-ballot-initiative-campaign-to-legalize-marijuana-for-adults/
“There’s no emergency” – dissident
climatologist Dr. Judith Curry on climate change - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 6:49 - Source:
BizNewsTv Nov 22, 2022 - There are
particular fields in which those that stray from the official narrative are
instantly shunned as dissidents. Climate change is one of these. Dr Judith
Curry, Professor Emeritus and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has become known as one of the
outspoken scientists who doubt the “scientific consensus” on climate change. https://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2023/05/theres-no-emergency-dissident-climatologist-dr-judith-curry-on-climate-change-2614354.html
REAL RAW NEWS: Military Arrests CDC
Official for Covid Crimes - By Michael Baxter -May 1, 2023 - United States
Marines on Friday arrested CDC Deputy Director for Global Health Dr. Howard
Zucker on charges of treason after U.S. Army Cyber Command intercepted several
Zoom calls on which he advocated for abolishing the Constitution and renewing
lockdowns and mask mandates to combat the (fictitious) emerging strain of Covid
called XBB.1.16. https://realrawnews.com/2023/05/military-arrests-cdc-official-for-covid-crimes/
US MILITARY NEWS: Restored Republic
via a GCR - By Divina Ellisson - 2 May,
2023 - https://theusmilitarynews.com/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-may-2-2023/
Derek Johnson: HUGE Intel - Military
Takes Control (Video) - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 7:46 - Many people believe that
those righteous military generals have saved the entire world! God prepared
Donald Trump from birth. “Installed” by God for a time such as this… https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/derek-johnson-huge-intel-military-takes-control-video-3792264.html
ZERO HEDGE: Kansas Becomes 1st State
To Pass Law Defining Gender As A Person’s Sex At Birth - BY TYLER DURDEN -
MONDAY, MAY 01, 2023 - 07:00 PM - Authored by Alice Giordano via The Epoch
Times - Kansas has become the first state to adopt a definition of gender with
the passage of legislation that keeps men, no matter what gender they identify
as, out of women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and other intimate spaces. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kansas-becomes-1st-state-pass-law-defining-gender-persons-sex-birth
EXPOSE: “Green sustainable energy” is
a euphemism for depopulation - BY RHODA WILSON ON MAY 1, 2023 • This week,
Germany shut down its last three nuclear reactors. Amidst the greatest
self-induced energy crisis caused by demands to cut Europe off of cheap Russian
gas, Germany’s Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke stated with all the
confidence of a devoted cult member “The position of the German government is
clear: nuclear power is not green. Nor is it sustainable… We are embarking on a
new era of energy production.” https://expose-news.com/2023/05/01/green-energy-is-a-euphemism-for-depopulation/
Communist China: a National Security
Threat in Arkansas... and in other states Inbox - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 10:30 - Extreme
Times Call for Extreme Measures - It’s time to secure Arkansas! Communist China
IS a threat to our national security. They have been infiltrating our homeland
while we slumbered and slept. This alert is a short briefing for everyone,
including our governor. We want you to take this seriously and not overlook
this issue. See this report dated February 6, 2023, from the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence. The report stated, “The National
Intelligence Council stands ready to support policymakers with additional
information in a classified setting.” https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/05/communist-china-a-national-security-threat-in-arkansas-and-in-other-states-inbox-3288904.html
Emergency Declared: Troops Getting
Ready! Top US Official Sounding The Alarm! 1 Million Coming! - Real GS News - Tuesday,
May 2, 2023 10:11 - https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/05/emergency-declared-troops-getting-ready-top-us-official-sounding-the-alarm-1-million-coming-real-gs-news-2478087.html
Mel K & Liz Crokin | Exposing
Evil: Child Trafficking & the Epstein Connection | 5-2-23 - https://podbay.fm/p/the-mel-k-show/e/1683037800
Trump Last WARNING– Anti-
Globalization New World Order – People Don’t Know What’s Coming – “US Collapse
Will Be Far WORSE Than You Think…” - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 10:22 – Globalization
is The Rise and Fall of an Idea That Swept The World - Globalization refers to
the integration of markets in the global economy, leading to the increased
interconnectedness of national economies. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/trump-last-warning-anti-globalization-new-world-order-people-dont-know-whats-coming-us-collapse-will-be-far-worse-than-you-think-2-3792271.html
Outrage as India Deletes Darwinian
Evolution from Textbooks - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 10:09 - Never shy about
courting controversy, the Hindu nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has removed references to Charles Darwin. (Comment: That is a
good thing if you believe God created man & everything else. Darvin could
never prove his theory. When we say that God is the Creator, we mean that no
one created Him and that God alone is THE Creator. Satan cannot create; he can
only pervert what God creates. People cannot truly create, because we must
start with something that has already been created. Everything originated from
God ( Jeremiah 10:16; James 1:17; Revelation 10:6 ) https://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2023/05/outrage-as-india-deletes-darwinian-evolution-from-textbooks-3032900.html
ALL NEWS PIPELINE: How Democrats And
RINO's Learned Tyranny From Joseph Goebbels: 'Unthinking Respect Of Authority
Is The Greatest Enemy Of Truth' & 'Truth Is The Greatest Enemy Of The
State' - 'Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit
atrocities' – May 2nd 2023 - By Dave Jefferson of Prepper1cense.com
for All News Pipeline - “Many roads lead to violence or hatred: discouragement
and loss of hope, inertia and apathy, the development of bitterness and grudge
leading to violence, not always the same in quality and modes of expression.
The end result is a diffused discomfort that can turn into extreme violence “ (ANP:
With the Biden crime cabal attempting to convince Americans that men can be
women and women can be men, and that there is 'freedom of the press' in America
as heard in the 1st video at the bottom of this story, along with a long list
of other absurdities, the quote 'Those who can make you believe absurdities,
can make you commit atrocities' has never rung more true than it does today.
Where did Democrats and Biden learn these abominable tactics? As this story
proves, they date back decades.) https://allnewspipeline.com/Democrats_And_RINOs_Learned_From_Joseph_Goebbels.php
MAIL ONLINE: GOP senators accuse
Secretary of State Antony Blinken of LYING to Congress about Hunter Biden's
Burisma business dealings - GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley are
accusing President Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken for providing
'false testimony' - Emails show Blinken and his wife attempted to influence
U.S. government officials on behalf of Ukrainian gas firm Burisma - By KELLY
LACO, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF POLITICS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 07:44 EDT, 2
May 2023 | UPDATED: 11:22 EDT, 2 May 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12037327/Blinken-accused-GOP-senators-lying-Congress-Hunter-Bidens-Burisma-business-dealings.html
BIG NEWS NETWORK: Russian gold
production soars - RT.com - 30th April 2023, 19:24 GMT+10 - Western sanctions
have led to increased demand for safe-haven assets in the country - Russian
gold miners boosted output by 26.5% year-on-year in March, according to the
latest data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Compared to
February, gold production jumped by more than 30%. The first quarter figure was
9.1% higher than in the same period of last year. https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/273800675/russian-gold-production-soars
By Joseph Chambers
Published on: May 25, 2017
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
May 2nd 2023
Psalm 2:4-7
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall
laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in
his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my
holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou
art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”
These two terms are synonymous. The
Bible is perfectly plain, “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles”
until the Jacob’s trouble is complete. An honest and biblically sound
evaluation of Jerusalem’s immediate future can be quite unnerving. For someone
that loves Jerusalem as deeply as I do, it is not easy to accept the truth.
Praying for the peace of the “chosen
city” has been a commitment of my life for many years. The Bible commands every believing
individual, Jew or Gentile, to be deeply committed to this responsibility. It is easy once we accept this challenge to
then fail to see the prophetic facts of what must occur to accomplish the
answer. When we pray for the “peace of
Jerusalem” we also are praying for the perfect fulfillment of all acts of
judgment and prophecies that will ultimately assure the “peace.” Actually, when you pray for peace, you are
praying for the biblical process, which is terrifying to discover.
Jerusalem Is Destined for Some Very
Dark Events
The Son of God warned all of us of
the dark facts that this city must endure and suffer before He can sit on
David’s throne. Jesus Christ will return
to be the King of kings over Jerusalem, Israel, and the whole world. This city is deep in the heart of the eternal
Son of God. He walked through the
streets with His disciple, proclaiming, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . how often
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” (Matthew 23:37).
Jacob’s Trouble
The darkest period of Israel’s
history
A false Messiah will deceive
multitudes of the Jewish people.
When the False Messiah and the False
Prophet erect his image in the new temple in Jerusalem, then Israel will wake
up.
The will flee, be murdered and driven
all over the world.
In about 3.5 years, two out of three
of the Jews all over the world will be slain as the Antichrist determined to
kill every Jew on the earth.
Two Jewish prophets preach for 3.5
years.
Antichrist tramples the city the same
3.5 years.
When the Jewish people rejected the
Son of God as the Messiah, they set in motion the chain of events that were and
are still to be affected. Jesus, later,
gave us a fairly complete picture of Jerusalem from that day, nearly two
thousand years ago “until” Jerusalem shall be redeemed as a city and become a
“praise in all the earth.”
Here are the actual words of Jesus
Christ Himself, “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then
know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee
to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let
not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
For these be the days of vengeance,
that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to
them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the
land, and wrath upon this people. And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into
all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Luke 21:20-24).
This great text shows us a
progressive picture from a few years after the crucifixion until the Second
Coming of our Lord to establish His kingdom on earth. When Titus marched his Roman army up to
Jerusalem (A.D. 70) and destroyed the city, the “times” of the Gentiles began.
Note that word “times.” There have been many times that Gentiles in one form or
another have affected great destruction and consternation on Jerusalem and its
inhabitants.
When Jesus said Jerusalem, He
certainly included the geographical area now called the nation of Israel, plus
the land occupied by these Arabs called Palestinians. “Times of the Gentiles”
includes every, invasion, occupation, or political control by anyone other than
the Jewish people that affected Jerusalem.
It includes the massacre by the Catholic crusaders that took Jerusalem
and murdered Arabs and Jews alike.
There have been awesome efforts on
the part of many nations and armies to eliminate Jewish people. Many of these efforts were on the soil of the
nations and armies attacking them. At other times, it was in Jerusalem. The “times” of the Gentiles, as it relates to
Jerusalem and the Jewish people, includes many inhumane occasions.
God the Father Has Chosen Jerusalem
Jerusalem was chosen by our God to
put His name there forever. The Word of
God said, “… Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name there…” (2 Chronicles 12:13). Actually, Jerusalem is the earthly
counterpart of the heavenly Jerusalem. The city is a delight to the Lord
Himself and He longs for His righteousness and peace to grace the city with
perpetual glory. Angels have been assigned to Jerusalem for at least
twenty-five hundred years (2,500).
Isaiah told of this revelation of truth that he was given. He spoke to this subject by first addressing
the Father’s love and passion for Jerusalem.
He quoted the words God had given
him, “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will
not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the
salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth” (Isaiah 62:1). Then, the God of Israel said, “I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day
nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth”
(Isaiah 62:6-7).
It would be breathtaking to visit Jerusalem
with unveiled eyes and see the army of angels that keep watch day and night.
The unseen war above this city is far greater and more spectacular than any war
fought on the ground. Even then, His
army of angels cannot go beyond the prophetic facts of judgment, death, and
calamities appointed by the Lord Himself.
These angelic watchman guarantee the absolute promises of God and no
destruction will ever eliminate the city or keep its future from the perfect glory
appointed. In other words, they assure a
perfect balance between the appointed judgments and the glorious future.
The Perfect Will Of God Will Be
Accomplished
Jerusalem will be the capital of the
whole earth and especially the capital of the Jewish nation. The Son of God will sit upon the Throne of
David. The city will expand in every
direction and become the largest city in the world. According to Ezekiel, the
city will be approximately sixty (60) miles square with a twelve (12) square
inner city. This means the city will
stretch almost the entire distance between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead
Sea.
Revelation 6:1-4
“And I saw when the Lamb opened one
of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that
sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer.
And when he had opened the second
seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And there went out another horse that
was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a
great sword.”
Israel Became a Nation Again in 1948
The modern history of Israel as a
nation began in 1948. The people of
Jewish blood had been dispersed, deprived, and persecuted intermittently for
the eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (1878) years since A.D. 70. Their survival as a distinct people with a
Jewish bloodline seems completely impossible.
While all of those years contain a Biblical significance, the end times
of Jewish history began in 1948. At that
point, a prophecy of their national resurrection was commenced. Their existence as a people was like a valley
of bleached bones, but the Word of God had spoken. The infallible Book becomes miraculous as God
speaks and men act and believe. Listen!
“Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon
these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Then
he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our
parts. And ye shall know that I am the
LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of
your graves.” (Ezekiel 37:4, 11, 13).
A small minority of the Jewish people
were finally at home and were a nation but were immediately attacked by their
neighbors. Outnumbered and impoverished
in military equipment, they fought back and won miraculously. The nation began to grow, the land responded,
the deserts bloomed, and the seasons and rainfall increased. Israel quickly became a modern miracle.
Their technology is second to none
and their military prowess is the envy of the military world. They are a chosen people with a chosen
identity even though they are still in unbelief. But, our God is working wonderfully to
perform His will in them and bring them to repentance. The process is slow, but our God is
patient. It cannot be much longer. For sixty-seven years, they have had both
blessings and great trials.
From the Present to the Climax
These sixty-seven (67) years for
Israel have been like God’s clock ticking on the wall. The countdown is on and every believer must
watch each event with a prophetic eye.
Nothing can stop the process, though painful as it may be. Our anger
because of another suicide bombing or a drive-by shooting stirs our heart to
bleed. Yet, the bleeding is part of the process. The events will often call for Israel’s
military response; yet, the necessary response will not end the conflicts.
America must carefully defend our
primary ally in the Middle East, but all of us must not allow the negotiations
and support to blind us to the prophetic future. While we share their pain and
support their right to the Promised Land, we must remember that they are still
in unbelief and the process of bringing them to repentance is yet forthcoming.
They are an incredibly stubborn people and God’s chastisement is one of the
tools that will break the yoke. That
stubbornness was necessary to bring them through the centuries of
anti-Semitism, but now the hands of their God must temper it. Let’s carefully
look at a the facts, which are easily seen in the prophetic passages yet to be
completed.
Jerusalem will be a “cup of
trembling” and a “troublesome stone” to the world and its governments,
“until…” Every time I write “until,” I
am referring to the victory that is finished with the battle of Armageddon.
There may be, and I pray so, periods of relative peace concerning Jerusalem,
but it cannot be lasting. The presence
of a Jewish state in their ancient city of Jerusalem creates a problem for
almost the entire world because of its prophetic significance. Look at that text.
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of
trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both
against Judah and against Jerusalem. And
in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that
burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the
earth be gathered together against it” (Zechariah 12:2-3).
When you have an ancient people with
a clear Biblical promise from those ancient times perfectly fulfilled, it
either must be rejected or accepted as proof of the Bible. Consequently,
any person or nation that rejects the Bible is placed in a position to
reject the rights of that ancient people, in this case, the Jews. This fact creates consternation and makes the
city of Jerusalem, when connected to the Israel nation, a “troublesome stone”
and a “cup of trembling.” This fact
cannot go away unless we eliminate the Jews from Jerusalem and deny the
Bible. We will not do either one. In
fact, we cannot change God’s perfect plan.
It was the Lord Jesus Christ that
said, “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled” (Luke 21:24). The presence of Gentiles (anyone that is
non-Jewish) cannot be eliminated from Jerusalem “until…”
Regardless of how desirable it seems
to Bible believers for the completed possession of all Israel by the Israeli
people, the Lord said, it cannot happen. Not only does the truth of this great passage demand the presence of
Gentiles, it demands their presence in military or police activities. The city of Jerusalem and its Jewish
population will be trodden down “until.”
“Trodden down” means to be trampled underfoot.
A truth, as clearly stated by the
Lord Jesus Christ, in this case, leaves no room for argument. This does not mean that Israel should not
defend themselves, but that their best effort will not rid their country of terror
and conflict. The very presence of Arab people, many of them Christians,
demands that the government of Israel be careful to protect the rights of its
citizens. Jerusalem and the State of Israel in perfect biblical fulfillment
cannot occur “until!” Israel must make
the best of the ongoing process and simply survive “until.”
Zephaniah 3:1-5
“Woe to her that is filthy and
polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not
correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her
princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw
not the bones till the morrow. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons:
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning
doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no
shame.”
Death and sorrows will increase. The city of Jerusalem is destined for more
destruction and sorrows until they repent and receive their rejected Messiah.
It’s impossible for Jerusalem to be the city of peace until they are shepherded
by the Prince of Peace. Jesus plainly stated that “they shall fall by the edge
of the sword”… until! Every Christian
should help bear the burden of the Jewish people, pray for their peace, and
await God’s final moment.
Jerusalem cannot be a free city
wholly governed by Israel, until! Israel
must have a covenant with the Eternal God before this city can end the many
demands for a little piece of this coveted city and land. The Catholics want to govern, the Muslims
want to govern, and the religious groups that own a piece of Jerusalem’s real
estate want to govern. The conflicts are
unsolvable because the views cannot be reconciled. The world will demand that Israel accept a
peace process that maintains Jerusalem as a pluralistic city. The political tide will almost surely succeed
in demanding America support such a process.
While I believe America will maintain
its sheep nation status, I also believe we will be forced to accept a
Palestinian state jointly with the state of Israel in the land wrongly called
Palestine. We all long for the nation of Israel to possess the total promise
given to Abraham. Even if all of the land now controlled by Israel and the
Palestinians together was possessed by Israel, it would not be close to what
God promised to Abraham. Not until the King of kings returns to drive the army
of the Antichrist into utter defeat can the promises be finished. Jerusalem
will not be the sole capital of Israel “until.”
Two of every three Jews will be
killed between now and the return of Jesus Christ. Nothing is sadder to
contemplate than the last catastrophe that Israel encounters before the end.
Nobody but Jewish haters wants the Jewish people to experience another
holocaust. It cannot be avoided. Hitler
will pale in comparison to the “man of sin” and his companions of evil. Zechariah made this prophetic statement:
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the
little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,
two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left
therein. And I will bring the third
part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try
them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will
say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God” (Zechariah
13:7-9).
I personally believe that this
prophecy includes all the Jews on a worldwide basis. “In all the land” appears to mean “in all the
land” internationally. The Antichrist
and his anti-spirit will hunt down every person of Jewish descent and strive to
eliminate them. Hatred for the Jewish
people is a diabolical hatred that will pursue them to their hidden places
around the globe. The Muslims call them
pigs and monkeys. The Jewish people have
been systemically accused of almost every atrocity. Conspiracy theories abound that propose to
document the chosen people as the source of all evil.
Satan will not just search and
destroy Jews in the land of Israel, but worldwide. Thousands of people are converting to
Judaism. Some Christians are even teaching that the Jewish people can be
converted and saved in Judaism without the gospel of Jesus Christ. All of this is but cold, calculated deception
at the hand of the deceiver. Very likely the proselytes to Judaism will suffer
the exact same fate of the Jews between the present and the glorious moment of
His return.
At some point, an army from the North
will descend on Israel. This event is considerably more controversial than the
battle of Armageddon. Ezekiel documented the facts of this horrible attack.
“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of
Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I
will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth,
and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of
armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with
them; all of them with shield and helmet.”
(Ezekiel 38:2-5).
All of these ancient nations are each
a present modern nation and each well-equipped and capable to fulfill this
prophecy. The armies of the Antichrist are very different from the coalition
named in Ezekiel. This army is led by
the Antichrist himself. His furor at
Israel will be the final sword in God’s hand of judgment for Israel. The Bible says, “Behold, the day of the LORD
cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather
all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the
houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into
captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city”
(Zechariah 14:1-2).
This battle ends God’s “cup of wrath”
against His own chosen and He descends to fight the enemies Himself:
“Then shall the LORD go forth, and
fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great
valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it
toward the south.
And this shall be the plague
wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against
Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and
their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume
away in their mouth. And it shall come
to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and
they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall
rise up against the hand of his neighbor.” (Zechariah 14:3-4, 12-13)
This battle is the “until!” It is the
battle that ends nearly 2,000 years of estrangement between the God of Abraham
and the people of Abraham’s loins. They rejected Jesus Christ and were cut off
and out of their own Olive Tree. Now,
they will be redeemed and re-grafted into their own stump. Everything that Bible believers want for the
Lord’s people, the Jews, will now become reality.
Romans 11:31-32
“Even so have these also now not
believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath
concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth
of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the
Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?”
The Fullness of Israel Will Come
Israel’s future is breathtaking, but
cannot be born illegitimately. Try as we may to place Israel in her glory
before the time has come and we only frustrate ourselves. By the wisdom given
by the Holy Spirit, the apostle Paul understood perfectly the process. He
stated, “According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this
day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling
block, and a recompense unto them: Let
their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway”
(Romans 11:8-10).
I mentioned earlier that the Jews
were a stubborn people, but this was part of their judgment. Note those words, “that they may not see and
bow down their back alway.” But all of this shall change at the appointed time.
Paul continued, “I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God
forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for
to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the
world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more
their fullness? For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the
world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?” (Romans
11:11-12, 15).
The “War on Terrorism” places Israel
under incredible pressure to compromise more territory and given more credence
to the terrorist. If the efforts of
President Trump and our American military succeed in crippling the worldwide
organization of terrorists, it may mean a few more years. If they fail to destroy the stockpiles of
bio-chemical and nuclear capacities, it probably means very little time left
before the Tribulation period officially begins.
Under all circumstances our world is
a powder keg and Israel is our time clock. “And they shall fall by the edge of
the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled”
(Luke 21:24). Greatness for Israel hangs
in the balance and the Lord Jesus Christ is soon to tip the scales.
