"Brutal Prophecies You Need To Know"

Now that the hostages have been released, does that mean peace in the Middle East?

Unfortunatley, no. The Bible is clear: Lasting peace will only come with the return of the Prince of Peace, Yeshua HaMashiach, aka Jesus the Messiah.

Meanwhile...

The nation of Israel is still ground zero when it comes to biblical prophecy. They are the target of hundreds of predictions both past and future. It is impossible to over-emphasize their importance, as all of scripture revolves around Israel. In fact, all the world's population is divided into only two categories: One is either a Jew, or a Gentile.

The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob have phenomenal (read  miraculous) staying power. What other nationality has been destroyed as a nation (not once but twice!) and survived to re-establish themselves? Not one, not ever. The Jews spent a total of 2600 years scattered throughout the world and yet they retained their national identity. The history of the Jewish people is a fascinating study--not because their survival is amazing--though it is--but because every detail of it was prophesied beforehand. We believe this to be one of the greatest proofs of God's existence.

Let's start with the call of Abraham and Sarah. God promised they would become the parents of a new people (the Jews) and that He'd give them a new land (Israel) and through their descendant (Jesus), all of the families of the earth would be blessed. (Genesis 12). There was only one problem--Sarah was barren. Of course that little detail only made things more interesting. Though it took a while, God fulfilled this promise when Sarah conceived a child at 90 years old and Abraham was as good as dead, at 100.

Why would God wait so long? To test their faith and to make sure everyone understood this was a bonafide miracle.

Then there was Moses. He had the job of leading the Hebrew people into the Promised Land (Israel), promised by God to His chosen people forever.

Deuteronomy 7:6, says, "For you are a people consecrated to Adonai your God: of all the peoples on earth Adonai your God chose you to be God's treasured people."

Unfortunatly, God's chosen people didn't always choose God, and  it was prophesied that Israel would be scattered among the nations two times as a punishment, and then be regathered again (for the last time) "in the latter days" (aka the Last Days) (Deuteronomy 4:27-31). 

This prophecy was fulfilled on May 14,1948.

This gives you an idea of how detailed and on-target these prophecies are. Can there be any doubt prophecies concerning the future will be just as accurate?

We believe they will be, and while events could settle down for a time, ultimatelty, things will continue to spiral in a horrific downward trajectory as we enter into the concluding 7 years of world history.

All through Scripture God warned the Israelites repeatedly of the consequences of disobedience: the end times will be brutal for them. Antisemitism will continue to rear its ugly head among a God-hating world. Eventually, the Jews will be attacked on all sides and all the nations of the earth will come against them in the final battle of the Tribulation known as Armeggeddon.

The good news? The Lord Jesus Christ will intervene, bringing an end to the destruction and preserve a remnant of God's chosen people for His Kingdom.

"For then there will be great tribulation, such as 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 would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened" (MATTHEW 24:21-22).

A wise man once said: "The vision of  'the Dry Bones' found in Ezekiel 37, makes it clear Israel will return to the land as a nation, but without spiritual life. In other words, they will return as unbelievers, only to be revived spiritually when they see the Messiah, Jesus, in the end times. And then 'all of Israel will be saved' (Romans11:26).--Greg Laurie, senior pastor, Harvest Christian Fellowship 

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