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So what does this talk of prophecy all mean to you? If it is reasonably true (and current events certainly do seem to be lining up with much end-times prophecy), then you should assess what it means to you. If these are the end-times, then Israel is being prepared by God to return to being God’s ministry people after 2000 years of being sidelined for their unbelief re their Messiah (Christ) when He walked this earth. Daniel 9:24-27 makes it clear that there is a 7-year ministry period yet remaining to Israel (one week of years) before Armageddon and the return of Christ their Messiah as their King, to rule over them for 1000 years. That remaining 7-year ministry of Israel has not yet begun, for while the Church still remains here on earth, salvation cannot, will not, return to Israel. Romans 11:25-27 tells us that when the Church (the time of the Gentiles) is fulfilled (completed), the Deliverer (or Saviour) will return to Israel and all Israel will now be saved (during that final 7-year period of Israel’s ministry before their Messiah returns at Armageddon). Currently salvation is through the Church, but one day soon the Church will be completed (fulfilled) and they will be snatched away in an event called the Rapture (which means “the snatching away”). The trumpet call will go out to the Church here on earth (1 Corinthians 15:51-53) and the Church (of those who genuinely believe in Christ as Saviour) will be called home. It is likely that only those who are snatched away will actually be aware of this calling to come home.
Then salvation will return to Israel. Right now salvation is through the Church but when the Church is snatched away, then salvation may only be found through Israel’s ministry. If you are not of Israel, then you are a Gentile, and once the Gentile Church has been called home in the Rapture, then there will be very little opportunity to be saved unless you are associated with Israel and its ministry. Effectively, if you are not of Israel, then once the Church is Raptured home to heaven, then you are unlikely to be saved from that time on. The Bible says “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2) It is still now acceptable for those of non-Israel nations to be saved, but if these are the end-times, then the door may shut for you once the Church has been taken home to heaven.
After the Church has departed earth then salvation returns to being through Israel’s ministry. For just 7 more years all of Israel who will call upon the name of the Lord will be delivered (saved) (Joel 2:32). And then when satan builds his antichrist forces to oppose Jerusalem at Armageddon, Christ the Messiah will return to defeat all Israel’s enemies, and will then bring judgement upon all those of the nations who would not support Israel during this final 7-year period. During this final 7-year period (often called the Tribulation), those of Israel will be required worship the antichrist (when he sits in the Temple to be worshipped by them) or they will be executed. God enables much of Israel to run to safety (Revelation 12:14-17) with those not able to escape being hunted down and slaughtered. Jesus said (in Matthew 24:15-21) that when Israel saw the abomination that Daniel spoke of (see Daniel 9:27), at the mid-point of the Tribulation, they were to escape as quickly as possible or else. If you are not yet saved through trust in Jesus Christ then do it now for time is short, very short!
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So if these are the end-times (and it does appear almost impossible that the world could pull back from the brink now), then certain prophetical facts must be noted.
1/. While it does appear that satan and evil are overwhelming the world today, the opposite is the reality. God is in charge; it’s His day of the Lord. Like He did with pharaoh in Egypt, He is now manipulating the evil of satan’s servants in this world in order to achieve the ultimate defeat of His enemies.
2/. Just like pharaoh, God has set people up in positions of authority in order to cause them to face the battle that will render title to Israel back to God. For God to win, there must be a battle fought to the end where God’s enemies cannot back off; they must fight the battle until their evil returns what title they have to God.
3/. Just like Joel’s locust plagues, God will dictate how His enemies behave and manipulate their actions to bring about His will concerning His people Israel, and the world in general. In this day of the Lord, God totally controls world decision-making.
4/. Iran will continue to play the game of deceit. Their time-wasting “negotiations” are hudna: a strategic ceasefire for the purpose of regrouping and rebuilding their attack capabilities for future aggression. Ultimately however, Iran will soon gather forces with its allies and invade Israel regardless of how many hudnas it can get away with.
5/. No matter how much Trump (and USA) cry out against senseless negotiations, ultimately what happens will be according to God’s will alone.
6/. It is Europe (the revived Roman empire) that will come to Israel’s aid when she is invaded. USA will not play a major part in this, if any part at all is played. Therefore soon USA will find any excuse to back off from a war that is consuming their resources without achieving the victory (or be forced by circumstances to back off).
7/. Europe will continue to amass its forces to oppose the Russian threat, and may consider making a pre-emptive strike especially while Russia is preoccupied with other conflicts, such as in Israel. Germany is currently building its forces quickly.
8/. Russia may temporarily sideline its Ukraine conflict to conserve fuel which Ukraine is rapidly depleting via massive drone attacks.
9/. Turkey will commence trying to justify why it should join Iran in invading Israel.
10/. USA will part company with Israel; the military alliance is all but dead in the water even now. Against the orders of others who think they should be controlling the situation, Israel will continue to oppose terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon who will continue to try to destroy Israel on behalf of their masters in Iran, the IRGC.
11/. China does not appear to play any significant part in the current conflict. Prophecy does seem to indicate that they (as “the kings of the east”) make their move in the buildup to Armageddon (Revelation 16:12).
12/. World leaders continue to bad-mouth Israel while speaking political platitudes of support. The people of the world will more and more be forced to take sides re Israel.
13/. The UN, supposedly representative of world “morals” continues to oppose Israel.
14/. Politically correct views will be used to suppress more and more Godly teachings. More and more, support for biblical teachings will be declared illegal.
15/. When Europe signs a covenant with Israel, there’s only 7 years to Armageddon.