260712 Middle-east post 11

If these are the end-times of the world as we know it, then they started on 7^th Oct 2023 when Gaza terrorists invaded Israel, killing, maiming, torturing, raping around 1200 people, most of whom were unarmed civilians, including many children and even beheading babies. Today we have before 7^th Oct and after 7^th Oct. The atrocities that occurred on 7^th Oct changed our world forever. Before 7^th Oct the world knew but generally didn’t care much about what happened in Israel. But immediately after 7^th Oct we saw anti-Israel demonstrations and pro-palestinian demonstrations around the world on a daily basis. It seemed everyone had a point of view on the matter. The most noisy, most vocal raged against Israel in the streets; the more they could get in the faces of people around them the better. Jewish people and institutions began to be targeted, often violently. So many of the world’s countries openly supported the right of the palestinians to allegedly resist, condemning Israel for “war crimes”, “genocide”, etc. The UN got into the act by taking up the cry against Israel, and the ICC charged various Israeli people with war crimes, making it difficult for them to travel without being arrested. The term “Crystal Nacht”, not heard widely since WW2, suddenly arose with its imagery of broken glass and destruction in Germany when the Jews were physically and violently opposed as a race. People are now being forced to take sides more and more; there’s no sitting on the fence any more claiming that “It’s nothing to do with me!” The Islamic Council of Victoria president Adel Salman even stated that the terrorism of 7^th Oct was a legitimate act of resistance. “We denounce any violence and killing of civilians. What we don’t denounce very clearly is legitimate acts of resistance,” Mr Salman said. “And for the Palestinians to rise up on October the 7th, and say, we’re no longer going to tolerate this siege, this occupation, that’s legitimate.” (Sky 24/02/2024) That is, it’s OK to kill, torture, maim, rape civilians because it’s an act of resistance! Understandably the Jewish community was somewhat upset by this!

In Australia an antisemitic envoy was appointed after a lot of pressure was placed on the federal government to do so. But, one couldn’t be appointed until an “islamophobia” envoy was also appointed, even though the bulk of the violence was focused upon Jews. However, it did show up one important aspect of the coming seven-year tribulation period, where, after Armageddon, Christ, as God, will judge all the nations to be sheep or goats (Matthew 25:21-46). Those who give support to His people (Israel) will be judged to be sheep and given eternal life, while the rest (the ones who did not give support to His people Israel) will be judged to be goats and given everlasting punishment. It is not important when the judgement occurs, only that it is most likely to do with events in these end times where Israel will be persecuted more than any other time in their history.

The end-times are for God to reclaim His world from satan’s oppression. He will also (a) judge the world according to where they stand with Israel, and (b) judge the whole world in righteousness. These end-times are leading up to a seven-year period of extreme judgement, where everyone on earth will be required to make up their mind as to who they will serve: God or the enemy satan.