This really is a word for intercessors... for anyone who cares
for their nation.
It will start out as a history lesson on the modern state of
Israel and what the nations have done, are doing and will probably
do as we await Messiah's return.It is easy to research from the
comfort of your home. Don't just double check the Scriptural stuff
but also the historical stuff.
I realize history has at least two points of view. There are
many who dispute how and why the nation of Israel was
reestablished
For us, we must view and decipher history through the prism of
the Word of God. The Bible is our decoder, if you will, to
understanding world events.1 Peter is very much about the Last
Days.What I want us to hear is that in addition to being vigilant,
we must be sober.
I see two main groups in the Body: Ignorance and lack of
vigilance.Vigilance with hysteria (Facebook)
Let us be good stewards of information. Check your sources.
Don't throw around unsubstantiated accusations. Also, these things
must happen, ultimately. We know so we can warn and prove the
scriptures, God's faithfulness.There's a T-shirt I've seen in
Israel... This is one version.It makes me smile but I think it's a
bit arrogant to wear.But it speaks truth... empires have come and
gone... and most fall after poking God in the eye by offending
Israel.
It's a record of Genesis 12 curse fulfilled
In May 2011, President Obama told Israel to go back to the
pre-1967 lines. Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas cited this as
the reason for pursing for full United Nations member state status
in 2011. That bid failed in the UN Security Council.
In November 2012, Abbas again asked UN for an upgraded status,
this time non-member observer state. The resolution passed 138-9 in
November 2012.
What does this all mean historically, Biblically and
prophetically?Background to the significance of Obama's public
pronouncement that Israel should go back to the 1967 lines. Why
should this pronouncement by our national leader raise an alarm in
your spirit?
Land promised to two peoplesBalfour Declaration 1917 UK Foreign
Sec.McMahonHussein Correspondence 1915 UK diplomat to Sharif
(prince) of Mecca motivated Arabs into WWI against Turkish Ottoman
Empire
Ultimately, Arabs given TransJordan... remainder of Mandate
controlled by Britain.British Mandate given control of Mandatory
Palestine in 1920sArabs resist Balfour Declaration. On and off
fighting, massacres, etc. (Appointment in Jerusalem by Derek &
Lydia Prince covers some of this)British announce after World War
II that they will no longer control.UN tries to resolve conflict
Partition Plan Nov. 29, 1947 rejected by ArabsMay 14, 1948 Israel
declares independenceFull war breaks out Egypt, Jordan, Syria,
Iraq, Lebanon Why West Bank? West Bank of Jordan River, west side
of Kingdom of Jordan.What Biblical names for West Bank? Judea and
Samaria.
Jerusalem divided. What is called East Jerusalem including all
of Old City, Temple Mount, Western Wall, Mount of Olives, largest
Jewish cemetery in the world was the portion that stayed in
Jordan's hands at cease fire.
Not official borders but cease-fire lines.June 1967 tensions
build over several issues. Arab nations prepare to attack Israel.
June 5 Israel launches surprise bombing raids against Egyptian
air-fieldsSix days later Israel wins, taking land from Syria,
Jordan and Egypt and reunited Jerusalem, retaking Temple Mount, Old
City, Western Wall.
Yom Kippur War 1973 nations try to take territory
back.Eventually trades Sinai for peace with Egypt, Jordan agrees to
not ask for West Bank back (1974, 1988), Golan and Gaza remain in
Israeli hands.Here we have it today.
Pulled out of Gaza in 2005
Golan Heights is marked separate on international maps but it
functionally Israel. So when Obama says back to the 1967 lines, he
means the 1949 lines... cease fire lines
No Golan HeightsNo settlements in West Bank (some up for
negotiation)No Gaza Strip (as already disengaged)
Most alarming to me, no Old City JerusalemLet's talk about
Jerusalem
Shifting of borders from 1947 to today
Obama's demand that Israel return to the pre-1967 lines was
spiritually explosive, in my opinion. Why? Because he in essence
endorsed the dividing of Jerusalem.
The city would roughly be divided like this, as it was
pre-1967.God is clear that he will judge the nations on how they
treated Israel whom they scattered and because they divided MY
land.
Israel is God's land... and the nations who fail to recognize
will pay dearly.
Jesus expands on the point in Matthew 25Because of Joel 3, I
believe ethnos here is definitions 3 and 4 because in Joel 3,
nations is goyim, which we know is Hebrew for nations.The passage
goes on...
eternal punishment for those who did not treat the Messiah's
brothers' with kindness.
This verse was always presented to me as the Christian
brothers... and it applies. We are adopted sons, joint heirs with
Messiah.
But the first natural brothers. Here, the first definition is
first. Jesus is talking about the nations... so he must be talking
about his national brothers, Israel, the Jews.
It's not that the others don't apply, but I see his DNA brothers
applying first and foremost. Again, not an issue of partiality but
of priority.So, in November 29, 2012, the United Nations voted to
recognize Palestine as a nonmember observer state (on par with the
Vatican).
Let me read you part of what this resolution says...(PDF print
out)
And it passed 138-9 with 41 abstentions (5 absent)
Against: Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, Panama, United
States.So back in Joel 3...
We see the Valley of Judgment, also called Valley of
Decision
Intercessor and Israel advocate Tomas Sandell, European
Coalition for Israel, said, Was this vote the FINAL decision that
sets Joel 3 and Matthew 25 judgment outcome. NO
Did this vote matter? YesSandell: until the formation of the
League of Nations in 1919, no entity that represented all the
nations of the earth. Since WWI, nations have had several
opportunities to publicly record a vote on the issue of Israel.
Last November's most recent.1949 9 abstentions2012 10
abstentions
There is still time to intercede for each nation to repent on
dividing land Mexico recently voted for dividing Jerusalem (2012).
US votes with Israel in UN but says otherwise in other
situations.So, we have the United States president endorsing the
division of Jerusalem... making us goat nation candidate
We have 138 nations on record ready to divide Jerusalem (41 who
haven't been willing to be on record either way).
Sodom was doomed because of their sin... and Abraham cried out
on its behalf and negotiates with God, who was willing to save it
for 10 righteous.And so we have our authority, as sons of Abraham
(Romans 4, Galatians 3), to negotiate with God for our nations.
Some verses to pray into...Psalm 2 is absolutely apropos here,
but the hope is at the end....Hope for the Palestinian people to be
a clan of Judah...
Do we know what Palestine is called Palestine?
After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Roman Emperor Hadrian
applied the name Syria Palestina to the entire region, that had
formerly included Iudaea Province. Hadrian probably chose a name
that revived the ancient name of Philistia (Palestine), combining
it with that of the neighboring province of Syria, in an attempt to
suppress Jewish connection to the land.More hope for all of
Israel's neighborsI have verified these dates myself using the NASA
website and a Hebrew calendar.
I have also verified the tetrads of 1949/1950 and 1967/1968 as
well that a tetrad on the LORD's feasts days will not happen again
this century.
The tetrad of lunar eclipses on Passover/Sukkot has only
happened 7 times since time of Christ. This will be number 8.
Gen. 1:14 signs and seasons (appointments)
