END TIMES – SOME F.A.Q’s Bruce McKerras August 2010
Who are My People ? - To be gathered into the Promised Land.
This is a difficult question and really only God knows. It does seem clear, from what the Bible tells us, that they are mostly actual descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
But, even in ancient days, aliens joined and were accepted as Israelites.
Isaiah 56:8 Yet others I will gather, to those already gathered in the Land.
John 11:52 Jesus will die, not for the Jews alone but in order to gather together the scattered children of God.
In Ephesians 2:19-22 Paul says that those true believers in Jesus Christ are no longer aliens.
The New Testament brings a new day – not only would the Israelites be a part of God’s people but in this new day the Gentiles could be grafted into this people line. Therefore, all true believers in Jesus are now “My People”.
You will know My people by their righteous lives.
John 15:16 You did not choose Me- I chose you. I appointed you to go on and bear fruit,
fruit that will last.
Luke 6:44 Each tree is known by its fruit, you don’t get figs or grapes from brambles or thistles.
Matthew 12:33-35 You can tell a tree by its fruit.
Matthew 7:19 A tree that does not yield sound fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire
Isaiah 3:10 Happy are the righteous, all will be well with them. They will enjoy the fruits of their deeds.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is the tree of life.
When will these end time events happen?
It is very scary, but it seems likely that the prophecies that speak clearly of a Mid East nuclear war will be fulfilled in the near future. I agree with the idea that the tribulation will finish during a Jubilee year, probably 2030. An interesting verse in Luke 13:32 Jesus says that He will work for 2 days then will reach His goal on the third. As a day is like 1000 years to the Lord, then His goal- His Millennial reign will start exactly 2000 years after the start of His ministry. And again in Hosea 6:2 After 2 days, He will revive us. On the 3rd day we will live in His presence
So, working back, 2023 is the start of the 7 year Tribulation. We can only guess how much time is needed for the Gathering and Judgement of His people and their settlement in the Land.
But, war may happen at any time, this crazy situation between Israel and the Muslims has gone on so long, just cannot stay like this forever. Watch Iranian politics, Ahmadinejad nearly lost the last election – only fraud kept him in office so he must act while he still has power.
How will His people gather in the Land ?
Jeremiah 30:10 Israel, do not despair, I shall bring you back safe from afar.
Ezekiel 34:11 Now I shall take a thought for My sheep and search for them.
Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd, I shall find and rescue my sheep, no matter where they were scattered.
Isaiah 49:22 The Lord says, I shall beckon to the nations, hoist My signal to the peoples and they will bring your sons in their arms and your daughters on their shoulders.
Jeremiah 16:15-17 I will bring the Israelites back to the Land that I gave to their forefathers. I shall send for many fishermen and they will fish for them. After that, I shall send for many hunters and they will hunt them from every place. For My eyes are on all their ways, I am watching them and I see any wrongdoing.
Isaiah 60:8-9 Who are these, that sail along like clouds, that fly like doves to their dovecotes? They are vessels assembling from the coasts and islands; they bring your children from far away, their treasure with them. The Holy One of Israel has made you glorious for His honour.
Hosea 2:14 Now I shall woo Israel and lead her into the wilderness, speak words of encouragement to her.
Psalm 68:7 God, when at the head of Your people, You marched through the barren waste – the earth trembled and rain poured down.
Psalm 68:17 There were myriads of Gods chariots when the Lord came from Sinai.
Zechariah 8:8 My people, brought back to live in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 10:10 I shall lead them into Gilead and Lebanon, until there is no more room.
What will My people eat and drink ?
Ezekiel 36:8 You, mountains of Israel will put forth your branches and yield fruit for My people, Israel for their homecoming is near.
Ezekiel 36:9 See, I am now for you, I shall turn to you – the land will be tilled and sown.
Ezekiel 36:10 I shall settle on you many people- the whole House of Israel.
Isaiah 41:17-19 The poor and needy look for water and find none. I, the Lord will provide for their needs. I shall open springs in the hills and pools in the desert.
Ezekiel 34:14-16 There will be rich grazing on the hills of Israel. I shall strengthen the sick and give My flock their proper food.
Micah 7:14 your flocks will graze in Bashan and Gilead as in days gone by.
Ezekiel 34:26-27 I will bless you with rain in due season. Trees will bear fruit and the soil its produce.
Psalm 81:16 You will be fed with the best flour and honey.
Joel 2:19 The Lord answered their appeal and said – I shall send you corn, new wine and oil. You will have plenty of food.
Where will My people gather ?
Ezekiel 37:21-22 I am going to take the Israelites from their places of exile among the nations. I shall assemble them on the mountains of Israel.
Amos 3:9 Make this proclamation – Assemble yourselves on the hills of Samaria, look at the tumult seething among her people.
Ezekiel 20:35-36 I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, there I shall confront you and bring you to judgement. Even as I did to your forefathers in the desert of Egypt.
A leader appointed
Jeremiah 30:21 A governor will appear, one of your own number – I will bring him near and let him approach Me.
Prayer and encouragement for His people
Colossians 1:9-12 We ask God that we may receive from Him, full insight into His will, all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that our manner of life may be worthy of the Lord and entirely pleasing to Him. We pray that we may bear fruit in active goodness of every kind, and grow in the knowledge of God.
In His glorious might, may He give us ample strength to meet with fortitude and patience whatever comes; and to give joyful thanks to the Father who has made us fit to share the heritage of Gods people in the Kingdom of light.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
IRANS NUCLEAR MULLAHS
IRAN’S NUCLEAR MULLAHS AND THEIR PLANS FOR THE APOCALYPSE
Bruce McKerras August 2010
The Iranian mullahs either have or will very soon have nuclear weapons. This reality is horrifying in the context of the Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s fantasy of annihilating
Israel. The inspiration for this fantasy is the apocalyptic world vision of Ahmadinejad and his co-rulers. This vision involves the Islamic Shi-ite belief in the return of the Hidden 12thImam, who is the awaited Mahdi of the Muslims. He is one of two eschatological figures in Islamic theology, the other being Jesus.
Al Mahdi means “the rightly guided one” and is portrayed as coming before the end times to make the entire world Muslim. Muhammad said that the Mahdi “will fill the earth with justice as it is now filled with oppression”.
This hidden Imam is, according to Islamic tradition, due to re-appear after a period in which the Muslims suffer great persecution and calamity. It is within the realm of possibility that Ahmadinejad is thinking that he can hasten the coming of the Imam Mahdi by bringing about an increase of what he would regard as oppression of the Muslims – ”oppression” that would in reality be Israel’s defensive response to an Iranian attack. The Shi-ite Muslims especially, believe that for as long as the Mahdi remains hidden, the world will stay apostate. They are fixated on the end times and are on the constant lookout for signs of his return. This obsession shapes their life, culture and politics and as can be seen by Ahmadinejad’s speeches, their approach to world affairs.
The Jews are described in Islamic theology as worshippers of the “Dajjal”- the Muslim equivalent of Anti-Christ. The Mahdi will lead the Muslims to defeat the Dajjal and then kill every Jew. If a Jew seeks refuge under a stone or behind a tree, they will be able to speak to tell a Muslim, “There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him! “
Not only are the Jews destroyed in the final war, but the Koran says they will serve as ransom for the Muslims in the fires of hell. The sins of the Muslims will weigh on them like mountains, but on the day of resurrection, these sins will be lifted and laid upon the Jews.
Anyone who says that there is no anti-Semitism in Islam is on a par with someone who claims that Islam is a ”religion of peace”.
Ref. S. Trifkovic.
Bruce McKerras August 2010
The Iranian mullahs either have or will very soon have nuclear weapons. This reality is horrifying in the context of the Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s fantasy of annihilating
Israel. The inspiration for this fantasy is the apocalyptic world vision of Ahmadinejad and his co-rulers. This vision involves the Islamic Shi-ite belief in the return of the Hidden 12thImam, who is the awaited Mahdi of the Muslims. He is one of two eschatological figures in Islamic theology, the other being Jesus.
Al Mahdi means “the rightly guided one” and is portrayed as coming before the end times to make the entire world Muslim. Muhammad said that the Mahdi “will fill the earth with justice as it is now filled with oppression”.
This hidden Imam is, according to Islamic tradition, due to re-appear after a period in which the Muslims suffer great persecution and calamity. It is within the realm of possibility that Ahmadinejad is thinking that he can hasten the coming of the Imam Mahdi by bringing about an increase of what he would regard as oppression of the Muslims – ”oppression” that would in reality be Israel’s defensive response to an Iranian attack. The Shi-ite Muslims especially, believe that for as long as the Mahdi remains hidden, the world will stay apostate. They are fixated on the end times and are on the constant lookout for signs of his return. This obsession shapes their life, culture and politics and as can be seen by Ahmadinejad’s speeches, their approach to world affairs.
The Jews are described in Islamic theology as worshippers of the “Dajjal”- the Muslim equivalent of Anti-Christ. The Mahdi will lead the Muslims to defeat the Dajjal and then kill every Jew. If a Jew seeks refuge under a stone or behind a tree, they will be able to speak to tell a Muslim, “There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him! “
Not only are the Jews destroyed in the final war, but the Koran says they will serve as ransom for the Muslims in the fires of hell. The sins of the Muslims will weigh on them like mountains, but on the day of resurrection, these sins will be lifted and laid upon the Jews.
Anyone who says that there is no anti-Semitism in Islam is on a par with someone who claims that Islam is a ”religion of peace”.
Ref. S. Trifkovic.
Monday, August 23, 2010
THE FATE OF THE EVIL NEIGHBORS Part two
August 2010
Modern place names from Strongs Concordance; Elam= Persia, now Iran. Philistines =
Palestinians. Tyre and Sidon = Cities in Lebanon. Damascus = Capital of Syria. Rabbah- Ammon= Amman, capital of Jordan. Gilead= The area of northwestern Jordan. Gad = the Israelite tribe given the Gilead area. Milcom= the high God of the Ammonites. Kedar & Tema= Sons of Ishmael, ancestors of the Arabs. Hazor = the area of Eastern Arabia, including Mecca and Medina.
IRAN
Jeremiah 49:35-39 The Lord says, I shall break the bow of Elam, their chief weapon. I will bring disaster upon them, destroy their President and officials and scatter them around the earth.
Ezekiel 32:24 Elam is buried in Sheol, with all her people- victims of the sword. Those who spread terror in the land of the living, now bear disgrace with all those in the abyss
PALESTINIANS
Ezekiel 25:15-17 The Lord says, because the Philistines have resorted to revenge with malice in their hearts and with ancient hostility, they seek to destroy Judah. I shall stretch out My hand against them and take mighty vengeance.
Amos 1:6-8 For crime after crime of Gaza, they will have no reprieve – I shall send fire until the last of the Philistines is dead.
Zephaniah 2:4-7 At midday Gaza will be left in ruins, I will destroy you. You will be left with no inhabitants.
LEBANON
Luke 10:14 Tyre and Sidon will be judged.
Amos 1:9-10 For the sins of Tyre, I will not hold back My wrath. They ignored the brotherly alliance; therefore, I shall send fire to consume their fortresses
Zechariah 9:3-5 The word of the Lord alights on Tyre and Sidon – I will take away your possessions and the cities will be destroyed by fire.
SYRIA
Amos 1:3-5 For crime after crime of Damascus, I will grant them no reprieve. I shall send fire on their fortresses.
Jeremiah 49:23-27 News comes of a disaster, confusion and anxiety reign, they try to escape, but all her soldiers die on that day.
Isaiah 17:1-14 Damascus will cease to be a city, forever desolate. Listen - it is the thunder of vast forces, at evening all is terror, before morning all is gone.
Such is the fate of our adversaries.
ARABIA
This prophecy in Jeremiah mentions King Nebuchadrezzer of Babylon attacking Kedar and Hazor. This did happen during Jeremiah’s lifetime, but not to the full extent of this prophecy.
Jeremiah 49:28-33 Arise, attack Kedar and destroy the desert peoples of the East. Your possessions will be taken. A cry of terror will go up – flee quickly away and hide in remote places. Hazor will become a desolate place forever, totally uninhabited.
Isaiah 21:13-17 An oracle concerning Arabia. You, who live in Arabia and Tema, meet the fugitives with food and water, those who flee from the sword, from the heat of the battle. Then, within a year, all of Kedar’s glory will come to an end, only a few of her soldiers will be left.
JORDAN
Ezekiel 25:1-11 Prophesy against the Ammonites – because you exulted over the Land of Israel with spiteful contempt, I shall give you up to be plundered by the nations. I will cut you off from other peoples and exterminate you from every country. Peoples from the East will camp on your land.
Jeremiah 49:1-8 Has Israel no heirs? Why, then do Milcoms people possess the towns of Gad? Therefore a time is coming when you will hear the battle cry. Ammon will become a desolate mound, all its towns burnt to ashes.
Ezekiel 21:28-32 A sword of slaughter will flash like lightning. The visions that you have are false, advising you to bring the sword against the unbelievers, but the time of their punishment will come later. In the land of your ancestry, I will judge you, I shall hand you over to brutal men. You will be fuel for the fire and be remembered no more.
Amos 1:13-15 For crime after crime of the Ammonites, I shall grant them no reprieve, because in their greed for land, they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead. Therefore, fire will destroy Rabbah- Ammon with a whirlwind on that day. Their King will go into exile and his officers with him.
EGYPT
Isaiah 19:1 The Lord comes riding swiftly on a cloud, He descends on Egypt and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
Isaiah 19:2 I will stir them up against each other.
Isaiah !9:3 They will be confused, all their plans fail. Idols and spirit mediums are useless.
Isaiah 19:4 I shall hand Egypt over to a hard master.
Isaiah 19:5-10 The Nile will dry up. Fishing, agriculture and industry will all fail.
Isaiah 19:11-15 Egypts leaders give senseless advice – the Lord has poured a spirit of confusion into them.
Isaiah 19:16 The Egyptians will become weak and terror stricken.
Isaiah 19:17 Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians, even the mention of Israel will terrify them.
Isaiah 19:18 In that day there will be 5 cities who speak the ancient language and who worship the Lord. [Coptic Christians?]
Isaiah 19:19-20 Also, on that day there will be an altar and a monument to the Lord, as a witness when they cry out to Him, and He will send a deliverer to rescue them. Egypt will acknowledge and worship the Lord, He will respond to them and heal them.
Ezekiel 29:8 The Lord God says, I am bringing a sword against you. Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. For 40 years the people will be scattered among the nations. Then regathered to upper Egypt.
Ezekiel chapter 30 Alas for the day, a sword will come on Egypt, by the hand of foreigners, I shall lay waste to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel chapter 31 The pride of Pharaoh cut down.
Ezekiel chapter 32 Many peoples will be appalled at the fate of Egypt, the cattle destroyed, the land laid waste and empty.
There are other prophecies which give the fates of Edom, Moab, Assyria, etc. As the modern identity of these peoples is uncertain, I have not included them.
Modern place names from Strongs Concordance; Elam= Persia, now Iran. Philistines =
Palestinians. Tyre and Sidon = Cities in Lebanon. Damascus = Capital of Syria. Rabbah- Ammon= Amman, capital of Jordan. Gilead= The area of northwestern Jordan. Gad = the Israelite tribe given the Gilead area. Milcom= the high God of the Ammonites. Kedar & Tema= Sons of Ishmael, ancestors of the Arabs. Hazor = the area of Eastern Arabia, including Mecca and Medina.
IRAN
Jeremiah 49:35-39 The Lord says, I shall break the bow of Elam, their chief weapon. I will bring disaster upon them, destroy their President and officials and scatter them around the earth.
Ezekiel 32:24 Elam is buried in Sheol, with all her people- victims of the sword. Those who spread terror in the land of the living, now bear disgrace with all those in the abyss
PALESTINIANS
Ezekiel 25:15-17 The Lord says, because the Philistines have resorted to revenge with malice in their hearts and with ancient hostility, they seek to destroy Judah. I shall stretch out My hand against them and take mighty vengeance.
Amos 1:6-8 For crime after crime of Gaza, they will have no reprieve – I shall send fire until the last of the Philistines is dead.
Zephaniah 2:4-7 At midday Gaza will be left in ruins, I will destroy you. You will be left with no inhabitants.
LEBANON
Luke 10:14 Tyre and Sidon will be judged.
Amos 1:9-10 For the sins of Tyre, I will not hold back My wrath. They ignored the brotherly alliance; therefore, I shall send fire to consume their fortresses
Zechariah 9:3-5 The word of the Lord alights on Tyre and Sidon – I will take away your possessions and the cities will be destroyed by fire.
SYRIA
Amos 1:3-5 For crime after crime of Damascus, I will grant them no reprieve. I shall send fire on their fortresses.
Jeremiah 49:23-27 News comes of a disaster, confusion and anxiety reign, they try to escape, but all her soldiers die on that day.
Isaiah 17:1-14 Damascus will cease to be a city, forever desolate. Listen - it is the thunder of vast forces, at evening all is terror, before morning all is gone.
Such is the fate of our adversaries.
ARABIA
This prophecy in Jeremiah mentions King Nebuchadrezzer of Babylon attacking Kedar and Hazor. This did happen during Jeremiah’s lifetime, but not to the full extent of this prophecy.
Jeremiah 49:28-33 Arise, attack Kedar and destroy the desert peoples of the East. Your possessions will be taken. A cry of terror will go up – flee quickly away and hide in remote places. Hazor will become a desolate place forever, totally uninhabited.
Isaiah 21:13-17 An oracle concerning Arabia. You, who live in Arabia and Tema, meet the fugitives with food and water, those who flee from the sword, from the heat of the battle. Then, within a year, all of Kedar’s glory will come to an end, only a few of her soldiers will be left.
JORDAN
Ezekiel 25:1-11 Prophesy against the Ammonites – because you exulted over the Land of Israel with spiteful contempt, I shall give you up to be plundered by the nations. I will cut you off from other peoples and exterminate you from every country. Peoples from the East will camp on your land.
Jeremiah 49:1-8 Has Israel no heirs? Why, then do Milcoms people possess the towns of Gad? Therefore a time is coming when you will hear the battle cry. Ammon will become a desolate mound, all its towns burnt to ashes.
Ezekiel 21:28-32 A sword of slaughter will flash like lightning. The visions that you have are false, advising you to bring the sword against the unbelievers, but the time of their punishment will come later. In the land of your ancestry, I will judge you, I shall hand you over to brutal men. You will be fuel for the fire and be remembered no more.
Amos 1:13-15 For crime after crime of the Ammonites, I shall grant them no reprieve, because in their greed for land, they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead. Therefore, fire will destroy Rabbah- Ammon with a whirlwind on that day. Their King will go into exile and his officers with him.
EGYPT
Isaiah 19:1 The Lord comes riding swiftly on a cloud, He descends on Egypt and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
Isaiah 19:2 I will stir them up against each other.
Isaiah !9:3 They will be confused, all their plans fail. Idols and spirit mediums are useless.
Isaiah 19:4 I shall hand Egypt over to a hard master.
Isaiah 19:5-10 The Nile will dry up. Fishing, agriculture and industry will all fail.
Isaiah 19:11-15 Egypts leaders give senseless advice – the Lord has poured a spirit of confusion into them.
Isaiah 19:16 The Egyptians will become weak and terror stricken.
Isaiah 19:17 Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians, even the mention of Israel will terrify them.
Isaiah 19:18 In that day there will be 5 cities who speak the ancient language and who worship the Lord. [Coptic Christians?]
Isaiah 19:19-20 Also, on that day there will be an altar and a monument to the Lord, as a witness when they cry out to Him, and He will send a deliverer to rescue them. Egypt will acknowledge and worship the Lord, He will respond to them and heal them.
Ezekiel 29:8 The Lord God says, I am bringing a sword against you. Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. For 40 years the people will be scattered among the nations. Then regathered to upper Egypt.
Ezekiel chapter 30 Alas for the day, a sword will come on Egypt, by the hand of foreigners, I shall lay waste to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel chapter 31 The pride of Pharaoh cut down.
Ezekiel chapter 32 Many peoples will be appalled at the fate of Egypt, the cattle destroyed, the land laid waste and empty.
There are other prophecies which give the fates of Edom, Moab, Assyria, etc. As the modern identity of these peoples is uncertain, I have not included them.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The fate of the evil neighbors
THE FATE OF THE EVIL NEIGHBORS Bruce McKerras August 2010
Not if, but when, the confederation of Islamic nations and entities such as Hamas and Hezbollah, attack Israel in their desperate effort to overcome the humiliation of previous failed attempts to “wipe Israel off the map “- Then, a nuclear explosion will destroy Southern Israel. As in Ezekiel 20:46-47.
The Israel Defence Force has a stockpile of over 200 nuclear weapons, including neutron and thermonuclear bombs. They will immediately action the “Samson Option “which will deliver destruction to all those attackers. Here is an abridged quotation of Bible verses that reveals the fates of those “evil neighbours”. see Jeremiah 12:14.
THE NATIONS
Psalm 83 Do not keep silent, O God, for your enemies have devised a plot against your people. Let us wipe them out as a nation, they say- Let Israel be remembered no more.
Scatter them; make them as dung on the ground. As a fire rages through a forest, may they perish in disgrace.
Zechariah 12:1-9 This is the word of the Lord concerning Israel. I am about to make Jerusalem an intoxicating cup that sends all the surrounding nations reeling. Judah will be involved. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All who try to move her will be cut to pieces. The armies of those nations will be struck with blindness and madness. Judah will praise Me on that day and their leaders will be as a burning torch among the sheaves. All the nations right and left will be consumed.
Zechariah 14:12-15 This is the plague that will strike the nations who fight against Jerusalem – their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet. Panic will cause them to fight each other.
Isaiah 33:10-12 Now I shall arise, says the Lord. You will conceive chaff and stubble. Whole nations will be heaps of white ash, like thorns set ablaze.
Jeremiah 9:25-26 The Lord says, the time is coming when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh. All those who live in the desert regions are uncircumcised in their hearts.
Ezekiel 28:26 When I execute judgement on all of Israel’s scornful neighbours, then My people will live in the Land, undisturbed.
In Part Two, I specify the fates of Iran, The Palestinians, Syria, Lebanon, Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.
Not if, but when, the confederation of Islamic nations and entities such as Hamas and Hezbollah, attack Israel in their desperate effort to overcome the humiliation of previous failed attempts to “wipe Israel off the map “- Then, a nuclear explosion will destroy Southern Israel. As in Ezekiel 20:46-47.
The Israel Defence Force has a stockpile of over 200 nuclear weapons, including neutron and thermonuclear bombs. They will immediately action the “Samson Option “which will deliver destruction to all those attackers. Here is an abridged quotation of Bible verses that reveals the fates of those “evil neighbours”. see Jeremiah 12:14.
THE NATIONS
Psalm 83 Do not keep silent, O God, for your enemies have devised a plot against your people. Let us wipe them out as a nation, they say- Let Israel be remembered no more.
Scatter them; make them as dung on the ground. As a fire rages through a forest, may they perish in disgrace.
Zechariah 12:1-9 This is the word of the Lord concerning Israel. I am about to make Jerusalem an intoxicating cup that sends all the surrounding nations reeling. Judah will be involved. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All who try to move her will be cut to pieces. The armies of those nations will be struck with blindness and madness. Judah will praise Me on that day and their leaders will be as a burning torch among the sheaves. All the nations right and left will be consumed.
Zechariah 14:12-15 This is the plague that will strike the nations who fight against Jerusalem – their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet. Panic will cause them to fight each other.
Isaiah 33:10-12 Now I shall arise, says the Lord. You will conceive chaff and stubble. Whole nations will be heaps of white ash, like thorns set ablaze.
Jeremiah 9:25-26 The Lord says, the time is coming when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh. All those who live in the desert regions are uncircumcised in their hearts.
Ezekiel 28:26 When I execute judgement on all of Israel’s scornful neighbours, then My people will live in the Land, undisturbed.
In Part Two, I specify the fates of Iran, The Palestinians, Syria, Lebanon, Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
AN ORACLE FOR OUR TIMES
These Bible verses are taken from Isaiah chapters 21 and 22. Some are abridged and my interpretation is after each verse. Bibles used- KJV, NIV, REB.
Modern place names from Strongs Concordance; Elam, Media = Iran. Aram= Syria. Kir=
A district in Assyria- Iraq? Judah= the Jews, the present inhabitants of Israel.
Isaiah 21:1 A whirlwind sweeps through the Negev, from the wilderness, a land of terror. [ an atomic bomb explodes over Israels Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev See Ezekiel 20:47-48 ]
Isaiah 21:2 In my vision, I see a traitor betrayed. Advance Elam, up Media, to the siege
[ Perhaps an Israeli traitor gives secret information to Iran. Iran, now is your chance! ]
Isaiah 21:3-4 I am in pain, trembling in fear. Night has become a horror to me.
Isaiah 21:5 The princes and leaders sit down to a banquet. Rise and polish your shields.
[ You are unprepared, life as normal. Get up! Prepare for war! ]
Isaiah21:6-7 Go, post a lookout. If he sees columns of horsemen, donkeys and camels advancing, he must be fully alert.
[ Keep watch- if your enemies combine, that is, form alliances, then look out! See Ps.83]
Isaiah 21:8-9 Day and night, I watch- they come - a voice calls ”fallen is Babylon, her Gods are shattered” [ Israel is able to retaliate in time and destroy her enemies.]
Isaiah 21:10 O My people, crushed on the threshing floor. From the God of Israel, I have told you. [The House of Judah, judged and punished as decreed by God.]
Isaiah 22:1 Tell me, what is amiss with you? Why have you climbed up onto the roof?
Why do you worry- run out of your houses?
Isaiah 22:2 Your city is in an uproar, your slain did not fall by the sword in battle.
[Everyone is terrified. Those killed were by nuclear blast and fallout]
Isaiah 22:3 All your commanders have fled, bravest soldiers gone in all directions.
[ the army has deserted ]
Isaiah 22:4 That is why I said, leave Me to weep in misery. Do not console Me for the ruin of My people. [The House of Judah, in their judgement and punishment]
Isaiah 22:5 For the Lord has ordained a day of tumult, a day of turmoil in the valleys and mountains. [The day of the Lords vengeance against the Jews is set]
Isaiah 22:6 Elam took up the quiver, the chariots of Aram were readied, Kir bared the shield. [Iran and their allies attack. A quiver is an arrow holder. An arrow is USA military code for a nuclear weapon. ]
Isaiah 22:7 Your fairest valleys were overrun by chariots, your cities beset by horsemen. [The enemy conquers areas of land and besieges cities]
Isaiah 22:8 The heart of Judahs defence was laid open. [Israel’s defence system exposed.]
Isaiah 22:8-11 On that day.... [ desperate measures taken to withstand the attack.]
Isaiah 22:11 You did not look to the Maker of the city, or consider Him who fashioned it long ago. [The Jews refuse to acknowledge Gods Hand in their affairs or call for His help.]
Isaiah 22:12 On that day, the Lord called for weeping and mourning. [Judah should repent in sincerity and call on the Lord.]
Isaiah 22:13 Instead there was joy and merrymaking, feasting and dancing. You said
‘let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”
Isaiah 22: 14 Here are words revealed by the Lord of Hosts - Assuredly your wickedness will never be wiped out, you will die for it.
Modern place names from Strongs Concordance; Elam, Media = Iran. Aram= Syria. Kir=
A district in Assyria- Iraq? Judah= the Jews, the present inhabitants of Israel.
Isaiah 21:1 A whirlwind sweeps through the Negev, from the wilderness, a land of terror. [ an atomic bomb explodes over Israels Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev See Ezekiel 20:47-48 ]
Isaiah 21:2 In my vision, I see a traitor betrayed. Advance Elam, up Media, to the siege
[ Perhaps an Israeli traitor gives secret information to Iran. Iran, now is your chance! ]
Isaiah 21:3-4 I am in pain, trembling in fear. Night has become a horror to me.
Isaiah 21:5 The princes and leaders sit down to a banquet. Rise and polish your shields.
[ You are unprepared, life as normal. Get up! Prepare for war! ]
Isaiah21:6-7 Go, post a lookout. If he sees columns of horsemen, donkeys and camels advancing, he must be fully alert.
[ Keep watch- if your enemies combine, that is, form alliances, then look out! See Ps.83]
Isaiah 21:8-9 Day and night, I watch- they come - a voice calls ”fallen is Babylon, her Gods are shattered” [ Israel is able to retaliate in time and destroy her enemies.]
Isaiah 21:10 O My people, crushed on the threshing floor. From the God of Israel, I have told you. [The House of Judah, judged and punished as decreed by God.]
Isaiah 22:1 Tell me, what is amiss with you? Why have you climbed up onto the roof?
Why do you worry- run out of your houses?
Isaiah 22:2 Your city is in an uproar, your slain did not fall by the sword in battle.
[Everyone is terrified. Those killed were by nuclear blast and fallout]
Isaiah 22:3 All your commanders have fled, bravest soldiers gone in all directions.
[ the army has deserted ]
Isaiah 22:4 That is why I said, leave Me to weep in misery. Do not console Me for the ruin of My people. [The House of Judah, in their judgement and punishment]
Isaiah 22:5 For the Lord has ordained a day of tumult, a day of turmoil in the valleys and mountains. [The day of the Lords vengeance against the Jews is set]
Isaiah 22:6 Elam took up the quiver, the chariots of Aram were readied, Kir bared the shield. [Iran and their allies attack. A quiver is an arrow holder. An arrow is USA military code for a nuclear weapon. ]
Isaiah 22:7 Your fairest valleys were overrun by chariots, your cities beset by horsemen. [The enemy conquers areas of land and besieges cities]
Isaiah 22:8 The heart of Judahs defence was laid open. [Israel’s defence system exposed.]
Isaiah 22:8-11 On that day.... [ desperate measures taken to withstand the attack.]
Isaiah 22:11 You did not look to the Maker of the city, or consider Him who fashioned it long ago. [The Jews refuse to acknowledge Gods Hand in their affairs or call for His help.]
Isaiah 22:12 On that day, the Lord called for weeping and mourning. [Judah should repent in sincerity and call on the Lord.]
Isaiah 22:13 Instead there was joy and merrymaking, feasting and dancing. You said
‘let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”
Isaiah 22: 14 Here are words revealed by the Lord of Hosts - Assuredly your wickedness will never be wiped out, you will die for it.
Monday, August 9, 2010
THE JUDGEMENT OF GODS PEOPLE July 2010
Life and business continues as usual in the Middle East, planning, building, marrying and diplomatic efforts to resolve the “Israel situation”. We, as Bible students, have some idea about Gods plans as given to us through His prophets. It’s clear that the next major event will be a nuclear war started by Iran and finished by Israel. There won’t be a winner, as such, as the entire region will be depopulated – mostly killed, some evacuated, excepting Israel, where a remnant of the Jews will remain in the Land.
After a short period, God will motivate His people, Israel, that is, all the 12 tribes, to move to the Promised Land. Millions will gather to face His Judgement and then will enter the land in peace in security after they “pass under the rod”.
In Deuteronomy 32:36 Moses said that after Israel has sinned and been dispersed, that the Lord will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, for He will see that their strength has gone and no one is left, slave or free.
v41 I will sharpen My sword and set My hand to judgement, then I shall punish My adversaries and take vengeance on My foes.
HOSEA 12:2 The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah and is resolved to punish Jacob for his misconduct.
EZEKIEL 20: 35-36 I shall confront Israel and bring you to judgement. Even as I did in the Wilderness of Egypt against your forefathers, so against you I shall state My case.
ISAIAH 1: 25 Once again I shall act against you, to refine and purge away all your impurities.
EZEKIEL 22:17-22 The Lord says, all Israelites are a debased alloy, I shall gather you in My anger and wrath into Jerusalem, where I will melt and refine you.
HOSEA 7:1 When I am minded to restore the fortunes of My people their guilt will stand revealed.
AMOS 3:1 You alone I have chosen of all the nations, therefore I shall punish you for your sins.
NAHUM 1:3 The Lord is longsuffering, but does not let the guilty go unpunished.
ZECHARIAH 8:11 But now I will deal differently toward the remnant of this people than as I did in the past.
PSALM 68:6 God leads the prisoners home, but the rebels must remain in the desert.
EZEKIEL 20:37 I shall make you pass under the rod, counting you as you enter. v38 I shall purge you of those who revolt and rebel against Me. I shall take them out of the lands where they now live, but they will not set foot on the soil of Israel.
ISAIAH 10:17 The Holy One of Israel will become as a flame which in one day will consume his thorns and briars.
v20 On that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will rely only on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
v22 Israel, your people may be as many as the sands of the sea, but only a remnant will return (into the Land) Destruction has been decreed- righteous and just.
ISAIAH 54:22-23 I take from your hand My bowl of wrath, I shall hand it to your tormentors
EZEKIEL 20:40-41 On the Holy mountain of Israel, all the Israelites will serve Me. There I will accept them, after I have brought you out from the peoples and lands to which I dispersed you. I alone will have your worship and the nations will witness it.
HOSEA 2:14-23 But now I shall woo My people and lead them into the wilderness. I will speak words of encouragement to them. I shall betroth you to Myself forever. Israel will be My new sowing in the Land. I will say “You are My people “and you will say “You are our God “
ISAIAH 41:1 Listen in silence to Me, you coasts and islands, together we go to the place of Judgement.
v8-10 Israel My servant, summoned from the ends of the earth. Have no fear
For I am with you, I shall strengthen you and uphold you with My victorious right hand.
PSALM 30:4 Sing to the Lord, all you loyal servants. V5 His anger lasts but a moment, His favour a lifetime. Weeping for a night, rejoicing comes in the morning.
PSALM 22:23-25 You that fear the Lord, praise Him, revere Him, you descendants of Jacob. The Lord listens to your cry for help. I shall fulfil My vows in the sight of those who fear you.
ISAIAH 32:15-20 The Land is forsaken until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high. The land will become fertile. Justice, righteousness and peace will reign in the Land and My people will dwell undisturbed in peace and security.
ACTS 26:6 Paul says: And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers: v7 unto which promise our twelve tribes, serving God day and night, hope to come.
Bible references: KJV, NIV, REB. (Some verses abridged.)
After a short period, God will motivate His people, Israel, that is, all the 12 tribes, to move to the Promised Land. Millions will gather to face His Judgement and then will enter the land in peace in security after they “pass under the rod”.
In Deuteronomy 32:36 Moses said that after Israel has sinned and been dispersed, that the Lord will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, for He will see that their strength has gone and no one is left, slave or free.
v41 I will sharpen My sword and set My hand to judgement, then I shall punish My adversaries and take vengeance on My foes.
HOSEA 12:2 The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah and is resolved to punish Jacob for his misconduct.
EZEKIEL 20: 35-36 I shall confront Israel and bring you to judgement. Even as I did in the Wilderness of Egypt against your forefathers, so against you I shall state My case.
ISAIAH 1: 25 Once again I shall act against you, to refine and purge away all your impurities.
EZEKIEL 22:17-22 The Lord says, all Israelites are a debased alloy, I shall gather you in My anger and wrath into Jerusalem, where I will melt and refine you.
HOSEA 7:1 When I am minded to restore the fortunes of My people their guilt will stand revealed.
AMOS 3:1 You alone I have chosen of all the nations, therefore I shall punish you for your sins.
NAHUM 1:3 The Lord is longsuffering, but does not let the guilty go unpunished.
ZECHARIAH 8:11 But now I will deal differently toward the remnant of this people than as I did in the past.
PSALM 68:6 God leads the prisoners home, but the rebels must remain in the desert.
EZEKIEL 20:37 I shall make you pass under the rod, counting you as you enter. v38 I shall purge you of those who revolt and rebel against Me. I shall take them out of the lands where they now live, but they will not set foot on the soil of Israel.
ISAIAH 10:17 The Holy One of Israel will become as a flame which in one day will consume his thorns and briars.
v20 On that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will rely only on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
v22 Israel, your people may be as many as the sands of the sea, but only a remnant will return (into the Land) Destruction has been decreed- righteous and just.
ISAIAH 54:22-23 I take from your hand My bowl of wrath, I shall hand it to your tormentors
EZEKIEL 20:40-41 On the Holy mountain of Israel, all the Israelites will serve Me. There I will accept them, after I have brought you out from the peoples and lands to which I dispersed you. I alone will have your worship and the nations will witness it.
HOSEA 2:14-23 But now I shall woo My people and lead them into the wilderness. I will speak words of encouragement to them. I shall betroth you to Myself forever. Israel will be My new sowing in the Land. I will say “You are My people “and you will say “You are our God “
ISAIAH 41:1 Listen in silence to Me, you coasts and islands, together we go to the place of Judgement.
v8-10 Israel My servant, summoned from the ends of the earth. Have no fear
For I am with you, I shall strengthen you and uphold you with My victorious right hand.
PSALM 30:4 Sing to the Lord, all you loyal servants. V5 His anger lasts but a moment, His favour a lifetime. Weeping for a night, rejoicing comes in the morning.
PSALM 22:23-25 You that fear the Lord, praise Him, revere Him, you descendants of Jacob. The Lord listens to your cry for help. I shall fulfil My vows in the sight of those who fear you.
ISAIAH 32:15-20 The Land is forsaken until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high. The land will become fertile. Justice, righteousness and peace will reign in the Land and My people will dwell undisturbed in peace and security.
ACTS 26:6 Paul says: And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers: v7 unto which promise our twelve tribes, serving God day and night, hope to come.
Bible references: KJV, NIV, REB. (Some verses abridged.)
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