Jim, John and Doves:

The way I read Zechariah 14:2, it appears it is inevitable there will be a “Palestinian State” before the commencement of the “Time of Jacob’s troubles” - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; AND HALF OF THE CITY SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

If I understand this prophecy correctly, Jerusalem will be surrounded by ARAB armies (Luke 21:20) at the commencement of the great tribulation. When they invade Jerusalem, only half of the city will go forth into captivity, because the other half (East Jerusalem) will have already been given BACK to the Palestinians prior to this point thru a Palestinian State! The PLO has made it clear of there intensions to get back East Jerusalem like they had occupied it before 1967. After they get East Jerusalem as the capital of their new State, then they will use the excuse of the “Pre-1948 Right-of-Return” imagination to invade Israel and kill the Jews to get back ALL the land they gave up before May 14, 1948.

If someone has a more Scripturally correct interpretation of Zec.14:2, please post it.

In His Service,

David Burnette