The Children
of Israel will yet suffer their darkest hour
called “Jacob’s Trouble! The noose
around Israel political neck will continue to
tighten until she is forced to sign an agreement
or covenant with an emerging “One World
Order.” Many dark scenarios will be
orchestrated to increase tension toward Israel
and to reduce the emphasis on their enemies
spread all over the Middle East As the pressure
mounts, Israel will be more and more hard
pressed to make every form of compromise. Her
concessions and compromises will eventually be a
covenant with the new One World Leaders and the
emerging Antichrist.
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Most
of Israel’s political figures are liberals that
have no sense of the Jewish future or the
Biblical hope. Many of them believe in the
internationalization of this Capital city of
Jerusalem. There is little awareness of Biblical
fulfillment to these Jewish leaders. Benjamin
Natanyahu may be an exception. To most of their
leaders a covenant of peace will be to them a
small price to pay for harmony with the world. A
climate is presently developing that will make
this covenant between Israel and the man who
will emerge as Antichrist seem necessary. Watch
for peace talks between Israel’s government and
other political forces as we move toward a One
World Government or New World Order. It must
happen to fulfill the Word of God.
The
Abomination of Desolation! Israel’s
darkest hour of all her sufferings is ready to
unfold. The Tribulation Period of seven years
will begin at the appropriate time of the
covenant mentioned above. After three and
one-half years of uneasy cooperation between the
Jewish State and the One World Builders, the
agreement between them will fall apart. That’s
when the Antichrist breaks the covenant by
entering the Jewish Worship Center and erecting
an image to himself. Jesus spoke of this and
described the horror of this dark hour, “When ye
therefore shall see the Abomination of
Desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place, Then let them which
be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him
which is on the housetop not come down to take
anything out of his house: Neither let him
which is in the field return back to take his
clothes. And woes unto them that are with
child and to them that give suck in those
days! But pray ye that your flight be not in
the winter, neither on the Sabbath Day: For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was
not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those
days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those
days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:15-22).
This
event was foretold by Daniel with the following
words, “And
he shall confirm the covenant with many for
one week: and in the midst of the week he
shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to
cease…” (Daniel 9:27a). Jeremiah added
a significant description to this period, “And these
are the words that the LORD spake concerning
Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith
the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see
whether a man doth travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on
his loins, as a woman in travail, and all
faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that
day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall
be saved out of it.” (Jeremiah 30:4-7).
When the
Antichrist invades Jerusalem in the middle of
the seven-year tribulation period and erects
his image in the temple, the Jews will flee
Jerusalem for the last time. They will
hasten to the wilderness of Moab, Amman, and
Edom, where they will find refuge from their
pursuers. The chosen people will find friends to
shelter and protect them. Isaiah said, “Send ye the
lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela (The
Greek name Petra—rock—probably replaced the
Biblical name, Sela. [Britannica Encyclopedia
9:339, 2b]) to the wilderness, unto the mount
of the daughter of Zion… Let mine outcasts
dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to
them from the face of the spoiler…” (Isaiah
16:1-4a). (Read a recent new article on
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no. 615)
This
prophecy affirms that the Jewish inheritance of
Israel will be protected from the “Man of Sin”
by the Moabites or present day Jordanians.
The Ammonites are also modern Jordanians and
will share in being what Isaiah calls “coverts”
or“a
covering for the Jewish inhabitants.”
The land of Edom is also mentioned in this
wilderness experience. Edom is the land of Esau
and is presently located in areas controlled by
either Jordan or Saudi Arabia. Some Edomites
will share in protecting Israel, while others
will betray them.
Saved From
the Antichrist! Because these Arab
nations (descendants of Lot and Esau) befriended
Israel in this dark hour, God keeps His promise
to “bless those that bless Jerusalem.” Nothing
escapes the omniscience of the Almighty. Daniel
has already prophesied the protection, “He shall
enter also into the glorious land, and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these shall
escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab,
and the chief of the children of Ammon”
(Daniel 11:41-42). By some miraculous
event this ruthless One World Leader will be
diverted from crossing over Jordan and the
geographical line South of Jordan into the
wilderness immediately east. The Jews, who obey
the Torah and prophets and flee as God has
spoken, will be protected. The rest of Israel
will be viciously slain.
Two Thirds
of All Jews Will Be Killed! The Prophet
Zechariah has established what happens to both
the two-thirds who are slain and the one-third
who are delivered, “And it shall come to pass, that
in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts
therein shall be cut off and die; but the
third shall be left therein. And I will bring
the third part through the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined, and will try
them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is
my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my
God” (Zechariah 13:8-9). This
wilderness experience will break their
stubbornness and haughty spirit and open their
heart to the Messiah Jesus Christ. The census on
the Jewish Web says there are 13.295,100 Jews in
the world. (Jewish Information Census,
Internet). That means approximately 8,864.000
Jews will be slaughtered and 4,432,000 will be
ready to help establish the Kingdom of David..
The 144,000 of the twelve tribes sealed in
Revelation chapter seven will be evangelists to
the Israeli nation and the world’s Jewish
population. These ministries will prepare their
hearts for the Messiah.
Temple in
Jerusalem to Be Cleansed Before the End of the
Great Tribulation! One of the most
thrilling things I have ever discovered is the
cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem. It will
actually happen about eight and one-half months
before the Battle of Armageddon as the Jews
begin their heart-felt humility and repentance.
God, the Holy Spirit, will be getting them ready
to be converted and cleansed in one day. Daniel
told the story of this happening, “Yea, he
magnified himself even to the prince of the
host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken
away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast
down. And an host was given him against the
daily sacrifice by reason of transgression,
and it cast down the truth to the ground; and
it practiced, and prospered. Then I heard one
saint speaking, and another saint said unto
that certain saint which spake, How long shall
be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice,
and the transgression of desolation, to give
both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden
under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two
thousand and three hundred days; then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed” (Daniel 8:11-14).
Again, the Antichrist will be so occupied with
his own troubles and the judgment of God falling
on his head that he will not have time to
maintain his hold on Jerusalem.
The
two thousand and three hundred days include the
first three and one-half years of daily
sacrifices following the covenant with the “Imposter.”
Part of the seven-year covenant will be to
return the Temple Mount to the Jews as their
Holy Place. During the next two years and nine
and one-half months, the sanctuary will be
trodden under foot by the “Prince of the Host”
(verse 11) or this “Imposter” probably
presenting himself as the High Priest. During
the last eight and one-half months, the city of
Jerusalem will be recaptured and the temple
returned to Jewish control. When the first three
and one-half years or 1,278 days are subtracted
from 2,300 (Daniel 8:14), it leaves 1,022 days
or two years and approximately nine and one-half
months. That leaves approximately eight and
one-half months to complete the last three and
one-half years. The Holy Scripture never misses
a detail. Every jot and tittle will be
fulfilled.
Just
exactly like Jesus promised the days will be
shortened for the elect, but not for the rest of
the world. “And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but
for the elect’s sake those days shall be
shortened” (Matthew 24:22). While the
Antichrist directs his New World Order from
Jerusalem, he will actually seek out every
Jewish individual for death and will destroy
over 8,000,000 of them. The Father will halt him
before all the people of Jewish decent have been
slain.
Jesus
Returns to Defeat the Antichrist and His
Multitude! While the temple is being cleansed
and the Jewish peoples are preparing for the
returning Messiah, the Antichrist will be
marshaling for the death blow against Jerusalem
called Armageddon. He will be angry to the point
of insanity due to the loss of Jerusalem and the
re instituting of Jewish worship in the Holy
Place. His immense army will gather in Megiddo
and prepare for the deathblow, once and for all,
of the State of Israel, Jerusalem, and every
Jewish individual left. That’s when the fury of
God flies in His face. “And I saw heaven opened,
and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness he doth judge and make war. His
eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head
were many crowns; and he had a name written,
that no man knew, but he himself. And he was
clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and
his name is called The Word of God. And the
armies which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the
nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of
iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he
hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And
I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the
fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come
and gather yourselves together unto the supper
of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of
kings, and the flesh of captains, and the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses,
and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and
great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of
the earth, and their armies, gathered together
to make war against him that sat on the horse,
and against his army” (Revelation 19:11-19).
According
to Zechariah, the battle will reach the city of
Jerusalem, “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh,
and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of
thee. 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. Then shall
the LORD go forth, and fight against those
nations, as when he fought in the day of
battle. And his feet shall stand in that day
upon the Mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives
shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the
east and toward the west, and there shall be a
very great valley; and half of the mountain
shall remove toward the north, and half of it
toward the south. And ye shall flee to the
valley of the mountains; for the valley of the
mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah King of
Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all
the saints with thee. And it shall come to
pass in that day, that the light shall not be
clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which
shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor
night: but it shall come to pass, that at
evening time it shall be light” (Zechariah
14:1-7).
All Israel
To Be Cleansed and Saved! When the King
of Kings, riding His white stallion, has
vanquished the army of this madman, He will
immediately appear to the Jewish throng in Moab,
Ammon, and Edom. They will actually see and hear
the pleading of their Messiah as He invites them
to faith in Himself. Isaiah describes this
breathtaking moment, “Who is this that cometh
from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
This that is glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness of his strength? I
that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and
thy garments like him that treadeth in the
winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone;
and of the people there was none with me: for
I will tread them in mine anger, and trample
them in my fury; and their blood shall be
sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain
all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in
mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is
come” (Isaiah 63:1-4). We are
discussing one of the most furious, destructive
battles of human history. The Lord Himself will
actually participate in combat as He trods the
winepress of the wrath of God.
Then
he proceeds to the Eastern Gate of the Holy City
clothed in His blood stained apparel. Already
the masons are removing the stones that have
barred that entrance to the Temple Mount for
centuries while awaiting this Prince of Peace.
In one day all Israel will be converted to the
Lord Jesus Christ and the land will be cleansed
of all it’s defilement. Zechariah said, “For behold
the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon
one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will
engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of
hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that
land in one day. In that day, saith the LORD
of hosts, shall ye call every man his
neighbour under the vine and under the fig
tree” (Zechariah 3:9-10). Apostle Paul
left no doubt in his inspiration by the Holy
Spirit, “For
I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be
wise in your own conceits; that blindness in
part is happened to Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel
shall be saved: as it is written, There shall
come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn
away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my
covenant unto them, when I shall take away
their sins” (Romans 11:25-27).
The Children
of Abraham will finally prepare for their
glorious kingdom. The borders of Israel
will reach from the Mediterranean Sea to the
Euphrates River. Every square inch promised to
the Father of Faith will be the inheritance of
these Believing Sons and Daughters of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. God promised, “Thy seed
shall possess the gate of his enemies”.
(Genesis 22:17b).
The
Babylonians (Iraqis) will serve Israel, as
will other nations, who have made slaves of
the Jewish people. The land of promise
will be a Garden of Eden and produce abundantly.
Arid deserts will become as gardens and no man
will lack for plenty. The Middle East is the
Cradle of Civilization and will be the center of
a Worldwide Theocracy ruled by the virgin born
heir of David. Jesus will set up the kingdom of
which He told His disciples in answer to their
question, Wilt thou at this time restore again
the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them,
It is not for you to know the times or the
seasons, which the Father hath put in his own
power” (Acts 1:6b & 7). The time
will have come!
Joseph
R. Chambers