According to the actuel political situation in the MidEast rigth now, take a look on Zechariah chptr.11, and read the Lords warnings to the nations, - not only to the modern state of Israel, but the ancient house of Israel and the house of Judah to, but He also mention the nations of Libanon and Jordan etc.
 
We are so often going wrong in our conclussions about time and the ancient prophecies, because we forget that f.ex. those in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah and so on. Is both to the House of Israel, and the House of Judah.
 
And we forgot that the modern nation of Israel, is only the House of Judah, as in the time of Jesus. You can see that in f.ex. Isaiah 48. - the House of Israel = the ten lost tribes, - are out among the western nations.
 
That was the risen why the Holy Spirit send Paul to Macedonia and later to Europe,
because the Lord have said: go and tell it to the lost tribes of Israel.
 
If you dont believe ? - then read in Ezekiel 37:16-22.v. and in Zechariah 11:14.v.

We most try to understand, that the Lord have used symbols and pictures in the old prophecies, that they could stay untouch to our time, the time for fulfilment.
 
We also have to understand, that when the Lord talk about sheperds, then it could be both, religious, millitary, political, economic leaders. And because of there high positions and power, they most never forget they are only sheperds. - and if they not follow this call, we can read Gods reaction in the scripture.
 
If we read the Holy Scripture with that understanding and believe, - then we will better understand our time, and whats going on among the nations.
 
And if we go a step further, and understand that both UK, US, EU, and f.example
Scandinavia, are of the ten lost tribes (most of them are not knowing their real identity) and a lot of the population in this nations are christians.(irony of God)
 
Look how satan through his globalisation, try to delete that fact, with mingling the
nations with a babylonian stream.
Jesus are the true Israel, because He is the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah and have the key of David, - and as told of Peter, Jesus will come back and establish
the Kingdom of Israel, - but first a few event have to be fulfilled.
 
Lets look at Zechariah 11. - Maranatha, ybic, Jan Mikael, dk. - jami@paradis.dk

"Woe to the worthless sheperd who leaves the flock. The Sword will be on his arm, and on his rigth eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his rigth eye will be totaly blinded ! "
 
Who did the Lord speak to, what Union did He mean, and who is that foolish sheperd ?


ZECHARIAH chptr. 11: 1-17.v.
 
11:1 Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
11:2 Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.

11:3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

11:4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.

11:5 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land," says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
11:7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.


11:8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.


11:9 Then I said, "I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other's flesh."
11:10 I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

11:11 It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

11:12 I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
11:13 Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.


11:14 Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.


11:15 Yahweh said to me, "Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.


11:16 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.


11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"