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Signs of the Times 77
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What the Bible says about the End Times
In the days ahead, we need to press into Jesus more than ever.
We should be able to declare:
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on
the work of Your hands, I spread out my hands to You; my soul
longs for You like a thirsty land. --Psalm 143:5-6
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We need to prepare for rain – a dualistic storm is coming…
Revival for the remnant
Falling away from Truth for the compromised
Trials for all…
The signs all around us
Peter’s first message to the Church was based on Joel:
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Act 2:17 'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR
FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR
DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE
VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;
Act 2:18 EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN
THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.
Act 2:19 'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS
ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
Signs in the sky and the earth below…
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Climate change
Mass unexplained death of wildlife
Earthquakes in various places
A noticeable change that gets everyone's attention
Even in times of trouble, God always provides a way of escape:
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1Co 10:13 No temptation(pirasmos in Greek – trial, test) has
overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful,
who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but
with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you
will be able to endure it.
The Apostles asked Jesus what would be the signs of His coming
and the end of the age..
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.
Mat 24:5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.
Mat 24:6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those
things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
Mat 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places
there will be famines and earthquakes.
Mat 24:8 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Mat 24:9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all
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nations because of My name.
But it’s not over yet – we still have much to do…
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Mat 24:10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate
one another.
Mat 24:11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.
Mat 24:12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow
cold.
Mat 24:13 "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
Mat 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a
testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
And there are many events that still need to take place…
And some that have taken place in the past 150 years that proove we are living in
the last days.
Join me on a journey into the Signs of the times…
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Mankind has always wondered about
what the future holds…
Wouldn’t it great if there was a book that told us?
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The fact of the matter is this; we have such a book. It’s called the
Bible. God has given us specific major events that would occur
throughout history, and most have come to pass exactly as the
prophets in the Old and New testaments have foretold. Even more
intriguing are the prophecies that tell us what will happen next.
These are grouped together as ‘End time’ prophecies
(Amos 3:7) “Surely the Lord GOD does nothing unless He reveals
His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.”
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Isaiah 46:9-10 "Remember the former things long past, For I am
God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me,
(10) Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times
things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be
established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'”
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Why study prophecy? It gives us hope for the future. It helps us to
keep our eyes fixed on the prize. It is a noble pursuit to search the
scriptures!
Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the
glory of kings is to search things out.” ESV
God has given us the tools to understand end time prophecy. What
a glorious pursuit to dig into this revealed truth and remove the veil
of ignorance and misunderstanding!
• Act 17:11 Now these(the Bereans) were more noble-minded than those in
Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
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1Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the
excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light.”
Ultimately we study prophecy to increase our faith and make our
foundation sure. As Paul wrote in his letter to the Church at
Ephesus:
Ephesians 2:19 “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but
you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone”
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Why study prophecy? That is the question many Bible teachers,
Pastors, and academicians are asking. Their answer? "There is no
need to waste your time studying prophecy. Let's just focus on the
essentials of the faith." Did we not just read that our faith is built
upon the foundation of the Apostles AND the prophets? This is
essential!
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We are about to embark on a wonderful journey, one that will carry
us from the Roman invasion of Jerusalem in 70 AD, to our current
situation and beyond to the final judgment and eternity. What does
the future hold? Can we know for certain? We are about to answer
those questions and many, many more.
Are we living in the ‘Last Days’?
2Pe 3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I
am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
2Pe 3:2 that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy
prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.
2Pe 3:3 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their
mocking, following after their own lusts
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We must begin our Journey by remembering the words of the prophets with a
look at Daniel’s prophecy about the first coming of Jesus…
Daniel 9
25 “So you are to know and
discern that from the issuing
of the decree to restore and
rebuild Jerusalem until
Messiah the Prince comes,
there will be seven ‘sevens,’
and sixty-two ‘sevens.’
Daniel 9
From the issuing
of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
7 X 7 = 49
and 62 sevens
62 X 7 = 434
49 + 434 = 483 years
= 476 solar years
Nehemiah 2:1ff In the month of
Nisan in the twentieth year of
King Artaxerxes, when wine was
brought for him, ...the king asked
me, “Why does your face look so
sad?”
From the issuing
Until the Messiah
of a decree to rebuildI answered, “Why should my face
not look sad when the city where
Jerusalem
my fathers are buried lies in ruins,
and its gates have been destroyed
will
by be...
fire?”476 years
The king said to me, "What is it
you
7 sevens
andwant?"
62 sevens
"If
7 X 7 = 49
62itXpleases
7 = 483the king, may I have
letters
to the
governors
7 + 483
= 490
years of TransEuphrates, so that they will
= 476
years
provide me
safe-conduct
until I
arrive in Judah?”
...the king granted my requests.
Daniel 9
Daniel 9
From the issuing
of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating
the
Decree
to
rebuild
Jerusalem:
7 X 7 = 49
62 X 7 = 483
Nehemiah 2:1-8 7 + 483 = 490 years
Artaxerxes I started reign
in 465
BC
= 476
years
Daniel 9
Until the Messiah
Encyclopedia Britanica
Vol. 1 p. 598
From the issuing
of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating
the
Decree
to
rebuild
Jerusalem:
7 X 7 = 49
62 X 7 = 483
Nehemiah 2:1-8 7 + 483 = 490 years
Artaxerxes I started reign
in 465
BC
= 476
years
Daniel 9
From the issuing
of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating
the
Decree
to
rebuild
Jerusalem:
7 X 7 = 49
62 X 7 = 483
Nehemiah 2:1-8 7 + 483 = 490 years
Artaxerxes I started reign
in 465
BC
= 476
years
“Twentieth year” = - 465 + 20 = 445
Nisan in the spring, therefore 444 BC
Daniel 9
From the issuing
of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
444 BC
and 62 sevens
AD33
Daniel predicted the very time Jesus would come!
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He also foretold that Jesus would be cut off or die at His first
coming!
Dan 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut
off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come
will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a
flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are
determined.
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Daniel also foretold the destruction of Jerusalem after Jesus would
be cut off! More that just destroying Jerusalem, they would destroy
the temple
70AD
We know that Romans are the ‘people of the prince who is to come’
from the other passages in Daniel foretelling the four great world
empires from Babylon to Rome!
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Romans destroyed the Temple in 70AD – exactly as foretold!
• Do we have proof Israel ever existed in Jerusalem and their temple was there?
• Do we have proof the Roman’s destroyed it?
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In 70 AD, the Roman Army, under Titus, destroys
Jerusalem and the Temple, to suppress an uprising
of the Jews. According to the historian Josephus,
about 1.1 million Jews were killed. Others were
taken as slaves.
Our Lord told the Jews that the temple would be destroyed, and the
prophets warned them that if they did not keep the covenant of God,
they would be dispersed from the land and given into the hands of
the Gentiles.
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Mat 24:1 Jesus came out from the temple and was going away
when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to
Him.
Mat 24:2 And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things?
Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another,
which will not be torn down."
• The temple was filled with treasure and gold overlay.
• The Romans took it apart to get the gold
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Historical proof - Arch of Titus - Rome
Located at the highest point of the Via Sacra which leads to the
Roman Forum, this triumphal arch, with only one passageway,
commemorates Titus' conquest of Judea and destruction of the
Temple, which ended the Jewish Wars (66-70AD).
This began the great dispora – the dispersion of Jews across the face of the earth,
as prophesied in scripture!
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Deu 4:27 "The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be
left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you.
Deu 4:28 "There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Deu 4:29 "But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find
Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deu 4:30 "When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in
the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
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Why has Israel experienced
so much hardship?
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your
fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to
the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will
forsake me and break the covenant I made with them. On that
day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide
my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters
and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will
ask, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God
is not with us?’
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This hardship of prophetic significance began to
truly take place in 70 AD when Roman soldiers
conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple!
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135 AD
In 135 AD, the Romans, under Hadrian, kill
an estimated 580,000 Jews to suppress the
Bar Kochva uprising. The Romans ran a
plow over Jerusalem to completely destroy
the Holy City. The Romans ban the Jews
from living in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem would be destroyed and “plowed like a field”
Written: sometime between 750-686 BC
Fulfilled: 135 AD
Micah 3:11-12
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a
price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet
they lean upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord
among us? No disaster will come upon us.” Therefore
because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple
hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
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According to a text in the Gemara - a collection of ancient
Jewish writings - the Romans ran a plow over Zion on the 9th
day of the Jewish month of Ab. The Gemara said that Turnus
Rufus, a Roman officer, plowed the area of the Temple. This
prophecy was fulfilled in literal detail. Incidentally, there was a
Roman coin minted during that era that shows an image of
Hadrian on one side and, on the other side, an image of a
man riding a plow. The coin was intended to commemorate
the founding of their pagan Roman city on the site of
Jerusalem.
. Israel would become a wasteland
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Written: Many prophets foretold this – Deut. perhaps 1400 BC
Fulfilled: 135-1800s
In Deuteronomy 29:23, the Bible said Israel would become a
wasteland. This prophecy certainly was fulfilled. The land has been
described many times as having been a wasteland.
Mark Twain wrote this, in 1867, about the land of Israel, which at the
time was called Palestine: “Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes…
the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its
energies… Palestine is desolate and unlovely… It is a hopeless,
dreary, heartbroken land.” - from Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad.
However, it is also prophesied that Israel would
return to the land and be preserved in their
dispersion!
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Zechariah 8:13
As you have been an object of cursing among
the nations, O Judah and Israel, so will I save
you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid,
but let your hands be strong.”
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The Jews would be persecuted, but preserved
Bible passage: Zechariah 8:13
Written: between 520 and 518 BC
Fulfilled: 135 to today
In Zechariah 8:13, the prophet said that although
the Jews would be scorned and hated throughout
the world, God would preserve them. The Jews have
been subject to hatred in many, if not all, of the
countries in which they have lived throughout the
world. Even today in the United States people
sometimes vandalize Jewish synagogues and
slander the Jews.
Lev 26:32 'I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who
settle in it will be appalled over it.
Lev 26:33 'You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will
draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your
cities become waste.
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"But it shall come about, if you do not obey the LORD your
God...the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end
of the earth to the other end of the earth" Deut. 28:15, 64 NASB
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Eze 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of
My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and
against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a
possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it
out for a prey."
Eze 36:6 'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say
to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys,
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy
and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the
nations.'
• Palestinians are actually Jordanians or Edomites!
• But we remember God’s promise to Israel – against all odds…
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• “To your descendants I will give this land,”
• “. . . for all the land which you see, I will give it to you
and to your descendants forever.”
Genesis 12
and 13
1917
The British gain control of Palestine (Israel)
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The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917
U.S. Congress Endorses
The Balfour Declaration
(September 21, 1922)
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Draft:
Declaration:
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””...the LORD will...assemble the dispersed of Israel, and
gather together the scattered of Judah from the four
corners of the earth.”Isaiah 11:11-12
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(Isaiah 11:12) And He will lift up a
standard for the nations And assemble the
banished ones of Israel, And will gather the
dispersed of Judah From the four corners
of the earth.
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(Jeremiah 31:10) Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, “He who
scattered Israel will gather him And keep him as a
shepherd keeps his flock.”
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(Ezekiel 11:17) “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the
Lord GOD, “I will gather you from the peoples
and assemble you out of the countries among
which you have been scattered, and I will give you
the land of Israel.”’
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(Ezekiel 37:21) “Say to them, ‘Thus says
the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the
sons of Israel from among the nations
where they have gone, and I will gather
them from every side and bring them into
their own land;
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
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On November 7, 1938, Jewish minor Herschel Grünspan
assassinated Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris.[82]
This incident was used by the Nazis to initiate the transition from
legal repression to large-scale outright violence against Jewish
Germans.
Deu 28:33 "A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of
your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but
oppressed and crushed continually.
Deu 28:34 "You shall be driven mad by the sight of what you see.
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Deu 28:37 "You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the
people where the LORD drives you.
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Hos 2:13 "I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she
used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings
and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me," declares
the LORD.
Hos 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the
wilderness(Israel became a wilderness) And speak kindly to her.
Hos 2:15 "Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the
valley of Achor (bitterness) as a door of hope. And she will sing
there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up
from the land of Egypt.
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1947 AD
The UN voted to end British control of Palestine and
to divide the country into a Jewish and Arab state.
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In Joel 3:2, the prophet said that the nations of the
world will be judged for having scattered the people
of Israel and for having “divided up” (or “parted” or
“partitioned”) the land of Israel. On November 29,
1947, when the United Nations General Assembly
approved a motion to partition the land, which at
that time was called “Palestine.” The partition plan
divided the land into two separate states, one for
Jewish people and another for Arab people.
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In this initial
declaration,
Jerusalem would
be an
international city,
belonging to no
one country or
people.
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1948, May 14
Jews declare independence of Israel
On May 14, 1948, the Jews declare independence
for Israel. This is the first time in 2900 years that
Israel is both independent and united.
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The US
recognized
the new
Jewish state
immediately;
1948, May 15
(The next day) Surrounding countries invade Israel
Within hours of Israel’s declaration of independence, the surrounding
Arab countries launch an invasion of Israel. 5 Countries against
Israel!
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1949
Israel prevails in first Arab-Israeli war
Israel prevails in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-9. Israeli forces
recapture more of the ancient Jewish homeland, expanding the size of
Israel by about 50 percent.
1967
Six-Day War: Jews capture holy city of Jerusalem
During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel takes control of Jerusalem and
other ancient-Jewish territories.
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1968- Current Jew began to buy property from the
Palestinians
- This was prophesied in scripture!!!
Jeremiah 32:44
Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed,
sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the
villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the
towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the
Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the
Lord.”
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1982
Hebrew becomes official language of
Israel
Hebrew was the language of the
Jewish people in Biblical times, and
most of the Old Testament was written
in Hebrew. The language dies out over
time but is revived in the 1900s. In
1982, it becomes Israel’s official
language.
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1983 – Israel become a top exporter of crops and
fruit – many agricultural scientist go to Israel to see
how they made the dessert bloom
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Here is Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will
bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
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Here is Isaiah 41:18-20
I will make rivers flow on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys. I will turn the
desert into pools of water, and the parched
ground into springs. I will put in the desert
the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the
olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir
and the cypress together, so that people
may see and know, may consider and
understand, that the hand of the Lord has
done this, that the Holy One of Israel has
created it.
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Here is Ezekiel 36:33-35
“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I
cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns,
and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be
cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who
pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid
waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that
were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now
fortified and inhabited.”
Here is Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, O wild animals, for the open pastures are
becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig
tree and the vine yield their riches.
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Israel would again become a prosperous land
Bible passage: Joel 2:22
Written: about 400 BC
Fulfilled: 1980s
In Joel 2:22, the prophet said that God will again make
the land of Israel productive again. After centuries of
being desolate, Israel’s land is again fruitful. Food is one
of modern Israel’s most important exports. Millions of
trees have been planted and a vast network of irrigation
canals have been built during the past 200 years by Jews
who have returned to their ancient homeland from
countries around the world.
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Here is Isaiah 35:1-2
The desert and the parched land will
be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and
blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst
into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and
shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will
be given to it, the splendor of Carmel
and Sharon; they will see the glory of
the Lord, the splendor of our God.
Israel’s land would again become fruitful
Bible passage: Zechariah 8:12
Written: between 520 and 518 BC
Fulfilled: 1980s
Here is Zechariah 8:12
“The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the
ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their
dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the
remnant of this people.”
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Today, Israel is able to export food to many countries.
Scientists are still trying to figure out how they made the
dessert bloom!
1989 – The Iron Curtain fell, allowing Jews to leave Russian and go
back to Israel
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Zec 2:6 "Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares
the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the
heavens," declares the LORD.
(Isaiah 56:8) The Lord GOD, who gathers the
dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will
gather to them, to those already gathered.”
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This fully began to happen in 1989!
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Review
70 AD
1917
1948
1967
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2000
Joseph’s Tomb Burned
* OC Register , Sunday - Oct. 8, 2000. Arabs tore apart and
burned Joseph’s Tomb. It was a shrine, house, tomb,
compound & synagogue.
Obodiah 1:15-18 An end times prophecy - ‘Joseph's house
will be a flame’
The idea is that it would be burned, and it infers it will be a
catalyst for end time events. Israel's Defense state that
Palestinians can not be trusted with the Temple Mount
because of Joseph's Tomb!
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In Obadiah we are told that in the last days, when the nations
are about to be judged, Josephs
Tomb would be a flame. I find it very significant this event
took place. The word in the Bible for tomb in this passage
can also mean ‘house’. See below.
Also, in that same passage it says Jacobs house will be a fire
(different word than flame), and Essau’s house a stuble.
Palistiinians are Essau’s house (Edomites), Israel is Jacob’s
house.
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Now they just need to rebuild their Temple…
The 1st Red Heifer Born in Israel in over 2000 years!
Updated April 8th, 2002
The rabbis found her to be kosher and were
satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate
to be used in the process of purification described
in the book of Numbers, chapter 19.
Zec 12:2 "Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of
staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of
Jerusalem will also be against Judah.
Zec 12:3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for
all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And
all the nations of the earth will gather against it.
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We were told that Israel would be the focal point of the world
in the last days!
WEF
They are getting ready for their annual meeting. The top concerns
for the world today are:
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Israel – Iran – Afghanistan – North Korea – America’s Economy
China’s slow growth – The decline of the dollar
Isa 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who
substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute
bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isa 5:21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in
their own sight!
Isa 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant
men in mixing strong drink,
Isa 5:23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the
rights of the ones who are in the right!
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It’s time to get right…
• Today is the day to start building the Kingdom of God!
• To live as lights in a dark world
The nations are focused on Israel
And those against her are exactly the ones the Bible predicted
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Psalm 83 – Names ancient tribes that would surround
Israel – they will conspire to destroy her but they will fail.
This alludes to Ezekiel's prophecy of God and Magog
attacking Israel in the last days – next week we will cover
this…
The Muslim nations calling for the destruction of all Israel was
predicted as well:
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Psa 83:4 They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a
nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."
Psa 83:5 For they have conspired together with one mind; Against
You they make a covenant:
Psa 83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the
Hagrites;
• Next week we will cover the alignment of nations – and how the current
alliances line up exactly as the Bible predicted.
• Politically, socially, economically, in every way, the world’s stage
is set for the last days.
• We will also get into what happens next according to scripture…
© 2011 Brett Peterson
Matt:24:33So,
you too, when you see all
these things, recognize that He is near,
right at the door. 34“Truly I say to you,
this generation will not pass away until
all these things take place.
• These truly are exciting times…
• Rom 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour
for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us
than when we believed.
• Rom 13:12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near.
Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the
armor of light.
© 2011 Brett Peterson
• It’s time to Stand Strong!
© 2011 Brett Peterson
We need to study these things!
• 1Ti 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather
in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an
example of those who believe.
• 1Ti 4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of
Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.
• 1Ti 4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was
bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on
of hands by the presbytery.
• 1Ti 4:15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so
that your progress will be evident to all.
• 1Ti 4:16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching;
persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure
salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.