PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE NATION OF ISRAEL
LUKE 21:20-28
LUKE 21:20-28
VS 20
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.
Vs 21 “Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.
Vs 22 “For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Vs 23 “ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
Vs 24 “ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
All these Prophecies has been fulfilled in AD 70
Let His blood be on us and our children. Matthew 27:25
Disobedience would lead to the nation of Israel being scattered amongst all nations.
Duet 28:64. Then the Lord will scatter among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other.
Lev 26:33, Jer 9:16 Ezek 12:15. In all 6 different books of the Bible predicts the scattering of Israel amongst all the nations of the earth. History records this being fulfilled in 70 AD when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman empire and the remaining Jews were scattered amongst the nations.
No rest for their souls while in exile amongst the nations
Duet 28: 65-66 Amongst those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing and a despairing heart. You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.
For nearly 2000 years following the destruction in 70AD, the wandering Jew has lived without a homeland, subject to the strongest racial prejudice and torment suffered by any people group. From the day they were scattered to the day Hitler devised his final solution to the Jewish problem, this prophecy spoken by Moses has sadly been fulfilled.
IN 1917 Something wonderful happened.
General Edmund Allenby led his troops to surround the city of Jerusalem.
It is reported that the night before his impending invasion, Allenby prayed that he might take the city without destroying the holy places.
Allenby wired London for instructions and had received a simple reply- a scripture word in the bible Isaiah 31:5
Isaiah 31:5
Like Birds flying about
So will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.
Defending He will also deliver it;
Passing over, He will preserve it.
The exciting prospects of such a thing led him to have the verse read aloud before all his troops positioned in the foothills of Jerusalem.
General Allenby commandeered every available aircraft for a fly-over
3. On the morning of December 10 what seemed like hundreds of planes skirted low from just over the Hill.
4. The Turks were astonished to see Big Birds flying over them. Furthermore the name of Allenby further frightened them the word in Arabic means ‘Allah’ means God ‘beh’ is Arabic son. The Turks were looking at a demand for surrender by Allah-beh, the son of God. In response they hoisted a white flag and surrendered the city without firing a single shot.
December 11,1917.
Allenby entered the city of Jerusalem officially.
Patriarch (Grand Mufti) of Jerusalem walked in a white flag of surrender and handed them the keys to Jerusalem.
General Allenby called all the Jews through out the world return back to your homeland but they refused.
They were rich in the countries they were living. They refused to come back.
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
Since 1945-46, the most commonly quoted figure for the total number of Jews killed has been an estimate of approximately six million. This figure, first given at the Nuremberg Tribunal, has been confirmed again and again by later research.
God Himself would restore the Jews to the land of Israel from all the nations
Jer 16: 14-16 However, the days are coming, “declares the Lord, “When men will no longer say, As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ but they will say ‘AS surely as the Lord lives who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of the countries where he had banished them. For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers.
1948 another Great Incident.
The United Nations granted a homeland to the Jewish People and the nation of Israel was reborn.
Jer : 3:14,31:8-9,Isa 60 8-9 Duet 30:3, Amos 9:15
The desolate land of Israel would again blossom and be fruitful in the last days
Zech 7:14 I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left to desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.
History records that while the Jewish people were exiled amongst many nations the land of Israel was a barren desert.
Isaiah 27:6
IN the days to come, Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill the world with fruit.
This is exactly the case today! Not only has God brought the Jewish people back into their land like He said He would in the last days but He has also blessed the land so that they now export flowers and fruit around the world. Satellite photos show the green pastures of the nation of Israel in sharp contrast with the surrounding desert lands of the Arab nations. Isa 35:1, Ezek 36:35
God Himself will defend Israel and cause Israel to be mighty in battle.
Zechariah 12:8 On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them will be like David and the house of David will be like God, like the Angels of the Lord going before them. Taking in context this verse speaks about God defending Israel in a battle to come in the last days. Have we not seen this miraculously occur several times Israel became a nation again in 1948.They have been greatly out numbered in key Arab-Israeli wars in 1948,1967,and 1973. Yet Israel exists! God has seen to that!Amen.
IN THE LAST DAYS JERUSALEM WOULD BE A BURDEN TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Zechariah 12:2-3 Behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about. And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all the burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces.
Turn on your local and International TV stations what you expect to hear and see?
Jerusalem is a burden that causes trembling for all the nations just as God foretold. What makes this prophecy even more remarkable is that when the prophet Zechariah spoke these words around 520BC. Jerusalem lay in ruins. But God said it would become the focus of the world’s attention.
Today Israel has 0.01% of the worlds population, yet 33% of the United Nations resolutions have been passed concerning her
In the End all nations shall come against Israel. Zech 14:2
I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it, the city will be captured, the houses ransacked and the woman raped.
Apart from USA, Israel has few allies. In recent conference on racism in South Africa, the Israeli and United States delegates were forced to walk out as the other participating nations vented their anger towards Israel and tried to declare it a racist state. One day the Bible says she will have no allies, and all the nations shall be gathered against her. Our TV news will show us we are on the way to that.
