The possession of land by the Israelis

The Israelis have won and kept land in Palestine by violence. They have also maintained their claim in the face of scriptures indicating that the land is to be restored to all Israel, not to those who claim to be descended from Judah. They have misappropriated the name ‘Israel’ and the right to land in Palestine.

The attempt to deny Israel’s claim was foretold:

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. (Ezekiel 11: 14 -15, emphasis added)

Subsequent verses confirm God’s intention to restore the land to Israel.

Daniel prophesied the failure of the Jewish aspirations:

…. the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. (Daniel 11: 14)

The Jews still reject the Christ. Jesus told the Jews

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21: 43, emphasis added)

The fate of the Israelis

Jesus also said:

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before me. (Luke 19:27, emphasis added)

This is statement of what is to come. The Lord was in Palestine. Those who had rejected Him and would continue to reject him were his own tribe, the Jews. It seems they are being brought to Palestine to be slaughtered.

Scripture mentions a dwelling place for the descendants of Ishmael (Genesis 16: 12; 25: 18). They are turning to powerful friends for help, against the might of Israel’s patrons, the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies. Russian influence in the Middle East increases as hatred of Israel and its allies increases.

What we have been seeing in the Middle East and the intervention of the U.S., the U.K., Russia and China may be the prelude to Armageddon. Another unpalatable thing the scriptures tell us is that there will be a false hope of peace:

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5: 3, emphasis added)

You could say this scripture is being fulfilled now. The efforts to bring about peace and safety are making things worse. There have been naval conflicts between Iran and the U.S. and the U.K. The West is heaping up trouble for itself. The example of a woman in labour suggests a prelude to the destruction. The destruction may occur at the moment when peace and safety are proclaimed.

Man possesses now the means of his own destruction but it seems that the Almighty does not intend to let mankind destroy the earth:

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou … shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Revelation 11: 18, emphasis added)

We are in a position to understand better than the apostle a possible means for fulfilment of the following scripture:

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3: 10)

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This post is intended to introduce prophecy relating to “the latter years” and indicating a move against Israel nations by some power leading a coalition which includes Persia, Ethiopia and Libya. Persia is now largely represented by Iran. The force which moves against Israel will comprise others. We see an alignment now of various nations opposed to the machinations of the modern state calling itself ‘Israel’ and its allies. The scriptures seem to indicate a bad outcome for the Israelis.