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Swords of Iron – Gaza Update

by atharris, posted in Israel, Jerusalem Watch, Prophecy

Warmapper.org does a tremendous job of creating maps for a given conflict. Below is the current situation in Gaza. You can see the IDF has split Gaza in half and is about to take the Shifa Hospital were Hamas (ISIS) currently has one of their HQ’s. Eventually, the IDF will control all of Gaza, permanently. 

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God made a covenant with Abrahm: “In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:” Genesis 15:18. The borders are more detailed in chapter 34 of Numbers (Num 34:1) and updated in Ezekiel 47 starting in verse 13 (Eze 47:13). One day they will draw the borders of Israel to look something like the below. Make no mistake, what God has promised no man or fallen rulers of darkness can take away. 

Ancient Israel

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War! Operation Iron Swords

by atharris, posted in Israel, Israel/Hamas conflict

War in Israel. On the 22nd anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, Joe Biden gave $6 billion to Iran for exchange of 5 American hostages.  Three weeks later the Iranian-Proxy Army Hamas of the Gaza Strip, launches a surprise attack against Israel. This attack also comes 50 years to the day from the Yom Kippur war of October 6, 1973. This war is not on the border, but a surprise attack inside of Israel in seven major locations. It has been learned that multiple homes not far from the Gaza Strip were taken over by the terrorist. The Palestinian workers from Gaza that entered daily into Israel were used as spies by Hamas for the invasion. 

As of this writing, over 4000 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza, 100 Israelis murdered, 800 wounded and untold number kidnapped.  PM Netanyhu has stated “The enemy will pay a price that it wasn’t even aware of”. Reserve soldiers are being called in and Israel is concerned this may only be a distraction to a larger planned attack from the north. At least 7 IDF battalions are fighting in southern Israel. 

Could this be the beginning of multiple prophetic wars for Israel, ultimately leading to the Gog and Magog war? The Antichrist will confirm the covenant with many for one week Daniel 9:27. Perhaps at this point, the world is in shock of the destruction that Israel has caused to its surrounding enemies from multiple wars including the supernatural intervention from God during the Gog Magog war just before this much anticipated treaty is confirmed with Israel and the Antichrist. Then shall the world say after the treaty, “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 Th 5:3. We know that Israel causes much of this destruction from scripture. For example, Is 17 and the destruction of Damascus reads, “In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation” Is. 17:9. 

Remember, for the Gog and Magog war to commence, Israel must be “safe” and “without borders”. That certainly is not the case today. 

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, Ez. 38:11

The Israeli security cabinet has approved a ground operation in Gaza in response to this attack. The border fence between Israel and Gaze was broken in multiple places, allowing the entry of terrorist. If these borders and walls are starting to come down, ironically with an act from the enemy, it may lead ultimately to Ez. 38:11. Pray for Israel.

Getting Closer

by atharris, posted in Israel, Prophecy

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Jerusalem – a Cup of Trembling

by atharris, posted in Israel, Prophecy

If we want to know where we are in the God’s prophetic timeline, we must always look to Israel, for Israel is at the center of all prophecy yet to take place. The closer we get to prophetic events, the more clear the scriptures become. Perhaps that is now the case with the following prophetic passage:

The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.  Zech. 12:1-3

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. Zech. 12:5-6

The word “governors” is a translation of the Hebrew, eluf, meaning “brigadier” as in a brigadier general of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). Jerusalem is the location of the Temple Mount where the last Jewish temple resided before its destruction in 70 A.D. by the Romans. Bible prophecy says that Israel will build a third temple and perform sacrifices during the Tribulation. The Temple Institute has been hard a work preparing for the day that the new temple is complete. In order for this to happen, Israel must regain complete control of Jerusalem. Today, that is not the case.

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Violence at the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem has escalated in the last month causing tension between Israel and Jordan, the official “keeper” of the Temple Mount. Last week Rabbi Yehuda Glick, former director of The Temple Institute, was shot by a Palestinian following a presentation at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. In response, Israel closed the Temple Mount against Muslim worshipers for the day. Jordan responded by threatening to revoke peace treaty over the Temple Mount and recently recalled its ambassador to Israel over Jerusalem ‘violations’. Meanwhile Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas incited violence at the Temple Mount over the shooting incident and called the closure of al-Aqsa holy site a ‘declaration of war’. In another attack of violence today, an Arab driver plowed his vehicle into a crowd of people at a light rail station.

Perhaps most troubling is ISIS since they have already threatened to cut off Jordan’s King Abdullah’s head and have since threatened to: Islamic Caliphate will be established in the Sinai, calling it the ”first step towards the invasion of Jerusalem”. ISIS has made huge gains in the middle east mostly unreported by the media and to make matters worse Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant group, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State.

ISIS Temple Mount

At some point, war will break out again in the region and the God of Israel and their superior firepower will eliminate the enemy in Jerusalem allowing them to build the 3rd temple. Israel continues to build their military prowess and now have the best Air force in the world and have the most powerful military in the Middle East today. Israel has continued to improve on its Iron Dome by adapting for Intercepts at Sea. With their powerful military and knowing they will be victorious in all the wars leading up to the Tribulation, moving them quickly to the powerhouse of the Middle East, it begs the question, what actually will the signing of the covenant with the Antichrist and Israel consist of?

When it is all said and done, the Lord will descend and will stand upon the Mount of Olives.

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. Zec 14:4

 

 

 

The Five Horses of Revelation

by atharris, posted in Prophecy, The Five Horses of Revelation

The horse is one of God’s most magnificent creatures and has been seen by many as a symbol of freedom and adventure. Standing tall and stout with penetrating eyes of intelligence, the horse has been loved and used throughout all history for companionship, sport, labor, war, and biblical judgment.

In Genesis, Jacob the father of the 12 tribes of Israel, gives his sons a prophetic view of what shall become of them in the last days. It is here the first mention of the horse from the bible comes and speaks of the tribe of Dan, one of the original 12 tribes of Israel from which the Antichrist will arise.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Genesis 49:1

16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Genesis 49:16-17

From this point forward, the horse will be used as an instrument of war and judgment. Prior to Jacob’s prophetic utterance, we find a similar scenario at the fall of Adam and Eve when the “serpent” is judged.

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:14-15

The devil bites at the heels of all humans and all have sinned, but soon he shall be bruised. “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Romans 16:20.

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