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Deuteronomy 28:62 “And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.”
Deuteronomy 28:66-67 “And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.”
Some rabbis122 agree that these verses speak of the holocaust they endured, even some survivors described their conditions, exactly as Deuteronomy 28:67 states, in poems and stories.123 The Nuremburg trials124 convicted twelve Nazis to death, but only ten made it to the gallows. Some have made comparisons to the story of Esther where Haman used the ego of the king to trick him into making a law condemning all the Jews to death. In preparation for the day Haman could kill Mordecai, Haman made gallows 75 feet tall. The king found out the truth, and Haman was hung on his own gallows as well as his ten sons.
Esther 9:13 “Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.”
Esther 9:25 “But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.”
Israel is born in a day and
The land would again be called “Israel”
Ezekiel 37:21 “And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:”
Isaiah 66:8-9 “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.”
By declaration of the United Nations on 14 May 1948, Israel became a nation, at 6:00 pm Eastern Time, and at 6:11 pm, Harry S Truman recognized the State of Israel.125 Debate on the name raged on, Palestine?, Zion?, Judea?, until Pres. Truman scratched out the pseudo name and hand wrote “State of Israel”!
Evidence of God’s Promise
Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
It is my firmest belief that Great Britain was blessed of God because of her integrity and faith in Jesus Christ; so much a blessing that English became the de facto language of the planet, largely due to the spread of the Gospel and the King James Bible. Thanks to Great Britain, the gospel was preached around the world and therefore the sun never set on the British Empire. Satan would not idly stand by and watch it happen without reprisals. Slowly, over 400 years he has managed to erode the fervor of obeying and following Jesus, to the point they refused to help make Israel a nation. The Israelis had to hold the Balfour Declaration over the heads. Finally, in 1947, Britain turned over the mandate to the United Nations.126 Britain would allow the Arabs to own and carry weapons, but the forbid Jews. After World War II, the British cut off the flow of immigration to Israel, and believe it or not, they put them into camps on Cypress!127 The British also ignored the daily attacks by the Arabs to a defenseless people. When Israel declared Israel a sovereign state, five Arab armies attacked (Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon and Iraq).128 With God’s help and two French World-War-I cannons129, Israel defeated the Arabs and survived! The map130 to the left is of what the United Nations wanted to do the land pure anti-Semitism. None of the Jewish parts of the land was given to the Jews.
With their abandonment of Israel and treating the Jews with such evil by putting them in camps after the holocaust, it’s no wonder God’s blessings have been removed. Today, the island of Great Britain has all but fractured into their old states. In 1998, Scotland reinstated their parliament after 291 years to control their own fate.131 It is heart breaking that today, the United States, under President Obama, is trying to carve up Israel to allow a people who have no claim on the land to become a nation at the cost of the only truly democratic nation in the Middle East.132
Zechariah 12:3,9 “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; … And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
America, after 9/11, is not just fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan any more, but in U.S. courts. In the November elections of 2010, 70% of Oklahoma voters accepted an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would prohibit state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases. A judge blocked the amendment as unconstitutional until a hearing is completed.133 Activist judges and unethical banks will destroy America.
Israel will be one nation – no longer two (Israel and Judah)
Ezekiel 37:22 “And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:”
Remember they used to be “Judah” – 2 tribes and “Israel” – 10 tribes, and today it is just “Israel”.
Latter days they will have no king
Hosea 3:4-5 “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.”
This was written after they had returned from Babylon – so “return” from where? After WWII they returned to Israel as promised. Today they have a president and a prime minister. They have no temple, so no sacrifice, nor an image of the temple, nor the tools used by the high priest. Soon they will thanks to the Temple Institute.
Jerusalem shall no longer be divided
Zechariah 8:6-8 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”
In 1967 Israel was attacked again by the Arabs and after six days Israel took the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank including the rest of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The “east country” and the “west country” became one just as prophesied.
streets filled with children playing
Zechariah 8:5 “And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”
The gates will remain open
Isaiah 60:11-12 “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.”
Since Israel took possession of Jerusalem, the gates will never shut,135 day nor night (save the Eastern Gate which was sealed by the Turks).
Desert blossom as the rose
Isaiah 35:1 “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”
Because there is a hidden understanding written within the Hebrew, below is the same verse with Strong’s words.
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness מדברand the solitary place ציהshall be glad שושfor them; and the desert ערבהshall rejoice גיל, and blossom פרחas the rose חבצלת.
Strong’s Definition:
Desertערבה‘aravah’ pronounce ‘ar-aw-vaw’
from 6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea:--Aravah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness
Along the border with Jordan, there runs highway 90 from northern Israel all the way to the Red Sea; Isaiah 35:8 “
And an highway shall be there…“ On this highway are Ein Gedi, next to the Dead Sea, and Eilat down by the Red Sea. Using Google Maps, you’ll find many farms all along this road. Several are even fish farms.
Now read the rest of Isaiah 35. I’ll point out a few things:
Isaiah 35:7 “And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.”
These are photos137 of some of the farms from Arava region. It’s so very exciting to see the Lord bless Israel. There are great photos and information on biblical locations online at
http://www.bibleplaces.com/.
Isaiah 27:6 “He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.”
Today, Israel is a major exporter of fruits and vegetables. 138 Due to political and climatological reasons, the export fluctuates. Though I mention this as a fulfillment of prophecy, I truly believe this is at the least, a start. Just twenty years ago, most of farms in Arava did not exist. The issue is water. Think about it, Arava is translated in the King James as desert because that is what it is. Over time, soon, the area will transform when water becomes more abundant.
Several years ago, the USGS139 told Israel they thought that there might be oil under this area, so Israel drilled a hole 1500 feet down and they struck water. A man-made lake140 – but I believe it’s a fulfillment. Notice the reeds. From this pool, they irrigate many farms that grow everything year round because the water is 72°F year-round.