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{DOWNLOAD} a History of Prophecy in Israel A HISTORY OF PROPHECY IN ISRAEL PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Joseph Blenkinsopp | 300 pages | 04 Aug 2009 | Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. | 9780664256395 | English | Louisville, United States Prophecy - Origins and development of Hebrew prophecy | Britannica In the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and later Iraq attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. As to the future, at the end of the age all nations will gather against Israel in an attempt to destroy her — but again God intervenes. Image: Israeli tank, They are coming from all over the world, from wherever they have been scattered amongst the nations. The picture shows the arrival of Jewish immigrants to Israel in This mass migration is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy — that towards the end of this age and just before Christ returns, God will call the children of Israel out of the nations and once more put them in their own land:. Prophecy paints a picture of a world at peace no war with Jerusalem Zion as the focal point since Christ dwells there. Millennial life around Jerusalem is described in some detail. It also appears that some of the Hebrew festivals are reinstated, as in the Feast of Tabernacles Zech Man will still have his daily work but there is some indication that the bias of work will be towards husbandry farming and hunting fishing rather than industrial manufacturing Ezek People will be born and will die in the Millennial earth, just as in the present age. Death is the last enemy and is not destroyed until the close of the Millennium. After some 2, years of dispersion amongst the nations, Israel will again take on her intended role in the world:. So the restoration of Israel will be a sign or witness to the nations that the God of Israel, the God of the Bible, the only true God, loves mankind. The center branch represents Divine light understanding from God and the six branches represent human efforts to spread this light to the Gentiles Isa Future wars against Israel will be different from previous wars. Whilst some claim that the 6-Day war in June was miraculous in that Israel overcame huge superiority in armour, aircraft and troops, future wars will certainly be unique. These wars will directly glorify the God of Israel as He openly defeats the attacking forces. After the largely Islamic Gog- Magog war we read:. And during the final war against Israel prophecy says that God will again clearly intervene to protect His people:. God indeed intervenes in world affairs! This has been true in history and is true for the future. At the very end of this age , are drawn from twelve tribes of Israel and sealed for their protection Rev 7. The result of their witness is a great turning to God from all the nations Rev 7. At last, the Gentile nations acknowledge and value the unique role of the Jew:. Still others become priests and keep charge of the new Jewish temple in Jerusalem Isa Prophecy indicates that there will be several major wars against Israel in the near future, just before Christ returns to rule the earth as King Zech The so-called Gog-Magog war in Ezek results in the attackers being defeated by the intervention of the God of Israel, rather than by the armies of Israel Ezek This is in the form of extreme weather — extreme rain, hail and snow — and also by fire and brimstone similar to that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah Ezek The Golan Heights must be involved. This man-God war could involve neutron bombs since these vaporize flesh at close range. Such a fate of the invaders is suggested in Zech The attackers may also be destroyed by nuclear devices since Malachi 4 refers to a time of fierce heat when invaders are burnt to ashes. Bible prophecy describes how the increasing political bias of western nations, and the increasing aggression of Arab-Muslim nations finally leads to another major war against Israel. In fact, since prophecy is not precise, some see several major Middle East wars just before the close of this age and the Second Coming of Christ. A future invasion of northern Israel is strongly indicated in Ezek 38 and Ezek The countries involved appear to be mainly the Islamic nations surrounding Israel, possibly led by Iran and Russia. At the very end of this age prophecy indicates that all nations Gentile and Islamic will attempt a final invasion of Israel:. This latter war appears to be unique in that it is not primarily man against man, but man against God; it is commonly known as Armageddon Rev Both invasions are defeated by the God of Israel. The real reason for the aggression is spiritual , not political or even humanitarian. You may reject the concept of a spiritual world co-existing with the physical world, but it is a fact; Jesus Christ proved beyond doubt that the spiritual world exists. Israel is the central player in that spiritual world. He proved that too, by His resurrection from the dead. But the truth about this powerful spiritual world is blurred, corrupted and buried by spiritual forces of darkness:. In fact, the spiritual aggression shown to Israel and to the true followers of Christ will intensify towards the end of this age Rev The problem is that Israel is now occupying land previously conquered by Islam. Muslims conquered The Levant which embraces all of Israel and much more, link in the 7th century and the land of Israel remained in Muslim hands apart from the brief Crusader period until liberated from the Muslim Turks by the British in So Islam wants the Levant back! Today this extreme ideology is underscored by ISIL. The Levant objective falls under the general Islamic ideology of a world-wide caliphate, link. Map copyright: By No machine-readable author provided. MapMaster assumed based on copyright claims. Fundamentalist Christians believe that modern Israel, and not the church, will be central in world affairs at the close of this age. God wants the church to call His people, wherever they are, back to Himself. This is spearheaded by the World Council of Churches WCC which has called on member churches Anglican, Methodist … to support an international boycott of Israeli settlement produce and services, link. Without doubt there is an overall bias in the UN against Israel. Between and there were 77 UN resolutions against Israel, and just one against the Palestinians, link. How can Israel be so wrong? Israel is often accused of being the aggressor in conflicts, whereas Israel claims she wages defensive war after provocation, link. Other resolutions refer to the on-going Palestinian refugee problem, but many see this now as a political tool by Arab nations, link , link. But the UN is not all bad: in the UN began to address issues of concern to the Jewish community, particularly anti- Semitism. From the rise of Zionism to the present day, Israel has not been welcomed on the world scene. After all, Israel is just some 8 million people living on land the size of Wales! Israel is a special nation chosen by God to be His witness in the world and to bring redemption to the world through Christ, link. Satan knows all this and end-time prophecy underscores the attempts by Satan to eliminate Israel:. This hatred was evident in the holocaust and subsequent wars against Israel, and culminates in all nations turning against Israel at Armageddon Zech But there is hope. Jerusalem Old City at Dawn. Image: Free Israel Photos. The deep significance of this to Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs makes Jerusalem one of the most contested pieces of real estate in the world. Given these historic and certain future events, we can see that the various claims on Jerusalem are actually the outworking of a spiritual battle over Jerusalem, a battle between truth and error, between the God of Israel and spiritual forces of darkness. On the other hand, orthodox Jews claim their historic and covenant right to the city. No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. The Bible instructs the people of Israel how they should treat foreigners non-Jews. Old Testament Israel was commanded to love foreigners Deut This instruction is timeless and applies to Palestinian Arabs today. Unfortunately, as long as Arab countries refuse to recognize Israel and continue to attack her, such cohabitation would seem to be impossible. But Israel will be at peace with her neighbours in the Millennium! Most of the western world aims for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. In reality there can be no lasting, workable two-state solution. This reflects the PA leadership position:. The problem here is that Israel has already declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, and this is compounded by the Palestinian leadership which does not even recognize the Jewish State:. The Green line was an armistice line drawn up after the war under the auspices of the UN and it was intended to be temporary. So, through Arab aggression, Israel temporarily lost land mandated to her through the Mandate for Palestine, and this was only regained in the 6-day war. That includes the West Bank. Some , Jewish settlers live in the relatively lightly populated Area C, link. There is also muted and occasional support from the UN and the EU, but this is usually outweighed by condemnation in other areas.
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