Signs of the Times 77

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Signs of the Times 77
What the Bible says about the End Times
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In the days ahead, we need to press into Jesus
more than ever.We should be able to declareI
remember the days of old I meditate on all Your
works I muse on the work of Your hands, I spread
out my hands to You my soul longs for You like a
thirsty land. --Psalm 1435-6We need to prepare
for rain a dualistic storm is comingRevival
for the remnantFalling away from Truth for the
compromisedTrials for all
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The signs all around usPeters first message to
the Church was based on JoelAct 217 'AND IT
SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I
WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND AND
YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND
YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD
MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS Act 218 EVEN ON MY
BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE
DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall
prophesy. Act 219 'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN
THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW,
BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
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Signs in the sky and the earth belowClimate
changeMass unexplained death of
wildlifeEarthquakes in various placesA
noticeable change that gets everyone's attention
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Even in times of trouble, God always provides a
way of escape1Co 1013 No temptation(pirasmos
in Greek trial, test) has overtaken you but
such as is common to man and God is faithful,
who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation will
provide the way of escape also, so that you will
be able to endure it.
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The Apostles asked Jesus what would be the signs
of His coming and the end of the age..Mat 244
And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it
that no one misleads you. Mat 245 "For many
will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
and will mislead many. Mat 246 "You will be
hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you
are not frightened, for those things must take
place, but that is not yet the end. Mat 247
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom, and in various places there will
be famines and earthquakes. Mat 248 "But all
these things are merely the beginning of birth
pangs. Mat 249 "Then they will deliver you to
tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be
hated by all nations because of My name.
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But its not over yet we still have much to
doMat 2410 "At that time many will fall away
and will betray one another and hate one another.
Mat 2411 "Many false prophets will arise and
will mislead many. Mat 2412 "Because
lawlessness is increased, most people's love will
grow cold. Mat 2413 "But the one who endures
to the end, he will be saved. Mat 2414 "This
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the
whole world as a testimony to all the nations,
and then the end will come. And there are many
events that still need to take placeAnd some
that have taken place in the past 150 years that
proove we are living in the last days.Join me on
a journey into the Signs of the times
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Mankind has always wondered about what the future
holdsWouldnt it great if there was a book
that told us?
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The fact of the matter is this we have such a
book. Its called the Bible. God has given us
specific major events that would occur throughout
history, and most have come to pass exactly as
the prophets in the Old and New testaments have
foretold. Even more intriguing are the
prophecies that tell us what will happen next.
These are grouped together as End time
prophecies
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(Amos 37) Surely the Lord GOD does nothing
unless He reveals His secret counsel To His
servants the prophets. Isaiah 469-10
"Remember the former things long past, For I am
God, and there is no other I am God, and there
is no one like Me, (10) Declaring the end from
the beginning, And from ancient times things
which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose
will be established, And I will accomplish all My
good pleasure'
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Why study prophecy? It gives us hope for the
future. It helps us to keep our eyes fixed on
the prize. It is a noble pursuit to search the
scriptures!Proverbs 252 It is the glory of
God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is
to search things out. ESV God has given us the
tools to understand end time prophecy. What a
glorious pursuit to dig into this revealed truth
and remove the veil of ignorance and
misunderstanding!

• Act 1711 Now these(the Bereans) were more
  noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they
  received the word with great eagerness, examining
  the Scriptures daily to see whether these things
  were so.

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1Peter 29 But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own
possession, that you may proclaim the
excellencies of him who called you out of
darkness into his marvelous light.Ultimately we
study prophecy to increase our faith and make our
foundation sure. As Paul wrote in his letter to
the Church at EphesusEphesians 219 So then
you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you
are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of
God's household, 20 having been built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus Himself being the corner stone
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Why study prophecy? That is the question many
Bible teachers, Pastors, and academicians are
asking. Their answer? "There is no need to
waste your time studying prophecy. Let's just
focus on the essentials of the faith." Did we
not just read that our faith is built upon the
foundation of the Apostles AND the prophets?
This is essential!
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We are about to embark on a wonderful journey,
one that will carry us from the Roman invasion of
Jerusalem in 70 AD, to our current situation and
beyond to the final judgment and eternity. What
does the future hold? Can we know for certain?
We are about to answer those questions and many,
many more.
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Are we living in the Last Days?2Pe 31 This
is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing
to you in which I am stirring up your sincere
mind by way of reminder, 2Pe 32 that you
should remember the words spoken beforehand by
the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord
and Savior spoken by your apostles. 2Pe 33
Know this first of all, that in the last days
mockers will come with their mocking, following
after their own lustsWe must begin our
Journey by remembering the words of the prophets
with a look at Daniels prophecy about the first
coming of Jesus
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Daniel 9

• 25 So you are to know and discern that from the
  issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild
  Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince comes, there
  will be seven sevens, and sixty-two sevens.

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Daniel 9
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
7 X 7 49
62 X 7 434
49 434 483 years 476 solar years
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Daniel 9
Nehemiah 21ff In the month of Nisan in the
twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was
brought for him, ...the king asked me, Why does
your face look so sad? I answered, Why should
my face not look sad when the city where my
fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates
have been destroyed by fire? The king said to
me, "What is it you want?" "If it pleases the
king, may I have letters to the governors of
Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me
safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? ...the
king granted my requests.
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
7 X 7 49
62 X 7 483
7 483 490 years 476 years
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Daniel 9
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating the Decree to rebuild Jerusalem Nehemiah
21-8 Artaxerxes I started reign in 465 BC
7 X 7 49
62 X 7 483
7 483 490 years 476 years
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Daniel 9
Encyclopedia BritanicaVol. 1 p. 598
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating the Decree to rebuild Jerusalem Nehemiah
21-8 Artaxerxes I started reign in 465 BC
7 X 7 49
62 X 7 483
7 483 490 years 476 years
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Daniel 9
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
Dating the Decree to rebuild Jerusalem Nehemiah
21-8 Artaxerxes I started reign in 465
BCTwentieth year - 465 20 445Nisan in
the spring, therefore 444 BC
7 X 7 49
62 X 7 483
7 483 490 years 476 years
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Daniel 9
From the issuing of a decree to rebuild
Jerusalem
Until the Messiah
will be... 476 years
7 sevens
and 62 sevens
AD33
444 BC
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Daniel predicted the very time Jesus would
come!He also foretold that Jesus would be cut
off or die at His first coming!
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Dan 926 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy
the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come
with a flood even to the end there will be war
desolations are determined.Daniel also foretold
the destruction of Jerusalem after Jesus would be
cut off! More that just destroying Jerusalem,
they would destroy the temple
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70ADWe know that Romans are the people of the
prince who is to come from the other passages in
Daniel foretelling the four great world empires
from Babylon to Rome! Romans destroyed the
Temple in 70AD exactly as foretold!

• Do we have proof Israel ever existed in Jerusalem
  and their temple was there?
• Do we have proof the Romans destroyed it?

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In 70 AD, the Roman Army, under Titus, destroys
Jerusalem and the Temple, to suppress an uprising
of the Jews. According to the historian Josephus,
about 1.1 million Jews were killed. Others were
taken as slaves.
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Our Lord told the Jews that the temple would be
destroyed, and the prophets warned them that if
they did not keep the covenant of God, they would
be dispersed from the land and given into the
hands of the Gentiles. Mat 241 Jesus came out
from the temple and was going away when His
disciples came up to point out the temple
buildings to Him. Mat 242 And He said to them,
"Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to
you, not one stone here will be left upon
another, which will not be torn down."

• The temple was filled with treasure and gold
  overlay.
• The Romans took it apart to get the gold

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Historical proof - Arch of Titus - RomeLocated
at the highest point of the Via Sacra which leads
to the Roman Forum, this triumphal arch, with
only one passageway, commemorates Titus' conquest
of Judea and destruction of the Temple, which
ended the Jewish Wars (66-70AD).
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This began the great dispora the dispersion of
Jews across the face of the earth, as prophesied
in scripture! Deu 427 "The LORD will scatter
you among the peoples, and you will be left few
in number among the nations where the LORD drives
you. Deu 428 "There you will serve gods, the
work of man's hands, wood and stone, which
neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. Deu 429
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God,
and you will find Him if you search for Him with
all your heart and all your soul. Deu 430
"When you are in distress and all these things
have come upon you, in the latter days you will
return to the LORD your God and listen to His
voice.
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Deuteronomy 3116-17   And the Lord said to
Moses You are going to rest with your fathers,
and these people will soon prostitute themselves
to the foreign gods of the land they are
entering. They will forsake me and break the
covenant I made with them. On that day I will
become angry with them and forsake them I will
hide my face from them, and they will be
destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will
come upon them, and on that day they will ask,
Have not these disasters come upon us because
our God is not with us?
Why has Israel experienced so much hardship?
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This hardship of prophetic significance began to
truly take place in 70 AD when Roman soldiers
conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple!

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135 ADIn 135 AD, the Romans, under Hadrian, kill
an estimated 580,000 Jews to suppress the Bar
Kochva uprising. The Romans ran a plow over
Jerusalem to completely destroy the Holy City.
The Romans ban the Jews from living in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem would be destroyed and plowed like a
fieldWritten sometime between 750-686
BCFulfilled 135 AD Micah 311-12   Her
leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for
a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for
money. Yet they lean upon the Lord and say, Is
not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon
us. Therefore because of you, Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap
of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with
thickets.
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According to a text in the Gemara - a collection
of ancient Jewish writings - the Romans ran a
plow over Zion on the 9th day of the Jewish month
of Ab. The Gemara said that Turnus Rufus, a Roman
officer, plowed the area of the Temple. This
prophecy was fulfilled in literal detail.
Incidentally, there was a Roman coin minted
during that era that shows an image of Hadrian on
one side and, on the other side, an image of a
man riding a plow. The coin was intended to
commemorate the founding of their pagan Roman
city on the site of Jerusalem.
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. Israel would become a wastelandWritten Many
prophets foretold this Deut. perhaps 1400
BCFulfilled 135-1800s   In Deuteronomy 2923,
the Bible said Israel would become a wasteland.
This prophecy certainly was fulfilled. The land
has been described many times as having been a
wasteland. Mark Twain wrote this, in 1867,
about the land of Israel, which at the time was
called Palestine Palestine sits in sackcloth
and ashes the spell of a curse that has withered
its fields and fettered its energies Palestine
is desolate and unlovely It is a hopeless,
dreary, heartbroken land. - from Mark Twains
Innocents Abroad.
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However, it is also prophesied that Israel would
return to the land and be preserved in their
dispersion!Zechariah 813   As you have been
an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah
and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a
blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be
strong.
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The Jews would be persecuted, but preservedBible
passage Zechariah 813Written between 520 and
518 BCFulfilled 135 to today   In Zechariah
813, the prophet said that although the Jews
would be scorned and hated throughout the world,
God would preserve them. The Jews have been
subject to hatred in many, if not all, of the
countries in which they have lived throughout the
world. Even today in the United States people
sometimes vandalize Jewish synagogues and slander
the Jews.
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Lev 2632 'I will make the land desolate so that
your enemies who settle in it will be appalled
over it. Lev 2633 'You, however, I will
scatter among the nations and will draw out a
sword after you, as your land becomes desolate
and your cities become waste. "But it shall
come about, if you do not obey the LORD your
God...the LORD will scatter you among all
peoples, from one end of the earth to the other
end of the earth" Deut. 2815, 64 NASB
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Eze 365 therefore thus says the Lord GOD,
"Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken
against the rest of the nations, and against all
Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as
a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn
of soul, to drive it out for a prey." Eze 366
'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel
and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the
ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord
GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in
My wrath because you have endured the insults of
the nations.'

• Palestinians are actually Jordanians or Edomites!
• But we remember Gods promise to Israel against
  all odds

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• To your descendants I will give this land,
• . . . for all the land which you see, I will
  give it to you and to your descendants
  forever. Genesis 12 and 13

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1917 The British gain control of Palestine
(Israel)The Balfour Declaration, November 2,
1917U.S. Congress EndorsesThe Balfour
Declaration(September 21, 1922)
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Draft Declaration
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...the LORD will...assemble the dispersed of
Israel, and gather together the scattered of
Judah from the four corners of the earth.Isaiah
1111-12
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(Isaiah 1112) And He will lift up a standard
for the nations And assemble the banished ones of
Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
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(Jeremiah 3110) Hear the word of the LORD, O
nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off,
And say, He who scattered Israel will gather him
And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.
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(Ezekiel 1117) Therefore say, Thus says the
Lord GOD, I will gather you from the peoples and
assemble you out of the countries among which you
have been scattered, and I will give you the land
of Israel.
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(Ezekiel 3721) Say to them, Thus says the
Lord GOD, Behold, I will take the sons of Israel
from among the nations where they have gone, and
I will gather them from every side and bring them
into their own land
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Nazi Germany and the Holocaust On November
7, 1938, Jewish minor Herschel Grünspan
assassinated Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
in Paris.82 This incident was used by the Nazis
to initiate the transition from legal repression
to large-scale outright violence against Jewish
Germans.
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Deu 2833 "A people whom you do not know shall
eat up the produce of your ground and all your
labors, and you will never be anything but
oppressed and crushed continually. Deu 2834
"You shall be driven mad by the sight of what you
see. Deu 2837 "You shall become a horror, a
proverb, and a taunt among all the people where
the LORD drives you.
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Hos 213 "I will punish her for the days of the
Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them
And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,"
declares the LORD. Hos 214 "Therefore, behold,
I will allure her, Bring her into the
wilderness(Israel became a wilderness) And speak
kindly to her. Hos 215 "Then I will give her
her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor
(bitterness) as a door of hope. And she will sing
there as in the days of her youth, As in the day
when she came up from the land of Egypt.
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1947 AD The UN voted to end British control of
Palestine and to divide the country into a Jewish
and Arab state.
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In Joel 32, the prophet said that the nations of
the world will be judged for having scattered the
people of Israel and for having divided up (or
parted or partitioned) the land of Israel. On
November 29, 1947, when the United Nations
General Assembly approved a motion to partition
the land, which at that time was called
Palestine. The partition plan divided the land
into two separate states, one for Jewish people
and another for Arab people.
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In this initial declaration, Jerusalem would be
an international city, belonging to no one
country or people.
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1948, May 14 Jews declare independence of
IsraelOn May 14, 1948, the Jews declare
independence for Israel. This is the first time
in 2900 years that Israel is both independent and
united.
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The US recognized the new Jewish state
immediately
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1948, May 15 (The next day) Surrounding
countries invade IsraelWithin hours of Israels
declaration of independence, the surrounding Arab
countries launch an invasion of Israel. 5
Countries against Israel!1949 Israel prevails
in first Arab-Israeli warIsrael prevails in the
Arab-Israeli war of 1948-9. Israeli forces
recapture more of the ancient Jewish homeland,
expanding the size of Israel by about 50
percent.1967 Six-Day War Jews capture holy
city of JerusalemDuring the Six-Day War of 1967,
Israel takes control of Jerusalem and other
ancient-Jewish territories.
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1968- Current Jew began to buy property from the
Palestinians- This was prophesied in
scripture!!!Jeremiah 3244   Fields will be
bought for silver, and deeds will be signed,
sealed and witnessed in the territory of
Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in
the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill
country, of the western foothills and of the
Negev, because I will restore their fortunes,
declares the Lord.
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1982 Hebrew becomes official language of
IsraelHebrew was the language of the Jewish
people in Biblical times, and most of the Old
Testament was written in Hebrew. The language
dies out over time but is revived in the 1900s.
In 1982, it becomes Israels official language.
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1983 Israel become a top exporter of crops and
fruit many agricultural scientist go to Israel
to see how they made the dessert bloom
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Here is Isaiah 276   In days to come Jacob will
take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill
all the world with fruit.
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Here is Isaiah 4118-20   I will make rivers
flow on barren heights, and springs within the
valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of
water, and the parched ground into springs. I
will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia,
the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the
wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so
that people may see and know, may consider and
understand, that the hand of the Lord has done
this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
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Here is Ezekiel 3633-35   This is what the
Sovereign Lord says On the day I cleanse you
from all your sins, I will resettle your towns,
and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land
will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in
the sight of all who pass through it. They will
say, This land that was laid waste has become
like the garden of Eden the cities that were
lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now
fortified and inhabited. Here is Joel
222   Be not afraid, O wild animals, for the
open pastures are becoming green. The trees are
bearing their fruit the fig tree and the vine
yield their riches.
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Israel would again become a prosperous landBible
passage Joel 222Written about 400
BCFulfilled 1980s   In Joel 222, the prophet
said that God will again make the land of Israel
productive again. After centuries of being
desolate, Israels land is again fruitful. Food
is one of modern Israels most important exports.
Millions of trees have been planted and a vast
network of irrigation canals have been built
during the past 200 years by Jews who have
returned to their ancient homeland from countries
around the world.
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Here is Isaiah 351-2   The desert and the
parched land will be glad the wilderness will
rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will
burst into bloom it will rejoice greatly and
shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given
to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon they
will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of
our God.
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Israels land would again become fruitfulBible
passage Zechariah 812Written between 520 and
518 BCFulfilled 1980s   Here is Zechariah
812   The seed will grow well, the vine will
yield its fruit, the ground will produce its
crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I
will give all these things as an inheritance to
the remnant of this people. Today, Israel is
able to export food to many countries.Scientists
are still trying to figure out how they made the
dessert bloom!
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1989 The Iron Curtain fell, allowing Jews to
leave Russian and go back to IsraelZec 26 "Ho
there! Flee from the land of the north," declares
the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four
winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.
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(Isaiah 568) The Lord GOD, who gathers the
dispersed of Israel, declares, Yet others I will
gather to them, to those already gathered.This
fully began to happen in 1989!
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Review
Israel Nation Established
Israel back in Jerusalem
Israel Gathered
Israel dispersed
70 AD 1917 1948
1967
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2000Josephs Tomb Burned OC Register , Sunday
- Oct. 8, 2000. Arabs tore apart and burned
Josephs Tomb. It was a shrine, house, tomb,
compound synagogue.Obodiah 115-18 An end
times prophecy - Joseph's house will be a flame
The idea is that it would be burned, and it
infers it will be a catalyst for end time events.
Israel's Defense state that Palestinians can not
be trusted with the Temple Mount because of
Joseph's Tomb!
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In Obadiah we are told that in the last days,
when the nations are about to be judged,
JosephsTomb would be a flame. I find it very
significant this event took place. The word in
the Bible for tomb in this passage can also mean
house. See below.Also, in that same passage
it says Jacobs house will be a fire (different
word than flame), and Essaus house a stuble.
Palistiinians are Essaus house (Edomites),
Israel is Jacobs house.
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Now they just need to rebuild their Temple The
1st Red Heifer Born in Israel in over 2000
years!Updated April 8th, 2002The rabbis found
her to be kosher and were satisfied that this
heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in
the process of purification described in the book
of Numbers, chapter 19.
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Zec 122 "Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a
cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples.
The siege of Jerusalem will also be against
Judah. Zec 123 On that day I will make
Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All
who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all
the nations of the earth will gather against it.
We were told that Israel would be the focal
point of the world in the last days!
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WEFThey are getting ready for their annual
meeting. The top concerns for the world today
areIsrael Iran Afghanistan North Korea
Americas EconomyChinas slow growth The
decline of the dollar
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Isa 520 Woe to those who call evil good, and
good evil Who substitute darkness for light and
light for darkness Who substitute bitter for
sweet and sweet for bitter! Isa 521 Woe to
those who are wise in their own eyes And clever
in their own sight! Isa 522 Woe to those who
are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in
mixing strong drink, Isa 523 Who justify the
wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of
the ones who are in the right! Its time to get
right

• Today is the day to start building the Kingdom of
  God!
• To live as lights in a dark world

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The nations are focused on IsraelAnd those
against her are exactly the ones the Bible
predicted Psalm 83 Names ancient tribes that
would surround Israel they will conspire to
destroy her but they will fail.This alludes to
Ezekiel's prophecy of God and Magog attacking
Israel in the last days next week we will cover
this
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The Muslim nations calling for the destruction of
all Israel was predicted as wellPsa 834 They
have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a
nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no
more." Psa 835 For they have conspired
together with one mind Against You they make a
covenant Psa 836 The tents of Edom and the
Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites

• Next week we will cover the alignment of nations
  and how the current alliances line up exactly
  as the Bible predicted.
• Politically, socially, economically, in every
  way, the worlds stageis set for the last days.
• We will also get into what happens next according
  to scripture

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Matt2433So, you too, when you see all these
things, recognize that He is near, right at the
door. 34Truly I say to you, this generation will
not pass away until all these things take place.
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• These truly are exciting times
• Rom 1311 Do this, knowing the time, that it is
  already the hour for you to awaken from sleep
  for now salvation is nearer to us than when we
  believed.
• Rom 1312 The night is almost gone, and the day
  is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of
  darkness and put on the armor of light.
• Its time to Stand Strong!

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We need to study these things!

• 1Ti 412 Let no one look down on your
  youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct,
  love, faith and purity, show yourself an example
  of those who believe.
• 1Ti 413 Until I come, give attention to the
  public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and
  teaching.
• 1Ti 414 Do not neglect the spiritual gift
  within you, which was bestowed on you through
  prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands
  by the presbytery.
• 1Ti 415 Take pains with these things be
  absorbed in them, so that your progress will be
  evident to all.
• 1Ti 416 Pay close attention to yourself and to
  your teaching persevere in these things, for as
  you do this you will ensure salvation both for
  yourself and for those who hear you.