Israel…standing alone…
Right now, in a sense, Jerusalem is surrounded by armies. By that I mean, all around that tiny nation are hostile enemies that have a desire to see Israel removed from the face of the earth.
There is this amazing almost global resentment and hostility against Israel with no logical reasoning. Israel at this moment has the support of Australia, England and the USA but as we draw closer to the coming of the Lord for His church, tragically this support will fall away leaving Israel ultimately standing alone in world politics.
Australia and the other nations enjoy God’s blessing whilst it and they support Israel but this will be lost once our government eventually joins the popular swing away from Israel to our tragic detriment as a nation. Gen 12:3
In that day when Israel is abandoned and vulnerable, it will be then that God will intervene for these His chosen people, the Jewish nation. According to the prophet Ezekiel God will personally step in and defend her…
Ezekiel 38: 18-23 – “And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “that My fury will show in My face. 19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, 20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.’ 21 I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”
God will judge 5/6ths of the invading northern army and this will result in an amazing victory for Israel and a nationwide revival in the land of Israel, the land of our Saviour Jesus Christ! Israel today sadly, is a largely secular nation with the average Israeli not a person of faith. But after God’s divine intervention, many will turn back to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
But more importantly they will turn to Jesus as the Messiah and God will pour out His Spirit on the nation of Israel once again!
What we are witnessing at the moment are the moving of the ‘pawn’s, the setting up for what lies ahead. Indeed we are living in the most exciting days. May we pray for God’s precious people Israel.
May you continue to pray about joining with us in January 2014 as we head to this blessed land of the Bible. Until then, should the Lord tarry, let us be watching the amazing prophecies of the Bible continue to unfold before our eyes.
Let us always remember they are and always will be God’s chosen people and they are the natural branch whilst we are the unnatural branch who have been allowed to receive also God’s blessing and grace, that is His church.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
May you and I as we walk in Christ’s grace and peace, may we never leave Israel standing alone but may we follow the very heart of God and continue to always pray for this blessed people – the children of God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!