| Israel in the End Time
WHAT RIGHTS DO THE JEWS HAVE
These boxes on our chart are spaced far enough
apart for us to print the various scriptures that are to be fulfilled
before the last week of Daniel starts; but remember, Each of
these boxes just brings you a little closer to that week. Since
1967, when Israel pressed her borders out like she did, she has
been constantly, every month, every year contested by those who
say, You have no right to be there: You have to give it up. You
have to return to your 1948 borders. Time and time again, heads
of Arab states have said the same thing. That tells me Israel
has not been living back in this land with the inhabitants dwelling
safely. They have been living in jeopardy. That is why some time
back, when they had that rocket bombardment from Lebanon, thousands
of Jews had to quickly go into bomb shelters and stay there for
hours. That tells me Israel right now is not living in her land
in safety. It is because she does not have secure borders. Up
until now, the Jews have been willing to tolerate the presence
of Arabs in places they scripturally ought to have: simply because
it is not yet time for them to have all of their land. Ezekiel
38 and 39 still have to be fulfilled before the week of Daniel
can start; so do you know what that tells me? Some time before
those scriptures are fulfilled, something has to take place that
allows Israel to be dwelling safely in her own land. Just notice
Ezekiel 38:8-12, as God speaks to the leader of Russia and her
coharts concerning Israel. (8) After many days thou shalt
be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land
that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many
people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and
they shall dwell safely all of them. (9) Thou shalt
ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover
the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
(10) Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that
at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and
thou shalt think an evil thought: (11) 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, (12)
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon
the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people
that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle
and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. That will
never be a description of the people of Israel until after something
has happened that allows them to get their enemies out of their
midst and away from their borders. That is why I said, Do you
know what that tells me? That tells me this, that between now
and where we will be then, in time, Israel is going to pass through
a short interval of time that God is going to cause those leaders
to get their heads together, take a good look at their situation
and circumstances and say, We will go it alone, without any help
from western allies, for our own safety's sake. When God turns
them loose, you rest assured, He will turn them loose in a way
that His power will be with them. When they get finished, they
will have pushed their potential enemy far enough away from their
places of living and dwellings, they will no longer have to worry
about these antagonists, these hostile Arabs anymore. Something
has to trigger a thing like that though; and that causes me to
ask myself, Could that be why God has saved old mad man Hussein
from receiving what he deserves? God may want to show this world
that He has a little nation that is very capable of taking care
of him when He turns them loose. They could very well be the
one's that will put him to sleep. They will not go to within
a short little distance of Baghdad and stop short of doing their
job. No. They will know exactly where that old boy is, if it
comes to that. They will go right in after him and put him to
sleep. Most of the Christian people in the western nations do
not realize that for many centuries there has been a long existing
rivalry between two camps of this Islamic belief. After Mohammad,
the first one, died and the next leaders, (sort of like what
we call bishops) came along to take over the leadership of the
faith, eventually, as it began to spread out into the various
territories, there came to be a division. At first, it was preached
and proclaimed among mainly Arab people: Those in Saudi Arabia
and those in the area we know as Jordan. But later as it began
to spread out and go into Egypt, and across North Africa, Ethiopia,
and then to Syria, Turkey and those regions, there developed
a difference. Those people were not Arabs; and they are not Arabs
today. I want to stress that: They are not Arabs; but they do
have the same religion the Arabs have. They are Muslims: following
the religious practices founded by their prophet Muhammad. Now
the people in this region, down in here like this, they are known
as the Sunnite Moslems; but those like over here in Persia, Turkey
and around over here are the Shiites. They are the ones you hear
so much about in the news. The Shiites are the ones ready to
press for a holy war. Out of that element of Shiite Moslem comes
the terrorist type people. This ought to tell the western Christians
why even today, though Saudi Arabia has not been as antagonistic
against Israel as Persia and those, she still holds to that faith
of Islam. The same way with the regions here in Jordan: they
are of the Islam faith. With that in mind, let us try to look
at it this way: Here are all the Arabs, the Ammonites, the Moabites,
and the Edomites. Then from there we go to Saudi Arabia, all
of that is actually descendants of Abraham by the flesh. Somewhere
if God is to get one goat, one ounce of gold, out of those regions
to fulfill the scriptures you read here in Isaiah 60, then you
have to understand that between now and that time, God is going
to use Israel to do something over here. Not in Saudi Arabia,
but right here. Because here are the ones that Jeremiah, Isaiah
and those prophets all spoke about, how they had done the Israelis
back in the beginning of the Babylonian invasion. God said He
remembered them. Because of that, these same areas would become
a possession of Israel in these latter times. So that is ahead
of us; and not very far away. In all probability we are going
to begin to see things start changing in the Middle East. However
soon we are to see Jerusalem put in position to eventually be
inhabited by Jews and the temple rebuilt, that is how soon we
can expect God to turn Israel loose, to do what she will have
to do. When He does, there will be miraculous things done on
the field of battle once again. That is going to be God's way.
I have to stress this, brothers and sisters, whoever you are,
wherever you are, read your Bible! When God does these things,
He is doing it for two purposes. To change the heart of these
people, who right now are Israel's hindrance to these scriptures
being fulfilled. If Israel is to be living in safe borders and
in the land dwelling safely, keep in mind, it means when Ezekiel
38 and 39 is fulfilled, Israel's enemies who are all in this
area, will no longer be her enemies. They will have been put
to rest. That is why when Israel does that, Israel will loose
that potential hazardous thing of Arabs being constantly harassing
her all the time. That does not mean God has destroyed the Islamic
belief in all these other nations; but it will definitely put
these Arab states to rest. Furthermore as He does this, He will
do it in a way that He will be glorified, because this is some
of the ways God begins to prepare the heart of people in the
world, to cause them to begin to realize He is with Israel. Turn
to Isaiah 60. When we read this, I would like for us to read
it with the fact in mind that Isaiah 49 goes right with it, and
at the same time. Why? Because Isaiah 49 tells us in two different
places how the inhabitants of old Jerusalem will be far removed.
While Israel is allowing these Arabs to live there self governed,
there is no purpose in Israel removing them. When they are allowed
over in the Gaza Strip to live there under self government, Israel
is not removing them; but as we get closer to the hour when Jerusalem
must be put in prophetic position, to be inhabited as it states
in the 49th chapter, there is no way that city can be actually
renovated and made new, as long as you have three fourths of
it occupied by Arabs. That prophecy cannot be fulfilled with
Arabs sitting there. That is why we have to realize Israel is
going to be compelled by circumstances in that hour, to see what
she shall do in order to guarantee this thing to be a success.
So as she puts everything to rest, as I have said before, Right
there is where they all belong, because that is where most of
them came from. A lot of the people in the Gentile world do not
even realize that. They say, well they were born there. Sure
they were born there, but their ancestors did not come from the
land of Israel. They came from across the river. That is why
you have to look at it like that. When we look at Jerusalem,
and God says He will make her a cup of trembling, just wait until
the hour comes that the Arabs lay Jerusalem on the conference
table saying, We want our independence. We want self government
too: like the others have. You can rest assured, if we are close
to the hour this prophecy is to drop in place, there is going
to be problems in Jerusalem. There is no doubt it will help set
in motion Israel's necessity to use her military forces. When
that time does come, God is going to cause her to go forth in
such a miraculous way, He is literally going to strip that Arab
world of that old Mohammedan belief that Mohammad was the last
prophet. They all believe in Moses. They all believe Jesus was
a teacher; but they believe that Mohammad was the last prophet.
They deny that there has been a greater One than Mohammad; so
God has to strip that belief out of them. He will do it when
He causes their eyes to behold how He magnifies Himself before
them. Let us read here in Isaiah 60, the 5th verse. From the
5th verse on, I want to move you through time. From the 5th verse
on, you are right here somewhere. (pointing to chart) Israel
has the city. Israel is ready to build the temple and this whole
Arab world knows what she is doing. Among the Gentiles, there
is a people here also, who will know what Israel is up to. "Then
thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee."
The word converted, there, has nothing whatsoever to do with
their soul's salvation. It is talking about material possessions,
material things being converted from something they were destined
to be used for, and given into the hands of Israel, to be used
to help fulfill a prophetic cause. (6) "The multitude
of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah;
all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense;
and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord." Let
us not forget what it says in Haggai 2, a scripture we used in
our other message, how those two prophets stood there when that
second temple was dedicated, seeing people standing there that
had seen the first temple, and they were saying in their heart,
This is such a small place compared to the one I saw when
I was a child. The prophet Haggai was anointed to speak
these words, The silver and gold is mine saith the Lord. Meaning,
when it is time for me to have a larger house, and a better house,
I will bring the gold and silver necessary. God knows where all
of it is. God is not in the process of trying to find the Lost
Dutchman's Mine somewhere out in our western desert. Even though
the western nations are bankrupt, God still knows where all the
money is. I have to believe they will talk about how to lower
the deficit from now until Jesus comes. Listen to this; and ask
yourself a simple question, In the light of the way the Arabs
are right now, can you imagine how anything could ever cause
these scriptures to be fulfilled? Just notice, "The multitude
of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah;
all they from Sheba shall come: (where is that? Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad came from this place, Midian.) they shall bring gold
and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord."
When? When Israel is right here, inhabiting and changing
the old city and is in the process of building her temple. That
causes me to ask the question, How will the Arab world be persuaded
to do that, when presently they feel the way they do about the
people of Israel? I challenge anyone, Take a trip to Saudi Arabia
today, and say to the king, I am sent as an emissary from Israel:
We want to build our temple and wonder if you would like to contribute
anything? What do you think his response would be? I say he would
call for his body guards and have them escort you right out the
door. You know how they feel about Israel today. It would require
something out of the ordinary to get them to change their mind's.
Well there is coming an hour, (and we do not want to put it way
over here in the Millennium) when they will contribute generously
to Israel's cause. It is going to be right here, (right at the
time for the week of Daniel) because, when you read Revelation
11, you plainly see that John was given a reed to measure the
temple and the altar and them that worship therein. That goes
to show, when those two prophets prophesy in the first part of
that week, the temple has been erected and the altar and sacrifice
is back in operation. It will be just like it says, out of Midian
and Sheba, Saudi Arabia, comes gold and incense to offer upon
His altar. Well let us go further, where it mentions the people
of these other regions. (7) "All the flocks of Kedar
(That is of one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah, his second
wife.) shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth
(That is another son of Abraham by Keturah.) shall minister
unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar,
and I will glorify the house of my glory." Actually,
when you put that down in every day language, here comes sheep
and goats from these regions, in the far regions of the country
of Jordan, way back in Bedouin country, where evidently there
are sheep today if you could see them and see the light of the
scripture, you can say, One of these days out of these flocks
there will be sheep, voluntarily chosen by their owners who will
say, I want to take them to Jerusalem, because I want my brethren,
the Jews, to have some of these to offer upon their altar. You
need to be mindful of the fact that Israel does not even have
an animal breeding program yet. They are talking about it. They
are talking about getting the red heifer. Yet talking about getting
her and actually taking the necessary steps to activate such
a program are two different things. That is what they will have
to do in order that they might have the red heifers as well as
all the sheep and goats they will need. These things are things
offered on the altar of sacrifice every day, once that hour arrives.
Just think though where these would be coming from. From the
very regions where today a Jew could not get enough wool to make
an ear muff, let alone what God has said here. I say, That should
tell someone something: like, that God intends to strip that
bunch of Arabs of that old Islamic belief. In other words, when
He can make them look like they have prayed to Allah so long
and he hasn't heard them, maybe they will remember their ancestors
prayed to God the same as Abraham did. Anyhow it says, "They
shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, (Listen to this:
Here comes the silver and gold) and I will glorify the house
of my glory." There is only one house God is talking
about there; and that is the temple of Revelation 11, that John
saw, and the angel said, "Rise, and measure the temple
of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein." When
you go on down through Isaiah 60, you find other verses like
verse 10 for instance: "And the sons of strangers shall
build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee:
for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy
on thee." In other words you find a description of how
God, by the same process, has touched the hearts of Gentile people.
Not to the point of making Christians out of them; but He has
touched the hearts of Gentile people to make them sympathetic,
and cause them to become concerned. When we were building this
building in 1967 and that six day war was going on, and it was
announced that it was over, more than one voice on the radio
and television was saying, That had to be an act of God. It had
to be an act of God: is what they were saying. They do not talk
like that anymore; but they soon will again. They have forgotten
all about how God intervened in that war for Israel: which just
goes to show man's heart is hardened. After twenty some years,
man's heart is so hardened they cannot see God doing anything
anymore. They have learned more about the dinosaurs in the last
few years than they will ever know about God. What they have
found out about dinosaurs has caused some archaeologists and
scientists to change their view. Well I have said before, No
doubt they will keep on changing until Jesus comes. Then they
are going to change a lot more; because He is going to make them
see something that will line up with this book. These scriptures
sure give us a chance to see that God has a way of touching Gentiles
when He gets ready to though. Thinking back through the years,
Israel, while they have been scattered among the nations, never
did take up the trades of professionals, in the sense of being
architects, designers of buildings, construction engineers, and
that type of things. No. They have been doctors, scientists,
professors, investors in world money, school teachers and all
such. Those things have been their professions. Running a department
store, running a fruit stand, and you name it: there is where
you would find the Jewish people in their every day activities.
I ask you though, Have you ever heard of a construction crew
foreman by the name of Rubenstein? That is just a name that came
to my mind; and I only use it to make my point. I use it to identify
it from some Gentile name. You do not find men by that name on
a construction job. Why do I say all that? Well when you read
verses 9 and 10, which say, "Surely the isles shall wait
for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from
far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of
the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath
glorified thee. And the sons of strangers shall build up thy
walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath
I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee,"
it causes you to see some things in a different way. Now this
lets me know God has Jerusalem back in hand. The Jews have control
of it. They are demolishing everything that looks like run down
slums. I have to say it like this, Somewhere across this nation
we live in, and somewhere around this world in different nations,
whether in Europe or the Orient, by the time God does in the
Middle East what He is going to do, and Israel takes that military
swing and does valiantly on the field of battle, and God shows
wonderful things insomuch that the heathen put their hands over
their mouths and are confounded at all they see, Don't tell me
there will not be some wealthy construction investors of different
sorts have their heart's touched and want to help those that
God is fighting for. When that war is all over and they begin
to hear that Israel is now ready to take Jerusalem and begin
to renovate it and renew it, I cannot help but believe there
will be some professional contractors, men of architectural trades
that knows how to build and get the job done, men who have the
equipment and all the means to get to work, that God will just
simply reach out and touch their heart's, like, I need you. Come
to Jerusalem. Let us read it again. "And the sons of
strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister
unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have
I had mercy on thee." Yes saints, even though the nations
are broke, somewhere across this earth there will be certain
world leaders that God will touch and cause them to want to do
what these scriptures say. Remember, God knows exactly where
all the gold and silver is. (Isa. 60:11) "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,
(The word forces, does not apply to military forces, it applies
to material forces.) and that their kings may be brought.
(12) For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee (in
the process of what we are talking about, the rebuilding of the
walls and the temple) shall perish; yea, those nations shall
be utterly wasted. (Listen to this next verse.) "The glory
of Lebanon shall come unto thee, (The only glory Lebanon
has is an ancient park. It was a park that was turned into a
national park many years ago because they say there are cedar
trees there 5000 years old. Out of that same forest, cedar trees
were cut in the days when King Solomon had cedar timbers brought
from Lebanon. They stated in one article I read, that this park
has, according to their estimate, several hundred of these ancient
trees. Can you not see why it was turned into a state park. God
did not want everyone around cutting all that beautiful timber:
He wanted to preserve some of it to go into His house.) the
fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify
(Just listen to these words.) the place of my sanctuary; and
I will make the place of my feet glorious." Do you know
what it says in Haggai chapter 2? God says this, The glory of
this latter house will be greater than the former. When you read
the following verses, they will tell you how God will glorify
that house. He will do it by upgrading the types of material.
Where they used wood in Solomon's temple, they will use iron.
Where they used iron in Solomon, they will use brass. Where they
used brass before, they will use silver. For silver, they will
use gold this time, and on and on like that. He will update the
beauty and splendor of that temple. That is all to be done by
Israel as that week Daniel is ready to become activated.
WHEN WILL THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR BE FOUGHT
We will be going into Ezekiel 38: to take a look
at something else that must transpire before the week of Daniel
is activated. I realize people will say, Bro. Jackson, I just
do not understand: Why does God wait that late to do these things?
When He sets these scriptures in motion, that brings us close
to the week, Israel is in the process of rebuilding the city
and the temple. Brothers and sisters, I refuse to be a fanatic;
but if you can see these scriptures like they should be, there
is no doubt in my mind that it will take that Ezekiel war being
fought just a few short months before the week of Daniel actually
is initiated. It is that type of condition being brought on,
that causes the western world, out of impatience, to negotiate
with Israel for some kind of world peace plan. You have to keep
in mind all the miracles that God will have done to bring Israel
to her position by the time that Ezekiel war is over that causes
many people of the world to begin to realize that God is with
Israel for the duration; but none of that will change the devil's
plan. There were a lot of people that heard the same men say
what I heard said about the six day war, that did not see one
single solitary thing. They would not acknowledge God, no matter
what happens. They will always say, Oh, they are all a bunch
of fanatics. They always have to bring religion into it. There
are people that think like that continually: masses of them.
Then there are a lot of people who think this Ezekiel war is
something that will be dragged out over a long period of time.
When you really read that 38th chapter, it is another war of
such miraculous proportions, I can say that the Israeli army
is not even in position to defend itself by the time it is over.
God does the defending. That is how you have to look at it. Who
starts this war in Ezekiel 38? Not the Arabs down here in Jordan
and Saudi Arabia: they are at peace with Israel by that time.
When you read chapters 38 and 39, you see that it is Gog in Russia,
the leader of the land of Magog, Meshech and Tubal and those,
that start this thing, this sweep against Israel. Then you see
that it is the people down here (the Arabs that are already at
peace with Israel) that will say to them, What did you come here
for? Did you come to take a spoil, to take a prey? That lets
me know those people are at peace with Israel. They are ready
to speak in defense of them; because they have already been put
in their place prior to that time. It will be this other bunch
of Moslems over in Persia, the old Shiite bunch, that will be
coming with Gog to fight the Ezekiel 38 war. They are the ones
that were behind the bombing of the World Trade Center. They
are the same ones that would bomb some of the tunnels underneath
the Hudson. They are the ones that even planned to bomb the U.N.
building. They have a lot of things in mind. They want to terrorize
this western world. It is that old Shiite bunch. God is going
to put them to sleep also before very long. Believe me saints,
He will do exactly that. That is why you see old Iran (Persia)
aligned with Russia. You see Ethiopia. Right now you would not
think so. You see Libya, which is on the other side of Egypt.
You see the house of Togarmah, which is Turkey. That is where
Christianity started out when it came to us Gentiles. However
today, there are more Islamic people in Turkey than there are
Greek Orthodox "Christians." That is why it is those
Islamic people who are going to say, Now we will show that nation
of Israel that they are not so mighty. Well maybe not; but they
have a mighty God fighting for them. That is exactly the way
God has designed it. Remember saints, The Bible tells us that
God Himself will put hooks in their jaws and bring them against
Israel. (Ezekiel 38:4) "And I will turn thee back, and
put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all
thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all
sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords." You who live to see those
two prophetic days of Hosea chapter 6, verse 2, coming to a climax
to make way for the last week of Daniel's seventy weeks will
be here to see this Ezekiel 38 war fought. You will see a war
that is going to shake this entire world. When I say that, I
can just hear my critics say, That Jackson has gone crazy: He
is ready to predict this and that. Well as I have said before,
Just stick around: Time will tell the story. When you read Ezekiel
38 and 39, just remember, if Israel's intelligence was good enough
back in 1982, that they knew there were caves in Lebanon filled
with munitions, supplies ready for some kind of secret attack
on Israel, it will still be good enough to meet the next challenge.
Israel knew by their intelligence, that ships coming from different
parts of the world had been coming through and unloading at Beirut,
Lebanon. They were loaded with certain munitions, but their surveillance
photography could never spot where they were stored. Why? Because
they were underground. When Israeli intelligence found that out,
that is why there was a war of 82: They went in after those PLO's;
and you know the outcome. They found rifles, ammunition, mortar,
and all kinds of weaponry. They were ready to sell it to help
them pay for the war they fought in 82. That was in the Jerusalem
Post. Now if their intelligence is that good, that they can know
that somewhere there is a bunch of people getting ready to launch
an attack against them, and they knew how to take care of that,
then think of this Ezekiel 38 thing like this, There will not
be big convoys of trucks coming from Russia down through Turkey,
and big convoys of infantry and troops coming out of Libya across
Egypt toward Israel. Neither is it Ethiopian troops coming across
the Red Sea by amphibious landing. Neither is it soldiers from
Iran, (which is old Persia) coming through to Syria in a long
convoy. The Israeli Air Force would knock them all out before
they could get there. Common sense will tell you that. On the
other hand let us just say, If Russian technicians have been
compelled by conditions at that hour, to realize, If we are to
attack Israel like this, then we will have to bring about a surprise
attack; and the only surprise attack they can muster up will
be a complete air drop. An air drop is none other than bringing
in huge airplanes loaded with paratroopers, ready to drop about
ten thousand in certain spots, with all the equipment they will
need for such an attack. I remember, back some years ago, many
of the Trinitarian preachers began talking about the Ezekiel
war; and they were telling that Russia was raising horses by
the thousands, getting ready for that time, because the Bible
tells how he will bring horsemen with the shield and bucklers
and all that stuff. Brothers and sisters listen to me: You do
not burn metal shields. That is a lot of nonsense. The prophet
at that time, portrayed the picture according to the only kind
of military things he could see in his day. God uses that kind
of language; but for our day, when you talk about horses in a
situation like this, convert those horses to horse power. Think
of those huge diesel tanks and all that type of stuff. Imagine
certain planes set at a certain spot loaded with paratroopers
and all kinds of supplies. Every wave of them are planned to
cross over Israel in a certain dropping zone. Well God will not
keep them from coming against Israel; but He will sure make them
sorry they did. Let us take a better look at some of these scriptures
here in Ezekiel 38. We do not want to be repetitious; but there
are things in this chapter I would like for us to take a serious
look at. I am talking mainly to the young people now. Why do
I say that? If I could have gone to church when I was inducted
into the army, and could have known the scriptures of prophecy
that were already hanging over mankind, the scriptures that begin
to set the stage for a picture of events that this horrible war
is going to help shape when time and conditions are in line for
it, I am sure I could have lived with a different picture and
concept about the whole thing. During the war, we did not hear
much about how many Jews were being killed because there was
little accuracy in knowing what was going on, in the information
realm. It was not until the war was over and the files of the
Germans and things like that began to fall into the hands of
the Allied Intelligence, that these things begin to be leaked
out to the news media. Even then there were things held back
until the intelligence forces felt like everything was secure,
the way they wanted. They did not want to picture something that
had existed, if it had the possibility of frightening people.
I am sure today that intelligence sources in our country, as
well as in others, know things, that if they were known to the
world we might be sitting here today with a different concept
of how to look toward the future. The Bible has been constructed
in such a way as to keep hidden certain things until such times
a they will soon become applicable. That is because God did not
give the individual prophets the whole story from beginning to
end, but rather anointed each one to write of certain future
events; and that way the Holy Spirit is the only One that can
put the whole picture together. Many of the end time prophecies
were written hundreds of years apart; and were not given as a
continuous thought apart from other things. Various holy men,
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost to speak a present tense
rebuke to a certain generation, would also speak certain things
here and there that would apply only at the end time. That is
one reason your intelligent mind's of this day and hour get things
so mixed up: they have nothing inside of them to sort out the
verses of scripture and put the picture together. Yes saints,
God certainly knew how to hide the revelation of His word from
the wise and prudent and reveal it to all who would walk with
Him in present day truth down through the ages of time. There
was no reason for saints of other ages to have the revelation
and understanding of end time prophecies the way God has seen
fit to reveal them to us in this hour. That is why many times
people can read over these certain verses of scripture without
even realizing the depth of what they pertain to. However the
closer we get to the end of time, the clearer they become to
the true bride people. Certain things just begin to stand out
and fit right in with other things you are looking at. The importance
of them is for our learning as time moves on. I do not wish to
bore people with these things, and especially not the young people
who listen to me; but I do feel that since we are so close to
two thousand years since the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior
and the beginning of the grace age, we need to be aware of the
fact that prophesied events pointing to the end time are going
to be coming to their climax very rapidly from here on out to
the end. Therefore all those who desire to be ready to meet the
heavenly Bridegroom when He comes for His bride, ought to earnestly
meditate upon these things the Holy Spirit is revealing to the
Church in this hour of time and let our time be spent in endeavoring
to be pleasing to Him. Let me again say, We are not attempting
to set a day and hour for the return of our Lord for His bride
Church; but we definitely are saying to you that the scriptures
declare very clearly, that after two days (2000 years of the
grace age) God will again be dealing exclusively with the Jews
in the seventieth week of Daniel, to give them the revelation
we have been so blessed to receive: That the Jesus their forefathers
crucified, is in reality the Messiah they have all longed to
see. Will they all receive the revelation? No. But those foreknown
of the Father will. If Jesus would come to the nation of Israel
tomorrow, as He came almost two thousand years ago, there are
those in Israel right now that would deal with Him the same way
their forefathers did. They would get rid of Him somehow. However
when He comes back in person, He will be coming as King of kings:
to rule this old earth with a rod of iron; and there will not
be one single person on the face of the earth that can resist
Him. All the forces of heaven will stand with Him as He takes
control: the Grace Age Bride Church included. For those who have
made themselves ready, there is a glorious event just ahead;
but for those who have spurned this revelation, and those who
have out rightly rejected the wooing of the Spirit of God, there
is much anguish ahead for them.
ALL THINGS ARE FALLING INTO PLACE
When we look at Europe today, the ten horned beast,
geographically, is all in place. It is just that a few more diplomatic
and economic factors still need to be worked out. Nevertheless
all those things will work out precisely the way God wants them
to when the hour has arrived that the world's antichrist in western
Europe is definitely to be introduced to the world. Needless
to say, There is a precise order for the various events that
are yet ahead; and God Himself is the only one that knows exactly
when and how they will be brought to pass. We can only project
an outline based upon what the Spirit of God has revealed to
this date. The little chart we have drawn up will help you follow
the chain of events right on into the week of Daniel; but beyond
that week you have the wrath of God and the Millennium. I realize
this chart may not appear in proportion to the various times
represented on the time line; but we had to make it larger in
places in order to get in all the scriptures; because we are
dealing in a generation here in the end time, a generation that
will live to see the end. We have gone back to 1939 in our projection
of this generation; because that is when these verses of scripture
really began to come into focus; and when God began to set conditions
in motion that will eventually bring about the fulfillment of
them all. Then we come to this junction in time, 1948, the time
we look to as the rebirth of the nation of Israel. Here is how
we look at the rebirth of the nation of Israel after the terrible
war period. These are verses of scripture that stand out exclusively.
Here is a chapter that deals exclusively with the city of Jerusalem
itself, something which no doubt is soon coming up. This is an
episode we are approaching. Actually it is because of this chapter
and prophecy concerning Jerusalem, that we really begin to look
at how this will all take place. These are mere windows portraying
how you look through time as these verses of prophecy begin to
hang over that period of time, to see them in their fulfillment.
This line represents 2000 years of calendar time from 33 A.D.,
the crucifixion of Christ, to the year 2000 A.D. While it is
pointing here, we want you to understand when we break this calendar
time down, we are looking at 2000 years of prophetic time, and
you go to Hosea 6 where it says in verse 2, after two days shall
the Lord revive us. That is coming up. When you read that, you
have to ask, How could God revive a people if they are still
scattered among the nations? Well my point is, we have a fixed
scripture that tells us where this revival is going to take place.
No other time than in the first half of Daniel's seventieth week,
could this scripture apply. That is why the 11th chapter of Revelation
fits right in there, along with the 7th chapter. The 7th chapter
will tell you exactly how many certain men will be sealed away
with the seal of God (the Holy Ghost). We also have to realize
that there is another element of Israeli's that are portrayed
in the 12th chapter of Revelation; and they are portrayed as
the woman, having two wings of an eagle. So both the 7th chapter
and the 12th chapter must be included all in the same time factor,
right in here. In the first half of that week the 144 thousand
servants of God are sealed in their foreheads; and in the middle
of that week they flee to the nations preaching the everlasting
gospel; and the woman element flees into the wilderness, into
a place God has already prepared for her, that she may be fed
and protected while the antichrist is trying his best to annihilate
all who have trust in God. That is why the last 3 1/2 years of
that week are commonly referred to by those who have that revelation,
as the great tribulation. The Bible speaks of it as a time like
there has never been before, and never will be again after that.
THE TWO DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS OF TIME
Let me at this time remind you once again that
we are dealing with two different calculations of time from the
advent of Christ to the culmination of two thousand years. Calendar
time, which is what the world uses, is 365 1/4 days to the year;
and that runs from the time of the birth of Christ, in that controversial
span of a couple of years that historians have trouble agreeing
upon. Some say He was born two years before the death of king
Herod, others say three years and so on; but for the sake of
expressing what we are looking at, we will just say it is two
thousand years of calendar time from the birth of Christ to the
year 2000 A.D. Then when we look at prophetic time, which is
the time all of God's prophecies are measured by, a prophetic
year is exactly 360 days to the year: which is a difference of
5 1/4 days to the year. Therefore as we look at these prophecies,
and at the two thousand years Hosea spoke of as two days, we
have to figure that two thousand years from the crucifixion of
Christ which was the end of the 69th week of Daniel. Then when
you get finished calculating those calendar years and converting
them into prophetic years, the two thousand prophetic years will
not finish out until somewhere between 2004 and 2005 A.D.; and
that will put time at the entrance of the seventieth week of
Daniel. It may sound confusing just to hear it; but if you care
enough to figure it out yourself, you will see that it is very
simple. You will have two thousand prophetic years between the
end of the 69th week of Daniel and the beginning of the 70th
week. When we do get one of the chart's we are using into your
hands, I believe it will help clarify anything some of you may
still be unsure about. It is very unique, how those two thousand
years of prophetic time will coincide with two thousand years
of calendar time, with such a small margin of difference at the
end. That of course would mean, if that revival for the Jews
is not to take place until the 2000 prophetic years has reached
completeness, that the revival (which is the first half of the
week) would not start until around 2004 and 1/2. Naturally we
cannot be dogmatic about this: for it could possibly overlap
a little: maybe as much as two years. Nevertheless I am persuaded
that we are looking at a span of time of no more than 11 or so
years from now until the last week of Daniel becomes activated.
That means the bride Church has no more time than that to reach
her final phase of perfection: for when God turns His attention
back to the Jews, the Gentile bride will not be around here much
beyond that time. The reason I give a two to three year span
there at the transition time is because it says, "And
after two days He will revive us. When you go to Daniel 9:26,
where it tells you, (talking about the weeks of Daniel, especially
this 69th week which falls in the category of the 62 weeks plus
the 7, it says, "And after sixty and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off. The word after, does not mean much, much
later. I In that case it meant exactly, and immediately, the
very day that time factor was to terminate, Christ was crucified.
Of course we have to agree that it does not take 3 1/2 years
to kill a man. Why do you say that Bro. Jackson? Because He was
crucified in a day's time, but this revival is not to take place
in a day's time. It is to take place in a 3 1/2 year period of
time. That is why I give you the option of a possible overlap
of the two thousand prophetic years into the week of Daniel.
In other words, by the time those two prophetic days have terminated,
the 3 1/2 years of the first part of the week could already have
been set in motion and the revival taking place: which could
mean the revival started around 2002 A.D. "After two
days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up,
and we shall live in His sight." Either way, the reason
we are looking at it in this light, if we do not figure this
prophetic time as beginning at the crucifixion of Christ, you
have to carry it another thirty some years to 70 A.D., when the
Roman army destroyed the city and the temple; and if you do that,
this generation Jesus said would not pass away until all these
things be fulfilled, could not last another thirty some years.
That would put the week of Daniel all the way over here to 2035;
which obviously would not work out with the other scriptures.
It would mean those Jews that endured the Holocaust would have
to live to be around one hundred years old, to keep it in that
generation. The point is, a generation, as Jesus spoke of it,
should really be somewhere around seventy years: not a hundred.
Therefore using that as a guideline, we Gentile Christians really
need to keep our eye on what takes place in the Middle East.
Though they have agreed upon a plan for the Arabs to govern themselves
in Jericho and the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem is not yet ready to
negotiate with them about doing the same thing in old Jerusalem;
so this could very well be what brings Zechariah 12:2-9 to the
forefront. We have read some of these verses already; but notice
this 9th verse. "And it shall come to pass in that day,
that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against
Jerusalem." Verse 2, we have talked about, how God said
He will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all them that are
round about. Again He says, I will make Jerusalem a burdensome
stone to all them that are gathered together against her. That
means public political opinions. Listen to those world leaders,
how they are bragging. With their chest stuck out in a proud
way they are saying, We are achieving peace. Well that is what
they think. They are only preparing to eventually blow the Middle
East into what God wants it to be like. We need not look at what
is taking place as though the Jew is ready just to give up: God
is behind this thing from beginning to end. He is setting the
stage for the next prophesied event. He is moving all the actors
and players right in position. That is why I am convinced that
Gentile Christians do not have time to play around: like some
have in past days. No sir. It behooves every Gentile Christian
to begin to live each day like it could be his last. I do not
mean to frighten anyone by making some kind of hypothetical picture
out of this; but saints, Let's live for God while we can. Let's
go to work living for God. Let's go to bed living for God. Let's
go to the cornfield living for God. Let's drive nails, living
for God. If you are going to fish, live for God while you are
fishing. One thing is sure, God is going to cause some strange
happenings over there pretty soon. In one scripture it says,
He will hiss for His people. Do you know what the word hiss,
means? It is God's way of getting attention. He does not yell
out, He whispers. It is usually only that sensitive ear that
will hear a hiss. The thing is, Those who are supposed to hear
the hiss will hear it, and the rest will know nothing at all
about it. I just have to say this, He that wrote the book knew
the end from the beginning: He knows how to bring every minute
detail to pass. When we read over in Numbers, God says Israel
will do these things: They are going to possess the Moabites,
the Edomites. We brought it out earlier in the message. In Jeremiah
48, it says the same thing. Hosea 3:4-5 says Israel will abide
many days without a king, without an ephod, without a prince,
without a teraphim, and so forth. Afterward shall they return
and seek the Lord their God, in the latter days. That is right
in front of them. We are entering that era of time, the latter
days. We have been living in the last days all along; but now
we are in the latter days. This is where things will speed up.
In Micah, which is not up there on the chart yet, in the 7th
chapter, verse 12, (which we need to read before we go any further)
it fills in something else for us. Let us look at it now. It
actually goes along with these other scriptures. That one verse
goes with this category of scriptures. When Jerusalem reaches
the hour that it becomes an international problem, how are we
to look upon it? It means God has allowed time to come around
where Jerusalem is going to become the city that Israel will
absolutely remove all those Arab inhabitants from. Isaiah 49
plainly says they will be far removed. Therefore what is the
purpose of removing them? It is so Israel can set up that prophetic
program of renovating the city, tearing down the desolate ruined
walls and things that mar the looks of it, and restoring the
city to its former beauty, getting it ready for the coming of
the Messiah. Do not think when that hour has come, that men will
sit around fussing about what ought to be done for another ten
long years. God has a way of bestowing His power, getting attention
to the type of tradesmen and craftsmen He needs to get the job
done. Now as we look to the hour in front of us, you young people
might just as well get your eyes wide open to what is taking
place. I am not talking amiss. I wish I could have seen something
back in the years of WW2 of what you are getting ready to behold
in the hour you live in. Listen to this 11th verse. "In
the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the
decree be far removed." It means God's curse that He
placed upon the children of Israel in ancient times, wherein
He said as you turn your back on me, I will turn my back on you
will no longer be operative. As I took great pleasure in blessing
thee, I will take pleasure in cursing thee: He has said also.
You read that in Deuteronomy. God gave them their warning while
they were coming through the wilderness, what He would do for
them; but He also prophesied to them of the last days: showing
how merciful He can be. Here, He speaks in this verse specifically
that this miraculous display of His power is going to be displayed,
leading up to the hour old Jerusalem is definitely to be renovated,
being rid of those Arab inhabitants that have made it waste,
living there for centuries just letting the city run down and
become a desolate slum-like place. That is really what it looks
like in many areas, a slum. It stinks like a hog pen. Do you
think God is going to allow a beautiful temple to be built on
the temple mount while that hog pen around it is allowed to set
there like it is right now? No He will not. If we will just look
up, there is a picture unfolding before our eyes. You are not
going to hear this on Trinity Broadcasting, what I am saying
to you in this message. I wish I could preach it on Trinity Broadcasting
the way I see it today. (12) "In that day also he shall
come even to thee from Assyria, (This is talking about the
Jews returning.) and from the fortified cities, and from the
fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain
to mountain. (Notice now, how He breaks that thought to take
you to another thought as we read verse 13.) Notwithstanding
the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,
(That is talking about the Arab inhabitants in the land.)
for the fruit of their doings." God is looking at every
bit of it. Then He tells how He will again display His power
in that hour when Jerusalem's walls are to be rebuilt. Israel
will be in the final stages of her immigrants coming home: because
old Jerusalem, which is facing renovation and the walls being
constructed, is then going to face the opportunity to be inhabited
and possessed by Jewish immigrants coming from the ends of the
earth.
THE IMPORTANCE OF EZEKIEL 38
Let us now go back to Ezekiel 38. How many times
have we read this chapter without really realizing what it is
saying, even though in about three or four different places it
repeats itself? This lets me know this chapter is not a chapter
that can be applied just anywhere in time. It is a chapter that
can only apply right at the ending of these latter days: just
before time takes Israel into the week of Daniel. While this
era of time when Israel is fighting, that is how these scriptures
are fulfilled. We might say this, Between this unfolding and
that unfolding, could be limited into two or three year intervals,
but no more. Many people are wondering, How can Ezekiel 38 be
fulfilled the way we have thought, when the Russian empire has
already fallen apart? I have to say this, You just simply do
not know your geography. No, saints, you do not think like that.
It is because you have lived in the 20th century, when the Soviet
Union, which we commonly refer to as Russia, ran all the way
from eastern Europe to the far East Orients. That is not what
God is prophesying to here in this chapter. He is talking about
that area that starts in the area of Moscow. Moscow is a name
that is derived out of the name of the primary people, the Muscovites.
The Muscovites are the descendants of Meshech. That is how you
have to look at it. (38:1) "And the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying, (2)Son of man, set thy face against
Gog, (Now the word Gog means ruler. I do not know whether
it is Yeltsin or who: time will tell.) the land of Magog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, (There you go, Meshech.
So you are looking at a precise area, not all of Communist Russia,
but a precise area in and around the Moscow perimeter. That is
what God was looking at when His prophet saw this. He brings
it right down a strategic line coming right toward Israel.) and
prophesy against him, (3) And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold,
I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
(the progenitor of the Muscovites, which is the area of Moscow)
and Tubal: (4) And I will turn thee back, (Now
He pronounces the end before the beginning, in this verse. The
end is, I will turn thee back. But in order to turn them back,
they have to be brought forth.) and put hooks into thy jaws,
and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company
with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords."
May I say this, The prophet saw this in the 6th century B.C.
He did not know what an armored tank looked like, or a weapons
carrier. God let him see a military army coming, as Ezekiel was
used to seeing them. That is the way you have to look at this
to give it proper application in our day, when weapons of warfare
are such as Ezekiel never could have imagined. You have to transpose
the language to modern day military technology. I remember some
twenty years ago, how you could hear some of these prophetic
preachers on Radio and TV, saying, Russia is in a great program
raising horses by the thousands. They are buying blood to infuse
into these horses because they are getting ready for Ezekiel
38. I would hate to be on a horse coming down through Turkey
and Israel's Air Force coming at me. Brother you had better have
something other than a horse carrying you at a time like that.
Well Bro. Jackson, you know a horse would not show up on radar.
No but they will show up on infrared sights. I hope you have
not already forgotten the Gulf War. That should have taught some
people something: if they paid attention to what was reported.
You simply cannot hide from that. That is how they found some
of the army tanks that were camouflaged in sand pits, dugouts,
covered over. It plainly said they had to start those motors
every so many hours to keep the battery charged, especially in
that desert country. That would leave that motor generating heat.
Here comes these airplanes in for the kill. All of a sudden on
these infrared finders, they see this spot on the ground, heat
generating up. They know there is something there that shouldn't
be there. What do you think they are going to do? They blow it
to pieces. I have said that, because I know this is going overseas.
I want it to go overseas. Brethren, do not look for horses. Look
for horsepower, described in every conceivable fashion from jet
engines, to diesel engines propelling tanks and trucks and weapons
carriers of whatever sort. They are coming on horsepower, modern
technology. Where it says, "Even a great company with
bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords," you
just have to convert those swords to modern rifles, automatic
weapons and such like. I verse 5, we come to the lineup of nations
that will be coming with Gog against Israel, so notice who they
are. "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them
with shield and helmet." Persia is way over here, actually
to the right of Israel if you look at a map. It is still Islamic.
Libya is west of Egypt, Ethiopia is down south of Israel. We
have to realize this though, Togarmah and Gomer, is the land
of Turkey, so it is north of Israel. Why does the Bible mention
those four strategic areas? Because at that time they will all
still be under the influence of the Moslem religion. Somewhere
as we said earlier, when God fulfills these scriptures and Israel
makes her military sweep and takes all this land, which she will
do in a few days of time, that is going to put that old Islamic
religion in the Arab world to sleep. From right there all the
way into Saudi Arabia, you have Arabs. But Persians are not Arabs,
and neither are Libyans, Ethiopians nor Turks. They are Islamic
in their religious beliefs; but not of the Arab race of people.
Therefore it is under these scriptures that Israel is going to
put these things to sleep. By the time there is an Ezekiel 38
war, the Arabs will already be at peace with Israel. They will
be in harmony with Israel because they will no longer be under
old Mohammad's religious spell. You might say, Bro. Jackson,
Are you sure about that? Well if you had been listening, I have
repeated it many times: showing how it will come about. That
is what Zephaniah 2:11 is talking about, "The Lord will
be terrible unto them: for He will famish all the gods of the
earth; and men shall worship Him, every one from his place, even
all the isles of the heathen." Keep in mind this whole
Middle East thing is not merely a racial thing, it is a religious
thing. It is religious oriented. All the Arabs right now, along
with the rest of the Islamic world together, combined, they are
many millions of people strong. Nevertheless God is going to
strike them out, we might say. Not all at once: but in sections.
Therefore the first thing we look for, is when Numbers and those
verses of scripture are fulfilled. That is soon coming up in
front of us; and you are going to get an opportunity to see first
hand, how Israel is used by God on the field of battle, and really
see how God will invest in them wisdom, that will make the battle
Gideon fought with 300 men look like kids play in proportion
to it. We will go ahead and look at verses 6 and 7, over here
in Ezekiel 38. We cannot take time to read the whole chapter;
but there are some verses we do need to look at. "Gomer,
and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (That is Turkey.)
of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people
with thee. (7) Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou,
and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou
a guard unto them." The word guard, as used here, means
an overseer, an instructor, or an adviser. So when you read these
four different areas of people that are going to be in collaboration
with Gog and the people of Magog and so forth, you should realize
when we leave the area of the Muscovites, and start this trek
going south, we begin to come into the areas of old southern
Russia, and naturally you come into the midst of a people that
are Islamic in belief. They were Islamic when the Communists
ruled; and they are still Islamic. That is what you have to see.
Then when you come into Turkey, you see there that Islamic belief.
Therefore as we look at this lineup and try to picture the whole
situation, we just have to come to the conclusion that this war
is not a result of Russia getting angry about something and taking
it upon herself to punish Israel. No. Because if God said He
would put hooks in their jaw, this means no matter whether she
wants to participate in the endeavor or not, God is going to
force her to play her role, in the precise hour of HIS choosing.
Simply because, from these four different areas of the Moslem
world, at that hour of time, there will be millions of those
Moslems chanting, We want Israel destroyed! We want Israel
destroyed! We want Israel destroyed! By that time, they
will have seen how the Arabs themselves failed in their attempt
to do that very thing, and how they have since changed their
attitude about it all, and are in agreement with Israel. I know
my critics will say when they hear this, Jackson has gone crazy.
Well I challenge them to present their version of the fulfillment
of these prophecies and make it line up with the rest of the
word of God, and at the same time portray a picture of what is
to be the final outcome of all of this. Otherwise they should
just be willing to stick around ten more years, and then be ready
to come and tell me what they see then. This thing is coming
about in a way that will wake the world up and make the world
realize, Israel's God is the God of all gods. He puts up whom
He will, and He puts down whom He will, Just like the Bible says.
If He can put in the heart's of men, in the last days, to fulfill
His word, then He will see that every verse goes in place precisely
in the appointed time. So with this picture in mind, God says,"Be
thou a guard," an adviser, an instructor unto them.
Sure Russia is going to furnish these other areas all the high
tech military equipment, because they themselves are not manufacturers,
that puts Russia in a unique position in the whole endeavor.
None of these others are manufacturers of high tech military
equipment. Russia is. So that is why we have to understand, this
would let us know why Omar Khadafi in Libya, has strutted around
in the past number of years, looking for just one chance to get
into Israel, thinking he could make a name for himself. The hour
will come when he will get his opportunity, if he is still alive;
but he will not enjoy the name he makes for himself in doing
that. Verse 8 tells us of a visitation. Notice, "After
many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years (We
are living in the latter years. God was not talking about 1939,
1948, nor 1967: He was talking about a later time, here she comes.
It is not going to be long after that though, that this will
come into focus. We have to separate the two so we can deal with
them in their proper setting.) thou shalt come into the land
that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many
people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall
dwell safely all of them." Yes, In the latter years
thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword.
We should all be agreed upon what land that is talking about;
so from here on, is where we will begin to notice how emphatically
certain words through the prophet are spoken. God puts emphasis
on them. We do not find it worded like that in any other prophecy.
Do you know what that tells me? Since 1939, there has been the
birth of the statehood of Israel in 1948, and there has been
a constant conflict from that time until now. Look at the 1967
war. Did it settle the problem? No. Israel just pushed her borders
out a little further than those allotted to her. That is why
you see them running on this line. I want you to know, When WW2
was going on, and there was a small segment of Jews beginning
to immigrate to the land of Palestine, buying up land, settling
in these kibbutz compounds, the Arabs soon came against them.
It was a spirit at work. The Arabs began to realize the Jews
were coming home to fulfill Biblical prophecy, and they set about
to prevent it. Every kibbutz that was built, (and you that have
been with us over there, know this) had barbed wire enclosures
around it. Is that not true? In the 1967 war, when Israel took
the Golan Heights, out there in the desert valleys where they
set up those new villages, What did you find around those cities?
Chain link fences with gates. We have seen it with our own eyes:
we are not guessing about it. You have all no doubt seen what
I am referring to, as you watched World News on TV. That lets
me know one thing for sure, Israel, at that time, was not dwelling
safely. Now it is important that we study the scripture, and
pay attention to safely. I emphasize it, because it repeats itself
again, safely. Right now they are not dwelling safely. They are
trying to establish a period of such; but it will not be that
way for them until they have pushed their borders completely
out to the extent that they enclose every prophecy related to
their borders. In Ezekiel 36:10-11, we find God speaking to the
land instead of the people. Listen to it. "And I will
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it:
and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase
and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old
estates, (That applies to all of Israel's ancient borders.)
and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye
shall know that I am the Lord." Saints, that is why
it behooves us to watch these various things unfold. As we think
about this Ezekiel 38 war, notice the terminology in verse 9:
"Thou shalt ascend (What does the word ascend mean?
It means to come forth, something like that.) and come like
a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou,
and all thy bands, and many people with thee." But remember,
That will only take place after the Israeli's are dwelling safely
in all of their land: not even feeling that they need a wall
to protect them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm: That
was the part I wanted to read. You do not have to watch the horizon
six months to know a storm is in the making. Storms do not take
that long to materialize. The language is telling us, that when
this event finally comes about, it is going to be something put
together very quickly. Why? Because that is how God will move
upon the scene and the heart of the players who are to enact
this and set it in motion: After Israel is dwelling safely in
her land. Let us now go back to these prophetic scriptures and
rehearse what Israel will do. Not what Gog and Magog will do,
it is what Israel will do in this day and hour just ahead. It
is right in front of us. We may be closer to it than we even
realize. They may sign their little peace proposal with the PLO;
but in the weeks and months that follow, total chaos can break
out in the Middle East. There are too many of the PLO's in other
places: that if Israel will not let them immigrate to those self
governed places, they are going to set up a fuss also, just as
those Arabs in old Jerusalem are going to do. We want self autonomy
also: will be their cry. They are not going to get it though.
The only thing they can look for is a truck to come along, and
the Israelis to load them up and haul them somewhere else. Our
point is, This present peace effort may be just the thing God
is going to use to ignite the fuse on something that is destined
to blow wide open. CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE.
DIRECTORY OF PARTS 1-31
PART 1--MAY 1990-THE TESTING AND FALL OF SATAN
PART 2--JULY 1990-CHAPTER 2-THE TWO LAWS OF EDEN
PART 3--AUGUST 1990-THE TWO LAWS OF EDEN, CONTINUED
PART 4--OCTOBER 1990-CHAPTER 3-THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
PART 5--NOVEMBER 1990THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL, CONTINUED
PART 6--JANUARY 1991-CHAPTER 4-THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY
PART 7--FEBRUARY 1991-THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, CONTINUED
PART 8--APRIL 1991-THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, CONTINUED
PART 9--MAY 1991-THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, CONCLUDED
PART 10-JULY 1991-CHAPTER 5-THE AGE OF REGENERATION
PART 11-AUGUST 1991-THE AGE OF REGENERATION, CONCLUDED
PART 12-OCTOBER 1991-CHAPTER 6-THE FIRST RESURRECTION
PART 13-NOVEMBER 1991-THE FIRST RESURRECTION, CONCLUDED
PART 14-JANUARY 1992-CHAPTER 7-GENTILES ARE STRANGE PEOPLE
PART 15-FEBRUARY 1992-GENTILES ARE STRANGE PEOPLE, CONCLUDED
PART 16-APRIL 1992-CHAPTER 8-MEAT IN DUE SEASON
PART 17-MAY 1992-MEAT IN DUE SEASON, CONTINUED
PART 18-JULY 1992-MEAT IN DUE SEASON, CONTINUED
PART 19-AUGUST 1992-CHAPTER 9-THE WOUNDED HEAD
PART 20-OCTOBER 1992-CHAPTER 9-THE WOUNDED HEAD, CONTINUED
PART 21-NOVEMBER 1992-CHAPTER 9-THE WOUNDED HEAD, CONTINUED
PART 22-JANUARY 1993-CHAPTER 9-THE WOUNDED HEAD, CONTINUED
PARTCHAPTER 9-THE WOUNDED HEAD, CONCLUDED
PART 24-APRIL 1993- CHAPTER 10-THE RECORD OF GENESIS
PART 25-MAY 1993-CHAPTER 10, RECORD OF GENESIS, CONCLUDED
PART 26-JULY 1993-CHAPTER 11, SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL, CONTINUED
PART 27-AUGUST 1993-CHAPTER 11, SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL CONCLUDED
PART 28-OCTOBER 1993-CHAPTER 12, LOOKING FOR CLUES, CONTINUED
PART 29-NOVEMBER 1993-CHAPTER 12, LOOKING FOR CLUES, CONCLUDED
PART 30-JANUARY 1994-CHAPTER 13, LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS OF PROPHECY
PART 31-FEBRUARY 1994-CHAPTER 13, LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS, CONTINUED
Continued next issue
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