Are We Living In Biblical Times? No Doubt About It!

     Did you know that you could read about things happening today that were written in the Bible thousands of years ago? It seems like newspapers are practically plagiarizing Scripture.

     Don’t take my word for it, read the Old Testament Prophets for yourself. God warned that there would be a time when the world’s focus is on Israel:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.  And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Zechariah 12:2, 3 (NKJV).  Now that the Jews have been back in their land after being banished for nearly 2,000 years, we are seeing these Scriptures come into fulfillment.

     Consider the Scriptures that follow, and know that the conflict described in Psalm 83 has been raging with these precise enemies ever since Israel came back into existence, nearly 3,000 years after this prophecy was written. Also, the alliance predicted in Ezekiel 38 has never before existed. Do a simple Internet search of these countries and you will see that they are very much aligned with each other today.

     Prophecy involving Arabs (Ishmaelites & Hagrites), Jordan (Edom, Moab & Ammon), Lebanon (Gebal & Tyre), Syria (Assyria), Gaza (Philistia) and the rest of the Palestinians as well as all those who hate Israel (Amalek):

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Do not keep silent, O God!

     Do not hold Your peace,

     And do not be still, O God!

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;

     And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,

     And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,

     That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one consent;

     They form a confederacy against You:

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;

     Moab and the Hagrites;

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;

     Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assyria also has joined with them;

     They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

Psalm 83:1—8 (NKJV) (underlined emphasis added).

     Prophesy of an invasion of a reassembled and restored Israel led by the leader of Russia (Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech & Tubal), and followed by Iran (Persia), Sudan (Cush), Libya (Put) and Turkey (Gomer & Beth-togarmah):

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     The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

     “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.’”

Ezekiel 38:1—9 (NIV) (underlined emphasis added).

     You may have noticed that Syria, a primary ally of this horde of nations described by Ezekiel, is oddly missing. Interestingly, Isaiah made a prediction concerning Damascus, the capital city of Syria that claims to be the oldest continually inhabited city on earth, which has not yet come into fulfillment:

     Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,

And it will be a ruinous heap.

Isaiah 17:1b (NKJV).

     Now watch the video below, which is produced by a Messianic Jewish ministry in Tel Aviv. Keep in mind that as we go about our daily lives, largely unaware of the on goings of the Middle East, Jews in Israel live with a constant threat of war. By the grace of God alone we have been spared this. But know very well that we have the same enemies as Israel does.

Israel Prepares For War from maozisrael on Vimeo.

     These things are not meant to scare us. They are given to us so that we will know God is real and in control. How else could you explain the detailed prophetic scenarios written so long ago? I have only given you a few small snippets of the prophecies concerning the “latter days.” Read them yourself, and decide for yourself whether the Prophets were writing about today.

     Know this too, if these prophecies are happening, the return of Jesus Christ is very, very soon! Will it be within the next 100 years? I don’t know, but it could be within the hour. About the timing of His return, Jesus said of other “latter days” events, “when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!” Matthew 24:33b (NKJV). If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).