Prophecy Update: Monday, March 26, 2018
God predicted a time on the earth when He would reestablish the city of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. The world would fight against His work and God predicted this fight. The fight would come from the Gentile world that would not give up sovereignty over the city. Luke 21:24 frames the prophecy when it says, “and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” The times of the Gentiles are coming to an end and they do not like it. Satan has inspired the enemies of God to attack and foster an attitude of hatred to all things Israel. Consider this article from the Express from Britain: “World War 3: Turkey’s Erdogan calls for ‘ARMY of Islam’ to ATTACK Israel on all sides.” The President of Turkey, Erdogan, said “Jerusalem, Mr. Trump, is a red line for Muslims.”
President Erdogan fancies himself as the next great Muslim leader who can bring the caliphate to the world. The caliphate is the Muslim rule over the whole earth. The reestablishment of the Ottoman Empire is his goal and it comes at a time that Jerusalem is being reestablished by God as the capital of Israel. To counteract the work God is doing to fulfill His Word about Jerusalem, Satan has raised up Erdogan who wishes to kill all of the Jews in Israel. Less than a month ago the Turkish state’s mouthpiece the daily Yeni Şafak ran an article for Erdogan titled “A call for urgent action” and on the newspaper’s website headlined “What if an army of Islam formed against Israel?” It called for the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to form a joint army to simultaneously attack Israel from all sides.”
The Turks have published a map with Israel highlighted in red being attacked from all sides by all of the 57 OIC nations. This so called ‘Army of Islam’ is designed for one purpose and one purpose alone, kill all of the Jews. God described this attitude in Zech.12:3, “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.” The nations are injuring themselves today by resisting the work of God regarding Jerusalem and Israel. Be confident believers, that God will accomplish His will regarding Israel and Jerusalem. As God is establishing Jerusalem as His capital city, He will cause the temple to be rebuilt and He will give Israel her capital.
A Google search on, ‘Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel,’ yielded 153 million hits. I think that this is an important subject because the whole world unfortunately feels like it needs to weigh in on the subject. CNN reported on this December 8th 2017 the day after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem. “US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Wednesday and announced plans to relocate the US embassy there, upending seven decades of US foreign policy in a move expected to inflame tensions in the region and unsettle the prospects for peace.”
What President Trump did was to recognize the obvious, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The world still does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel because they believe a lie from Satan. They think that they have sovereignty over the world, the city, and Israel. God has systematically moved the world into position to have a fight over what He is doing. Let me now give you a timeline of what has happened over the last 70 years so you can understand that God is in control and He is able to perform what He has predicted.
1947: Nov. 29, 1947 | U.N. Partitions Palestine, Allowing for Creation of Israel. The plan, which organized Palestine into three Jewish sections, four Arab sections and the internationally-administered city of Jerusalem, had strong support in Western nations as well as the Soviet Union. It was opposed by Arab nations.
1948: May 14, 1948, Jewish leaders in the region formed the state of Israel. British troops left, thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled and Arab armies invaded Israel. The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq invaded and lost the war. Israel doubled in size because of the war. UN Res.181 only recognizes Jerusalem as an international city, therefore, according to the international community, Israel is in violation of the law by declaring Jerusalem her capital. The UN always found a way to curse Israel in its decisions. Here is there decision after the first war:
“The Assembly also called for the demilitarization and internationalization of Jerusalem and for the protection of, and free access to, the holy places in Palestine. Resolution 194 (III) also provided for the establishment of a three-member United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, which was to assume the functions of the United Nations Mediator insofar as it considered necessary. It was instructed to assist the parties in achieving a final settlement on all outstanding questions and to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees. The Assembly subsequently named France, Turkey and the United States to the Commission.” Notice how they never call it Israel, only Palestine and they still reiterate that Jerusalem is an international city.
1967: Between 1948 and 1967 Jordan did some horrific things to the Jews. Upon its capture by the Arab Legion, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City was destroyed and its residents expelled. Fifty-eight synagogues–some hundreds of years old–were destroyed, their contents looted and desecrated. Some Jewish religious sites were turned into chicken coops or animal stalls. The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where Jews had been burying their dead for over 2500 years, was ransacked; graves were desecrated; thousands of tombstones were smashed and used as building material, paving stones or for latrines in Arab Legion army camps. The Intercontinental Hotel was built on top of the cemetery and graves were demolished to make way for a highway to the hotel. The Western Wall became a slum area. The Six Day War was the time that Israel captured the city of Jerusalem! Jerusalem was reunited. The barriers dividing the city were demolished, the gates of the Old City were opened to people of all faiths, and the eastern sector was reintegrated into the nation’s capital.
1980: In July 1980 the Knesset passed the Basic Law – Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel, which restated Israel’s rights and obligations concerning the capital. The Law affirmed that the holy places of all religions be protected from desecration, free access to them be guaranteed, and the Government provide for the development and the prosperity of the city and the well-being of its inhabitants. The UN responded with res.478, it condemned Israel’s 1980 Jerusalem Law which declared Jerusalem to be Israel’s “complete and united” capital, as a violation of international law. In remarks made to the Council, then-U.S. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie said “The question of Jerusalem must be addressed in the context of negotiations for a comprehensive, just and lasting Middle East peace.” The battle was on politically and in America, many sided with Israel.
1995: The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is a public law of the United States passed by the 104th Congress on October 23, 1995. The Act recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and called for Jerusalem to remain an undivided city. Its purpose was to set aside funds for the relocation of the Embassy of the United States in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, by May 31, 1999. As you all know that did not happen. Why? Because the US was having the same fight as the world—it did not want to obey God!
2002: The Foreign Relation Authorization Act, which stated, “Record of Place of Birth as Israel for Passport Purposes.–For purposes of the registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as Israel.” Pres. Bush and Obama attacked this provision refusing to list any one born in Jerusalem as having been born in Israel. “President Bush signed a State Department spending bill Monday but said his administration was not legally bound to follow a provision in it that requires the United States to identify Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.”
2015: In 2015, Supreme Court sides with President Obama in Jerusalem passport case. The United States Supreme Court, in a majority opinion from Justice Anthony Kennedy, said on Monday that the President, and not Congress, has the power to determine how Jerusalem is listed on U.S. passports. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2002 was unconstitutional. The act directed the State Department to “record the place of birth as Israel” in the passports of Americans born in Jerusalem, if the children born in Jerusalem or their parents requested it. President Obama like Pres. Bush refused to recognize Jerusaelm as an Israeli city!
2017: Dec.6th 2017, “Today we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Mr. Trump said from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. “This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. It’s something that has to be done.” The President was right, it had to be done because it is Biblical prophecy! Now the embassy is going to be moved by the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel on May 14th 2018. The world promises war, they vow it will never happen. The modern day Haman’s are spewing hatred on Israel and President Trump for his decision. They vow to do what Haman could not do. God instituted the feast of Purim to prove to the world that you cannot stop God or Israel. Try as they may, they will fail! Jerusalem will be established as the capital of Israel, accept it world or be punished!
