Prophecy Update: Do you believe in Miracles? 4/2/20
Numbers 14:21, “but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.” God is very clear about His goal. He is orchestrating the events of the world, mixing together multitudes of circumstances leading to a conclusion. The ultimate goal is to fill the earth with the glory of God. The coronavirus disaster is a step towards global government, global control, and global economics. Conditioning Americans to give up their freedoms and rights to authorities who have nefarious motives is an unfortunate byproduct of this trial. My question is this: Do these events fit in to Gods goal of filling the earth with His glory? The answer is yes!
Jesus gave us a short list of events that would signal to us that we are close to God accomplishing His goal of filling the whole earth with His glory. “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places” (Mat 24:7). Jesus is clear that at the time of the end, wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes will increase like birth pangs of a woman in labor. All of these are increasing and growing in intensity.
Jesus mentions deception as one of the signs and the coronavirus is a perfect example of spreading deception. Taiwan warned the world in January that the Chinese were lying about the virus. The World Health Organization parroted Chinese talking points and spread false information. Tucker Carlson of Fox News reported that 60 Minutes of Australia exposed the lies of the Chinese and the World Health Organization.
The Lord gave us a book that explains what is going to happen, Revelation. The book of Revelation is very clear that there will be a seven-year period called the Tribulation. The seven years is the final showdown between Satan and God. After the judgments of the Tribulation period, God will fill the earth with His glory.
I want to deal with two issues that must happen before the Tribulation starts. First, Israel must possess all of her land. Secondly, the coalition of nations described in Ezekiel 38-39 must be in place. First, we will deal with Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu is going to lead the government in Israel for the next 1.5 years. Daniel 4:17 says “This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers and the decision is a command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on whom He wishes and sets over it the lowliest of men.” As I watched what was happening in Israel for the past two years, it was a nation in a civil war much like America. The anti-Zionist, socialist parties were working overtime to remove Netanyahu from the government. It is a miracle that Netanyahu is still Prime Minister.
Netanyahu has an enemy in the Arab party called the Joint List. Making up the Joint List are anti-Zionist Arab leaders whose stated goal is to destroy Israel’s foundational status as a Jewish state. God is very clear in the scriptures that prior to the Tribulation Period, the reestablishment of a Jewish State will happen. He predicted that the world would rebel against His will. This prediction is coming true! Dominating the conflict is the two state solution. God says one state and the enemies say two states. Part of the conflict is the annexing of Judea and Samaria. Netanyahu wants to annex the land and the enemies do not want that to happen.
This unity government will most likely fail. The coronavirus is driving the Israeli government to work out their problems. The new government formed to deal with the virus and challenges in Israel. This conflict will eventually cause the annexing of Judea and Samaria.
Another conflict is Iran! Iran is currently running war operations in Yemen through a proxy group called the Houthis. Part of the goal is to use the Red Sea to launch operations against Israel. 4.8 million barrels of crude oil is shipped through the southern shipping lanes of the Red Sea. “The National Interest wrote that the Bab el-Mandeb is the world’s most dangerous shipping lane. More than half of that trade sailed into the Mediterranean Sea and into Europe and North America. Think about the consequences of Iran shutting down this key maritime passage.”
“On March 3, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted a small fleet of four fishing boats on the Arabian Sea, one of which was packed with explosives. But there was something odd about these vessels: There was no crew. The boats were controlled remotely. These aquatic suicide drones were intercepted as they attempted to target an oil tanker 90 miles off Yemen’s southern coast in the Arabian Sea.” The goals of Iran and Yemen are to control two very important choke points, the Strait of Hormuz (Persian Gulf) and the “Bab-el-Mandeb is a strait located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.” The threats have increased over the last 24 hour because of this speech given in Iran:
What Iran’s severe virus crisis might mean for its threat to the region. March 31, 2020. Times of Israel. “The confluence of hard-hitting sanctions on the country and Iran’s floundering theocracy frustrated an adequate response to the pandemic, according to most accounts, but the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, knows who to blame: Genies. And Americans. Khamenei’s March 22 speech marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year, has spooked regime watchers inside and outside the country. He blamed the pandemic on the demons identified in the Quran as “Jinn,” known as genies in Western lore, and the American intelligence services working in tandem.”
“It’s an alarming prospect: If Khamenei truly believes that the CIA is working hand in hand with demons to engage in biowarfare against Iran, he may see fit to respond in kind. And any response would likely bring in Israel, the closest American ally in the region.” Add to this a speech from Yemen: “Houthi Politician Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Mahbashi: The Jews, U.S. Are Behind Coronavirus Pandemic; We Should Unite in Jihad against the Jews; Enmity towards Them Is an Identifying Characteristic of Muslims.” Across the Middle East Muslims are crying out for war against Israel and the USA.
The Houthi politician went on to say this: “The only path is the path to Jerusalem, the path of Jihad against the Jews. This is the path that will sort out all the other movements and guide them in one direction – the direction of enmity towards the Jews. Enmity towards them is the number one criterion for the believing [Muslims]. Tell me who your enemy is and I will tell you who you are. If the Jews are your number one enemy, then you are a believing [Muslim]. If they are not your enemy, then that changes what you are. Allah says: ‘You shall find the people strongest in enmity towards the believers to be the Jews.’ Anyone who sees the Jews as friends cannot consider himself to be a believer. That virus that has spread all over the world – the Jews are behind it. The Americans are behind it. It is not us saying this. It was said by the people who were the first to be afflicted by this plague: the Chinese.”
As you can see, the world is in conflict over this virus but it is also being used to call for war between nations. Jesus said, wars and rumor of wars! President Trump just tweeted this regarding the threats of Iran (Wed.4/1): “Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on US troops and/or assets in Iraq. If this happens, Iran will pay a heavy price indeed!” Israel also struck Syria this afternoon, claiming that the Iranians are the target. The US moved two aircraft carrier groups into the Middle East: USS EISENHOWER & USS TRUMAN.
There is a power build up in the Middle East for a preemptive strike against Iran. The specific threats include the American Embassy in Baghdad and the shipping lanes at the southern end of the Red Sea. Europe is beginning to respond to Tehran’s meddling in the Red Sea. “On January 30, the first French frigate began patrolling the Persian Gulf as part of Europe’s new anti-Iran naval mission, supported by Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. This is just the beginning. Expect Europe to become more involved in this region.”
The EU formed a Red Sea council in February to handle the problem. Several nations signed on.
EU had “grave concerns” about threats from Houthi rebels and the smuggling of Iranian weapons to them. “Speaking on behalf of the EU, we obviously deplore any attempts to destabilize the area around the Red Sea.” Leave it to the EU to tackle the problem with another council.
This leads me to the Ezekiel prophecy and the eventual close relationship between Iran and Russia. In Iran, there is a movement that threatens the Islamic State. It is nationalism! Persian nationalism has been attacked by the Islamic State, beat down, threatened, but nothing has worked. Nationalists have a symbol they call the Paisley which goes back to 500BC. Listen to this quote from an article about Persian nationalism:
Imagining a path to beyond the clerical regime in Iran.
March 4, 2020 David Wurmser “Beneath all the Islam, the paisley remains the essence of the nation. The two coexist, but are always in some tension, especially since those who champion the Islamic overlay fear the resilience and authenticity of the non-Islamic historic core.” Notice this weird fact: Israel celebrates Cyrus king of Persia and Islamic leaders in Iran hate Cyrus. The Islamist’s have to stay silent about Cyrus because of the love for Cyrus among the people. It really chafed the leaders of Iran when Israel made a coin with King Cyrus and President Trump on a coin celebrating Jerusalem. The nationalists in Iran cheered. Ikes!
There are several possibilities from this existing problem:
First, Iran could use war to tamp down the nationalist surge. With so much pressure on Iran from US sanctions and the coronavirus, this is a logical move. Secondly, the nationalists could overthrow the Islamist leaders and join Nationalist Russia in an attack on Israel. I do not see this as very likely since the nationalists in Iran like Israel. Third, a civil war could erupt in Iran and war with Israel would be the only thing that could put a lid on the fight. Iran is heading towards some type of showdown in the Middle East and the question is will it be within their own borders or an attack on Israel? Encouraging Persian nationalism at the expense of Islam is the mood of the nation at this time. Wurmser went on to say: “Another of the most visited internal pilgrimage sites in Iran recently has been the grave in Hamadan of the Jewess Queen Esther (of the biblical Jewish Purim story) and her uncle Mordechai. Iranians believe her to have been either the daughter-in-law to, married to, or the mother of, Cyrus.”
The Islamists have been threatening to destroy the tomb to Esther and it has made most of the nation irate. Thank God that His providence over Persia during the days of Esther is the same providence that covers us in this current crises! The Gog Magog prophecy will happen, its fascinating that God is making it so hard on the Iranians to accomplish their evil Islamic will! AS the Iranian regime gets weaker and weaker internally, the more dangerous the regime becomes.
In June of 2015, the Pope wrote that he wanted “a global entity to wrest control from local governments.” The call for global government because of coronavirus is increasing and that fits the end times scenario God set forth in scripture. Watch and wait for the Lord to move in this situation but do not be surprised if American sovereignty is attacked. They will say that global climate change is a global problem like coronavirus. They will use global climate change to usher in global government. It has to happen sometime—is it time? What is happening now is the set up for the end time global government. Here are two verses to give you hope.
Habakkuk 2:14 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” As a student of God’s Word, the coronavirus , locust plague, earth quakes, the wars, rumors of wars among the nations who are ready to attack Israel on its northern border, are all the signs Jesus said to look for when he returns for his bride, the Church of Jesus Christ. Pray this verse from Psalms to give you hope!
Psalm 72:19, And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. This is my prayer today, that God will get glory from this world crises. Pray with me that churches will be open for Easter/Passover because Jesus is our Passover sacrificed for us, therefore let us enjoy the feast!
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