DOES the Land of Israel truly belong to the Jews? PT 6
- YAHWEH Elohim will severely judge any nation who divides up any part of this special Land:
"In those days and at that time when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My Land" (Joel 3:1-2).
When Messiah Yahshua returns, the fortunes of the Jewish people will be fully restored, and the nations will be summoned to Yerushalayim, where they will be judged for scattering the Jewish people and dividing up their Land.
Eventually this conflict over the Land of Israel will entangle the entire world:
YAHWEH, speaking through the prophet Zechariah in 12:1-3, in the Sixth Century BC, predicted:
"Behold I am going to make Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around" (the nations will react to the regathering of the Jewish people with senseless behavior and irrational hatred); "and when the siege is against Yerushalayim, it will also be against Judah. And it will come about in that day that I will make Yerushalayim a heavy stone for all the peoples"
(Israel's Islamic neighbors want to destroy the hated "Zionist Entity" because the Islamic worldview teaches that the entire world will ultimately come under the control of Islam. A Jewish state in the midst of the Moslem Middle East is by its very existence an insult to Allah and Islam and must be destroyed. Islam can have no true and lasting peace with Israel - only a temporary cease-fire.
Hostilities will once again be renewed when Islamic strength is renewed. At its core, this is a religious conflict - not a political or economic one); all who lift it will be severely injured." (The nations of the world will be drawn into this conflict and try to remove the Jewish presence from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem). However, be warned - every nation that tries to remove the Jewish people from our Land and capital city will be severely injured). "And all the nations of the Earth will be gathered against it." (The world's united nations will wage a final world war in the Middle East, directed against Israel).
It's amazing to see this 2,500-year-old prophetic scenario shaping up before our very eyes! Zechariah's prophecy continues and informs us that the army of the united nations will be defeated; YAHWEH the Almighty Living Elohim will destroy all those nations that fight against Israel; Israel will be miraculously saved and recognize Yahshua or Yeshua as the Messiah!
. . . to be continued. . .
