THE FINE LINE

THE FINE LINE

                Recently the Jewish Sanhedrin passed a resolution to dedicate a stone altar and to begin offering sacrifices there in anticipation of building the third temple. They also sent out invitations to 70 nations inviting the world, basically, to join them in building their house of prayer for all nations.

                This all seems innocent enough. After all, they are doing this in fulfillment of Zechariah chapter 14 and countless other Old Testament texts. In chapter 14 we see the whole scenario in one chapter.

                The nations of the world come against Israel to destroy her forever but God intervenes and literally decimates the armies that come against her. Then the Lord comes and His holy ones with Him, He sets foot on the Mount of Olives. He then rides into Jerusalem and takes up His millennial reign.

                Then verse 12 says something about a plague that rots people’s eyes out in their sockets even as they stand and it sounds a lot like a nuclear war. But after that in verse 16 it says: “Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts and all of the nations will be required to go up to Jerusalem from year to year to celebrate the feast of booths (Tabernacles) and whichever nations refuse to go up, no rain will fall on their land.

                Zech. 14 verse 9 tells us saying: “And the Lord will be King over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one and His name the only one.” Now, of course the Jews don’t know what we know at this point and that is that the Lord who reigns over all the earth in those days will be their Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus, our King of kings and Lord of lords.

                As we look at this whole Jewish plan to dedicate an altar and to begin offering sacrifices in anticipation of building their temple, we should be seeing a whole lot of red flags.

1.       They are trying to fulfill the vision of a millennial kingdom without their Messiah.

2.       We know from scripture that it is the antichrist that will eventually help them build their temple and as such they will at least temporarily embrace him as their Messiah.

3.       We also know of Jesus’ warning that when they see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing in the Holy Place, then they  must flee for their lives, not even going back for their coat and hat. (Mt. 24:15) and Jesus tells them to pray that their flight will not be in the winter or on a Sabbath day for then there will be a great tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall.

4.       This is the soon coming tribulation that prophecy literate Christians talk about and it is also known as the “Time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) Trouble.

                Now, if we are prophetically literate we also know that this plan of the Jews to build a third temple also plays into the plans of the New World Order, The Vatican, the Masons, The Muslims and the Ecumenical movement as well as any other globalists on the planet and this global desire for unity is pushing us ever closer to the reign of the antichrist.

                Remember, if you will that in 2015 Pope Francis stood at the foot of the Freedom Tower in New York City with 12 leaders of the world’s religions and announced the formation of a one world religion.

                We also know that this global religion will form one of the three legs of the coming One World government. The antichrist will gain global control when he has control over religion, finance and politics and it is within this scenario that the Mark of the Beast will be enforced on every citizen on this planet.

                We, as Christians, live in support of Israel, because we know from Zechariah 12:10 that they will one day look upon Him whom they have pierced and just like Joseph’s brothers looked upon Joseph, not recognizing him at first, so they will look upon Yeshua and they will mourn for their deeds and they will cry out for Him in repentance entreating Him to come and to deliver them.

                We also know and understand from Romans chapter 11 that God Himself has temporarily blinded the Jews in order for the Gentiles to be grafted into the “Olive Tree” and that when the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, then He, the Messiah, will open their eyes and He will save Israel as promised for as it says in verse 29, “The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.”

                So it goes that those Christians that are prophetically literate, (And there aren’t many of them these days) must know that we walk a fine line when it comes to supporting Israel. We do so because we know that in doing so we will be instrumental in their finally embracing their true Messiah. We also do so because we ourselves will reign with Christ during the Millennium and as it says, we will rule the nations with a rod of Iron along with Jesus. Rev. 2:26, 27, Rev. 12:5, Rev. 19:15. So we are investing in our own future as well.

                This will be in answer to Jesus’ prayer, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” So we know that only the true Messiah, the Creator/Redeemer of mankind could ever pull off such a thing and to bring global peace and holiness. Any man or devil who tries to accomplish this will have to do it by force and according to the Bible this global governance will result in the cruelest, most despotic government the world has ever seen. They will kill anyone that doesn’t go along with them.

                Even now we see this global coalition forming as all of the pieces of the puzzle come together and we are left wondering how to support Israel when the kingdom they are now building will eventually be run by the antichrist and not the Christ.

                Recently Zev Porat (A prominent Messianic Rabbi living in Jerusalem) called a member of the Sanhedrin and asked Him saying: “Since you have invited the nations to participate in the dedication of your altar, does this mean you are accepting Christianity as a viable part of Israel’s population and support? After all, it is your Messiah that we worship.

                Well, the Sanhedrin member coughed and sputtered a bit because this is a very delicate question requiring a delicate answer. So, not knowing what to say he hung up. So Zev called him back and asked him again if the Sanhedrin will now embrace the Christian population living in Israel as a viable part of what they are doing and he said something to the effect that, “Well, yes we embrace all who want to participate, but we don’t want to hear the name of Jesus mentioned in our town.”

                So Zev answered back, “So it is our money that you want and you can’t afford to lose our support because Christians are your largest supporters by a wide margin. We believe in you. We pray for you. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem. We welcome the reign of Messiah over the whole earth. So you welcome our support, but you don’t want us to mention the name of Yeshua.”

                This, of course, was the end of the conversation, but I can imagine that this Sanhedrin member is pacing his bedroom and sweating bullets because he doesn’t have an answer to why they want our financial support but not our Messiah. He is walking a fine line as are we.

                Of course we will not stop supporting Israel, because Jerusalem is the “City of the Great King” and not only that but God told Abraham, that He will bless those who bless them and curse those who curse them. Gen. 12:3. And it has been true throughout history that those nations that bless Israel have been blessed and those nations that have cursed Israel, have fallen onto the scrap heap of time.

                The point is we must be wise in our support of Israel. Don’t just throw money into everything that looks good. One never knows if we are actually supporting God’s people or if we are supporting the Vatican, or the New World Order, or any other of the global concerns that are currently building up the infrastructure of Jerusalem in preparation for the coming antichrist.

                Israel is without a doubt the central hub of all last day Bible prophecy and as such, it is the focal point of the clash of two kingdoms. Everything in the last days from the Magog war to the battle of Armageddon is centered in Israel, for Jesus will soon rule and reign from Jerusalem and right now Satan is seeking to preempt the coming reign of the true Messiah and to create a fake millennial kingdom in which he can elicit the worship and control of the entire planet.

                These are the issues that are taking place in our daily news. These are the signs of the times that can only be sorted out with God’s help and an understanding of end time Bible prophecy. Now, of course, in order to pull this off right in front of our faces, Satan first had to lay the groundwork. He has infiltrated and dumbed down Christianity by diverting them away from a study of Bible prophecy and then by inserting a false Gospel and wrong motivation.

                We now worship and serve God for our glory rather than His. We give to get. We ask, “What’s in it for me?” We pick and choose churches with the most comfort, the best entertainment and the least requirement and we can no longer endure sound doctrine. We have embraced the world.

                What we are witnessing right now is the great apostasy or falling away mentioned in 2 Thess. 2:3, 4 that will clear the way for the rise of the antichrist. We no longer preach a Gospel that threatens him. We no longer preach Bible prophecy that would expose him. We no longer live power filled lives that would rout out his demon hordes. We are left with a form, but no power. We believe in the Holy Spirit as a doctrine, but we no longer operate in His power. We no longer live by His Spirit and instead choose to live by the flesh and then try to satisfy God by warming a pew at church.

                Friends… most of us are living Christian lives that are not enough. We are weak and sick because we have not rightly discerned the Body of Christ. We are no longer truly connected to the Head.

                “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. “2 Cor. 10:3-5.

                In any given church in America, there is only a small handful, a small core of remnant believers who are actually living the life by the power of God. The rest remain willfully blind, forever learning but never coming to a knowledge of the truth. Why? It is because we don’t practice it. We only talk about it. After 50 years of class we are still talking about what should be.

                This is why God is about to shake both the heavens and the earth so that everything that is not of an eternal nature will be shaken out. We must seek God diligently for the real thing, because our God is a consuming fire. If we don’t allow Him to judge us now on a daily basis, He will judge us then.

                Don’t be satisfied just to play the Christian game. Ask Jesus to come in and to cleanse your temple and to take up His abode in you. Learn from the Word how to walk in the Spirit. (Romans 8) Make Jesus the Lord of your life, not just as a nice idea, but as a daily, moment by moment walk with Him. Learn to live with the conscious awareness of His abiding presence. Learn how to live by divine appointment. Learn how to keep your lamp filled with oil so that you will not be caught sleeping and empty when our Lord returns. Nobody can do these things for you. Each of us must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.

                “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” Phil. 2: 12b-13

                Being a Christian is an all or nothing proposition. The lamps must be filled with oil… and this is done daily, even as the Menorah was filled with oil. The lamps in the temple were never to go out. And we dare not light our lamps with strange fire, for the day will reveal it. Our strength must come from the Lord.  We must be both justified and sanctified if we want to see the Lord. Heb. 12:14.

                “For He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father for which reason He is not ashamed to call us brethren.” Heb. 2:11.

                Listen, it is God who does all of this. Without Jesus we can do nothing. Our flesh is completely helpless to do even one good thing. Flesh cannot produce spirit. This is why we need the Holy Spirit dwelling in us and it is why we must make Jesus Lord of our lives.

                Paul said to Timothy: “I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.” 2 Tim. 1:12b. He also warned Timothy saying: “Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us the treasure which has been entrusted to you.”

                Each of us has a calling that we must answer and we must guard it through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us,”… for we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the power might be from God and not from ourselves.” 2 Cor. 4:7.

                In closing his interview with Derek of Sky Watch TV, Zev Porat said to Derek Gilbert, (The anchor at Sky Watch TV.) It is highly important for Christians to keep visiting the Holy Land, for many Jews are coming to Jesus now and Messianic Jewish Christians in Israel are winning many both Jews and Muslims to the Lord. In many cases Jesus is actually appearing to them in dreams and telling them that He is the One they have been looking for.

                Yes we walk a fine line when it comes to supporting Israel, and that is why I believe we need to know the players according to Bible Prophecy so that we can support the cause of Yeshua in Israel and not His adversary. The same thing is true here in America for if we are supporting those churches that are falling away from the faith once delivered to the saints, then we too are contributing to the rise of the antichrist.

                I know this article is long, but there is one more important point to point out; I believe that we are witnessing something that Jesus described in one of His parables. The King sent his servants out to tell those who had been invited to a wedding feast for his son, but they refused to come, having all kinds of excuses. So the King sent the servants out to the highways to bring in whomever they could find both evil and good to fill His banquet hall. This is where Jesus said that many are called, but few are chosen, but it is a picture of the last great harvest.

                Many who claim to be Christians will fall away and give their homage to the Beast, while the final harvest will bring in whosoever will. The poor, the lame and the blind will come in and be saved and those who have been forgiven much will love much. So let us come to the Lord with humble hearts and let us learn from Him and seek Him with all of our hearts.

                God’s value system is different than ours…  for those whom we think will be great in the kingdom will be the least in the kingdom, while the ones we tend to ignore as insignificant, the meek and the humble, will be great in His kingdom. Let us never forget that.