WE ARE SURROUNDED

WE ARE SURROUNDED

                “Thus says the Lord God, “Behold I have gone and I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them and they will no longer be two nations and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms. And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God and they will be My people. And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.” Ez. 37:21-22, 26-28

                “After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations and they are living securely, all of them…”  Ez. 38:8

                “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine. And make gardens and eat their fruit. I will also plant then on their land and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,” says the Lord.” Amos 9: 14, 15

                Here we have just a few of many texts prophesying Israel’s return to their land in the last days. These texts must be placed in the time frame of our day because they speak of never being rooted from their land again. They also speak of Israel’s return from all of the nations wherein they have been scattered.

                Well, to be honest, Judah has come back into the land just as Zechariah has said in Zech. 12:7, for the Word says: “The Lord also will save the tents of Judah first…” So the Jews are back in the land of Israel first, and Israel will follow in God’s good timing. But what we are talking about here is the last days and we are talking about the nations that will come against Israel, namely God of Magog

                Many people will be killed in Israel during this upcoming war and God has allowed it because Israel if full of sin and has become like Sodom and Gomorrah, and God cannot pour out His Spirit upon Israel until it has been cleansed.

                If we were to try and pinpoint where we are in prophetic time, I would say that we are living during the build- up of the Gog/ Magog war. All of the nations mentioned in that war are organizing for an invasion. So even through the bible says that 7000 people will be killed in that war, God will deliver them and they will never be driven from their land again.

                We see that the third temple has already been built away from the actual building sight and will be ready at a moment’s notice when the time comes. All of the furniture has been constructed; the courses of the priests have been trained and restored. The priestly garments and the temple incense have been restored. The location of the Ark of the Covenant is now known and recently a perfect red heifer has been born that has not a single white hair on it. The red Heifer must be at least 3 years old before the sacrifice can be made… so this heifer could feasibly be ready for sacrifice and rededication of the temple in less than 3 years. It is the sacrifice of the red heifer whose ashes are used to ritually cleans the temple grounds for the rebuilding of the temple. So, obviously all of these things are coming to pass right before our eyes.

                Now, we see that in the world many signs are taking place, there are wars and rumors of wars, there has been a major uptick in earthquakes and volcanos in severe weather with floods, draughts,  record heat and cold, major record setting storms, hurricanes and tornadoes. We see more active volcanos than at any time in previous history including the so called Jurassic period. We see mass animal deaths and extinctions on a level never seen since the flood of Noah.

                Thousands of tons of wales, porpoises, sea turtles, manatees, fish and sea lions and all forms of sea creatures are dying by the truck load all over the world in ways that mostly can’t be explained. Millions of fish and birds and animals both wild and domestic are dying in huge numbers. Sink holes and strange noises in the sky tell us that all is not well.

                Transhumanism, transsexualism and gender identity have gone viral. Homosexuality and lesbianism have been embraced as normal and same sex marriage has become the law of the land. Satan worship and the worship of Lucifer as God have become prominent and acceptable. Our country and many other countries have been divided to the point of civil war over moral and spiritual issues.

                And still much of the church sleeps on saying; “How do we now that these are really the last days and not just another fluke?

                Well, the main answer is Israel, for God said that He would bring them back into their own land in the last days and Jesus further punctuated this even by saying that the generation that sees Israel return to their land, will be the generation that sees Him return as well. Mt. 24:32-35

                It has been 70 years since Israel came back and so if Jesus’ prophecy is to prove true then we don’t have much time. I am 70 and soon to be 71. I was born in 1947, the year of the signing of treaties that gave Israel the mandate to return and it was established as a nation in 1948, fulfilling Ezekiel’s prophecy of the dry bones coming back to life and Isaiah’s prophecy where he said: “Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came she gave birth to a boy. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? AS soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.” Isaiah 66:7, 8.

                Zechariah talks about these end time wars against Israel as well. The nations will be gathered against Israel and God will intervene and save Israel while decimating the nations that came up against her. IN fact in Zech. 12:9 the Lord says: “And it will come about in that day that I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” And in case we don’t get the timing of this event, it says in the next verse that they will look upon Me whom their have pierced. “ We see this same event mentioned in Revelation 1:7 and then back in Zechariah we see in chapter 14 that in that day, the Lord will return with His saints and HE will set foot on the mount of olives and He will take up His position as King over the whole earth for 1000 years. Then the rest of chapter is devoted to describing His millennial reign in very human terms.

                What I am saying is that it is irrefutable. We are living in the last days, and we don’t know how long they will drag out, but we have definitely entered into the birth pangs that will make way for the birth of the man-child… the sons of God for whom all of creation waits.

                Jesus came and He died for this very purpose, that He would bring many sons to glory and that He would be the first fruit of a great harvest to come. And as unbelievable as it may be we were created to reign with God as a kingdom and priests for all eternity and we will reign as brothers and sisters of Jesus and our numbers will be like the sands of the sea and like the stars of the sky for number and I suspect that we, as ambassadors or witnesses of Chris twill be those who make sure sin never rises again.

                So it is crunch time. Playing church will no longer cut it. We must enter fully into the Gospel of our salvation and the Gospel of the Kingdom. We must now purify our lives. We must come out of the world systems. We must be filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit and we must go forth in the power of Elijah to declare the word of the Lord and to call a people to repentance.

                We need to get out of Laodicea and into Philadelphia. We need to put away our foolish pursuits and get filled with the oil of salvation so that we will not be disappointed when the Bridegroom comes.

                As far as timing goes, only the Lord knows, but if Bible prophecy means anything, Jesus’ return is right at the door.

                “But you brethren are not in darkness that the day should overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night, nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. “1 Thess. 5:4-6       

                Yes, we are surrounded by end time Bible prophecies and it is time to cry out to God and to find out why He chose to for us to be born at this time in earth’s history. Are we going to become a part of the dark background of the antichrist, or are we going to become the children of light who arise and shine because the glory of the Lord has come upon us? Selah