According to the prophetic Word of God, the final act of the nations that will seal their doom will be their desire to take Jerusalem from the Jewish people. From the very beginning of the modern state of Israel, the world has been united against the Jewish people in their desire to own and occupy the city of Jerusalem. The Arab/Islamic nations of the Middle East are currently demanding that Israel surrender East Jerusalem (the original Biblical Jerusalem) to the Palestinian for the capital of a Palestinian state on the heartland of the Promise Land that God gave to His people 4,000 years ago.
In a few weeks, the leaders of the nations are set to recognize a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. Many of the leaders in the West are blindly stating that this is the only path to peace in the Middle East. The Australian Prime Minister recently stated that this move would “break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and bring an end to the conflict.” Leaders like this are ignorant of the history of the Middle East, and the passionate hatred of the Arab/Muslims toward Israel. From a Muslim perspective, there will never be peace in the Middle East until the nation of Israel is destroyed and every Jew is killed. And, according to the Bible, that will never happen!
According to the Bible, the Lord is allowing the nations to foment their hatred toward His people and His land. Ultimately, this hatred will lead to the demise of all nations at the end of the Tribulation Period. While speaking to the Jewish people about the end of this age, the Lord has said, “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy” (Zephaniah 3:8).
In Zechariah 12:1-4, the Lord declared that when the end would come, Jerusalem would become “a cup of trembling” that would intoxicate the nations, causing them to foolishly come against the City of God. The Lord added that Jerusalem would become a “burdensome stone” that would crush the nations. Thus, the entire process of the world’s defiance toward a Jewish Jerusalem would come about because of the world’s spiritual “blindness” and “madness.” This demonic stupor of the world is settling upon all nations at this very hour!
The world does not know that the Jewish people, the Promised Land, and the city of Jerusalem are at the heart of God’s perfect will and plans for the last days. The Lord has declared, “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy” (Zechariah 1:14). Speaking to the nations about Israel, God has said, “he that touches you toucheth the apple of [God’s] eye” (Zechariah 2:8). God calls the land of Israel “the holy land” (Zechariah 2:12). That simply means that God has set the land of Israel apart from all other nations. It is set apart for His divine purposes. As a statement of His unchanging sovereignty, God has declared, I “have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion” (Psalm 2:6). The unchanging destiny of the Jewish people, their land, and Jerusalem are held in the hand of God Almighty!
Nothing can stop God’s eternal plans. They will come to pass. All those who act in defiance against these plans will be destroyed by the King of Kings on the last day of the Tribulation Period (Revelation 19:11-21).
The world’s plans to declare a Palestinian State on God’s land and His city will open the door to seven long years of divine judgments against the nations. The world is filled with a hatred for God, His Messiah, His Word, and His people and land. They do not know it, but they are knocking on a door that will usher them into the wrathful judgments of God. It could begin this September. Everything is in place.
Before that door is opened, the Lord will come for His bride, the church. Be ready for the shout that will take us out!