Middle East Peace
Israel’s survival in the end times…
They will cry peace, peace; but there will
be no peace in the Middle East - (Deuteronomy 28:65,
Jeremiah 6:14, Ezekiel 13:16).
Israel’s enemies must be subdued -
(1 Samuel 7:13), “So the Philistines were subdued,” (Zechariah
14:1-3, Isaiah 60:12, Zephaniah 3:8). The Amorites were descendants
of Ham through his cursed son Canaan (Genesis 10:16).
According to (Genesis 15:16), Amorites can be a reference to all the
inhabitants of the region of Canaan as a whole. Sihon was king of
the Amorites on the southeast side of the Jordan River in (Numbers
21:21), but they were also on the west side of the Jordan River
according to (Joshua 5:1), what we call the West Bank today.
The Lord must defend Israel -
(1 Samuel 7:13), “The hand of the Lord.” The Lord will defend
Israel at the Second Advent (Zechariah 14:1-3, Romans 11:25-26). And
he will defend them again in (Revelation 20:8-9), at the end of the
millennium.
Their land must be restored -
(1 Samuel 7:14), “The cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel.” These cities are in the land that
Israel was given by the Lord. (Joshua 13:1-6). They must have this
land restored to them for there to be peace. However, right now it
is in the hands of the wrong people.
Israel must be under the right judge -
(1 Samuel 7:15-16), Samuel is the best judge that Israel ever had.
Yet, one even better than him to judge will be Jesus. (Revelation
19:11, Isaiah 9:6-7). And when he judges Israel, there will be
everlasting peace.
Israel must worship the true God -
(1 Samuel 7:17), Samuel “built an altar unto the Lord.” Right now,
Israel just has a religion much like the Pharisees during Jesus’
day. What they need is a relationship with the Father which they can
only have through Jesus (Hebrews 8:8-13, Jeremiah 31:31-34), in the
new covenant. According to (John 4:21-24), they must worship the
Lord in Spirit and in truth.
This conflict in Israel has been a reality ever since
Israel was reconstituted as a nation in 1948. Better know as the
generation of the fig tree, or last generation. (Matthew 24:32, Mark
13:30, Luke 21:32). This marks the prelude to the end of a
generation that will lead us into the end times. Many scholars
believe the six-day Arab-Israeli war in 1967 was the “beginning of
the end.” What is taking place in Israel today indicates that the
end is near, but this is only a bench mark in time. Remember what
Jesus said about the end times. “Watch out that no one deceives you…
You will hear of wars and rumors of war, but see to it that you are
not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.”
(Matthew 24:4-6).
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