There is an interesting prophecy in Psalm 102 that reads, “ Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory” (Psa. 102:13-16). This glimpse into the future says God has established a set time to have mercy upon Zion (a term that refers to Jerusalemmore than 150 times in the Bible, but it can also refer to Israel or the Temple Mount). At God’s set time, He will rise up and cause the Jewish people to love the stones and dust (soil) of Zion. Israel,Jerusalem and the Temple Mount will figure prominently in God’s plan to cause the Gentiles to respect Him. And, of great significance to our generation, these set time events will be a sign of His soon return.

Following the announcement that Israel has approved the construction of 797 homes in the Gilo neighborhood of East Jerusalem, EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, said, “Settlements are illegal under international law and threaten to make a two-state solution impossible.” The way I understand it: 1) Gilo is not a settlement, but it is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem and part of the eternal capital of Israel; 2) Israel’s Supreme Court investigated the legality of the homes before their construction was approved and the judges determined that building the homes in Gilo is not a violation of international law; 3) The international community may believe their international law trumps the promises and laws of God to Israel, but they don’t and He will have the final say on that; and 4) Instead of Israel causing problems by building in East Jerusalem, its the international community caving in to the unrealistic never-ending demands of the militant Muslims that makes the two-state solution impossible.

Jerusalem truly is a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone for its neighbors and the world just like the Bible says (Zech. 12:2-3). In fact, according to the Bible, this problem won’t be solved until it triggers the Battle of Armageddon at the Second Coming of Jesus (Joel 3:2; Rev. 19). Oh, make no mistake about it, the highly-touted Antichrist will appear after the Rapture and negotiate a phony peace treaty that the international community will proudly boast about, but when they say, “Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (I Thess. 5:3). The dysfunctional and corrupt UN has wasted one-third of its resolutions condemning and beratingIsrael and it will continue to do so until it is restructured into a satanic one-world government headed up by its beloved Antichrist. The proud and arrogant international community supports a peace process that the Bible says will fail and some in Israel and the PA have already declared it dead. More than 15 years ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution and appropriated money to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, but it has never happened (Several presidential candidates promised to do it when they were campaigning for office, but all of them broke their promise after they were elected). The rich and powerful Roman Catholic Church regularly ignores God’s prophecies about Jerusalem in the Scriptures and they issue misguided calls for Jerusalem to be declared an international city. Anti-Semites in several mainline Protestant denominations continue to fail to contend for the faith and wrongly call for the division ofIsrael and Jerusalem because they have foolishly bought into a Bible-rejecting false doctrine called Replacement Theology.

This fury over Jerusalem, the involvement of the people of the Antichrist (EU) in the peace process, the creation of an international community (a wanna-be world government), the deceit of presidential candidates concerning Jerusalem and the corruption in the Church are sure signs that prophecy is being fulfilled and God’s set time is near. These current events are not little things and God didn’t reveal them in prophecy without a reason.

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“All scripture (all 66 books of the Bible) is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (II Tim. 3:16). “All scripture” means the entire Bible not part of it. “Given by inspiration of God” means God gave it. God gave all of it and all of it is the Word of God. Hundreds of times this God inspired Book says, “Thus saith the Lord.” Everyone is admonished to not add to it and not take away from it (Deut. 4:2; Rev. 22:18-19).

The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares teaches that there are two sowings going on in the world; the children of God and the children of Satan (Matt. 13:24-30; 37-43). The Parable of the Mustard Seed teaches that Satan inspires lost people to join the Church and spread corruption in it (Matt. 13:31-32). Peter taught that false teachers will rise within the Church and it appears that some of the corruption today is coming out of the seminaries and pulpits (from theologians and preachers; II Pet. 2:1-3). Paul urged our pastors to preach the Word. He said the time will come when some will turn their ears from the truth and not endure sound doctrine (II Tim. 4:1-4).

Having said this, it is clear that God made an everlasting covenant (everlasting means forever not a few years) to give all of the Land of Canaan (all means in its entirety not part of it) to Israel (Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 17:7-8), the covenant went through Isaac not Ishmael (Gen. 17:18-21; 21:9-21; 25:5), and it went through Jacob not Esau (Gen. 28:13; 35:10-12). God loved Ishmael. He gave Ishmael many descendants. He gave them more than 600 times as much land as He gave to Israel, gave them oil, etc., but God did not give them any of the Land of Canaan. Esau despised his birthright and sold it to Jacob (Gen. 25:29-34). While some of the borders of this land may be debatable it is difficult to understand how anyone can believe God didn’t give Gaza and the West Bank to Israel (Gen. 15:18; Numbers 34:3-5; Deut. 2:24-3:17; Josh. 15:2-4; Josh. 1through Judges 3).

In this famous unconditional (unconditional means it was not dependent upon Israel’s obedience) covenant, God also promised to be Israel’s God forever, a fact that replacement theologians ignore. God even raised up Moses and sent the Ten Plagues on Egyptbecause He would not break this covenant (Deut. 7:7-8). He brought Babylon down because He would not break this covenant (Jer. 25:11-13). In both instances, He returned Israel to the same land He promised to give them generations earlier. God clearly said He will not cast Israel away (Lev. 26:44-45). He clearly said the Jews will return to the land of Israel in the latter years and latter days and, ultimately, they will be His people (Ezek. 38:8, 16; Rom.11:1-2, 26-28). But some religious leaders who are supposed to know these things either don’t know or they ignore them and they promote a false doctrine called Replacement Theology. In so doing, they knowingly or unknowingly, question the very character of God.

For example, fifteen leaders of churches and faith-based groups (Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian (USA), UCC churches, and the National Council of Churches) recently sent a letter to Congress requesting a re-evaluation of American aid to Israel (so much for separation of Church and state). These Bible-denying leaders want Congress to hold hearings and withdraw aid to Israel if Israeldoesn’t abide by the U.S. desire to divide the Promised Land. These highly educated Church leaders should thank God that Israel exists and rejoice over the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, but they have lost their way. They ignore the fact that terrorist groups in the PA are committed to the destruction of Israel; that the PA won’t recognize the existence of Israel as a Jewish nation; that terrorists in the PA persecute Christians and Jews; that they destroy church property, threaten jail and kill pastors, etc. These Church leaders are committed to false doctrines and falsehood because they advance the fiction that the Church has replaced Israel and that the PA wants peace. They have abandoned clear teachings in the Bible, ignored the statements and actions of the PA, and they are not ashamed to do it. It is enough to make one think that MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH is rising (Rev. 17:5).

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