On Friday morning, September 27, I saw Bible prophecy being fulfilled before my very eyes as I watched Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on television address the General Assembly of the United Nations. It happened as he approached the podium to deliver his address. As he walked forward, two-thirds of the delegates got up from their seats and walked out. Netanyahu was left with an almost empty auditorium to speak to.
The specific Bible prophecy this event reminded me of was written by the Hebrew prophet Zechariah 2,500 years ago. Speaking of the end times, he prophesied that God will “make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it” (Zechariah 12:3).
Although the United States delegation to the UN was one of the few that remained in their seats, it has become obvious that America’s support of Israel is severely waning. For example, when Netanyahu spoke to Congress in March of 2015, 58 Democrats boycotted the session. When he returned to speak to Congress in July of 2024, 128 Democrats refused to attend (100 House members and 28 Senators).
Also, even though President Biden has spoken out strongly in support of Israel, his lack of action has spoken louder than his words. He has refused to send military aid that Congress has approved. And he keeps demanding a cease-fire instead of encouraging Israel to finish off both Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel is determined to defeat its monstrous enemies. Biden wants to appease them.
For over 40 years, I have been teaching that in the end times — in accordance with Bible prophecy — all the nations of the world will turn against Israel. In response, American Christians have reacted in disbelief, arguing that our nation would never turn against Israel. But, today, the streets of our largest cities and the campuses of our major universities are filled with violent anti-Semitic protestors demanding that our nation abandon Israel in support of two of the world’s most vicious terrorist organizations.
How can this be explained?
A Spiritual Anomaly
In natural terms, it cannot be explained, and that is because it is a supernatural phenomenon. The Bible makes it very clear that Satan knows Bible prophecy (Revelation 12:12). Satan can read the signs of the times, and he therefore realizes that the time he has left before Jesus returns is running out fast. He has, therefore, shifted his evil actions against the Jewish people into high gear because he is determined to annihilate them before the return of Jesus. Why? Because the Bible says that a great remnant of the Jews will be saved when Jesus returns (Zechariah 12:10 and Romans 9:27), and Satan is determined to keep that prophecy from being fulfilled.
The reason, of course, is that Satan hates the Jewish people with a passion because:
- God chose them to be His witnesses to the world.
- Through them God gave the world the Bible.
- Through them God gave the world the Messiah.
- God has promised that He will save a great remnant of them.
- God has promised that through that remnant, He will bless all the nations of the world during the Millennium.
It should be noted that Satan has had considerable success thus far in his attempts to annihilate the Jewish people. Just think: the Jews and Arabs were established at the same time. The Jews came through Abraham’s son, Isaac; the Arabs, through Abraham’s son, Ishmael. Today, there are 460 million Arabs and only 17 million Jews! Those numbers clearly reflect the degree of persecution the Jews have experienced worldwide during the last 2,000 years.
Current Anti-Semitism
The Bible says that Satan is the “Father of Lies” (John 8:44). And lies are what he is using to generate hatred of the Jews worldwide and here in America. As proof, consider the current lies he is using to incite hatred of Israel:
1) The Jews are European Colonialist Occupiers of Palestine
The truth is the land was given to the Jews by God 3,500 years ago, and they lived there for 1,500 years until they were forcibly ejected from the land worldwide by the Romans in AD 135 following their final revolt. During the 2,000 years that followed, their land laid vacant and desolate. The few Arabs who lived there considered themselves to be Syrians because most of the land was owned by absentee Syrian landlords.
During this long time span, the land was never an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. In short, there was never a Palestinian state with a Palestinian government. Nor was there a Palestinian language or culture.
When the Jews returned after World War II, the United Nations recognized their claim to the land and authorized the establishment of their state.
2) The Jews Practice Apartheid Against the Palestinians
This is an absolute lie, yet it has turned many people against Israel. The truth is that there is no apartheid in Israel and there never has been. Two million Palestinians are citizens of Israel and have all the rights of Jewish citizens.
The only apartheid that exists in the Middle East is among the Arab nations that expelled all their Jews in 1956 after the Suez War and continue to refuse to allow any Jews to live within their boundaries.
3) The Jews Need to Free Gaza
The truth is that Gaza was completely freed in 2005 when Israel forced all Jewish citizens to leave the area. Millions of dollars flowed into Gaza from nations around the world to enable them to build schools, hospitals, streets, and other infrastructure items, like electricity-generating plants.
The leaders of Hamas immediately started using their land as a missile launching site into Israel. And they spent their international funding on three things: weapons, construction of 300 miles of tunnels, and mansions for their leaders in Qatar.
The only thing Gaza needs to be freed of is Hamas!
4) The Jews are Practicing Genocide
The truth is that the only things Israel seeks to annihilate are the terrorist groups called Hamas and Hezbollah. They have no interest in eradicating the Palestinian people.
The real goal of genocide is expressed in the favorite slogan of the anti-Israel protestors: “From the river to the sea.” This is a veiled call for the annihilation of Israel.
Meanwhile, the diplomats of the world, including the United States, are demanding a “Two-State” solution. The truth here is that this is no solution at all because you cannot make peace with someone whose goal is to kill you.
Benjamin Netanyahu has summed it up well in his often-quoted statement: “If the Arabs would disarm, we would have peace; if Israel were to disarm, Israel would cease to exist.”
A Forgotten Truth
Furthermore, people seem to forget that a Palestinian state already exists!
Most Americans are not aware that the Ottoman Empire sided with Germany during World War I, and it was decided that after the war, the Empire would be broken up and the province called Palestine would be entrusted to England as a League of Nations Mandate, with the goal of leading the area to independence as a state.
In November of 1917, The British issued the Balfour Declaration, in which they promised to make Palestine a Jewish state. But in 1923, the British suddenly decided to curry the favor of the oil-rich Arab states by giving two-thirds of Palestine to the Arabs, leaving the Jews only a small sliver of land 280 miles long and 80 miles wide.
The area given to the Arabs was all the land of Palestine east of the Jordan River. It was named Transjordan. In 1946, when it received its independence, its name was changed to Jordan. Today Jordan has a population of 11 million, and 60% of those are of Palestinian descent. Thus, Jordan consists of two-thirds of the geography of Palestine and a population majority of Palestinians.
The point: A Palestinian state already exists.
In the second and final part of this look into the spiritual warfare against Israel, we will review the past, present, and future prophecies concerning Israel.
“And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it” refers only to the time of Gog and Magog at the end of the 1000-year reign of Christ. Gog and Magog do not yet exist at the time of the 10-horned beast. The term “latter days” in Ezekiel isn’t clearly referring to be the time before the second coming of Christ.
During the time of the 10-horned beast, Israel will suffer enormously, but the kings of the east will defeat the beast with the intervention of Christ and the heavenly armies.
Timing-wise, I believe the most biblical evidence places the Gog-Magog War after the Rapture but before or at the very onset of the Tribulation. For the details about the Gog-Magog Battle, check out http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_tribulation2.php and http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_tribulation1.php.
It almost appears that the Gog and Magog war could be going on at any day now with what we are seeing happening with the Israel war going on today.
Our hope is that we know that Jesus is victorious, and He is The Holy One of Israel, The Watchman on the Walls. The Lord will give salvation. We are amazed at the accuracy of God’s word. As Dr. Reagan said, we are seeing prophecy fulfilled in front of our very eyes.
Indeed Jerusalem has become a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples and has become a very heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
Zechariah 12:6. “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem. This is definitely leading up to the Gog-Magog war, Ezekiel 38 and 39.
What we see and will know is that the Lord is the Power of this earth in everything that happens, past, present, and future.
I agree, we see Iran, Russia, and the others becoming united and soon making a move, they will have no choice…
G-D’s ETERNAL LIGHT
Israel,
You were entrusted with the imperishable “Light of The Law”,
The “Oracles of G-d”, the Torah.
Although on wilderness journeys you’ve traveled,
Exiled by G-d, unto the nations hurled;
With you, my kinsmen, went the “Light of Glory”,
G-d’s message sent by you unto a dying world.
This was the expectation of your people,
To go forth in G-d’s glory and might ,
You were entrusted to establish G-d’s blessed kingdom
By immersing the world with G-d’s Eternal Light”.
(c) 1985 by Eva
Excellent article. I’m anxious to read the next.
Its coming down the pike and were in the catbirds seat. I know it will be terrible,unlike most I believe the rapture will occur before the bowls of judgement, at the last trump, but like most there is a sincere desire for Jesus to return and make all the evil of this world disappear. Gog and Magog, looks like they just teamed up with the kings of the East- I see where N.Korean Soldiers are being sent to fight with Russian troops-