Hamas is standing down due to President Donald Trump’s “New Peace in the Middle East,” and the October 7th hostages have finally been released. Praise the Lord! But, now what?
Students of Bible prophecy have been examining current events from every angle to discern if there’s any prophetic implication surrounding Israel’s war with Hamas. Some wonder if this peace deal is the prophesied Antichrist’s peace covenant found in Daniel 9:27. It is not, as there is no seven-year requirement. Others wonder if this subjugation of Israel’s remaining hostile neighbors is the fulfillment of the Psalm 83 War. Possibly, as this end-time war may not have to happen in one titanic battle but has actually been the culmination of Israel’s wars for survival since 1948. Some question if Middle East leaders signing this peace deal and returning to the Abraham Accords marks the temporary time of peace Israel will enjoy, though unsuspecting, while the greater Islamic world plans the horrific Gog-Magog invasion of Ezekiel 38-39. I believe we can count on that.
Regardless, we are indeed living in exciting times as we are witnessing Bible prophecy being fulfilled right before our very eyes! In the past century, we have seen the Jewish people being regathered in unbelief from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:11-12). The state of Israel was re-established on May 14, 1948 (Isaiah 66:7-8; Ezekiel 37:21-22). The land of Israel has been reclaimed from its desolation, becoming once again a land of agricultural abundance (Ezekiel 36:34-35). The Hebrew language has been revived from the dead (Zephaniah 3:9). The Jews once again reoccupy the city of Jerusalem and have made it their capital (Zechariah 8:4-8). And all the nations of the world have come together against Israel over the issue of who controls Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Zechariah 12:1-3).
We have witnessed the Arab nations of the world attacking Israel repeatedly in a coordinated effort to annihilate the state and always failing. Those who “have taken crafty counsel against Your people” are “put to shame and perish,” “that they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth” (Psalm 83; Zechariah 12:6). Israel has proven it will not, nor never will be, removed from its promised land (Amos 9:15). And now we will wait and see if Israel has truly gained a temporary peace for the nation to dwell in a state of security and prosperity, though unexpecting of a larger Russian-Islamic attack (Ezekiel 38:11).
Prophecies Still to Be Fulfilled
While we can only speculate on whether Israel’s war with Hamas was prophetic, we can know with surety what biblical prophecies lie ahead for the nation of Israel and the Jewish people.
1. Gog-Magog Invasion of Israel
A Russian coalition consisting mainly of Muslim nations led by Russia will invade Israel.
“After many days you [Israel] will be visited. In the latter years you [Gog] will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.” (Ezekiel 38-39)
2. Destruction of Russia and Islam
The Russian-Islamic coalition will be destroyed supernaturally by God.
“You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured… And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” (Ezekiel 38-39)
3. God Reveals Himself to the World
God’s supernatural defeat of the Gog and Magog invaders makes Him known to the world and turns Israel’s heart back to Him, though not yet His Son.
“So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. ‘Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. ‘This is the day of which I have spoken.’ “ (Ezekiel 38-39)
4. Antichrist Makes a Peace Covenant with Israel
The Antichrist will intervene and guarantee the security of Israel, possibly enabling the Jews to rebuild their Temple.
“Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week…” (Daniel 9:27)
5. Antichrist Desecrates the Third Temple
At the end of three and a half years, the Antichrist will enter the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God.
“…but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.” (Daniel 9:27)
“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains…” (Matthew 24:15-18)
“Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)
6. The Second Holocaust
The Jews will reject the Antichrist, and he will respond with an attempt to annihilate them, killing two-thirds of them in the process.
“Now when the dragon [Satan] saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman [Israel] who gave birth to the male Child [Jesus]… And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (Revelation 12:13-17)
“‘And it shall come to pass in all the land,’ says the Lord, ‘That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it: I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, “This is My people”; and each one will say, “The Lord is my God.” ‘ “‘ (Zechariah 13:8-9)
7. Remnant Delivered by the Messiah
At the end of the Tribulation, as the Jews face their extinction, they will call out to Jesus their Messiah.
“And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; for this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.’ “ (Romans 11:25-27)
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.” (Zechariah 12:10)
“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.” (Romans 9:27-28)
8. Messiah Blesses the Believing Jewish Remnant
Jesus will return and regather all believing Jews to Israel.
“…the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live… You will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today… The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers.” (Deuteronomy 30:1-9)
9. Messiah Rules From Jerusalem
Israel will be established as the prime nation in the world.
“Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it… For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:1-4)
“So the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from now on, even forever.” (Micah 4:1-7)
10. Israel Receives Her Inheritance
The Lord will bless the Jewish remnant by fulfilling all the promises He has made to Israel.
“Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you… and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising…” (Isaiah 60:1-62:7)
” ‘…At that time I will bring you back, even at the time I gather you; for I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I return your captives before your eyes,’ says the Lord.” (Zephaniah 3:17-20)
“Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” (Isaiah 49:22-23)
11. World Blessed by the Jewish People
The blessings of God will flow out to all the nations through the Jewish people during the millennial rule of Jesus Christ.
“Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord… In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ “ (Zechariah 8:22-23)
God’s Warning
Finally, whether you love or hate the nation of Israel, or even the Jewish people, regardless of what we mere mortals think, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. God’s will will be done, and there’s just no stopping it. After all, who could ever stand against the living God and expect to win?
In response to the rabid Antisemitism spreading across the globe, here’s God’s warning to all those—both unbelievers and Christians—who continue to stand against God’s work through Israel. As Hebrews 10:31 reveals, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” You have been warned!
