Moreover, as a direct result of Article 80, the UN cannot transfer these rights over any part of Palestine (vested as they are in the Jewish People) to any non-Jewish entity, such as the Palestinian Authority. Put simply, todays church is often blind to her Jewish roots. Journal of Early Modern History 2, no. Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. By the end of the 1949 War of Independence the fledgling Israeli forces had defeated five invading Arab armies. Here we see the total defeat and humiliation of militant Islam in the sight of many nations. In fact, the spiritual aggression shown to Israel (and to the true followers of Christ) will intensify towards the end of this age (Rev 12.13-17). Surprisingly, such a scenario is not impossible in todays world! Although they make up less than half of one percent of the world population, between 1901 and 1950 Jews won 14% of all the Nobel Prizes awarded for Literature and Science, and between 1951 and 2000 Jews won 32% of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, 32% for Physics, 39% for Economics and 29% for Science. But what of the climate? But Bible prophecy says they will fail! But when Israel became divided into northern and southern kingdoms (the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah) the term Jew came to apply to all those in the Kingdom of Yehudah (Judah). The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. Rosh Russia? God calls for a sword against Magog (Ezekiel 38:21), and God to send a fire on Magog. Image: Israeli tank, 1973. 9The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. It is depicted in this way on Arabian world maps starting from the 10th century, as also on the Tabula Rogeriana , an influential map drawn in 1154 by . More , Jerusalem Old City at Dawn. Todays maps identify this area to include the Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. Paul is saying that both creation and man himself groan due to imperfection and mortality. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. We have liberated Gaza, part of Palestine, but I am not prepared to accept just Gaza Our position is: Palestine in its entirety, and not a grain of soil less. 5th 8th centuries (Fayard, 2005), "Franques Royal Annals" cited in Sawyer, Peter (2001). In other words, not all nations seem to be involved. In the course of researching my latest book on the Second World War, I recently visited Auschwitz-Birkenau. For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall become My people (Zech 2.10-11). In the last days God promises Israel: I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing (Ezek 34.26) We see this in his attempts to redefine marriage for example, and in his attempts to replace national Israel with the church (Replacement Theology). They are of course the twelve tribes descended from Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. Boycotts are social protests with the aim of changing Israeli government policy through economic damage. [67], Historian and exegete Ibn Kathir mentioned similar theories in his book Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya and mentions Gog and Magog are two groups of Turks, descended from Yafith (Japheth), the father of the Turks, one of the sons of Noah. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. This speaks of two births of man: a physical birth through woman and a spiritual birth through Gods Spirit. Generally these kingdoms are situated somewhere west . Cite error: A list-defined reference named "jean-edward-smith" is not used in the content (see the help page). Heaven is Gods throne and earth is meant for man. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. Traditionally, the UK government has had good relations with Israel, including good intelligence cooperation, and has been viewed as one of the worlds friendliest countries to Israel, link. [j][84][85], The Pseudo-Methodius, written originally in Syriac, is considered the source of the Gog and Magog tale incorporated into Western versions of the Alexander Romance. Israel is governed by a western-style multiparty parliamentary system. Defeat comes through fire and brimstone similar to that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Ezek 38.22,23), and possibly via extreme snowfall (Job 38.22,23). No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! Divestment is where investors refrain from investing in Israeli companies or in companies that trade with Israel, and consumers boycott Israeli products, especially products from Israeli settlements in so-called Occupied Palestinian Territory. I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone though all nations of the earth are gathered against it (Zech 12.3), This latter war appears to be unique in that it is not primarily man against man, but man against God; it is commonly known as Armageddon (Rev 16.16, 19.19). But the concept and promise is there (and the caveat is there too)! These are some of Israel's future invaders, Turkey will take part in a war against Israel, Some see Russia leading an Arab war against Israel, Israel's invaders will be destroyed on the mountains of Israel. Politically, Libya is unstable, with the ever-present threat of Islamic State group ISIL or ISIS, link. These are the ones who are refined through suffering and go on into the Millennial world with Christ at His Second Coming. All of western Palestine, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean remains legally open to Jewish settlement under the 1922 British Mandate for Palestine and Article 80 of the UN Charter. Jerusalem is the site of the Temple of Solomon and Herod. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Mortality was the consequence of the wrong free will choice. But prophecy states that one day soon it will be totally destroyed: Damascus will cease from being a city it will be a ruinous heap. But Israel will be at peace with her neighbours in the Millennium! God made a contract with Israel at Mount Sinai via His servant Moses. As to the future, at the end of the age all nations will gather against Israel in an attempt to destroy her but again God intervenes. The world is not even aware of 2 Thes 2 and the church doesnt read as it is but changes it to conform to pet doctrines. One view within Christianity is more starkly apocalyptic, making Gog and Magog, here indicating nations rather than individuals,[3] allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. The 3rd book of the Sibylline Oracles, for example, which originated in Egyptian Judaism in the middle of the 2nd century BC,[29] changes Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" to "Gog and Magog", links their fate with up to eleven other nations, and places them "in the midst of Aethiopian rivers"; this seems a strange location, but ancient geography did sometimes place Ethiopia next to Persia or even India. Under the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Israel continues to supply agreed water amounts to Palestinian areas. 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Since Jesus is soon to return (He will be seen with the clouds Revelation 1.7), this last book is essentially an end time message. [93], This Gog and Magog legend is not found in earlier versions of the Alexander Romance of Pseudo-Callisthenes, whose oldest manuscript dates to the 3rd century,[l] but an interpolation into recensions around the 8th century. Please read on. God willing, there will be no such thing as a Zionist regime in 25 years. // ]]>. Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder? (Ezek 38.13). [Please also see https://seekingtruth.co.uk/spiritual-law/ AND https://seekingtruth.co.uk/quantum-mechanics-and-the-bible/ Ed.]. So, whilst Moscow itself is not directly due north of Israel, the military arm of the Russian Federation is indeed to the far north of Israel (Ezek 38.6,15). [6], The names are mentioned together in Ezekiel chapter 38, where Gog is an individual and Magog is his land. This is the second death. A glance at a map shows that Moscow and the associated western and southern military districts are directly north of the Black Sea. [107] Gog and Magog caricaturised as figures with hooked noses on a miniature depicting their attack of the Holy City, found in a manuscript of the Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman. antisemitism in Gentile nations (Ezek 38.8, 39.26). The God of Israel says to the invaders: I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand (Ezek 39.3). This view is of course incompatible with Christs teaching, namely, that the gospel (as spread by the church) should be first conveyed to Gods people, the house of Israel (Mat 10.6). It is a disgrace that no senior member of the Royal Family has ever undertaken an official visit to Israel, as though the country is still in quarantine after more than six decades. These are children not born through a womans pregnancy, but born of God. 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