America in Bible Prophecy !

America in Bible Prophecy !

For many years, it has been taught that in the Last-Days literally every nation of the earth – including the United States – will be utterly dominated by the Antichrist; there will be no place to escape from the dreaded Mark of the Beast; every last nation of the world will come against Jerusalem. Zechariah 12 is usually used to validate the theory, as is the Apostle John. After all, the Antichrist will be given “authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,” (Revelation 13:7).

This would seem like an ironclad case for the Antichrist ruling the globe, including the United States, which he uses in his march against Jerusalem. It is this dilemma that caused many to believe that the United States will be taken over by Antichrist.

Before we attempt to solve this issue, it is necessary to clarify the dilemma. For this, we can ask a Jesus-style question: does the usage of the phrase, “the whole earth” and “every tribe, tongue and nation” in the Bible mean “the entire globe”? If so, then did Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:1 send his letter to every nation, tribe and tongue in the “entire globe”?

“Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.” (Daniel 4:1) “O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. Because of the high position he gave him, all the peoples and nations and men of every language dreaded and feared him,” (Daniel 5:18, 19).

How about

“Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom,” (I Kings 4:34) Did anyone visit Solomon from China?

How about… “Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt,” (2 Kings 17:29). Did the inhabitants of every last nation of the earth have Samaritan gods in their homes?

How about… “the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries.” Isaiah 37:18 Did King Sennacherib of Assyria actually destroy all nations on the face of the earth?

How about… “As I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth,” (Daniel 8:5). Did Alexander the Great occupy the whole earth? So then, let us offer a new perspective regarding the end-times verses :

  • Zechariah 14:2 “For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle”
  • Matthew 25:32 “I will also gather all nations”
  • Joel 3:2 “I will gather all nations”

Such verses should not be isolated. In context, Zechariah 12 only encompasses the surrounding nations: “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves,” (Zechariah 12:2-3).

In Joel 3:12 we find the same : “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.”

“The surrounding peoples” and “all the nations of the earth” are two references pertaining to the same people; “all the nations” and “the earth” is not the entire globe, though the translation may seem to allude to it as such. The problem is that the translation at times makes it difficult since – in English – “the earth” tends to mean “the entire globe” and in Hebrew the word “Eretz” commonly means “the land” and not “the entire globe.”

Then we have the culture. In ancient Hebrew, we find a grammatical construct that makes emphatic statements in order to convey a point, whereas using hyperbole is extremely common in eastern cultures. Elaborating on the exceptions would entirely blunt the impact of the statement. For instance, imagine a speed limit sign that listed the exceptions painted on it, “speed limit 55—except ambulances, fire trucks, police giving chase, etc.” Thus, exceptions cannot be ruled out on the basis of exclusive language. This type of language is actually found quite frequently in the Bible. Throughout the prophecies of end-times the Bible is speaking of a regional war and not global (Ezekiel 36:4, 5, Psalm 79:12, Jeremiah 12:14, Ezekiel 28-32).

One common argument I always get is an objection that “the earth” is meant to be “the known world,” that today’s “known world” must then encompass the entire globe. This assumption is false since all “Four Beasts” in Daniel chapter 7 arise out of “the Great Sea” (Daniel 7:2). “The Great Sea” is the Mediterranean region, not the entire globe. That with all the literal nations of end-times encompasses only the Middle East and Asia Minor. If the first beast (Babylon), second beast (Medo-Persia) and third beast (Greece) all were out within the “Great Sea” (Mediterranean) then the fourth beast of Daniel 7 could only pertain to the Mediterranean Sea as well.

To make the Antichrist rule a global one, many western interpreters today allegorize “The Great Sea” as “the sea of humanity.” In so doing, we lose the meaning and the intent of the prophecy. This reference to “The Great Sea” cannot be an allegory pertaining to the “sea of humanity” since every verse in the Bible refers to “The Great Sea” as the Mediterranean Sea (see Num 34:6-7, Jos 1:4, Jos 9:1, Jos 15:12, Jos 15:47, Jos 23:4, Ezek 47:10, 15, 19, 20, Ezek 48: 28).

The Bible makes every effort to clarify that the nations surrounding Israel are the ones to which it is referring : “And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord,” (Psalm 79:12). Do Israel’s “neighbors” include The United States? No. This is confirmed in many places in the Bible:

“Thus Says Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit,” (Jeremiah 12:14). The neighbors are all Muslim.

In the Bible, Antichrist “will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it” (Daniel 7: 23), yet several prophecies state that Antichrist will be confronted and will not take over the globe (Daniel 11:40-45, Daniel 11:30, Ezekiel 28:7-8). So where is the United States in the Bible? How many ever think about this, that perhaps in the end, the United States is mentioned fighting against the Antichrist. Daniel 11 tells us that Antichrist “acts against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory” (Daniel 11:39).

Who are these “strongest fortresses” [the strongest military might]”? How could the Antichrist rule the entire globe if we have strongest fortresses that fight against him? Does he truly defeat these strongest fortresses? Does he defeat the United States? Does he rule the entire globe? The answer to this is “No.”

Why then do so many modern Western prophecy analysts insist that Antichrist hold the most powerful military might in the world? Which nations hold the strongest military might? Is it not the United States?

The text regarding end-times is clearly portraying what we see in Islam today. Even when we read that he declares war “against the strongest fortresses.” What could that mean except what it plainly says—to declare war against the most powerful nations on earth? Jihadists already declared war on Europe and the U.S. And now with the Arab Spring clearly becoming an Islamic storm, we see that what we have said to you years ago in advance; everything is happening in accordance to a plan.

However, the West today seems oblivious to this fact. Who else could be as maniacal as Muslim fundamentalists to declare war on the powerful West? Who else is deceiving the West with false peace saying that ‘Islam is a peaceful religion’? And it is all for the purpose of advancing their god, Allah.

This is exactly what we see today

The position that every nation will fall to Antichrist is impossible since the Bible clearly states that some will even resist the Antichrist and even defeat him. The verses are rarely discussed. In Ezekiel 28, it even confirms that the most powerful nations (strongest fortresses) on earth will annihilate the Antichrist:

“Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.” (Ezekiel 28:7-8)

“They” pertains to these powerful nations and the term “terrible” implies to being “terrible in battle,” “most powerful,” “strongest fortresses.” God will rise up several nations who will carry out His judgment and attack the Antichrist in the end. Therefore, it cannot be true that every nation of the globe will fall to the Antichrist and attack Israel. There have always been attempts to establish a One-World Government, yet they have never succeeded; far too many in the West fail to remember that God divided the nations after the Tower of Babel to never allow them to be one; even in the Millennium we will still have nations separated. This promise is as the rainbow for Noah.

Too many today read the Bible narcissistically. Many books have been written that place the West at the center of prophecy and interpret history through a Western-centric lens. Far too many Westerners have missed the obvious fact that the Bible is thoroughly Middle Eastern. In the Biblical worldview, Jerusalem is the center of the earth, not Europe or America. The biblical prophecies about the End-Times are no different.

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UN recognition of Palestine brings end-times prophecy of Joel closer !

UN recognition of Palestine brings end-times prophecy of Joel closer !

If the Palestinians would know and believe-what the Bible says about the fate of Gaza, they would have much less reason to celebrate the UN recognition for their own state. “

Note that when Syria will use chemical weapons, the US will start airstrikes against Syrian troops and important targets : The result will be that Syria will launch chemical missiles against Israel, the result of a chemical strike against Israel will be a Nuclear War : Israel will use Nuclear Weapons against Damascus, this action will fulfill the prophecies of Edgar Cayce and Baba Vanga … Also several quatrains of Nostradamus can be about this war that will become the third world war.

Ps : Sorry for the “Google Translation” 🙂

PA-leader Abbas declared in his speech in Ramallah that the dream of a Palestinian state has come true. After an overwhelming majority in the UN approved the upgrading of the Palestinian Authority to non-Member State. The only few Christians with anything more than superficial knowledge of the biblical end-time prophecies, however, know that the division of Israel in the end time for over 2800 years ago was foretold by the prophet Joel, and also ultimately the result will be : A final, devastating world war and the destruction of all nations who have turned against Israel.

Like most other Old Testament prophets Joel writes about the rejection of Israel by God because of their unfaithfulness, but also about their recovery in the last days, right before the “Day of the Lord” comes. From the old texts it is clear that we are currently living in the predicted end time :

“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I once will bring back the captives of Judah (Judah, Jews = Jews) and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and drains into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will there with them in judgment by reason of my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land … “(Joel 3:1-2, NIV)

Many Bible Experts believe this ‘targeted’ by God Himself in the valley of Jehoshaphat (near Jerusalem, between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives) at the same time will occur when the massive battle in the valley of Megiddo, known as “Armageddon”, the greatest battle ever right to the return of the Messiah will be preceded.

God : Israel my inheritance, my country

Notice that God Himself is speaking and he Israel my inheritance “and” my country “calls (which goes much further than just” Jewish land “!), And literally to the enemies of Israel” Palestine “and Lebanon aims:

“And also, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre and Sidon (South Lebanon, the domain of Hezbollah), and all the borders of Palestine (KJV: Philistia)! Ye me give recompence? But if you want to repay me, lightly, quickly, I will recompense on your head again bring your … You have the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem sold to the children of the Greeks (the West), that ye might remove them far from their border (area) might bring. (vs. 4-7, SV) Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will bring your recompence upon your head. “(Vv. 4-7, SV)

Peoples around advancing against Israel

Some time after the in verse 2 for benefit sharing of Israel will ‘surrounding nations’ (vs.12)’ advance to the valley of Jehoshaphat, “obvious to Jerusalem, Abbas again by the” eternal capital of Palestine was called, to “liberate”. Often overlooked, but very important for a correct interpretation of this prophecy, is adding ‘around’. It is therefore only to the countries that surround Israel, and who are without exception Arabic and / or Islamic and sworn enemies of the Jewish state.

In verse 15 confirms that during the “Day of the Lord ‘, the last stage of the end times will happen :

“The sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.”

Egypt and Arabia destroyed

These events-whether literally or figuratively-are to be understood in many other places in the Bible the characteristics listed at the beginning of this “Day of the Lord” (Jes.13 :9-10 / Ez.32: 7 = Prophecy of the future destruction of Egypt / Joel 3:15 / 3:11 Habakkuk / Matt.24: 29 / Marc.13: 24 / Revelation 6:12, 8:12). Then God Himself will intervene :

“And the LORD will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem, His voice, that heaven and earth will shake: but the LORD will be the refuge of his people and the strength of the children of Israel … Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom (Arabia) will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation … And the LORD shall dwell in Zion. “(v. 16_19-21).

Muslim Brotherhood

Now that the Muslim Brotherhood, which openly seeks the destruction of Israel and the Jews, has taken over Egypt, it is not difficult to imagine that the country is already in the near future aggressive prepares and possible UN recognition of “Palestine” engages a military attack on the Jewish state to perform. In Ezekiel 32 is that Egypt will be completely destroyed (v. 15). Since this prophecy has never happened before.

Another indication that talking about a future event in the end time to go is adding “they will know that I am the LORD.” In other words, if their country is destroyed, the Egyptians will know who is responsible for this. Incidentally, according to Ezekiel also Syria (‘Assyria’, vs.22), Iran (Elam ‘, vs. 24), Turkey (Meshech, Tubal) and Edom (Arabs *) are destroyed.

* Ezekiel 25:12-13 confirms that this is indeed (Saudi) Arabia goes: “I will stretch out my hand against Edom and will exterminate humans and animals, I will make a mess of Temam unto Dedan , by the sword will fall. “Temam and Dedan are in the current Saudi Arabia.

Destruction of Babylon during the Day of the Lord !

The prophet Isaiah also added a country / region : Babel (Babylon), which in present day is Iraq. Verse 10 shows that this prophecy is about the future “Day of the Lord” :

“The stars in the heavens give no more light … The sun is darkened as she rises, the light of the moon is gone. Then I leave the world pay for her wickedness … “

In the sequel we recognize the global earthquake eg in Revelation is described. Some expositors think that the Earth literally from his job will be pushed, possibly by the impact of a large object (meteor or comet) from space :

“I make people scarcer than gold … I will make the heavens tremble, touches the earth shake from its place on the day of the Lord … The grim day of his fierce anger . Then everyone will flee to his country of origin … Babylon is like Sodom and Gomorrah, cities destroyed by God. Never again will people live, it remains depopulated until the farthest posterity…. (Jes. 13:10-20). No Arab will save his tent … “(Isa. 13:10-20).

Wrath of God on Gaza – Syria – Jordan and Sudan

The prophet Zephaniah is very specific. On the “day of the anger of the LORD ‘will’ leave Gaza and the Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod, during the recent conflict with Hamas again the target of numerous Palestinian missiles a ‘wasteland’ and ‘depopulation’, probably as a result of the future Palestinian-Egyptian-Arab military attack.

Then God will “the land of the Philistines” (by the Palestinians as their ancestors are considered) ‘to ruin, with all residents . The still densely populated Palestinian coastal strip will become ‘grassland’ and ‘accrue to whom Judah remain … Because the LORD their God, and will seek them out their destiny for the better. “(Zef.2)

Similar total destruction : The other attackers of the Jewish state-Jordan (“Moab” and “Ammon”), Sudan (“Nubians” (NLT) / ‘Moors’ (SV) / “Ethiopians” (KJV) and Syria (Assyria ‘) – will be destroyed also : “She rifled through what’s left of my people, their property is to what’s left of my nation (Israel) remaining” (vs.9).

Also Zephaniah gives the same double confirmation that we are dealing with future events to do: “Terrible shall the LORD against them (the enemies of Israel) being, for he will all the gods of the earth (all other religions and / or all world leaders) do waste away, and before him shall bow down, each in his place, all the coastal countries of the peoples n (SV: all the isles of the Gentiles = all continents) “(vs.11, SV + NKJV).

The Fate of Jews and Israel

In Ezekiel 36 is impressively throughout the history of the Jewish people, from the distant past to the future, is described. From verse 16 begins a flashback to the time when the people of Israel for their “evil deeds” the wrath of God upon himself and was banished to “foreign nations” and “distant countries” (vs.19). Since the Jews were not welcome and were-and still are-mocked (vs.20) because they had lost their land to their enemies.

“Thus says the Lord GOD: Vol schadenfreude, the enemy called:” The ancient mountains (lit. ‘high places’) are now one of us! “(Vs.2).

God is angry because of false accusations and conspiracy theories

In two sentences then Ezekiel foretold that the Jews everywhere would be slandered and persecuted, and the subject of all kinds (‘Zionist’) conspiracy theories and false accusations of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” would be:

“Thus says the Lord GOD: When you were destroyed, the people around you preyed on you . You went on the tongue and it was rumored about you … It is said of you that you have people devour you the nations which you live by robbing their children. “(Vs.3 13)

God Himself draws however personally :

“Thus says the Lord GOD: I speak with resin drafts and anger You are humiliated by other nations, and therefore, says the Lord God, I swear that the nations around you yourself will be humiliated … I will make you the humiliation of other nations no longer have to endure their ridicule not need to hear. “(Vs.6-7 +15)

I will bring you into your own land

It also makes very clear that God is not Israel, but the Arabs actual occupiers of the land now-with the support of all the Arabs, by the Palestinians for their own state is claimed :

“Thus says the Lord GOD: In the fire of my passion I complain Edom (Arabia) and all the other nations on. Their hearts were filled with joy and their souls filled with contempt when they took possession of my country and the pastures were spoils’ (vs.5).

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name, which you have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went …. I will take you from the nations and gather you out of all countries, and I will bring you into your own land “(22 vs. 24).

The fulfillment of that promise, the whole world witnessed in 1947-1948 when the state of Israel was founded and from around the world a massive Aliyah (return of the Jews) emerged, a process that is still ongoing.

Second part of Prophecy : The Cleaning

The second part of the prophecy has yet to be fulfilled or is about to be fulfilled (a process that can take many years) :

“I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness and from all your idols, will I cleanse you … Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God …. Then you will remember your evil ways and your doings that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations … Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the LORD have rebuilt what was destroyed and planted what was desolate. “(Vv. 25-36).

Hatred against Israel does God intervene

That hatred of Israel and the desire to destroy the Jewish state ultimately the main reason is that there is a limit to God passed over and he personally intervenes clear from the prophecy in Ezekiel 35 about the “mountains of Seir” (located in the current Jordan, where 60% ​​-70% of the population is Palestinian) and Edom :

“Because ye have eternal enmity cherished and ye have delivered the children of Israel to the violence of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of final settlement, therefore, as I live … Of blood will I make and blood shall pursue you, since you have not shunned shedding of blood, blood will persecute you. I will mount Seir to a place of desolation and destruction, and there exterminate anyone who comes or goes …. “(vs.5-7) With the same anger and envy which you have treated them in your hatred, will I also deal and me among them do know when I will judge you. “(vs.11)

I have your great words against me be heard

God has something to say about the known anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bluster about the “right” to a Palestinian state that today we again hear everywhere-not only in the Islamic world, but also in the West :

“I’ve heard the blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, they are destroyed, they are our (the Palestinians / Arabs) given to feed us! Yes, you have a high pitched against me excited and great words against Me stacked – I’ve heard. Thus says the Lord GOD: To the delight of all the earth will I make you desolate, as you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was destroyed, so will I do to you: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir , yes Edom whole and al ‘

Again the same confirmations that this is not about the past, but the future is going to end :

“Until a perpetual desolation I will make thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.” (Vs.9). Both are never fulfilled: Jordan and Arabia are still inhabited and nobody has ever Yahweh, the God of Israel, recognized.

Overall performance :

History shows that the fulfillment of biblical prophecies ** in several consecutive sentences are written often many years and even decades or centuries-takes. This is clearly the case with the return of the Jews to their own country and by God promised ‘cleaning’, as mentioned earlier a process that possibly many years will take (think of the slowly growing group of Messianic Jews).

It is therefore impossible to say whether the large, many biblical prophets described end war during or at the beginning of the “Day of the Lord” is already very near, or still (decades?) Years in delay. Nevertheless, the ever-accelerating becoming events and upheavals in the Middle East that extremist Islamists who make no secret of wanting to destroy the Jewish state increasingly influence and power. Regular anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist statements of Egyptian President Morsi and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan may therefore be a clear sign on the wall are seen.

** Due to the length of this article I have discussed in many previous articles known prophecies about the future destruction of Damascus (Jes.17: 1), the “Gog Magog attack on Israel (Ez.38) and the destruction of all of Israel’s enemies with possible nuclear weapons followed by the return of the Messiah (Zech.12 14) omitted.

End-Times Prophecy of Joel

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