God’s promises for Israel - Session 6
Israel in the end times
Jesus said that the world will be much the same as in the time of Noah (9) before He returns to set up His earthly kingdom (Matthew 25:31–33), where He will reign from Jerusalem. He warned us to “be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Second Timothy 3:1–4 gives us a clear picture of the state of the world before Jesus comes and most likely also describes the world in the days of Noah. That verse says, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” It is becoming increasingly obvious that, to understand what the world was like in the days of Noah, we only need to watch the evening news.
Jesus will be back on earth to set His foot on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where He will setup His Millenial Kingdom (Isaiah 2, Daniel 2, and Revelation 20). But before that happens, several events will happen that will be detrimental to the Jews.
The Ezekiel war, as prophesied in Ezekiel 39 en 39. A coalition of five entities, Russia (Rosh), Iran (Persia), Turkey (Meshek and Tubal), Sudan (Cush), and Lybia (Put), will invade Israel from the north. But God will miraculously make and end to this war.
The Rapture (John 14:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). All Christians will be taken up from the earth to Heaven for a period of seven years.
The (great) Tribulation; also called the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7). The Antichrist will rule over the earth for a period of seven years, while all Christians are absent. At the midpoint of those seven years God will hide the Jews in the desert.
At the end of the Tribulation Jesus’ second coming to the earth will be there, where He will make an end to the Armageddon war, will put the Antichrist and the False Prophet in the Lake of Fire, and Satan in a bottomless pit. Then all remaining Jews will see Jesus and accept Him as Lord and Savior. And the Millennial Kingdom will start on David’s throne in Jerusalem (Luke 1:32-33). And we, Christians will rule with King Jesus over the earth for a 1000 years.
Q46 Do you see signs of the prophesied Ezekiel 38-39 war?
Q47 Do you believe that the rapture will be immanent? And will you be taken up in the air by Jesus?
Q48 Can you imaginze that the non-Christian Jews will suffer severely during the 7-year tribulation? And what can you do to rescue them from that “trouble”?