Seven Amazing Prophecies About Israel

SEVEN AMAZING PROPHECIES ABOUT ISRAEL PASTOR JAMES WOODLEY, Th.D. 1. the everlasting abrahamic covenant (& It will be fulfilled) The Nation of Israel begins with Abraham and the Covenant God made with him. (1) Great nation to come from Abraham, Gen_12:2; (2) Abraham himself to be blessed, Gen_12:2; (3) Abraham’s name to be great, Gen_12:2; (4) Those who bless Abraham shall be blessed, Gen_12:3; (5) Those who curse Abraham shall be cursed, Gen_12:3; (6) All families of the earth shall be blessed in Abraham, Gen_12:3; (7) The land of Canaan given to Abraham and his seed forever, Gen_13:15; (8) Abraham to be the father of many nations, Gen_17:4; (9) Kings to come of Abraham, Gen_17:6; (10) The Abrahamic Covenant declared an everlasting covenant, Gen_17:7; (11) Sarah to be the mother of nations, Gen_17:16; (12) Messiah will be a descendant of Abraham, Gen_21:12. (13) Abraham’s seed to be multiplied beyond numbering Gen_22:17; (14) God to dwell among the children of Israel, Exo_29:45. 2. they would reject the messiah at his first coming Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 3. they would be judged for their national sins Deuteronomy 28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. Deut 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: Deut 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 4. they would be out of their land for a long time Matthew 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. ... Matthew 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell THEY WOULD BE REGATHERED FROM ALL NATIONS Ezekiel 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 5. 6. they would be surrounded by hostile nations Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7. they will rebuild the temple 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. The Man Of Sin & The Abomination Of Desolation & The False Prophet Must Occur Before The Second Coming. The Apostasy Must Occur Before The Man of Sin. SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT RELATE TO BIBLE PROPHECY 1. 1948 - Israel Back In The Land 2. 1967 - control of jerusalem Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 3. Schools To Train Levitical Priests the priesthood Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 4. Making the articles For Temple worship 5. Successfully Breeding a red heifer Numbers 19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 6. The Political Alignments of the Nations Around Israel Revived Roman Empire Russian Confederacy Powerful militaries In Asia Islam Dominating Middle East