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Are You Ready For The Beginning of the End
Matthew 24:32-39
 
Matthew 24:32-39 “Learn a lesson from the fig tree: When its branches become green and soft and new leaves appear, you know summer is near.
In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to come.
I tell you the truth, all these things will happen while the people of this time are still living.
Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.
When Will Jesus Come Again?
“No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son.
Only the Father knows.
When the Son of Man comes, it will be like what happened during Noah’s time.
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat.
They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them.
It will be the same when the Son of Man comes.
We need to be aware of the situation in Israel and the Middle East when you ‘pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
We need to ask some questions about what is happening.
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Who is Modern Israel?
First they are almost exclusively Jewish.
The vast majority of its people have returned to the area since 1948.
And its biggest ally is the United States.
2. Who are the Palestinians?
They are primarily Muslim.
They were the possessors and occupants of this area for centuries before 1948.
Their biggest ally is the rest of the Arab world (Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria,  etc.).
It is basically 3.6 million Jews who are surrounded by 200 million Muslims.
\\ What is the land that they are fighting over?
There Are Three Particularly Important Areas:
[For this section, we will use maps showing these areas.]
\\ 1.
The West Bank.
The West Bank was not part of Israel in 1948.
It was ruled by Jordan until 1967, when Israel was attacked by Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
This area was captured by Israel during the six day war.
The West Bank includes a large portion of Jerusalem.
The West Bank is now divided between Palestinian Authority and Jewish settlement and military positions.
\\ 2. The Gaza Strip.
Gaza was not part of Israel in 1948.
It was occupied by Egypt until 1967, when Israel captured it during the 6 day war.
It is largely Palestinian-controlled, but with numerous Jewish settlements.
It was the sight where recently an Israeli soldier was kidnapped by Hamas and where the Palestinian were rebelling against Israel under their newly elected Hamas government.
\\ 3. The Golan Heights.
Golan was not part of Israel in 1948, it belonged to Syria until 1967, when Israel captured it and occupied it.
All three of these areas were recently given back to the Palestinians and Syrians as a part of the peace process by Israel.
Why Are These Three Areas So Important?
They were all won by Israel in the disputed military action known the Six-Day War of 1967.
It is “disputed” in that Israel calls their actions “pre-emptive” while the Palestinians call Israel’s \\ actions “aggressive.”
Years before the war, hostilities between the Arab nations, and the Jews had already been at a high point.
The Arab nations refused to accept the fact that Israel could be a Jewish state, and so, President Nasser of Egypt called for the destruction of Israel.
At first, there were just occasional attacks on civilians, but the attacks became more and more ferocious, until it came to Israeli villages being heavily shelled by Syrian troops from the Golan Heights.
Israel had warned Syria, but Syria came to Egypt for help, and by then, Egyptian forces were packed into the Sinai Peninsula.
Nasser then closed down the Strait of Tiran, which was a very important trading link between Israel and the other countries of the world.
Such an act was an act of war, but what they didn’t know was that Israel would react with its full force.
Israel was going into a battle against the Egyptians, the Jordanians, and the Syrians.
Because of this, Israel decided it was going to fight in Arab territory rather than have the battles in Israeli territory.
On June 5th the Israeli Air Force made the First Strike on Egypt.
That strike caught 309 of the 340 combat aircrafts belonging to Egypt on the ground and destroyed them.
Then, Israel completed the attack with their ground forces, leaving heavy Egyptian casualties, but minimal casualties for Israel.
Israel’s 1st strike in the war was amazingly successful.
Israel had asked Jordan not to join in on the war, but President Nasser of Egypt called Jordan and told them that they had won the previous battle between themselves and Israel, although they really had not.
Because of this, Jordanian troops attacked the Israeli half of Jerusalem.
Israel didn’t have to worry about Egypt anymore, so they turned their attention on Jordan.
By the next morning, Israeli troops seized the other half of Jerusalem that they did not yet own.
Just one day had past, and already the Egyptian air force had been eradicated, as well as the Jordanian forces suffering heavy casualties.
Israel continued its operations against Arab air force bases, raising the amount of fighters destroyed to 416!
With almost total control of the skies, Israel’s fighters and bombers were able to protect the tanks and artillery on the battlefield below.
They prevented Jordanian reinforcements from reaching Jerusalem, and at 10:00 AM, Israel had taken control of the Western Wall!
By the next day, Jordanian forces were pushed back to their side of the Jordan River.
That day, the Jordanians arranged for a cease-fire.
The first group had surrendered.
On June 8, 1967 Israeli forces had reached the Suez Canal.
After they had taken over the Siniai, Israel turned its forces on the Golan Heights, which is where the Syrians were shelling Israeli villages from.
The next day Israeli soldiers began the difficult assault up steep terrain against the Syrian forces.
The balance of power soon shifted in Israel’s favor, and by 6:30 PM, Syria had surrendered and signed a cease-fire.
Israel controlled all of the Golan Heights.
The war with the Egyptians didn’t formally end until 1979, when the two countries finally made peace.
Israel’s victory was extremely devastating to the Arabs, who expected victory for themselves.
The fact that the war took only 6 days shows that God is with Israel.
The Arab forces lost almost their entire air forces, and much of their armed weaponry.
10,000 Egyptians were killed in Sinai and Gaza alone, compared to the 300 Israeli casualties on that front.
In all, Egypt lost about 11,000 troops, Jordan lost about 6,000, Syria lost about 1,000, and Israel lost about 700.
Israel gained all of Jerusalem, The Golan Heights, Sinai, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.
But something strange happened after this incredible military feat.
General Moshe Dayan placed the Israeli flag on the Muslim Dome of the Rock where the ancient Jewish Temple was constructed.
This made the religious Jews very happy—but then he took down the flag in a political move to pacify the Muslim Arabs.
If he would have demolished the Dome of the Rock Mosque it would have created a Holy War unlike the world has ever seen.
There are still Palestinians living in these areas, which have been for most of the years since 1967 “occupied” by Israel.
The Palestinians feel they’re under foreign occupation, which leads to a situation that breeds resentment and anger.
\\ How Did The Middle East Get To The Mess It Is Today?
The animosity goes back to Abraham.
Genesis 16:1-4.
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.
But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; /2 /so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children.
Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
When Hagar had her son, Ishmael, and then Sarah had her son, Isaac, Sarah had her husband banish Hagar and Ishmael.
Ishmael is the son through whom the Arabs were born whereas Isaac was the son through who the Jews were born.
Both sides claim ownership of the same land.
This isn’t just any land, it’s considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s the rise of the Zionist movement, which was the idea of restoring a Jewish state to the Holy Land, began to rise because the Jews had been exiled from their land for many generations.
This idea was not met with immediate enthusiasm, but slowly did begin to win followers.
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