God says that Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, is going to come. And Persia and Ethiopia, which is Sudan of today, and Libya will join them. Gomer and Togarmah, which is Turkey of today, many people with you. So you can see all the countries, and I bet you you will see that happening either during Trump’s administration or right after that.
These are the countries that are going to rise up against Israel. These are the countries that are in the Ezekiel 38 war that will come. And right after that war, following the supernatural victory of God in that war, Messianic aspirations will continue to increase, which will unfortunately lead to the acceptance of a false Messiah based on the false understanding of who and what Messiah is all about.
And when you don’t think the Messiah is God and that He didn’t come to die for your sins, it’s very easy to choose a man promising prosperity, peace, and above all, the temple in Jerusalem. And that is exactly what Daniel chapter nine says that the last seven years will bring upon Israel: “He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week,” seven years, “but in that middle of that one week, he shall bring an end to the sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined.” It’s determined. You cannot change it.
There is going to be an invasion of Israel. There’s going to be an antichrist. There is going to be a great tribulation. We are not part of it. The entire description in the of Book of Revelation, the church is not even mentioned once during the tribulation. We will be out of here while Israel will be the focus of God’s dealing with the world.
There will be a great tribulation, and Israel is going to seek the Lord during that time. “Alas! For that day is great,” Jeremiah 30 says, “so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”
Daniel chapter 12 says, “At that time Michael,” there is a specific angel in heaven whose job is to protect the nation of Israel. Did you know that? That’s his job. “Michael, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time.”
Basically, Daniel was given news by Gabriel that the tribulation will be far greater than the Holocaust. And then Michael said, “And at that time your people shall be delivered.” Who? The Jewish people that will see and acknowledge Messiah, believe in Him – “everyone who is found written in the book.”
Zechariah says, “‘It shall come to pass in all the land,’ says the Lord, ‘that two-thirds [of Israel] shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it: I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “This is my people”; and each one will say, “The Lord is my God.”’”
Remember, Israel of the present is Israel of the past, and it’s the same Israel of the future. It’s the same promise.
2 Peter 3:3-4
Knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”
While scoffing at the word of God is never a good thing, you could understand, to a degree, why some would wonder about the promise of His coming since a thousand or so years have passed since His ascension. The curious thing, however, is that Peter associates this scoffing specifically with the last days.
The reason this is strange is that the last days in which we now live are not a time absent of prophetic activity, like many of the previous centuries of church history. Things are as they were in the days of Noah – people are lovers of themselves and headstrong and haughty traitors abound, as Paul said they would in 2 Timothy 3 when perilous times have come.
Today, the nations of the Ezekiel war are in coalition together for the first time in history and Israel has become a burdensome stone to most – soon to be all – nations. There has been a mass defection from truth, good and evil have exchanged definitions, and sound doctrine is not tolerated in much of the church.
We have an overwhelming amount of prophetic evidence to indicate that the transition to the 70th week of Daniel may not be far off. And yet, scoffers, which means false teachers or mockers, are all around us. This is also prophetic. They are saying that either the church needs to get the world ready so Jesus can return, or that He’s not coming back to get us like He promised in the book of John:
John 14:2-3
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Jesus said He would come again and take us to where He is, and to scoff at that is to mock the word of God and expose the scoffer as a false teacher or faux follower.
The evidence is clear, the world is about to experience a shift from the church age to the time of Jacob’s trouble. Before that can happen, Jesus will come for His bride and take us to the Father’s house just as He said He would do!
And to that we should all say:
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus,