Israel is currently under a serious threat of annihilation. The threats have been made on numerous occasions and the weapons of destruction feverishly prepared by people who believe the destruction is pre-ordained by their “God”. The major question is, could this possibly happen and when? Our response is surely a definite NO, but how can we be absolutely sure? The fact is that Yaweh, the only true and living God, has actually predicted that this attempt would be made in the last days. He has also foretold what the ultimate result of this attack would be. That result will be achieved by a direct supernatural intervention that will not only save Israel from destruction but will gloriously transform and extend the borders of Israel winning an era of peace and prosperity.
Australian author Gerald Rowlands has written an intriguing and somewhat controversial book about an attack on Israel that may have an astonishing effect on Israel, the Middle East and ultimately the whole world. It presents the possibility that the next major item on God’s prophetic agenda may include a remarkable outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the nation of Israel that will lead to a great spiritual transformation.
A grave situation that initially appears to threaten the future existence of Israel, may be transformed into a miracle that is even greater than what occurred in Egypt when God delivered His people with a strong and mighty arm (Psa 118:15,16). The very real possibility of this apparently inevitable and imminent attack was greatly increased by a recent speech made by the president of Iran.
On a visit to Lebanon Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently (Thursday 14th October 2010) told thousands of supporters at a rally along the Lebanon/Israel border that Israel would soon disappear, while they (Lebanon) would thrive. Ahmadinejad was in the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil which was once bombed by Israel and rebuilt by Hezbollah.
Speaking to a crowd brandishing Iranian flags and cheering, Ahmadinejad praised Hezbollah and its southern stronghold as "the foremost shield of Lebanon." He further announced that “The entire world should know that the Zionists are destined to soon disappear from the world.” His vehement views have even been aired before the United Nations on several occasions provoking very little protest.
In several of his vitriolic speeches, wittingly or unwittingly Ahmadinejad has actually quoted a Biblical prophecy that a war would be launched against Israel by all her neighbors that would be intended to literally “wipe Israel off the map.” Psalm 83:4-8
What Ahmadinejad did not quote was the conclusion of the psalm in which Israel’s enemies would become ashamed and terrified and learn that Jehovah alone is the “Most High” supreme over all the earth. Psalm 83:16-18
The attack that Ahmadinejad foreshadowed that would make Israel disappear off the map is not only predicted in Psalm 83 it is also described in Zechariah 12. However, the account that is given in Zechariah 12 adds much more detail about the attack and its amazing conclusion.
Zechariah 12:9-10 (AMP)
9 And it shall be in that day that I will make it My aim to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace or unmerited favor and supplication. And they shall look [earnestly] upon Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Faced with a vicious attack that appears to have the potential to annihilate the Jewish State, the prophet describes a direct intervention by Yaweh Sabaoth (The Lord of heaven’s armies) which achieves an astonishing supernatural victory for Israel. Immediately after the miraculous victory, the person who led Israel to that victory is recognized as - “the one who was pierced.” This totally unexpected revelation is the cause of a national time of mourning encompassing a major part of Israel’s population.
The question this book addresses is whether or not this apparently inevitable attack is the one predicted by Zechariah. If it is then according to verse ten the victory will soon be followed by the transformation of Israel through a fresh revelation of the Holy One of Israel and subsequent repentance and prayers. This “appearance” of the Messiah to Israel will not fit the prophetic perceptions of many Christians. However, according to this book, the possibility of its occurrence appears to have considerable Biblical support. Surely it is a possibility that should at least be seriously and urgently considered. If it proves to be true it will drastically change the future particularly for Israel and the Church and ultimately the whole world.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Outgoing MI Chief: in Next War, TEL AVIV IS FRONT LINE
Major-General Amos Yadlin, the outgoing head of the IDF's Intelligence Branch, told the cabinet Sunday (21st November 2010) that Iran is the major threat against Israel, and not only with regard to its nuclear ambition. “Iran is reaching out with octopus-arms to anyone who acts against Israel,” he said. "In the next confrontation, there is a chance that war will break out on more than one front, and that Tel Aviv will become a front,” Yadlin warned, as he has before. “There is also a struggle against the very legitimacy of Israel's existence,” he added, “and to face it we need intelligence and to mobilize the nation.”
"Israel's deterrent power is very strong,” Yadlin told the ministers in his final briefing as Military Intelligence Head, “but the quiet should not deceive us – to the contrary. Our enemies are getting stronger and arming themselves.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bid Yadlin farewell and said: "I met with him every week, sometimes several times a week. We discussed the difficult problems and new challenges that face us, from the Iranian nuclear threat through the threat of missiles and rockets against the State of Israel, the development of Hizbullah and Hamas, as well as various developments in the countries of the region. I believe that Amos succeeded in giving us the tools with which to assess these dangers and to prepare to meet them."
by Gil Ronen
Israel is currently bracing itself for an expected attack by her near neighbors which will be orchestrated by Iran. Such an attack has been announced numerous times by the Iranian government. I personally believe that it has also been predicted in the Koran and in the Bible. Many Muslims across the world are anticipating it and preparing in various ways. Why is it that the Church for the most part, is not recognizing the inevitability and imminence of this attack?
One of the Biblical predictions that clearly describes this attack, also predicts a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Israel that will soon be followed by an outpouring upon all flesh. (Joel 2:28) The world scene will dramatically change and the Church will soon be confronted by a new challenge and a glorious opportunity. The events that will surely follow this outrageous attack. We must pray earnestly and passionately that the Church will awake to the predicted attack and the astounding aftermath. The whole world will be affected one way or another but this predicted event will affect the Church more than any other people group on earth. The Church needs to urgently ask itself exactly what is about to happen? How will it affect the nations on earth? What can we do to prepare for these imminent eventualities?
Gerald Rowlands
"Israel's deterrent power is very strong,” Yadlin told the ministers in his final briefing as Military Intelligence Head, “but the quiet should not deceive us – to the contrary. Our enemies are getting stronger and arming themselves.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bid Yadlin farewell and said: "I met with him every week, sometimes several times a week. We discussed the difficult problems and new challenges that face us, from the Iranian nuclear threat through the threat of missiles and rockets against the State of Israel, the development of Hizbullah and Hamas, as well as various developments in the countries of the region. I believe that Amos succeeded in giving us the tools with which to assess these dangers and to prepare to meet them."
by Gil Ronen
Israel is currently bracing itself for an expected attack by her near neighbors which will be orchestrated by Iran. Such an attack has been announced numerous times by the Iranian government. I personally believe that it has also been predicted in the Koran and in the Bible. Many Muslims across the world are anticipating it and preparing in various ways. Why is it that the Church for the most part, is not recognizing the inevitability and imminence of this attack?
One of the Biblical predictions that clearly describes this attack, also predicts a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Israel that will soon be followed by an outpouring upon all flesh. (Joel 2:28) The world scene will dramatically change and the Church will soon be confronted by a new challenge and a glorious opportunity. The events that will surely follow this outrageous attack. We must pray earnestly and passionately that the Church will awake to the predicted attack and the astounding aftermath. The whole world will be affected one way or another but this predicted event will affect the Church more than any other people group on earth. The Church needs to urgently ask itself exactly what is about to happen? How will it affect the nations on earth? What can we do to prepare for these imminent eventualities?
Gerald Rowlands
Monday, November 15, 2010
MESSAGE FROM GERALD
The war predicted in Psalm 83 and Zechariah 12, appears to be more inevitable and imminent with every passing day. The enemies of Israel are sitting like vultures on her borders, waiting for their signal to attack Israel with a fearful onslaught. As certain as this war may be, so certain also is the predicted response of God when He will judge and destroy those armies that attack His chosen ones. (Psalm 83:3)
Immediately after an astounding victory that God will win for Israel, He will then pour out His Holy Spirit on the entire nation of Israel. (Zechariah 12:10) This will not only initiate a dramatic transformation of Israel. It will also transform the present scenario for all the nations on earth. A brand new day will dawn that will take the world by complete surprise. Ironically, it will also take the great majority of Christians by surprise too despite the fact that it has all been foretold in the Bible. The element of surprise within the Church will find many believers totally unprepared. Instead of flowing directly into the rapidly unfolding plan that takes shape, they will be left as spectators on the sideline.
Revelation 3:6
6 Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. NLT
Ezekiel 3:18
18 If I warn the wicked, saying, 'You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. NLT
Christian TV and radio ministries, who have a unique opportunity to warn people both sinners and the Christians, and fail to use the facility that God has granted them, will have the blood of those people on their hands. Unfortunately many Churches and Christian media ministries today are focussed on entertaining their congregations instead of warning them. Very few preachers, in pulpits or on the airwaves are plainly warning their audiences that we are now living in the last days of this present era. God is about to visit the earth with both judgment and salvation. We who belong to Him, whose lives are truly surrendered to His plan and purpose, need to blow an alarm in such a manner that no one will be able to say, “I never heard the warning. I had no idea of the urgency of the hour.” Whatever means we have access to as an instrument of warning, let us use it powerfully and immediately. Gerald Rowlands www.israelspropheticfuture.org
Immediately after an astounding victory that God will win for Israel, He will then pour out His Holy Spirit on the entire nation of Israel. (Zechariah 12:10) This will not only initiate a dramatic transformation of Israel. It will also transform the present scenario for all the nations on earth. A brand new day will dawn that will take the world by complete surprise. Ironically, it will also take the great majority of Christians by surprise too despite the fact that it has all been foretold in the Bible. The element of surprise within the Church will find many believers totally unprepared. Instead of flowing directly into the rapidly unfolding plan that takes shape, they will be left as spectators on the sideline.
Revelation 3:6
6 Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches. NLT
Ezekiel 3:18
18 If I warn the wicked, saying, 'You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. NLT
Christian TV and radio ministries, who have a unique opportunity to warn people both sinners and the Christians, and fail to use the facility that God has granted them, will have the blood of those people on their hands. Unfortunately many Churches and Christian media ministries today are focussed on entertaining their congregations instead of warning them. Very few preachers, in pulpits or on the airwaves are plainly warning their audiences that we are now living in the last days of this present era. God is about to visit the earth with both judgment and salvation. We who belong to Him, whose lives are truly surrendered to His plan and purpose, need to blow an alarm in such a manner that no one will be able to say, “I never heard the warning. I had no idea of the urgency of the hour.” Whatever means we have access to as an instrument of warning, let us use it powerfully and immediately. Gerald Rowlands www.israelspropheticfuture.org
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