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 Background
It is abundantly clear that Israel not only has God's everlasting promise to Abraham in her favour but also her foundation as a state in 1948 was the result of proper international processes.
The current situation
However, no matter how reasonable Israel ’s right is, it is contested by a people that have gained international recognition from many governments. In reality, we see anti-Semitism. This is as rife as ever and increasing despite all that has happened to the shame of countries like Germany .
In one sense, God undoubtedly protects His people and has promised that they will return to their land. The other side of the coin is that the prophecy through Moses is still being fulfilled:
‘And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life’
[Deuteronomy 28.65,66].
So, we have to view the growing international criticism of Israel as fulfilment of the prophecy about what would happen in the event of God's law being broken. Prophecy shows that this opposition will reach a climax and the opposition will itself be destroyed. This is predicted in many places in Scripture. For example the prophet Joel wrote:
‘For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land…Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong…The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion , my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more’
[Joel 3. 1,2,9,10,16,17].
So there is significance in the current situation in the Middle East . There is the will to destroy Israel and it is spreading. This means that nations are moving in the direction of the battlefield that will see the intervention of Christ and the fulfilment of prophecy.
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