They attack, they lurk, they await to take my life. Because of wickedness, cast them forth. In anger, put down the peoples, O God! ( vs. 6-7)
Last night, in Benghazi, Libya, our ambassador was brutally murdered along with three other American diplomats. Jihadist Muslims used the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 to demonstrate once again their hatred for America. Earlier in the evening, in Egypt, Muslims stormed the embassy there and set fire to the American flag and hoisted their own on American soil. Something is astir in the Middle East. Israel is poised to strike preemptively against Iran in order to save themselves from the annihilation Iran has promised. And I am studying the Old Testament book of Daniel.
I heard Rand Paul mention today the "ten-horned" nations. Hmmm. Guess he has studied prophecy, too. I have to say I was upset today with the way our current government handled the situation in the Middle East. No stellar foreign policy exhibited. Not even standing up to the schoolyard bully. Where will America end up in eschatology? Are we uninvolved and insignificant by then?
Maybe. There is the end of the age of the Gentiles. Last Gentile into the family of God ....then our Father works primarily with His original chosen people. Daniel and Revelation promise great upheaval. Unbelievable torment. Blood of the saints. Massive martyrdom. The splitting in two of the Mount of Olives. The return in triumph of the King of Kings. Then a thousand years of peace. A short rebellion that ends in the end of evil. Forever then to be with Him in a new heaven and a new earth.
So, Who wins? The One Who has predicted all along the way things will go. That Palestinians and Jews will fight over Jerusalem. How silly that sounded until 1948. There was no Israel united until then. For two thousand years the Jews had been dispersed throughout the world without their homeland. The Bible predicted their pilgrimage back. A miraculous war secured their home once again. Make no mistake. God loves His people. If the Bible is as correct in predicting what is to come as it has been in predicting what has passed, siding with the Jews in the homeland is the safest bet on earth.
Today also made me think of the story of Hagar and Ishmael. Sarah's handmaid given to Abraham so that he could lie with her and have the baby God had promised to Sarah and Abraham. Ooops. Centuries and centuries later, thousands of years, the Arabs and the Jews are still at war. The children of Ishmael hating the child of promise, Isaac, the offspring of Sarah and Abraham. Isaac, the one God promised to Abraham and Sarah. Ishmael, the child of expedience. Setting up the end times from the very beginning.
God, not Allah, wins in the end. Read it in the Revelation of John. And in the Old Testatment book of Daniel. Lest you think in these times of terrorism God is twiddling His thumbs, be warned. We haven't seen anything yet.
Last night, in Benghazi, Libya, our ambassador was brutally murdered along with three other American diplomats. Jihadist Muslims used the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 to demonstrate once again their hatred for America. Earlier in the evening, in Egypt, Muslims stormed the embassy there and set fire to the American flag and hoisted their own on American soil. Something is astir in the Middle East. Israel is poised to strike preemptively against Iran in order to save themselves from the annihilation Iran has promised. And I am studying the Old Testament book of Daniel.
I heard Rand Paul mention today the "ten-horned" nations. Hmmm. Guess he has studied prophecy, too. I have to say I was upset today with the way our current government handled the situation in the Middle East. No stellar foreign policy exhibited. Not even standing up to the schoolyard bully. Where will America end up in eschatology? Are we uninvolved and insignificant by then?
Maybe. There is the end of the age of the Gentiles. Last Gentile into the family of God ....then our Father works primarily with His original chosen people. Daniel and Revelation promise great upheaval. Unbelievable torment. Blood of the saints. Massive martyrdom. The splitting in two of the Mount of Olives. The return in triumph of the King of Kings. Then a thousand years of peace. A short rebellion that ends in the end of evil. Forever then to be with Him in a new heaven and a new earth.
So, Who wins? The One Who has predicted all along the way things will go. That Palestinians and Jews will fight over Jerusalem. How silly that sounded until 1948. There was no Israel united until then. For two thousand years the Jews had been dispersed throughout the world without their homeland. The Bible predicted their pilgrimage back. A miraculous war secured their home once again. Make no mistake. God loves His people. If the Bible is as correct in predicting what is to come as it has been in predicting what has passed, siding with the Jews in the homeland is the safest bet on earth.
Today also made me think of the story of Hagar and Ishmael. Sarah's handmaid given to Abraham so that he could lie with her and have the baby God had promised to Sarah and Abraham. Ooops. Centuries and centuries later, thousands of years, the Arabs and the Jews are still at war. The children of Ishmael hating the child of promise, Isaac, the offspring of Sarah and Abraham. Isaac, the one God promised to Abraham and Sarah. Ishmael, the child of expedience. Setting up the end times from the very beginning.
God, not Allah, wins in the end. Read it in the Revelation of John. And in the Old Testatment book of Daniel. Lest you think in these times of terrorism God is twiddling His thumbs, be warned. We haven't seen anything yet.
Thank you for saying what I could not put into words. I love you!
ReplyDeleteMy mind is going crazy with these things, Sue. I believe we are seeing the beginnings of the end which is exciting and perplexing. Love you, too.
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