“Today’s Israel in Bible Prophecy”Sunday 11/8 - 4:00pm EST (-5GMT)Todd Alexander

Purpose

• Learn why going against Israel is a recipe for trouble.

• Learn the scriptures that prophecy Israel’s present and future ascendancy.

Barak Obama’s

UN Speech9-24-09

• “And the goal is clear: two states living side by side in peace and security -- a Jewish State of Israel, with true security for all Israelis; and a viable, independent Palestinian state with contiguous territory that ends the occupation that began in 1967….”

Zechariah 12:3

• “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

Jeremiah 30:11, 14

• 11 “For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.”

Jeremiah 30:11, 14

• 14 “All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.”

Joel 3:2

• I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.•“Divided My land” = Partition. Israel

keeps getting smaller and smaller.

UN Partition Plan1922 British MandateLord Balfour’s Israel

“…she came close to derailing all efforts when she praised Israel's restraint on settlement expansion as "unprecedented" after a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday. 'Failure in the air'It drew angry Arab reactions….” Source: BBC

Hillary Clinton

US Secretary of State

Transfer of Wealth $460B

“… OPEC benefits from the largest transfer of wealth from the West in history.”

Source 3-26-08: http://www.businessandmedia.org

Obadiah 1:18-20

•18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for HaShem hath spoken.

Obadiah 1:18-20 (cont.)

• 19 And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the Lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

• 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

Today’s Israel

Holy Prophets

Before

Captivity

Assyrian

Captivity

Babylonian

Captivity

Post

Babylon

Abraham

Moses

Zephaniah Daniel

Jeremiah

Zechariah

Joel

Amos

Ezekiel

Obadiah

Hosea

Isaiah

Restoration of…

• The Land of Israel, Eretz Israel,• The Jews to the Land of Israel,• The Nation of Israel to God.

Our JobJeremiah 31: 7-8,10-

11• 7 “For thus saith HaShem: sing with gladness for

Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; announce ye, praise ye, and say: 'O HaShem, save Thy people, The remnant of Israel.”

• 8 “Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither.”

The People to the Land

Our JobJeremiah 31:7-8,10-

11• 10 “Hear the word of HaShem, O ye

nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say: 'He that scattered Israel doth gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.”

• 11 “For HaShem hath ransomed Jacob, and He redeemeth him from the hand of him that is stronger than he.”

The People to the Land

AbrahamGenesis 15:18-21

• 18 “In that day HaShem made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates; the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

• Geographic / Demographic description of the Land.

The Land of Israel

“From the River of Egypt unto… to the Euphrates”

IraqSyria

Saudia ArabiaJordan

Amos 3:2-3

• 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

• 3 Will two walk together, except they have agreed?– National relationship with God - Abraham’s faith.

• Punishment for breaking their covenant with God. Leviticus 26, Jeremiah 16:18– “And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin

double; because they have profaned My land;”

•Not for the crucifixion of Jesus.

The Nation to God

Hosea 2:16-18

• 16 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.

• 17 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

• 18 And it shall be at that day, saith HaShem, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali.

The People to the Land and the Land

The Valley of Achor

• For a “Door of Hope” = Petah Tikvah• 1878 Kibbutz in the Valley of Achor

1900 Now

The People to the Land and the Land

Micah 4:1-2• 1 “But in the end of days it shall come to pass, that

the mountain of HaShem‘s house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

• 2 And many nations shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of HaShem, and to the house of the G-d of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths'; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of HaShem from Jerusalem.”

The Nation to God

Isaiah 11:11-16

• 11”And it shall come to pass in that day, that the L-rd will set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, that shall remain from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And He will … assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather together the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

The People to the Land

Isaiah 11:11-16 (cont.)

• 14 “And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they spoil the children of the east; they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.”

The People to the Land

Isaiah 11:11-16 (cont.)

• 15 “And HaShem will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind will He shake His hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry-shod.”

• 16 “And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people, that shall remain from Assyria, like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.”

The People to the Land

Isaiah 27:6, 35:1

• 27:6 – “In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.”

• 35:1 – “The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”

The Land

Flowers7%

Citrus22%

Fld Crps7%

Fruit12%

L&P35%

Veg17%

Sds/Sap4%

2000 Israel’s Agricultural Exports

= $3.2 Billion

Source: http://www.mfa.gov.il

“Israeli agricultural exports comprise about 40% of Europe's off-season fruit and vegetable market and are second only to Holland in European flower sales.”

Source: http://www.israel-embassy.org.uk/web/pages/exotic.htm

2001 Exports

Isaiah 27:9,13

• 9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated…

• 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship HaShem in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

The People to the Land

“Great Horn” of Isa. 27:13

The Jubilee Trumpet• Leviticus 25

– Every 7th day was a Sabbath Day– Every 7th Year was a Sabbath Year

• Land was to rest.

– Jubilee Cycle = (7x7) Sabbath Years = 49 The 50th Year was the Jubilee Year.• Land was given back to its original owner.

The People to the Land

JubileeLeviticus 25:9-10• Then shalt thou make proclamation with the

blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land.

• 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Great Jubilee

• 50 x 50 Jubilee Cycles = 2,500 Years– Last Jubilee was kept in 625 BC– Counting 2,500 years from 625 BC =

–1874 AD !– Land restored to original owner.

•Israel Restored.

Israel Agricultural Settlements

<1893Name Founded PopulationRishon L'Zion 1882 1,500Rehobot 1890 1,100Petah Tikvah 1878 3,300Zichron Jacob 1882 1,000Others <1893 2,360

Total 9,260

Isaiah 40:1-2

• 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your G-d. 2 Bid Jerusalem take heart, and proclaim unto her, that her time of service is accomplished, that her guilt is paid off; that she hath received of HaShem‘s hand double for all her sins. • Jeremiah 16:18 – “I will recompense their

iniquity and their sin double.”• Zechariah 9:12 – “…even to-day do I declare

that I will render double unto thee.”

The Nation to God

“Double”

•Isaiah = “Kephel” –folded together piece

•Jeremiah / Zechariah = “Mishneh”–a repetition, a corresponding amount.

The Nation to God

“Mishneh”

1813 BCJacob DiesNation of

Israel Born

33 ADIsraelLosesFavor

1878 ADFavor

Returns

1845 Years 1845 YearsLife Death

(A corresponding amount)

“Mishneh”

1813 BCJacob DiesNation of

Israel Born

68 ADDiasporaNation of

Israel Dies

1948 ADModern

Nation ofIsrael Born

1881 Years 1881 YearsLife Death

(A corresponding amount)

Judea and Samaria

Jeremiah 50:19

• 19 “And I will bring Israel back to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.”

The People to the Land

Jeremiah 50:20

•20 In those days, and in that time, saith HaShem, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none, and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

The Nation to God

Zechariah 8:7-8

• 7 “I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country;”

• 8 “I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their G-d, in truth and in righteousness.”

• 13 “And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing…”

The People to the Land

Zechariah 8:20-23

• 20 “…there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;… many peoples and mighty nations shall come to seek HaShem of hosts in Jerusalem…”

• 23 “… in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you, for we have heard that G-d is with you.”

Zechariah 10:10-11

• 10 “I will bring them back also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not suffice them.”

• 11 “And over the sea affliction shall pass, and the waves shall be smitten in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.”

The People to the Land

Zechariah 12:2-3

• 2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jerusalem.”

• 3 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.”

Today’s Israel

Zechariah 12:9

•9 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

Ezekiel 37:1-12• 1 “…HaShem carried me out in a spirit, and set

me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones; 2 and He caused me to pass by them round about, and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered: 'O L-rd GOD, Thou knowest.' 4 Then He said unto me: 'Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them: O ye dry bones, hear the word of HaShem:”

The Nation to God

Ezekiel 37:1-12 (cont.)

• 5 “Thus saith the L-rd GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am HaShem.' 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a commotion, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.”

The Nation to God

Ezekiel 37:1-12 (cont.)

• 9 “Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath: Thus saith the L-rd GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.' 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great host.”

The Nation to God

Ezekiel 37:1-12 (cont.)

• 11 “Then He said unto me: 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off. 12 Therefore prophesy, and say unto them: Thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.”

The Nation to God