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“Israel: Past, Present and Future — As Israel Goes, So Goes the World”
(Part 2)
Revelation 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:4 ” … And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give
birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
Quote from “On The Jews and Their Lies” by Martin Luther
“What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews?
“I shall give you my sincere advice:
First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt
whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them.
This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see
that we are Christians, and do not condone or knowingly tolerate such public
lying, cursing, and blaspheming of his Son and of his Christians.
Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed….
Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such
idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them…
Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss
of life and limb…
Fifth, I advise that safeconduct on the highways be abolished completely for
the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside, since they are not lords,
officials, tradesmen, or the like. Let they stay at home.
I don’t know how they can stay home if their homes have been burned down.
Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure
of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping…
Seventh, I commend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle
into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their
bread in the sweat of their brow …”
I. ISRAEL IS THE FAITH BASE OF THE WORLD.
II. ISRAEL IS THE BLESSING SOURCE OF THE WORLD.
III. ISRAEL IS THE PROPHETIC PROPERTY OF THE WORLD.
IV. ISRAEL IS THE SATANIC TARGET OF THE WORLD.
Revelation 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:4 ” … And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give
birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
Deuteronomy 28:65 And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the
sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the Lord will give you a trembling
heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul.
Martin Luther King Jr. said “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
Romans 14:22 “… Blessed is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
Quran Verse (3:67) – English Translation
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth,
a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists.
Another translation says:
Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his
will to Allah’s (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
1 Timothy 4:1 “… giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
1 Timothy 4:2 speaking lies …”
For Islam, the world is divided into two parts: the house of peace, where Allah rules;
and the house of war, where infidels live.
It’s either peace, you succumb to Allah; or it’s war.
Convert or die.
Islam conquered by the sword.
Revelation 12:7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the
dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Islam is currently the most powerful system on earth for the destruction of biblical
truth and Christianity,
Islam is the main persecutor of Christians all over the world, in the Middle East,
and in Africa.
Thousands of Christians are dying under this persecution.
V. ISRAEL IS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE WORLD.
Ezekiel 5:5 “Thus says the Lord God: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst
of the nations and the countries all around her.
Ezekiel 38:12 (NASB) to capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against
the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the
nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the center of the world.’
Israel is the center of man’s hopes and God’s purposes.
Israel is the connection between heaven and earth.
VI. ISRAEL CONTAINS THE ETERNAL CITY OF GOD.
Hebrews 11:10 for he [Abraham] waited for the city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
1. GOD CHOSE JERUSALEM.
Deuteronomy 12:11 Then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses
to make His name abide …”
2 Chronicles 6:6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have
chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
2. GOD HAS BLESSED JERUSALEM.
Psalm 87:5 And of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
Psalm 87:6 The Lord will record, When He registers the peoples: “This one was
born there.”
3. JESUS WEPT OVER JERUSALEM.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones
those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Matthew 23:38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED FIRST UPON JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,”
He said, “you have heard from Me;
Acts 1:5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy
Spirit not many days from now.”
5. THE FIRST CHURCH BEGAN IN JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and
to the end of the earth.
6. THE FIRST CHURCH COUNCIL WAS HELD IN JERUSALEM.
Acts 15:4 And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the
church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God
had done with them.
7. JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN FROM JERUSALEM.
Acts 1:9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up,
and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
Acts 1:10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel,
Acts 1:11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is
near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.
8. JESUS WILL RETURN FROM HEAVEN TO JERUSALEM.
Zechariah 14:3 “Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He
fights in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces
Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west,
Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
and half of it toward the south.
9. JESUS WILL MAKE JERUSALEM HIS MILLENNIAL CAPITAL.
Psalm 132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Psalm 132:14 “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
10. THE CAPITAL AND ETERNAL CITY OF HEAVEN IS JERUSALEM.
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
Revelation 21:2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone,
like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
Revelation 21:23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for
the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
Revelation 21:24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and
the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Looking for a city, where we’ll never die,
There the sainted millions, never say good-bye,
There we’ll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
Hebrews 11:10 for he [Abraham] waited for the city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
