Prophecy and Current Events in the Middle East: Framing Israel’s and America’s Future - Softcover

Lee, Chuck

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ISBN 10: 1546250824 ISBN 13: 9781546250821

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2018

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As the title implies, Prophecy and Current Events in the Middle East: Framing Israel’s and America’s Future traces Old and New Testament prophetic events beginning with the patriarch Abram’s fathering of two sons who form the roots of religions now at war. It details how the fulfillment of these events is impacting the world today and will impact the world in the near future. The book documents ancient prophecies fulfilled through the modern miracle—the nation of Israel—and it delves into yet-to-be-fulfilled prophecies of future wars that Israel will be forced to fight. It documents the construction of the third temple, and it examines ancient prophecies of a future tribulation time, God’s hand in Israel’s survival, and his role in the total destruction of their enemies. The book documents how the prophecies of Old Testament prophets, such as Daniel, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Jeremiah, Joel, Asaph, and Isaiah, correlate perfectly with New Testament prophecies of Jesus and the apostles John, Paul, Peter, and Jude to show God’s power and total control as this present age comes to an end.

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Chuck Lee has been a student of Bible prophecy for more than 30 years and has authored numerous studies on general Christian subjects and Bible prophecy, which may be found on his website: https: //sites.google.com/site/atleastthatsthewayiseeitnet/. He has been an instructor of geology and general science as they relate to Bible prophecy at the former Intermountain Bible College, Grand Junction, Colorado and currently teaches Bible prophecy at his home church in Smyrna, Georgia. His book, Johns Revelation From A Literalist, Futurist, Premillennialist Point Of View has just been released.

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Prophecy and Current Events in the Middle East

Framing Israel's and America's Future

By Chuck Lee

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2018 Chuck Lee
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5462-5082-1

Contents

Prologue, vii, 
The Future Of Our World, 1, 
End-Time Events Focused On The Nation Of Israel, 4, 
America's Future, 74, 
Epilogue, 85, 
Appendices, 87, 
References, 127, 
About The Author, 135, 
Charts and Maps, 

CHAPTER 1

The Future Of Our World

This World/Age Is Going To End

One day, the world/age and time, as we know them, will end. The prophet Daniel testifies to this fact when he records his instructions from God, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end" (Daniel 12:9).

Jesus' disciples knew such an end would come. Much of Matthew 24 contains Jesus' answer to the disciple's question, "... what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age" (Matthew 24:3)? If this is not enough, refer to Revelation 19-21. The second coming of Jesus will usher in the end of the age — and the world, as we know it, will cease to exist.

When will the end of the age (the world as we know it) occur? The simple answer is that only God knows: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). When Jesus spoke these words before His death, not even He knew the day or the hour. Rest assured that He knows now — and He will be instrumental in putting God's final plans into operation.

Signs Of The End Of The Age

When the disciples questioned Jesus on the Mount of Olives about His second coming and the signs that would precede the event, Jesus shared the signs with His disciples in His famous Olivet Discourse (Appendix A):

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. (Matthew 24:7-8)

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him. (Matthew 24:36-44)

Scripture teaches that Jesus' second coming and the end of the age (Revelation 19) will occur following the seven-year period commonly referred to as the Tribulation. The Tribulation follows the Rapture of the church and the wars described by the psalmist/prophet Asaph (Psalm 83) and the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 38-39). There is no Scripture that suggests anyone will know the day or hour that the Rapture will occur; rather, the Rapture itself may be considered a sign that Jesus' second coming is imminent (Appendix A).

There have been suggestions and predictions of end time dates since the days of the Apostles up to the present. Paul and many of the early Christians expected Jesus to come back in their lifetime. But, is there anything unique about the times in which we live that might portend Christ's return sooner than later? I believe the answer may be yes; but note that this is sheer speculation, based on recent secular history roughly correlated with my understanding of Biblical data. None-the-less, consider the following:

End-Time Events Focused On The Nation Of Israel

Prophecy Fulfilled In Our Time — Israel Reunified (1948)

Not every generation has the privilege of seeing Biblical prophecy fulfilled during its lifetime. Those of us who were alive in 1948 saw the reunification of Israel and Judah, which was foretold by the Old Testament prophets.

The prophet Ezekiel foretold a future reunification of Israel and Judah, before the end times, when God would bring them back together to live in their own land:

Thus, says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand". ... This is what the Sovereign Lord says, "I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms". (Ezekiel 37:19 & 21-22)

The prophet Zechariah also foretold concerning this time:

This is what the Lord Almighty says: "I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God." (Zechariah 8:7-8)

As did the prophet Isaiah:

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, "Give them up!" and to the south, "Do not hold them back. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth ..." (Isaiah 43:5-6)

Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children. (Isaiah 66:8)

This final reunification of God's people began on May 14, 1948 — the day and moment when Israel became a nation once again — fulfilling God's prophecies to the letter.

Prophecy Fulfilled In Our Time — Economic Prosperity In Israel

Through Zechariah, God also prophesied of Israel's prosperity in the days following their reunification:

Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: "My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem." (Zechariah 1:17)

God — always true to His word — working through the Jews, has performed an economic miracle, which totally fulfills this and other prophecies of prosperity for Israel (Ezekiel 36.11; Amos 9:11-13; Isaiah 41:18-20 & 51:3).

Since the founding of the prophesied modern state of Israel in 1948, according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) (Atlas Media, 2016), Israel's annual exports have skyrocketed from $5 Million in 1948 to $55.8 Billion in 2016. This represents an average annual increase of 165 percent. Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined. According to CIJA (2015), Israel's Gross National Product (GNP) per capita rose from $15,600 in 2003 to $40,620 in 2014.

Israel has surpassed struggling European countries like Italy, Spain, and Greece, and even has a higher GNP per capita than oil-rich Saudi Arabia ($26,510). As a result, despite a population of only 7 million, Israel now has 17 billionaires and more...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1546250824
• ISBN 13: 9781546250821
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
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