All the pieces are in place. The United States is complicit in a current scheme to turn parts of the Holy City of Jerusalem over to terrorists. One need not be a Bible student to understand this prominent part of the Bible plan: the attempt to divide Jerusalem is the last stage before the final conflagration.
Zec 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
...and He will protect it.
Isa 31:5 As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.
...and woe to them that blindly mess with it!
Zec 12:2 behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone 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.
Zec 12:4 In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.
Remember this: "Anti-Zionism" is Anti-Semitism! More than that, it is Anti-God and Anti-Christ, why? Because GOD HIMSELF IS A ZIONIST!
Joel 3:16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Yours in Truth,
OCTAMAN
This message has been edited by Octaman from IP address 64.91.55.111 on Sep 3, 2008 12:43 PM This message has been edited by Octaman from IP address 64.91.55.111 on Sep 3, 2008 11:16 AM
You might want to check the link you posted - it didn't work for me.
Also, as you are well aware, it is not until a prophecy has been fulfilled that we can with certainty say that any given expectation is correct.
I think the Zech 14 which speaks of half of the city (Jerusalem) going forth into captivity is a future event, and whether or not it means that Jerusalem will literally be divided is still a question.
Time will tell all, my friend. Let us all be watchful of what transpires in Israel - that is the key to the final conflict.
I appreciate the tone of your posts! I especially appreciate your willingness to call Bro Harold just that, a brother in that we each fully appreciate the Ransom price and the honor that we have been given a "sneak preview" into the future.
I also apologize for my former tone and ask for your forgiveness.
We all need to learn to speak peaceably to each other, even if we don't agree on everything.
I appreciate the addition of your viewpoint, and I agree. It is an indispensable axiom that you posted, and it is the only sound approach to prophecy - that we cannot know certainly of a fulfillment until after the actual event has occurred...
I believe that it has. That the passage in Zechariah 14 that you refer to was fulfilled in 1948 when Jerusalem was divided, for the first time in it's history.
I see that chapter as covering a much longer span of activity than most commonly view it, much the way I view Ezekiel 38 taking decades to complete. If (by some miracle) it turns out I am not correct in this view, then perhaps now is the time for the fulfillment of that portion of Zech 14. Anyway, I repaired the link.
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