By Jack Kinsella
The Arab states might CLAIM a land grant from Allah, but their borders were drawn by Winston Churchill. By contrast, Israel’s borders were drawn by God. And Israel’s current borders weren’t granted, but paid for with Jewish blood.
Jerusalem’s claim isn’t like other national capitals. It centers around land PURCHASED, in cash, from its rightful owner, a Jebusite named Ornan, for 600 shekels of gold.
The site of the Temple Mount was Ornan’s threshing floor, ALSO purchased, for an additional fifty shekels of silver.
The purchaser was the King of Israel and the deed is more than three thousand years old.
It was subsequently stolen, given to others (by conquest) and reconquered 2500 years later, by its original owners, and paid for, this time, in blood.
There is no other city on earth like Jerusalem. It is truly the center of the world. No event in this tiny city (population 740,000) goes unnoticed on the world’s stage.
It is hard to imagine there is a person on earth, no matter how remote his location, that never heard of Jerusalem. Certainly, there is no city on earth whose ownership is more hotly disputed by more people.
It’s GDP is abysmal ($1000 per year per capita). It has no major industries. It has neither proven oil reserves nor mineral wealth. It is neither a major commercial crossroads, an industrial hub nor has it any ports or other transportation values.
But it is the most hotly contested, and therefore, the most strategically important city on earth.
There is not a single nation on earth who takes a neutral position on the question of Jerusalem’s ownership. And not a single nation on earth that unequivocally supports Israel’s right to possess it.
In 1967, Israel declared Jerusalem its eternal, undivided capital.
The Quartet is preparing to ‘impose’ a solution on the city. There are discussions (and even resolutions) DEMANDING the UN re-divide the city between Arab and Jew, by force, if necessary.
Zechariah predicts that, once Jerusalem is again in Jewish hands;
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.” (Zechariah 12:2)
For forty-seven years, Jerusalem has been at the center of global attention. More UN resolutions contain the name of “Jerusalem” than all the rest of the world’s cities combined.
“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.” (Zechariah 12:3)
The 9/11 attack was the event that began the global ‘war on terror’ which, when viewed devoid of politically correctness, is nothing less than a war over the existence of Israel and sovereign control of the city of Jerusalem. It is a world war that threatens the continued existence of both civilizations.
Zechariah predicts that Jerusalem will be divided one more time:
“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.” (Zechariah 14:1-2)
The battle lines are being drawn, even as we speak. There is a growing global consensus that there is only one way to end this war.
Take East Jerusalem away from the Jews and give it to the Arabs. Either that, or watch the world go up in flames.
It is a foregone conclusion that some kind of solution must be imposed. Even Washington has come to the same conclusion, although it has not yet acquiesced to what it knows is the inevitable. All the signs say that it will.
And this is what Zechariah says will happen next:
“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.” (Zechariah 14:3-4)
Zechariah is describing the 2nd Coming of Christ. And before that event takes place, first comes the Rapture of the Church.
Among the signs given by Jesus of His Second Coming is this cryptic reference:
“and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. ” (Luke 21:24)
He also says,
“THIS GENERATION” shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled.” (Luke 21:32)
I was in a discussion with a Jewish Messianic rabbi. This Jewish believer asked me a question I’ve gotten used to hearing: “How long do you think we have before the Rapture?” he asked.
“Not long,” I replied. But for some reason, the answer seemed inadequate to the question.
In working on this morning’s OL (which took MUCH longer than usual- I’ve been at it now for five hours) the question and my answer kept rattling around in my head.
Considering just Jerusalem alone, apart from all the other signs it would seem that it is ALREADY overdue. I realized a renewed and overwhelming sense of urgency.
Everybody you meet, from the bag boy to the traffic cop has an eternal destiny. They will either spend eternity in heaven with the Lord, or alone and in torment for a Christless eternity.
The fields are white with the harvest, but the laborers are few. The time is running out. Where they spend eternity may well be up to you. It isn’t enough to simply be a watchman on the wall.
There are already plenty who are watching — there aren’t enough who are doing anything about it.
We need to shout the warning. We can’t wait for someone else to do it for us.
There just isn’t time.
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