Dr. Nathan E. Jones
Students of Bible prophecy have been examining current events from every angle to discern if there’s any prophetic implication surrounding Israel’s war with Hamas. Some wonder if this peace deal is the prophesied Antichrist’s peace covenant found in Daniel 9:27. It is not, as there is no seven-year requirement. Others wonder if this subjugation of Israel’s remaining hostile neighbors is the fulfillment of the Psalm 83 War. Possibly, as this end-time war may not have to happen in one titanic battle but has actually been the culmination of Israel’s wars for survival since 1948. Some question if Middle East leaders signing this peace deal and returning to the Abraham Accords marks the temporary time of peace Israel will enjoy, though unsuspecting, while the greater Islamic world plans the horrific Gog-Magog invasion of Ezekiel 38-39. I believe we can count on that.
Regardless, we are indeed living in exciting times as we are witnessing Bible prophecy being fulfilled right before our very eyes! In the past century, we have seen the Jewish people being regathered in unbelief from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:11-12). The state of Israel was re-established on May 14, 1948 (Isaiah 66:7-8; Ezekiel 37:21-22). The land of Israel has been reclaimed from its desolation, becoming once again a land of agricultural abundance (Ezekiel 36:34-35). The Hebrew language has been revived from the dead (Zephaniah 3:9). The Jews once again reoccupy the city of Jerusalem and have made it their capital (Zechariah 8:4-8). And all the nations of the world have come together against Israel over the issue of who controls Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Zechariah 12:1-3).
We have witnessed the Arab nations of the world attacking Israel repeatedly in a coordinated effort to annihilate the state and always failing. Those who “have taken crafty counsel against Your people” are “put to shame and perish,” “that they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth” (Psalm 83; Zechariah 12:6). Israel has proven it will not, nor never will be, removed from its promised land (Amos 9:15). And now we will wait and see if Israel has truly gained a temporary peace for the nation to dwell in a state of security and prosperity, though unexpecting of a larger Russian-Islamic attack (Ezekiel 38:11).
Prophecies Still to Be Fulfilled
While we can only speculate on whether Israel’s war with Hamas was prophetic, we can know with surety what biblical prophecies lie ahead for the nation of Israel and the Jewish people.
1. Gog-Magog Invasion of Israel
A Russian coalition consisting mainly of Muslim nations led by Russia will invade Israel.
“After many days you [Israel] will be visited. In the latter years you [Gog] will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.” (Ezekiel 38-39)
A Russian coalition consisting mainly of Muslim nations led by Russia will invade Israel.
“After many days you [Israel] will be visited. In the latter years you [Gog] will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.” (Ezekiel 38-39)
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