(10-15-2023)

With all that is going on in Israel, i highly recommend that you read my articles:

End-Time Kings

End-Time Kings - comments

Armageddon

Replacement Theology

They are available in doc, epub, and pdf formats in my Ramblings folder.

You may also want to read "Who will survive Armageddon?" which is also available as an audio download.

The fig tree is sprouting. The season of Summer is near.  (Mt 24:32, 33)

yb
Dave

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(10-23-2023)

Right now, Turkey (the king of the north) has not made any substantial statements or actions against Israel.

Israel says it will take military action against Iran (cut off "the head of the snake") if it involves itself in their war against Hezbollah(Iran's proxy). Israel has already vowed not to allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, and the arms embargo against Iran just expired on October 18th, so Israel no doubt already has plans to attack Iran for that reason alone.

Hezbollah vows to escalate its attacks if Israel begins a ground invasion in Gaza.

Israel has been enraged and i see no stopping its promise to completely wipe out Hamas with troops in Gaza. So Hezbollah will most likely carry out its promise as well.

Both Iran and Turkey are Muslim nations. If Israel attacks Turkey's religious brethren, will this anger Turkey and move it to action?

(Daniel 11:44, 45) “But reports out of the east and out of the north will disturb him, and he will go out in a great rage to annihilate and to devote many to destruction. ⁴⁵ And he will plant his royal tents between the grand sea and the holy mountain of Decoration; and he will come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him.

What will cause his "great rage"? Answer: "Reports out of the east and out of the north".

Iran is east of Turkey. Will an attack by Israel on Turkey's fellow Muslim nation (Iran) trigger Turkey into action against Israel?

We don't know what the report out of the north will be, but since Russia is no fan of Israel (USA's ally in the region), i have no doubt that Russia would give its blessing to Turkey for an attack on Israel. They may even provide incentive or influence. A Hezbollah attack on Israel would strike a blow against Russia's enemies while keeping its hands clean.

And Jehovah will play a part in it too.

(Ezekiel 38:3, 4) Say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: “Here I am against you, O Gog, head chieftain of Meʹshech and Tuʹbal. ⁴ I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in splendor, a vast assembly with large shields and bucklers, all of them wielding swords;

(Ezekiel 38:16) Like clouds covering the land, you will come against my people Israel. In the final part of the days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me when I sanctify myself through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

So right now Turkey isn't taking any action against Israel. But that can quickly change.

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/israel-hamas-hezbollah/2023/10/22/id/1139217

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-gaza-clashes-c279d38d6b67cac526ac95e63f9cca73

https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2023/jan/25/israel-iran-threat-options

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(10-23-2023 - continued)

"The Supernova Sukkot Gathering, was a psychedelic trance music festival in Re’im, Israel, near the Gaza border. The annual festival was held to celebrate the end of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in a spirit of peace, love and friendship, according to event organizers."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12631357

“It’s Woodstock with electronic music. It’s that kind of mentality: a hippie culture, but the music is different. These are the sweetest people. They would never harm anybody.” 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music-festival-massacre-1234854306

Hamas knew about the festival and targeted it with their motorized paragliders.

Those at the festival were celebrating "peace, love, and friendship", when suddenly...

(1 Thessalonians 5:3) Whenever it is that they are saying, “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly on them, just like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and they will by no means escape.

The festival attendees were caught completely by surprise. (1Th 5:2)

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(04-19-2024)

Check out my article "Jubilee and Prophecy".

Of course, if you haven't read "Replacement Theology", you should do that as well.

Israel is about to enter the last stronghold of Hamas in the Gaza strip. Next they plan to turn their attention to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Those stated intentions are probably what really triggered Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel on 04-14-2024.

No Israeli was harmed in the attack by Iran, and 99% of the missiles and drones that entered Israeli air space were shot down, even though (apparently) the makers of the Israeli defense systems predicted only an 80% success rate by those defenses in such an attack.

The Israeli government attributed the amazing protection of their people to their defense system, not to God. Yes, they have heaped great praise on their defense system. In Bible terms their praise could be described as whitewashing their wall of defense.

(Ezekiel 13:10-15) All of this is because they have led my people astray by saying, “There is peace!” when there is no peace. When a flimsy partition wall is built, they are plastering it with whitewash.’ ¹¹ “Tell those plastering with whitewash that it will fall. A torrential downpour will come, hailstones will fall, and powerful windstorms will break it down. ¹² And when the wall falls you will be asked, ‘Where is your coating of plaster?’ ¹³ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will cause powerful windstorms to burst forth in my wrath, and a torrential downpour in my anger, and hailstones in destructive fury. ¹⁴ I will tear down the wall that you plastered with whitewash and bring it down to the earth, and its foundation will be exposed. When the city falls, you will perish within her; and you will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ ¹⁵ “‘When I fully unleash my wrath upon the wall and upon those who plastered it with whitewash, I will say to you: “The wall is no more, and those plastering it are no more.

(see my article "Peace and Security v2")

Let's look at Daniel again.

(Daniel 11:44) “But reports out of the east and out of the north will disturb him, and he will go out in a great rage to annihilate and to devote many to destruction.

Strong's Lexicon:

reports (ū·šə·mu·‘ō·wṯ)

Strong's Hebrew 8052: 1) report, news, rumour 1a) report, news, tidings 1b) mention

disturb (yə·ḇa·hă·lu·hū)

Strong's Hebrew 926: 1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious 1a2) to be in haste, be hasty 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened 1b2) to dismay, terrify 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to hasten 1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste 1d2) to dismay, terrify

What i think the verse means, as stated earlier:

(Daniel 11:44) But reports out of the east (from Iran) and out of the north (from Russia) will disturb him (Turkey), and he will go out in a great rage to annihilate and to devote many to destruction.

With the sanctions on Russia it is getting much needed assistance from Iran. Israel's response today (04-19-2024) has proven that it can attack deep into Iranian territory at will. No doubt this has caused a lot of fear in the Iranian government.

Perhaps Iran and Russia will put pressure on Turkey to act. Perhaps that will be the "reports out of the east and out of north" that will disturb turkey and prompt it to action.

As of now Turkey has not taken any action against Israel, but Jehovah will turn that around:

(Ezekiel 38:4) I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in splendor, a vast assembly with large shields and bucklers, all of them wielding swords;

Are those hooks the reports out of the east and north? (Eze 38:10; 39:2)

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(04-22-2024)

Daniel asked the angel “How long will it be to the end of these marvelous things?” (Da 12:6)

Included in the angel's answer is this sentence:

(Daniel 12:7b) As soon as the dashing to pieces of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will come to their finish.

So in the end, the prophecies will come to their finish once the "power" of the holy people (Jews) is dashed to pieces.

It seems to me that "dashing to pieces" could be what is described in Ezekiel 13:11-15, quoted above.

As i point out at the beginning of my article "End-Time Kings", all of the prophecies about the end times are about the same event so they harmonize with each other. For us to get the full picture we have to examine all of the prophecies and incorporate each of their details. That is why God provided them all.