A Cup of Trembling
In the last days, it is prophesied that all of the nations will come against Israel.
- Zechariah 12:1-3 KJV — The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord , which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. [2] 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. [3] 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.
Please see my blog article concerning the Ezekiel Gog and Magog war reserved for the Latter Years:
Jesus (God manifested in the flesh) also spoke of a time where Jerusalem will be encompassed with armies and will have to flee to the mountains:
- Luke 21:20-22 KJV — And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. [21] Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. [22] For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Now we know that this happened in 70 AD when Jerusalem was devoured by their enemies, but I believe it is dual-prophetic. In verse 22, it speaks of the days in which all things will be fulfilled.
Matthew 24 speaks of this same dual-prophecy, and we know these are to happen just before Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives (see Zechariah 14):
- Matthew 24:3 KJV — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Israel has just turned 70 years now and seems to be the time when the branch is yet tender (Matthew 24:32-33), which means Daniel's 70th week is soon to begin. This is the 7 year period that happens just before Jesus returns.
Israel Flees
Matthew 24 also speaks of the Abomination of Desolation in Jerusalem (see Daniel 9:27) that is carried out by the last days Beast/AntiChrist/Man of Sin (see 2 Thessalonians 2):
- Matthew 24:15-21 KJV — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) [16] Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: [17] Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: [18] Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. [19] And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: [21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Please see my article about how Hanukkah (Click Here) was a shadow of what is to come in Daniel's 70th week.
It seems this flight that that Jews make is also referenced in the Book of Revelation during the 7 year tribulation and happens 3.5 years into the "week":
- Revelation 12:6 KJV — And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
In both Luke 21:22 and Matthew 24:21 seems to be speaking of the great tribulation that happens just before Jesus returns to judge the nations with His Saints (Jude 1/ Revelation 19). This is a one time period of the worst suffering the world will ever know in the past, present, and future. This period seems to be the second 3.5 year period of Daniel's 70th week.
For more information see these blogs related to Daniel's 70th week:
• Israel Will be Saved
• Abomination of Desolation
• The Birthpains
Israel Surrounded Today?
I believe the scripture in Zechariah 12 is on course for fullfilment as 130 nations in the UN General Assembly voted against the decree for Jerusalem to be the Capitol of Israel in December 2017, and Gog and Magog is forming now as prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39 while Iran, Russia, and Turkey are coming into an alliance:
United Nations Against Jerusalem
Gog - Israel Prophecy
We also see that there are many Palestinians and Islamic countries such as Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, and others are opposing Israel in military conflicts and shows of force:
While it seems all nations are opposing Israel, America has stepped in has tried to help with proposing a Two State solution to divide the land. Yet, this is opposing the Abrahamic Covenant God has declared and it appears will lead to the destruction of America:
Dividing the Holy Land
It is said that God will divide America because Donald Trump and other officials are trying to divide the apple of His eye Jerusalem with a Two State Solution.
In November 2018, we see the United Nations are still against the Jewish people keeping claim to Jerusalem according to their inheritance through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• UN Calling for Two State Solution
In December 2018, in an article by the Jerusalem Post (Click Here), it was mentioned that 128 nations in the United Nations General Assembly has voted against Israel:
Both that text and a second more global one on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which passed 156-8, with 12 abstentions, spoke of Judaism’s most holy site – The Temple Mount – solely by its Muslim name of al-Haram al-Sharif.
A Blinded Israel
- Zechariah 12:2-3 KJV - 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. [3] 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.
• UN Calling for Two State Solution
In December 2018, in an article by the Jerusalem Post (Click Here), it was mentioned that 128 nations in the United Nations General Assembly has voted against Israel:
“The international community must stop participating in such a blatant denial of history. You must not permit these blatant attempts to delegitimize Israel,” Furman said.
The UN General Assembly in New York on Friday approved six anti-Israel resolutions including two that ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.
The primary resolution on Jerusalem, that passed 148-11 with 14 abstentions, also disavowed Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
Both that text and a second more global one on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which passed 156-8, with 12 abstentions, spoke of Judaism’s most holy site – The Temple Mount – solely by its Muslim name of al-Haram al-Sharif.
The votes comes as Israel is working to shore up international support for its sovereignty in Jerusalem.
A Blinded Israel
The SanHedrin of Jerusalem of course believes Yeshua (Jesus) is not the Messiah, and so they believe they are still under the Law of Moses and believe the Messiah will soom come appear in Israel as prophesied in the Tanakh (Old Testament).
Temple Altar Dedication
Please see my article regarding the plan of reconcilation God established for Israel in Daniel's 70th week as referenced in Daniel 9.
• All of Israel Will be Saved
It is my belief, in Daniel's 70th week, some Jews will accept the true Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) as referenced in Zechariah 12-13, while other Jews will accept the False Messiah (AntiChrist) and the False Prophet. Jesus said this to the Jews of His day:
- John 5:43 KJV - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Iran Proxy Militias
We also see many middle eastern nations are coming against Israel and are mostly militant Muslim countries.
Update by Amir Tsarfati
Israeli Conflicts
Hezbollah in Lebanon
Hezbollah was founded in the early 1980s as part of an Iranian effort to aggregate a variety of militant Lebanese Shia groups into a unified organization. Hezbollah acts as a proxy for Iran in the ongoing Iran–Israel proxy conflict. Article Here
Hamas in Gaza (Israel)
Hamas is a militant and political organization currently in power in the Gaza Strip. According to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, "Hamas is funded by Iran. It claims it is financed by donations, but the donations are nothing like what it receives from Iran. Article Here
Iran in Syria
Syria and Iran are strategic allies. Syria is usually called Iran's "closest ally",[1] with ideological conflict between the Arab nationalism ideology of Syria's secular ruling Ba'ath Party and the Islamic Republic of Iran's pan-Islamist policy notwithstanding. Iran and Syria have had a strategic alliance ever since the Iran–Iraq War, when Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against its fellow Baath-ruled neighbor but enemy Iraq was isolated by some Arab countries.[2] The two countries shared a common animosity towards then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and coordination against the United States and Israel. Syria cooperates with Iran in sending arms to Palestinian groups and Hezbollah in Lebanon, since Israel has attacked Syria. Article Here
Iran and Palestine Connection
Palestine officially the State of Palestine is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative center is currently located in Ramallah. The entirety of territory claimed by the State of Palestine has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestine has a population of 4,816,503 as of 2016, ranked 123rd in the world. Article Here
Houthi Rebels in Yemen
Much is made of reported Iranian support for the Yemeni rebels in international relations — yet the movement has its own homegrown, anti-imperial roots. DW examines the group's history, activities and alliances. Saudi's western allies have accused Iran of directing, arming and financially supporting the movement, an accusation Houthi supporters frequently deny. Tehran's rhetoric has been firmly pro-Houthi. Experts point to Iranian designs and technology being used in Houthi missile attacks and drone designs, while various sources have claimed missiles and small arms are shipped overland through Oman, though the evidence chain is patchy.
Article Here.
World War Three
Albert Pike, a Grandmaster of the Freemasons and admitted Luciferian, according to his own book "Morals and Dogma", allegedly wrote a letter in 1871 which was reported to be at one point on display at the British Library in London, to the Italian Revolutionary and leader of the Illuminati, in which outlined the Three World Wars. The letter matches in regards to the first two world wars, and the Third World War, which we see forming today, was adressed in the letter according to this excerpt:
"The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the "Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other."
Albert Pike in the letter says that through the war both Athiesm and Christianity will be conquered at once and then they will introduce Luciferianism openly to the world. It definitely seems the Luciferians are on track as we see Israel and the Muslim nations are instigating the Third World War and bringing their allies into the conflict. Time is very short, I pray you know Jesus as Lord and Savior. They want to create WW3 so that they can bring the New World Order forth (Revelation 13) and the AntiChrist will appear as the false Savior - Ordo Ab Chao - and confirm the peace Deal (Daniel 9:27). It appears sudden destruction is moments away!
August 2019 - Tisha B'Av is the day of mourning for the Jews as they reflect on the destruction of the first and second holy temples. Islamic Jihad and Hamas rioted when Jews went to ascend the Temple Mount in their day of mourning.
All of this friction with Israel and surrounding countries will make fertile grounds for the AntiChrist Obama to come in as the savior and confirm the covenant (Daniel 9:27) peace treaty for 7 years (Jacob's trouble/Daniel's 70th week). Its all coming together and sudden destruction is coming upon the world as the New World Order is rising in the background.
https://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Police-prohibits-entrance-of-Jews-to-Temple-Mount-as-thousands-protest-598295
Islamic Jihad and Hamas threatened increased violence on Sunday after a day of riots on the Temple Mount left four Israeli police officers and several Muslims and Jews injured.
Police were forced to storm the Temple Mount, firing stun grenades in an attempt to disperse crowds of Muslims protesting against the gathering of Jews at the entrance to the mount who wanted to enter to mark Tisha Be’av, the day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
According to police figures, 1,729 Jewish worshipers ascended the Temple Mount Sunday. Tens of thousands of Muslims were on the site celebrating Eid al-Adha, commemorating God’s testing of Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
Riot Footage
All the while, the Jews are preparing and calling for the rebuilding of the Third Temple for Daniel's 70th week:
• Third Temple Updates
United Nations Against Israel
In December 2019, we can see that the United Nations is against Israel, just as Zechariah 12 indicates in these last days. Lucifer uses the Globalist Elite to persecute the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob because he knows that God YHVH will save Israel in Daniel's 70th week.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/12/13/ignoring-rest-of-world-un-general-assembly-approves-eight-anti-israel-resolutions/
The UN General Assembly on Friday approved eight anti-Israel resolutions that were adopted last month by its Decolonization Committee, in a session that focused exclusively on the Jewish state’s alleged violations of humanitarian law while ignoring the rest of the world.
The texts condemned Israel for “repressive measures” against Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights, and renewed the mandates of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — the Palestinian refugee agency currently mired in a corruption scandal — and the UN’s “special committee to investigate Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the Occupied Territories,” a body first created in 1968.
A prominent human rights watchdog on Friday labeled the fixation with Israel at the proceedings of the General Assembly’s Fourth Committee “surreal.”
“Last month, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group assaulted Israeli civilians with a barrage of 400 rockets — while the UN’s General Assembly and Human Rights Council stayed silent,” Hillel Neuer — executive director of Geneva-based UN Watch — declared in a statement on Friday.
- Zechariah 12:6-10 KJV - In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. [7] The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. [8] In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. [9] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. [10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Temple Mount Prayer
12/12/2019 - The Jews continue to draw closer and closer to Daniel's 70th week, the final 7 year period before Yeshua Jesus the true Messiah returns, as they have now began to pray on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is another step closer to building the Third Temple, institute the daily sacrifices again according the the Covenant of Levi under the Torah covenant with Moses, and sacrificing animals. This is prophesied in Daniel 9:27, where Israel will make a deal with the Devil's son (AntiChrist) for 7 years and bring in a temporary false peace.
https://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Jewish-prayer-has-returned-to-the-Temple-Mount-exclusive-610781
The service – a truncated version of the full morning prayer service – was conducted in a very discreet manner, but the worshipers were nevertheless clearly participating in a discernible Jewish prayer service.
After the service was finished, the group continued with their tour, stopping again for 15 or 20 minutes to listen to a lesson by Weber on a page of Talmud.
Weber and other worshipers pray the morning service every day, and the afternoon service is also recited.
In the past, the police would routinely eject or detain any non-Muslim seen to be praying in any way at the holy site, and this stance was mostly backed by the courts, which ruled that although in theory Jewish prayer was legal on the Temple Mount, the police were entitled to prevent it due to security considerations.
Police Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld denied that there had been any change in the police’s attitude to non-Muslim prayer at the holy site.
“The status quo is exactly the same on the Temple Mount,” he told the Post on Thursday. “The policy has not changed.”
All non-Muslim prayer has always been forbidden as the status quo on the Temple Mount, banned by police over concern that the it could inflame tensions and lead to rioting by the Palestinian population.
Recent Focus on Israel
If anyone has watched the news in 2020 they would see that the international spotlight was on Israel and the Mid-East. Recently Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu who is fighting to keep his political position, has been promising the Annexation of the West Bank, to add pockets of land to Israeli Sovereignty. This However, has led to a spark in conflict between Israel and the Palistinians as well as Iran and other Arab Muslim Nations.
Afterwards, we saw how Israel in working with the United States President Donald Trump and his administration, has worked out a peace deal with the UAE since the Palistian-Israel negotiations were on hold. Afterwards, we have seen many news reports of other Muslim Arab Nations seeking to establish peace with Israel through the Trump Administration such as with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and others. We also see that Serbia and Kosovo in September 2020 decided to commit to peace negotiations with the USA and Israel.
However, many of these Gulf Arab Nations have recieved backlash from the Palestinians and the Iranians for trying to make peace with Israel without securing the Palistinian State first, which seems to only put more pressure on Israel to cave in to accepting a Two State Solution with a Palestinian Capital in East Jerusalem and no land Annexation for Israel in the West Bank. This will break the everlasting covenant given from God YHVH to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) and his seed forever, and according to Zechariah 12:3 all parties involved will be cut into pieces, including the United States who is at the forefront of these "peace" negotiations.
I suspect that all of these peace negotiations surrounding Israel and the Mid-East countries are setting the stage for the rise of the AntiChrist who will be seen as a false Savior to the Jews and Muslims and establish a better and improved peace covenant with Israel and many for one week, meaning seven years. It is my belief that President Trump's efforts to make peace in the region will only lead to sudden destruction and the desolation of America, making way for the AntiChrist to rise from the ashes as the White Horse rider who is given a Crown (Dominon) and a Bow (Covenant) as prophesied in Revelation 6.
Afterwards, we saw how Israel in working with the United States President Donald Trump and his administration, has worked out a peace deal with the UAE since the Palistian-Israel negotiations were on hold. Afterwards, we have seen many news reports of other Muslim Arab Nations seeking to establish peace with Israel through the Trump Administration such as with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and others. We also see that Serbia and Kosovo in September 2020 decided to commit to peace negotiations with the USA and Israel.
However, many of these Gulf Arab Nations have recieved backlash from the Palestinians and the Iranians for trying to make peace with Israel without securing the Palistinian State first, which seems to only put more pressure on Israel to cave in to accepting a Two State Solution with a Palestinian Capital in East Jerusalem and no land Annexation for Israel in the West Bank. This will break the everlasting covenant given from God YHVH to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) and his seed forever, and according to Zechariah 12:3 all parties involved will be cut into pieces, including the United States who is at the forefront of these "peace" negotiations.
11/15/2020 - Israel Today reported that Rabbi Nir Ben-Artzi, told Israelis that God is ready to reveal the name of the Messiah (AntiChrist), and urged the people to “be in unity” and “get ready!” This means that the AntiChrist will soon appear in Israel and confirm the covenant with many or peace Deal with Israel and many nations, according to Daniel 9:27.
"The rabbi pointed to the disunity in the Israeli government and stressed that this is the appointed time for the people to call out for Messiah and the return of the Sanhedrin, the council of sages that oversaw Jewish life in ancient times.
“Ask for the Messiah and the Sanhedrin,” preached Ben-Artzi, “the Messiah will come soon to stop the plague and the Gentiles around us from harming the Land of Israel.”
Earlier this year, Ben-Artzi urged Jews still living in the Diaspora to return to Israel in preparation for the Messiah’s arrival."
According to a 15 year old jewish boy named Natan, who was clinically dead for 15 minutes, the end is soon to come and the coming of the Messiah on earth. Here is a brief overview of his testimony. This is not a verbatim transcript.
Natan’s near death experience happened on the first night of the past 2015 Sukkot, which was also the night of the final Blood Moon of that year. After he died, he rose above the earth and saw a light that was full of love and security. He can’t properly explain how amazing this was. When Natan's soul left his body, he went to Heaven and saw visions of what is to come.
He indicate that the war of Gog and Magog has already started (27th of Elul, 2015, or September 11, 2015), and that there will be a great world war that Israel will not be involved in, but then everyone will unite and want Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12, Ezekiel 38-39) Obama will be leading the attack against Israel as Gog and will have the United Nations, Russia, Iran, and many other nations with him. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) will hold them back for 2 days and be defeated. They will invade, kill, kidnap, and the sort. God will stop an atomic bomb attack but there will be an invasion and many jews will die who did not keep the Torah. Those who have merit and observe the Torah will be protected in Jerusalem.
Natan indicated the Messiah is someone very well known and is without sin, but does not specify who (Jesus). The Messiah will destroy Obama and bury him in Israel. (Ezekiel 39:11) The Mount of Olives will crack open and be split down the middle (Zechariah 14) and the Messiah will judge every person on their works and inside soul and if they fear God (Revelation 20). The Messiah (Jesus) will be in a robe with blood stains and exact revenge on the world. (Revelation 19:13)
Testimony Video
https://youtu.be/fe08-NUTqTc
Article Sources
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/54425/following-near-death-experience-israeli-boy-returns-quoting-end-of-days-prophecy-video-jewish-world/
https://escapeallthesethings.com/natan-jewish-boy-prophecy/
http://search.stillsmallvoicetriage.org/message.php?id=534&langCode=en-US
Israel Invaded?
In Matthew 24, verse 15, it speaks of the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the Holy Place (see Daniel 9:27 and 2 Thessalonians 2:3), in which case those who are Judea are told to flee immediately into the mountains at the second half of Daniel's 70th Week. I believe that they will flee to what is known as Petra or Bozra until the redeemer Yeshua Jesus returns at the end of Daniel's 70th Week (Revelation 19-20) to liberate them.
We know in Revelation 11 that it speaks of the Third Temple being built and also that the outer court will be trodden down by the Gentiles for 42 months, I believe this is the second half of Daniel's 70th week after the Abomination of Desolation. I believe Israel will be overtaken by the AntiChrist and his troops until Jesus returns just as Judas Macabbeus in the Hanukkah account.
- Zechariah 13:8-9 KJV — And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
I believe those that are redeemed will be the ones who believe in Yeshua Jesus according to Zechariah 12:10.
- Zechariah 12:10 KJV — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
We also read in Luke 21 that Israel will then be scattered into all nations after the Abomination of Desolation occurs until the time of the fulness of the Gentiles which seems to occur at the return of Jesus. We see that this period of 42 months (1260 Days) falls in line with Daniel 12, where it speaks of one thousand three hundred and thirty days which is 70 days past the one thousand two hundred and sixty days, most likely to account for the Battle of Armageddon and the purifying of the Temple.
- Daniel 12:11-12 KJV — And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
The Remnant of Israel - Daniel's 70th Week
An interesting note is that Revelation 12 tells us the Woman, a representation of Israel the nation, will flee into the wilderness for three and a half years. This is supported by the verses in Matthew 24 after the Abomination of Desolation, which is the final half of Daniel's 70th week:
- Revelation 12:13-14 KJV - And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. [14] And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Matthew 24:15-21 KJV — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
* It is commonly understood that a "time" is one year, and "times" is two years, and a "half a time" is half a year. This makes three and half years the same as 42 months.
In the Book of Zechariah, after the Holy Spirit is poured out in Jerusalem I believe in Daniel's 70th week (Zechariah 12), a remnant will be saved and purified (Zechariah 13). It is said that one third of Israel will be spared, and it seems that thus verse in Micah 5:2 speaks of the remnant being delivered at the return of Jesus the Messiah:
- Micah 2:12-13 KJV - I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. [13] The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
From a Christian source, it is proposed that Bozrah is a reference to Petra - the rock enclave in which the remnant of Israel will flee to (Matthew 24:15-21) after the Abomination of Desolation takes place in the Third Temple (2 Thessalonians 2). It seems they will wait there until Jesus returns to destroy the AntiChrist and False Prophet and break up the wolves surrounding Israel as shepherd with His rod (Revelation 19-20):
"Jesus is clearly teaching about the sheepcote and how the shepherd places himself in the only door opening to protect the sheep from the enemy. In Hebrew Bozrah means “the sheep of the fold” and describes the place the Jews will flee to in the days to come according the God’s Word. Today in wilderness of southern Jordan is a tock fortress surrounded by harsh rugged mountains called Petra, the Roman name for “The Rock.” The ancient Nabateans conquered the Edomites and created a treasure city with incredible temples and altars into the red rock to worship their pagan gods and goddesses. The only entrance into this great city hidden in the clefts of the rock is through a very narrow passage called the Siq, which is several long winding through a narrow passage with walls over 500 ft high….Petra is the perfect picture of a sheepcote!"
While I believe that remnant of Israel who receives Yeshua Jesus as Messiah will be added to Christ's Millennial Kingdom at his return, I also believe the Pre-Tribulation raptured Christians and Old Testament Saints will return with Christ for the Battle of Armageddon.
The Battle of Armageddon
The Bible tells us both in the Old Testament (Jewish Tanakh) and New Testament that the LORD God Almighty will defend Israel in the last days and make Himself known among all the nations, that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is known as the Battle of Armageddon when the Lord Jesus returns to defeat the AntiChrist, the False Prophet, and all the nations gathered against Israel (see Revelation 19) at the end of Daniel's 70th Week. These chapters all seems to be speaking of the Battle of Armageddon:
• Joel 3
• Zechariah 14
• Isaiah 34
• Isaiah 63
• Revelation 19
It seems that this Battle of Armageddon will take place in the valley of Jezreel or the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Here is an excerpt from Israelmybeloved.com:
The staging ground for the Battle of Armageddon – when all the nations line up and attack Israel in the end – might be in the Valley of Jezreel, but the target and focus of this war is Jerusalem – the City of the Great King. If this battle is to take place mainly in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, which begins in and around Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea Valley; and if this valley will turn into a river of blood whose length is 160 miles/257 km, then it will reach as far as Bozrah, which lies towards the southern end of the Dead Sea. This is remarkable, considering that Isaiah 63:1-6 describes the Lord – who in His wrath has tread these nations underfoot – as “the One coming from Bozrah; His garments stained with blood!”
Also, the Book of Revelation tells us that the final judgment, which is the 7th vial/bowl, will be poured out with regard to the valley of Armageddon:
- Revelation 16:16 KJV — And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
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