Why Lasting Peace In Israel Can Never Occur Until Messiah Returns
A terrible thing happened on October 7. Why did it happen? The explanation is here.
The Jewish people will, at a time that is future but is growing nearer every day, be greatly afflicted, more than ever before, more even than they were in Hitler’s Holocaust. The Jewish people just received a small foretaste of this several days ago, on October 7. That future time is called The Time of Jacob’s Trouble also known as The Great Tribulation. It is the second half of the seven year Tribulation also known as Daniel’s seventieth week. The Jewish people will then seek their Messiah, Yeshua, and then they will mourn and then He will rescue them:
Zechariah 12:9-10 “9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.”
As soon as the entire Nation mourns, which it will do at the end of the seven year Tribulation, Yeshua will rescue the Jewish people. Messiah Yeshua will then return - right then - and that will spell Satan’s doom. Satan knows this and will do everything in his power to make sure that there is not one single remaining Jewish voice to say Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the LORD. Jesus told the Jewish people in Jerusalem that He would not return until they say this:
Matthew 23:37-39 (NIV) "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. [38] Look, your house is left to you desolate. [39] For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
The Holocaust is an example of Satan’s work. It failed. The October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas is the latest example. But Satan will never stop trying. If Hamas is eradicated Satan will cause another nation or group to attack Israel. He is the one motivating the leaders of Iran. Satan has been trying to annihilate the Nation of Israel since its founding in 1948. He is relentless. A two state solution will not stop him. As Pastor JD Farag is fond of saying “The two state solution is nothing more than a re-packaging of Hitler’s Final Solution”.
The Messiah’s return which will occur immediately after the whole Jewish Nation recognizes Him as their Messiah and says Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the LORD will not occur until the full number of the Gentiles who are to be saved by God, to be born again, are saved. How do we know this?
Romans 11:25-26 “25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;”
That Deliverer is the Messiah, Jesus.
It is my belief that the full number of the Gentiles who are to be saved will not be reached until the end of the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. The Church will be complete and raptured before the Tribulation but there are many, many, many Gentiles who will yet be saved after the rapture, during the Tribulation. Therefore, Satan will do everything that he can to prevent the full number of the Gentiles from coming in. He is doing it now and he will do it even more in the Tribulation. He will kill Christians in large numbers - more than ever before. He is currently attempting to prevent the gospel from being shared, by killing missionaries, closing churches, corrupting Christian teaching, and much, much, more. Turning churches woke is part of his plan. He wants to kill and weaken those who are Christians now and he wants to do anything and everything he can to prevent the birth of new Christians. Satan has been working at this relentlessly for centuries. He will do whatever it takes to keep the full number of the Gentiles who are to be saved from being reached, because once that full number is reached then the final piece of God’s plan, the salvation of Israel with the consequent return of Messiah, will happen.
My friends, I am a Jew, and what has just happened to Israel makes me weak with mourning and tears. If you know Jesus, share the good news with every Jew and every Gentile you can. No believer in Yeshua, whether Jew or Gentile, will go through the Tribulation and every believer will spend eternity in heaven with Him. If you don’t know Him I beg of you to call upon His name now and ask Him to save you.
This tragedy is heartbreaking, but I believe it is fulfillment of prophecy. Know the times we are in. The trumpet could sound at any time! Thank you for this wonderful article, Arthur. God Bless You!