O Jerusalem!

The day was December 6, 2017. I just enjoyed the Lord's speaking in a full time serving ones training held at Chennai, and I was about to rest for the day when I saw a pop-up news on my smartphone that Mr. Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America is set to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I was so happy within. Later, a brother came to me to inform me of the same. Since Indian timezone is different from that of US by about half a day, the confirmation could happen only the next day as in IST. As I slept, the thought and feeling within me was a pleasant one. I feel blessed to live in the time where Bible prophecies are literally being fulfilled, one by one. 

The next day, when the confirmation came that Jerusalem indeed has been declared as the capital of Israel, few thoughts came buzzing within. About a year ago, my innate inclination toward the elected President was based on this one key: the campaign promised to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Among other factors, this one key factor stands out in support for the contending candidate. Biblical views in line with the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose will always find my support and allegiance to it. Though I am apolitical in my stand, I incline towards those whom I consider God, who is on the throne, has sovereignly appointed. What a glad tiding to me this sounds!

This is not about who loses and who gains, when it comes to the fulfillment of God's Word, God's sovereignty is supreme. 

Romans 9:14-16What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not! For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 

What God had promised, this He has fulfilled. 

The aftermath of such is foreknown. But God is in control. As such, our responsibility is to pray. 

Psalms 122:6-9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. Peace be within your bulwarks, And prosperity within your citadels. For my brothers’ and companions’ sake I will now say, Peace be within you. For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek your good.  

The following days, there has been circulation of messages on the hot topic as breaking news to the entire world. Two such messages are worth mentioning. Authors unknown, I am not the author, and I just "copy and paste" as relevant posts to the subject concerned. 

God bless Israel! God bless America!  

Two "copy-paste" messages:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Response to President Donald Trump's Statement: This is a historic day.

Jerusalem had been the capital of the Jewish people for more than a millennium (1000 BC - AD 70). In Jeremiah 29:10, thus says the Holy Bible (NIV): This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.

Israel became a Nation on May 14, 1948. And its city Jerusalem got recognition as capital on Dec. 6, 2017.

If we calculate the number of days of all these past years in b/w we will get a figure of 25,408 days.

The Jewish calendar, according to Bible, has 360 days/year

(12 X 30 = 360).

If we calculate the total number of days (25,408) by the days of a year (360) we will get the number of total years as 70, i.e., seventy in God's calendar  (25,408÷360 = 70.555).

This prophecy (Jeremiah 29:10) fulfilled in 536 BC and has fulfilled in our days again by God towards Jerusalem. After exact seventy years of its birth as a Nation, it's officially recognized as Israel's Capital. This is called dual fulfillment. That means same prophecy has been fulfilled two times in their respective generations (in 536 BC and AD 2017). How awesome are your deeds, oh God! Who can understand them?

Hence, I think all these prophetical fulfillments are eye openers for any Gentile (i.e., non-Israelite, non-Christian), nominal Christian and unbeliever to understand that Holy Bible is real and it's God is real Who has prophesied everything before in the Bible. And it is also real that Jesus Christ is coming soon. 

Untill December 6, 2017 Jerusalem had not become the capital of Israel. Hence, the Jews could not take full control of Jerusalem to build their Temple. The Bible clearly tells us that before Jesus Christ's Second Coming there will be a Jewish temple in Jerusalem and its control will fall into the hands of Antichrist, a world ruler. Let us take note that in order for a Temple to be built in Jerusalem, the Jews must have full control over Jerusalem and It must become their center of power. This is why the city has got its due recognition on December 6, 2017.

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Read this speech from the prime minister of Israel..... Benjamin Netanyahu, with all Glory to God.

Mr. Nethanyahu said:

Only 70 years ago! The Jews were taken to the slaughter like sheep. 

60 years ago! We had no country. No Army.

Seven Arab countries declared war on our small Jewish state, just a few hours after its creation!

We were only 650 Jews, against the rest of the Arab world! NO IDF (Israel Defense Army).

No powerful Air Force, only brave people with nowhere to go.

Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia all attacked us at the same time.

The country that the United Nations gave us was 65 % desert. The country was out of nowhere!

35 years ago! We fought the three most powerful armies in the middle east, and we swept them... yes... in six days.

We fought against various coalitions of Arab countries, which had the modern armies and many Soviet weapons, and we had always beaten them!

Today we have:

*A country*

*An army*

*A powerful air force*

*A State-of-the-Art economy which exports millions of dollars*

*Intel - Microsoft - IBM develops products at home*

*Our doctors receive awards for medical research*

We make the desert bloom, and sell oranges, flowers and vegetables all over the world.

Israel has sent its own satellites into space!

Three satellites at the same time!

We are proud to be at the same rank as: The United States, which has 250 million inhabitants,

Russia, which has 200 million inhabitants

China, which has 1.3 billion inhabitants

Europe - France, Great Britain, Germany - with 350 million inhabitants..

The only countries in the world to send objects into space! Israel is now part of the family of the nuclear powers, with the United States, Russia, China, India, France, and Great Britain.

We have never officially admitted it, (but everyone knows it) and say that only 60 years ago, we were led, ashamed and hopeless, to slaughter!

We have extirpés the smoking ruins of Europe, we have won our wars here with less than nothing. We built our little "Empire" from nothing.

Who's Hamas to scare me? To terrify me? You make me laugh! 

Passover was celebrated; Let's not forget what this is about.

>We survived Pharaoh.

>We survived the Greeks.

>We survived the Romans.

>We survived the inquisition in Spain.

>We have the pogroms in Russia.

>We survived Hitler.

>We survived the Germans.

>We survived the Holocaust.

>We survived the armies of seven Arab countries.

>We survived Saddam.

>We will continue to survive the enemies present today too.

Think of any time in human history! Think about it, for us, the Jewish people, the situation has never been better! Then let's face the world.

Let us remember: All nations or cultures who once tried to destroy us, no longer exist today - while we still live!

Egypt?

The Greeks?

Alexander of Macedonia?

The Romans? (does anyone still speak Latin these days? )

The Third Reich?

And look at us,

>The Bible Nation.

>The slaves of Egypt.

>We are still here.

And we speak the same language! then, and now! Arabs don't know yet, but they will learn that there is a God ....as long as we keep our identity, we are forever.

So forgive us for not worrying.

>Not to cry.

>Not to be afraid.

>Things are fine here.

>They could certainly get better.

However: Don't believe the media, they don't tell you  that parties continue to take place, people continue to live, people keep coming out, people continue to see friends.

Yes, our morale is low. So what? Only because we mourn our deaths, while others rejoice in the blood shed. That is why we will win, in the end.

He never sleeps or will ever sleep.... the guardian of Israel.... Yahweh God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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