The Future: The Political State of Israel & War

The current escalation surrounding the Political State of Israel has been on the radar for many interested in end-times prophecy.  Interestingly enough, what most of us have been taught for years regarding Israel and the last days has been twisted, much like the rest of what the world teaches. Today, it’s time to discuss the truth regarding this land, it’s future and the current war.

We need to be aware of what’s actually happening in this region — we are living in a time of mass deception. Most of what we have grown up believing isn’t true.  We were warned by our Messiah:

“For there shall arise false Messiah’s, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Matthew 24:24

Tonight, I’d like to cover some details about the political state of Israel, and the Levant that you may not be aware of. This is pertinent information in these last days in order to not be led astray by the media.

WHAT IS THE POLITICAL STATE OF ISRAEL?

For as long as we can remember, we have been taught to “Support Israel”, “Pray for God’s people, the Jews”, “Pray for Israel” and many other taglines. Growing up in a Jewish family with most of my father’s side still living in that land today, I’m no stranger to these sentiments. Regardless, we need to investigate whether this ‘State of Israel’ is the end times promise of the regathering of Yahuah’s people, or a deception. I want to make it clear; I’m not against any ‘people’ as a whole. I believe that Yahuah’s grace and mercy is available to any ethnicity, in any location in the world, regardless of their past — anyone who turns to him through belief in his son and walks out their faith as he walked. With that being established, let’s briefly review scriptures regarding the true end times regathering:

Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahuah, that it shall no more be said, Yahuah lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, Yahuah lives, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Jeremiah 16:14-15

This passage is also repeated in Jeremiah 23, driving home the point, that there would one day be another ‘Exodus’ that would be so big, so eventful, that no one would talk about the first departure from captivity with Moses and the Israelite’s, but would be utterly amazed at this end times regathering.  If the 1948 State of Israel is this fulfillment, then the Jeremiah prophecy failed to deliver, as the Exodus from Egypt still stands as one of the greatest events of all time — the 1948 event doesn’t even come close.  Considering I don’t believe Jeremiah’s prophecy is able to disappoint, this great event has not happened yet.

Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
Jeremiah 32:37

Let’s be honest with each other for a moment.  The Political State of Israel has not been dwelling in safety, especially these past few weeks.

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people. And the nations shall know that I Yahuah do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel 37:25-28

His sanctuary and tabernacle are not in the midst of them — This is Yahuah’s promise, which is not yet fulfilled.  The nations do not recognize that Yah sanctifies them.  Why is this?  Could it be that this ‘regathering’ is a planned deception for the last days?   Think about it.  During the mid to late 1800’s, we saw the emergence of political Zionism and modern day dispensational theology rise at the same time. Without Zionism, dispensationalims falls flat on it’s face.  The reason being; it depends on the separation of Elohim’s love in two different ways. One way for the church and one for the blood decedents of Jews. The truth is, Yah is no respecter of persons.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that Elohim is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts 10:34-35

Are those who deny Yahusha, even his people at this time?

Then said Yahusha again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John 8:21-24

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:5-6

Think about the Parable of the Vineyard, also called the Parable of the Wicked Tenants.  The wicked people were cast out of the vineyard, and it was given to another people who would bring forth fruit in their due season!  Truth be told, Moses prophesied that when the great prophet comes, who would be likened to him, all who do not believe on him would suffer vengeance of Yahuah:

I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him. And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him
Deuteronomy 18:18-19

Brothers and sisters, while the Political State of Israel may have some true believers in it’s midst, the country as a whole is filled with those who have been severed from the olive tree that is Israel (Romans 11), due to their outright rejection of Yahuah’s son, our messiah.

This is what they believe about Messiah Yahusha

This nation is an imposter (as a whole), set up by the Jesuits of Rome (The Beast of Revelation) to be a huge distraction, and ultimately a deception for those who are not awake and gladly receive the mainstream narrative, as they do other topics.

Who is a liar but he that denies that Yahusha is the Messiah? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
1 John 2:22-23

The point?  They are not his people (as a whole). Only those who have been washed by the blood of the lamb are his people. Modern day dispensational theology teaches that when Yahusha returns, he will rapture the church and then deal with Israel (the Jews) that they may all be saved.  I’m here to share with you, that’s far from the truth.  When he comes back, those who are not ready will be cast out into outer darkness, no exceptions, for he is not a respecter of persons.

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 8:11-12

Also consider the parable of the King and the wedding, also the 10 virgins.

WHY THE DECEPTION OF “ISRAEL”

This is where things get pretty interesting, but first, we need to establish this:

And the ten horns which thou saw upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For Elohim hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of Elohim shall be fulfilled
Revelation 17:16-17

The first part, where the beast hates and destroys the ‘whore’ will be very clear soon enough, but the main point to understand at this point; Yahuah is sovereign.  Nothing gets past him and there’s nothing to fear but him alone. No need to waste any of your time, thoughts or emotions on any of these world leaders, politicians, or ‘elite families’ who carry out the evil in this world — they are playing their part, just as Pharaoh did before the great rescue from above. The reason I’m establishing this; I don’t typically like to give much credibility to the enemy’s plans, but for this study, reviewing some of it helps to bring the whole picture into focus as to the overall plan in the end times for the Political State of Israel. As you will see later, this will corroborate what Ezekiel prophesied many years ago. Here is a short clip from a video titled, Ezekiel 36: End Times Israel.

Ever since the establishment of the League of Nations; eventually becoming the United Nations, their goal has been to create the Political State of Israel (post ww2 holocaust emotions) and set it up to be the match that ignites ww3.  It is my opinion and understanding, that if these tensions continue to escalate, the utter annihilation of Israel will spark worldwide pandemonium, division and continued conflict.

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. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained. physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion…We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time.

EZEKIEL 36

Now that we have heard the enemy’s plans and intentions, let’s see how it coincides with the Word.

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahuah: Thus says Yahuah Elohim; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says Yahuah Elohim; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
Ezekiel 36:1-3

It seems pretty clear that the land of Israel would be in the possession of the enemy.  We just saw a few moments ago, exactly how the enemy has taken hold of it through deception.  Also, let’s take a closer look at verse 3 in the Septuagint:

therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahuah Elohim; Because ye have been dishonored, and hated by those round about you, that ye might be a possession to the remainder of the nations, and ye became a by-word, and a reproach to the nations:
Ezekiel 36:3

Reproach definition

2012 opinion of Israel as a ‘nation’

Here are some scriptures accurately depicting what the real end-times Israel/Jerusalem will look like:

THE word that Yesha`yahu the son of Amots saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of Yahuah’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahuah, to the house of the Elohai of Ya`aqov; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Tsiyon shall go forth the Torah, and the Word of Yahuah from Yerushalayim. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O house of Ya`aqov, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Yahuah.
Isaiah 2:1-5

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahuah Elohim, Thus says Yahuah Elohim to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; Therefore thus says Yahuah Elohim; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel 36:4-5

This is exactly the plan of the Beast in the end times for this land:

And the ten horns which thou saw upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire
Revelation 17:16

I know.  We’ve all been taught that the whore, the mother of all harlots is Rome, or America.  The problem is, Rome/Vatican is the Beast, not the harlot — It cannot be both.  It is the 4th kingdom of Daniels vision that would rule until the return of Yahusha. If this concept is new to you, I would highly recommend spending 20 minutes on this video:

Also, America is surely a harlot of harlots, spreading her abominations all over the world — yet, she is still just a daughter of her mother.  The original harlot.

Here is a short 3 min clip from our Mystery Babylon video:

The whole video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDmdQ3Q1fk&t=1004s

This is important, as the destruction of Mystery Babylon is a central theme in the book of Revelation. Think about it, Jerusalem/Israel is the mother of all who have gone astray from Yahuah — she was married to him and put away because of her whoring and abominations.  While she was destroyed in 70ad, this was not the final time. Yahusha discusses this in and end-times view:

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 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 there into. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke 21:19-22

In 70ad, all things were not yet fulfilled. Let’s finish up Ezekiel 36:

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says Yahuah Elohim; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: Therefore thus says Yahuah Elohim; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Ezekiel 36:6-10

(This is yet to happen)

And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Yahuah. Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
Ezekiel 36:11-12

(once they come back, they will never leave again)

Thus says Yahuah Elohim; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, says Yahuah Elohim. Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, says Yahuah Elohim. Moreover the word of Yahuah came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of Yahuah, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus says Yahuah Elohim; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am Yahuah, says Yahuah Elohim, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ezekiel 36:13-25

(Something the current inhabitants of Israel have not been cleansed of — still abiding in false worship and idolatry)

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do I this, says Yahuah Elohim, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Thus says Yahuah Elohim; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
Ezekiel 36:26-33

(This is an interesting point.  When we/they return by the hand of Yahuah, the land will be wasted, destroyed, in ruins)

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
Ezekiel 36:34

(Thus says Yahuah Elohim; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.  Ezekiel 5:5,9,14)

While she was destroyed during the time of Nebuchadnezzar and in 70 AD, I believe she will be laid waste one more time. Ezekiel 22 points out, that there would be a time when Yahuah carries out the final blow to this rebellious people.  He gathers them at the end, and destroys them.  Truly, this did not happen in 70ad. The people inhabiting the land today are the decedents of the Pharisees who still uphold the commandments of men, rather than that of the pure doctrine of Yahuah, through his son Yahusha:

Rabbinic Judaism

Therefore thus says Yahuah Elohaynu; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I Yahuah have poured out my fury upon you.
Ezekiel 36:19-22

The song of Moshe (Exodus 15) is both a song of history and prophecy; it corroborates this narrative:

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Yahuah, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Yahuah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Yahuah, which thy hands have established.
Exodus 15:15-17

His hands make end-times Jerusalem, not man.  Here is a passage from 2nd Baruch, regarding the true Jerusalem.  This takes place right before Nebuchanezzar’s army destroys Jerusalem:

AND YAHUAH said unto me: This city shall be delivered up for a time; and the people shall be chastened during a time; and the world will not be given over to oblivion. Do you think that this is that city of which I said: On the palms of my hands have I graven you? This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with me, that which was prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed it to A’dam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise. And after these things I showed it to my servant Avraham by night among the portions of the victims. And again also I showed it to Mosheh on Mount Ciynai when I showed to him the likeness of the Tabernacle and all its vessels. And now, behold, it is preserved with me, as also Paradise. Go, therefore, and do as I command you.
2 Baruch 4:1-6

Here is what the true battle for Jerusalem looks like when Messiah returns:

And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting. But he shall stand upon the top of Mount Tsiyon. And Tsiyon shall come, and shall be showed to all men, being prepared and built, like as you saw the hill graven without hands.
2 Esdras 13:34-36

When the real Jerusalem is revealed with the true regathering, this is what the nations will see and perceive:

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I Yahuah build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I Yahuah have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel 36:35-36

So, what’s the point?  The land of Israel will be in ruins before the true regathering happens.

WHO DESTROYS MYSTERY BABYLON?

Now we will be getting to the meat of today’s headlines and why it actually is important for prophecy’s sake.  We will be reading from the book of 2nd Esdras, also known as 4th Ezra.  This book was included in the 1611 KJV, the 1599 Geneva and many other ‘cannons’.  It was regarded and embraced as scripture by most believers until the mid 1800’s, during the dispensationalism movement. What we will find, is the Arabic (now known as Islamic) nations will band together to annihilate Israel.

2 Esdras 15

Yahuah says, “Behold, speak in the ears of my people the words of the prophecy which I will put in your mouth, ² and cause them to be written on paper; for they are trustworthy and true. ³ Do not fear the plots against you, and do not be troubled by the unbelief of those who oppose you. ⁴ For every unbeliever shall die in his unbelief.”

⁵ “Behold,” says Yahuah, “I bring evils upon the world, the sword and famine and death and destruction. ⁶ For iniquity has spread throughout every land, and their harmful deeds have reached their limit. ⁷ Therefore,” says Yahuah, ⁸ “I will be silent no longer concerning their ungodly deeds which they impiously commit, neither will I tolerate their wicked practices. Behold, innocent and righteous blood cries out to me, and the souls of the righteous cry out continually. ⁹ I will surely avenge them,” says Yahuah, “and will receive to myself all the innocent blood from among them.

(And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of Elohim, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Yahuah, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation 6:10-11)

¹⁰ Behold, my people is led like a flock to the slaughter; I will not allow them to live any longer in the land of Egypt, ¹¹ but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with an uplifted arm, and will smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all its land.”

(Remember what we started this study with; the real 2nd Exodus that has not happened yet)

¹² Let Egypt mourn, and its foundations, for the plague of chastisement and punishment that Yahuah will bring upon it. ¹³ Let the farmers that till the ground mourn, because their seed shall fail and their trees shall be ruined by blight and hail and by a terrible tempest. ¹⁴ Alas for the world and for those who live in it! ¹⁵ For the sword and misery draw near them, and nation shall rise up to fight against nation, with swords in their hands. ¹⁶ For there shall be unrest among men; growing strong against one another, they shall in their might have no respect for their king or the chief of their leaders.

(This is surely coinciding with what Messiah said about wars, rumors of wars)

¹⁷ For a man will desire to go into a city, and shall not be able.

(The real lock downs?)

¹⁸ For because of their pride the cities shall be in confusion, the houses shall be destroyed, and people shall be afraid. ¹⁹ A man shall have no pity upon his neighbors, but shall make an assault upon their houses with the sword, and plunder their goods, because of hunger for bread and because of great tribulation.

(This sounds like what most of us know what’s coming)

²⁰ “Behold,” says Elohim, “I call together all the kings of the earth to fear me, from the rising sun and from the south, from the east and from Leb′anon; to turn and repay what they have given them. ²¹ Just as they have done to my elect until this day, so I will do, and will repay into their bosom.” Thus says Yahuah Elohim: ²² “My right hand will not spare the sinners, and my sword will not cease from those who shed innocent blood on earth.” ²³ And a fire will go forth from his wrath, and will consume the foundations of the earth, and the sinners, like straw that is kindled. ²⁴ “Woe to those who sin and do not observe my commandments,” says Yahuah; ²⁵ “I will not spare them. Depart, you faithless children! Do not pollute my sanctuary.” ²⁶ For Yahuah knows all who transgress against him; therefore he will hand them over to death and slaughter. ²⁷ For now calamities have come upon the whole earth, and you shall remain in them; for God will not deliver you, because you have sinned against him.

(If you have not begun to keep the commandments of Yahuah, now is as good a time as ever.  This is truly the most important part of this whole study.)

A Terrifying Vision of Warfare

²⁸ Behold, a terrifying sight, appearing from the east! ²⁹ The nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots, and from the day that they set out, their hissing shall spread over the earth, so that all who hear them fear and tremble.

(The Nations of the Dragons of Arabia are the Arab/Islamic countries we know today)

³⁰ Also the Carmonians, raging in wrath, shall go forth like wild boars of the forest, and with great power they shall come, and engage them in battle, and shall devastate a portion of the land of the Assyrians with their teeth. ³¹

(Carmonia is modern day Iran)

 And then the dragons, remembering their origin, shall become still stronger; and if they combine in great power and turn to pursue them,

(They will be united in a common cause)

Judgment on Babylon

³⁴ Behold, clouds from the east, and from the north to the south; and their appearance is very threatening, full of wrath and storm. ³⁵ They shall dash against one another and shall pour out a heavy tempest upon the earth, and their own tempest; and there shall be blood from the sword as high as a horse’s belly ³⁶ and a man’s thigh and a camel’s hock. ³⁷ And there shall be fear and great trembling upon the earth; and those who see that wrath shall be horror-stricken, and they shall be seized with trembling. ³⁸ And, after that, heavy storm clouds shall be stirred up from the south, and from the north, and another part from the west. ³⁹ And the winds from the east shall prevail over the cloud that was raised in wrath, and shall dispel it; and the tempest that was to cause destruction by the east wind shall be driven violently toward the south and west. ⁴⁰ And great and mighty clouds, full of wrath and tempest, shall rise, to destroy all the earth and its inhabitants, and shall pour out upon every high and lofty place a terrible tempest, ⁴¹ fire and hail and flying swords and floods of water, that all the fields and all the streams may be filled with the abundance of those waters. ⁴² And they shall destroy cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forests, and grass of the meadows, and their grain. ⁴³ And they shall go on steadily to Babylon, and shall destroy her. ⁴⁴ They shall come to her and surround her;

(And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed/surrounded with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh)

they shall pour out the tempest and all its wrath upon her; then the dust and smoke shall go up to heaven, and all who are about her shall wail over her.

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate
Revelation 18:18-19

Who exactly destroys Mystery Babylon is still yet to be seen, but what we can establish, is the Arabic world uniting together in fury starts all this.  This is why the current tension is interesting.  Is is possible that Israel continues to kill Palestinians, the catalyst for uniting the Islamic world? Two things can happen at this point.

1. The current skirmish can fizzle out and things return to normal like it has for years.
2. This turns out to be what has been planned for quite some time and matures into a full scale war, fulfilling prophecy as we have been discussing.

As of today, the population in Israel is 8.7 million.  IF it were to be destroyed, you can imagine the worldwide outrage due to loss of life.  This would surely be a foothold for the beast to unite the world under the banner of ‘peace’. The sentiments would sound something like; “We have seen the horror of the holocaust, but this was even worse”.  “We must unite as one people to end these racial, political, religious and ethnic wars”. While the world will mourn, all heaven will rejoice!

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for Elohim hath avenged you on her
Revelation 18:20

Why rejoice?

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth
Revelation 18:24

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate
Matthew 23:29-38

Timing of This Event (144,000)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto Elohim and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of Elohim. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear Elohim, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 14:1-8

These escape the judgments of the world:

At the time of the sealing of the 144,000 and their escape with the great multitude — the nations will drink of the cup of astonishment from Yahuah, starting with Jerusalem, which will receive a double portion first:

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double
Revelation 18:6

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of Yahuah‘s hand double for all her sins
Isaiah 40:2

First Jerusalem, then the world:

For thus says Yahuah Elohim of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Yahuah‘s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Yahuah had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus says Yahuah Tsebaoth, the Elohim of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus says Yahuah Tsebaoth; Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahuah Tsebaoth
Jeremiah 25:15-29

Judgement begins with the land of Israel my brothers and sisters.  Nevertheless, is this the beginning of Yahuah’s wrath upon this land, or are these staged events much like we see throughout this country and the world, in order to move about certain plans?  I’m no prophet, just a lover and student of his Word — so it is yet to be seen. These current tensions could merely be staged (with real deaths) in order to bring about peace from the false light.  After all, the Beast will unite the world and they will have a common enemy they will want to destroy.  The arrival of Yahusha and the real Jerusalem:

Behold, the days are coming when the Most High will deliver those who are on the earth. And bewilderment of mind shall come over those who dwell on the earth.  And they shall plan to make war against one another, city against city, place against place, people against people, and kingdom against kingdom. And when these things come to pass and the signs occur which I showed you before, then my Son will be revealed, whom you saw as a man coming up from the sea. And when all the nations hear his voice, every man shall leave his own land and the warfare that they have against one another; and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, desiring to come and conquer him.  But he will stand on the top of Mount Zion.  And Zion will come and be made manifest to all people, prepared and built, as you saw the mountain carved out without hands.  And he, my Son, will reprove the assembled nations for their ungodliness (this was symbolized by the storm),  and will reproach them to their face with their evil thoughts and the torments with which they are to be tortured (which were symbolized by the flames), and will destroy them without effort by the Torah  (which was symbolized by the fire).
2 Esdras 13:29-38

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohim, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For Elohim shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Regardless of where this ends up, I do believe it is safe to say we are close to the return of our Messiah.