The Next Step - Watch for the Cleansing of Israel

Posted by Bible Probe on August 06, 2005 at 13:27:17:

The Next Step - Watch for the Cleansing of Israel

Israel belongs to the Jews. God said so. Jerusalem has a definite special relationship with God. In a spiritual sense, Jerusalem is the epicenter of the world.

Jerusalem is referenced in the Bible 881 times, and God frequently addressed Jerusalem as "My holy city", "My holy mountain", and "My highest joy".

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 1 Kings 9:3

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Psalm 87:2-3

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. Psalm 132:13

Jerusalem was the place of the prophets, the place where Abraham came to sacrifice Isaac, and the place of Jewish Kings like David and Solomon. Jesus did many miracles in Jerusalem, He was born only 6 miles away in Bethlehem, He died for us here, and He rose for us here. The Christian church spread from here via Jewish apostles of Jesus. Jesus predicted its destruction. And, Jerusalem will be the place where Jesus returns to at the time of Armageddon. Whether you agree with the Jews or not, if you are a Christian or Jew - you have no choice - you have been commanded by God to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Psalm 122:6

Until the Jews returned and rebuilt Jerusalem and Israel with their own money, sweat and blood, the Muslims had no interest. Muslims have no historic attachment to either Israel or Jerusalem. Contrary to what uneducated Muslims say, there is no mention of Jerusalem anywhere in the Qur'an. Muslim attachment is based solely on a conveniently made up visit by Muhammad in his dreams. There is no record of Muhammad ever having visited Jerusalem or Israel. It wasn't until 1967 that Muslims mounted a campaign to name Jerusalem their 3rd holiest city after Mecca and Medina. Prior to 1967, Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad had this honor--depending on where the Muslim lived. And prior to the 1920's no Arab even wanted anything to do with Jerusalem or Israel, as it was mostly barren.

This false Muslim claim to Jerusalem will ultimately lead to the bloodiest battle predicted in the Bible, and the return of the Lord Jesus. It will be an all-out fight, as Muslims will be successful in hoodwinking the nations into believing their lies. So ultimately, the fate of Jerusalem is in the Lord's hands.

For almost 2000 years the Jews had dreamed of returning to their homeland in compliance with Ezekiel's famous "dry bones" prophecy, in Chapter 37.

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. Ezekiel 37:5-7

Ezekiel 36:24-25 told us that after this miraculous return of the Jews from all corners of the globe to their homeland, something else would occur. This occurrence will be the future "cleansing" of the Jews. They will turn from the mostly secular nation that they are now, to a fervent nation full of those who love and worship God.

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.

My guess is that it will be Jews like Messianic Jews who convert Jews to the truth; just as God is now using Muslims to save Muslims.

The Lord Himself is working on Islam now. He is weeding out the best Muslim souls, worthy of life after death, who will stand with Him. Islam is presently taking 1-step forward and 2-steps back. For every new Muslim, 2 people leave Islam. It is the Lord's opposition to Islam, and Islam's satanic desire for world domination that is now backfiring on them.

As more Muslims immigrate to free countries where they will not be killed for leaving Islam --this freedom for the first time is rapidly waking up Muslims to the truth, and it's turning ex-Muslims into fervent evangelists to Muslims. The Lord Himself is doing many miracles and revealing Himself to them.

God has declared that Israel is the "Apple of His Eye", the centermost part that feels pain the most --even when an eye lash strikes it.

God has called Israel "My Inheritance" in Joel 3:2, and I don't think anyone who curses Israel will go unpunished, especially the nations.

I think God has purposely made Israel a "bone of contention" from its earliest days, so God could weed out the sheep and the goats. A graphic example of what will happen to those who curse Israel is found in Matthew 25:

Matthew 25:32-33
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

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