Israel
The rebirth of the nation of Israel is considered to be "the Super-sign." It is the greatest end-time sign of all. Why?
Every bible prophecy centers around the nation of Israel. Israel is the centerpiece. You see, every prophetic sign we see happening in our world today is setting the stage for the Great Tribulation. God's ultimate purpose for the Great Tribulation is to break the stubborn will of the nation of Israel and finally cause her to confess her national sin of rejecting the Messiah, thus pleading for His return.
Jesus grieved and wept over this stubbornness, and also prophesied of her turning to Him in a time of great distress: Matthew 23: 37-39 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who killed the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see me no more til you will say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
The prophet Zechariah tells us the Great Tribulation will be the very thing God uses to cause Israel to yearn for her Messiah. Then when Jesus returns, she will recognize Him and grieve for rejecting Him. It is then she will receive Him as her Messiah. Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son."
We are going to talk about many different things regarding preparation for the Great Tribulation.
The most important thing to understand is that it all connects with the nation of Israel. When the Great Tribulation and the reign of the Antichrist is here, it will be the very thing God will use to turn the heart of Israel to her true Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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