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A great prophecy update this week from my favorite pastor.

He explores the link between the our backing of Israel and the severe weather we are seeing.

It all stems from God’s prophecy in Zechariah 12:3

Zechariah 12:3 – (NIV)

3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.

It is amazing how precisely the amazing “natural disasters” (or “Acts of God”) occurred around our leaders “support” of Israel.

Some might say coincidence?

I no longer believe in “coincidence” or “luck”.  God’s hand is at work in our lives and this world.

He has a purpose for each and every one of us in his plan!

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So many end times prophecies involve Israel.  It was the super sign that jump started the birth pains and lets us know for certain that we are part of the generation that will see Christ return.  One of the other leading indicators that we are accelerating toward the final hour is the increased isolation the Israel is experiencing.  Who would have thought even 4 years ago that the US would not be a friend that Israel could count on? 

Terry from raptureready.com lays out this rapidly increasing path of isolation that Israel finds itself on. 

Even the headlines this week, show how quick the isolation is occuring, from the open mic comments by our President and the French President, to not supporting Israel and their warnings about a nuclear Iran.  It is truly a breath-taking pace.

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Isolating Israel

Israel continues to be made the hold-up to peace in the Middle East, thus the stumbling block to peace for the whole world. That nation’s isolation is being maneuvered and manipulated by pressures from every direction.

The Islamist nations of the region hate the Jewish state–while at the same time refusing to acknowledge it even exists. They surround Israel on all sides except the Mediterranean side. Submarines of Israel’s enemies even lurk in those waters, awaiting the right time to strike. The countries within the United Nations, led by the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, are for the most part overwhelmingly opposed to Israel in every vote taken that involves Israel’s right to exist and thrive in that land the UN antagonists proclaim belongs to the Palestinians.

The European Union (EU) consistently comes down on the side of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) demands that Israel give up whatever territory necessary to accommodate the two-state solution–thus to construct a homeland for the Palestinian refugees. This is demanded, although the refugees are from the surrounding Arab states, nations that prefer to keep the hapless refugees in geographical limbo so hatred of the Jews and accusations that the Jews are cruel occupiers can continue to spew forth.

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More on what is headed our way this Fall, Terry does an excellent job laying out some of the back ground and what is coming in his Nearing Midnight article on www.raptureready.com.

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Geopolitical Details

09-19-2011

Modern Israel, as we consistently say, is the number-one signal of where this generation stands on God’s prophetic timeline. That nation is, therefore, the best example in the geopolitical arena to use for focusing on details of issues and events shaping the stage-setting for Bible prophecy fulfillment. The student who watches Bible prophecy develop from the premillennial, pretrib viewpoint has, with clarity others can’t see, I think, seen Israel come back into its own land, with its ancient national language restored. It did so following a miraculous rebirth into modernity on a single day, just as prophesied (Isa. 66: 6-9). The intricate details of the amazing rebirth are there to be gleaned by the hundreds, if not thousands.

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Not only have we seen Israel and Jerusalem becoming a focal point of the world, a burdensome stone.  We are seeing world leaders fighting over who should lead efforts to negotiate peace between the regional key players.

Zechariah 12:3 (KJV) – “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

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Sarkozy Tries to Take Over for Obama in Mideast Talks

Flamboyant French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Monday and announced he will ask to host a new summit with the PA, Israel and Egypt next month. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he would be willing to talk with Abbas “at any time.”

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US praises Abbas’s ‘restraint’ as settlement freeze ends

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Monday voiced disappointment after Israel ended its settlement freeze, but praised the “restraint” shown by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas.

“We are disappointed, but remain focused on our long term objectives,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said after Israel failed to extend the 10-month moratorium on settlement construction.

“In our discussions with both sides over the weekend, we encouraged restraint whenever a decision was made on the Israeli side,” Crowley told reporters as the freeze formally ended at midnight (2200 GMT Sunday).

“The Palestinian response so far reflects the restraint… The restraint at this point is appreciated.”

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Sarkozy: Settlement construction must stop

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Israel’s construction in the West Bank must stop.

Sarkozy condemned the government’s decision to end the freeze. (AFP)

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It is said in the last days all countries of the world will turn against Jerusalem, Israel.

They will be come a burdensome stone, meaning that city and its boundaries will be a problem to all nations.

This is what Obama is calling for here.  That all countries, world-wide, get behind his plan of two states for two people.

Who’s side do you think they lean toward in the end?

Zechariah 12:3 (KJV) – “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

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Obama presses for Mideast peace in UN address

UNITED NATIONS – Exhorting world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism, President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations on Thursday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve agreement within a year to create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel.

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Peace process update, rough waters, but remaining surprisingly focused for all of the tension and violence surrounding effort.

God predicted that Jerusalem would be the center of the worlds focus in the last days.

The prophet Zechariah foresaw this event centuries ago:

“I will make Jerusalem and Judah like an intoxicating drink to all the nearby nations that send their armies to besiege Jerusalem. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone, a burden for the world. None of the nations who try to lift it will escape unscathed.” Zechariah 12:2-3 (NLT)

Since 1967 when the Israelis retook Jerusalem in the Six Day War, the division of Jerusalem and ownership of the Temple Mount in particular, have been a source of countless U.N. resolutions, diplomatic crises, and calls for war.

Is it not even more so today?  It has not always been this way…

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US says talks progress, Palestinians threaten walk-out

The United States said Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday moved toward resolving their row over settlements but the Palestinians kept up the threat to walk out of the new peace talks.

In negotiations brokered by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas were having a “serious and substantive” discussion, US envoy George Mitchell said.

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