Eventually it won't be said, “no man knows the day or hour,” because the hour will have come. Soon it won't be said, “things continue on as they always have,” because destruction will have befallen this unconverted world just as Christ, the apostles, and the prophets foretold (2 Pt. 3:1–13). Two millennia may seem like a long time, but it's nothing compared to the everlasting future that awaits. The scoffers put their confidence in these two millennia in which the sky hasn't yet receded like a scroll, not unlike the scoffers who placed their faith in the roughly two millennia that preceded the cataclysmic Flood. Scoffers always lose. The mockers have a few proverbial moments of mocking, but their mocking will cease for eternity future.
Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity? Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah: “Let us draw off Their cords, || And cast Their thick bands from us.” He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them. Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them: “And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.” I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth. Ask of Me and I give nations—Your inheritance, and Your possession—the ends of the earth. You rule them with a scepter of iron, || You crush them as a vessel of a potter.” (Ps. 2:1–9, LSV)
The world and its scholars overcomplicate, confuse, and deconstruct what is simple and clear: the God of Israel is the only deity in existence, His Son is the only Way to Heaven, and the Gospel is the only message by which anyone can be saved. And His Son, who has offered everything He has to you—including His very self—is shortly returning, greeting you either as a most beloved son or daughter, or as a most unwelcome intruder in His dominion. Will you, through faith, be the seed of the woman? Or will you be the seed of the serpent, remaining in the pride of unbelief, stubbornly refusing forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and every spiritual blessing?
Prophecy isn't confusing, it's simple.
And the message of salvation is simple, too.
In what history will look back on as the greatest conspiracy of all time, the chief enemy of mankind has spent the last two millennia sowing discord among believers and confusing what should be simple and easy to understand—namely, the message of salvation and the simplicity of Bible prophecy. What was once a mystery in the Old Testament is fully unveiled by God in the New, yet Satan has used tradition, fear, and eisegesis to blind the world to the truth: the truth that will set you free.
Bible prophecy was never intended to confuse or frighten you. It was intended to enlighten, reveal, and clarify. It was never given as something separate from the message of Christ, but it ties together with it, forming the greatest story ever told—a story that the minds of Hollywood's greatest writers could never begin to dream up—grander in scope than any science fiction epic, yet a story that is completely true.
We were all born into a spiritual matrix of sorts. A veil has fallen over mankind. The world says to escape it you must take the red pill that reveals an unpleasant truth. Bible prophecy says that behind the veil isn't a darker reality, but a brighter one filled with hope and promise beyond anything you can imagine. And you don't pass through the veil by swallowing a pill or obtaining secret knowledge, but by humbling yourself before the One who loved you at the cost of His own life. He hasn't hidden the mystery—He's revealed it, but dark spiritual forces want to keep you blind to the truth.
And He says to me, “You may not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.” (Revelation 22:10)
As I write this, an end-of-the-age détente is sweeping the Middle East as Israel's historic Arab enemies are making peace with the Jewish nation. The sure word of God says that those who do not escape what is coming would be chanting “peace and security” immediately before the onset of the labor pains of the Tribulation (1 Thess. 5:3). Because of what's happening in the Middle East there will be an unceasing chant of these words over the next several weeks and months as the ultimate “peace deal” is coming closer to reality. The Deal of the Century was the first plan establishing a Palestinian state within the boundaries of Israel's God-given land that the Israeli government actually agreed to. The breaking of the everlasting covenant with Abraham is nigh at hand and how ironic that this “Vision for Peace” would be expanded into an agreement with many via the soon-to-be-signed Abraham Accord. “Accord” is just another word for covenant. The forthcoming accord establishes a future Palestinian state as a given and the consequence of peace—the cessation of Israeli intent to annex more of it's own land for some period of time.
Regardless of what some prophecy allegorists say, dividing God's land is absolutely forbidden. But what about all the empires and kingdoms that controlled Eretz Yisrael for the past several millennia? There was no Israel then! The nation was dispersed by God's own judgment—not once, but twice. Now Israel is back in the land and it is the one and only country west of the Jordan River. Palestine doesn't yet exist even though the world has tried (and failed) to establish it for the last 73 years.
After the Church is soon removed, will the Antichrist simply take this deal and extend the four years of settlement freeze stipulated in the Vision for Peace to seven? Or might he use the Abraham Accord to coax Israel into abandoning annexation plans for seven years, perhaps sweetening the pot with a Temple? The Vision for Peace and the Abraham Accord seem to lay the foundation for what is coming post-rapture. It should be noted that by peace the Antichrist destroys many. Interestingly, the word for “peace” in Daniel 8:25 is shalvah, which perfectly encapsulates all the meaning in 1 Thessalonians 5:3—not only peace, but also security. It has the meaning of ease, prosperity, peace, and security—all the things Israel is looking to these deals for, whereas Israel should be looking to its God and trusting in His promises, and, more importantly, His Messiah.
Already Israel is making peace with the wealthy, powerful, and influential United Arab Emirates within a matter of days, but it is thought Bahrain will follow shortly after. Understand that this deal isn't merely a peace treaty akin to what Israel has with Egypt and Jordan. This is full normalization—the first of its kind with any Muslim country in the world. This deal not only brings about peace, but also the allure of economic, technological, and military unity. That means prosperity. That also means a sense of security in the face of the Turkish-Iranian-Shia axis. As a clear sign that more countries will follow, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have permanently opened their airspace to Israeli aircraft. This is undeniably a covenant with many. Time will tell if it becomes, post-rapture, the covenant with many.
Further reading:
Turning Point 2020
Signs in the Sky, Earth, and Sea?
The Third-Day Birthday
The Mark: Current Developments and Future Revealed
Prophecy Basics: Setting the Record Straight
Major Prophetic Milestones
The Ultimate Sign
Morning Star Rises!
The Day of the LORD
Pre-Trib Rapture Evidence: Top 10
The Law
Get On Board the Ark
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