Day after day we read
comments in the news from the enemies of
Israel. They spew venomous lies, hate and
condemnation.
- “Israel will be
destroyed”
- “Israel will be pushed
into the sea”
- “Jerusalem will be a
graveyard for the Jews”
- “No one will hear the
cries of the Jews”
While the hatred and curses
of destruction bubble up we may actually
begin to believe that no one hears their
cries but we would be wrong.
There is in
fact one who hears their cries – YHWH God!
He will not stay silent much longer but His
passion for His people will be revealed and
the anger in His face will rage.
Deuteronomy 4:24
“For the LORD your God is a consuming
fire, even a jealous God.”
Believe me when I say that
a showdown is coming! When the enemies of
Israel speak against her they are playing
with fire, literally and they will get
burned - devoured even. God is a consuming
fire and He will devour the enemies of His
people.
It is no surprise however that
the enemies of Israel are making such
boastful declarations, or that they are
forming a coalition to come against her to
attempt to destroy her – God prophesied it
long ago.
Ezekiel 38:17-23
“17 “‘This is
what the Sovereign Lord says:
You are the one I spoke of in former days by
my servants the prophets of Israel. At that
time they prophesied for years that I would
bring you against them.18 This is
what will happen in that day: When Gog
attacks the land of Israel, my hot
anger will be aroused,
declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In
my zeal and fiery wrath I
declare that at that time there shall be a
great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The
fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the
beasts of the field, every creature that
moves along the ground, and all the
people on the face of the earth will
tremble at my presence.
The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs
will crumble and every wall will fall to the
ground. 21 I will summon a
sword against Gog on all my mountains,
declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s
sword will be against his brother. 22 I
will execute judgment on him with plague and
bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of
rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him
and on his troops and on the many nations
with him. 23 And so I will show
my greatness and my holiness, and I will
make myself known in the sight of many
nations. Then they will know that I am
the Lord.’”
I find it interesting that
in the last days God says “You are the ones
I spoke of in the former days, through my
prophets and they prophesied of this event
for years!” We have no excuse not to
recognize the turmoil going on in the Middle
East today – God prophesied it and is using
it to make a statement – so the world will
know HE IS THE LORD!
Zechariah 14:12
“This
will be the plague with which Yahweh will
strike all the peoples who have warred
against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume
away while they stand on their feet, and
their eyes will consume away in their
sockets, and their tongue will consume away
in their mouth.”
When the enemies of Israel
rise up and come against her they will
really be coming against the All Consuming
Fire, Jehovah God. He will stand up and
protect His people. The enemies of Israel
will be consumed – even while standing on
their feet their flesh will be consumed,
their eyes will be consumed in their sockets
and their tongues will be consumed in their
mouths by God’s fiery wrath (It eerily
resembles a nuclear blast, but this is the
power of God.)
I believe it’s time that we
all have more respect for the God of Israel.
We need to revere Him with fear and
admiration. The enemies of Israel have
blasphemed Him and profaned His name. In
their pride they disrespect Him and spit on
Him – but in the coming showdown they will
be consumed in His mighty wrath, when He
breaks His silence, showing the entire world
that He is alive and that He is the Lord!