The Concept of a ‘Greater Israel’
May be over for Israel’s Prime Minister
But it’s not over for the eternal God of Israel!
Every time Israel draws away from God’s Promise,
God punishes them for their lack of faith in his Promise,
Then Leads Them Himself to Possess the Land by his Power!
This same scenario is about to be repeated by God by his Promise,
And I am of the opinion the process will begin at a point in his Schedule
One day between 2010 and 2015, and be completed after three and ½ Years!
September 15, 2008
God promised the land to Jacob, the man he named Israel, through his father Isaac and his grandfather Abraham. Regardless of international opinion, the land belongs to Israel, not the Arabs, the sons of Abraham through Ishmael and his six sons through Keturah. In fact, ‘Greater Israel’ to God is not just the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the rest of Israel today, the land actually belongs to Israel from the River of Egypt in the Sinai all the way to the Euphrates River, as far north as Hamath in Syria, and as far south as the waters of strife in Kadesh.
Genesis 15:18 – In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this l and,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Ezekiel 47:17 – And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
Ezekiel 47:19 – And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
Genesis 28:13-15 – And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; [14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee
and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. [15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; FOR I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE, UNTIL I HAVE DONE THAT WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEE OF.
ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 68 ON MICAH 5
What is the Nationality of the Antichrist?
Part 7
May 17, 2002
Please review Prophecy Updates 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67 before reading 68.
Then Read Update 69
Micah 5:5,6 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Prophecy Update Number 67 closed by stating the following:
“Israel will claim all the land from the River of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River, with a northern latitudinal border extending to Hamath (Hama) in Syria, and a southern border extending to Kadesh in the Sinai. And all this is not by accident, but by design and promise, for it was God’s ancient land grant promise to Abraham and to Israel. Its periphery is laid out in Genesis and Ezekiel. Its northern limits were to extend to the latitude of Hamath (Hama) in Syria, and its southern limits to the latitude of Kadesh. Its longitudinal limits to the west were to extend to the Mediterranean Sea and to the River of Egypt, and its eastern longitudinal limits were to extend to the “entrances thereof” of the Euphrates River. This is the area of Micah 5:6 that Israel will “waste” and then claim for a thousand years. After Christ has himself (all by himself) defeated the Assyrian at the battle of Armageddon to being in “the peace” of a thousand years, then Israel will roar north out of the Negev to mop up what is left of a demoralized army that is fleeing north. Israel will first recover Jerusalem, then drive north, northeast, and east to claim all the land west of the Euphrates River.”
Micah 5:7 – And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Just as man had no control over the elements of God that were responsible for the sudden arrival of moisture over a wide area of land, neither would man have any control over the sudden arrival of Israel spreading across the vast tract of land God had said He
would one day give to Israel. She will exist as the most important nation on this planet in the midst of all the Gentile nations.
Micah 5:8 – And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
When Israel’s Li on of Judah, the Messiah Jesus Christ, returns to free her from the b
ondage of the Assyrian, she will be the most powerful nation on this planet. All the other nations left on the earth will fear her for some 1000 years because of the awareness of the Second Advent of Christ, and His reigning on the throne of David in Jerusalem. Israel will be a Lion nation in the midst of sheep nations. The temple will be rebuilt after the Second Advent and then Christ, the Messianic Glory of God, will enter it to begin a reign that lasts forever: First, an earthly reign of 1000 years, which then laps over into a heavenly reign that lasts forever.
Ezekiel 43:4-7 – And the glory of
the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. [5] So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house. [6] And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
[7] And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Micah 5:9 – Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Israel will be the most powerful and feared nation that has ever existed on this earth.
For some 1000 years no nation or nations shall dare to stand against her because of her God. All the Gentile nations will be required to send representatives to Jerusalem each year at the Feast of Tabernacles to worship the Messiah. If they fail to do so God will cause famine and plague in their land until they submit to His will.
Zechariah 14:16-19 – And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[17] And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
[18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of ta
bernacles. [19] This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post
Prime minister: The concept of a ‘Greater Israel’ is over
September 14, 2008
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the ‘Greater Israel’ idea was over.
“‘Greater Israel’ is finished. There is no such thing as that anymore.
Whoever talks in those terms is only deluding himself,” said the prime minister at the weekly cabinet during which Vice Premier Haim Ramon’s evacuation-compensation bill was discussed.
“It doesn’t help Israel.
The international community has changed its perspective ahead of the possibility of Israel becoming a bi-national state. We can prove that we were always the initiators and were more creative and that it was the other side that was more stubborn. However, as usual, we are winning the argument but are gradually going to lose the most important thing,” he said.
Olmert explained that although excellent justifications could be brought as to why talk of of concessions to the Palestinians should be postponed, time was “not ticking in Israel’s favor.”
Olmert admitted that he had changed his mind on the subject. “I admit that I didn’t always have this opinion. I thought and I also said to [Defense Minister] Ehud Barak that the concessions he offered at Camp David were exaggerated. I believed that the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean was all ours since in every place there that is excavated, there
is evidence of Jewish History.
“But finally, after a lot of suffering and misgivings, I came to the conclusion that we need to share the land with whom we are residing if we don’t want to become a bi-national state.”
The prime minister emphasized that Israel was the strongest country in the region. “We are strong like no other country in the region, no entity can overcome us,” he said. “The strategic threats don’t come from questions of where the borders are. We can argue over every small detail but we will then have no peace partner and no international backing. We will just feel that we were right, as we have done for the last 40 years.”
According to Ramon’s evacuation-compensation bill, NIS 1.1 million will be given to each family that voluntarily moves from isolated areas of the West Bank to the Negev.
Ramon’s bill would give a 25 percent increase in compensation offered to settlers who leave the West Bank for the Negev and a 15% increase to those who move to the Galilee.
Ramon told ministers that 18% of the settlers east of the security fence (over 11,000 individuals) were prepared to leave of their own accord.
The evacuation of residents living in the West Bank, insisted Ramon, was “an inevitable step for those who believe in the two-state [solution], who are the majority of the Israeli public. The government’s assertion, that Israel is not prepared to continue to control areas east of the [security] fence, will strengthen Israel in its negotiations with the Palestinians and with the international community. This program will also strengthen the settlement blocs west of the [security] fence and leave the area under Israels sovereignty.”
Ramon also said that Israel and the Palestinians weren’t close to reaching even a scaled-back version of a peace agreement, further diminishing hopes of any significant strides by the end of the year.
“Right now, we don’t see reaching a shelf agreement or a declaration of principles on the horizon,” he said.
Meanwhile, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter criticized the bill, saying that “the current discussion is a mistake in its essence and also in its timing,” he said, adding that it was “putting the cart before the horse.” “Even if houses that should be destroyed are destroyed, legislation preventing them from being rebuilt is problematic, full of difficulties and may even provoke violence,” he continued. “Voluntary evacuation will only weaken, not strengthen Israel.”
Transportation Minister and Kadima leadership candidate Shaul Mofaz also seemed to oppose the bill, but was more tempered in his reservations.
“Evacuation compensation in a reality that lacks an agreed upon framework, will only raise the Palestinians’ demands and cause damage,” Mofaz said during the meeting.
AP contributed to this report.
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