Countdown to the Jihad Attack against Israel!
March 8, 2006
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I believe the chronological sequence of events before and after the coming Jihad attack, which follow, to be correct. As to the exact timing of their occurrence, as always, I must state that is a guesstimate on my part, but I am convinced the sequence of events is correct.
Event 1 – Israel finishes the security barrier/wall/fence in 2007 and begins to have a mindset they have a time of “peace and safety,” having unilaterally separated from the Palestinians by the barriers around the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which will be the border between the two states or countries.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Event 2 – Withdrawal of all foreign forces from Iraq will be completed by 2008, or shortly thereafter. The Jihad attack by 10 Arab nations will not be carried out until all American troops are withdrawn.
Event 3 – The Iraqi government will fall, and Iraq will become a modified Islamic Republic.
Event 4 – A lightening Jihad will be launched from the north against Israel. The five Arab countries directly leading the attack will consist of forces from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, who will attack from the southern borders of Syria and Lebanon, and the Palestinians, who will attack from within Israel all along the entire length of the 340 mile security barrier. The other Arab nations supplying some troops and logistical support are likely to be Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Turkey, and Sudan.
Two thirds of Israel’s population will perish.
Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left
therein.
Event 5 – The city of Jerusalem will fall, and the Jews will be slaughtered, but God promises they will not be cut off forever, and that a remnant will return.
Zechariah 14:1-3 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people
shall not be cut off from the city.
Event 6 – The one-third that is not killed by the Jihad will be driven into the Negev wilderness south of the city of Beersheba. Israel is the woman of Revelation 12:6. A truce will be declared and Israel will remain in the Negev for three and on-half prophetic years. Among the one-third that survives in the Negev will be 144,000 Jews that profess Jesus as their Savior.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 7:4 – And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 12:17 – And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Event 7 – God will defeat the vast number of nations that come against Israel at the battle of Armageddon,
which ends the three and one-half years, and once again, for the first time since they rejected their Messiah, he will be their God, and they will be his people.
Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Zechariah 13:9 –And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Event 8 – Jesus Christ, the Messiah, will rule on the earth from Jerusalem as the King of all men.
Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
If all American troops have been pulled out before 2008, it is possible the Jihad attack could occur as early as late 2007, but I guesstimate the most likely time of the attack to be between 2008 and 2012.
The Rapture – I believe the rapture will occur well after
the 10 nation Arab attack against Israel, but just before the battle of Armageddon begins. I am not a first-of-the-weeker, a middle-of-the-weeker, or a last- of-the-weeker. I believe the rapture of
the saved will occur when
the last trumpet sounds, which is the seventh trumpet. A preacher, whose opinion I have always valued, I heard say to those who disagreed with that position – Just what don’t you understand about “last?” I am what many call a pre-wrath rapture believer.
Hebrews 13:5B – And be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee.
I Thessalonians 5:9 – For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
I Corinthians 15:52 – In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelation 11:15 – And the SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
ever. (The Rapture is followed by judgment of the saved in verse 18 for rewards according to their works)
Revelation 11:18 – And the nations were angry, AND THEY WRATH IS COME, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; AND SHOULDEST DESTROY THEM WHICH DESTROY THE EARTH.
I Thessalonians 5:9 – For God hath not appointed US TO WRATH, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,