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THE COMING WAR

I want to speak now of what may happen very soon, possibly even while I am visiting you. It is a war that Israel’s neighbors are preparing for. 

Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi, Jordanian and Egyptian high-ranking military officials have been meeting secretly to prepare for war against Israel. They consider the present “peace-process” as a historical  “window of opportunity” to destroy the State of Israel, because of Israel’s perceived weakness³. Israeli military intelligence reports an ever increasing presence of missiles aimed at Israel, with Syrian forces on alert at Israel’s northern border, and Jordan and Egypt using maneuvers as a ruse in order to increase their forces on Israel’s southern and eastern borders. (If these are “Gog and Magog”, then how would “Gomer”, alias Germany get involved in this war, plus also Turkey, alias “Beit-Togarmah”?). Thus it would seem that there will be an attempt in the very near future to destroy Israel. This will fail, however, and lead to a time of peace and security as described in Ezekiel 38:11-14: “... the land of unwalled villages; ...the quiet people who dwell securely... ... when my people Israel are dwelling securely... ” 

Hence, this war will bring Israel into a time of peace and security, which leads up to another “attack” as prophesied in Ezekiel 38: for this “attack”, as described in verses 12 and 13, culminates in the “seizing of much spoil”, which at present does not exist! But, we know that in the not too distant future Israel shall retrieve from the Salt (Dead) Sea trillions of dollars⁴, along with great wealth amassed from oil beds beneath her soil. Therefore, in THE FUTURE... AFTER a time of peace, there will indeed be “great spoil”⁵. This then puts the war of Ezekiel 38 at some time in the future, and not now. The war of Ezekiel 39, though, I believe to be close at hand.

I have researched much, prayed and meditated about the coming war. Besides a strong inner conviction about this war, there are the prophecies of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 (of which I made mention in my last newsletter, Volume 30). Let us consider it together: these wars cannot occur during the Millennial Messianic Reign, because at that time nations no longer have weapons (they are turned into farm tools), nor do they make war anymore⁶. These also cannot take place after the Messianic Reign, when Satan once again leads men into war against G-d, for before they can even commence the war, G-d sends down fire from heaven and consumes their armies⁷. And, of course, there will be no war when G-d’s new heaven and earth are manifest. The new race of men, the redeemed of the Lord, won’t even remember⁸  what war is, much less fight one. So, when does this war take place? 

First of all, it follows the ingathering and restoration of the Jewish people after almost two thousand years of dispersion. Israel has been prospering, with modern cities growing by leaps and bounds, with over fivehundred thousand new immigrants absorbed in the last five years. The countdown for the end time has come, the latter years of which will see this war take place. But it is not yet the end. 

For Ezekiel 38:8 states: “After many days you will be mustered; in the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land where people were gathered from many nations upon the mountains of Israel [Judea and Samaria ~Westbank].” 

So, there will be a war, from which Israel will be restored. We know that the outcome of this war will be victorious for Israel because of G-d’s intervention. For seven years the weapons amassed by Israel’s enemies will be utilized by Israel as fuel; and for seven months Israel will remove the corpses of the fallen enemy and bury them in a vast graveyard in a valley. This deed of burying her enemies will bring Israel honor in the sight of the nations who will recognize divine intervention. 

At this present time Israel does not enjoy any favour with the world who, on the contrary, pressures and blackmails her to give in to the demands of terrorists. However, after this war there will be a reverse policy, and pressure will then be applied on the Arab states and the PLO to sign a “peace”-agreement in Israel’s favor. 

Seven years of relative peace will follow this war, during which time a massive ingathering will take place with Jews from every corner of the earth immigrating to Israel. Because of G-d’s divine intervention at this war, many Jews will return to faith in G-d, an event which will put a wrench into the plans of those who were so eager to hand over portions of the Holy Land (It will also be a time of great opportunity for Yeshua’s followers to share the Gospel in Israel).

These seven years of peace must occur before the Lord’s Return, since it will be during that time that a “peace”-agreement with the many shall be signed. At the end of these seven years those final, awful 3 ½ years shall come when that “Man of sin” shall succeed in setting himself up in a position of power he will believe invincible, wherefore he will immediately abrogate the hated peace-agreement with Israel. 

What am I saying? I believe that this war is a necessity divinely ordained to demonstrate G-d’s glory and power both to Israel and the nations, and bring about a massive “shuva” ⁹ and “aliyah” ¹⁰ of the Jewish people, which will include the ten lost tribes of Israel¹¹. Thus the Jewish people will again be a light to the nations bringing G-d’s salvation unto the ends of the earth¹², before the end shall come. Hence, I believe that G-d foreordained this war¹³for this very purpose,  and that Ezekiel 39 describes what will happen at that particular battle. 

However, Ezekiel 38 seems to describe one of the end-time battles and NOT the battle followed by seven years of using weaponry for fuel. (If these seven years were to occur after the Lord’s Return, there is no reason for the signing by “the many” of a peace-agreement with Israel, to be broken after 3 ½ years). 

I believe then, that Ezekiel 38 and 39 speak of two different wars, the one in 39 taking place in the very near future (before the one in Ezekiel 38). When comparing our days with those described in Ezekiel 39, we can’t help but see that the war of Ezekiel 39 is at the door, and will bring Israel into a time period of quiet, security and great prosperity, which will then be followed by the war of Ezekiel 38, and the “time of Jacob’s trouble”^14a, the last 3 ½ years of tribulation^14b such as has never been since there was a nation, and never shall be again^14c. 

“Why,” you may ask yourself, “is it of any importance to me to know about a coming war against Israel?” Because as a genuine believer, through your sharing in Messiah you also have come to share in Israel’s destiny and inheritance, as a fellow-citizen and co-heir. In these last days it literally will prove fatal to continue considering yourself separate from Israel, a “Gentile Christian”, for it clearly states in Ephesians 2, that in Messiah we have been made one new man, with the former hostility between Gentile and Israelite abolished. There are not two  “people of G-d,” but only one, called Israel;  and there is only one Messiah and One G-d, the Messiah and G-d of Israel¹⁵.

You may want to obtain my latest book, presently in the final stages of editing, “The Unchangeable Calendar of G-d”, to learn yet in greater detail about the events to come and their sequence according to G-d’s immutable time-table. It will be a desk-top publication, with many colorful illustrations, and a graphic representation of the “end-times” . It will be a helpful guide to understanding end-time prophecies, and will be assembled in such a manner that it can be used for topical Bible studies. You will find plenty of Scriptural references as well as a bibliography. The purpose of the book is to gird up the saints with understanding and light for the coming darkness. And to warn all backsliders and sinners about coming into a right standing with G-d.