The Rabbis of Israel have been studying the Scriptures and believe that the Gaza Flotilla incident is a prelude to the Gog-Magog War spoken of in Ezekiel’s prophecy Chapter 38,39. They may very well be right. Many Bible Prophecy watchers and Christians also see the connection and the nations mentioned in Ezekiel’s prophecy lining up against Israel now that Turkey has turned against Israel,just as the prophet Ezekiel foretold. My personal opinion is I believe the war spoken of in Psalm 83 will preceed the Gog-Magog War the prophet Ezekiel writes of. Also, an Oracle of Damascus, where Damascus, Syria is mentioned in Isaiah 17 as ceasing to be in existence must occur before Gog-Mag War because Syria is not mentioned in the alliance of muslin nations in the Gog-Magog War.
In an unusual statement from the Rabbinical Council of Judea and Samaria, the Rabbis said that the results of the incident in which Israel intercepted a flotilla trying to break the naval blockaid of Gaza "place us at the beginning of the Gog and Magog process where the world is against us, but which ends with the third and final redemption."
The statement explained that while secular Zionism always wants Israel to be beloved by other nations, “the legitimacy of our people is not derived from the nations of the world and their poisonous traditions, rather from the Torah of Israel which teaches us that [Israel] 'is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations'" (Numbers 23:9).
The council blessed the soldiers of the IDF and called for the formation of an emergency unity government that will bring about the salvation promised by G-d.
The Council was formed by Rabbi Zalman Melamed of Beit El and includes many leading rabbis of the religious-nationalist stream, who are the spiritual leaders of communities in Judea and Samaria.
- 'Gog and Magog' is a reference is to chapters 38 and 39 in the book of Ezekiel, a part of which is read on the intermediate Sabbath of Sukkot (Tabernacles). These chapters describe a vision of a war that will precede the final redemption of Israel and the world. The prophecy involves a prince called Gog of Magog, leader of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, who leads a coalition that includes Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), Phut, Gomer, and Beit Togarmah against Israel. There are various opinions regarding the modern identity of some of these nations.
- And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; and I will turn thee about and lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel; and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee; I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured.
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- Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have compassion upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name. And they shall bear their shame, and all their breach of faith which they have committed against Me, when they shall dwell safely in their land, and none shall make them afraid; when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them unto their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there; neither will I hide My face any more from them; for I have poured out My spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD
The dramatic flotilla incident and the international reactions to it have sparked intense emotion, and unusual unity, among the Jewish public in Israel.
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How exciting to see that the Lord is using this event to draw his beloved people together just as the prophets of old have told! Scripture was published in the secular newspaper--This is incredible!
ReplyDeleteLarry B.