The State of Israel has been planted in the Middle East but will be uprooted and made to wither

Ezekiel 17:9-10

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“Say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots, cut off its fruit, and leave it to wither? All of its spring leaves will wither, and no great power or many people will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.” Ezekiel 17:9

God puts the question to us, “Will the State of Israel continue to thrive? Will not the United Nations cause it to wither?” This question is asked in response to Israel bending her roots and stretching her branches towards the great eagle of the United States instead of towards the multi-color great eagle of the United Nations. The global government sees the independence of the State of Israel as an obstacle to establishing the one world government.

The Holy Spirit is letting us know that the State of Israel will be made to wither. The leaves of its springtime existence will wither, which began to grow in 1948 and has lasted for 75 years. To pull up the roots of Israel will not require great power or a great many people. Even today, we see the roots of the State of Israel being plucked up day-by-day, and without a great army and without many people. The Israelis have been in 18 wars since the beginning of the existence of the State of Israel. These are not wars involving a great army nor do they involve a lot of people. Israel is being uprooted. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.

We see the State of Israel being uprooted from its spring leaves as the Palestinian people draw closer and closer to being declared a State. The region around Israel will be divided between the Israelis and the Palestinians, which is referred to as the “Two State Solution”. Already, Jerusalem is divided between West and East Jerusalem where the West is in Israel and the East in the West Bank. It has been said that West Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel and East Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine. The land is already severely divided with a portion called the Gaza Strip and another large portion called the West Bank.

Today, we see the State of Israel being plucked up by its roots on a day-to-day basis. Ultimately, it will be left to wither, like a plant plucked up by its roots.

“Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.” Ezekiel 17:10

We already see the east wind touching the State of Israel. Iran is squarely in the east, well east of Israel, and very close to Russia and China, which are east of Iran. Iran has been declared a state sponsor of terrorism and involved in the uprooting of Israel. Their tentacles of terror stretch out in support of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and have influence in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, the United States, etc. Iran is known to be backed by Russia. The east wind will continue to touch the State of Israel until she withers in the very place where she was planted in 1948.

The withering of the State of Israel is according to the wrath of God’s judgment. His wrath comes through the hand of the members of the United Nations. In fact, the Jewish people were gathered to Israel as the place where God spends His wrath on them. They have constantly profaned His Holy name, and ultimately rejected Jesus Christ, their Messiah. They were brought to Israel, not for their sake but for the sake of God’s Holy name, “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.” Ezekiel 36:22

The will of God for the Jewish people was to receive Jesus Christ and to live as Christians. Instead, they exalted their Jewish culture above humbling themselves to Jesus. They were gathered to the State of Israel where they face the wrath of God’s judgment. If they would have lived their life as Christians 2000 years ago, there would be no State of Israel today. As Christians, we have no nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11