Ancient grudge held against Israel even after she is brought under the thumb of global rule. 

Ezekiel 35:5

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“Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity came to an end,” Ezekiel 35:5

Hatred towards Israel has existed in the Old Testament stemming from grudges of times past and continued even after Israel was not a threat to anyone. The enemies of Israel continued to shed the blood of the Israelites even after the Israelites were defenseless. Israel became defenseless in the day of their calamity, which is the day that king Nebuchadnezzar squashed their armed rebellion and demolished Jerusalem. The iniquity of the Israelites, that came to an end, is the iniquity of using the power and might of armed rebellion instead of trusting in the Spirit of God, “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.” Zachariah 4:6

Even today, there is hatred toward the Jewish people based on ancient times and relating to what the Bible says about Israel. Especially relating to the territory of the State of Israel there exists hatred towards the Israelis relating to territorial boundaries as written in the Old Testament. In the map below, the picture to the right is the land promised to Israel as seen in Ezekiel 48. In the picture to the left is the same territory except with the Gaza Strip and West Bank being in dispute. The 18 Israeli wars, since 1948, are from an ancient hatred stemming from a dispute over land. Click here for a list of the 18 wars.

The promise of peace for Israel comes through what is called to a “Two State Solution.” This is to declare the establishment of the State of Palestine in the same way that Israel was declared a State in 1948. This would share territory between the two States. This plan has already been approved by the all the members of the United Nations, including the United States, but excluding Israel’s cooperation. The only thing left to do is establish the “Two State Solution” over the objections of Israel. This could indeed lead to calamity coming to Israel in order to stop her iniquity of relying on bombs and guns in rebellion against the “Two State Solution”.

In light of the probability of world powers forcing Israel to conform to the “Two State Solution”, it would be a very fragile, contentious, and volatile peace. This would be like having two neighbors who live side-by-side who hate each other with a deep rooted and ancient hatred. It would very well happen that in Israel’s defenselessness to act against her neighbors, that her neighbors would continue to shed the blood of the Israelis. After all, the United Nations will not be satisfied until every itsy-bitsy part of Israel is 100% conformed to unification of the Middle East. The United Nations cannot act as the one world government until all countries are 100% on board with its governance.

Today, the world government and its global culture seem to be carrying forward an ancient hatred against the Jewish people and Israel. As a result, the global culture will suffer the wrath of God, which will be revealed in the global Battle of Armageddon. The land of Israel will be very much involved in that war.

We can assess that God has an eternal love for us and has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. The diagnosis is that Satan has an ancient hatred for God and God’s children who are born through Jesus Christ. Click here for a post on the extinction of Christianity in Revelation 12. We plan to live for Jesus Christ because we consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed in us. We implement that plan by taking up our cross daily and following Jesus Christ who was crucified on the altar of His Cross to atone for our sin. We know that plan is successful when we give all diligence to add to our faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance Godliness, to Godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

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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, 3:1