The Tribulation of Israel and the Global Tribulation to Come

Ezekiel 5

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• The measured actions against Israel are described.
  • Jewish people will be shaved from the face of the earth.
  • Some persecuted inside Israel, some while fleeing, some as fugitives.
  • The Salvation of a few and eternal hell for the rest.
• The global nations will come against the State of Israel according to the judgment of God.
  • Jerusalem is set in the midst of hostile nations.
  • Jerusalem is worse than other nations in her rebellion against God.
  • Jerusalem doesn’t even follow the directives of the nations around her.
  • Jerusalem faces the judgment of God for all the world to see.
  • Jerusalem will face severe tribulation like never before in all their history.
• Dysfunction between family members is rampant in the tribulation.
• Polluting God’s sanctuary brings His anger and wrath.
  • Judgment for corrupting the sanctuary of God comes without pity.
  • Judgment comes internally, all around the borders, and abroad globally.
  • Judgment that is coming will be the final as God spends His fury.
• The nations will see the wrath of God’s judgment against Israel.
  • The nations will see Jerusalem as a waste and reproach.
  • The nations will be astonished at the fury and anger coming against Jerusalem.
  • The nations will see the famine and destruction of Jerusalem.
  • The nations will see the wild beasts, famine, disease, and violence come against Jerusalem.

The measured actions against Israel are described.
Jewish people will be shaved from the face of the earth. “And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber’s razor, and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.” Ezekiel 5:1

In this chapter of Ezekiel, the hair of the head and beard refers to the population of the Jewish people. God has Ezekiel to shave his head and beard to demonstrate to the Jewish people what is going to happen to them. In short, the Jewish population is going to be shaved from the face of this earth. Weighing the shaved hairs on a scale refer to the measured and determined judgment of God that is coming against the Jewish people. The wrath of God’s judgment comes against them because they have turned from His will when they rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah.

When the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ, they exalted their own culture above the will of God. Because of that, they were gathered to the State of Israel where the world can see God unleash His wrath on them. If the Jewish people would have humbled themselves to become Christians 2000 years ago, the State of Israel would not exist today. As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. “For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” John 5:22-23

Some persecuted inside Israel, some while fleeing, some as fugitives. “You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them.” Ezekiel 5:2

Today, we see the “day of the siege” coming against the State of Israel. The Israelis have been involved in 18 wars since the State of Israel was established in 1948. There was even a war in 1948, practically the same day Israel was declared a state. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. With that, the United Nation’s International Criminal Court has opened a case of genocide against the State of Israel. That comes as a result of the Israeli government’s military action in the Gaza Strip against the terrorist organization Hamas.

“When the days of the siege are finished” refers to when the independence of the State of Israel has been defeated. This is a day when the land of Israel has been overrun by forces who are hostile to the existence of the Jewish people. The goal of the United Nations is to defeat the independence of Israel in order to establish the one world government. The one world government cannot fully exist until the Middle East is united as one territory, which is behind the call for peace and stability in the region.

“You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city” refers to the destruction of the Jewish people who live within the State of Israel.

“…then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword…” refers to the borders around the State of Israel. The Jewish people will be cut off at the borders with nowhere to escape within the countries that surround them. They will not be able to take refuge in the Gaza Strip, nor Lebanon, nor Syria, nor Jordan, nor Saudi Arabia, and not even in the West Bank. Just recently (February 20, 2024), the USA has declared that it is illegal for the Jewish people to resettle in the West Bank. Click here for news article on “White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal“.

The USA is siding with the international laws of the United Nations to prohibit the Jewish people from escaping their ever-narrowing borders. Prohibiting the Jewish people from crossing the border to settle in the West Bank is in preparation of declaring the “Two State Solution”. The Palestinian people will have their own state declared in the same way that Israel was declared a state in 1948.

“… and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them…” refers to the Jewish people who are scattered across the globe. Today, the Jewish people scattered in the wind are found mostly in the United States, with a handful living in other nations around the world. Those who are scattered in the wind will be hunted down like prey marked for death. There is something like 7 million Jewish people who live in the USA, and they will be among those who are chased down with a sword. Even as I write this, in the USA, there is more support for the Palestinians than for the Jewish people. We are very, very close to those unimaginable days of the Jewish people being shaved from the face of the earth. Something like 8 million Jewish people live within the State of Israel.

The reality of shaving the Jewish people from the face of the earth is becoming clearer and clearer as the days progress forward. We see this beginning to happen, and the United Nations has not even come to their full power as the one world government.

The United Nations is the government of the beast that despises belief in God, detests the need for Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and oppresses the presence of the Holy Spirit. The UN derives its power from the entity that governs through the thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors of people in every city around the world. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people to unite the global culture as a single force. They are on the same “sheet of music” in their opposition to the State of Israel, Jewish people everywhere, and Christianity. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

The Salvation of a few and eternal hell for the rest. “You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your garment. “Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 5:3-4

Some of the shaven hairs from the head and beard of Ezekiel were to remain in the hem of Ezekiel’s clothing and some thrown into the fire. God had Ezekiel to do this to show the Jewish people that some will be saved but the rest thrown into the fire to be burned. The Jewish people who reject Jesus Christ will unleash a fire through Israel.

A fire ravishes the land of the State of Israel because of the rejection of Jesus Christ. When the Jewish people rejected Jesus 2000 years ago, it’s because they exalted their own culture above the will of God. As a result, God gathered them to the State of Israel to unleash His judgment on them, Ezekiel 36:22. If they had received Jesus as their Messiah, they would be Christian, and the Jewish State of Israel would not exist. Christians do not have a nation to call our own on this earth, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. The unbelieving Jewish culture spreads the fire that goes out into all the house of Israel.

While the unbelieving Jewish culture will be thrown into the eternal fire of hell, those who believe in Jesus Christ will remain in the hem of God’s garment of eternal Salvation. This is described in the parable of the wheat and tares, “Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’ Matthew 13:30 The way to be among the wheat is to abide by the will of God to believe in His Son, Jesus, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

We live in a global culture that welcomes the entity that governs through their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

The whole world follows the entity that gives them what to think and feel and makes war with the followers of Jesus Christ. The global culture will burn in the eternal fire of hell, but the name of the few who are faithful to the testimony of Jesus is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. “It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7-8. The “him” in this verse refers to the beast associated with the image and mark of the beast.

The world government of the beast, and its global culture, cause the fires of tribulation to spread throughout every city in every nation across the globe. They cause people to turn from God the Creator, tell people the remission of sin through Jesus Christ is not necessary, and encourages everyone to oppress the presence of the Holy Spirit. As a result, lawlessness abounds because the Holy Spirit has been taken out of the way, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 Click here for a post on the “lawless one”.

The global nations will come against the State of Israel according to the judgment of God.
Jerusalem is set in the midst of hostile nations. “Thus says the Lord God: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her.” Ezekiel 5:5

In the previous verses, God showed Ezekiel how Israel would be shaven from the face of the earth. There would be attacks within Israel, around her borders, and all across the globe. In today’s verse, God shows Ezekiel how Jerusalem has been set in the middle of hostile nations.

When the State of Israel was established in 1948, she was set in the middle of nations with countries all around her. Today, she is surrounded by the hostilities of the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iran, etc. (Not to mention the hostilities towards Israel from the members of the United Nations). Because the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, God gathered them to Israel to unleash His judgment on them. As quoted, “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.” Ezekiel 36:22

The Jewish people are meant to be Christian, and if they were, the Jewish State of Israel would not exist. As Christians, we do not have a nation to call our own on this earth, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. In Isaiah 8:11-15, God warns the Jewish people not to think that belief in Jesus Christ is a conspiracy against the Jewish culture. They were cautioned not to be afraid of the threats of the Pharisees, who made belief in Jesus a literal crime. They were warned that Jesus Christ would be an offense to them, and they would stumble. They were told that Israel would be broken because of their rejection of Him.

As it stands today, the independence of Israel is an obstacle to the United Nations (government of the beast) establishing itself as the one world government. They want nothing more than the destruction of the State of Israel.

Jerusalem also represents the capital of the soul where God sits within us to govern by His Spirit. Today, we who dedicate our body to be the home of the Holy Spirit are set in the midst of a world that denies God, discards the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and oppresses the presence of the Holy Spirit.

This present world system has made the body (the temple of God) the home of the entity that governs through people’s thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. This is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of the sin”. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city and nation around the world. The global culture is groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Jerusalem is worse than other nations in her rebellion against God. “She has rebelled against My judgments by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are all around her; for they have refused My judgments, and they have not walked in My statutes.’” Ezekiel 5:6 

The Ten Commandments were a unique gift from God to the Israelites in the time of Ezekiel. All twelve tribes of Israel, and every single person of those tribes, were given these divine laws. The nations around them did not have those standards of living. The Israelites, however, violated the Ten Commandments so severely that their culture became more spiritually corrupt than the nations around her.

During the time Jesus Christ walked on this earth, the Old Testament prophecies of His coming were so polluted that they were not able to acknowledge Him as their Messiah.  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” Matthew 23:15

Today, the Lord God considers the Israelis within the State of Israel to be more spiritually corrupt than the nations that are all around her. They are worse than the culture of Iran, Syria, Lebanon, those in the West Bank those of the Gaza Strip, etc. The Israelis have a special responsibility to preserve and follow the word of God, but they have neglected their Biblical heritage. To throw away a treasure given from the hand of God is far worse than never to have had that legacy handed to them. “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 They rejected Jesus Christ, their Messiah.

Jerusalem doesn’t even follow the directives of the nations around her. “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have disobedience more than the nations that are all around you, have not walked in My statutes nor kept My judgments, nor even done according to the judgments of the nations that are all around you’— Ezekiel 5:7

The State of Israel has abandoned its Biblical heritage and also do not conform to the laws of its neighboring countries. Therefore, it is subject to both the judgment of God and international condemnation. This explains why the global government is the instrument for bringing the wrath of God’s judgment against the State of Israel. The United Nations demand that Israel surrender their independence to conform to the goal of forming a one world government. Israel refuses to be molded by the standards of the Middle East countries. Likewise, God demands that the Israelis conform to His will by accepting His Son Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Israel refuses to be molded to the will of God through Jesus Christ.

Jerusalem faces the judgment of God for all the world to see. “— therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.” Ezekiel 5:8

A recent example of the judgments against and within the State of Israel is the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. The judgments against Isarael are broadcasted by news media for all the nations to see. Since the recognition of Israel as a State in 1948, there has been 18 wars, including in that year. Click here for a list of those wars and scroll to near the bottom of the page. 

Israel rejected the will of God for them to accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah. As a result, instead of being Christian they have their own Jewish nation called the State of Israel. That is where God is unleashing the wrath of His judgment on them. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

In Isaiah 8:11-15, God warns the Jewish people not to think that belief in Jesus Christ is a conspiracy against the Jewish culture. They were cautioned not to be afraid of the threats of the Pharisees, who made belief in Jesus a literal crime. They were warned that Jesus Christ would be an offense to them, and they would stumble. They were told that Israel would be broken because of their rejection of Him.

Jerusalem will face severe tribulation like never before in all their history. “And I will do among you what I have never done, and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.” Ezekiel 5:9

The Old Testament records many instances of the Israelites’ rebellion against God and how they profaned His Holy name wherever they went. The Bible also narrates the consequences of their rebellion throughout history, such as the events while wandering in the wilderness, the failure of the majority to enter the promised land, and their captivity to Babylon. However, the current situation of the State of Israel is even more dire, as they face constant attacks and wars. It will get worse in the future. God will never do this again because this marks the destruction of not only Israel but of the whole world within the global tribulation. We are living in the end times of God’s final judgments.

The wrath of God’s judgment comes against Israel and the whole world for profaning the soul of His creation. The masses of the global culture live for the entity that makes people its seat of government by giving them what to think, feel, do, and say. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. Because of that profanity of the temple of the Holy Spirit, our body, destruction comes to the world government and its global culture, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 People everywhere conform to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

We know Jesus is coming back because, 1) Global warming is here which contributes to the destruction of the power center of the beast (Fourth and Fifth Plague of Revelation 16:8-11). With the destruction of the power center, the world government of the beast is rendered powerless. 2) With the global government being rendered powerless, the Battle of Armageddon happens (Revelation 16:12-17) 3) The global government of the beast is here as described in Daniel 8 and Revelation 17. 4) The fulfillment is here of Revelation 13.

Dysfunction between family members is rampant in the tribulation. “Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments among you, and all of you who remain I will scatter to all the winds.” Ezekiel 5:10

During the era of the Old Testament, some people resorted to cannibalism in times of famine and even consumed their own children or parents. This practice was common among the nations that did not follow the culture of the Israelites. The Israelites were given the Ten Commandments and obeyed the laws given to them by God and refrained from eating human flesh. For the Israelites to resort to cannibalism is a statement of how far gone they were from God. The Lord God’s wrath was provoked, and He scattered them far from their homeland in every direction.

Today, the State of Israel is in disarray where next-door neighbors are as much in conflict as what there is between external neighbors. The social environment of the West Bank is proof positive of that. On top of internal divisions there is conflict between external neighbors, such as between Israel and Lebanon, or Israel and Iran, or Israel and Syria, or Israel and the Gaza Strip etc. That whole region of the Middle East is being socially cannibalized. Fathers who cling to their Biblical heritage are devouring their sons, and sons who embrace the new world culture are devouring their fathers. The State of Israel is already experiencing God’s judgments, and we can imagine how they are fleeing from their homeland to seek safer places.

Today, Israeli citizens are living by the entity giving them what to think, feel, say and do as it enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through them. They socially cannibalize their next-door neighbors who criticize the global culture that they sign-on to. They also cannibalize the sovereignty of the State of Israel by protesting and rioting for compliance with the United Nations’ agenda for a global government. “For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” Luke 12:52-53

The masses of people around the world conform to the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. They are hostile to those who make their body the home of the Holy Spirit because they live for the entity that governs by giving people what to think, feel, do, and say. There is a literal battle for the soul of every person in every city around the world. This battle becomes external within homes, workplaces, and public places as social cannibalization gives rise to conflicts of every type. The body of Christ is being broke apart and scattered to prevent fellowship in Jesus Christ and to stop the spread of His Gospel.

Jesus Christ is detested and those who hold to His Gospel are embattled, “Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.” Matthew 10:21-22 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.” Matthew 24:9-10

Polluting God’s sanctuary brings His anger and wrath.
Judgment for corrupting the sanctuary of God comes without pity. “‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.” Ezekiel 5:11

King Solomon, the son of King David, built the Temple Mount (sanctuary of God) in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is currently split into two parts: West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem. The West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, is where God’s sanctuary is located. It is no longer under the control of Israel, needless to say the Biblical heritage of the sanctuary is completely defiled. Even today, we see the judgment of God relentlessly coming against the State of Israel. Since the recognition of Israel as a State in 1948, there has been 18 wars, including in that year. Click here for a list of those wars and scroll to near the bottom of the page.

Since the coming of Jesus Christ, the human body has been converted into the sanctuary, or temple, of the Holy Spirit. Those who destroy the temple will be destroyed by God, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Today, the temple of God is being defiled and filled with an entity that is detestable to the Spirit. This entity gives people their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors and uses the human body as its seat of government, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

This entity opposes God, discards the need for the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ, and oppresses the Holy Spirit. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. By what they say and do they are groomed to the mark of the beast and comprise the global culture of the beast.

Because the Holy Spirit is being taken out of the way, “…the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Click here for a post on the “lawless one”. Global tribulation is coming as is the destruction of this world’s system,

The churches have been completely defiled. They are no longer a light shining with the gospel of Jesus Christ. God the creator is not being worshipped, the forgiveness of sin through Jesus is ignored, and the infilling of the Holy Spirit is not being encouraged. This should be the message coming from the churches, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

Judgment comes internally, all around the borders, and abroad globally. “One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.” Ezekiel 5:12

Today’s world government of the beast and its global culture comes against not only the State of Israel, but also Christianity as a whole, “Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:6-8 The “him” in this verse is the beast associated with the image and mark of the beast.

The world is going to suffer enormously during the tribulation, as revealed in the events of the Seven Trumpets in Revelation Chapter 8,9, and 11 and the Seven Final Plagues. During this time, Jewish people will be on this earth as well as Christians and many of both will die. They will die due to pandemics and hunger, which we are already being exposed to. There will be violence, lawlessness, and anti-social behavior of all types all around us. If sirens of police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks are still a thing, they will be constantly heard, which even today they are routine. Those who run to flee from the hostilities of the global culture are scattered everywhere and will be hunted down without pity, empathy, or remorse.

Judgment that is coming will be the final as God spends His fury. “‘Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.” Ezekiel 5:13

When the Lord’s anger is spent, it means that He has completed His final judgments against Israel and the world government of the beast. On the Day of the Lord, He will be avenged and everyone of this world will see that His word is faithful and true.

The nations will see the wrath of God’s judgment against Israel.
The nations will see Jerusalem as a waste and reproach. “Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.” Ezekiel 5:14

Today, the State of Israel is already a reproach and considered a waste to the nations of the world, and to everyone who sees what is happening in that region. The world government and its global culture express their disapproval and disappointment towards the government of Israel. They want Israel to be a waste as a nation. Their goal is to make Israel give up its sovereignty in the Middle East and align with the United Nations’ agenda of creating a one world government.

The masses of people in every city of every nation protest against the State of Israel in favor of a unified Middle East where the independence of Israel does not exist. The United Nations have already passed laws against Israel’s use of police and military force in the region. Israel has been given leeway in the fight against terrorism (Hamas), but the global culture accuses Israel of genocide, and the UN investigates it for war crimes. On top of that, the USA will not stand with the State of Israel against the goal of a unified Middle East in favor of a one world government.

The nations will be astonished at the fury and anger coming against Jerusalem. “‘So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.” Ezekiel 5:15

We are already seeing the disapproval and disappointment focused on the State of Israel from the nations all around her. Since the recognition of Israel as a State in 1948, there has been 18 wars, including in that year. Click here for a list of those wars and scroll to near the bottom of the page. Israel is without a question an astonishment reproach, taunt, and a lesson for all the world to witness. Israel is a lesson because we can learn that God’s word is true and global tribulation is coming. All of the violence being done involving Israel is under the watchful eyes and ears of the United Nations. This is the judgment of God being executed against Israel with furious rebukes.

The nations will see the famine and destruction of Jerusalem. “When I send against them the terrible arrows of famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread.” Ezekiel 5:16

A spiritual sense of a famine is the shortage of the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ. The spiritual bread is the word of God, and the Jewish people are living in a severe famine. They live by the Torah, which is only the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The other 61 books are not even on their plate, and the entire Gospel of Christ is tossed aside.

Israel is facing famine of the Spirit of God by rejecting Jesus Christ who gives the Holy Spirit to those who come to Him for the remission of sin. This brings the destruction of the soul and spirit through spiritual corruption and wickedness. The judgment of God comes by removing the Holy Spirit, who comes through the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ. “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17 The Holy Spirit restrains lawlessness, “And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

In today’s world, we are not going to hear much through the news media that sympathizes or shows empathy towards the State of Israel. That means we will never really know the extent of Israel’s problems relating to food imports, the ability to guard their food supplies from sabotage, etc. With 18 wars since 1948 and up to this very day, there has to be difficulties in maintaining a stable food program. We do know that the Lord God is sending His arrows of famine, and I believe it will be as much physical as spiritual. The future of the State of Israel is dire.

The nations will see the wild beasts, famine, disease, and violence come against Jerusalem. “So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’” Ezekiel 5:17

Pestilences of all types come against the State of Israel and the world, meaning pandemics, food shortages, and violence. As revealed in the events of the Seven Trumpets in Revelation Chapter 8,9, and 11 and the Seven Final Plagues. On top of what happens to Israel, the global economy will totally collapse and there will be nothing left of this world’s system. That collapse is described in Revelation 18.

Animal attacks are a much bigger part of Bible prophecy than what people talk about. But animals will become hostile, aggressive, and cruel towards people, in Israel and around the globe. “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.”  Revelation 6:8

The viciousness of animals is mentioned here, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelation 18:2 NIV These prophecies are consistent throughout the Holy Bible.

A growing trend of owning aggressive style pets is evident in today’s world. Do people even have pets like Collies, Poodles, Sheepdogs, Saint Bernards etc. anymore? Rottweilers, pit bulls, and other breeds of that kind are becoming more popular. People are choosing pets that could eat fluffy for breakfast. As people reject the presence of the Holy Spirit (who is given through Jesus Christ), they discard the sheep of the world and embrace the wolf.

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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