The Fig Tree has bloomed, next up on the prophetical calendar of events is ‘that blessed hope’, the Rapture of the Church

“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” Zephaniah 3:8 (KJV)

Until the founding of the United Nations in 1945, there had never been a gathering all of the world powers in one place. That this takes place in our day is not only unique in world history, but was also foretold by the prophets of the Old Testament. The Senate approved the UN Charter on July 28, 1945, by a vote of 89 to 2. The United Nations came into existence on October 24, 1945, after 29 nations had ratified the Charter.

A little less than 3 years after the founding on the UN, Israel would be officially regathered on May 14, 1948. Both these events were prophesied in the Bible, and both came to pass within our lifetime. I can already hear the howling from the brethren exclaiming “that’s not true, you’re just making that up!”. But the gospel truth is, the Bible did and does indeed declare these prophecies to be true. Let’s start with the easy one first.

The Fig Tree Has Already Bloomed

Jesus, in Matthew 24, said that the event that would kick-off the end times would be the regathering of Israel in exactly the same spot from which it was dispersed in 70 AD. He also prophesied that the generation that would be alive to see this come to pass would also be the generation that would see – in this order –  the Rapture of the Church, the time of Jacob’s trouble, and the Battle of Armageddon leading to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” Matthew 24:32-34 (KJV)

The Fig Tree has bloomed, next up on the prophetical calendar of events is ‘that blessed hope’, the Rapture of the Church. Without setting any kind of date, springtime of 2018 will be a time of great interest. It will be the 70th anniversary of regathered Israel, and if you know how God likes to do things around the number 70, it could potentially be a time of prophecy being fulfilled.

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The End Times gathering of the nations

In 6,000 years of human history, there has never been a time where all the nations of the world have been officially and formally gathered together. Yet the Bible declares in multiple places that in the last days, God will gather them all together. And why would God do this? So He could destroy them because they were against His people the Jews, and against His holy city of Jerusalem, the city of the Great King.

“…for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger:..” Zephaniah 3:8 (KJV)

God promises that the day would come when He would allow all the nations to gather together, and as we already pointed out, the founding on the United Nations was the beginning of the fulfillment of that prophecy. Even the name they chose for themselves – the UNITED Nations – hearkens back to the Old Testament prophets. In an earlier story today where we showed you that UNESCO condemned Israel in a 22-10 vote – a vote that happened today –  proclaiming that the Jews had no right to Jerusalem. And the very act of the passing of their resolution is soaked in the words from the prophets.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” Zechariah 12:9 (KJV)

The gathered nations of the UN hate Israel and the Jews, exactly as the Bible says they would:

Everything the Bible says the United Nations, once gathered, would do is already happening and it will only get worse. Watch the video below and see Bible prophecy unfolding. The last 30 seconds will send cold chills down your spine.

These events we are discussing are events taking place right now at this very moment, prophecy is being referenced and brought to pass everywhere you look. But do the nations, the combined intelligence of the free world, give even the most cursory of consideration to the fact that what they are doing is fulfillment of Bible prophecy? No, they do not, the couldn’t care less. The nations of the world do not consider the God of Abraham, and His words have little or no meaning to them. And they will go on thinking and acting contrary to God, right up until the moment God allows all nations of the world – including the United States – to come against the tiny nation of Israel in the Battle of Armageddon.

“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.” Zechariah 14:2 (KJV)

Did you catch that? ALL nations are gathered together by God, and they ALL decide to follow Antichrist and attack Israel. How could all nations be gathered unless they had already formed an alliance? (insert light bulb moment here). All the nations DID form an alliance – 1945 – and they will continue this alliance right into the Valley of Megiddo. And what will be the outcome of that, you ask?

“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.” Zechariah 14:3,4 (KJV)

UNESCO PASSES RESOLUTION ‘OCCUPIED PALESTINE’ DISAVOWS ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY IN JERUSALEM IN 22-10 VOTE

That is the coming day when the United Nations, under the banner of Antichrist, group together to fight against Israel with the prize being Jerusalem. Why all the fuss about Jerusalem? Because that’s the city of the Great and Coming King – King Jesus! The Devil, who wants to be “like the Most High”, wants that city to try and stop Jesus from ruling for a thousand years from Jerusalem.

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” Revelation 20:4 (KJV)

Now you know the future of the United Nations. It’s going to be destroyed because they are against God, against His Christ, against the Jews and against Israel. These events, long ago prophesied in the Bible, are playing out right now, in today’s headlines.

“Behold, I have told you before.” Matthew 24:25 (KJV)

Tel Aviv is proud to be the gay capital of the world

“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?” Lamentations 2:15

The bible tells us that the Jewish people are God’s chosen, and that Jerusalem is the apple of His eye. This is certainly true.  The bible also tells us in Genesis 12:3, that there will be a blessing for those who bless Israel, and a curse for those who curse her. Certainly people like to focus on the positive things, in this or any other generation. But the bible also says that God will not forever allow His people who are called by His Name to be in rebellion.

When Israel was overrun by the Romans in 70 AD, it scattered the Jewish people to every corner of the globe as the prophets of the Old Testament had said would happen. When it did, it ushered in the “times of the Gentiles”, which continues to this day. The Jews rejected God’s salvation, so salvation went to the gentiles with the preaching of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. We call this period of time the Church Age. But God has not, the bible declares, cast off His people which He foreknew.

“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” Leviticus 20:13

On May 14, 1948, the God of Abraham re-established His chosen people right back in the land He originally led them to, Israel. He used the “furnace of affliction” of the Holocaust to do it, though. Being regathered came at a pretty steep price.  And that brings me to the focus of this article. God will not allow what is happening now in His Land to continue. Judgement must come, and it will come.

Tel Aviv LGBT Pride Week Parade 2014 from Now The End Begins on Vimeo.

America, under the reign of Sunni Muslim Barack Hussein Obama, fares no better than Israel when it comes to the abomination of homosexuality, but there is an overriding difference between the two nations. America is not God’s land, we are not the “apple of His eye”. Americans, even Christian Americans, are not His chosen people. We have no covenant with Him as do the Jews and national Israel. We will be judged, some think that Obama is the beginning of God’s judgment on us, but what America will receive for her sins and what Israel will receive are two different subjects entirely.

 I was having this discussion with a gentleman from Israel today about LGBT Pride Week in Tel Aviv, and he told me this:

“Israel isn’t a regressive Taliban state based on ancient scriptures. It is a modern, democratic and progressive society built on democratic values. The PEOPLE of Israel have chosen to have a free, secular, democratic and pluralistic society whether gays are not only tolerated, but where gay culture is celebrated.” – name withheld

There is no fear of God in the eyes of Israelis today. Yes, there is a form of “godliness”, but the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob are all but forgotten except as taglines on high holy days. There are those who retain some of the ancient creeds and rituals, but gone is the relationship that Israel had under King David.

Israel does indeed celebrate the queer culture of the LGBT Movement. By most accounts, Tel Aviv is the gay capital of the world outdistancing even San Francisco and New York City in wickedness. But the bible tells us that the God that called out a people for Himself will not allow this to continue. That judgment for sin is coming.

It will be the time of Jacob’s Trouble.

“For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:5-7

We here at NOW THE END BEGINS love Israel and the Jewish people. We know that, no matter how spiritually dark their present, that God has a wonderful future for them. But just as the regathering of Israel came at the cost of the price of the Holocaust, at that same price will come their future glory. The time of Jacob’s trouble, as foreseen by the prophet Jeremiah, is a time of unbelievable agony and desolation. Much worse then the Holocaust brought on by Hitler and the Nazis. If Tel Aviv doesn’t change it’s ways, if the Jewish people don’t stop to remember their Creator, God will do to them exactly what the Old Testament says He will do.

Believe it or not.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

The great Day of the LORD is near!

TONIGHT at 9:00PM EST ON NTEB RADIO! – There is much talk today about end times events. Interest in the book of Revelation has never been so high. Yet, in all the excitement and books being written about the subject, we would do well to pull over for a moment to make sure we have our timeline correct.

On tonight’s show we look at the coming time frame of the DAY OF THE LORD spoken of by so many of the Old Testament prophets. It is a time of unimaginable destruction and fierce anger from the Almighty. It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble!  Click here to listen in the archive to Part #1 – Part #2. – Part #3 – Part #4 – Part #5 – Part #6 – Part #7 – Part #8 – Part #9 – Part #10 – Part #11

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