ISIS (ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA) OR ISIL (ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT—THE HISTORICAL NAME FOR THE LAND ON THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA—FROM EGYPT TO IRAN TO TURKEY.
ISIS or ISIL is not just a group of uneducated, unemployed, disenfranchised, and disadvantaged Muslim youths committing “acts of violent extremism” in the Middle East! Rather, they are a branch of radical Islam (Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Boco Haram, and others) driven by the teachings of the Koran and the Hadith (the teachings, deeds and sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). Their goal is threefold: 1. First depose of all “moderate” leaders in their region and replace them with those who will implement Sharia law. 2. Invade and destroy Israel and “liberate Jerusalem” from Jewish control. 3. From Jerusalem, launch the global jihad to force the whole world to accept Islam or die.
With that said, perhaps it will be a little easier to hear and believe the true Word of God and the only Holy scriptures. What is happening in the Middle East right now is really all about who will control Jerusalem (God or Satan). That is why God inspired the Hebrew prophets to tell us plainly that Jerusalem will be the focus of the whole world in the last days. Joel 3:14-16 “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.” Zechariah 12:1-3 “The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares, ‘I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when ALL nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for ALL nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.’ ” I would also encourage you to read all of Zechariah 14.
Jesus was crucified, raised from the dead, and poured out the Holy Spirit, forming and empowering His Church, all in Jerusalem. This same Jesus will return to Jerusalem, kill the antichrist, save the remnant of Israel, and rule over all the earth for a thousand years! And then from Jerusalem, Father God will forever remove the veil between the natural and spiritual realms bringing together both heaven and earth under one Head—even the God-man, Christ Jesus!
Dear friend, the pages of prophecy are turning before our very eyes! These are dangerous days but also very exciting days in which to be living on the earth. I encourage you, if you have not done so, open your heart and receive God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your Savior and Lord. And then join the growing number of the last days Church by praying that God would hasten the day when He will establish Jerusalem and make her the praise (or song) of all the earth (Isaiah 62:6-7). Shalom
ISIS or ISIL is not just a group of uneducated, unemployed, disenfranchised, and disadvantaged Muslim youths committing “acts of violent extremism” in the Middle East! Rather, they are a branch of radical Islam (Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Boco Haram, and others) driven by the teachings of the Koran and the Hadith (the teachings, deeds and sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). Their goal is threefold: 1. First depose of all “moderate” leaders in their region and replace them with those who will implement Sharia law. 2. Invade and destroy Israel and “liberate Jerusalem” from Jewish control. 3. From Jerusalem, launch the global jihad to force the whole world to accept Islam or die.
With that said, perhaps it will be a little easier to hear and believe the true Word of God and the only Holy scriptures. What is happening in the Middle East right now is really all about who will control Jerusalem (God or Satan). That is why God inspired the Hebrew prophets to tell us plainly that Jerusalem will be the focus of the whole world in the last days. Joel 3:14-16 “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.” Zechariah 12:1-3 “The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares, ‘I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when ALL nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for ALL nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.’ ” I would also encourage you to read all of Zechariah 14.
Jesus was crucified, raised from the dead, and poured out the Holy Spirit, forming and empowering His Church, all in Jerusalem. This same Jesus will return to Jerusalem, kill the antichrist, save the remnant of Israel, and rule over all the earth for a thousand years! And then from Jerusalem, Father God will forever remove the veil between the natural and spiritual realms bringing together both heaven and earth under one Head—even the God-man, Christ Jesus!
Dear friend, the pages of prophecy are turning before our very eyes! These are dangerous days but also very exciting days in which to be living on the earth. I encourage you, if you have not done so, open your heart and receive God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your Savior and Lord. And then join the growing number of the last days Church by praying that God would hasten the day when He will establish Jerusalem and make her the praise (or song) of all the earth (Isaiah 62:6-7). Shalom
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