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By Israel embracing
the plan of the nations of the world (UN Resolutions 242 and 338) for
her to have "peace" with her Arab neighbors rather than
believing the ETERNAL covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) whereby his descendents would inherit the land of Canaan
(Genesis [Bereishit] 17:7-8), the nation of Israel will experience
a time of trouble such that she has never experienced in her entire history
as a nation and as a people (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 30:7, Daniel
12:1). However, she will be redeemed/saved/delivered through it. This
time of trouble is known as the tribulation to the house of Israel
(Christianity). It is known as the birth pangs of the Messiah [Chevlai
shel Mashiach] to the house of Judah (Judaism).
 During
this time, the G-d of Israel will judge ALL the nations on the earth.
Some nations will NOT make it through the entire tribulation or birth
pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashiach). In Jeremiah (Yermiyahu)
30:10-11 it is written:
"Therefore fear
thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Isra
el: for, lo, I will
save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and
Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet,
and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to
save thee: though I make a full
end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make
a full end of thee: but I will
correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished."
The
G-d of Israel will judge the nations based on three primary things:
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The dividing of Israel’s Promised
Land.
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The dividing of the city of Jerusalem.
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The historical treatment of the
nations of the world toward the house of Judah (Jewish people)
when they were in exile in the nations.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS
OVER THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION
The G-d of
Israel will judge the nations over the controversy of Zion. What is the
controversy of Zion? The controversy of Zion is the dispute and rejection
among the nations of the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) giving him and his seed the land of Canaan as an everlasting
possession (Genesis [Bereishit] 17:7-8) and the plan of the nations
to make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) an international city. By rejecting
the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham),
the nations of the world will be OPPOSED to the restoration and reunification
of BOTH houses of Israel (house of Judah [Judaism] and house
of Israel/Christianity) to the land of Israel (Ezekiel (Yechezekel)
37:15-28). Regarding the controversy of Zion and the judgment of the nations,
in Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 34:1-2, 4, 8 it is written:
Come near, ye nations,
to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein;
the world, and all
things that come forth
of it. For the
indignation of the Lord is upon all nations,
and his fury upon all their armies:
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter
… And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall
be rolled together as a scroll: [nuclear war]
and all their host shall
fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig
from the fig tree … for it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the
year of recompences for
the controversy of Zion
JUDGMENT FOR DIVIDING THE PROMISED
LAND
The G-d of
Israel will judge the nations of the world for their plan to divide/part
the land that the G-d of Israel promised the seed of Abraham (Avraham).
In Joel (Yoel) 3:1-2 it is written:
"For, behold,
in those days, and in that time [a
Jewish idiom for the advent of the Messianic Age], when
I shall bring again
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will also gather all nations, and
will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and
will plead with them there for my people
and for my heritage Israel, whom
they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."
JUDGMENT FOR DIVIDING THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
The G-d of
Israel will judge the nations of the world for dividing the city of Jerusalem
(making it an international city). In Zechariah (Zecharyah) 14:2-3
it is written:
"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. Then shall the
Lord
go forth, and
fight against those nations,
as when he fought
in the day of battle."
THE JUDGMENT OF NUCLEAR WAR
The judgment
of the nations that have fought against Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
will be nuclear war. ONLY the nations who fight against Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
and SURVIVE will celebrate Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) during
the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). In Zechariah (Zecharyah)
14:12, 16 it is written:
"
nd
this shall be the plague
wherewith the Lord will smite all
the people that have
fought against Jerusalem;
Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,
and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth [nuclear
war] … And it shall come
to pass, that every one that is left
of all the
nations
which came
against Jerusalem
shall even go up from year to year
to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep
the
feast of tabernacles."
THE JUDGMENT FOR THE TREATMENT
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
In Genesis
(Bereishit) 12:1-3, the G-d of Israel made a promise to Abraham
(Avraham) and to his seed as it is written:
Now
the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country … And I will
make of thee a great nation … And
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee,
and in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed"
The Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus calls those nations of the
world who bless the Jewish people "sheep nations" and
those nations of the world who curse the Jewish people "goat nations."
The "sheep nations" will enter into the Messianic Age
(Athid Lavo). The "goat nations" will not enter
into the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). In Matthew (Mattityahu)
25:31-46 it is written:
"When
the Son
of man shall come in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the throne of his glory:
And before
him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall
set the sheep
on his right
hand, but
the goats
on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them
on his right
hand, Come, ye blessed [Genesis
12:3] of my Father,
inherit the kingdom
[Messianic Age/Athid Lavo] prepared
for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye gave
me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye
took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I
was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous
[sheep nations] answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? Or thirsty,
and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or
naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee? And the King shall
answer and say unto them, Verily
I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren
[the JEWISH BRETHREN of the JEWISH MESSIAH],
ye have done it unto me. Then
shall he say also unto them on the
left hand [goat nations],
Depart from
me [cannot
enter the Messianic Age/Athid Lavo] ye
cursed [Genesis
12:3], into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and ye
gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison,
and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall
he answer them,
saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye did it not to one of the least of these
[the JEWISH BRETHREN of the JEWISH MESSIAH],
ye did it
not to me. And
these [goat nations]
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
[sheep nations] into
life eternal." [Zoe/the
highest form of life which in the case of the nations is the Messianic
Age/Athid Lavo.]
THE
JUDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
While
the G-d of Israel will judge ALL NATIONS during the tribulation or the
birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashiach), I would like
to focus the rest of this chapter upon the judgment of one particular
country in the world. This country is the United States of America.
I
was born in the United States. I love my country. I praise the G-d of
Israel that He allowed me to be born in a country that has probably been
blessed greater by Him than any other country since the creation of the
world up until the beginning of the tribulation period. Furthermore, I
have been blessed to live not only in probably the most blessed country
but also in the most blessed generation of any generation since the birth
of the United States. Therefore, I praise the G-d of Israel for His historical
blessings upon the United States and I praise and thank the G-d of Israel
that I have been blessed to live in the United States in the most blessed
generation of its history.
However,
in spite of being blessed so greatly by the G-d of Israel, no generation
since the founding of the USA has sinned greater than the current generation.
The USA has forgotten her Judeo/Christian heritage and has forgotten the
L-rd G-d of Israel in the days of her richest blessings. The USA has fornicated
with the god of materialism. Rather than using the blessings of the G-d
of Israel to establish the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham), she has used the blessings of the G-d of Israel to satisfy
her own lusts. Both the members from the house of Israel (Christianity)
and the members from the house of Judah (Judaism) have been guilty
of these sins. In the Torah, the G-d of Israel warned His people against
behaving in such a manner in the time of great blessing. In Deuteronomy
(Devarim) 8:11-14, 17-18 it is written:
"Beware that
thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and
his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Lest when
thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt
therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and
thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine
heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee
forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage
[European religious persecution for the house
of Israel/Christianity and pogroms and the holocaust in Europe and Russia
for the house of Judah/Judaism] … And
thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten
me this wealth. But thou shalt remember
the Lord thy God: for it is he
that giveth thee power to get wealth,
that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day."
THE
USA WILL BE JUDGED
FOR DIVIDING THE LAND OF ISRAEL The
USA will be judged by the G-d of Israel for being the LEADER among the
nations of the world in dividing the land of Israel. All of the peace
agreements that Israel has made with her Arab neighbors have been based
upon UN Resolutions 242 and 338. The USA has been the main negotiator
with Israel and her Arab neighbors and has played a central role in ensuring
that all peace agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors would
be based upon UN Resolutions 242 and 338. Because the USA had led the
rebellion of the nations against Israel to part the land of Israel, she
will be judged by the G-d of Israel for dividing/parting the land of Israel
(Joel [Yoel] 3:2).
THE
USA WILL BE JUDGED
FOR DIVIDING THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
The
United States has not recognized Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) as being
the capital of Israel since it came into the possession of the nation
of Israel in 1967 following the June war between Israel and her Arab neighbors.
The reason is because the USA desires for Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
to be an international city after the full implementation of UN Resolutions
242 and 338.
The
United States maintains diplomatic relations with more than 160 countries,
and in each of those countries our state department maintains a US embassy
in the capital city. Each of those countries, that is, except Israel.
Under pressure from the Arab world, the US has maintained its embassy
in Tel Aviv since 1948. 1
To
rectify this injustice, the US Congress finally enacted The Jerusalem
Embassy Act of 1995, which calls for the embassy to be moved to Jerusalem
by May 31, 1999. There was broad bipartisan support in both the House
and the Senate, and the measure was passed by over 90 percent majorities.
Campaigning for president in 1992, Bill Clinton said:
"I
do recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and Jerusalem ought to remain
an undivided city."
He
even put it in writing. In a June 1992 letter to the Rabbinical Council
of America he wrote:
"I
recognize Jerusalem as an undivided city and the eternal capital of Israel."
But
by 1995, the president had changed his tune. His administration opposed
the Jerusalem Embassy Act, and he refused to sign it when it was passed.
Clinton could not veto the bill, with a 90 percent majority supporting
its passage. However, nothing has been done about moving the US Embassy
to Jerusalem. A waiver was written into the bill allowing the president
to put the new embassy construction on hold for six-month intervals if
he deems vital national security interests to be at risk and so reports
to Congress. Since then, the Clinton administration immediately moved
to take advantage of the waiver, claiming national security interests
would be jeopardized by moving the embassy, because it might disrupt the
Middle East peace process. 2
Just
two months after the Congressional vote to finally recognize Jerusalem
as Israel’s capital, the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations
passed a resolution chastising Israel for her claims on all of Jerusalem.
The resolution passed by a vote of 133 to one — Israel was the only nation
to vote against it. The United States, once Israel’s staunch ally, abstained
from voting. 3
Because
the USA does not recognize Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and seeks to
divide Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and make it an international city,
the USA will suffer the judgment of nuclear war and will NOT make it as
a nation through the tribulation period (Zechariah [Zecharyah] 14:12,
16).
THE
USA EMBRACES ARAFAT THE MURDERER AND TERRORIST AS A MAN OF PEACE
Rather
than the USA embracing the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with Abraham
(Avraham) whereby He gave the seed of Abraham (Avraham)
the land of Canaan as an EVERLASTING possession (Genesis [Bereishit]
17:7-8), the USA is embracing Yasser Arafat as a man of peace and a peace
partner to the nation of Israel even though the USA once did not allow
Yasser Arafat into the USA because he is a terrorist. The history of this
event is as follows.
The
Forty-third General Assembly of the United Nations was scheduled to take
up the Palestinian issue at a session in early December 1988. Yasser Arafat
requested a visa so he could come to New York and address a special session
of the UN. Under the direction of President Reagan, Secretary of State
George Shultz denied the visa because antiterrorist legislation in the
USA specified that no waiver on visa requirements could be issued to anyone
known to be actively engaged in terrorist activity. 4
The
UN conference was rescheduled to be in Geneva, Switzerland. On December
14, 1988, Arafat called a press conference to announce that he recognized
Israel’s "right to exist," and he accepted the terms of UN Resolutions
242 and 338 and renounced the use of terrorism. From that point forward,
the United States openly supported the PLO. 5
THE USA IS MODERN DAY BABYLON
Spiritually
(sod/deeper meaning), the USA is the land of Babylon. The word
Babylon means "confusion" (Genesis [Bereishit]
11:9). Babylon is a generic term in the Bible that refers to the ways
of the adversary (HaSatan) and his kingdom of darkness. The Bible
talks about a financial Babylon, a political Babylon, a religious Babylon
and a land of Babylon. Literally (Peshat), the modern land of Babylon
is the area of Iran and Iraq. However, today, very few members of the
house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity)
live in Iran and Iraq. Therefore, there must also be a spiritual (sod/deeper
meaning) land of Babylon.
Today,
the USA is the spiritual land of Babylon. The prophets of Israel had much
to say about the judgment of the land of Babylon in the end of days. The
judgment of the land of Babylon in the end of days is prophesied in Isaiah
(Yeshayahu) chapter 13, 21:1-10 and chapter 47, Jeremiah (Yermiyahu)
chapters 50 and 51. In the Brit Hadashah (New Testament), the judgment
of the land of Babylon in the end of days is spoken about in Revelation
18.
THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF BABYLON
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Babylon is an
end-time nation who is judged by the G-d of Israel "in those
days and in that time" and in the "day of trouble."
This is a reference to the time of Jacob’s trouble or the birth pangs
of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashaich) (Isaiah 13:8, 13, 21:3,
Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 51:2, 43).
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Babylon is a
rich and economically prosperous country (Jeremiah 50:37, 51:13, Revelation
18:3, 19).
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Babylon is a
land of "mixed/mingled people" (Jeremiah 50:37).
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Babylon is a
world military power (Jeremiah 51:53).
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Babylon is a
country that has defeated mighty kingdoms through war (Jeremiah 50:23,
51:20-21).
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Babylon is a
land that sits among many waters (Jeremiah 51:13).
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Babylon is a
country that has a heritage in the G-d of Israel but has sinned and
has turned from the G-d of Israel (Jeremiah 50:11, 14, 24, 29, 38,
51:7).
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The G-d of Israel
would have healed the land of Babylon if she would have repented but
she will not repent (II Chronicles 7:14, Jeremiah 51:8-9).
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The good news
of Messiah is going forth from the land of Babylon but it will be
"cut off" in "the time of harvest"
which is the end of the age (Jeremiah 50:16, Matthew 13:39).
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Babylon is a
country that does not believe that it will experience the wrath and
judgment of the G-d of Israel (be a widow) (Isaiah 47:5, 7-10, Revelation
18:7-8).
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The attacking
power against Babylon is from the north (Jeremiah 50:3, 9, 26, 41,
51:48).
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Babylon is destroyed
by extremely accurate arrows (missiles) and the attack is devastating
(Jeremiah 50:9, 14, 29, 42, 51:3, 11).
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A fire is kindled
in the cities of Babylon from the accurate arrows (missiles) (Jeremiah
50:32, Revelation 18:8).
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Babylon will
be destroyed in the way that Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed (Isaiah
13:19, Jeremiah 50:40).
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When Babylon
is destroyed, it will never be inhabited again (Isaiah 13:19-20, Jeremiah
50:3, 13, 26, 39-40, 51:2-3, 26, 29, 37, 43, 63-64).
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The nations
of the world tremble and shake in fear at the defeat of Babylon (Jeremiah
50:46, Revelation 18:9-10).
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The house
of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity)
who live in Babylon are called to flee from Babylon and go to the
land of Israel (Isaiah 13:14, Jeremiah 50:4-5, 16-19, 28, 33, 51:9,
45, Revelation 18:4).
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The house
of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity)
who live in Babylon and who have escaped the sword (judgment upon
the land of Babylon) are called by the G-d of Israel to let Jerusalem
come to their mind (Jeremiah 50:4, 51:50).
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When Babylon
is destroyed, the sins of the house of Judah (Judaism) and
the house of Israel (Christianity) will be pardoned (the exile
will be over and the house of Judah and the house of Israel will be
restored) (Jeremiah 50:20).
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20) When the
house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity)
flees the land of Babylon and returns to the land of Israel, they
will enter into an ETERNAL covenant that will not be forgotten (the
Messianic Age/Athid Lavo) (Jeremiah 50:4-5 = Ezekiel 37:26-27).
From
the 20 characteristics of the land of Babylon given above, I believe that
the evidence is overwhelmingly conclusive that the nation being portrayed
by these characteristics is the United States of America. Because of the
just described characteristics of the USA and because the USA has been
the most influential nation of the world in encouraging Israel to divide/part
her land by trading "land for peace" and because the
USA desires to make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) an international city,
the USA will be totally destroyed during the tribulation period or the
birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashiach).
JUDAH
AND EPHRAIM FLEE BABYLON
AND RETURN TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL During
the tribulation period/Jacob’s trouble, the house of Judah (Judaism)
and the house of Israel (Christianity) will be fleeing from the
land of Babylon and returning to the land of Israel. When both houses
of Israel return to the land of their forefathers, the centuries of exile
will be over. The house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of
Israel (Christianity) will be one nation when they return to the land
of Israel. They will be redeemed, restored, reconciled and unified in
the land of Israel (Ezekiel [Yechezekel] 37:15-28). After this
event happens, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
will set His feet on the mount of Olives and be King over all the earth
(Zechariah [Zecharyah] 14:4, 9) and usher in the Messianic Age
(Athid Lavo) teaching the Torah to the nations from the city of
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 2:2-3).
May
the G-d of Israel bring redemption, restoration, reconciliation and unity
to both houses of Israel speedily in our days. Amen!
From "Restoring the Two Houses of Israel"
by: Eddie Chumney
Reprinted with permission
see http://www.hebroots.com/babylon.html
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