“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” (Genesis 17:7-8)
“He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does his flock.” (Jeremiah 31:10)
“But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.…. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’’” (Isaiah 43:1, 5-6)
Throughout history God has repeatedly declared that He would bring His people back to the Land of the promise before His return. My grandfather’s generation began to see that fulfillment beginning in the late 19th century as Jews returned to take up residence. It culminated in the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948. But there is more to come. Since earlier this year, prominent Rabbis have been urging Jews from around the world to make Aliyah by moving to Israel. Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Frankel issued one such call, complete with a prophecy and a warning. ““Listen to me well, dear Jews, whoever can afford to rise and ascend to the Holy Land should it as soon as possible, and this includes large parts of South America and most of Europe. The US will also become a dangerous place mired in war, and it is still too early to tell which US state will survive, but many parts will be destroyed and poisoned, and a civil war will break out within the US. And states will secede from the federal government. The US will no longer be a place of refuge, but there will be a Jewish remnant here. The Land of Israel will be the safest place to survive the war, even though there will be terrible difficulties there as well.”[i] Rabbi’s Zecharia Wallerstein and Shlomo Katz also issued pleas for the Jews to come home.
[It is interesting that Rabbi mentioned secession and civil war. Just this week the New York times reported on a story that Democrat operatives including Hillary’s former campaign manager, John Podesta were wargaming scenarios of the election. One of them included one in which a close Trump win – (in the Electoral College but not the popular vote) – would be followed by some Democrat Governors appointing Democrat Electors despite the vote of their states. This would precipitate a constitutional crisis. Some states would secede, including California. The House would declare Biden president and the Senate Trump. The final decision could stand in the hands of the military…..Just sayin!]Part of what they are seeing is the extremist anti-Semitic ideology of the Black Lives Movement. It is not only openly and admittedly Marxist – but anti-Jewish in its positions. Gary Kah writes: “They are expecting large scale hatred and persecution to manifest from the unfolding and rapidly expanding tensions. They believe that much of the rage will be directed toward them. In fact, the assault on Jewish communities has already begun in New York, Los Angeles and several other large US cities.”[ii] So this movement, with its increasingly violent character, could be leading to the exact fulfillment of prophecy. Driven by fear and self-preservation, more and more Jews are making Aliyah – that is moving to Israel from all parts of the Globe. And that is exactly what has to happen before Christ’s return. It is part of the End Times scenario.
Now, America’s policies toward Israel could be setting the spiritual stage for the domestic troubles we are having. Such is the opinion of Bill Koenig who has voluminously documented the correlation between our treatment of Israel and disastrous events here in America. The biblical basis can be found in Genesis 12:3, when God promised Abraham – and by extension Israel – “I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” President Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan was announced on January 28th. The plan would see Israel give away God’s covenant land. The next day the COVID 19 Task Force was formed. And a “baseless fear was empowered by supernatural powers, forcing most of America into quarantine.” The result was devastation beyond what could have been imagined. [The virus response had been planned for at least a decade, but God’s hand had stayed the evil and destruction.] The original terms of the agreement would see PM Netanyahu able to decide when and what land Israel would annex. But the terms were changed in May, the month George Floyd was killed. Now, the decisions had to have Palestinian approval. “But the PA has been vocal about its desire to see the Jewish nation destroyed.” And it was in May that the demonstrations and riots began in earnest.[iii]
This idea of the Land being Covenanted to Israel by God is a serious thing. By one count, the Scriptures record 55 times that God confirmed the gift of the Land to Abraham and Isaac, with an oath. And a dozen times it is described as an ‘everlasting covenant.’[iv] One of these is recorded in Psalm 105:8-11. “He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.’” This Everlasting Covenant then, is nothing to be played with.
Now the notion that God is punishing America for betraying Israel or for her other sins may sound crazy to some until one begins to systematically examine the real ‘coincidence’ between events. John McTernan and Bill Koenig have long been students of the correlation between actions on the part of the United States leadership with regard to Israel and how they correlate with natural and economic disasters striking this country. Review the evidence and you will find that it is beyond coincidence. (There is one more correlation they make; – that between actions promoting homosexuality and these same natural and economic events.) Back in the Spring of 2009, McTernan spoke about the events surrounding the economic storm that began in September of 2008. After numerous rounds of negotiation, – on September 11 the American Consul General to Israel let it be known that Israel had agreed to give away East Jerusalem. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Olmert on the 14th. Olmert was willing to give away not only the Holy City but a full 98% of Judea and Samaria and was quoted as saying, “The vision of greater Israel no longer exists. Those who speak of it are delusional.” On September 11 Hurricane Ike headed toward Texas and Lehman Bros was collapsing. The next day, Ike savaged Texas and Louisiana. By the 14th Lehman Bros was in bankruptcy. On September 25th, President Bush met with Mahmoud Abbas to promote the division of Jerusalem. September 29th was Rosh Hashanah, – the Jewish New Year. The stock market fell a record 777 points. Ten days later comes Yom Kippur, the next High Holy Day, – the Day of Atonement. The 10 days between are called the Days of Awe. World markets plunged during that period, culminating in a fall of 679 points right on the holy day. Six days later on October 15th, – the Feast of Tabernacles, – the Dow took another 737 point plunge.[v] Was this all coincidence? Or was God speaking?
To form our answer, let’s start by looking at just what has happened in the past, whenever the US applies pressure on Israel to give away God’s Land. Here’s some of the record.
- On October 30, 1991 the first President Bush opened the Madrid Conference designed to put in place a peace plan that would force Israel to give away a significant part of her land to the Palestinians. That very day, what would later come to be known as the ‘Perfect Storm’, formed off Nova Scotia. It pounded the coast of New England with 100ft waves, heavily damaging the President’s home in Kennebunkport, ME.
- August 23, 1992, a conference was held in Washington with the same agenda. Hurricane Andrew hit that day. It was the worst natural disaster in US history.
- On January 16, 1994, President Clinton met with Syria’s President Assad. The subject: Giving the Golan back to Syria. The next day a 6.9 earthquake hit Southern California.
- March 2, 1997; – Clinton and Arafat met in Washington. Massive tornados smash into Arkansas, Kentucky and Ohio.
- September 1998: Hurricane Georges buffets the Gulf Coast as Madame Albright works on getting Israel to surrender about 13% of Yesha.
- The Wye River talks are held from October 15-22, 1998. Floods ravage Texas from October 17-22.
- January 21, 1998: – President Clinton and Secretary of State Albright snub Israeli PM Netanyahu. The Monica Lewinsky scandal breaks the same day.
- November 23, 1998 & March 13, 1999: Clinton & Arafat meet. The Stock Market plunges over 200 points both days.
- May 3, 1999 was the day that Yasser Arafat was supposed to declare a Palestinian State with its capital in Jerusalem. That was the day that a super tornado hit the Mid West with record 316 mph wind speed.
- July 12-26, 2000: Arafat attends meetings at Camp David. Forest fires break out destroying 7 million acres.
- April 30, 2002: President Bush arranges for Arafat’s release from his compound in Ramallah. A series of tornadoes smashes Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. Super tornadoes reach over 300mph.
- November 10, 2002: US pressures Israel to agree to the “Road Map”. 88 Tornadoes hit 13 states.
- May 3-5, 2003: Secretary of State Colin Powell commits US to Road Map and the return of the Golan Heights. 83 tornadoes rip through the Mid West killing 38 people.
- August 29, 2005: Exactly one week after Israel completed the US supported Israeli forced evacuation from Gaza, Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans and vicinity. 80% of the city goes under water.[vi] [vii] [viii]
- And this from Infowars: “May 19th, 2011 Barack Obama told Israel that there must be a return to the pre-1967 borders. Three days later on May 22nd a half-mile wide EF-5 multiple-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. According to Wikipedia, it was ‘the costliest single tornado in U.S. history.’”
This is the truth of – but not the end of the matter. The evidence seems clear that there is a correlation between the way one treats Israel and the way God treats nations. We’ll visit this subject next week.
[i] David Sidman, FEARING CIVIL WAR, PROMINENT NY RABBI SUDDENLY URGES AMERICAN JEWS TO LEAVE…, Breaking Israel News, April 29, 2020
[ii] Gary Kah, God Help Us!, Hope of the World, Summer 2020
[iii] Gary Kah, In Other Related Developments…., Hope of the World, Summer 2020
[iv] Bible references to the promised land, Different Spirit Ministries, monitored December 27, 2016
[v]Bill Koenig, Update For: As America Has Done To Israel,(2007), – 2009
[vi] Nine Major “Acts Of God”…, Bible Topics 119
[vii] John McTernan, God’s Final Warning to America, Philologos, (Review)
[viii] Bill Koenig, Middle East Peace Talks Major Tornadoes, Watch.Org
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