This document discusses biblical prophecies concerning Israel and examines whether modern events fulfill those prophecies. It analyzes Jesus' prophecy about Jerusalem being destroyed and the Jews being exiled. It then provides historical context on Israel from Roman rule to modern times. The document suggests several biblical passages may be fulfilled by Israel's current control of certain territories and its conflicts with neighboring states. It argues events in the Middle East show God is still active and believers can trust the Bible's prophecies.

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The BIBLE is the LIVING
WORD of GOD [Considered
in the Light of Fulfilled
PROPHECIES concerning the
nation of Israel]
This study will demonstrate why we can fully trust
the message of the Bible, by considering its power
in foretelling future world events reliably. We will see
how the events in the gulf, especially Israel are all
prophesied in the Bible for us to “see and believe”

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In this study
 Proof - Why God’s word though spoken
and recorded 2000+ years ago can still
be trusted
 An examination of the history of Ancient
and Modern Israel and how God is still
active in current world events!

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Why did Jesus say
 “And they will fall by the
mouth of the sword and
will be led captive to all
the nations. And
Jerusalem will be
trodden down by nations,
until the times of the
nations are fulfilled” - Luk
21:24
Roman soldiers carrying the menorah
from the Temple of Jerusalem, AD 70;

4. 4
Background – At the temple
 And as some were
speaking about the
temple, that it had
been adorned with
beautiful stones and
gifts, He said, As to
these things that
you see, days will
come in which a
stone will not be left
on a stone, which
will not be thrown
down. [Luk 21:5-6]

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Disciples curious
 And they asked Him,
saying, Teacher,
then when will these
things be? And what
will be the sign when
these things are
about to happen?
 [Luk 21:7]
Modern Picture of the Mount of Olives

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The Prophecy
 And when you see
Jerusalem being
encircled by armies,
then recognize that its
destruction has come
near. Then let those
in Judea flee into the
mountains; and those
in its midst, let them
go out. And those in
the open spaces, let
them not go into her.
[Luk 21:20-21]

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The Prophecy
 But woe to the pregnant
women, and the ones
suckling in those days;
for great distress will be
on the earth and wrath
on this people. And they
will fall by the mouth of
the sword and will be
led captive to all the
nations. And Jerusalem
will be trodden down by
nations, until the times
of the nations are
fulfilled. [Luk 21:23-24]

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Jewish History –AD 70 to
British Rule
118-138 During the Roman Emperor Hadrian's rule, Jews were initially
allowed to return to Jerusalem, but - after another Jewish revolt in
133 - the city was completely destroyed and its people banished
and sold into slavery
638 AD Conquest by Arab Muslims. The second caliph of Islam, Omar, built
a mosque at the site of what is now the al-Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem
1099-
1187 AD
Age of the Crusaders
1896 AD Herzl, a Jewish journalist and writer living in Vienna, wanted Jews
to have their own state - primarily as a response to European anti-
Semitism
1917 Turkish control ended when Arab forces backed by Britain drove
out the Ottomans
1918 Britain occupied the region at the end of the war

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Jewish History – British Rule
to Jewish Rule
1917 The British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour committed Britain to
work towards “the establishment in Palestine of a national home
for the Jewish people”
1920 and
1930s
Hundreds of thousands of Jews emigrated to British Mandate
Palestine, provoking unrest in the Arab community
1947 Britain, which had ruled Palestine since 1920, handed over
responsibility for solving the Zionist-Arab problem to the UN
The territory was plagued with chronic unrest pitting native Arabs
against Jewish immigrants The situation had become more critical
with the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Jews fleeing
the Nazi persecution in Europe. Some six million Jews were killed
in the Holocaust during World War II
1948 The State of Israel, the first Jewish state for nearly 2,000 years,
was proclaimed at 1600 on 14 May 1948 in Tel Aviv
The day after the state of Israel was declared five Arab armies from Jordan,
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq immediately invaded Israel but were
repulsed, and the Israeli army crushed pockets of resistance

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UN
Proposal
29 November 1947
 The UN set up a special
committee which
recommended splitting
the territory into
separate Jewish and
Palestinian states.
Palestinian
representatives, known
as the Arab Higher
Committee, rejected the
proposal; their
counterparts in the
Jewish Agency accepted
it

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God’s word is sure!
His Judgments and prophecies
are real and active even in the 21st
Century
The Bible is the living word of God
– Put your trust in it

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Relevance of the Prophecy today? –
Judgments of God are REAL
 Jesus will return to this
world!
 Watch, then, for you do not
know in what hour your Lord
comes.
 But know this, that if the
housemaster had known in
what watch the thief comes, he
would have watched and not
have allowed his house to be
dug through. Because of this,
you also be ready, for in that
hour you think not, the Son of
Man comes. [Mat 24:42-44]

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Modern Day Applications of
Prophecies:
Obadiah 1: 18-21
The following sections are not
presented as absolute truths but
only to point to you certain verses
and their possible interpretations

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Modern Map
of Israel
Neighbours:
 North
 Lebanon
 Syria
 South
 Egypt
 East
 Jordan
 West
 Mediterranean Sea

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Internationally not recognized –
“Occupied territory”
 West bank
 After 1949 administered by Jordan, It was
captured by Israel during the Six-Day War.
 Majority Palestinian occupation, some self
rule
 Israeli occupation and military control
 Golan heights
 In the 1967 Six-Day War Israel captured
the Golan Heights from Syria
 provides a significant portion of Israel's
water supply
 This annexation was not internationally
recognized
 Provides defense against land attacks

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Internationally not recognized –
“Occupied territory”
 Gaza Strip
 Egypt occupied the Strip from 1949 until 1967
 The Strip's population was greatly augmented by an influx of
Palestinian Arab refugees
 Egypt never annexed the Gaza Strip, but instead treated it as
occupied territory and administered it through a military
governor
 The area was again occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War in
June 1967.
 The military occupation was to last for 38 years, until 2005
 On 15 August 2005 all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip
(and four in the West Bank) were dismantled with the removal
of all 9,000 Israeli settlers and military bases.
 on 12 September 2005, the Palestinian Authority had complete
administrative authority in the Gaza Strip
 Israel still controls Gazan borders, airspace and territorial
waters

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Internationally not recognized –
“Occupied territory”
 Gaza Strip
 In June 2007, the Palestinian Civil War between Hamas
(Islamic Resistance Movement) and Fatah (Palestine
Liberation Movement) intensified.
 Hamas routed Fatah,
 14 June 2007, the Gaza Strip was completely overtaken
by Hamas.
 Retaliation by Fatah against Hamas in the West Bank
led to the opposite result there.
 Will there be peace?

Hamas' charter (written in 1988 and still in effect) calls for
the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement
with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now
Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip

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Are such prophecies
applicable Today?
Watch for the times and seasons

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Obadiah in Action

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Will the Conflict in the Middle
East continue?
A Theory: Land yet to be taken
(Note: This land could also be regained at Christ’s
return)

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To Posses Esau – South
Jordan
 And those of Negeb
shall possess the
mountain of Esau,
and the low country of
the Philistines. And they
shall possess Ephraim's
fields, and Samaria's
fields. And Benjamin
shall possess Gilead.
[Oba 1:19]

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To Posses low country of the
Philistines – Gaza Strip
 And those of Negeb
shall possess the
mountain of Esau, and
the low country of
the Philistines. And
they shall possess
Ephraim's fields, and
Samaria's fields. And
Benjamin shall possess
Gilead. [Oba 1:19]

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To Posses West Bank
 And those of Negeb
shall possess the
mountain of Esau, and
the low country of the
Philistines. And they
shall possess
Ephraim's fields,
and Samaria's fields.
And Benjamin shall
possess Gilead. [Oba
1:19]

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To Posses Jordan
 And those of Negeb
shall possess the
mountain of Esau, and
the low country of the
Philistines. And they
shall possess Ephraim's
fields, and Samaria's
fields. And Benjamin
shall possess Gilead.
[Oba 1:19]

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Zarephath and Negeb in
Modern context
 The exiles of this host of
the people of Israel shall
possess the land of the
Canaanites as far as
Zarephath,
 and the exiles of
Jerusalem who are in
Sepharad shall possess
the cities of the Negeb.
[Oba 1:20]

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About Zarephath
 modern Sarafand
(Lebanon),
 It was a Phoenician city on
the Mediterranean coast
between Sidon and Tyre
 The prophet Elijah, after
leaving the brook Cherith,
multiplied the meal and oil
of the widow of Zarephath
(Sarepta) and raised her
son from the dead.
Zarephath (1Ki 17:9,10)
Sarafand was also known
for its blown glass, which it
still produced today

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Zarephath occupation – the
2006 Lebanon war signs
 Zarephath (In Lebanon)
 In July of 2006, Hizbullah initiated an
unprovoked attack of Katyusha rockets in
northern Israel and kidnapped 2 soldiers,
killing 3.
 Hizbullah rained down about 125 rockets
 Israel responded with massive airstrikes
and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon
 The conflict killed more than a thousand
people, most of whom were Lebanese
civilians; severely damaged Lebanese
infrastructure
 Hezbollah wishes for the destruction of
Israel, which they see as being an unlawful
"entity",
Smoke over Tyre after
an Israeli bombardment

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Negeb
 about 60% of
Israeli territory
under 1949 –67
boundaries

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Appendix
Additional Notes

30. 31
Prophecy – Understanding the
context – “end”
 And this gospel of the Kingdom
shall be preached in all the earth
for a testimony to all the nations,
and then will come the end. [Mat
24:14]
[X]
 if indeed you continue in the faith
grounded and settled and not
being moved away from the hope
of the gospel which you heard
proclaimed in all the creation
under Heaven, of which I, Paul,
became a minister, [Col 1:23]

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1948 War
 The day after the state of Israel was declared five
Arab armies from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria
and Iraq immediately invaded Israel but were
repulsed
 The Israeli army crushed pockets of resistance.
Armistices established Israel's borders on the
frontier of most of the earlier British Mandate
Palestine.
 Egypt kept the Gaza Strip while Jordan annexed
the area around East Jerusalem and the land now
known as the West Bank. These territories made
up about 25% of the total area of British Mandate
Palestine.

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1967 war – Six Day War
 Mounting tensions between Israel and its Arab
neighbours culminated in six days of hostilities which
changed the face of the Middle East conflict
 Israel seized Gaza and the Sinai from Egypt in the south
and the Golan Heights from Syria in the north. It also
pushed Jordanian forces out of the West Bank and East
Jerusalem
 Egypt's powerful air force was put out of action on the
first day of fighting when Israeli jets bombed it on the
ground in a pre-emptive strike
 The victory heralded a new age of confidence and
optimism for Israel and its supporters
 The UN issued Security Council Resolution 242, stressing
"the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by
war" and calling for "withdrawal of Israeli armed forces
from territories occupied in the recent conflict"

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The 1973 Yom Kippur war
 Unable to regain the territory they had lost in
1967 by diplomatic means, Egypt and Syria
launched major offensives against Israel on the
Jewish festival of the Day of Atonement or Yom
Kippur. The clashes are also known as the
Ramadan war.
 Initially, Egypt and Syria made advances in Sinai
and the Golan Heights. These were reversed after
three weeks of fighting. Israel eventually made
gains beyond the 1967 ceasefire lines
 Israeli forces pushed on into Syria beyond the
Golan Heights, though they later gave up some of
these gains. In Egypt, Israeli forces regained
territory and advanced to the western side of the
Suez Canal