REAL "Breaking News"

 

The main stream news media has been filled with stories and discussions of scandals and political divisions. We have all also experienced programming being interrupted with special bulletins called "Breaking News". However, most media outlets have missed a very urgent report, something that could genuinely be labeled as real "breaking news". It is a most significant event, prophetically speaking, as well as being a sign of the end of a spiritual age.

On July 14th, terrorists staged an attack on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Although it was the site of the Temple of God until that was destroyed in 70 A.D., it is presently the site of the Al-Aqsa ("The Farthest") Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock. It is a holy site to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

In 1967, Israel re-captured this site, along with the rest of East Jerusalem, and at that moment, Jews prayed at the site for the first time in centuries. It was also the last time they were allowed to do so, until now. In 1967, authority over the site was given to a joint Palestinian-Jordanian security force called the Islamic Trust, or Waqf. Since then, no non-Muslims have been allowed to pray on the Mount. All non-Muslim visitors were accompanied by Islamic Trust security, who would prevent them from praying (see the photo above).

Since the July 14th terror attack, Israel has taken over the security for this holy site, and for the first time since 1967, Jews have been able to pray on the Temple Mount without harassment. Why is this event important to believers in Christ?

Jesus spoke of the prophetic significance that the Temple, and its site, would play in the end of the era (Gr.-"aion", not the end of the world, as some translations state):

"And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, He said, "As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." And they asked Him saying, "Master, but when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?"    Lk. 21:5-7

Jesus goes on to describes the great turmoil that will come upon Israel and the whole earth at this time including unusual signs in the heavens, natural disasters of great magnitude on earth, warfare, ethnic hatred, persecution of those of faith, betrayals. As Jesus sat on the Temple Mount, He began to prophesy regarding Jerusalem as the center of turmoil:

"And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed (encircled) with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh...For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled....there shall be distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled... So likewise, ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand."  Lk. 21:20, 22, 24, 31

The last territory in Israel that could be described as "trodden down of the Gentiles", the Temple Mount, came under Israel's authority in these last weeks, and Jews were able to pray once again on this site.

To further point out the immediacy of the coming events, Jesus said, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree (used in scripture to symbolize Israel); When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: So ye, in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done...But, of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father (idiom or expression used in reference to the Marriage of the Lamb)".    Mk. 13:28-32

Along with the significance of the Temple Mount, Jesus refers above to Jerusalem being "compassed with armies" (Lk. 21:20). Never before in history have we seen the nations lining up so exactly according to prophecy. These nations are in the news nightly, and are also part of the real "breaking news". The Prophet Ezekial gives us that prophetic line up of nations that will come against a newly restored (Ez. 37) Israel. In chapter 38, Ezekiel prophesies that the princes and nations of Gog, Magog, Meshech and Tubal, all part of what we now call Russia, will be dragged into conflict against Israel. Other nations including Persia (Iran), Ethiopia and Libya will join them. Also mentioned in this prophetic line up of nations are Gomer, and Togarmah, eastern European areas that might also include Turkey. All of these nations have been recent headlines in the news. Russia, as we know, has involved itself openly in the region in these last years.
The rapidly developing real breaking news involving Israel, the Temple Mount, and the nations of the earth, is a fulfillment of prophecy and a sign of the Last Days, which includes the approaching end of the age of the Gentiles. When the age of the Gentiles is fulfilled, we know that it will be a profound spiritual turning point:
"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, "There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob."   Rom. 11:25-26
Those who are believing for the soon return of Christ need to become aware, and alert to the real "breaking news".

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