Core Truth: The recent tragic events now unfolding in the Middle East have once again reminded me of something I’ve personally believed for years; that while there are many crises that have arisen to dominate much of the world’s attention from time to time, sooner or later God sovereignly allows things to happen that force the world’s attention back once again to the nation of Israel. Such, I believe, is the case with the current situation and in today’s message we’ll take a look at what may actually be happening now, what God’s Final End Game is going to look like, and what we can do to be prepared for it.
Scripture: Zechariah 12:1-9
A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. 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 of drunkenness that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock (a heavy stone) for all the nations. All who try to move (heave it away) will be severely injured. ...