SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Part 2: Israel: God’s Prophetic Timepiece

September 21, 2025

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Genesis 12:3 (ESV) I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse.

Romans 11:25–26 (NIV) I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.

• Israel is God’s .

Matthew 24:32–35 (NIV) Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

• Israel’s is a prophetic miracle.

Isaiah 66:8 (NIV) Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.

Ezekiel 36:10,24 (NIV) I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord….For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.

• The world will , but God will .

Ezekiel 38:1–6 (ESV) The word of the LORD came to me: ‘Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him… Persia, Cush, and Put are with them… Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you.’

• Gog/Magog – Russia
• Persia – Iran
• Cush – Sudan
• Put – Libya
• Gomer –Turkey
• is a strategy against God’s plan.

Genesis 3:15 (NIV) And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

Revelation 12:13–17 (NIV) When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child… Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring…

1. What is the history of the Palestinians and the land of Israel?
2. Who/What is Hamas?
3. Why are so many American youth and young adults supporting the Palestinian cause today?
4. Fix your , no on .

Matthew 24:42, 44 (NIV) Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come…So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

1. God is not done with , so we should not stop .

Psalm 122:6 (NIV) Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure.’

          2. While we wait for His , we must work hard to let the world know about .

Matthew 28:19–20 (NIV) Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Acts 1:6–8 (NIV) Then they gathered around him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’

          3. We must be trained to , not just .

Matthew 24:10 (NIV) At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other.

2 Timothy 3:12 (NIV) In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

John 16:33 (NIV) I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

            4. We do not merely ; we .

Luke 19:13 (NIV) So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’

          5. We don’t live in ; we live on .

Matthew 24:12 (NIV) Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Matthew 25:1–13 (NIV) Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.