October 7, 2023. Hamas massacred Israeli’s in a bold sneak attack.
October 9, 2023. Israel declared war on Hamas.
None of the major news outlets understand the true cause of the fighting.
Ismail Haniyeh is the political leader of the Hamas terrorists. In May of 2021 Hamas launched rockets in retaliation for Israeli security forces entering the Al Aqsa Mosque after Palestinians threw stones and other objects at them. Hamas opposes any changes to the status quo at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. One article noted. “The compound, which sits atop the Old City plateau known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, or The Noble Sanctuary, and to Jews as Temple Mount, is the most sensitive site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The current war was started by Hamas in response to the arrival of the red heifers. These exceedingly rare animals are needed to establish worship on the Temple Mount. In January, 2024, a Hamas spokesman specifically identified the red heifers as proof Israel would soon try to destroy the Mosque & other Islamic buildings.
Control of the Temple Mount must always be kept in mind when discussing these conflicts and wars. The Jews want to build their Temple. The Arabs believe the site to be theirs, and that Israel has plans to destroy their mosques & buildings.
We find this more than interesting because a Temple will exist in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation. In fact, a critical moment in the Tribulation must happen in the holy place of the Temple.
- Daniel prophesied about it in the 6th century BC.
- Jesus acknowledged Daniel’s prophecy in the first century AD.
We live in the Church Age. It began on the day of Pentecost fifty days after Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It precedes the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, more commonly known as the seven-year Great Tribulation.
The Tribulation will not begin until something fantastic happens. The Lord said He would return for us, the Church, raising the dead in Christ, then catching up (rapturing) believers who are alive when He comes. He promised His Church Age believers, “I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth” (Revelation 3:10).
The resurrection and rapture of the church is always imminent. It could happen any moment; nothing needs to happen before it.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, Get ready; Stay ready; Keep looking up.
Ready or not, Jesus is coming!