1 Peter One third shall be left I will bring the one-third through the fire (and) they will call upon My name (and) I will say, This is My people' (Zech 13.8,9). It is interesting that NASA scientists predict that, eventually, the sun will expand to become a red giant and burn up the solar system, including earth, link. NO: The terms Jerusalem and Zion do not even appear in the Quran, and Mohammad never visited Jerusalem in person. Daniels prophetic ministry from Babylon began about 605BC. NOTE: Refer to the Timeline above to help get an overview of the timing of the prophesies of Ezekiel. But man will not spend eternity on this earth! And (perhaps between these wars) Israel also goes through a time of distress or tribulation referred to in Dan 12.1 and Mat 24.15-25. Read each chapter carefully and do the following: a. The Dead Sea contains some 45,000 million tons of salts rich in minerals which are exploited by Israels mining sector. Whilst western nations led by the US and the UN favour the two-state approach, it is NOT the solution favored by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas or the Palestinian people! Titus As the scriptures say, Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith. Dont get overwhelmed by the dating of events. 597BC And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! List God's instructions to Ezekiel ("the son of man"). The borders also include Gaza, significant parts of present-day Syria and probably all of Lebanon. We learn from this story that God is merciful and longsuffering, but when people persistently depart from his word they will reap what theysow. This simple fact points to the imminent return of Christ. The millennial age is one of firm government from Christ, but also one of universal peace. Although Prince Philips mother, Princess Alice, is buried on the Mount of Olives because of her status as Righteous Among Gentiles, the Foreign Office ordained that his visit to his mothers grave in 1994 had to be in a private capacity only. 586 BC Babylonians conquer Jerusalem and Judah under Nebuchadnezzar and deport most of the southern Kingdom of Judah to Babylon. The Lord had sent the Israelites into captivity by the hands of the Assyrian and this was punishment for their sins. After his sudden death in 323 BC, the Greek Empire is divided. I suggest that you record the dates of events in the margin next to the corresponding Scripture. Note that there are 5 segment divisions of Ezekiel are at the top table of the chart at the top of this page. They have a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and Bachelors in Social Science Education from Florida State University. Mortality was the consequence of the wrong free will choice. It splits east-west with half the mountain moving north and half moving south, generating a very large valley reaching to Azal (Zech 14.4,5). We can dismiss the Genesis account as myth, and many do. Would they have continued to live and not die? Few would doubt that Jews have for centuries been substantially over-represented in many fields of learning and accomplishment, notably of course is Albert Einstein. Pope Gregory XI became pope in 1370. Now a brief timeline of key events: God gave Israel her own land (ancient Canaan) through an unconditional covenant with Abraham Through Abraham's descendants all nations would be blessed through Israel's Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus) God renamed Abraham's grandson Jacob and called him "Israel" Lets put aside religious biases, mystical interpretations, or even our secular worldview. 640. And during the end of the church age a remnant of Israel is grafted back into their own 'olive tree' (Rom 11.23) as they return to their God. History shows that God had a special task for Jacob and his descendants and He changed Jacobs name to Israel after he had struggled with an angel and prevailed (Gen 32.28). 0000001276 00000 n This is confirmed in Deuteronomy 7:12: Now there were two popes, and Catholics were unsure of who officially held authority. Around 725 B.C. Rain in the Judean desert. . In 1003 BC King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel, and in 960 BC his son Solomon built the first Jewish temple. Much of the literature on the subject is a veritable labyrinth of confusion. 4. Nations will willingly go up to Jerusalem to worship the LORD and listen to His teaching (Mic 4.2 Isa 66.23). Here, God was claiming Israel to be His own; You are Mine (Isa 43.1). Amos The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. Depending on the exact source, and the start date of the captivity, which is said to have occurred either in 586 CE or 597 CE, the Jewish people were either held in Babylon for 48 years or 59 years. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Read 2Ki 24:1ff-2Ki 24:1-21 for a good overview of the historical setting and if you havent done so yet, record the dates of the 3 STAGES OF CAPTIVITY alluded to in these passages . Answers from history, religions, and the Bible, We could all use good news now and here is the best newsall about salvation in Jesus, Its not always about youHow to Correctly Read and Apply Bible Stories. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. Avignon Papacy | Papal Court, Western Schism & the Three Popes. Prior to the papacy being located in Avignon, generally the pope was considered the religious authority over all Christians. They decided to elect a new pope, this time only one, to put an end to the schism. Outside the city are the dogsthe sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie. The tribes of the northern kingdom are often spoken of as "the ten lost tribes". They also include significant parts of present-day Syria i.e. At the same time, however, we have Scythians, Parthians, Gauthei, and related peoples "suddenly appearing" in Asia with Hebrew names and customs! Each event will have happened during a specific period in Israels history. PARADISE (EDEN) WAS LOST, BUT THE APOSTLE JOHN WROTE THAT IT WILL BE RESTORED IN THE FUTURE. 8The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. 17:6 ). He began a tradition of the pope becoming involved in politics in France. The history of Israel confirms this thought; Jacobs descendants, the twelve tribes of Israel, the Hebrew Israelites, have suffered but prevailed for 3,000 years. 0000010750 00000 n The Christian Jewish Foundation, CJF Ministries, exists to make Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah known to the Jewish people first and then to the nations (Romans 1:16). 737 Pekahiah becomes king of Israel till 736. 1. Under Gods call, Abram (later called Abraham) migrated from the city of Ur sometime between 1900 and 1750 BC to Gods appointed land, Canaan (todays Israel). Where is Ezekiel? Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. 722 BC The Northern Kingdom was taken into captivity by the Assyrians. Israel's Recent History: He decided to return the papacy to Rome. AS OUTLINED BELOW. Even in the most testing times a remnant is supernaturally preserved through Gods sovereign choice. Verse 2 explains that it was the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile which would be 593 BC because Jehoiachin was taken from Jerusalem to Babylon in 597BC, and so the fifth year would be 593 BC and this was the year Ezekiel began his prophetic ministry which would span 2 decades ending around 573 BC. These and similar questions have disturbed Bible students and occupied their researches ever since Ezekiel published his vision. It also appears that some of the Hebrew festivals are reinstated, as in the Feast of Tabernacles (Zech 14.16). .and how historical truth relates to religious truth, The BibleHuman Story or Divine Revelation? The Spirit and the bride say, Come Let anyone who hears this say, Come Let anyone who is thirsty come. This had never happened before. The Babylonian Captivity ended in 538 CE. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, Father?, The fire and wood are here, Isaac said, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?. She has visited 14 Arab countries, so it cannot have been that she wasnt in the region. // ]]>. First a few key points about the nation (people) of Israel: Israel may be three hundred miles long, thirty miles wide, but its three thousand years deep. This question is only meaningful in a spiritual (rather than secular) context. But the truth about this powerful spiritual world is blurred, corrupted and buried by spiritual forces of darkness: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6.12). This received a lot of backlash by other church members in Rome. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church was caused by Pope Clement V. He fled to Avignon after he appointed nine French cardinals. Then God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. His 16-year-old son Azariah (Uzziah) rules instead, Kingdom of IsraelJereboam II becomes king of Israel (14), Shallum assassinates Zechariah and rules one month (15), Menahem assassinates Shallum, becomes king in Israel (15), Menahem commits an atrocity at Tiphsah (15), Menahem exacts tribute for the king of Assyria (15), Pekahiah, another bad king in Israel (15), Pekah assassinates Pekahiah and becomes king of Israel (15), Kingdom of JudahJotham succeeds his father Uzziah as king of Judah (15), Ahaz next king of Judah becomes vassal of the king of Assyria (16), Kingdom of IsraelHoshea becomes king of Israel (17), An account of how Israel sinned against God and deserved to be exiled (17), After the deportation, Samaria is resettled by foreigners (17). The Jews of the Holy Land are thus surrounded by hostile states 650 times their size in territory and sixty times their population, yet their last, best hope of ending two millennia of international persecution, the State of Israel has somehow survived. EZEKIEL: THE GLORY OF THE LORD In Genesis they read Gods promise to Jacob, grandson of Abraham: The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you (Gen 35.12). Heres the real reason (although you probably wont agree): Politicians, the media, and many NGOs are really just pawns in a spiritual battle between truth and error, between light and darkness, between Christ and His adversary Satan. It is claimed that the BDS campaign has a much wider objective; namely, the elimination of the Jewish State and should be stopped, link. How long did he prophesy before the final fall of Jerusalem? Shalmaneser, angry that no tribute was being paid, and finding out the Hoshea was secretly seeking an Egyptian military alliance, acted swiftly against Israel. This led to the Babylonian Captivity in which Jewish people were exiled from Israel. Very often in Britain, especially when faced with the overwhelmingly anti-Israeli bias that is endemic in our liberal media and the BBC, we fail to ask ourselves what we would have done placed in their position? Image: Bible Places, Israel's Ancient History: 2. Non-Christians, including Jews, suffer, 1291 1517: Mamluk rule. As we end our year-long read-through of the Bible? Why did God do this? After some 2,500 years of dispersion amongst the nations, Israel will again take on her intended role in the world: You are My witnesses says the Lord, And My servant whom I have chosen (Isa 43.10). He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. The Catholic Church would later use the phrase to describe the movement of the papacy from Rome to Avignon. If you listen to these commands and obey them faithfully, then the Lord your God will continue to keep his covenant with you and will show you his constant love, as he promised your ancestors. For instance, the global BDS campaign (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) aims to create economic and political pressure on Israel concerning (so-called) land occupation and Palestinian rights. What happens to the glory of the LORD? I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone though all nations of the earth are gathered against it (Zech 12.3), This latter war appears to be unique in that it is not primarily man against man, but man against God; it is commonly known as Armageddon (Rev 16.16, 19.19). We owe to the Jews, wrote Winston Churchill in 1920, a system of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all wisdom and learning put together. But it is clear that the number (either symbolic or literal) is drawn only from 'the children of Israel' (Rev 7.4) and this is underscored by a list of the tribes of Israel (here the tribes of Dan and Ephraim are omitted, possibly because they led the children of Israel into idolatry, 1 Kings 12.25-30). Although they make up less than half of one percent of the world population, between 1901 and 1950 Jews won 14% of all the Nobel Prizes awarded for Literature and Science, and between 1951 and 2000 Jews won 32% of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, 32% for Physics, 39% for Economics and 29% for Science. The government is headed by the Prime Minister, who is elected in nationwide elections for a period of four years, and an elected President who has a largely apolitical ceremonial role. 15:29; 1 Chr. In turn, this weakened the authority of the church. Habakkuk Many of these tribes (the Sacae or Scythians), Kermans (Germanii), Jats, and Alani migrated out of Asia into Europe via the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea region of the Getae (or Gauthei) after the empire fell. As Jews started returning to their homeland around the start of the 20th century, the need to combat desertification became one of national importance. 841 BCE Israel pays tribute to Assyria . Arab governments rejected Israels offer to repatriate 100,000 Arab refugees, and the offer of UN money for the refugees. He said creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 609 BC In 2Ki 23:29 (CP 2Chr 35:20, 21, 22, 23, 24) God's judgment on Judah began when King Josiah was killed on the plain of Megiddo trying to stop Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, on his way to Carchemish on the Euphrates. Area A is under full control of the Palestinian Authority, Area B is under Palestinian civil control and shared Palestinian and Israeli security control, and Area C (62% of the West Bank) is under full Israeli control. Image copyright: Future Red Giant Earth Fsgregs at the English language Wikipedia project [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons. So, in returning, Judah held the royal symbol of kingship in Jerusalem until Christ came. Other resolutions refer to the on-going Palestinian refugee problem, but many see this now as a political tool by Arab nations, link, link. Why its so important to understand a brief overview of the historical periods of Israel. . In other words, Israel returns (largely in unbelief) to the land and heritage covenanted to Abraham and his descendants. | The Hub 0000128230 00000 n Israel is officially in water poverty, and so agriculture makes extensive use of treated sewage, computerized early-warning systems for leaks, and computerized drip irrigation and micro-sprinklers.