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Where is the ongoing war
in the Middle East headed?
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Can Israel survive when
it seems the whole world
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is lined up against
it? And many chant
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"from the river to the
sea"--meaning there can
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be no Israeli state--drive
all Jews out, from the
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Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
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In what way will events in
the Middle East affect you
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and your family?
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Can you know?
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And what about Europe,
where there is still
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a very real war being waged
by Western nations against
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Russia and its allies: China, North Korea, and Iran.
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Is it possible to
know the future?
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And if so, how?
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And what should we
watch for in 2024?
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At the beginning of
each year, we here at
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Tomorrow's World give you
trends to watch for in the
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coming year and beyond.
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Our predictions come
from an ancient source
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that has proven to be
accurate and reliable.
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And that source is the
Bible, where God makes
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this bold statement to the
skeptic in Isaiah 46:9-10:
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"I am God, and there is
none like Me, declaring
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the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times
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things that are not
yet done, saying,
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"My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure."
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Now that's a bold statement.
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Is it true?
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On today's program, you
may be shocked at how
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precise and accurate Bible
prophecy is regarding
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what you are seeing right
now in the Middle East.
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And the Bible shows that
events in that part of the
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world will affect the
rest of the world.
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To complement this program,
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Middle East in Prophecy.
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Now I'll be right back in five
seconds to reveal what
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the Bible foretells about
Jerusalem, about the
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Jewish state called
Israel, and how all of
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this will affect you
and your loved ones.
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Stay with me as we explore-- 2024 in Bible Prophecy.
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♪
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A warm welcome to all of
you from all of us here at
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Tomorrow's World.
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On today's program, I'll be giving you five trends to
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watch in 2024 and beyond-- especially in the Middle East.
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Thousands of years ago,
the Bible foretold
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what you see in living
color in today's news.
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None of us here at Tomorrow's World are prophets,
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but we can read what
the biblical prophets,
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under inspiration
from God, foretold.
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How can we be so certain
about the Bible as
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a reliable source
for future events?
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Answer: no human could
so accurately tell what
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would happen thousands
of years in advance.
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Do you doubt that?
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Well tell me this, what
will happen 2,000 years
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from now, in the year 4024?
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Pick any nation, any
city, any people, and
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make your prediction.
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And what about 3,700
years from now?
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Where will the
Jews be then?
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Will they have a country
to call their own?
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What about Germany
or the United States?
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What about cities such as
New York, London, Berlin,
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or Jerusalem?
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Give it your best shot and
see if you can match
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God for precision and
accuracy--not that you'll
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be alive in the flesh
to know what happens,
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but I think you
get the point.
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Making predictions that
far into the future is
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impossible apart from God.
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Based on Bible prophecy,
let's review what I said
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last January, as we
looked ahead to 2023.
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Trend #1: The crisis in
Europe will continue
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until a strongman arises to
bring ten kings together.
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And just as there were
two legs and feet in
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Nebuchadnezzar's image, so
there will be two legs in
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this combine of nations.
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So, Trend #2: Watch for a
geopolitical realignment
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in the next few years
between eastern and
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western Europe.
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The invasion of Ukraine
moved countries,
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such as Germany to begin
rearming--something we've
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predicted for decades.
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Several U.S. presidents
put pressure on Germany
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to do more militarily--
but to no avail--
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the invasion did it in
a matter of hours.
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These two predictions
will come to pass.
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A strongman will rise up
in the very near future,
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and bring together ten nations or leaders in Europe,
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and this implies a
geopolitical realignment.
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Therefore, watch Europe
as there will likely be
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surprises along the way.
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After giving those two
trends to watch in Europe,
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I then shifted to the
Middle East and to what
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to expect where
you may live.
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Even though we cannot
know the exact timing, the
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stage for these biblical
prophecies is being set.
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But also, let's not forget
what is happening in
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the Middle East.
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Jerusalem is at the center
of many Bible prophecies.
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So, Trend #3: Expect greater
tension in the Middle East
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between Israel
and her neighbors.
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But what about where
most of you live who are
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watching this telecast?
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Expect Trend #4: More chaos,
confusion, division, and
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disasters (manmade and
natural) for America
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and the British-
descended peoples.
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Yes, when you think it
can't get any worse,
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2023 may once again prove
that notion wrong.
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The United States,
Britain, Australia,
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Canada, and other British-descended peoples are on
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a downward spiral, and
unless we turn back to
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God--and we see no
evidence of that--
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no elected leader
will save us.
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We'll have ups and
downs, but the trend
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will continue down.
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The last four years saw
optimism for peace in
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the Middle East.
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The Abraham Accords brought normalization of relations
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between Israel and several
of its neighbors.
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And both Saudi Prince
Mohammed bin Salman and
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Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu were optimistic
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about normalizing relations between their two countries--
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possibly as soon as a
few days or a few weeks.
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And U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan declared:
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And the middle east region
is quieter today than it
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has been in two decades.
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Now he did say that could
change, and it did only
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8 days later with the
barbaric attacks by Hamas.
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In the remainder of this
program, I'll give you the
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Bible verses that explain
why we knew absolutely
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in spite of the Abraham
Accords and other positive
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signs, that there would be
greater tensions between
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Israel and her neighbors.
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and read from the Bible
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future of the Middle
East and the world.
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On this Tomorrow's World
program, we're looking
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at trends to watch for
in 2024 and beyond.
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Before the break, I said I
would read what the Bible
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says about the future of the
Middle East and the world.
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So let's get started.
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More than 3,700 years ago,
the grandson of Abraham
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brought his twelve
sons to him and said,
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"Gather together, that
I may tell you what
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shall befall you in
the last days:"
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"In the last days" is
specific, but it's
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doubtful that Jacob,
whose name was changed
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to Israel, had any idea
how far into the future
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that would be.
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Apart from a revelation
from God, no human being
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could possibly know what
to expect of his progeny,
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so far into the future.
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Now here's a prophecy for his
son Judah, meaning the Jews.
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"Your hand shall be on
the neck of your enemies;
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Judah is a lion's whelp;
from the prey, my son,
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you have gone up.
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He bows down, he lies down
as a lion; and as a lion,
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who shall rouse him?
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The scepter shall not
depart from Judah, nor a
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lawgiver from between his
feet, Until Shiloh comes;
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and to Him shall be the
obedience of the people."
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Note that the promised lawgiver,
that is the Messiah, would
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come from the Jews, and He
did 1700 years later.
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Many recognize this, but
what about the part that
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describes the "time of
the end" when the Jews
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would be as a lion that
is best not roused?
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Is that not the history of
the last 75 years and what
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we see even now?
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Dear friends, there are even more specific prophecies that
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were given 2500 years ago
by the prophet Zechariah.
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Notice what God foretold
through him in chapter 12
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and verses 2-3:
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"Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of
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drunkenness to all the
surrounding peoples, when
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they lay siege against Judah [the Jews] and Jerusalem.
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And it shall happen in
that day that I will make
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Jerusalem a very heavy
stone for all peoples;
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all who would heave it away
will surely be cut in pieces,
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though all nations of the earth are gathered against it."
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Consider how specific and
remarkable this passage is.
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Note these five points:
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#1: The Jews will
be in Jerusalem
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Now that was far from
a given--it has not
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always been that way.
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The Romans destroyed
Jerusalem in 70 AD and
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expelled Jews from the
Holy Land in 135 AD.
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For more than 1800 years
there was no Jewish state--
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not anywhere on earth.
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As Richard Ames explains in
The Middle East in Prophecy:
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"Jerusalem was in the hands
of Byzantine rulers when
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it fell to a Muslim army led
by Caliph Umar in 638....
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This crusade brought
Jerusalem under Western
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control in the "Latin
Kingdom of Jerusalem,"
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which held the city
from 1099 to 1187,
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when Saladin reconquered
Jerusalem for Islam.
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Later crusades brought
Jerusalem briefly under
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Western control from 1229
to 1239, and from 1243
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to 1244, when it was
sacked by the Tatars.
12:58.878 --> 13:02.548
In 1247, the city fell
to the Egyptian Mamluks,
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under whose control it
remained until 1517,
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when Ottoman sultan Selim
I conquered the city.
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In 1917, the British took
control, and through a
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series of events, the Holy
Land was partitioned, giving
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the Jews a portion of it.
13:21.333 --> 13:24.069
They declared their
independence to form a
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Jewish homeland in 1948.
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Arab neighbors immediately
attacked and tried to drive
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the Jews out, but the lion
rose up and prevailed.
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So while we may take it
for granted that there is
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a Jewish state on the eastern end of the Mediterranean,
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it was not always so, not
from 135 AD until 1948.
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But what else do we
learn from Zechariah?
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#2: And it shall happen in
that day that I will make
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Jerusalem a very heavy
stone for all peoples.
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Now is that true my friends?
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When this was written,
Christianity was more than
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500 years in the future,
and Islam nearly 600 years
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after Christianity.
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Yet today, Jerusalem is
at the heart of three
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religions--Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam.
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All lay claim
to Jerusalem.
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It truly is a troublesome
stone--the great sticking
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point in all peace talks.
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#3:... all who would heave
it away [that is the heavy stone
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of Jerusalem] will surely
be cut in pieces.
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Remember Jacob's prediction
that in the last days, Judah
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would be like a resting lion that is best not aroused?
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In 1967 Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nassar threatened
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Israel by moving troops
to Israel's border.
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Jordan and Syria would
join the fight, but the
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Jews struck pre-emptively
and defeated their enemies
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on all sides in
a mere six days.
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In 1973 Israel's neighbors
attacked on the most sacred
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Jewish Holy Day--Yom
Kippur--when the Jews
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were weak from fasting.
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But once again, they cut
their enemies in pieces.
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There are two more lessons
we learn from Zechariah,
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and I'll give them, and
more, in the next portion
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of today's program, but I
want to take a 15 second
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break to remind you
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seminal events in the
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what else to expect
in 2024 and beyond.
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What's ahead in the Middle
East as we enter 2024?
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What does the Bible
have to say about it?
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As we're seeing,
quite a bit.
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So far, we've seen three
lessons from Zechariah 12.
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#1: The Jews will
be in Jerusalem.
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#2: Jerusalem would be a very heavy stone in the world.
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#3: ... all who would heave
it away [the heavy stone
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of Jerusalem] will surely
be cut in pieces.
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Now let's look at another
point from Zechariah 12:
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#4: ... though all nations
of the earth are gathered
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against it [that is Israel].
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Are all nations gathered
against the Jews?
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There are more United
Nations resolutions
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condemning Israel than all
other countries combined.
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And consider the massive
demonstrations taking
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place all over the world
against the Jews--
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in Russia, in China,
in Germany, in France,
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in the United States, in
Australia, and in Britain.
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The father of the Jews
prophesied 3,700 years ago
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that they would be a
powerful military force.
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They would be like a lion
that is best not aroused.
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This is also confirmed
in Zechariah 12:6:
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"In that day I will make
the governors of Judah
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like a firepan in the
woodpile, and like a
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fiery torch in the sheaves;
they shall devour all the
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surrounding peoples on
the right hand and on the
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left, but Jerusalem shall
be inhabited again in her
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own place--Jerusalem."
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This has hardly been the
Jewish history until
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the last 75 years.
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So, we next read:
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#5: The Jews ability to
wield great military might
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Dear friends, these are
remarkable prophesies,
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but there's more.
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Despite their military
prowess, there is coming
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a time in the near future
when Jerusalem will
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be overrun by the
Jews' enemies.
18:32.277 --> 18:37.883
What happened October 7, 2023 will happen in Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 14 gives the details.
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"Behold, the day of the
LORD is coming, and your
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spoil will be divided
in your midst.
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For I will gather all the
nations to battle against
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Jerusalem; the city shall
be taken, the houses
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rifled, and the
women ravished.
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Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant
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of the people shall not
be cut off from the city."
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Note that Jerusalem
today is a divided city,
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just as the prophet
indicated when he said
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"Half the city shall
go into captivity."
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Again, Zechariah speaks
of the world lining up
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against the Jews.
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Revelation 11:2 tells us that Jerusalem would be overrun
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by the Gentiles for a period
of three and a half years
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leading up to the return of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
19:32.404 --> 19:35.574
"But leave out the court
which is outside the temple,
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and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles.
19:39.444 --> 19:42.047
And they will tread the
holy city underfoot for
19:42.114 --> 19:43.782
forty-two months.
19:43.849 --> 19:47.986
The time setting of
Zechariah 14 is yet future.
19:48.053 --> 19:50.789
It's that two and a half
year period called the
19:50.856 --> 19:54.293
Great Tribulation and the
one-year day of the Lord
19:54.359 --> 19:57.229
when God's wrath on
rebellious mankind leads
19:57.296 --> 19:59.398
to Christ's second coming.
19:59.464 --> 20:02.534
This is stated
explicitly in verse 4:
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"And in that day His feet
will stand on the Mount of
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Olives, which faces
Jerusalem on the east.
20:08.774 --> 20:11.176
And the Mount of Olives
shall be split in two,
20:11.243 --> 20:15.581
from east to west, making
a very large valley; half
20:15.647 --> 20:17.983
of the mountain shall move
toward the north and half
20:18.050 --> 20:19.785
of it toward the south."
20:19.851 --> 20:22.287
And if that's not clear
enough, here's what it
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tells us in verse 9:
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"And the LORD shall be
King over all the earth.
20:27.559 --> 20:30.462
In that day it shall be--
"The LORD is one,"
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and His name one."
20:32.531 --> 20:36.935
So where are we in the scope
of end-time Bible prophecy?
20:37.002 --> 20:41.039
Those who have eyes to see
recognize that we're on
20:41.106 --> 20:44.910
the edge of a worldwide
war of catastrophic
20:44.977 --> 20:48.847
proportions, just as the
Bible shows elsewhere.
20:48.914 --> 20:51.183
But the end is not yet.
20:51.249 --> 20:54.553
There are other prophecies
that must first take place.
20:54.620 --> 20:58.790
Before giving you the five
trends to watch in 2024
20:58.857 --> 21:02.794
and beyond, let me remind
you again of today's free
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East in Prophecy.
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As Richard Ames--long-time
evangelist and fellow
21:09.134 --> 21:11.136
Tomorrow's World
presenter, writes:
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The Middle East has been
in turmoil for decades, and
21:14.873 --> 21:18.310
many who follow world news wonder what will happen next.
21:18.377 --> 21:22.481
Yet very few realize that
Bible prophecy explains in
21:22.547 --> 21:25.717
advance the earthshaking
events that will lead to
21:25.784 --> 21:28.987
increased conflict and
greater disasters in the
21:29.054 --> 21:33.025
region--ultimately to
World War III and then
21:33.091 --> 21:35.327
the return of Christ.
21:35.394 --> 21:38.196
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trends to watch in
2024 and beyond.
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As stated at the beginning
of this program, we here
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at Tomorrow's World give
you trends to watch, based
22:55.173 --> 22:59.344
on Bible prophecy for the
coming year and beyond.
22:59.411 --> 23:02.514
Note that we say "and
beyond," because while
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we understand the general
time-frame, we cannot know
23:05.917 --> 23:10.355
the exact day or even the year
these events will take place.
23:10.422 --> 23:15.393
That's why we read this warning from Jesus Christ in Luke 21:
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"But take heed to
yourselves, lest your
23:18.130 --> 23:20.499
hearts be weighed
down with carousing,
23:20.565 --> 23:24.536
drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and that Day
23:24.603 --> 23:26.905
come on you unexpectedly.
23:26.972 --> 23:29.741
For it will come as a
snare on all those who
23:29.808 --> 23:31.877
dwell on the face
of the whole earth.
23:31.943 --> 23:35.714
Watch therefore, and pray
always that you may be
23:35.781 --> 23:38.583
counted worthy to escape
all these things that will
23:38.650 --> 23:43.088
come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of Man."
23:43.155 --> 23:47.459
So here are trends to
watch in 2024 and the
23:47.526 --> 23:49.561
immediate years ahead.
23:49.628 --> 23:54.065
#1: Watch for increasing
demand for international
23:54.132 --> 23:57.202
intervention and control
over Jerusalem.
23:57.269 --> 24:00.172
World leaders are already
wondering what to do
24:00.238 --> 24:02.974
in the aftermath of
this current war.
24:03.041 --> 24:06.444
Who will administer Gaza,
the West Bank, and yes,
24:06.511 --> 24:08.613
Jerusalem itself?
24:08.680 --> 24:11.850
Mr. Richard Ames writes in
The Middle East in Prophecy,
24:11.917 --> 24:15.353
As violence escalates in the region around Jerusalem,
24:15.420 --> 24:18.890
watch for more world leaders
to join in demanding
24:18.957 --> 24:22.294
international control of this ancient city held dear
24:22.360 --> 24:25.931
by Jews, Christians,
and Muslims alike.
24:25.997 --> 24:30.235
#2: Watch for the forming of what the Bible calls
24:30.302 --> 24:33.004
"the king of the South"
arising in the Middle East
24:33.071 --> 24:35.273
and Northeastern Africa.
24:35.340 --> 24:38.910
The 11th chapter of Daniel
gives a detailed history
24:38.977 --> 24:41.213
of intrigue and war
between a king of
24:41.279 --> 24:44.316
the north and a king
of the south.
24:44.382 --> 24:47.552
This interplay between the
two covers a period of
24:47.619 --> 24:52.591
2,500 years, all the way to
the time of Christ's return.
24:52.657 --> 24:56.595
Verses 40-45 tell
us how it will end.
24:56.661 --> 24:59.130
"At the time of the end the
king of the South shall
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attack him; and the king
of the North shall
25:01.867 --> 25:04.502
come against him like a
whirlwind, with chariots,
25:04.569 --> 25:08.106
horsemen, and with many
ships; and he shall enter
25:08.173 --> 25:11.843
the countries, overwhelm
them, and pass through.
25:11.910 --> 25:15.747
He shall also enter the
Glorious Land, and many
25:15.814 --> 25:18.683
countries shall be
overthrown; but these
25:18.750 --> 25:22.153
shall escape from his
hand: Edom, Moab, and the
25:22.220 --> 25:23.922
prominent people of Ammon.
25:23.989 --> 25:26.091
He shall stretch out
his hand against the
25:26.157 --> 25:29.694
countries, and the land
of Egypt shall not escape.
25:29.761 --> 25:32.430
He shall have power over
the treasures of gold and
25:32.497 --> 25:35.567
silver, and over all the
precious things of Egypt;
25:35.634 --> 25:39.971
also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.
25:40.038 --> 25:43.074
But news from the east and
the north shall trouble him;
25:43.141 --> 25:45.744
therefore he shall
go out with great fury
25:45.810 --> 25:48.580
to destroy and
annihilate many.
25:48.647 --> 25:50.949
And he shall plant the
tents of his palace
25:51.016 --> 25:54.019
between the seas and the
glorious holy mountain;
25:54.085 --> 25:58.657
yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him."
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Psalm 83 speaks of a
coalition of nations who
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conspire together
against Israel.
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Is this not the attitude
that we see right now?
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"They have said, "Come, and
let us cut them off from
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being a nation, that the
name of Israel may be
26:15.307 --> 26:17.108
remembered no more."
26:17.175 --> 26:19.911
For they have consulted
together with one consent;
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they form a confederacy
against You."
26:23.415 --> 26:26.284
This coming confederacy
will include Assyria--
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modern day Germany and
the European Beast power.
26:30.055 --> 26:32.624
This will be the
king of the north.
26:32.691 --> 26:34.626
And this is why we say:
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#3: Watch Europe--
especially Germany.
26:38.730 --> 26:42.400
Expect to see the formation
of a German led group of ten
26:42.467 --> 26:47.072
leaders or nations that the Bible refers to as the Beast.
26:47.138 --> 26:53.044
#4: Watch for animal sacrifices to begin in Jerusalem.
26:53.111 --> 26:55.780
As explained in The
Middle East in Prophecy,
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this does not require a temple.
26:58.717 --> 27:02.887
The Jews began sacrificing after returning from Babylonian
27:02.954 --> 27:06.825
captivity prior to building
the second temple.
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And finally,
27:08.193 --> 27:12.197
#5: Watch for a charismatic miracle-working
27:12.263 --> 27:14.899
religious leader to
rise up in Europe.
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Again, we cannot know
exactly when these events
27:18.203 --> 27:22.774
will happen, but according
to Bible prophecy, they will.
27:22.841 --> 27:26.177
As we have seen on today's
program, the Bible is very
27:26.244 --> 27:30.015
accurate and specific,
and many prophecies are
27:30.081 --> 27:33.118
coming to pass right
before our eyes.
27:33.184 --> 27:36.054
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