God watches carefully over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). As believers, we are called to TRUST in God’s perfect timing. This requires patience and a willingness to wait upon the Lord. God will sometimes fulfill His Word immediately and other times, over a very long period of time. The fulfillment of prophecy over thousands of years illustrates that God works on a vastly different timeline from our own.
Still, our human nature often wants to “help God’s Word along’. Growing impatient and feeling like we must, through human efforts, bring about the fulfillment of prophecy, is fraught with danger and can yield terrible consequences. God’s Word IS SURE and will be performed His Way, at His appointed time; however, there have been many times that mankind has taken it upon himself to “make it happen”.
Thankfully, God extends His grace towards us despite our interference and disruption of His design. Even in our meddling, God will fulfill His purposes; nevertheless, there are repercussions when we try to manifest His promises according to OUR own methods or timelines.
We see several examples of mankind attempting to force-fulfill prophecy in the Scriptures.
God’s Covenant with Abraham
One of the most notable examples of man’s interference occurred during the days of Abraham. Abraham is one of the Patriarchs of the Christian Faith. Twenty generations from the first human (Adam) and ten generations from Noah’s flood, Abraham represents God’s renewed relationship with mankind. At this point, mankind had wrecked our original relationship with God. Through Abraham and his descendants, God had a plan to RE-ESTABLISH a RELATIONSHIP with mankind.
Covenants are the key 🗝️to God’s redemptive plan to restore humanity to its divine calling. These divine-human partnerships drive the Biblical narrative forward until it reaches its climax in Jesus Christ. To tell the story of God redeeming humanity through Jesus Christ is to tell the story of God’s covenantal relationship with humans. (More on God’s Covenants)
God made an ETERNAL COVENANT with Abraham (Abram) and his descendants that continues to this day.
God determined to call out a special people for Himself, and through that special people He would bless the whole world.
The Lord told Abram,
Genesis 12:2: “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you””6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.
God promised Abraham that He would make him into a “great nation”. In-fact, In Genesis Chapter 17, God expanded this Covenant by telling Abraham that he would be the father of “many nations”. (Genesis 17:4-6) After waiting for over 20 years for God’s Promises to materialize, Abram grew very worried about his childlessness, as he and Sarai were both nearly 90 years old.
Abraham wondered how he could fulfill the role of father to a great nation, and indeed many nations, since he was an elderly man with no descendants to his name.
God responded to Abraham’s concern with a powerful visual promise, taking Abram outside and saying, “Look up at the sky and count the stars⭐—if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be” (Genesis 15:5).
Genesis 15: After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.”
5 And He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars✨, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 And he believed the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness.
Abraham and Sarah attempt to force-fulfill God’s Covenant
The Bible says that “Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness”. Abraham had faith in God’s promises; however, the long wait for an heir caused Abraham to grow uncertain. He questioned WHEN and HOW God would bring about His promises. Let’s face it, Abraham was over 85 years old, and his wife Sarah was only slightly younger, both significantly advanced in age. While they did not doubt God’s ability to fulfill His promises, they grappled with the manner of its realization. Sarah was well beyond child-bearing years.
Sarah, in particular, began to lose hope. She came up with her own plan to fulfill God’s promises rather than TRUSTING GOD to fulfill His Promises HIS WAY, in HIS TIMING. God had promised ABRAHAM that He would be a father to many nations. However, what about HER? Perhaps they could utilize Sarah’s Egyptian handmaid Hagar to fulfill the Promise? After all, this was a common practice in the Middle East at this time. When a wife stopped bearing children, it was common to send in a “surrogate” to lie with her husband and bear children FOR HER. You can imagine how this “system” was fraught with trouble!!
Hagar did sleep with Abraham and Ishmael was born. Abraham became the father of Ishmael, and thus Sarah and Abraham believed that God’s promise to make Abraham a father of a great nation would be fulfilled through Ishmael. This was Sarah and Abraham’s plan. It was NOT God’s plan. God later made it perfectly clear that He was going to fulfill His promises through ABRAHAM AND SARAH and a great miracle, NOT through Hagar and Ishmael.
Genesis 17:18: And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” 19 But God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.”
God ultimately granted the aged and barren Sarah a miraculous GIFT – a son, Isaac. Through Isaac and his lineage, the fulfillment of God’s Covenant was set in motion. Nevertheless, Abraham and Sarah’s attempt to “force-fulfill” God’s Promises (prophecy) on THEIR OWN TERMS and in THEIR OWN TIMING led to terrible, unforeseen consequences that persist to this day.
Consequences of Abraham and Sarah’s plot 😕
As you can imagine, there was extreme tension between Hagar and Sarah.
Genesis 16:4: And he (tfj: Abraham) went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress (tfj: Sarah) was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.
The plan to “help” God fulfill His promises by giving Hagar to Abram was Sarai’s idea in the first place. What Sarai failed to anticipate was Hagar growing contemptuous of her. Perhaps with good reason, Hagar would not relish the idea of giving up her child to Sarai and remaining the servant. She felt she was Abram’s wife, too, after all. Also, in that culture a woman’s fertility was seen as a sign of her worth. So, Hagar’s ability to conceive immediately for Abram, when Sarai had been childless for decades, was likely a source of pride for Hagar. Sarai responded to Hagar’s contempt by treating her cruelly, to the point where Hagar fled to the desert.
The conflict between Sarai and Hagar did not end with the two women. Over the years, the descendants of Ishmael (Ishmaelites) assimilated with the Biblical Midianites, and together they caused great trouble for the descendants of Isaac (Israelites). (Judges 6-8) The Midianites originated from Abraham and Keturah, the wife of Abraham’s old age.
Even today we see the fallout from Abraham and Sarah’s attempt to FORCE-FULFILL PROPHECY as the conflict between Israel and her neighbors is on-going and will continue up until the second coming of Jesus Christ. Ishmael is considered the father of the Arab people. In Islamic tradition, Ishmael is associated with the building of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Rebecca and Jacob attempt to force-fulfill God’s Covenant
The incident with Abraham and Sarah was not an isolated incident; it reflects a broader tendency among humanity to attempt to “fulfill” God’s Word through our own actions.
Years later we observe a similar incident when Rebecca, the wife of Isaac, devised a plan to expedite the fulfillment of another one of God’s promises, rather than placing her faith in God’s sovereignty to accomplish it Himself.
Isaac, the Promised Son of Abraham and Sarah, was designated to be the vessel for the Covenantal blessings that were to be bestowed upon the world through his descendants. Isaac is recognized as a significant Patriarch within the Christian faith.
Genesis 25:21: And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
the older shall serve the younger.”
Like Sarah, Isaac’s WIFE Rebecca was ALSO barren (unable to have children). Isaac prayed to the Lord and God heard his prayer. 🙏🏻Rebecca became pregnant with twins.
When the twins were born, Esau was the firstborn and Jacob emerged from the womb shortly after. This is very significant because Jewish tradition dictates that Esau receive the birthright blessing as the firstborn son.
In the Bible, the concepts of birthright and blessing hold great importance, particularly within the patriarchal accounts of the Old Testament. These concepts are deeply intertwined with the themes of inheritance, divine favor, and the unfolding of God’s covenantal promises. The birthright, in ancient Near Eastern culture, was a position of honor and authority bestowed upon the firstborn son. It included a double portion of the inheritance and leadership of the family. The birthright also carried spiritual implications, as it was often associated with the continuation of God’s covenantal promises. The birthright thus served as a conduit for divine purposes, linking the recipient to God’s overarching plan for His people.
This is significant to understand because Esau, as the firstborn son, would normally have been the one to receive the “birthright blessing”.
Genesis 25:25: And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
The boys grew up together, each with their own responsibilities. Esau grew up as a “hairy man” with thick red hair. He was a skillful hunter who spent his days in the open country. In contrast, Jacob is described as a quiet or pious man who enjoyed staying at home. The life of Jacob, the herdsman and the shepherd who stayed at home, is contrasted with that of the fierce and roving huntsman Esau. The ideal patriarchal habit of life seems to be pastoral.
Esau was the favored son of his father Isaac who enjoyed eating game, but Rebekah loved or favored Jacob. Rebekah had also not forgotten the prophecy that the Lord had given when she was pregnant about the two boys being “two nations”, and the older (Esau) would serve the younger (Jacob).
Genesis 25: 27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
In Genesis, Chapter 25 we read that Esau “despised his birthright”. He didn’t regard it as anything important. In-fact, at one point, Esau “sold” it to Jacob for a “bowl of stew”. Esau did not recognize the importance of this blessing was until it was too late.
Genesis 25:29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
31 Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
In addition, Esau grieved his parents by marrying pagan women from the neighboring tribes, the Hittites, the Hivites and the Ishmaelites.
Genesis 26:34: When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
Genesis 36:1: Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 also Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel, 5 and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
God’s Covenantal Promises were for a people called to be separate from the world. The Canaanites worshipped “other gods” and many of the Canaanites had intermingled with the nephilim.
If you recall, Genesis 6 tells us that the Nephilim were the result of human beings sexually interacting with fallen angels. The Nephilim (giants) were the offspring of this illegitimate union. These giants were incredibly large, strong, and evil. Their corruption of mankind was the reason for the flood. Apparently, some of them survived or reconstituted after the flood and are seen throughout many scriptures in the Old Testament (Tanakh). They are residing in the Promised Land of Canaan and are the very ones that God will later (during the days of the Judges) instruct Israel to ANHILLATE AND DRIVE OUT.
Esau married into some really questionable families and thus grieved his parents greatly.
As Isaac grew old, his eyes grew dim. When it became time for Isaac to depart the earth, he planned on passing down the birthright blessing to his firstborn son Esau as was the tradition.
Rebecca, recognizing Esau’s mixing with the pagan nations that surrounded them, decided to intervene to ensure that Jacob got the birthright blessing. Utilizing the fact that the aged Isaac had grown blind, Rebecca devised a deceptive scheme to have him pass the birthright blessing to the younger son Jacob and not Esau, the firstborn.
Genesis 27: 15 Then Rebekah took the best garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 She also gave the delicious meal and the bread which she had made to her son Jacob.
After all, hadn’t Esau sold it to Jacob for a bowl of stew anyway? 🍲
Genesis 27:18 Then he came to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Come now, sit and eat of my game, so that you may bless me.”
When Esau later heard about the deception, he was very angry 😡because what was done could not be undone.
Genesis 27:28: “See, the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed;
28 Now may God give you of the dew of heaven,
And of the fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine;29 May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
Be master of your brothers,
And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”Genesis 27:41 So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Jacob had to be sent away in order to protect him from his vengeful brother Esau who plotted to take his life.
We discover later in Genesis 28 that Isaac called Jacob in for a second blessing FULLY knowing who he was speaking to. The second blessing, which Isaac designed especially for Jacob, focuses on posterity and land, and identifies Jacob as inheriting the promises God made to Abraham:
Gen 28:3: May God Almighty bless you (tfj: Jacob) and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples. 4 May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, so that you may possess the land where you live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
In other words, Isaac appointed Jacob to be the third Patriarch, the carrier and the future of the unique Abrahamic covenant that distinguished this family. Significantly, in the blessing Isaac had meant for Esau, he did not mention Abraham. Isaac, though blind, thus emerges as observant and discerning, fully capable of distinguishing between his own emotional preference for Esau and the needs of the clan. He had prepared a different blessing for each of his sons, in accordance with their respective personalities and destinies.
Rebecca’s misguided scheme was not only completely UNNECESSARY, but it also drove a wedge between brothers and their descendants forever. Rebecca failed to TRUST GOD.
Genesis 36:8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
Esau became the father of the Edomites and Jacob became the father of the Israelites, and the two nations continued to struggle through most of their history. Although descended from twin brothers, the Israelites and the Edomites did not worship the same “God”. The Edomites worshipped the pagan gods of the surrounding nations and they regularly attacked Israel. Many wars were fought as a result.
History shows us that trying to force fulfill God’s promises usually ends in disaster. Even when we mean well, jumping ahead of God and trying to make things happen our way instead of waiting on His timing can lead to tragic results. Thankfully, God anticipates our response and has a plan that’s going to work out in the end; but trying to speed up His schedule or shape prophecy to fit our wishes usually leads to terrible consequences.
With this in mind, let us now address end-times Bible prophecy. Could this pattern be playing out once more, right before our eyes?
What would happen if ISRAEL’S reconvened Sanhedrin attempted to force-fulfill Biblical prophecy?
The Jewish people have the Tanakh (Hebrew “Bible”) which includes the writings of the Prophets. The Tanakh does not include the New Testament – Ha-Brit Ha-Hadasha). Without the New Testament or the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, which only comes through FAITH in the MESSIAH JESUS CHRIST, it is impossible to properly interpret the prophecies of the Tanakh.
Is it possible that some members of the Jewish leadership in Israel (Sanhedrin), in conjunction with others from around the world, are attempting to force-fulfill prophecy?
Daniel 12:4: But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Hebrews 1:2: but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
“Once Again, Build the House of Prayer for All Nations with the Sanhedrin’s Triumph – April 28, 2025“
Isaiah 56:7: Even those I will bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
Who were the Sanhedrin?
The term Sanhedrin is from a Greek word that means “assembly” or “council” and dates from the Hellenistic period, but the concept is one that goes back to the Bible. The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel, made up of 70 men and the high priest. In the Second Temple period, the Great Sanhedrin met in the Temple in Jerusalem.
In the New Testament, the Sanhedrin are variously referred to as “the chief priests, the elders, and all the council”
This group was the driving force that insured Jesus was betrayed, falsely arrested, falsely accused, unjustly judged, and condemned to a death on the cross. ✝️It was members of the council who bribed Judas Iscariot with thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus (Matthew 26:14 – 16). It was they who, contrary to Jewish law, had Jesus arrested without a formal accusation of wrongdoing (Deuteronomy 19:15).
It’s important to note that not all members of this group bore responsibility for the death of Jesus. The Bible identifies Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus as two individuals within this group who may have harbored a secret belief in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Additionally, ecclesiastical tradition has supposed that Gamaliel embraced the Christian Faith and remained a member of the Sanhedrin for the purpose of helping secretly his fellow-Christians (cf. Recognitions of Clement, I, lxv, lxvi). According to Photius, he was baptized by St. Peter and St. John, together with his son and with Nicodemus. He is venerated as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
However, the Bible seems to indicate that the majority of the Sanhedrin were NOT sympathetic to Christianity.
The last binding decision of the Sanhedrin was in 358AD, when the Hebrew calendar was adopted. The Sanhedrin was dissolved in 358 AD by the edict of the Byzantine emperor.
New Sanhedrin
In 2004 on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, a new Sanhedrin arose after an absence of more than 1,400 years. Staffed by Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox rabbis who want Israeli life to conform to the Torah and rabbinical law, the Sanhedrin has been a great indicator that the stage is being set for the last days, as foretold in Bible prophecy.
New Home for the Sanhedrin? This new facility has 71 seats in a semi-circle facing a golden “ark.”
All indications suggest that the “reconvened” Sanhedrin is diligently pursuing the realization of Isaiah 56:7 and other Biblical prophecies. It appears that the Sanhedrin, in collaboration with entities from various nations, is actively striving to force-fulfill the end time prophecies found in the Tanakh.
“The time is now. For decades, “Never Again” has been our rallying cry, a solemn vow to shield our people from the horrors of history. But today, a bolder vision dawns: “Once Again”…a sacred call to restore Israel’s greatness as in the days of King David, when Torah governed, Temple offerings sanctified our land, and Hashem’s glory made us a light to the nations. The path forward is clear: elevate the Sanhedrin as our supreme authority, rekindle the offerings, and rebuild the House of Prayer for all peoples. This is the House of Prayer for All (HOPA), a movement of faith, unity, and destiny, too vast to contain, too holy to deny.”
“In King David’s era, Israel was a kingdom of divine purpose. The Temple’s altar blazed with offerings, drawing our hearts near to Hashem. Jerusalem’s hills rang with psalms, and the nations looked to Zion with awe. Today, we stand at a crossroads. A secular government, swayed by globalist pressures, drifts from this heritage, prioritizing compromise over covenant.
At HOPA’s heart are small but mighty Knesset factions: Shas, with its Sephardi devotion; United Torah Judaism, steadfast in Haredi tradition; Religious Zionism, burning with zeal for our biblical land. These parties, commanding 20-30 seats, hold the key to a 61-vote majority. With one Basic Law, passed in weeks, they can declare the Sanhedrin—reestablished in 2004 by courageous rabbis—as Israel’s supreme authority, its Torah-based rulings binding over secular laws. The offerings will return, their smoke rising as a sign of our closeness to Hashem. The Third Temple, the House of Prayer foretold by Isaiah, will rise to bless all nations. One vote, one sacred act, and the world is transformed, as swift as David’s sling felling Goliath.
“This vision transcends our borders. The world stands ready to join us. America, our steadfast ally, is poised to champion this revival. Evangelical Christians, millions strong, see the Temple’s rise as biblical prophecy unfolding. Billionaires, from Silicon Valley’s tech titans to New York’s philanthropists like Miriam Adelson, and royals, from Gulf palaces to European dynasties, are prepared to empty their coffers, funding the Temple as a global sanctuary. From Brazil’s faithful to India’s spiritual seekers, the nations yearn for this House of Prayer, perhaps even more than we do. As Isaiah proclaimed, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” By restoring the Sanhedrin, we ignite a spiritual renewal that will heal a fractured world, fulfilling Israel’s role as a beacon once again.“
The Reconvened Jewish Sanhedrin believe that building the Third Temple will invite in the Jewish Messiah who will usher in the “New Age” whereby the Temple /Israel will become a “House of Prayer for all nations”. They do not yet recognize that Jesus Christ IS the prophesied Messiah who comes twice, first as the suffering servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12), and later as the conquering King. (Isaiah 63:1-6; Ezekiel 37:24-25; Zechariah 14:4)
For this reason, they have made a number of moves to usher this along…
Moves that include:
- The reconvening of the Sanhedrin
- The gathering/Creating all of the vessels of the Third Temple
- The reestablishment of the Levitical priesthood
- Preparing Kohanim (priests) and Levites for service in the Third Temple.
- In 2010, uncut stones were collected from the Dead Sea for the construction of the Temple altar. Such pristine stones are believed to fulfill the injunction that such building material be free from contact with metal tools. (Deuteronomy 27:5)
- Passover 2015, the Kohanim in training completed an accurate, authentic re-enactment of the Korban Pesach (Passover offering). It is the first time in 2,000 years that this offering has been witnessed.
- The Red heifer, necessary to build the Third Temple.
“The Temple Institute is actively engaged in the research and preparation of the resumption of service in the Holy Temple to the extent of actually preparing operational blueprints for the construction of the Temple according to the most modern standards,” Richman told CBN News’ Chris Mitchell.
Indeed, the Institute has already created over 60 sacred Temple vessels that will be needed for worship in the coming rebuilt Temple.
Four Kohanim walk beside a small modular altar in the Temple Institute that can be disassembled and placed within the Third Temple. Two Kohanim carry ceramic vessels filled with pure olive oil that will be stored for use in the Third Temple. On the ramp of the altar is the three-pronged fork for placing the offerings on the fire atop the altar. The copper vessel will be used to remove the previous day’s ashes. (Source: Temple Institute Facebook)
“Each time I visit Israel, I am increasingly confronted by those who honestly believe that the ultimate role of religion in Israel is to bring about world unity and, thereby, peace. Many of my Jewish friends now refer to the G-d of the Bible as “the Creator,” thus avoiding the snare of using a specific name that might offend the hearer. (Rob Matsen – Koinonia House)“
History has shown us that God’s Word SHALL be fulfilled regardless of our human efforts and yet there are always disastrous, unanticipated consequences when we attempt to force- fulfill God’s Word through our own plans and schemes.
Without the blessing of the New Testament (Brit Chadashah), the Jewish Sanhedrin and others are not able to understand HOW God plans to fulfill the Promise in His Word that “His House will be a house of prayer for all nations”. They believe that when THEY build the Third Temple, the Jewish Messiah (Moshiach) will come and bring about World Peace implementing the Noahide Laws. They believe that the Moshiach will rule the world, along with the Sanhedrin from the Third Temple. Without the New Testament, this is how they interpret the scriptures. They are actively working to bring this about.
They will eventually build the THIRD TEMPLE, but it won’t be the Messiah who will make an INITIAL appearance there. By attempting to FORCE-FULFILL Bible prophecy, the Jewish people WILL experience the unanticipated consequences of the ANTICHRIST. In so doing, they will literally be inviting the enemy of humanity into the Holy Place (Temple/Jerusalem). The antichrist is a DECIEVER, INITIALLY APPEARING TO BE A “MAN OF PEACE”.
2 Thessalonians 2:3: No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness👿 is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
The NEW TESTAMENT gives us the REST OF THE STORY.
After the rebuilding of the Temple, the antichrist will emerge as the “Jewish Messiah” that the Sanhedrin have been anticipating. He will offer a deceptive semblance of “peace”; however, THAT PEACE will be fleeting. Shortly after the antichrist assumes his position in the Temple, asserting himself as “God,” he will instigate DESTRUCTION and DESOLATION, not peace.
Zechariah 14:1: Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Without the New Testament and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, which manifests only through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, the Jewish Sanhedrin will quickly come to the harrowing realization that their efforts to force-fulfill Bible prophecy led to disastrous consequences. God, through His foreknowledge, spoke of these consequences in the book of Zechariah.
Ultimately, Jesus Christ WILL return and HE HIMSELF will bring about the FULFILLMENT of the prophecies. Jesus Christ will SAVE ISRAEL and DESTROY the antichrist and all those who align with him in his wicked plot to destroy and enslave humanity.
Zechariah 14:3: Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day (TFJ: DAY OF THE LORD) his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6 On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost. 7 And there shall be a unique[c] day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.
8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem🌊, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
9 And the Lord will be king over all the earth👑. On that day (TFJ: DAY OF THE LORD) the Lord will be one (Echad) and his name one.
Zechariah 12: 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy🌊, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced✝️, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child😭, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
11 On that day (TFJ: DAY OF THE LORD) the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
Jesus Christ will ULTIMATELY rule and reign from Jerusalem and HE HIMSELF as GOD ALMIGHTY will FINALLY bring about the FULFILLMENT of Isaiah 56. What the enemy means for evil, God will use for Good, just as He always has.
Mankind has always had the tendency to want to do things our own way rather than waiting on the Lord. This tendency has gotten us into trouble on more than one occasion. Nevertheless, our God is so awesome that He can transform our MESS into His MESSAGE. God uses ALL things together for the good of those who LOVE HIM!
Praise be to our God, Jesus Christ, the True Messiah, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL!!! HALLELUYAH!
Although this is a secular song, the Lord placed it on my heart as being the right song for this blog post. – God Bless!
“OUR HOUSE, IS A VERY, VERY, VERY FINE HOUSE”
Lyrics: I’ll light the fire🔥🕊️
You place the flowers in the vase💐
That you bought todayStaring at the fire
For hours and hours while I listen to you
Play your love songs all night long for me💕🕊️
Only for meCome to me now (come to me now)
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cozy room (such a cozy room)
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you, only for you✝️Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy ’cause of you✝️🙏🏻🕊️
