Jerusalem

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Jerusalem the Middle East the Bible Answer
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Prophecies of Today and Tomorrow
Seminar Six
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Session 1 World History in One Vision Daniel
ch 2Session 2 - The Present Dispute Over the
Land Ezekiel ch 36/37Coffee Break and
DiscussionSession 3 World Powers Attack
Israel Ezekiel ch 38News review - what the
Bible says
Seminar Six
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Seminar Six

• To explore Bible prophecy of future events
• To see how they centre on Jerusalem and the land
  of Israel
• To appreciate how prophecy is being fulfilled
  today
• To discover what really will happen in the future
  in Israel

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Session One

• World history in one vision - Daniel 2

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Nebuchadnezzars Image

• An example of prophecy from the book of Daniel
• Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Head of Gold BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
Breast Arms of Silver MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
Belly Thighs of Brass GRECIAN EMPIRE
Legs of Iron ROMAN EMPIRE
Feet of Iron Clay
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Head of gold

• Thou art this head of gold.
• Babylon
• Assyria and Egypt were conquered which gave
  Nebuchadnezzar the riches of the ancient world.
• The empire lasted for a period of exactly 70
  years as prophesied by Jeremiah the prophet.

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Breast and arms of silver

• And after thee shall arise another kingdom
  inferior to thee
• Medo-Persia
• Cyrus the Persian king took Babylon in BC 536 and
  the kingdom lasted for 203 years
• tribute and taxation was paid to the government
  in silver

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Belly and his thighs of brass

• A third kingdom of brass which shall bear rule
  over all the earth
• Greece
• In BC 333 Alexander the Great defeated the
  Persians at the battle of Issos. This empire was
  famous for its use of copper and brass.
• Alexander's soldiers were known as the 'brazen
  coated Greeks' due the brass armour that they
  used.

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His legs of iron

• And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron
  forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth
  all things and as iron that breaketh all these,
  shall it break in pieces and bruise
• Rome
• The Greek Empire then split into 4 and gradually
  each was defeated by the ironclad legions of Rome
• The Roman Empire later split into two parts, the
  Eastern and Western Roman Empires

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feet part of iron and part of clay

• the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly
  broken the kingdom shall be divided but there
  shall be in it of the strength of the iron.. they
  shall not cleave one to another,
• 10 toes feet where?
• East West Roman empire?
• Europe?
• Land of Shinar Iraq?
• Enemies of Israel?

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Roman empire
Roman empire

• Europe and the Middle east

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Nebuchadnezzars Image

• Head Gold Babylon
• Chest and Silver Medo-Persian arms Empire
• Stomach Brass Greece
• and thighs
• Legs Iron Roman Empire
• Feet and Iron and Unstable
• Toes clay Powers

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The end of the vision

• Jesus stone - miraculous birth cut out
  without hands
• Returns to earth to overcome the powers of the
  world
• Destroys all the legacy of those powers
• Replaces those powers with a worldwide kingdom

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Session One - Summary

• Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's vision
• The Empires of Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome are
  accurately predicted
• The present day political situation in Europe and
  the Middle East is also predicted
• The vision then shows Jesus setting up God's
  kingdom on earth

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Session Two

• The present dispute over the land
• Ezekiel 36/37

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Ezekiel predicts

• Chapter Picture of Kingdom
• 35 Judgement on Edom - typifying some Arab
  opponents
• 36 Israel returning to worship God
• 37 A king ruling over a united Israel with God
  dwelling amongst them
• 38 Judgement against many nations who attack
  Israel
• 39 Israel turning to God a sign to other nations

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Ezekiel 36

• 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the
  mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of
  Israel, hear the word of the LORD
• 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD Because the enemy
  hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high
  places are ours in possession

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Ancient High Places

• Jerusalem
• site of creation
• Place of Abrahams altar and of Solomons temple
• Place where God would dwell for ever
• Of Muhammads alleged ascension
• Hebron
• is one of the most ancient cities in the world
• Burial place of Abraham Isaac Jacob
• Possession of both is disputed

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Jerusalem

• The temple mount
• The golden gate
• Now shut but will be opened again

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Ezekiel 37

• v1/2 - the prophet sees a valley of very dry
  bones
• v7-10 - the bones are miraculously resurrected
  into a great army
• v6 - this is a sign of God's power
• v11 - the bones represent the whole house of
  Israel
• v12 - they are to be brought out of the grave and
  brought into their land

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Holocaust Memory and Resolve

• The Nazi achievement lay in constructing an
  industry of death never before or since seen.
• the Jews are much and grotesquely envied for
  having suffered the greatest crime in history.
• Auschwitz was the apex of a campaign by one
  people, the Germans, to exterminate another, the
  Jews. They almost succeeded. They killed 6
  million, 2 out of every 3. They annihilated a
  civilization more than a thousand years old.

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Ezekiel 37 stage 1

• 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD
  Behold, I will take the children of Israel from
  among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
  gather them on every side, and bring them into
  their own land

1948 Jews flock to Israel
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Ezekiel 37 stage 2

• 22 And I will make them one nation in the land
  upon the mountains of Israel .

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Ezekiel 37 stage 3

• .and one king shall be king to them all and
  they shall be no more two nations, neither shall
  they be divided into two kingdoms any more at
  all

The last stage the return of Jesus to reign
from Jerusalem
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Jews in 1995
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Jews in 1910
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The Return of the Jews

• In the 19th century few Jews in Israel
• The holocaust 6 million Jews killed
• 1948 State of Israel is declared
• Jews have returned to the land in significant
  numbers from Africa, Europe and Asia and
  particularly Russia
• A nation is reborn out of the grave

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Their future

• Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with
  them it shall be an everlasting covenant with
  them and I will place them, and multiply them,
  and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them
  for evermore.
• We have seen their rebirth their peace is yet
  to come

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Session Two - Summary

• Ezekiel received visions of the future of Israel
• He saw the Arabs and Israelis disputing the Holy
  Places in the land
• He saw the rebirth of the nation of Israel
• He also saw the regathering of Israel to the land
• His visions concluded with Israel living in the
  land at peace with God ruling over them
• He saw the Bible answer to the Middle East
  problem

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Session Three

• World Powers Attack Israel
• Ezekiel 38

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The Timing of Ezekiel 38

• Israel, the land, is brought back from the sword
• Israel, the people, are brought forth out of the
  nations
• Israel are dwelling safely

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The Identity of the Nations

• NATION AREA TODAY
• Magog S Russia Russia
• Rosh Ukraine Russia
• Meshech Armenia Russia
• Tubal Geogia
• Gomer Migrated to Germany
• Western Europe France
• Togarmah Turkey Turkey

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The Identity of the Nations

• NATION AREA TODAY
• Persia Iran Iran
• Ethiopia NE Africa Ethiopia
• Libya N Africa Libya etc
• Sheba Arabia Saudi
• Dedan Arabia
• Tarshish Western sea Britain
• power
• Young lions USA etc

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Recent events

• Persia changes from a pro-western government to
  Islamic fundamentalist
• The European Union is formed and reduces previous
  sympathies for Israel
• Russia is forced to recognise Islam in its
  southern states

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Iran Acquires Russian FightersMiddle East
Newsline February 8

• Iran has quietly acquired three fighter-jets from
  Russia.
• Russian industry sources said Teheran has
  procured three Su-25UBT twin-seat attack aircraft
  from Moscow. The sources said the contract was
  concluded in 2005 and deliveries would take place
  in 2006.
• The deal marked the first Iranian purchase of the
  Su-25. In 2001, Iran negotiated with Georgia for
  surplus MiG-25s, but the two countries failed to
  reach agreement.
• The sources said the Su-25UBT marked the most
  advanced model of the attack aircraft. They said
  the fighters received new electronic warfare and
  jamming systems.

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Iran to build 2 new nuclear reactors 4 December
2005

• An Iranian news agency announced Sunday that Iran
  would begin construction on two nuclear reactors
  beginning in March. The report added that an
  Iranian parliamentarian confirmed that one of the
  reactors would be funded by Russia, at a cost of
  1 billion, Army Radio said.

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Rosh Persia

• Western officials have long criticised Russia for
  helping the Iranians to build the Bushehr nuclear
  plant and selling Tehran weapons, including 700
  million (400 million) of missiles.
• Russias interests here are mainly commercial
  its nuclear and arms industries will lose out on
  billions of dollars of business if sanctions are
  imposed on Iran.
• Times 17 February 2006

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Israeli fury as Moscow plans talks with Hamas
Daily Telegraph February 11 2006

• Israel reacted furiously yesterday to Russia's
  plans for talks with Hamas, the Islamic movement
  that won last month's Palestinian election but
  which Israel wants shunned as a terrorist group.
• Meir Sheetrit, the education minister, said the
  move was a "knife in the back" while Tzipi Livni,
  the foreign minister, warned it was the start of
  a "slippery slope" towards compromise with
  terrorism. Moshe Katsav, Israel's president, said
  the Russian move endangered the peace process in
  the Middle East.
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Moscow courts Hamas in effort to revive Middle
East influence Times 17 February 2006
Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal
RUSSIA plunged deeper into the maelstrom of
Middle Eastern politics yesterday, saying that it
might sell arms to the Palestinians after talks
with Hamas in Moscow next month.   The
announcement by Yuri Baluyevsky, Russias Chief
of General Staff, came as Hamas and Russian
officials confirmed that they would meet in
Moscow in early March
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Islam and the churches?

• The spokesman of the Greek Orthodox Church in
  Jerusalem Atallah Hanna, left, meets the Islamic
  group Hamas' new parliament member Mohammed Abu
  Teir before a press conference in Jerusalem,
  Thursday. (AP) 16 February 2006

Russia offers Palestinians emergency aid Hamas
seeks financial support from Iran Haaretz 22
February 2006
Iran offers Hamas financial aid BBC 23 February
2005
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Moscow's Mad GambleHeadline - USNEWS.com 9
February 2006

• Russian President Vladimir Putin,in an interview
  several years ago, criticized America's decision
  to go to war against Iraq and told me, "The real
  threat is Iran. He was right. But Russia has
  become part of the problem, not the solution.
• Iran today is the mother of Islamic terrorism.
  Tehran openly provides funding, training, and
  weapons to the world's worst terrorists,
  including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian
  Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the
  Liberation of Palestine, and it has a cosy
  relationship with al Qaeda.
• And Russia has made the threat more real. It sold
  the nuclear power plant at Bushehr to Iran and
  contracted to sell even more to bring cash into
  its nuclear industry. As one American diplomat
  put it, this business is a "giant hook in
  Russia's jaw."
• Russia provided critical assistance in the
  development of Iran's Shihab missile, which has
  an ever expanding delivery range and can carry a
  warhead designed for a nuclear charge.

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Tarshish the lions

• US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear
  sitesDaily Telegraph 12 February 2006
• Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans
  for devastating bombing raids backed by
  submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks
  against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort"
  to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic
  bomb.

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Events this year

• Russia agree to further Irans nuclear capability
• Russia continue to sell arms and technology to
  Iran
• Iran looks for the destruction of Israel
• Hamas come to power in Israel
• Supported by both Russia and Iran
• The chessmen are on the board and in position
  will the next move be the final move?

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Summary Session Three

• Ezekiel sees nations forming an alliance to
  attack Israel
• These nations can be identified with nations in
  existence today
• Other nations question such a attack
• The attitudes of the modern day equivalents of
  the nations of the prophecy mirror what Ezekiel
  saw
• He then saw the attackers being defeated by God
  fighting of behalf of His people
• The first part of the prophecy has gradually been
  fulfilled over the last 50 or so years
• The remainder is now ready for fulfilment

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• The Bible in the news

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Next Week

• The Return of Christ and the Future of the Land
• Session 1 Armageddon the final conflict
• Session 2 - Christ delivers Israel
• Session 3 The future of the earth

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• Sunday 6.30pm
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