Israel, as God's covenant people, is also the prophetic time clock as you will realize when you study God's Holy Word. Many people today are not aware of this fact, as the false doctrine of replacement theology teaches that the Church has replaced Israel and what happens to Israel has no relevance in today's world. When God made a covenant with the Jewish people in ancient times, it was an everlasting covenant. Bible Prophecy revolves around Israel as my previous post concerning the Psalm 83 war and the Gog of Magog war makes clear; as well as does other previous posts of mine here.
The fact that the world is now in such a chaotic and dangerous state has many people alert to what the future may or may not hold; still others don't have a clue what it all means. If people would read their Bibles and study Bible prophecy, they would have a better grasp of what is transpiring and realize that we are living in the last of the last days.
It is time to wake up before the alarm goes off ! The alarm being God's wrath being poured out on ungodly persons during the Tribulation period. The Rapture of the Church (Jesus' true followers) is imminent and we need to be watching for His return. We want to be taken to heaven before the horrors of the Tribulation period begin. I seem to be stuck on repeating certain information over and over, but that is because it is so important...life saving !... and the fact that there may be new readers to each new post of mine. Below is a recent video featuring Bill Salus and his belief about the Elam prophecy found at Jeremiah 49:34-39. He believes that this prophecy concerning Elam is probably next to take place, even before the Psalm 83 war and also before the War of Gog and Magog.
Elam is found in today's Iran. According to Mr. Salus, Elam goes back to over 4000 years ago, before the days of the patriarch Abraham; and the Elam prophecy was written by Jeremiah around 596 BC. Basically, the belief is that some type of nuclear disaster will happen there at the Bushehr nuclear plant located near tetonic plates and the possibility of an earthquake happening in the area is very likely, causing a radioactive disaster. Either that or Israel could attack and destroy the plant. For more information, Google under "Elam prophecy". Bill Salus has also written a book on the Elam prophecy found here.
Just a note here, as Bill Salus states in the video above, the Rapture does not trigger the Tribulation period. We are not told in the Bible how long after the Rapture happens that the 7-year Tribulation begins. There could be a considerable time gap, or maybe not. What triggers the Tribulation is when Israel signs a peace treaty or covenant with the antichrist as written in Daniel 9:27: "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." The "one week" mentioned in this verse means seven years.
If you are a Christian, you need not fear all the turmoil, unrest, and terrors of today's world. You should be cautious and alert and informed, to be sure. But even if you should die for your faith, you have the promise of being with the Lord forever. "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation." - Isaiah 12:2
For those who mistakenly think Christians will have to go through the terrible Tribulation period, there is this verse, "Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him" - Romans 5:9. Also, 1 Thessalonians 5:9 tells us, "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ." For true believers, Jesus, at his death on the cross, took our deserved wrath upon Himself. The price was paid for us. We should be grateful and praise God continually for His great love and tender mercies !
Don't get confused and overly concerned about what prophecy occurs when. Be grateful that God has told us what the future holds but, more importantly, live a godly life and be occupied until Jesus returns in doing the work of the Lord, the doing of the Great Commission found at Matthew 28:19-20, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
"Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.........Yeah I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it." - Isaiah 46:9-10, and 11b
