Is the end near?

This weekend's message is going to be perhaps one of the more difficult to convey. Why? Because the topic is the answer to Daniel's question. What is Daniel's question?

WHAT IS GOD'S PLAN FOR THE JEWS AND ISRAEL?

In my lifetime, the one global conflict that has never been resolved is the Middle East Peace Talks between the Arab nations and Israel. We find in Genesis 16 these words:

11 The angel of the LORD also said to her:
"You are now with child
and you will have a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the LORD has heard of your misery.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward all his brothers.

This is a clear prophecy to the relationship between the descendants of Ishmael and Isaac. The Ishmaelites became the Arab peoples (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, and United Arab Emirates).

Isaac, the son of promise, gave birth to Jacob, later named Israel and is the father of the Jewish people.

This prophecy tells us that these two will live in hostility. In 1445 B.C. Moses would be carried by the Holy Spirit to write such an amazingly accurate prediction. Today, looking back, it is unbelievable how accurate this prophecy is.

What should our response be? ONE OF AWE for the ONE who sees the end from the beginning. I have no idea when the end will come, but I have come to trust in the ONE who does! How about you???

Come Sunday to learn of God's answer to Daniel! It just may answer the questions you have as well.

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