Jerusalem And Jacob’s Trouble

Jerusalem will be the center of the darkest period ever to occur on this earth. The Bible calls it by at least three terms: Jacob’s Trouble, The Great Tribulation, and The 70th Week of Daniel. All of these descriptive terms are speaking of the same seven years. Before this period can begin, the Rapture of the saints must occur. We call this the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. There are several views on this subject, but the Pre-Tribulation view is fully supported in Scripture. The recent push coming out of our government in Washington, D.C., makes a case for the nearness of the end. There have been previous efforts to force Israel to compromise, but the present push by President Obama has taken a new tone. It appears that Israel may no longer have a friend in the White House. If this proves to be true, it makes God’s Word come into focus, “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city” (Zechariah 14:2). Jerusalem has one additional Holocaust, and then the city and all Israel will be redeemed. Two-thirds of all Jews living during this seven years will die by the fury and hatred of the Antichrist’s reign of terror. “And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third part shall be left therein” (Zechariah 13:8). Then, all Israel shall be saved and Jerusalem shall become the capitol of the whole earth. Let’s look at that next week (April 10, 2010).