Israel and the Purposes of God · Sermon

The POTENTIAL for the Psalm 83 War!

Oct 15, 2023

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Date: October 15, 2023 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Dear Heritage Family and Friends, Sunday evening at 6:00 PM, I will present an hour-long sermon on the biblical prophecies now unfolding in Israel. We will look at the potential for the Psalm 83 war, the desolation of Damascus, the Gog-Magog war, and the Battle of Armageddon. While all wars are instigated over some temporal issue, all wars between mankind are, at their core, the fleshing out of that divine war between God and Satan; the forces of good and the forces of evil. Therefore, all wars, regardless of their temporal agenda, began in Genesis 3:15 and will end when Jesus returns to the earth and defeats Satan. These wars in the Middle East are setting the stage for the final prophetic events of this age.

Dear Heritage Family and Friends,

Sunday evening at 6:00 PM, I will present an hour-long sermon on the biblical prophecies now unfolding in Israel. We will look at the potential for the Psalm 83 war, the desolation of Damascus, the Gog-Magog war, and the Battle of Armageddon.

While all wars are instigated over some temporal issue, all wars between mankind are, at their core, the fleshing out of that divine war between God and Satan; the forces of good and the forces of evil. Therefore, all wars, regardless of their temporal agenda, began in Genesis 3:15 and will end when Jesus returns to the earth and defeats Satan. These wars in the Middle East are setting the stage for the final prophetic events of this age.

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Human history is divided into TWO STAGES separated by the COMING of Jesus Christ. His “first coming” has occurred, as indicated by the orange cross, and His “second coming” is near, as indicated by the third, yellow, but downward arrow.

According to Biblical prophecy, as the “end of the age” draws near, three groups of people will try to destroy the nation of Israel, and annihilate the people of God,

All wars between mankind are, at their core, the fleshing out of the divine war between the forces of God and the forces of Satan.

Therefore, all wars originated in the battle between God and Satan in Genesis 3:15, and will culminate at the return of Jesus Christ to defeat Satan.

The war began between the sons and seed of Abraham

The “Arab-Israeli-Conflict” began with the birth of these two sons, and it began to increase in its intensity since the rebirth of Israel in 1948.

The Jews did not “take” the land now being referred to as Palestine, because the Arabs never owned it.

After the Holocaust of WWII, the Jews returned to their home- land saying they would never leave that land again. In 1947, the United Nations recognized Israel as a sovereign state, but they also apportioned part of the land for a Palestinian state.

The goal of the Arab world is NOT the establishment of another Palestinian State, to which Israel has agreed many times!

The real goal of the Arab world is the destruction of Israel as a nation, and the Jews as a people – a plan that was adopted by the Arab League of Nations in 1974.

The Middle East war continues because it is really an Arab- Israeli war, not an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is also in large part a war between barbarism and civilization and in many ways an Islamic religious jihad against the Jews

God kept His promise to the descendants of Ishmael!

Background on Psalm 83:

Psalm 83 could be understood as one of those unique passages of Scripture that is both “historical” and “prophetic.”

However, many Bible Scholars see the real meaning behind this Psalm being lived out right before our eyes in the Middle East today for two reasons:

Psalm 83 was written by a Jewish priest name Asaph 3,000 years ago at a time when Israel was experiencing unprecedented blessings.

Asaph was given the prophecy from God that one day ten nations would confederate to come against Israel with the common goal of destroying her. In verses 6-8, Asaph listed the ten nations: (today’s new names)

“Come let us cut them off from being a nation ; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance !”

In his prayer, Asaph asked God:

Since this prayer has never been fulfilled, it appears to speak of a future time when the Arab nations that want to destroy Israel will:

Asaph prayed for God to defend HIMSELF – to defend HIS NAME, by letting HIS enemies know:

Reasons why the Psalm 83 is different from the “Gog-Magog” war described in Ezekiel 38-39:

There are four prerequisites for the Gog-Magog war to begin: (Ezekiel 25:13-14)

Bible scholars place this war prior to the beginning of the Time of Tribulation and believe it may be the reason the Antichrist allows the Jews to rebuild the temple and to return to their animal sacrifices. (Obadiah 1:15-16) As a result of this massive military victory given to Israel by God, the map or the Middle East will change .

What will be the result of that Psalm 83 war:

Looking down the road, how COULD these issues come to pass:

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