The dilemma and the remedy…

There is trouble stirring in the middle east. The trouble is the rage of the nations towards the Lord and towards the Jewish people. Psalm 83:2-4 says, “Behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

The present situation with political leaders in Islamic nations is almost the exact same as these verses. I wonder if these leaders know they are practically quoting these scriptures to their own condemnation.

But the Lord has a remedy and a solution for the rage of the nations. It’s gentiles. The prophet Isaiah saw it yet to come and prophesied this realtiy of gentile intercession for the nation of Israel; “I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6-7)

There is a prayer movement sweeping the earth right now. Small town churches, inner city congregations, messianic Jewish communities and global ministries are taking up the call of intercession for Jerusalem because of the zeal of the Lord of Hosts for Israel’s destiny to function as a light to the nations and a diffuser of the knowledge of the glory of God. As a church, it is our destiny and function to provoke Israel into their destiny by praying and fasting on their behalf. We are to lay down our lives in prayer for this nation to move into its prophetic destiny and the fullness thereof. Start praying church.

Last days

North Korean threats of nuclear missiles, unrest in the middle east, Iranian presidential outrage, America basically saying “enough” with Israel, Russian president calling for one-world currency, global economic collapse, possibility of Federally legalized abortion in the U.S, homosexual agenda being pushed harder and harder by media………sounds like the end of the age to me.

And the Lord would say, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

I wonder why?