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Luis Vega (5 Sep 2012)
"ISRAEL: 2015-2019 | A Rendezvous with Prophetic Destiny"


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THE STATE OF ISRAEL: 2015-2019
A Rendezvous with Prophetic Destiny
Modern Demographics of the Promised Land in the Last Days

By Luis B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
PDF: online at: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/v/vegalu/eschatology_files/Israel.pdf
Please click on this link.


‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the Nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around & bring them back into their own Land. I will make them one Nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.’ -Ezekiel 37:21



The purpose of this chart/timeline is to illustrate several occurrences that might be prophetically related to the modern State of Israel. For context, a ‘snap-shot’ will be given of the current Israeli demographics in these Last Days. Some general facts & figures of this modern nation of the Earthly People of YHWH in the Promised Land will be listed. According to the Bible, Israel is a key prophetic Focal Point to the study of End Times or ‘Last Generation’.

Many Biblical scholars believe that when the Nation of Israel declared its independence in May 14, 1948, it started the countdown of the Last Generation. The Nation of Israel did not get full UN recognition of it sovereignty until a year later on May 11, 1949. Perhaps this ‘Last Generation’ will be the one to see the culmination of all the prophecies that yet remain to be fulfilled; mainly the return of the Messiah now that YHWH has returned Israel to the Promised Land.

The basic premise of this study is to point out that, based on the prior prophetic dates of 1948/49 & 1967/68; a pattern seems to correspond to the year 2014-15, when applying the Phi Ratio. One point in particular is that only since 1949 are there 3 Tetrads; 2 Tetrads have corresponded to 1949 & 1967 specifically. The Tetrads of 1949-50, 1967-68 & the 2014-15 have had a total of 4 consecutive Blood Moon Eclipses (Tetrads).

What is unique about a Tetrad is that each Total Blood Moon falls precisely on a Jewish Feast of either Passover or Sukkot. In the prior 2 Tetrads of 1949 & 1967, each occurred near the season when prophetically, Israel was 1) re-born & 2) Jerusalem was re-captured. If the premise & pattern is valid, perhaps something profoundly prophetic will happen during this time of the 2014-15 Tetrad regarding the 3) Temple that is prophesied to be re-built. This 3rd Temple will either be build before or midway into the Tribulation spoken by the Books of Daniel & Revelation.

To ascertain this possible connection in the Tetrad Pattern, a timeline will also be presented to show that specific modern dates have been key regarding Israel’s ‘Prophetic Destiny’. It appears that GOD has seen it fit for Israel to have these key dates correspond with the ‘signs of the end of the Age’. These signs that are to be in the Sun, Moon & Stars (3 Witnesses) are what Jesus Christ spoke about. The Jewish Messiah stated that these ‘celestial signs’ would be for the Nation of Israel in particular & to occur during the Last Generation before His Return.

The dates & times of Israel’s Prophetic Dates of 1948/49 & 1967/68 thus do show a plausible pattern of what is to come prophetically in 2014-15. If this logic & pattern is valid, then the years of 2014-15 will be of the likes when Israel was re-birthed in 1948 & when Old Jerusalem was re-captured in 1967. Thus, the Tetrad of 2014-15 that correspond to this next prophetic event will lead Israel to its Prophecy Destiny. What is this Prophetic Destiny? This ‘Rendezvous’ is none other than the eventual meeting between National Israel & their True Messiah, Jesus Christ. This will not happen until National Israel will experience ‘Jacob’s Troubles’ or as the New Testament portrays it as the ‘Tribulation’.

the last generation
Many Biblical scholars thus use these dates to project out the plausible count of what constitutes a ‘Biblical Generation’ – 40, 52, 70, 80? Here are very generalized equations determinate by what the possible meaning of a ‘Generation’ is equal to in years. Note that most likely the years would have to be in Jewish Years, meaning a 360 Lunar Year cycle. On May 14, 1948 the nation was born but it was not an independent & sovereign state until May 11, 1949 formally. This was also the year that it made most of the Armistice Treaties with the various Arab nations that had attacked it on May 15, 1948.



IF a Generation is 70 Years: 1949 + 70 = 2019 70 x 360 days/year = 25,200 days

IF a Generation is 52 Years: 1967 + 52 = 2019 52 x 360 days/year = 18,720 days



Nation in Exile since AD 70
>From AD 70 + 1948 Years = 2018/19


>From Tetrad of 1949 - 1967 = 19 Years
>From Tetrad of 1967 - 2015 = 48 Years


19 + 48 = 67

The Last Generation –as it pertains to Israel will perhaps see all the fulfillment of all the remaining Promises of the LORD come to fruition to the Jewish Nation. Sadly, this Last Generation of Israel, that has not been that far removed from the horrors of World War 2 & the Concentration Camps, will not realize the fulfillment of the LORD’s Covenant to Israel without a last severe persecution.

In part, it will be Israel that will seek a Covenant with the False Messiah instead. It is a covenant with lucifer, one that the Bible describes as a pact with ‘Death’. Israel will seek ‘peace & security’ that the AntiChrist will promise to guarantee it. As in so many other instances in Israel’s prophetic past, Israel will rather find a political solution than to put their hope & trust in the YHWH/Jesus Christ, the True Messiah.

In no other time in history has the Jewish population reached such numbers as in our modern era. It is estimated that worldwide, there are close to 14 million Jews. According to the latest demographic figures, out of the 80% that either live in Israel or the USA, half live in the USA & the other half in Israel proper. In terms of eschatology, this could perhaps affect not only Israel demographically, but the USA indirectly.

Since the end of World War 2 & the Declaration of Independence by Israel, Israel has heavily relied on the USA for this ‘peace & security’. Since about half of all Jews live in the USA, its population, power & political positioning have acquired considerable favor of the USA & its government towards Israel. The Israeli political & economic lobby in the USA does leverage considerable power in the US government. This favor will wax cold; sooner or later, the USA will withdrawal this support for Israel.

At this point, Israel’s prophetic mistake will once again reveal its ancient-old weakness of seeking its ‘peace & safety’ by other means, with another world power & leader aka AntiChrist –False Messiah. Perhaps as many Biblical scholars prognosticate, the USA will cease to be a world power at this juncture in the line of ‘prophetic destiny’ –as far as Israel is concerned. This might be due to the Rapture of the Body of Christ, an economic implosion, a nuclear attack, a social-moral collapse and/or a combination of them all. If one were to think of a city that would represent al that the USA is about & stands for, what would that city be? Most would suggest New York to represent metaphorically the USA. Perhaps New York will thus play a prophetic card in this ‘Last Generation’.

The highest concentration of Jews outside of Tel-Aviv is New York with about 2 million. If history were to repeat itself metaphorically, New York would thus be the ‘Babylon’ of the New World as the Jews during the times of Nebuchadnezzar were exiled there due to their unfaithfulness to YHWH. This means that not only were GOD’s People thus judged but the Great City of Babylon was thereafter also judged. The Book of Revelation alludes to this prophecy of a great & might city center of world trade, commerce, & sale of human souls. Perhaps New York City, which has already seen a prelude to judgment with the Twin Tower attacks, will succumb to the same fate as Babylon of old. In this last case though, it would not just be NYC, but the whole USA.

1948
After Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948, it initially survived an onslaught of several military attacks by well-equipped Arab armies. Aside from the current controversy & dispute about -if the State of Israel is what the LORD of the Bible had in mind, the Nation of Israel was ‘birthed’ in a Day as Isaiah prophesied. Most Biblical scholars believe that in any event, this has been the most profound prophetic event in the modern area -as far as eschatology is concerned.

“Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.” -Isaiah 66:7-8

Ever since the Babylonian Exile (~536bc), the Jewish Nation had been a vassal state of subsequent Empires as described in the Book of Daniel. The Nation did not possess total independence & had little or no sovereignty of its own. To some degree, Israel or Judea was known as either a Provence or territory but Israel as a sovereign nation did not exist until 1948.

A unique association thus to the year 1948 is the prophecy of Ezekiel 4:3-6. It states the exact amount of years GOD’s people would not have sovereignty of the Land of Israel. Following is a simplistic calculation of what it might come out to be. The Prophet Ezekiel speaks of a 430 years Exile -punishment prophesied that ironically also mirroring the Jewish captivity & 430 year Exile in Egypt.


Based on a 360-day Lunar Calendar

Adjusted for solar calendar = 2,484 years

From 536BC + 2,484 years = 1948

1967
During the Six-Day War, the Temple Mount was re-captured & back under Jewish control. The Jews had not been in control of this peace of the Promised Land since AD70 when the 2nd Temple was leveled by the ‘The Prince’, Titus of Rome. IF the prophetic progression is to follow, then at some time in the near future, the Temple is next in line to be reconstructed.

‘I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them, says the Lord your God.’ -Amos 9:14-15.

Thus, 1948 & 1967 are significant time pieces Biblically speaking. Perhaps these dates in deed have started the countdown to several Biblical Prophecies that have yet to be fulfilled. One prophecy yet to occur is the Rapture of the Body of Christ; that is all the Believers that are in Christ are to be removed physically from the Earth. Then the disclosure of the Man of Perdition or the False Messiah-AntiChrist will be realized. Most Christians believe that this False Messiah cannot be known until the Rapture/Restrainer is taken out. Then you have the time of intense Tribulation in which the Seals of the Scroll of the Lamb, Jesus Christ are broken & the World is judged by them. Lastly you have the Battle of Armageddon & the physical Return of Christ to occur.

Mirrored Pattern of a prophetic Menorah
Another premise that this study seeks to point is that given the order of major Prophetic Progression for Israel in the past, such prophetic milestones are occurring or being ‘mirrored’ in reverse order in these Last Days in Israel. This is just a hypothetical supposition but based in the ‘mirrored’ Menorah Pattern of how it has occurred prophetically in Israel’s past. (See chart for illustration.)

DATE: ~580BC >>>>>>> 70AD >>>>>>>>> ~70AD >>>>>>> ~183AD

ELEMENT: PRESENCE TEMPLE* JERUSALEM NATION

RESULT: Glory Departs Temple Destroyed City Sacked Exiled


(Mirrored Order): An approximation of the same sequence of events. *Realize that the Temple has been destroyed twice.



DATE: 1948/49 1967 2014/15 ?

ELEMENT: NATION >>>>>>> JERUSALEM >>> TEMPLE* >>>>>> PRESENCE

RESULT: Birthed Captured Rebuilt ? Returned

The next ‘Prophetic Progression’ season of time will thus correspond to an ‘EVENT’ that will line up with the Tetrad of 2014-15. Each Tetrad has marked a significant Biblical fulfillment regarding National Israel & Jerusalem. What is prophetic about these 3 Tetrads is that they are in Phi Ratio leading up to 2015; thus making 1948/49 for Israel even more prophetically significant. So far, it appears that the pattern to include the ‘Events’ of 1948-49 & 1967-68 will make 2014-15 a very plausible prophetic ‘Event’. The next Tetrad to occur beyond 2014-15 is far beyond any possible significance to Biblical prophecy, at least from what one can be understood presently. Listed below are the Events thus far:

1) 1948 The Nation being ‘birthed’
2) 1967 Old Jerusalem & The Temple Mount re-captured
3) 2014-15 The 3rd Temple possibly being rebuilt
4) ? Date The eventual return of the Presence of the LORD’s Glory thereafter

The Presence
The Prophetic Progression that we can read about & understand from the Bible is what happened to Israel/Judea in the past. This study starts off the Prophetic Progression of events with the departure of the ‘Glory’ of the LORD that left the Temple. This is described in detail in the Book of Ezekiel 10. No sooner that the Temple was constructed that GOD’s People departed from the LORD’s Commandments due to their sins of stubbornness, independence, pride & unfaithfulness. Thus Ezekiel describes the start of this Prophetic Progression of the Presence of the LORD’s Glory departing off the Ark of the Covenant in stages. This same ‘Glory’ –which is the Glory of Jesus Christ will, in stages be reinstated in the Last Days according to the LORD’s Promises.

The Temple
After the Glory departs from the Holy of Holies, we have the Prophetic Progression that leads up to the actual destruction of GOD’s Temple. This Event actually happened twice & on the same day, the 9th of Av. The destruction of the 2nd Temple was by the Romans. This happened in AD 70 with the legions of the Romans that controlled & ruled the known world. Under the command of Titus, the Prince, he came & leveled the Temple. Since this time, the Jews as a sovereign Nation have not had control & administration of even the very land or Temple Mount –until 1967. Even the Temple Mount is technically under Jewish sovereignty, the Temple has not yet been erected. Several Temple organizations nonetheless have all that is needed currently to operate the Temple sacrificial orders of services; all that remains is for the Ark of the Covenant to be revealed.

The City
After the 2nd Temple was destroyed, we have the Prophetic Progression that leads up to the actual destruction of GOD’s City; the City of the King, Zion. Although the 2nd Temple was destroyed, Jerusalem kept a significant resistance against the Romans. This agitation got to the point that Rome leveled the city. At certain times, the city was barred of any significant Jewish population. The Temple Mount was made a Roman Temple & later on it even became a place to dump trash. It was not until recently that, not only the Temple Mount but the sector of Old Jerusalem was re-captured in 1967. It was not until recently that a unified & undivided Jerusalem was declared to be Israel’s Capital once again. Before then, all Jews would toast ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’ since AD 70.



The Nation
After Jerusalem was destroyed, the next Prophetic Progression leads up to an Exile or Diaspora. Around ~180AD, Rome permanently exiled the Jewish Nation to the 4 corners of the world. This Diaspora has lasted up to the modern era. It ended in 1948. The first Diaspora is ascribed to Abraham, then with Joseph in Egypt. The Diaspora at a national level first occurred with the 10 Northern Tribes (Israel) that were exiled by Assyria. The next Diaspora was by the Babylonians in which most of Judea was taken to Babylon as Exiles. God did return the Captives by way of Ezra & Nehemiah through the workings of Cyrus. He also promised to do the same, one last time in the Last Days.

Jesus said… "For great distress shall be upon the earth and wrath upon this people [the Jews]; they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, UNTIL the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled’. -Luke 21:23-24

To this day, we can statistically count the effects of this final Diaspora of Jewry around the world since AD 70. Since then Jews have ‘wondered’ throughout many nations of the world & have been expelled many times by others, in Spain for example in 1492. Christians believe that the last Diaspora was due to the Nation as a whole rejecting Jesus of Nazareth as Messiah.

It appears than that a ‘prophetic’ trend has been set in motion. Prophetically, the Nation of Israel was re-birthed, it recaptured the Temple Mount; it is now ready to rebuilt the 3rd Temple & meet their Messiah. Thus, modern Israel seems to have a scheduled rendezvous with Jesus Christ as it was foretold by the Prophets Daniel & John.

Coat of Arms
The Israeli Coat of Arms is the depiction of the classic Hebrew Menorah of 7 candle sticks with a base. It is flanked by a symmetrical stem of laurel branches. The following is a suggested mathematical interpretation of its numerical association.

13 Leaves (left side) + 7 Branch Menorah + 13 Leaves (right side)

= 33


Menorah
Lamps total = 7
Branches total = 7
Stand (5 degrees) + 1 Center Stem + 1 Lamp = 7



7 Branch Menorah + 5 degree Stand =
7 + 5
12

13+13+13
(1+3)(1+3)(1+3)
4 + 4 + 4
12 (Tribes)

(12 Nodes on each side within 13 Branches)

ALIAYA -The Ascent
After Israel obtained its independence in 1948, there has been in our generation a miraculous regathering of Jews to the Promised Land from the 4 Corners of the Globe. The LORD has kept His word to gather the Jews in the Last Days. To aid this process, the State of Israel in 1950 passed the Law of Return, (Aliyah). This decree promises immediate citizenship to any Jew who moves to Israel. Aliyah (עלייה) means to ascent or to go up as in when Jews went up to Jerusalem to worship at the Temple, primarily Passover. It is also attributed to some of the Psalms that the Jews would sing as they went up to the House of the LORD on Mt. Zion.

Demographics

Capital: Jerusalem
Coordinates: 31 46 N, 35 14 E
Life expectancy: 81 years (Psalm 90)

Exchange rates: New Israeli shekels (ILS) US Dollar = $3.532
Growth rate: 1.5%
Independence: May 14, 1948
GDP: $242.9 billion
Growth rate: 4.7%

Jewish Racial Heritage

50% Sephardic (Spanish) Iberian, North African, Middle East

35% Ashkenazi (German) European, North, Central, Eastern

10% Russian

05% Ethiopian

05% Other

time
Israel has daylight saving time: +1hr in April, it ends the first Sunday between Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur.

Jewish Ethnic

76.4% Jewish
23.6% Non-Jewish
67.1% Israel-born
22.6% Europe/America-born
05.9% Africa-born
04.2% Asia-born

Religions
Jewish 75.6%,
Muslim 16.9%,
Christian 02.0%,
Druze 01.7%,
Other 03.8%

Generations
0-14 years: 27.6%
15-64 years: 62.2%
65 years & over: 10.1%

Immigration
Since 1948, major Jewish Immigration by Country

Poland 3.3%
Ethiopia 3.6%
Iraq 3.6%
Americas 4.0%
Romania 5.7%
Morocco 8.1%


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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.


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Major Airlift

Rescue Missions called Operations have occurred in which Jews residing outside of Israel have been brought back to Israel since 1948. In most cases, those countries in which a significant Jewish population existed became hostile towards Israel, especially after the Declaration of Independence in 1948.

Magic Carpet Yemen 1949-50
Ezra Iraq 1951
Nehemiah Iraq 1951
ELIJAH Ethiopia 1979-83
MOSES Ethiopia 1985-86
SOLOMON Ethiopia 1991
PERESTROIKA USSR 1991

World Population
This is a list of the largest Core Jewish Population in the World by Country. Most notably the USA & Israel in modern times accounts for most of where the Jews currently reside in. The top 10 countries are ranked. There is a grouping based on the approximate number in population for a comparison from country to country. According to the 2011 figures, these are the areas in the world where currently there are a significant population of Jews. Since 1948, many Jews from these countries have immigrated to Israel. Most of the initial immigration has been from Europe & from Arab-Muslim held lands.



1. Israel 5,703,700

2. United States 5,275,000



3. France 483,500
4. Canada 375,000

5. UK 292,000
6. Russia 205,000

7. Argentina 182,000
8. Germany 119,000
9. Australia 107,500

10. Brazil 95,600

Ukraine 71,500
S. Africa 70,800

Hungary 48,600
Mexico 40,000

Belgium 30,300
Netherlands 30.000

Italy 28,400
Chile 20,500

United States of Israel
What is unique about the Jewish Diaspora is that Jews come from a variety of ethnic mix & familiarity from a majority of Nations they ended up in. Currently in our modern era, no other place on Earth has harbored a significant amount of the Jewish Race outside of Israel than the USA. It appears that the USA has played a vital role in the harboring of the bulk of the Jewish population in these Last Days. At least half of the entire Jewish population resides in the USA. What the USA will look like in 2015 remains to be seen if such a support & alley will be there of Israel. According to Prophecy, the USA will not be available.

World City Jewish Population
Cities in World with larges Core Jewish Population

RANK AREA COUNTRY POPULATION
1 Tel Aviv Israel 2..979,000
2. New York USA 2,007,850
3. Jerusalem Israel 703,600
4. Los Angeles USA 684,950
5. Haifa Israel 671,400
7. Be’er Sheva Israel 485.850
8. San Francisco USA 345,700
9. Paris France 284,000
10. Chicago USA 270,500
11. Philadelphia USA 263,800
12. Boston USA 229,100
13. Washington DC 215,600
14. London UK 195,000
15. Toronto Canada 180,000
16. Buenos Aires Argentina 165,000
17. Atlanta USA 119,800
18. Moscow Russia 95,000
19. Baltimore USA 91,400
20. San Diego USA 89,000
21. Denver USA 83,900
22. Phoenix USA 82,90

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Some Sources
CIA.gov
GoogleMaps.org
JewishDataBank.org (2011)
NASA.gov
Wikipedia.com


http://www.sonoma.edu/users/v/vegalu/eschatology_files/Israel.pdf




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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.


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