May 27, 2025: Isaiah 49:23 (Part 7 of 7) - They Shall Bow Down to Thee

“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” - Isaiah 49:23

Note to readers: Because of the length of this devotional, I have decided to split it up into 7 parts. This is part 7. I also have a link that contains the entire devotional.

Let us continue reading what happened next:

“And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent [tore] their clothes: and they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence [protection] is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? “ (Numbers 14:6-11)

Moses continued leading the children of Israel but because of their rebellion against God, He caused them to wander in the land for 40 years, one year for each day they had spied the land. Except for Joshua and Caleb, God allowed only those younger than 20 years of age to enter it; all who had rebelled against God died off and did not enter the Promised Land. It would be Joshua who would lead Israel into the land and conquer it. When they had finally conquered it from the people whom God gave 400+ years to change their ways, we read this:

“And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.” (Joshua 21:43-45)

Ah, now we have read about the Biblical patriarchs, how the twelve tribes of Israel came about, and how God had promised to give them His land, the land of Canaan, forever. We have seen how God keeps His promises. As the Scripture above says, not a word of God failed that He had spoken to Israel. We must remember this, for there are many things in the Bible that have not come to pass yet, but will, for God is a promise-keeper. I have learned so much by reading about this, and not just reading it, but studying it. Hallelujah! This brings us back to today’s Scripture in Isaiah 49:23. I want to compare the blessing of Isaac upon his son Jacob, whom the aged Isaac thought was Esau, in which he prophesied that nations would bow to him, to today’s Scripture verse:

“See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn [grain] and wine: let people [peoples] serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.” (Genesis 27:27-29)

“And kings shall be thy nursing [foster] fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” (Isaiah 49:23)

Just as the promise of God went not to Abraham’s firstborn son, Ishmael, but to Isaac and his descendants, so too, was the promise of God not given to Isaac’s firstborn son, Esau, but to Jacob and his descendants. It would be through Jacob, whom God later called “Israel,” that the twelve tribes of Israel came about. It is through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that Messiah would come, the One whom the prophet Isaiah wrote about, and which I wrote about in earlier devotionals, from Isaiah 49d:6:

“And he [God, speaking to Jesus] said, It is a light thing that thou [Jesus] shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6)

Because it was through the nation of Israel that Messiah would come, and He did and will come again a second time, Satan has tried to destroy Israel ever since God called it into existence. There has not been any other nation in the earth that has been so hated by mankind than Israel. Many nations have tried to eliminate it, and have failed every single time, for God has always preserved a remnant of Israel, just as He promised us in His word that He would do. That promise is still true to this day. There is soon coming the time in history when Israel will go through the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble, when God turns His attention from the Gentile church and turns it back to Israel, during which God will judge Israel severely, as well as all nations for their rejection of Jesus Christ and choosing instead to remain in their sin. However, as God promised, God will refine Israel in the fire of testing and they will finally turn to Jesus Christ and believe on Him as their Messiah. It is this remnant of Israel - all of it - that will be saved. Israel will be protected by God Himself against all the nations who will once again seek to destroy Israel in Jerusalem. Finally, after the 7-years of tribulation upon the earth, Jesus will return to earth, with all believers in Him, and He will righteously reign on earth for 1,000 years. Israel will finally be gathered together in the land that God gave them long ago, and they will live in all of the land that He gave them, not just a small portion of it. People from the Gentile nations all around the world will come to Israel, and will bow down to the people of Israel, fulfilling Isaac’s prophecy to Jacob and Isaiah’s prophecy in Isaiah 49:23 and also in Isaiah chapters 60 and 55, for they will know that it was through Israel, the nation that suffered so much for so long, that Messiah came and saved them by His precious blood:

“And the sons of strangers [foreigners] shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote [struck] thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee. Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces [wealth] of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought [led in procession]. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted [ruined]. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box [box tree] together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending [bowing] unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.” (Isaiah 60:10-15)

“Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.”  (Isaiah 55:5)

As the Scriptures in Isaiah 49:20-22 tell us, many of Israel’s sons and daughters will die in the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble. However, kings and queens of the Gentile nations will bring their own sons and daughters to Israel, who will be the children of Israel; all will be as one people, with our King of kings and Lord of lords reigning from Israel. Hallelujah!!!

“That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:14)

“For ye are all the children [sons] of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond [slave] nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:26-29)

The time period that Isaiah 49:23 speaks of will occur at the end of the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble, and it will be the remnant of Israel that will finally turn to their Messiah, Jesus Christ, their Deliverer and Redeemer. As God says in Isaiah 49:23, “and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me,” and in Isaiah 60:16, “Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.” Not only will the Gentiles flow to the land of Israel, as their spiritual sons and daughters, in Christ, but they will also bring their wealth with them.

Long before God chose Israel to be the people from whom Messiah, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, would come to earth the first time, He knew that Israel would sin against Him, many, many times. God knew they could never keep the Law that He had given them after He brought them out of Egypt, which is why He sent Jesus to earth: to offer salvation to ALL who will believe in Him:

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts [mind], and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

“And now, saith the LORD that formed me [Jesus] from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him [Jesus] whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation [Israel] abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable [a favourable] time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish [restore] the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages… ” (Isaiah 49:5-8)

“And he [Jesus] took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament [covenant] in my blood, which is shed for you.” (Luke 22:19-20)

Though many people in the world in which we live today might want to think that God has forgotten His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and that the land that He gave to them long ago is not theirs, the Bible tells us otherwise, and the Bible is ALWAYS correct:

“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth [disturbs] the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to [turn toward] Goath. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.”  (Jeremiah 31:35-40)

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits [opinion]; that blindness [hardening] in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” (Romans 11:25-27)

Let us read from the last chapter of the book of Isaiah, and what it says about Israel, Jesus, the time of Jacob’s trouble, and what happens after it:

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendered recompense to [fully repays] his enemies. Before she travailed, she brought forth [gave birth]; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth [give birth] in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the birth [time of birth], and not cause to bring forth [delivery]? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: that ye may suck [feed], and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations [consolation of her bosom]; that ye may milk out [drink deeply], and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck [nurse or feed], ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb [grass]: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all [judge all] flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.” (Isaiah 66:5-16)

God tells us that Jesus will appear to Israel, the ones who were were hated, to their joy, and the ones who hated them will be ashamed and will receive God’s wrath upon them. Next, it talks about a woman travailing. The woman is Israel. Read closely what it says: “Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.” (Isaiah 66:7). Notice it says that before she travailed, she gave birth to a man child. Jesus Christ came to earth the first time as a human being, born of a virgin named Mary, who conceived Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. As we know, this happened long ago, nearly 2,000 years ago. But the Scriptures say that before she travailed, she gave birth. This travailing is not speaking of the childbirth that Mary went through when she bore Jesus, the only begotten Son of God. No, this is speaking of the travailing of Israel, which happens after Jesus came to earth the first time. In the Scriptures above, Israel as a nation will not travail until it goes through the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble. This is the final seven years of human history before Jesus returns to earth the second time, when He will destroy everyone who will choose to remain in their sin rather than choosing to turn to Him to forgive them of their sins by His precious blood. Afterwards, Jesus will begin His 1,000-year reign on earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. Thus the “travailing” of the woman comes after she, Israel, gave birth to Jesus, in the time period known as the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble and the Day of the Lord:

“The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my [back from captivity my] people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear [dread], and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child [male can give birth]? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail [childbirth], and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him [enslave them]: but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I will make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure [justice], and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.” (Jeremiah 30:1-11)

“The lofty [proud] looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low…” (Isaiah 2:11-12)

“And the loftiness [pride] of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth [to make the earth tremble]. In that day a man shall cast [cast away] his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of [why should he be esteemed]?” (Isaiah 2:17-22)

In the Scriptures from Jeremiah 30 above, God is telling Israel that because of their sins against Him, He will cause them to undergo this time of Jacob’s trouble. However, God will save a one-third remnant of Israel, that He will put through the fire, to refine them as gold. (Zechariah 13:8-9) It will be this one-third remnant that returns to the land of Israel. No more will they be held captive by other nations and peoples, such as is even being down now by Hamas, and none shall make them afraid. Notice also that in the Scriptures above in Isaiah 2, it will not just be Israel that goes through the time of Jacob’s trouble, also called the tribulation period, but it will be everyone living on the earth at that time. God mentions the pride of men several times in the Scriptures above. God hates pride. It was pride that caused Satan’s fall; he wasn’t satisfied with all that God had given him, no, he wanted more and most importantly, he wanted to be like God. Are we not seeing people today, especially with those who call themselves “the elite,” who are never satisfied with all that they have and are trying to be like God, such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and many others who want to be rulers of the world? If they do not turn to Jesus Christ and ask Him to forgive them of their sins, they are setting themselves up to brought down low, to be humbled by Almighty God Himself, and it won’t end well for them. I have included Psalm 2 before in prior devotionals but I want to include it again, for it is very relevant to this discussion:

“Why do the heathen [Gentiles] rage [throng tumultuously or restlessly] and the people imagine [plot] a vain [empty or worthless] thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed [Messiah, Christ], saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex [distress] them in his sore [deep] displeasure. Yet have I set [installed] my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen [nations or Gentiles] for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son [An act of homage and submission], lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2)

I want to mention something else about Isaiah 66 verse 8, which says, “for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” Notice it is now plural, “children” instead of the singular “she was delivered of a man child” meaning Jesus, whom she, Israel, brought forth in verse 7. At the end of the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble, she will bring forth her children. These children are all believers in Jesus Christ, who are the spiritual sons and daughters of Israel mentioned in Isaiah 49:21-22. These sons and daughters will be given to Israel, who will have lost many of their own sons and daughters during the tribulation period. The Gentile nations’ kings and queens will come to Israel and will be the foster fathers and nursing mothers to these sons and daughters, and they will bow down to Israel, for they will know that it was through Israel that Messiah, our eternal King, has come. It will be at this time that the remnant of Israel will finally know their God, Jesus Christ; He will be their God, and they will be His people. No longer will Israel need to be ashamed of their sins, for Jesus will forgive them of all their iniquities:

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up [heal] the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto [console] them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. And they shall build the old wastes [ruins], they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste [ruined] cities, the desolations of many generations. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers [Servants] of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. For your shame ye shall have double [double honour]; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. For I the LORD love judgment [justice], I hate robbery for [in] burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make [cut] an everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace [keep silent], and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah [My Delight is in Her], and thy land Beulah [Married]: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace [keep silent] day nor night: ye that make mention of  [remember] the LORD, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” (Isaiah 61:1-62:7)

As we just read in the above Scriptures, it is God who has set watchmen over Israel, over Jerusalem, and it is God who will protect her and save a remnant of her in their time of trouble. This remnant will be the beautiful “crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.” For those nations today, including many people in America, who believe that God is finished with Israel, I ask them again: have you read the Bible? God called Israel to be a special people to Him, and made an everlasting covenant with them. God chose them to be the people from whom Messiah would come, and He, Jesus Christ, did, and He is coming back a second time at the end of the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble, at which He will put an end to all who will choose sin over salvation. I believe that we are so very close to the start of the 7-year time of Jacob’s trouble, also known as Daniel’s 70th week (Daniel 9:27), that will commence when one who will be the final antichrist makes a 7-year covenant (treaty) with”the many,” which I believe is Israel or at least includes Israel. On April 22, 2025, it was announced that a new proposal was set forth by Egypt and Qatar with the headline of “Report: Egypt and Qatar push bold 7-year truce in new ceasefire proposal”: (See: https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/egypt-qatar-propose-bold-gaza-truce)

“Mediators from Egypt and Qatar have put forward a new ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the ongoing war in Gaza and securing the release of hostages, according to a report by the BBC citing a senior Palestinian Arab official involved in the talks. The proposed agreement reportedly includes a ceasefire lasting between five to seven years, the release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a formal end to the conflict, and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.”

I haven’t heard anything about the proposal since it was reported. Will something like what was proposed above eventually lead to the covenant that the coming final antichrist will make with Israel for one week, which is known in Israel to be a period of seven years, and which will begin the time of Jacob’s trouble? Time will tell. I do know this, that we are drawing oh, so near to the time in which the prophecies of Daniel, Isaiah, Zechariah and the other prophets that speak to the Day of the Lord and the time of Jacob’s trouble will be fulfilled. I don’t know exactly how they will be fulfilled but that they will be fulfilled. Things are happening so quickly around the world that it’s becoming very difficult to keep up. There are many, many pressures being put on people: economic, the threat of increasing capabilities with artificial intelligence, near constant bombarding of possible pandemics on the verge, apostate churches, the seemingly never-ending Israel-Gaza crisis, wars and rumors of wars around the world, increasing crime and corruption; to sum it up, it’s everything the Bible said would happen in the end times just before the time of Jacob’s trouble, the tribulation period, begins. If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, I pray and I urge you to turn to Him, before it’s too late and you no longer have anymore time to decide. 🙏🏻 ✝️