Prophecy Unfolding

Below is from Pastor Mark Biltz. Highly interesting stuff... It reminds me that if we are not watching, we are not in obedience. If we are not praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, we are not in obedience.

Blair: New Mideast Peace Plan Unveiled in Weeks

An interesting quote from it is this:
President Barack Obama is holding separate meetings at the White House this month with the Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to hear their views. Once those meetings are over, the Quartet is to convene in Washington to discuss and present the new strategy, Blair said. The Quartet includes the U.S., the United Nations, the European Union and Russia. "I think that within the next five to six weeks, you will have a very clear picture of what the plan is," Blair said.

The haftarah portion from the prophets that is read around the world by Jews coming up June 6th is very significantly related. It is Zech 2-4. Here is the preface to it from Zech 1:

Zec 1:17-21 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the LORD showed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to bring terror to them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

In Zechariah 2 we find Jerusalem is being measured. And then we find:

Zec 2:8-10 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

Recent Torah Portions

Every year the Jews read through Torah - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Each week a 'portion' is read. These are significant to the season in which they are read, and they do not change from year to year. For instance, we can often tell which Jewish holiday or season was approaching by what Jesus taught in the synagogue. Recently, Mark Biltz had this to say about the recent portions:

Remember the Israeli elections in prayer coming up on Tuesday of next week
Feb. 10th.

Those of you following along with the audio torah portions will be aware
of this but in Judaism they always say history follows the torah portions.
Jan 17th began the portion on the Book of Exodus where there is a new
Pharaoh and one of the first things he does is sign a decree to allow the
killing of the newborns. Then on Jan 20th we have a new leader and one of
the first thing Congress does is pass the freedom of choice act. The next
Sabbath was on the beginning of the plagues and we find this article about
the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129565 ] bubonic
plague hitting an Al Qaeda cell in the news.

This last Shabbat the reading is on the last 3 plagues of locusts, well
here is a link to an [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7865240.stm ]
unidentifiable insect plague in Africa that is destroying the crops.

This next weekend’s torah portion covers the Red Sea crossing, the manna
falling and the complaints for food and over the bitter water ending with
the story of Amalek attacking Israel. With the elections this next week it
could be interesting!