Is Israel about to enter the “Final Trimester”?
Aug 5, 2013 13:49:33 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Aug 5, 2013 13:49:33 GMT -5
PROPHETIC UPDATE: Is Israel about to enter the “Final Trimester”?
PROPHETIC UPDATE: Recently my Jaw dropped when I saw that Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian Officials to propose a “Peace Plan” for the Middle East involving Israel and Palestine because there was a proposal of “9 Months” Here is the actual article from the Associated Press. ” Pressing ahead in a new U.S.-backed push for Middle East peace, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to meet again within two weeks to start substantive talks in hopes of reaching a long-elusive settlement within nine months. Speaking after the two sides wrapped up an initial two days of talks at the State Department and visited President Barack Obama at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry said Israel and the Palestinians were committed to sustained and serious negotiations on the “core issues” that divide them. The next round will take place in either Israel or the Palestinian territories before mid-August, he said. Kerry said he was aware of the deep doubts surrounding the new peace effort and acknowledged that the road would be difficult. Yet, he said, “While I understand the skepticism, I don’t share it. And I don’t think we have time for it.” All issues, including contentious disputes over the status of the territories and Jerusalem, are “on the table for negotiation, and they are on the table with one simple goal: a view to ending the conflict,” Kerry said. The U.S. had already said the negotiations would continue for at least nine months — roughly until the end of April 2014 — but that had not been set as a timeframe for reaching a deal. Kerry and both sides agreed that neither would walk away from the talks or take actions that could disrupt them for that period, two senior U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss diplomatic talks.
However, the officials also said they expect that the Israelis, over U.S. objections, will continue constructing housing for Jewish settlers on land claimed by the Palestinians over the course of the negotiations, an indication the Palestinians are serious about dropping their longstanding demand for a settlement freeze before returning to talks. The officials said the U.S. believes the Palestinians also will not attempt to win further international recognition as a state until a peace deal is completed, an effort that one official likened to a potential “train wreck.” Kerry said that Israel, which agreed on Sunday to release more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture, would also take unspecified steps in the coming days to ease harsh living conditions in the West Bank and Gaza. The two senior officials said those measures complement a $4 billion private sector economic program that Kerry is trying put in place to assist the Palestinians. After Tuesday’s conclusion of preliminary talks, Kerry said, “I firmly believe the leaders, the negotiators and citizens invested in this effort can make peace for one simple reason: because they must.” He said, “A viable two-state solution is the only way this conflict can end. And there is not much time to achieve it.” Kerry said the negotiations, to be mediated on a day-to-day basis by his new Mideast peace envoy, Martin Indyk, would be cloaked in secrecy and that the parties had agreed that he would be the only person to comment on them. He quickly added that he would not comment on them now, leaving unclear the framework for the talks that he struggled for six months to get back on track. Despite the secrecy, the broad outlines of an agreement are well known: The Palestinians want a state based on the borders, with agreed land swaps, that existed before the 1967 war in which Israel seized east Jerusalem and occupied the West Bank and Gaza. Israel wants security assurances and a recognition that it is and will remain a Jewish state. Obama laid out those parameters as U.S. policy for any negotiations in a May 2011 speech, but neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians have publicly signed off on them. The two senior U.S. officials would not say if either side had even tacitly agreed to proceed on that basis. The main issues on the table for negotiation include security, borders, the status of Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees and water, all of which have been responsible for cratering multiple U.S.-brokered peace efforts over the past two decades. Earlier Tuesday, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with the lead negotiators — Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat — for about 30 minutes.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama called the meeting to “directly express his personal support for final status negotiations.” Obama pledged full U.S. support to the process, Carney said. At the State Department ceremony later, Kerry was flanked by Livni and Erekat — who each spoke briefly about the need to resolve the longstanding conflict. ”It’s time for the Palestinian people to have an independent sovereign state of their own,” said Erekat. “It’s time for the Palestinians to live in peace, freedom and dignity within their own independent, sovereign state.” Livni allowed that she and Erekat had been involved in failed negotiations before, notably the Annapolis Process that President George W. Bush initiated in 2008, but she said this time could be different. ”You know, Saeb,” she said to Erekat, “we all spent some time in the negotiations room … but we didn’t complete our mission. And this is something that we need to do now, in these negotiations that we will launch today. And the opportunity has been created for us, for all of us, and we cannot afford to waste it.” ”I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream,” Livni added. “Let us be these people.”
Source.
www.newsday.com/news/nation/israeli-palestinian-aim-a-peace-deal-in-9-months-1.5793600
So why is 9 Months so interesting? Simple 9 Months is a “Birthing Process” in which The average length is 280 days (or 9 months and 1 week, or 40 weeks) starting from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP) to the birth of the baby. This is only an average – most babies are born between 38 – 42 weeks. Pregnancy is divided into 3 phases or trimesters of 3 months each. The 1st trimester takes you to 12-14 weeks gestation, the 2nd trimester up to 28 weeks gestation, and the 3rd trimester finishes with the birth of your baby. Source
I believe 1948 and 1967 were Major Trimesters regarding the “Fig Tree” or the Nation of Israel. May 14, 1948 is when Israel became a Nation, Back from the Dead as prophesied by Ezekiel. and in 1967 Israel defeated and Islamic Confederation in a 6 Day War to regain Jerusalem as its Capital. Consider the following passages in the Bible.
18071166_sFor the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. and another interesting passage is in Acts 3: 19-21 - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. The word “Receive” in verse 21 means to “Restrain or Hold Back”. This passage reveals that something is restraining or “Holding” Jesus back from returning until “times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. The word “Restore” here means to bring back to the original state or condition. Thus if we go back to Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus is giving the disciples the “Signs” of his soon return he tells them 32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! – Matthew 24: 32-33. Jesus tells us that the “Prophetic” Time clock will be the Nation of Israel and that when you see Major “Prophetic Events” spoken of by the Prophets that concern the Nation of Israel you will know that the end of the Age would be upon us. So have we seen Major “Prophetic” Events occur? The answer is “Absolutely”. Here is a list of those events dealing directly with the Nation of Israel foretold by the Prophets of Old.
1- Israel would be restored as a Nation in one day.
Isaiah 66:7-8. Zechariah 3:9. Hosea 3:4-5
Israel’s restoration process began during the 1800’s with the birth of the Zionist movement, but it was manifested to the world on may 14-15, 1948.
2- The land would begin to blossom and be fruitful.
Isaiah 35:1.-8. Isaiah 27:6.
Ben Gurion goals was to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah and make the desert blossom with vegetation. In 1953 at age 67, Ben Gurion resigned as prime minister of Israel to pursue his dream. This former Israeli leader and his wife, Paula moved into a 3 room wooden prefab hut at SDE Boker in the desolate Negev Desert. It was dry, empty sun baked landscape. Years later, Beersheba, the hometown Abraham, became a large town, and today more than 54 farms are scattered throughout a region called the Arabah the Negev and the southern part of Israel- producing tomatoes, peppers, melons, and a host of fruits and vegetables. Today the desert is blooming.
3- Water would break out in the desert for irrigation.
Isaiah 35: 6-7. Isaiah 41:18.
Ben-Gurion and other early Israeli settlers were also responsible for laying water pipelines to assist in irrigation. Years later, U.S satellites discovered a huge reservoir of water under the desert, which today is pumped out and is the lifeblood used in the drip irrigation process, enabling the desert to blossom with agricultural life.
4- Jerusalem would be in Jewish hands and expand its borders.
Psalms 102:16.
In 1967, Egyptian military forces, headed by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, threatened Israel and were planning an attack. Israel preempted the assault with an air campaign, destroying Egypt’s air force while the planes were still on the runway. During this 6 day war involving Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, Israeli paratroopers seized the eastern (Arab) half of Jerusalem. At this time, this section was known as the country of Transjordan. At the conclusion of the war, Israel annexed both east and west Jerusalem together, forming a united Jerusalem under Israeli control. At the moment Jerusalem was united as one city without walls and became the long promised capital of Israel.
5- Jews from gentile nations outside Palestine would return back to Israel.
Isaiah 43:5-6. Jeremiah 16:14-16.
From 1948-1967 Jews continually immigrated to Israel from surrounding nations; the Russian Jews living behind the iron curtain were forbidden visas to exit the communist stronghold. In the latter part of the 1980’s with the approval of Michal Gorbachev, Jews received visas to return from the north country of the Soviet Union back to Israel. Thus fulfilling the promises God gave them through Jeremiah and Isaiah thousands of years ago.
6- The early and latter rains would return in the last days.
Hosea 6:3. Joel 2:23. Amos 4:7.
In the early 1990’s there was a sudden return of the physical rains that soaked the soul of Israel, thus replenishing and nourishing the farmland, the deserts, and the upper Golan Heights, as the windows of heaven were opened, once dry riverbeds were flowing with fresh water. It was a sign of the return of the latter rains upon the land.
7- The walls of Jerusalem would be rebuilt by strangers and the gates open continually.
Isaiah 60:1-11.
Today the old city of Jerusalem is shared by the world’s 3 monotheistic religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Out of the 8 gates built in the walls of the old city, only one, the eastern gate remains sealed with large stones. All other gates are opened to citizens and visitors. Children are seen strolling along the streets continually amidst noisy buses and cars, occasionally darting in and out of the crowd that fills avenues throughout the day. Source – Perry Stone
Another very interesting observation that needs to be presented is the upcoming 4 Blood Moons in 2014/2015 that will be visible in Israel. For more on this Please watch the following videos:
leave you with the final piece to this puzzle that Could give us a clue as how close we truly are to seeing the soon Return of the Lord.
Daniel 9:27 - Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 - 5 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
Some key words I want to bring out and show you in these passages are:
1- Times and Seasons ( Appointed Days or Seasons )
2- When they say “Peace and Safety” ( Peace Treaty / Process )
3- Labor Pains upon a Pregnant Woman ( 9 Months is a Birthing Process )
4- You Brethren are NOT in Darkness that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
I want to emphasize that I am in no way saying the Lord is going to return in 9 Months of next year or 2015. However again Here is the United States involved with Palestine putting a planned “Peace Process” or “Peace Plan” together in the next 9 Months, putting us around the same time frame of May 2013 which is the same month Israel became a sovereign Nation in 1948 and during the first Blood Moon Cycle. My friend we are on the brink of “Major” Prophetic Events unfolding right before our very eyes! - Ricky Scaparo
source:
endtimeheadlines.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/is-israel-about-to-enter-the-final-trimester/
PROPHETIC UPDATE: Recently my Jaw dropped when I saw that Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian Officials to propose a “Peace Plan” for the Middle East involving Israel and Palestine because there was a proposal of “9 Months” Here is the actual article from the Associated Press. ” Pressing ahead in a new U.S.-backed push for Middle East peace, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to meet again within two weeks to start substantive talks in hopes of reaching a long-elusive settlement within nine months. Speaking after the two sides wrapped up an initial two days of talks at the State Department and visited President Barack Obama at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry said Israel and the Palestinians were committed to sustained and serious negotiations on the “core issues” that divide them. The next round will take place in either Israel or the Palestinian territories before mid-August, he said. Kerry said he was aware of the deep doubts surrounding the new peace effort and acknowledged that the road would be difficult. Yet, he said, “While I understand the skepticism, I don’t share it. And I don’t think we have time for it.” All issues, including contentious disputes over the status of the territories and Jerusalem, are “on the table for negotiation, and they are on the table with one simple goal: a view to ending the conflict,” Kerry said. The U.S. had already said the negotiations would continue for at least nine months — roughly until the end of April 2014 — but that had not been set as a timeframe for reaching a deal. Kerry and both sides agreed that neither would walk away from the talks or take actions that could disrupt them for that period, two senior U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss diplomatic talks.
However, the officials also said they expect that the Israelis, over U.S. objections, will continue constructing housing for Jewish settlers on land claimed by the Palestinians over the course of the negotiations, an indication the Palestinians are serious about dropping their longstanding demand for a settlement freeze before returning to talks. The officials said the U.S. believes the Palestinians also will not attempt to win further international recognition as a state until a peace deal is completed, an effort that one official likened to a potential “train wreck.” Kerry said that Israel, which agreed on Sunday to release more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture, would also take unspecified steps in the coming days to ease harsh living conditions in the West Bank and Gaza. The two senior officials said those measures complement a $4 billion private sector economic program that Kerry is trying put in place to assist the Palestinians. After Tuesday’s conclusion of preliminary talks, Kerry said, “I firmly believe the leaders, the negotiators and citizens invested in this effort can make peace for one simple reason: because they must.” He said, “A viable two-state solution is the only way this conflict can end. And there is not much time to achieve it.” Kerry said the negotiations, to be mediated on a day-to-day basis by his new Mideast peace envoy, Martin Indyk, would be cloaked in secrecy and that the parties had agreed that he would be the only person to comment on them. He quickly added that he would not comment on them now, leaving unclear the framework for the talks that he struggled for six months to get back on track. Despite the secrecy, the broad outlines of an agreement are well known: The Palestinians want a state based on the borders, with agreed land swaps, that existed before the 1967 war in which Israel seized east Jerusalem and occupied the West Bank and Gaza. Israel wants security assurances and a recognition that it is and will remain a Jewish state. Obama laid out those parameters as U.S. policy for any negotiations in a May 2011 speech, but neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians have publicly signed off on them. The two senior U.S. officials would not say if either side had even tacitly agreed to proceed on that basis. The main issues on the table for negotiation include security, borders, the status of Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees and water, all of which have been responsible for cratering multiple U.S.-brokered peace efforts over the past two decades. Earlier Tuesday, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with the lead negotiators — Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat — for about 30 minutes.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama called the meeting to “directly express his personal support for final status negotiations.” Obama pledged full U.S. support to the process, Carney said. At the State Department ceremony later, Kerry was flanked by Livni and Erekat — who each spoke briefly about the need to resolve the longstanding conflict. ”It’s time for the Palestinian people to have an independent sovereign state of their own,” said Erekat. “It’s time for the Palestinians to live in peace, freedom and dignity within their own independent, sovereign state.” Livni allowed that she and Erekat had been involved in failed negotiations before, notably the Annapolis Process that President George W. Bush initiated in 2008, but she said this time could be different. ”You know, Saeb,” she said to Erekat, “we all spent some time in the negotiations room … but we didn’t complete our mission. And this is something that we need to do now, in these negotiations that we will launch today. And the opportunity has been created for us, for all of us, and we cannot afford to waste it.” ”I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream,” Livni added. “Let us be these people.”
Source.
www.newsday.com/news/nation/israeli-palestinian-aim-a-peace-deal-in-9-months-1.5793600
So why is 9 Months so interesting? Simple 9 Months is a “Birthing Process” in which The average length is 280 days (or 9 months and 1 week, or 40 weeks) starting from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP) to the birth of the baby. This is only an average – most babies are born between 38 – 42 weeks. Pregnancy is divided into 3 phases or trimesters of 3 months each. The 1st trimester takes you to 12-14 weeks gestation, the 2nd trimester up to 28 weeks gestation, and the 3rd trimester finishes with the birth of your baby. Source
I believe 1948 and 1967 were Major Trimesters regarding the “Fig Tree” or the Nation of Israel. May 14, 1948 is when Israel became a Nation, Back from the Dead as prophesied by Ezekiel. and in 1967 Israel defeated and Islamic Confederation in a 6 Day War to regain Jerusalem as its Capital. Consider the following passages in the Bible.
18071166_sFor the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. and another interesting passage is in Acts 3: 19-21 - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. The word “Receive” in verse 21 means to “Restrain or Hold Back”. This passage reveals that something is restraining or “Holding” Jesus back from returning until “times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. The word “Restore” here means to bring back to the original state or condition. Thus if we go back to Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus is giving the disciples the “Signs” of his soon return he tells them 32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! – Matthew 24: 32-33. Jesus tells us that the “Prophetic” Time clock will be the Nation of Israel and that when you see Major “Prophetic Events” spoken of by the Prophets that concern the Nation of Israel you will know that the end of the Age would be upon us. So have we seen Major “Prophetic” Events occur? The answer is “Absolutely”. Here is a list of those events dealing directly with the Nation of Israel foretold by the Prophets of Old.
1- Israel would be restored as a Nation in one day.
Isaiah 66:7-8. Zechariah 3:9. Hosea 3:4-5
Israel’s restoration process began during the 1800’s with the birth of the Zionist movement, but it was manifested to the world on may 14-15, 1948.
2- The land would begin to blossom and be fruitful.
Isaiah 35:1.-8. Isaiah 27:6.
Ben Gurion goals was to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah and make the desert blossom with vegetation. In 1953 at age 67, Ben Gurion resigned as prime minister of Israel to pursue his dream. This former Israeli leader and his wife, Paula moved into a 3 room wooden prefab hut at SDE Boker in the desolate Negev Desert. It was dry, empty sun baked landscape. Years later, Beersheba, the hometown Abraham, became a large town, and today more than 54 farms are scattered throughout a region called the Arabah the Negev and the southern part of Israel- producing tomatoes, peppers, melons, and a host of fruits and vegetables. Today the desert is blooming.
3- Water would break out in the desert for irrigation.
Isaiah 35: 6-7. Isaiah 41:18.
Ben-Gurion and other early Israeli settlers were also responsible for laying water pipelines to assist in irrigation. Years later, U.S satellites discovered a huge reservoir of water under the desert, which today is pumped out and is the lifeblood used in the drip irrigation process, enabling the desert to blossom with agricultural life.
4- Jerusalem would be in Jewish hands and expand its borders.
Psalms 102:16.
In 1967, Egyptian military forces, headed by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, threatened Israel and were planning an attack. Israel preempted the assault with an air campaign, destroying Egypt’s air force while the planes were still on the runway. During this 6 day war involving Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, Israeli paratroopers seized the eastern (Arab) half of Jerusalem. At this time, this section was known as the country of Transjordan. At the conclusion of the war, Israel annexed both east and west Jerusalem together, forming a united Jerusalem under Israeli control. At the moment Jerusalem was united as one city without walls and became the long promised capital of Israel.
5- Jews from gentile nations outside Palestine would return back to Israel.
Isaiah 43:5-6. Jeremiah 16:14-16.
From 1948-1967 Jews continually immigrated to Israel from surrounding nations; the Russian Jews living behind the iron curtain were forbidden visas to exit the communist stronghold. In the latter part of the 1980’s with the approval of Michal Gorbachev, Jews received visas to return from the north country of the Soviet Union back to Israel. Thus fulfilling the promises God gave them through Jeremiah and Isaiah thousands of years ago.
6- The early and latter rains would return in the last days.
Hosea 6:3. Joel 2:23. Amos 4:7.
In the early 1990’s there was a sudden return of the physical rains that soaked the soul of Israel, thus replenishing and nourishing the farmland, the deserts, and the upper Golan Heights, as the windows of heaven were opened, once dry riverbeds were flowing with fresh water. It was a sign of the return of the latter rains upon the land.
7- The walls of Jerusalem would be rebuilt by strangers and the gates open continually.
Isaiah 60:1-11.
Today the old city of Jerusalem is shared by the world’s 3 monotheistic religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Out of the 8 gates built in the walls of the old city, only one, the eastern gate remains sealed with large stones. All other gates are opened to citizens and visitors. Children are seen strolling along the streets continually amidst noisy buses and cars, occasionally darting in and out of the crowd that fills avenues throughout the day. Source – Perry Stone
Another very interesting observation that needs to be presented is the upcoming 4 Blood Moons in 2014/2015 that will be visible in Israel. For more on this Please watch the following videos:
leave you with the final piece to this puzzle that Could give us a clue as how close we truly are to seeing the soon Return of the Lord.
Daniel 9:27 - Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 - 5 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
Some key words I want to bring out and show you in these passages are:
1- Times and Seasons ( Appointed Days or Seasons )
2- When they say “Peace and Safety” ( Peace Treaty / Process )
3- Labor Pains upon a Pregnant Woman ( 9 Months is a Birthing Process )
4- You Brethren are NOT in Darkness that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
I want to emphasize that I am in no way saying the Lord is going to return in 9 Months of next year or 2015. However again Here is the United States involved with Palestine putting a planned “Peace Process” or “Peace Plan” together in the next 9 Months, putting us around the same time frame of May 2013 which is the same month Israel became a sovereign Nation in 1948 and during the first Blood Moon Cycle. My friend we are on the brink of “Major” Prophetic Events unfolding right before our very eyes! - Ricky Scaparo
source:
endtimeheadlines.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/is-israel-about-to-enter-the-final-trimester/