Israel Is the Greatest End Times Sign

Part 2: Greatest Sign — Dr. Tim Sigler and Dr. Carl Broggi

Tim Sigler: Well, as many began to even predict for the future as we think of the reclaiming of the Scriptures in the common language of the people and the Protestant reformation, and people studying the Bible in new ways to say, what does the text actually say? There were many already in the 1800s who were predicting, people like Charles Spurgeon or William Blackstone, and others who were saying, Israel will be reborn and there will be a modern state again. And of course, people would’ve said, “You’re crazy. How can that possibly be?”

But now, for those of us born after 1948, we never existed without the state of Israel being there. And yet, the very fact that Israel is in the land and is a modern nation today, it’s a modern act of God in biblical history.

Tim Moore: It is.

Nathan Jones: I mean, to think that the Bible prophesied that Israel would become a nation again, what nation comes back from the dead after 1,900 years?

Tim Moore: That’s it.

Tim Sigler: And that’s the nation of the Bible.

Nathan Jones: And you have the pulse on that through Ariel Ministries, right?

Tim Sigler: Amen. And as we look at what is discovered in the land and even these statements about Israel being a White colonialist state or something like this, no, it’s an indigenous people and an indigenous land where when you dig down archeologically, you’re not finding Arabic texts and Palestinian history. You’re finding Jewish artifacts and Hebrew texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Tim Moore: Exactly so. And the fact is, because Israel reemerged in the middle of the 20th century, but was already headed that way, I think Satan redouble his efforts to come against the Jewish people. But God uses even the devil’s evil intention to His glory and good. So, the Jews were motivated, many of them to go back to Israel. They’re still streaming back today. And God will protect and preserve His people. And He’s doing so even with the likes of Haman in the Old Testament…

Tim Sigler: Right.

Tim Moore: Hitler in the last century, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, they all seem to have H’s… but God will prevail.

Tim Sigler: Amen. And we’re so grateful for God’s eternal irrevocable promises to the Jewish people that we celebrate.

Carl Broggi: There’s no question, because God says four times in the Old Testament, prophets said at the end of time, He’d regather Israel in the land, make them a nation. Nothing happened for 1,900 years. And then, all of a sudden, here they are. There’s more Jews now living in Israel from over a hundred nations than all the nations combined. So, God is setting the platform for the return of His Son. Israel has to be in the land just as He used them to fulfill the First Coming of the Messiah. The Scripture is clear, He’ll use them to fulfill the Second Coming.

Tim Moore: And it seems like even with the unrest and the wars that have taken place just recently, the Jewish people who have been largely secular throughout their history have finally begun to wake up to the fact that supernaturally, they’ve been protected from two ballistic missile attacks from Iran, from all the other onslaught. Yes, they’ve been bloodied and abused, but something has preserved and protected them. That something is someone we know as the Lord God Almighty. I think their hearts are being softened in that regard.

Carl Broggi: No question. God said, as long as the stars and the moon and the sun is in the sky, that’s how long He’ll be committed to Israel. So, people cannot destroy them. They cannot wipe them off the map. But what has to happen for Israel, and that’s the purpose of the Tribulation, the time of Jacob’s Trouble, is to bring them to repentance and faith that Jesus is the Messiah.

Part 3: Greatest Sign — Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson

Tim Moore: Next up are Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson, who are better known as the Prophecy Pros. Let’s see if they also agree.

Jeff Kinley: Yeah, I always say that Israel is the Rosetta Stone of Bible prophecy. She’s the timepiece of prophecy as well. And so, what happens in Israel really is a concentric effects to the whole world, I think. I think globalism is another huge sign that’s out there right now that maybe is being put on pause, maybe a little bit with Trump being elected. But Israel continues to be in the news. We of course know from the Book of Zechariah that Israel’s going to be the center and Jerusalem, really the center of everything. So, isn’t it interesting that just that small little piece of real estate is really controlling geopolitics in a lot of ways. So, continue to look to Israel.

Todd Hampson: Well, you know, all things Israel, we were supposed to take a group of 50 people to Israel. We were to leave October 8th is when we were flying out, and of course October 7th. And we just, our minds were blown at how fast the antisemitism exploded around the world.
To me, the fact that you’re seeing this collision of eschatology developments and spiritual warfare, particularly for the hatred of the Jewish people around the world from different sources and different worldviews. They’re all hating the Jewish people. And to me, those are two key things. All things Israel, all of a sudden, the eyes of the world are on this tiny little nation that could fit in the Lake Michigan with room to spare. And it’s on the news every single day and the entire Mid East. And the whole world is talking about Israel.

Part 4: Greatest Sign — Dr. Don Perkins, Lee Brainard, and Dr. J. B. Hixson

Nathan Jones: We also asked Dr. Don Perkins of According to Prophecy Ministries, author Lee Brainard of Soothkeep, and Dr. JB Hixson of Not By Works Ministries, what they believed is the greatest of the signs pointing to Jesus Christ’s soon return.

Don Perkins: As a prophecy teacher, we all go to the same thing because it is true that number one sign is the fact that Israel is here as a nation. Now, it may sound redundant, but it’s a fact that we must understand. In the Church, we have the replacement theology guys that believe that the Church has superseded Israel and all that. The fact that Israel is here as a nation is a major indicator that you can trust the Bible.

Tim Moore: Yes.

Don Perkins: You can trust the Word of God. As I see Israel, I said many times that after 1948, National Geographic had to change the name of its maps from Palestine to Israel. Now, we know it became Palestine as a result of the Romans trying to humiliate Israel. But they had to change the name, take it, change it back to what is called Israel. Now, I watch the news and I see all these commentators. Every time they say Israel, they don’t realize, they literally prophesy. They are speaking about prophecy. When you call it by God’s name, they don’t realize it, but they are testifying to the Word of God.

Tim Moore: They sure are. You know, and I think sometimes, that’s why Satan tries to motivate them to remove some of that even name. There was a channel this last year that said, “We’re not going to say Jerusalem is in Israel.” And you think, it’s the capital of Israel.

Don Perkins: Absolutely.

Tim Moore: But Satan tries to foment this. But you’re exactly right. They’re proclaiming the fulfillment of Bible prophecy before our eyes…

Don Perkins: Yes.

Tim Moore: …even by using the name Israel.

Don Perkins: The name. A testimony to His Word. I tell people all the time, you can trust the Word of God because the nation of Israel is here. I get a question on, “How do you know that Bible is the right one?” Because it’s a book that has prophecies that are being fulfilled before our very eyes. You can trust the…

Tim Moore: And if God keeps His promises to Israel, He will keep His promises to me and to you.

Don Perkins: Absolutely. Absolutely.

Nathan Jones: And to think that the regathering of the Jewish people back in the land of Israel, the Jewish people consider that a greater miracle…

Don Perkins: Yes.

Nathan Jones: …than their deliverance from the Red Sea.

Lee Brainard: It’s like a silver dollar that one side is Israel being a cup of trembling to the entire world and the other side is the antisemitism that goes with it. That’s just exploded in this last year. And to me, it’s frustrating to look at the world stage and see nations continually vote against Israel and for her enemies.

Nathan Jones: By the end of 2025, the latest UN resolution is that Israel has to get out of Gaza, West Bank, and Jerusalem. I mean, Jerusalem. Do you think the Israelis are going to do that?

Lee Brainard: Absolutely not.

Tim Moore: Yeah.

Lee Brainard: Not unless they’re forced by all the world to do so. And I don’t foresee that.

J.B. Hixson: Well, if I have to pick one, it obviously would be the super sign of 1948 when Israel became a nation. I think that’s clear enough. Imagine for 1,800 years, there’s no Israel on the map. Yet, Bible prophecy is centered on Israel. And people just had to take by faith that somehow, God’s Word would be true. All of a sudden, Israel reemerges, only nation to ever do that. And yet here they are. So, I think that’s the big one.

But if I could add a couple of other close seconds, I would really say a lot of things in the technology world that really explain how Revelation 13 can come about. How can a human being, the antichrist, oversee a full spectrum, planetary control grid without the omniscience and omnipotence of Almighty God? Well, he’s going to feign it by using a control grid. And boy, we are seeing now how that is absolutely possible.

Part 5: Israel Sign — Olivier Melnick, Lee Brainard, and Jeff Kinley

Tim Moore: We’ll explore J.B.’s comment on the sign of technology in our next episode of Christ in Prophecy. For now, knowing that we all agree that Israel is indeed the greatest of the End Time signs, we press on by asking this follow-up question, according to the Bible, what does the future hold for the nation of Israel? First up is Olivier Melnick with Shalom in Messiah Ministries.

Olivier Melnick: I don’t know where you guys stand on the Ezekiel 38, but I see that in Ezekiel 38, there’s going to be a time where there seems to be a respite and peace and tranquility. And so…

Tim Moore: Leading up to that war.

Olivier Melnick: Leading up to Ezekiel 38. So, are we setting the stage for that? I think the stage is being set for that, that for the coming Ezekiel 38. I am also, you didn’t ask, but I’ll tell you, I’m not a proponent of the physical actual war of Psalm 83. Some people say it’s a real war. I don’t think it is. I think it’s a literary device of Asaph saying, they all have, the whole world is after us, you know.

Tim Moore: So, you think perhaps even all the developments of Hamas being put down, Hezbollah being addressed, even Iran for a time, and now the upheaval in Syria, you think that some of this peace that might break out for a season is beginning to happen even before our eyes that will lead to that time of relative shalom and security before the Ezekiel 38 war.

Olivier Melnick: It could, it could. I was talking to my ministry partner, Doug, the other day, and he mentioned like, “Things are happening so quickly.” What happened in Syria, what a week? Who would’ve guessed that within a week, Assad would be deposed and gone and moving on. And by the way, it’s a back vacuum that’s left it.

Tim Moore: Yeah, it is.

Olivier Melnick: And Israel is moving into…

Nathan Jones: Where’s Russia?

Olivier Melnick: Israel is moving in to clean up all the chemical weapons and every, because they cannot afford to have an Afghanistan debacle like we had.

Tim Moore: On the doorstep.

Olivier Melnick: So, they have to clean up the mess. So, it’s going to be very interesting what’s happening. So, the big answer is, I think, it’s a potential setting up for Ezekiel 38. Satan is never going to stop because he knows that it’s… his agenda is to get rid of the chosen people of God, to get rid of the Jews.

Tim Moore: And his time is short.

Olivier Melnick: And his time is short. He’s running on fumes. And so, I don’t think it will be promoted. I don’t think it’ll be tolerated as much as it was in the last four years, but it’s not going to stop. And Satan has been very creative over the centuries, always subcontracting his hatred to different groups.

Lee Brainard: I think from here on out, Israel is just going to have one issue after another until we come to that little window, whether we’re up in Heaven watching it or watching it start from down here, a little window of apparent peace, but it’ll be deceptive.

Tim Moore: Apparent peace. I like that. Well, I do hope for some shalom this year, as we hope to take two pilgrimage trips in 2025 to Israel. I think there may be a little reprieve from some of the fighting that we’ve seen of late, but it’s going to be the calm between the storms, so to speak, prophetically.

Lee Brainard: Absolutely. Absolutely.

Nathan Jones: Well, what’s next prophetically for Israel, do you believe?

Lee Brainard: I think she’s going to have to deal with this whole serious situation. This caught a lot of people by surprise, wasn’t on hardly anybody’s bingo card. Now, you’re dealing with Al-Qaeda for all practical purposes in Syria. And people thought Assad was bad enough, this is 10 times worse. You’re going to see an interesting situation where somehow, Turkey and Russia, and Iran are going to have to get on the same page somehow, some way working with this organization, or removing it. Who knows what’s going to happen?

Nathan Jones: Well, do you see the prophecy about the destruction of Damascus possibly tied to ISIS taking over Syria?

Lee Brainard: Well, I can actually, in my mind, envision several scenarios where this thing could come together. I mean, who knows? Maybe Assad has got a few weapons underneath that, he could just blow Damascus to pieces by just pushing the button or getting on his cell phone. But maybe it’s going to end up being such a threat, Israel takes it out. Maybe it’s such a threat, God takes it out. We have no idea how this is going to come to pass.

Jeff Kinley: I think a couple of things. I think the Israeli government wants peace. The Israeli government doesn’t want to go and occupy and take over and conquer lands. And they’re secular government. They’re not a spirit-filled government, but they want peace. So, I think we’re going to see overtures towards peace, but a continued defense of their national land, of their people itself. And I think we’re going to also see an ebb and flow in the peace and war process.

There’s going to be, I think, more skirmishes. There’s going to be more effects from perhaps Iran, maybe Turkey. Of course, we know Iran, Russia, and Turkey have already come together, and said, hey, what do we do about this Israeli problem type thing? So, I think we’re going to see more of an ebb and flow. There could be more overtures towards peace as we get closer to Trump getting into office, that type of thing. He’s made some pretty bold claims about what he’s going to do. So, we’ll see what happens.

But I think from a prophetic standpoint, we’re going to continue to see war in Israel. We’re going to continue to see efforts towards peace. And that’s all going to continue to boil, I think, until time of Antichrist.

Tim Moore: Yeah. Time of the antichrist. I think there’s also perhaps a reprieve in the short term, a kind of a calm between the storms. We’re hoping for a little bit of shalom in Israel. I hope to take two trips to Israel this year. And so, perhaps the threat immediate from Hamas and Hezbollah will decline. Obviously, we don’t know what’s going to happen in Syria.

Jeff Kinley: Yeah, absolutely. And we were scheduled to leave for Israel on October the 8th, 2023. Of course you know what happened on the 7th. Someone asked me yesterday, “Is it safe to travel in Israel?” I was like, yeah, it’s kind of touch and go right now. But yeah, I’m with you. I hope there is a sort of a protective peace where people can still take trips to the Holy Land, that type of thing. Of course, you’ve got that threat of Syria to the north. It’s now come down with the Assad regime. Who knows what the ripple effects will be on that.

Part 6: Israel Sign — Dr. J.B. Hixson and Dr. Don Perkins

Nathan Jones: Well, as you heard, there’s some speculation concerning Israel’s imminent wars, particularly the Psalm 83 war, and the war of Gog and Magog. However, what our experts all could agree on is that Ezekiel prophesied a brief respite of peace for Israel leading up to the Gog and Magog invasion.

J.B. Hixson: I do, I do think that Israel’s in a unique place right now, but philosophically, it seems like a lot of the world is still turning on Israel and antisemitism is on the rise, but militarily, yeah, they’ve kind of knocked one right after the other out of the picture. So, I think it’s a great opportunity. Certainly we’ve got a more pro-Israel leader now who can make sure that we don’t withdraw support or withdraw military aid, and so forth. So, I think it’s an exciting time to see what’s going to happen over there. I do think, there’s some biblical prophecy that is being set. The stage is being set right before our eyes.

Tim Moore: Stage being set.

Nathan Jones: Well, do you think this reprieve, this quietness, this peace is the prophesied quietness that leads up to the Gog-Magog war? Israel is supposed to have a time of peace and unsuspecting of an attack.

J.B. Hixson: Yeah, I do. I think Gog and Magog is right around the corner. Now, I’ve always held, and I talk about in my book, “What Lies Ahead”, that it probably happens between the Rapture, but prior to the signing of the covenant in that gap. So, if Gog and Magog is getting closer, which it sure looks like it is, then of course what does that mean? The Rapture’s even closer.

Don Perkins: Well, Israel has a future. We know that. But we also know that it’s going to look the way it’s looking. Zechariah 12:2-3 talks about Jerusalem being a cup of trembling. The unstableness of the region, believe it or not, is by God’s design. One thing we do know that there will be no peace in the region. I’m talking about a lasting peace until Messiah sits on the throne.

Tim Moore: Right.

Don Perkins: So, what we are seeing with all of the disrupting Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, everything, all of that literally is just playing into Israel’s future in a sense of bringing Christ back as their Messiah. We know that Israel, they won’t have that real peace because of what’s going on. I mean with the nation and we do know that these other nations, they want to take Israel’s place. They want to get rid of Jerusalem, which will not happen.

Tim Moore: Which will not happen.

Don Perkins: That will not happen. There will never be a two-state solution. It will never happen to bring peace. So, what we are witnessing, literally just pointing to the end of the story.

Part 7: Israel Sign — Dr. Tim Sigler and Todd Hampson

Tim Moore: Has God washed His hands of the Jewish people, as so many who refuse to take a literal interpretation of the Bible claim? As Paul asked and answered in Romans 11, “Has God cast away His people?” Certainly not. Our Lord has a great plan of redemption in store for the remnant of Israel. Tim Sigler and Todd Hampson will now share what the Bible prophesies concerning the future salvation of the people of Israel.

Tim Sigler: You know, only God knows the future, and yet, He’s revealed so much in His Word. And what we want to focus on is the fact that in any generation, God has preserved a remnant of believing Jewish people who are trusting in the Messiah, Yeshua. And so, we want to be faithful to tell the Good News of the Messiahship of Jesus. We want to tell the Good News of salvation offered in His name. And we know that God in His mercy is always going to bring certain ones to His saving faith.

Yes, I always like to turn to Zechariah 14, not only to understand that there will be all the nations of the Earth gathered against Jerusalem in the End Times, but to also realize that for all the pain and all the suffering, like all of human history, living under this curse, living in this time when ha-satan, the adversary, is the king of this world. In the end, the Lord is going to rule and He’ll bring His shalom, and He will comfort all who mourn in Zion, and one day, even wipe away every tear from our eyes.

Tim Moore: Amen.

Nathan Jones: And that’s the far view, because Israel’s got to go through this time of tribulation coming, but they’re promised something special during His Kingdom, right? To be a priestly people during that time?

Tim Sigler: Absolutely. And for a thousand years, that same chapter predicts that all the nations will go up to worship the King in Jerusalem and celebrate the feast…

Nathan Jones: Rabbah.

Tim Sigler: of tabernacle.

Tim Moore: Yeah, exactly. That’s right. They will be the primary nation.

Tim Sigler: That’s right.

Tim Moore: And I dare say they already are in the eschatological sense, but right now, we don’t see them as the most ascended nation. The Lord will keep His promise to the Jewish people just as He will keep His promises to all of us who have put our faith in Jesus Christ.

Tim Sigler: And as you think about the relationship between Israel and these various nations, I’m thinking about how, yes, in terms of the evangelism of the world, many other nations are the ascendant nation. They’re taking the lead and pointing people to Jesus, the Messiah. But think about how that’ll be so opposite during the Millennial Kingdom and how Israel will be the primary people leading others up to Jerusalem to worship the King.

Tim Moore: 144,000 Jewish evangelists. And…

Nathan Jones: Yeah, just a start.

Tim Sigler: Yeah. During the tribulation period. And then, even more.

Todd Hampson: I think it does have a future. Obviously, biblically, we know it has a future. We know.

Nathan Jones: The Bible says.

Todd Hampson: Yeah, the Bible says nothing’s going to stop them from existing. And that those who try to move the borders will herniate themselves. They’re going to rupture their own, injure themselves trying to do this. So, we know that’s not going to happen. It’s the apple of God’s eye, you know? So, He’s there watching over her. The Archangel Michael has been extremely busy the past year, I’m sure.

Nathan Jones: Well, the drone strikes, I mean, that’s what really gets me. We’ve seen two massive drone strikes in Israel.

Tim Moore: And even ballistic missiles coming from Iran.

Nathan Jones: And they’re all knocked out of the sky. And the ones that do get through don’t do any damage. They say that technologically, they don’t even have the capability to stop that. So, we know that miracles are happening.

Todd Hampson: Absolutely. That is God’s handprint all over that. Every time they are, if you look from their founding in 1948 to now, every big major battle, you see God’s supernatural hand. But I think more so now, the fact that they’ve had the two biggest ballistic missile attacks in modern history to this tiny nation. And only, from what I understand, only one of them killed somebody, and it was a Palestinian, sadly. But yeah, God is supernaturally protecting Israel right now. And that should get the attention of Israelis, which is highly secular.

Nathan Jones: Is it?

Tim Moore: It should get the attention.

Todd Hampson: Right.

Tim Moore: We know that some Israelis are having their eyes open to, wow, this is miraculous. It’s almost supernatural that we’re being protected. And so, some of them are actually receptive to the Gospel even, and to the presence of God in their midst. What about Christians? Not just Israelis, but why don’t more Christians recognize that God is at work and that His prophetic Word is coming to pass right before our eyes? Because there are some who still scoff at Israel being significant.

Todd Hampson: Yeah. Which blows my mind. But I think that is one of the two great recent separators of kind of the remnant Church and just church doing church and going through the motions. COVID was one. And then, all of a sudden, this, now, churches that don’t even talk about Israel. Honestly, a lot of pastors don’t even understand Israel. Even though it’s all through the Scripture, they don’t understand the program for Israel and the Church, and how it all relates. So, they just don’t touch it. And then, sadly, that leads to replacement theology, soft or hard antisemitism, these kind of things.

So, it’s time for churches and ministries like yours who see God’s plan for Israel and the Jewish people to step up, like you often do, and preach the truth from the Word of God. And that’s all we’re trying to do is just what does the Word of God say? That’s what we’re going to talk about.

Closing

Nathan Jones: Wars and rumors of wars, social upheavals, false teachers and teachings, the church and apostasy, signs of Israel, signs of nature, signs of technology, a convergence of all the End Time signs, clearly God provided us with just so many signs that reveal the imminent return of Jesus Christ. But we cannot emphasize enough, the rebirth of the nation of Israel is indeed the greatest of the End Time signs.

Tim Moore: Knowing what we now know about Israel in the End Times when it comes to the return of Jesus Christ, we must ask, are you ready? To answer this important question, we’ll close with a special invitation by Carl Broggi. Until next time, look up, be watchful for the signs of the End Times indicate that our Lord Jesus Christ truly is coming soon! Godspeed!

Special Invitation by Dr. Carl Broggi

Carl Broggi: Well, God raised up Israel to bring the Messiah and He specified a particular group of people, a certain tribe, a certain family, hundreds of prophecies were fulfilled. The Bible is the only book God wrote. There’s no fulfilled prophecy in the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the Upanishads of Vedas, any religious book, only the Bible. So, that’s authoritative.

And Jesus said, He is the way to the Father, not our good deeds, not keeping the Golden Rule, baptism. He is the way. And unless we place our faith in the Gospel, the Gospels, the fact that Christ died, was buried, and was raised. And if we put our faith in Him and Him alone to forgive us and to change us on the basis of what He did, in a moment’s time, He gives us the gift of eternal life. And gifts aren’t earned. They’re humbly received.

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