Just Another Coincidence?
Just
Another
Coincidence?
By Pastor F. M. Riley
August 6, 2014
“God that made the world and all things therein…….hath determined the
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply,
they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of
us.”
Acts 17:24-27
The
Ninth Day of Av
Yesterday, August 5th, was the 9th day of Av on
the Jewish calendar. Av is the 5th month of the year on the Jewish
calendar. I am one who believes that this is an important day Scripturally and
prophetically.
The religious Jews right to this day look upon the 9th day of
Av as “Destruction Day,” for it was on this particular day of their year that
both of their previous Temples were destroyed.
The invading Babylonian armies burned Solomon’s Temple and the city of
Jerusalem on the 9th day of Av.
Centuries later, the Roman army burned Herod’s Temple on the 9th
day of Av. But this is by no means why
the Jews refer to this particular day as “Destruction Day.” Century after century, and year after year,
terrible things have happened to Israel and the Jewish people on the 9th
day of Av.
During the Second World War in 1938 it was on the 9th day of
Av that Hermann Goering presented his “final solution” [to the Jewish problem in Europe] to Adolph Hitler and his advisors
[Nazi henchmen]. Goering’s “final
solution” was unanimously adopted by Hitler and his German government and
put into operation immediately. The
solution: Every Jew in Europe, men,
women, and children, would be arrested and taken to the “death camps,” where
they would be placed in the gas chambers and the ovens to be executed, and by
this means Europe would finally be rid of the despised Jews. Folks, Genesis 12:3 is still in the Bible.
Adolph Hitler and his entire Nazi organization are gone, and the Jews are still
here. Glory to God!
During the Second World War, it was on the 9th day of Av that
the Nazi’s decided to forcibly remove the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Many
weeks later, the last of the Jews were finally removed. Those Jews, men, women, and children, often
barehanded, using only sticks, stones, clubs, and knives, often fighting their
fists and teeth, whatever was available to them, had fought the well armed
Nazi’s like entrapped wild animals, until they had drawn their final breath. What the well armed Nazi’s thought would be a
“stroll in the park” turned out to cost the lives of hundreds of the Nazi’s, as
the Jews in Warsaw fought viciously to protect their families, homes, and
fortunes. The battle for the Warsaw
Ghetto was one of the most shameful episodes of “man’s inhumanity to man” in
the Second World War.
In more recent times it was on the 9th day of Av in 1990 that
the armies of Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait under cover of darkness and the
first Desert Storm War began. The
aftermath of that war is still lingering in Iraq and the Middle East right to
this day.
It was on the 9th day of Av in 1994 that the final piece of
the 21 pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy
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Comet plunged into Jupiter as the whole
world watched this heavenly drama unfolding on international television.
There are many, many more terrible events in history which have happened
to the Jewish people on the 9th day of Av, giving them reason to
refer to this particular day each year as “Destruction Day.” On the spur of the moment I do not have my
list at hand of all the things that have happened to Israel and the Jewish
people on this day, but it is glaringly obvious that the God of Heaven Himself,
who “appointed
the times” attaches some importance to this particular day in His
dealings with the Jews and the nations who choose to come against His chosen
people. Take heed!
The
Prophecies of the End-time
Any serious
student of Bible prophecy knows that the prophecies of God’s inspired Word
clearly and repeatedly predict that at the end of this present age, the Lord’s
church and New Covenant believers will be resurrected and raptured out of “this
present evil world,” Galatians 1:4. Once
the Lord’s Gentile church [bride] and
New Covenant believers are removed to Heaven, then the prophecies are quite
plain that the Lord God will begin dealing with Israel and the Jewish people
again, and a “remnant” of the Jewish people will turn back to the Lord God “with
their whole heart” and be redeemed, Jeremiah 29:13-14. The redemption of “the remnant” of
Israel will begin to occur during the first half of the Tribulation period,
and will continue throughout the entire Tribulation. How close are we to this beginning point?
I do not know! But from all the “signs” which were
predicted to occur just preceding the Tribulation, many of which have
occurred, and others which are occurring daily right before our eyes, I highly
suspect that we are living very close to the time “appointed” for the
resurrection and rapture to occur.
The
“Coincidence!”
Yesterday, August 5th, was the 9th day of Av on
the Jewish calendar. In view of the many
things which have happened in Jewish history on this particular day, did
anything of prophetic significance happen yesterday? It sure did!
Archeologists have been constantly working in Israel and especially in
Jerusalem for many years, digging up the ancient history of Israel and the
Jewish people. At some time recently,
the exact date not being given, archeologists dug up a treasure that had been
lost when Bar Kochba and others led an uprising against the Roman Empire in the
forty years between the ascension of Christ and 70 A.D. When the Roman army invaded Jerusalem and
burned the Temple and the city, and drove the Jews out of Jerusalem, this
treasure was lost and remained buried all of these years until recently found
by the archeologists.
The treasure consists of 114 silver coins minted by Bar Kochba or other
leaders of the insurrection, apparently intended to encourage the Jewish people
to rise up against Rome, and to help finance the rebellion against the
Romans. So the archeologists found a
hidden treasure of silver coins! So
what? Treasures are discovered by
archeologists all the time. Indeed archeologists do discover many wonderful
hidden things in their explorations. So
what is so different about the discovery of this treasure? I’m so glad you asked!
The day chosen by the archeologists to reveal this discovery to
the Jewish people and to the world is significant enough by itself; the 9th
day of Av. But what is enscribed on
the coins is even more prophetically intriguing. Each of these 114 silver coins has enscribed
across the face of the coin,
“The
Redemption of Zion.”
Glory!
Glory to the Lord God of Israel!
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Folks, I consider this discovery to be a major “sign” that it is time
for the Lord’s church and New Covenant believers to be removed by the
resurrection and rapture, and for the Lord God to begin redeeming Israel and
the Jewish people, making them once again His “legal” representative on earth
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among mankind. And the discovery of this
treasure was revealed on the 9th day of Av.
Now some readers can call label this as just “coincidence” if they
choose, but I won’t believe them. I
learned several years back that there is no word in the Hebrew language for
“coincidence.” The religious Jews
believe that God Almighty superintends every event that happens in the lives of
His chosen people, and that nothing that happens to them is “coincidence.” Amen! I heartily agree!
Conclusion
Dear readers, if you claim to be a true
believer then you better “look up” for our Lord’s coming
draws nearer with every passing day. I
once knew a dear brother in Christ who had a literature ministry and wrote some
great articles setting forth the prophetic truths of God’s Word. He always signed his articles by saying “Perhaps Today!” Yes indeed! Perhaps today! If not today, then tomorrow,
next week, or next month. Regardless of the “date,” the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh. Will the Lord find you
ready? Matthew 24:44.
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