| (Copyright 03-17-2025) by Dwight Fleming (Oroville, California) |
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| The Gaza conflict is turning into a volatile powder keg which may sooner than later explode into a major regional war. Egypt flat out rejected President Trump’s proposal to move Palestinians out of Gaza and resettle them in Egypt and Jordan. An Arab Summit on Gaza was held on March 4, 2025, in Cairo, Egypt. President Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” proposal was rejected and Egypt’s reconstruction plan for Gaza was adopted by the attending Arab states including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Key element of the Egyptian Plan is to allow the Palestinians to remain in Gaza during any reconstruction phase. The Trump Administration and the State of Israel believe removing the Palestinians from Gaza for their own safety and to prevent any future October 7th attacks to be the best way forward for a lasting peace. Egypt’s opposition to moving Palestinians out of Gaza is so strong that it brought in 40 tanks to beef up security at the Gaza border. Beyond any Arab disagreement over Trump’s plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza, the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas may crumble resulting in Israel invading Gaza once again. Colonel Douglas Macgregor, in the video linked below, believes that if Israel restarts its military campaign against Gaza, Arab states will be compelled to intervene via military action. There is no easy solution for the Gaza thorn in Israel’s side. This could rapidly escalate into a major Mideast conflict not seen since the Yom Kippur War of 1973 or the Six-Day War of 1967. Despite President Trump’s desire to avoid getting trapped by prolonged military conflict, any major offensive against Israel by Arab states would guarantee a U.S. military response and heavy involvement. Thus, Trump is putting heavy economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to negotiate an agreement that would stop their efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. Iran, so far, has called Trump’s bluff on his threats of military strikes. If major hostilities should break out between an Arab League of nations and the State of Israel in the near future, we need to consider if it may be a fulfillment of the Psalm 83 prophecy where the enemies of Israel plot to wipe Israel “off the map.” “With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, ‘Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.’ For with one mind, they plot against You” (verses 3-5). The Psalm 83 prophecy of a future war against Israel may also be described by Zechariah 12. Many prophecy teachers assume that Zechariah 12 is describing the end-time invasion of the armies of the King of the North mentioned in Daniel 11:40 and Zechariah 14:2. Bill Salus of ProphecyDepot.com and a few others believe that Zechariah 12 and 14 are two distinct wars. Notice the details of Zechariah 12:2: “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.” “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem” (Zechariah 12:6). If this battle with surrounding nations is not the final battle described by Zechariah 14 and Revelation 19 where Christ Himself comes to do battle, then it must be a prior battle that allows the State of Israel [Judah] to become more securely established in the Promised Land. This would likely pave the way for Israel to declare sovereignty over the disputed territory of the West Bank [aka Judah and Samaria]. And perhaps Israel would also take over control of the Temple Mount where the Dome of the Rock sits. How will God defend Israel against a major attack of surrounding nations? Notice this Isaiah prophecy: “He [God] will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim [America] will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. [How?] “Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephrain [as in ancient times]. They [America and Israel together] will swoop down [with military aircraft] on the slopes of the Philistines to the west [Gaza]; together they will plunder the sons of the east [Iran and any Arab state fighting against Israel]. “They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them [Jordan is subdued]. The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt [Gulf of Suez?]; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates [Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey]” (Isaiah 11:12-15). President Trump is busy working on a settlement with Russia to bring an end to the Ukraine War. Once accomplished, this will free Trump’s hand to move military assets from Europe to a brewing showdown with Iran and mounting tensions with Arab nations over a final Gaza solution requiring military action. With a strong U.S. military presence in the Middle East, any future Israel conflict involving Syria or Iran may deter Russia from becoming involved. Only time will tell how geopolitical events will play out in the Middle East. But watching these events in the light of Bible prophecy will help us to be prepared for the Day of our Redemption. “Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door” (Mark 13:29). Video links: Gaza Controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRbW_c4pPg Ritter on Ukraine Ceasefire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW3my9P1S5M Editor’s Note: Scripture actually backs up that Manasseh is the United States and Ephraim is Great Britain: Deu 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. In Deu. 33:17 it clearly shows that Ephraim was bigger in population than was Manasseh. The British Empire at its highest population point was far larger in population and land mass than the United States ever was and even now is. Also, the “Coat of Arms” for Great Britain includes a unicorn and a lion. See Deu. 33:17 and the lion I am sure is representative of the “Lion of Judah” because the throne of David is in Great Britain. Jdg 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. To this day, the British people still have a problem pronouncing the “sh” sound and as you can see it was the Ephraimites or the British peoples that have that problem. Laura Lee |
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