A voice is calling out loudly: Hear, O people, every one of you: “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” (Zec 12:3).

With the official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the promise to move the American Embassy there, US President Donald Trump touched on a major bone of contention on December 6, 2017. Just a few days later, the United Nations General Assembly issued a resolution urging the United States to rescind its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The petition had been tabled by Turkey and Yemen. Among the 128 states that voted in favor of this resolution are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kuwait as well as Germany, France, and Great Britain.

All politicians and leaders should take a look at history:

Already in their time, Abraham and Isaac went to Mount Moriah to offer unto God a personal sacrifice (Gen 22). That is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible 780 times.

David bought the threshing floor, a site that was located on Mount Moriah, from Ornan the Jebusite and paid him six hundred shekels of gold by weight (1 Chr 21:25). Then he declared, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.” (1 Chr 22:1).

Three thousand years ago, David reigned for thirty-three years in Jerusalem; his son Solomon ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. Solomon built the Temple there, upon the direct order of God. The principal focus was the Ark of the Covenant, wherein was the Word of God: “And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” (1 Kgs 8:21). According to 1 Kgs 8, the supernatural glory visibly filled the completed Temple. It was God’s decision to make Jerusalem the capital city of Israel. There is no other capital city in the world still in existence today that is as old as Jerusalem.

Since Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Israelites have been a special people, the inheritance of the Lord God. For this time, He has given them the following promises: “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze 36:24).

“For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.” (Isa 14:1).

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, ... When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations …” (Eze 39:25+27).

In Lk 21:24, the Lord said, “… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” The time is at hand; everything is coming to fulfillment.

Isaiah had prophesied: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa 2:2-3).

“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec 2:12). Amen.

“Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her …” (Isa 66:10).

At the commencing of the Millennial Reign, the Lord God will set His feet upon the Mount of Olives: “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east …” (Zec 14:4). Then the twenty-four elders will worship God with the words: “We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.” (Rev 11:17).

Toward the end of the First World War, the British commander Allenby occupied the city of Jerusalem in December 1917, which had been under Ottoman rule for four hundred years. Since then, the entire area – known as Trans-jordan – was under British administration until 1948. There never was a Palestinian state.

On May 14, 1948, Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel. Until 1979, all ethnic groups lived together peacefully there. Only when the Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Persia, who was a friend of Israel, did the new ruler then declare Iran’s hostility toward Israel. Until the outbreak of the Second Intifada in the year 2000, we could even travel to the Gaza Strip with our tour group. Unfortunately, this is no longer possible today.

With the “Basic Law on Jerusalem as Capital,” the Israeli parliament declared Jerusalem to be the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel in 1980.

On January 2, 2018, the Knesset amended the old agreement from 1980 and passed the United Jerusalem Bill. It states that any decision on the status of Jerusalem can only be made by a two-thirds majority of the Knesset.

A new era has begun: Jerusalem has now clearly become a burdensome stone. After the declaration by Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the European Union in Brussels on December 11, 2017. There he made a brief statement and was met with contempt and humiliated. On behalf of the European Union, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, is calling for a withdrawal of the Trump Declaration. Apparently, the world power “United States of America” ​​is to be replaced by the “United States of Europe.” There are aspirations within the EU, whose birth certificate is the “Treaty of Rome,” to achieve this by 2025. According to biblical prophecy, it will be the fourth great empire, the last world power, as foreseen by the Prophet Daniel.

As of May 2018, seventy years will have passed since the founding of the State of Israel. At the time it gained statehood, Israel had 850,000 inhabitants, and only ten years later that number had doubled. In 1990, the population was 4,500,000. Today it is about 8.7 million.

The peace process will take its course so that the following is fulfilled: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (1 Ths 5:3).

But what the Prophet Joel prophesied shall also happen: “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:1-2).

We live in the midst of the fulfillment of biblical end-time prophecy. It is unfortunate that the EU foreign ministers and many heads of state do not respect the decision of God.

Since the beginning of the year 2018, we have great expectations and anticipate that the faithful Lord will complete His work of Redemption with the Church of the nations and take us up in the Rapture, as it is written: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Ths 4:17). Nobody knows exactly when this will happen, so we have to be ready. After that, He will complete His work with Israel through the ministry of the two prophets (Rev 11), and His Millennial Reign will begin. Amen.

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15).

By His Commission,

Brother Frank

A voice is calling out loudly: Hear, O people, every one of you: “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” (Zec 12:3).

With the official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the promise to move the American Embassy there, US President Donald Trump touched on a major bone of contention on December 6, 2017. Just a few days later, the United Nations General Assembly issued a resolution urging the United States to rescind its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The petition had been tabled by Turkey and Yemen. Among the 128 states that voted in favor of this resolution are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kuwait as well as Germany, France, and Great Britain.

All politicians and leaders should take a look at history:

Already in their time, Abraham and Isaac went to Mount Moriah to offer unto God a personal sacrifice (Gen 22). That is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible 780 times.

David bought the threshing floor, a site that was located on Mount Moriah, from Ornan the Jebusite and paid him six hundred shekels of gold by weight (1 Chr 21:25). Then he declared, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.” (1 Chr 22:1).

Three thousand years ago, David reigned for thirty-three years in Jerusalem; his son Solomon ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. Solomon built the Temple there, upon the direct order of God. The principal focus was the Ark of the Covenant, wherein was the Word of God: “And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” (1 Kgs 8:21). According to 1 Kgs 8, the supernatural glory visibly filled the completed Temple. It was God’s decision to make Jerusalem the capital city of Israel. There is no other capital city in the world still in existence today that is as old as Jerusalem.

Since Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Israelites have been a special people, the inheritance of the Lord God. For this time, He has given them the following promises: “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze 36:24). 

“For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.” (Isa 14:1).

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, ... When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations …” (Eze 39:25+27).

In Lk 21:24, the Lord said, “… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” The time is at hand; everything is coming to fulfillment.

Isaiah had prophesied: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa 2:2-3).

“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec 2:12). Amen.

“Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her …” (Isa 66:10).

At the commencing of the Millennial Reign, the Lord God will set His feet upon the Mount of Olives: “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east …” (Zec 14:4). Then the twenty-four elders will worship God with the words: “We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.” (Rev 11:17).

Toward the end of the First World War, the British commander Allenby occupied the city of Jerusalem in December 1917, which had been under Ottoman rule for four hundred years. Since then, the entire area – known as Trans-jordan – was under British administration until 1948. There never was a Palestinian state.

On May 14, 1948, Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel. Until 1979, all ethnic groups lived together peacefully there. Only when the Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Persia, who was a friend of Israel, did the new ruler then declare Iran’s hostility toward Israel. Until the outbreak of the Second Intifada in the year 2000, we could even travel to the Gaza Strip with our tour group. Unfortunately, this is no longer possible today.

With the “Basic Law on Jerusalem as Capital,” the Israeli parliament declared Jerusalem to be the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel in 1980.

On January 2, 2018, the Knesset amended the old agreement from 1980 and passed the United Jerusalem Bill. It states that any decision on the status of Jerusalem can only be made by a two-thirds majority of the Knesset.

A new era has begun: Jerusalem has now clearly become a burdensome stone. After the declaration by Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the European Union in Brussels on December 11, 2017. There he made a brief statement and was met with contempt and humiliated. On behalf of the European Union, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, is calling for a withdrawal of the Trump Declaration. Apparently, the world power “United States of America” ​​is to be replaced by the “United States of Europe.” There are aspirations within the EU, whose birth certificate is the “Treaty of Rome,” to achieve this by 2025. According to biblical prophecy, it will be the fourth great empire, the last world power, as foreseen by the Prophet Daniel.

As of May 2018, seventy years will have passed since the founding of the State of Israel. At the time it gained statehood, Israel had 850,000 inhabitants, and only ten years later that number had doubled. In 1990, the population was 4,500,000. Today it is about 8.7 million.

The peace process will take its course so that the following is fulfilled: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (1 Ths 5:3).

But what the Prophet Joel prophesied shall also happen: “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:1-2).

We live in the midst of the fulfillment of biblical end-time prophecy. It is unfortunate that the EU foreign ministers and many heads of state do not respect the decision of God.

Since the beginning of the year 2018, we have great expectations and anticipate that the faithful Lord will complete His work of Redemption with the Church of the nations and take us up in the Rapture, as it is written: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Ths 4:17). Nobody knows exactly when this will happen, so we have to be ready. After that, He will complete His work with Israel through the ministry of the two prophets (Rev 11), and His Millennial Reign will begin. Amen.

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15).

By His Commission,

Brother Frank