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The Rage and Recompense of destruction cometh upon them, as travail
the Nations upon a woman with child; and they shall
not escape” (Eze 38:11; 1Th 5:3). In His
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Unmistakably, the tide of intolerance to- omniscient wisdom, the Lord will equally
ward the nation of Israel has increased in use this opportunity to finally recompense
recent times. The Anti-Defamation League the evils of these nations, culminating
reports that in the US during 2024 more with the great and final judgment of the
than 10,000 antisemitic incidents were actual kingdom of Babylon itself. That
reported, up one third from the previous “mother of all harlots” will be forever
year, the most incidents recorded in a crushed (Isa 13-14; Jer 50-51; Rev 14-18).
12-month period by the organisation since “The kingdoms of this world are become
it began tracking in 1979. Similar statistics the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
are recorded in the UK, with the BBC Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
reporting that antisemitic incidents were ever” (Rev 11:15). Well may the Psalmist
at a record high during 2024. Stemming lament, “Why do the heathen rage, and the
from wicked Cain (Gen 4:17), and with people imagine a vain thing?” (Psa 2:1).
Nimrod cementing the foundation stones
in Genesis 10:10, Babylon has ever sought The Repentance and
to oppose the great kingdom program of Reconciliation of the Nations
our God. Sadly, its influence on the nations
has been profound, and since the days The present population of the world
of Abraham there has been a persistent is recorded at a little over 8.2 billion.
onslaught on the people whom God chose Approximately 2.5 billion identify as
for Himself. “Christian,” but the Rapture of the Church
At times, God sovereignly chose to use will prove that number to be significantly
various nations to punish His own people. lower, meaning there will be billions left
We well know that the 12 tribes were taken among the nations to face tribulation
captive by the Assyrians and Babylonians, days. References such as Zechariah 13:8,
and Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Revelation 6:8 and Revelation 9:15 declare
many other prophets make it abundantly plainly that vast numbers of Jews and
clear that God will again use the kingdom Gentiles shall die in these days, leaving
of Babylon to sift His people in tribulation but a fraction of earth’s population alive
days. Incredibly, between now (2025) and at the second coming of Christ.
the final 7-year period of “Jacob’s trouble,” Following the battle of Armageddon
God will somehow allow Israel to find and the triumphant fulfilment of Zecha-
favour with the world. It will be when riah 9:9, our Lord will sit upon the throne
they are living in “unwalled villages” of His glory and administer righteous
and “are at rest, that dwell safely, all of judgment upon the nations (Mat 25:31-46).
them dwelling without walls, and hav-
ing neither bars nor gates,” “when they 1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden KJV.
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