The previous amount was only 5,000 Ukrainians Israel would allow in, nor do they need a visa.
I commend the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, which obliges the government of Israel to abolish any additional restrictions on the entry of citizens of Ukraine.
The rule of law and respect for human rights is exactly what distinguishes a true, developed democracy!”
Zelensky wrote in a tweet
The WinePress reported in January before the Russia-Ukraine proxy war finally boiled over, that many ethnic Jews were considering leaving the nation if Russia decided to invade, and that both Russia and Ukraine sought to make sure these Jewish groups would be protected and given safe passage.
Jewish Groups In The Ukraine May Flee The Nation And Return To Israel If Russia Invades
Breitbart reports, ‘More than 1.5 million of Israel’s 9.3 million citizens are from Russia and Ukraine. Some 200,000 Ukrainians are eligible to immigrate to Israel. According to Israel’s Law of Return, any individual with at least one Jewish grandparent is eligible for Israeli citizenship.’
‘Not counting the refugees, there are some 25,000 Ukrainians already in Israel illegally,’ Breitbart noted.
The WP has also reported on some of the other Western nations that have decided to accept Ukrainian Refugees, and some even going as far as to suggesting to sequester citizen’s private property to give to the aliens from Ukraine.
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Even though Israel is allowing more non-Jewish refugees to come to their nation, the fact that this proxy war has forced tons of Jews to return to Israel is fulfillment of Bible prophecy; regardless of what the Jew-haters and replacement theology Roman Catholics teach.
[16] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [17] Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. [18] Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: [19] And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. [20] And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. [21] But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. [22] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. [23] And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. [24] For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. [32] Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.Ezekiel 36:16-24, 32
The Lord is bringing back those Jews from all the nations he scattered them to, and he brings them back in UNBELIEF and WICKEDNESS, as the Lord said he is doing this because he has a promise to keep – a covenant he made to Abraham and his seed that God has NEVER or will disannul.
As the remainder of the Western world completely collapses, and probably more persecution to come, remaining world governments will seek to give the Jews safe passage back to their land. Moreover, most of Israel has taken the death shot, and many will die as a result, but there are a LOT of fake Jews over there that are not really Jews: therefore many of them will removed out of the land.
[15] Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. [16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.Psalms 10:15-16
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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And many there ARE genetically Jewish or of mixed Jewish race. Dry bones. Spiritually dead. Setting the stage, & more prophecy fulfilled. This is a picture of the corruption of ecumenism, spiritual apostasy & fornication, the price of rejecting their true Messiah and King when he came & offered himself the first time. They WILL receive the fake coming, with the world, but there will be that faithful remnant sealed, & the witnesses in Jerusalem.
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Simply bizarre the fixed, planned & perverse antichrist spiritual interpretation being put on the Ukraine/Russia situation. Setting up Ezekiel 38, Psalm 83 KJB/AV with their stupid carbon (the stuff of all living things, and of everything offered on the altar…all foodstuff provided of God & burnt in the little tabernacle of every cell of our bodies!) death-wish of destruction, inspired of Satan himself no doubt. Laodicea and MYSTERY unite, and the world (and they) think it’s ‘Christian’!!! Subtle antichrist delusion coming of the fruit of their doings & desires, with God confirming it. Just like 1 Kings 22 …two 11’s , chosen lies bringing confusion; and 2 Chronicles 18…choice & three 6’s.
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Woeful insanity.
Stop making frivolous predictions. You have no idea how things are going to play out. It’s not yours to know the times and the seasons.
Praise the Lord, for He is Faithful and True.
God is bringing them back home! What AWESOME God we serve!
I’m sorry but I cannot agree with the statements made in this article.
First of all, the prophecies concerning the restoration of Israel found in the Book of Ezekiel were fulfilled when the Babylonian captivity ended and the ancient Israelites were allowed to return to their homeland in 538 BC. These prophecies do not refer to any recent event.
Secondly, it’s mind-boggling how someone can criticize “Jew-haters” and at the same time rejoice in the prospect of 90% of Israel’s population perishing from vaccine adverse effects. I do not wish that on anyone.
Lastly, in the New Testament era God does not deem a certain region to be holier or more valuable than the rest of the world: “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father…but the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth” (John 4). So it’s ludicrous to think that God’s chosen people are only those of a certain ancestry who must live in a certain part of the world when St Paul the Apostle told the Galatian Gentiles “If you are of Christ, you are the seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise”. God did not become flesh to take sides in petty territorial disputes. “Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?” (Luke 12) was all that Jesus had to say when asked to get involved in materialistic squabbles.
I wish everyone the best, regardless of their religion, nationality and vaccination status.
I find it mind-boggling that you can attempt to deceive me and others whilst having a tag name “Truth is Everything.” You seem to have a problem with not giving the full verses. Why did you not give all the verses in John 4?
John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the JEWS.
Furthermore, Paul wrote in Galatians 3:
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. [29] And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The church did not replace Israel: it simply inherited those same blessings and curses by faith, which is what Galatians 3 is discussing, and is clearly spelled out in Romans 11.
Also, for you to claim that Ezekiel 36 has already by fulfilled is comical. The passage says “ALL countries.” How could that be fulfilled when ONE country oppressed them?
Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: [5] Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Zechariah 12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. [8] In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. Zechariah [9] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. [10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. [11] In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Tell me, when were those passages fulfilled?
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. [28] As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
You say, “it’s ludicrous to think that God’s chosen people are only those of a certain ancestry who must live in a certain part of the world,” and “God did not become flesh to take sides in petty territorial disputes.” Really?
Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? [2] MUCH EVERY WAY: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. [3] For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? [4] God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, [2] That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. [3] For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: [4] Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; [5] Whose are the fathers, and of whom as CONCERNING THE FLESH CHRIST CAME, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
2 Timothy 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the SEED OF DAVID was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
You sir do not know the scriptures, and have been led astray by false prophets who have an agenda, and despise God’s word. You need to be born again.
Proverbs 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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Sir, you’re mistaking a difference of opinion for a personal affront.
I simply cannot understand how anyone can rejoice in the possibility that over 90% of Israel’s population will die due to vaccine side effects. As a Christian I cannot wish that on anyone.
Secondly, the Prophets whom you’ve mentioned (Hosea, Ezekiel and Zechariah) lived and delivered their prophecies before, during and in the final years of the Babylonian captivity respectively. Their prophecies refer to the Second Temple period, which commenced right after the end of Babylonian captivity, while other prophecies refer to the wars waged against the multi-ethnic armies of the Seleucid Empire (167-141 BC). These prophecies do not refer to any recent event since they include many anachronisms: Ezekiel refers to the land of Israel being physically divided among the Twelve Tribes, which no longer exist; Zechariah mentions animal sacrifices being offered by believers at the Temple (there is no Temple anymore and animal sacrifices have been done away with in Christ). Zechariah also mentions the expulsion of Canaanites from the Temple and given that in many places of the Old Testament the term “Canaanite” means merchant, the prophecy may very well be about the Cleansing of the Temple by Jesus. At any rate, these prophecies do not refer to our modern times.
As for the Babylonian empire, it was a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural polity. It wasn’t a nation; it was a multitude of nations under one ruler and during the Babylonian captivity the Israelites were scattered among these many nations, as the Prophets had foretold.
In our New Testament era the house of Israel, that is God’s chosen people, has been expanded to include Israelites and Gentiles alike. No group is more or less entitled to the promise made by God to Abraham and to his descendants. Jesus came to rescue the scattered sheep of the house of Israel and after the Resurrection the Holy Apostles were commissioned to rescue the rest of the world. The Church didn’t replace Israel; the Church has always been Israel (“the Church in the wilderness” mentioned in Acts 7).
Lastly, St Paul explains in Romans 9 that Israelite ancestry alone does not make one a heir ( “They are not all Israelites which are of Israel, neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children”). Jesus rejected those Israelites who did not believe in Him ( “You believe me not because you are not of my sheep” John 26) and St Paul went as far as to condemn those who rejected his message and had nothing to do with them thereafter ( “..when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook his raiment and said to them: ‘Your blood be upon your heads, I am clean, now I am going to the Gentiles’ ” Acts 18).
At any rate, the Evangelical obsession with the Middle East has been very counterproductive. No group will inherit and occupy any part of this world forever because this world will be destroyed during the Second Coming and nothing of it will be spared: “Looking for the hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat” ( 2 Peter). Nobody will possess anything of this world forever.
I don’t claim to hold a monopoly on the truth but I also cannot reconcile the words spoken by Jesus to the woman at the well (” The hour is coming when you shall neither in this mountain nor at Jerusalem worship the Father” ) with the obsessive thought that some places or people are holier than others before God. Please, don’t take this as an offence.
The only thing that I find to be offensive is the insinuation that it’s somehow God’s plan for over 90% of Israel’s population to perish. I’m sorry but I cannot accept that. God became human, died and went to hell for everyone’s sake and now you’re dragging Him into these petty disputes that in the grand scheme of things mean absolutely nothing since those disputed lands will eventually cease to exist after the Second Coming.
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and THEY SHALL LOOK UPON ME WHO THEY HAVE PIERCED, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
You’ve got to be kidding me? Are you seriously going to deceive yourself and wrest the scriptures that much for the sake of being right? This is a FUTURE event:
Revelation 1:7 Behold, he COMETH with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and THEY ALSO WHICH PIERCED HIM: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
I am not even going to waste anymore time addressing this. It’s obvious you can’t take reproof.
Proverbs 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
As for “rejoicing” in the deaths of large swaths people, these people made their decision. They were warned, they knew the risks, and got what they wanted. Period.
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. [8] For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Sir,
Zechariah’s prophecy, which you have quoted, refers to the Crucifixion of Christ and to the Descent of the Holy Spirit (“the Spirit of Grace”) upon the Holy Apostles and upon those who were with them at Jerusalem at Pentecost.
This is not my personal opinion, it’s a fact confirmed in John 19, ( ” For these things were done so that the Scripture should be fulfilled, ‘A bone of him shall not be broken’ and in another place, ‘They shall look upon him whom they pierced'”)
It is also confirmed in Luke 23 that there was a great multitude of people wailing for Christ as he was heading for Golgotha, which again confirms beyond any doubt that Zechariah’s prophecy refers to the Crucifixion and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. This prophecy has been fulfilled. It cannot refer to any current or future event.
The second prophecy you have quoted is from the Book of Revelation and it is unrelated to Zechariah’s. They both refer to Christ but they refer to two different events; the former refers to the Second Coming of Christ whereas the latter refers to the the Crucifixion of Christ and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. The similarities between these two events (people wailing because of Christ) do not mean that they are one and the same event.
I forgot to mention that before the Babylonian Captivity the Israelites had also been taken captive and scattered among the nations by the Assyrians, a period referred to as the Assyrian captivity. The Babylonian Captivity seems to have been a completed what had started with the Assyrian Captivity, so all the Old Testament prophecies about the Israelites being scattered among the nations and then returning home were fulfilled during the Second Temple period. I know in some places it is stated that the Israelites would be scattered among ALL nations but that is an obvious hyperbole. In other places (Kings 1) it is stated that Solomon’s wisdom was famous in ALL nations and that ALL the kings of the earth had sent envoys to hear Solomon’s wisdom but I think it’s safe to assume that none of those kings lived in Pre-Columbian America.
I just don’t believe that any recent event has anything to do with the above-mentioned Old Testament prophecies. And I don’t think my disagreement lacks argumentation.
Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
You have a foul spirit. For you to wrest these scriptures is beyond just willful ignorance. Yes, prophecy, can have dual fulfillment which happens a lot throughout the Old Testament. Zechariah 12, including chapters 13 and 14 are clearly describing Christ’s second coming and the battle of Armageddon, (which coincides with Romans 11:25-28 that you conveniently ignore,) and the 1,000-year-reign thereafter.
I will ask you one last question and then I will cease: Since you brought up the Assyrian captivity, do you believe that the 10 northern tribes, if not all the tribes, were lost, and only the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin were called Jews?
“..these people made their decision. They were warned, they knew the risks, and they got what they wanted. Period.”
We disagree (respectfully, I hope). I will admit that in my heart of hearts I feel vindicated when vax zealots (mostly washed-up pop stars) who have been demonizing the nonvaccinated experience adverse effects but most of the vaccinated were either bullied or scared into taking the vaccine. Now, many of them need psychiatric help because they feel that in taking a vaccine against their will they have been violated and bereft of their humanity. So I’m sorry but I cannot blithely say that these people deserve to perish.
Why only dual and not triple or quadruple?
Let’s be serious. A fulfilled prophecy has been fulfilled one hundred percent, in every respect. It won’t be “refulfilled” again since that would imply that it wasn’t accomplished the first time.
There are multiple prophecies concerning different events mentioned in one delivery but they are not convoluted into one. The fact that some prophecies feature similarities does not mean they refer to one and the same event.
Romans 25-28 does not refer to the End Times and neither does Zechariah 12, 13 and 14.
Let me elaborate: the first part of Zechariah 12 refers to the Maccabean wars against the multi-ethnic armies of the Seleucid Empire, which were won by the Israelites in the second century BC, and the second half refers to the circumstances leading up to the execution of Christ and the lamentations that followed.
In John 19 it is unequivocally stated that Zechariah’s “they shall look upon him whom they have pierced” prophecy was fulfilled during the Crucifixion.
Furthermore, Zechariah 12 features many anachronisms; it mentions the families of Nathan, David and Shimei but these households no longer exist. They did exist during the ministry of Christ but they no longer exist now and they will obviously not be around during the End Times.
Zechariah 13 refers, again, to the circumstances leading up to the Crucifixion of Christ. Christ himself indicates this in Matthew 26 and Mark 14 when he quotes the “smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered” prophecy, indicating that it would be fulfilled that very night. The prophecy cannot refer to the dispersion of the Israelites because most of them had rejected Christ and, consequently, they were “not His sheep” (John, 10).
Zechariah 14 refers, once more, to the Maccabean wars against the Seleucid Empire and to the period of prosperity that followed; the Land of Israel became fully independent and reached its greatest territorial extent.
It cannot refer to the End Times because it mentions places and structures that no longer exist, such as the tower of Hananel, the gate of Benjamin and, of course, the Temple in Jerusalem.
It also mentions that everyone, including the heathen, would have to go to Jerusalem to worship God, which is in direct contradiction to what Jesus told the woman in John 4: “The hour is coming when you shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father”.
In the last verse of Zechariah 14 it is mentioned that sacrifices would be offered by believers to God, which is impossible in the New Testament era since sacrificial offerings have been done away with in Christ. So it’s obvious that Zechariah 14 cannot refer to any event postdating the destruction of the Temple, much less to the End Times.
There will be no 1000-year reign after the Second Coming because, as I pointed out a few posts back, the world will have been completely destroyed. This is unequivocally mentioned in Peter 2: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up”
As for the ten lost tribes, I don’t know what to think. I don’t even have an opinion in that regard because, quite frankly, I don’t care. What I do know is that ” if you are of Christ, then are you the seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3).