00:00In the year 2025, more than 76,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
00:08What's most impressive is that this has never happened before in modern history.
00:13And in July of the same year, for the first time in almost 2,000 years,
00:18a red heifer was burned in Israel in the purification ritual
00:22described in the book of Numbers in the Old Testament.
00:25And meanwhile, the Negev Desert, which for centuries was a dry and barren land,
00:31today exports fruit and agricultural technology to the entire world.
00:35If you are a Christian and you're paying attention to everything that's happening in Israel,
00:40you've probably felt that something big is happening.
00:43And that's why I'm going to show you here today some prophecies from the Bible
00:48that are being fulfilled right at this very moment.
00:50I'm Pastor Antonio Jr. and if you like this kind of content,
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00:57because I want to help you in your walk with God every day. Amen?
01:01So let's get started.
01:03For you to understand what's happening today, which is so surprising,
01:07you first need to know what happened before.
01:10For almost 2,000 years, the Jewish people lived scattered throughout the world.
01:16They were persecuted in almost every place where they settled.
01:19In Europe, they were persecuted, suffered massacres in Russia,
01:23discrimination in Poland, and then the Holocaust,
01:26which killed more than 6 million Jews.
01:29In theory, these people should have already disappeared.
01:33Every nation that loses its territory and is dispersed for so long ceases to exist.
01:39That's what happened to the Babylonians,
01:41to the Assyrians, to dozens of ancient peoples.
01:44But it didn't happen to Israel.
01:46And here comes the first prophecy.
01:49The prophet Isaiah, writing more than 700 years before Christ,
01:53asked a question that seemed absurd.
01:56In chapter 66, verse 8, he asked the following question.
02:01Who has ever heard of such a thing?
02:03Who has seen things like this?
02:05Can a nation be born in a single day?
02:07And of course, that sounds absurd.
02:09A nation being restored in just one day?
02:13But on May 14, 1948, by a vote in the UN General Assembly,
02:20the state of Israel was declared independent.
02:23Literally overnight, a nation that hadn't existed for almost 2 millennia returned to the map.
02:30In the same territory, with the same knowledge,
02:32healthy of knowledge askia,
02:34and pay attention to this detail because it's important,
02:36the Hebrew language was dead.
02:38After all, no people in the world speak a language that was out of use for 1,800 years.
02:47Latin, for example, it died and nobody brought it back.
02:51But a linguist named Eliezer ben Yehuda dedicated his entire life to reviving Hebrew.
02:56He dedicated, and today, more than 9 million people in Israel speak Hebrew as their native language.
03:02There is no other case like this in human history.
03:05And what's interesting is that the Bible says in the book of Zephaniah, chapter 3, verse 9,
03:11that one day, God would restore to the people a pure language.
03:15And that's exactly what happened.
03:17Now think with me.
03:18Israel was born as a nation in 1948.
03:22But the land they received was, for the most part, desert.
03:26That's because the Negev occupies almost 60% of Israel's territory.
03:31It's a dry land with wax and sand.
03:34And when the writer Mark Twain visited the region in the 19th century,
03:38he described that place as the most desolate land he had ever seen.
03:43He said that Palestine was in mourning, dressed in ashes.
03:47But now let's look at another prophecy.
03:50Look at what Isaiah wrote in chapter 35 of his book.
03:54In the first verse, he said,
03:57The desolate land will rejoice and blossom like a crocus.
04:05Look at this, my brothers.
04:07Today, the Negev desert is an agricultural powerhouse.
04:11Israel developed drip irrigation systems that revolutionized agriculture around the world.
04:18The country also exports fruits, vegetables, and flowers to dozens of countries.
04:23Time.
04:24There are planted forests where before there was only stone.
04:28There are vineyards growing in the middle of the desert.
04:31There are olive trees in the middle of nowhere.
04:33Israel is one of the largest exporters of agricultural technology on the planet.
04:38And most of this production comes from land that 100 years ago was considered impossible to cultivate.
04:44And in Ezekiel 36, verse 35, it says that the land that was once desolate would become like the Garden
04:52of Eden.
04:53And anyone who visits Israel today and knows the history of the land before 1948 says exactly that.
05:00It looks like the Garden of Eden.
05:02And now comes another prophecy which has everything to do with the moment we are living in today.
05:08The prophet Zechariah, writing more than 500 years before Christ, said the following.
05:13On that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all peoples.
05:19All who try to lift it will hurt themselves badly.
05:22And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.
05:26Now stop and think.
05:27Is there any city in the world that generates more international conflict than Jerusalem?
05:33The UN has already passed more resolutions against Israel than against all the other countries in the world combined.
05:40Jerusalem is disputed by Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
05:44It has been at the center of at least three wars in recent decades.
05:49And every time any world leader tries to resolve the issue of Jerusalem, the fallout is greater.
05:55More tension.
05:56More conflict.
05:57More division.
05:58And after October 7, 2023, the world saw the Hamas attack against Israel.
06:03And what happened in the following months?
06:05Protests all around the world against Israel, occupied universities, resolutions at the UN,
06:13diplomatic pressure from all sides, the nations of the earth literally gathering against Jerusalem.
06:19Exactly as the prophet Zechariah described.
06:22And the most impressive thing is that Zechariah said that whoever tries to lift that stone will hurt themselves.
06:28Now look at history, brothers.
06:31Every empire that tried to destroy Israel or take Jerusalem ended up falling.
06:37Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Syria, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Nazi Germany.
06:44Because they all fell and Israel still stands.
06:50That's not a coincidence.
06:51It's prophecy being fulfilled before our eyes.
06:54And now comes another prophecy that is putting the entire Christian world on alert.
06:59The Bible says in several passages that in the last days, there will be a third temple in Jerusalem.
07:05In the book of Daniel, in Matthew chapter 24, in 2 Thessalonians, Paul talks about the man of iniquity,
07:14sitting in the temple of God and proclaiming himself to be God.
07:18And for that to happen, the temple needs to exist.
07:21And for centuries, that seemed impossible.
07:26The Temple Mount, which is the most sacred place in Judaism, has been under Islamic control since the 7th century.
07:34But pay attention to what's happening now.
07:36Last year, the number of Jews who went up to the Temple Mount set a new all-time record.
07:42More than 76,000 Jews.
07:44This represents an increase of more than 600 compared to 10 years ago.
07:51Israeli government ministers are publicly visiting the mount, singing, praying, and defending the right of Jewish worship at that site.
08:00In other words, the rule that prohibited Jewish presence is being broken month by month.
08:06And at the same time, the Temple Institute, which is a Jewish organization dedicated to preparing everything for the reconstruction,
08:14already has the sacred vessels ready, the priestly garments, and even the sacrificial altar.
08:20They are also training priests from the Levitical line.
08:24And for the first time in almost 2,000 years, a red heifer was burned in Israel, following the ritual
08:30described in Numbers chapter 19.
08:33This ritual is necessary for the purification of the priests who will serve in the Temple.
08:41And it's true that there was controversy.
08:43The Temple Institute said that the original heifers were disqualified, while another group claims that the ritual was valid.
08:50There are internal disputes among the different Jewish groups about whether the ceremony needs to take place on the Mount
08:57of Olives or not.
08:58But the fact is, the ritual took place.
09:01And this had never happened since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD.
09:08Brothers, when Jesus spoke about the signs of the end times in Matthew chapter 24, he told the disciples to
09:16watch.
09:17He didn't say to ignore them.
09:19He also didn't say to be indifferent.
09:22On the contrary, he said,
09:23When you see all these things, know that the time of my return is near.
09:28And now then, I need you to put the pieces together.
09:31Stop and think.
09:32A nation that didn't exist for 2,000 years came back into existence in just one day.
09:38The language that was dead was resurrected.
09:41The desert that was considered barren is exporting food to the world.
09:46Jerusalem has become exactly what the Bible said it would become.
09:50A heavy stone that no nation can move without hurting itself.
09:54And for the first time in almost two millennia, preparations for the Third Temple are happening in a concrete and
10:01public way.
10:02And all of this brothers in one generation.
10:06And you know what really impresses me?
10:08It's not just the fact that the prophecies are being fulfilled.
10:11It's the fact that most people are seeing all of this and not understanding.
10:16They're watching the same news reports, reading the same headlines, and they can't see what's right in front of them.
10:23The Bible also predicted this.
10:26The prophet Isaiah said, there would be a veil covering the eyes of the nations.
10:31And that's exactly what we see.
10:33The world looks at Israel and sees politics, conflict, territory, but doesn't see what God is doing.
10:41Because what is happening in Israel today is not just geopolitics, it is God's plan in motion.
10:47And if these prophecies have been fulfilled with such precision, the ones that are yet to be fulfilled will also
10:53come to pass.
10:54Each one of them, in God's timing, in the way He has determined.
10:58Amen?
10:59And that shouldn't make you afraid.
11:01On the contrary, it should bring you hope.
11:03Because if God fulfilled what He promised to Israel, He will also fulfill what He promised to you.
11:09Every promise that is in the word of the Lord is as real as the desert that blossomed and the
11:16nation that was reborn.
11:18And if He did not abandon Israel after 2,000 years with all those people scattered across the earth,
11:23He will not abandon you in this situation you are living through either.
11:27Brothers, the Bible is not just a history book.
11:30It's a map of what is to come.
11:32And whoever has eyes to see, let them see.
11:36Amen?
11:37I am Pastor Antonio Junior.
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11:46Choose one of them so you can be edified.
11:48Amen?
11:49May God bless you mightily.
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