Tweeting President Opens Embassy in Jerusalem

Trump continues to amaze.

God gave Israel (much bigger than the Israel we know today) to Abraham, and through Abraham and Isaac, he gave it to Jacob. Israel is Jacob’s name. He was named Jacob at birth, but God changed his name later. The Jews are his descendants. Abraham and Isaac gave rise to nations that were not Jewish. Israel did not.

Jerusalem is well within God’s original grant. It is the ancient capital of Israel. The Muslims became attached to it long after God gave it to the Jews. The Koran mentions a mosque Mohammed visited in a dream. It doesn’t name the location. Muslims decided the location was Jerusalem, and they built the Al-Aqsa mosque there, on Judaism’s holiest site.

The Muslims have a thing about taking other people’s real estate and putting mosques on it. It’s a way of marking territory.

The Bible contains a prophecy about restoring Israel in a day. Scoffers thought it was tripe, but on May 14 (today’s date) in 1948, it happened. The UN voted to give Israel to the Jews so they would have a nation and a refuge. Here is the prophecy, in Isaiah 66:8:

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

The nations of the world have been reluctant to acknowledge Jerusalem because they don’t want to increase the price they pay for oil, and of course, they fear Muslim terrorism. Israel has gone along with this in order to have peace. They put ambassadors and embassies in Tel Aviv, and they allow Muslims to control their holiest site. Jews are not allowed to go there and pray. I can go there and pray, and so can Muslims. Not Jews. They stand outside the Western Wall, which is part of the temple’s foundation.

The Jews have wanted Jerusalem back for a long time. The restoration of Jerusalem and the temple is a recurring theme in the Bible. It’s even in the Revelation. Israelis celebrate a holiday called Jerusalem Day, to commemorate the recovery of Jerusalem from the Muslims after the Six-Day War in 1967. It also commemorates restoration of Jewish access to the Western Wall. Jerusalem Day is marked by the Jewish calendar, so the Gregorian date varies. It starts on the night of Iyar 28. This year, it came on the days of May 12 and 13.

Past American presidents have been too timid to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but now we have Donald Trump, the honey badger of presidents. When he was running for president, he said he would move our embassy to Jerusalem. Being Trump, he tries to keep his promises; he doesn’t know any better! He did what he said he would do.

Our embassy in Jerusalem opened today. It opened during a short period including the sabbath, Jerusalem Day, and the Gregorian anniversary of the reestablishment of Israel. Trump didn’t visit, which seems a shame, but he sent his Jewish daughter and son-in-law. Perhaps that’s appropriate. Israel belongs to Jews, not Christians.

Prophecy watchers must be scrambling to make sense of all this.

Many Christians believe Jesus will come back within 70 years of the reestablishment of Israel. On the Gregorian calendar, that would be today. On the Jewish calendar, the date (Iyar 5) has already passed.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus spoke of a fig tree, believed to represent Israel. Regarding his return and the end of the age, he said, “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” People take this to mean that the generation that saw Israel’s rebirth would not pass until Jesus returned.

Prophecy students believe that in the Bible, “generation” means 70 years. For this reason, many have concluded that Jesus has to return within 70 years of May 14, 1948. The problem with this interpretation is that he didn’t say he would come back within a generation. He said he would come back before the generation passed. A human being can live to be 120. Maybe longer, as we continue to pervert medical science. The generation that saw the rebirth of Israel should be here until at least 2068.

If he returns tomorrow, fantastic. I don’t think it will happen, though. I believe the rapture comes first, and I think I’m right about the generation math.

Trump does momentous things. He brought North Korea to the bargaining table (probably with the help of the unexpected collapse of their bomb-testing site), and now he has made the first real step toward restoring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Love him or hate him, he gets stuff done. Can anyone seriously say God isn’t behind him? Obama traveled the world apologizing for America, and he accomplished very little, apart from increasing the burden of American socialism. Trump advocates for America, as an American president should, and his achievements keep piling up.

One wonders what Jews are saying. American Jews hate Trump. They always vote against their friends and appease their enemies. The Jews are the most suicidal race in history. They adore Obama, and he was a huge enemy of Israel. Now Trump has done something many Israeli Jews wanted to see. Will he get credit? Will American Jews start supporting him? No. Of course not. They will look for ways to discredit him. That’s a given. If Moses came down and put his arm around Trump and endorsed him, most American Jews would curse Moses and say he was an impostor.

Trump is catching it for having an evangelical preacher speak at the embassy opening. Papers say he sent a man who says Jews go to hell. Can we be honest? All Christians believe unbelievers go to hell. Jesus said it. I believe it. Are we no longer allowed to pray for the Jews or help them?

Muslim clerics believe all non-Muslims (and many Muslims) go to hell. Hard core Catholics believe Christians who are not Catholic (me, for example) go to hell. Jews believe Christian sinners go to hell. Can we get over it, please? Religions have different beliefs. Is this news? You don’t have to hate someone in order to think they’re going to hell.

I suspect that if the Muslims gave Jerusalem back, liberal Jews would be happy to let Muslim clerics speak at related ceremonies, even though Muslim clerics think Jews are going to hell AND should be exterminated. They believe all non-Muslims should be second-class citizens living under oppressive laws and special taxes. Is it really that big a deal if a man who rejects Judaism yet supports Israel speaks at these events?

Not unless you have Trump Derangement Syndrome.

I wonder if liberal Jews excoriated Cyrus for his idolatry when he decreed that the temple would be rebuilt.

There are some good deeds you have to do with no expectation of gratitude. There are good deeds you have to do in spite of a firm expectation of persecution. That’s life. I hope the Jews get all of Israel back ASAP, regardless of what some Jews may say about Jesus. I don’t have to be angry at people who don’t like Jesus. He can take care of himself. And it’s his will that Israel be restored.

Jews in Israel don’t always agree with American Jews (thank God), and they seem to like Trump a lot better. A big Israeli soccer team just put “Trump” in its name. A liberal Jew wrote a piece for an Israeli news site, trying to turn Jews against Trump and claiming he moved the embassy to please Christians. Go look at the irate comments from Israelis. One of them calls American Jews “JINO’s,” or “Jews in Name Only.”

A December poll said 65% of Israeli Jews thought Trump’s decision was good for Israel. Another poll showed that a plurality of Israeli Jews would prefer to see Hillary in office even though those polled thought Trump was better for Israel! Liberal bias dies hard.

I don’t know what will happen. I do know that when Cyrus dispatched Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem, the non-Jews who lived there took up arms against the Jews. There is nothing new under the sun. Arabs are already attacking Israeli troops, and maybe a new war will start. I don’t think that will happen, because Israel’s enemies are scared of Israel. If they had the guts to start a war, they would be doing it already. They wouldn’t wait for new provocations.

Maybe we’ll see more rioting and terror inside Israel.

One day Jews will start building the temple, and the mosques that are in the way will be taken apart and dumped in the desert. That will be a great thing to watch. Sooner or later, the trampling of Israel will end. God has never forgotten Jacob’s children.

I wonder what Trump will do next. I never thought I’d live to see a president who does so much.