“In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.” – (Psalm 75:8) The cup of wrath has been mixed and kept ready for those on earth who have refused to drink from the cup of salvation that he gave to the church. ‘The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.’ – (Romans 1:18) This is what the LORD, the God of Israel said to Jeremiah: “Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the kingdoms on the face of the earth to drink it … When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them … And after all of them, the king of Sheshach (cryptogram for Babylon) will drink it too.” – (Jeremiah 25:15-27) ‘Babylon (the nation) was a gold Cup in the Lord’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk . The nations drank her wine; therefore they have gone mad. Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.’ – (Jeremiah 51:7-8) Babylon also stands for an end time religious, political and economic system that opposes the truth and oppresses the saints! ‘With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.’ – (Revelation 17:2) ‘God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.’ – (Revelation 16:19) ‘Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup.’ – ( Revelation 18:6)
But before that happens, THE LORD declares, “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding people’s reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On the day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.” – (Zechariah 12:2-3) There was a time when the nation of Israel was the first to drink from the cup of God’s wrath in keeping with the principle: ‘first for the Jew, then for the Gentile’ – (Romans 2:9-10), because they rejected the cup of salvation extended to them. The vineyard was therefore handed over to the Gentiles to ‘produce its fruit’ (Matthew 21:41-43) until the time comes for the restoration of Israel. God began by first restoring them as a nation and on May 14th 1948 the modern state of Israel was formed. (This is what the disciples enquired when they asked Jesus: “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom of Israel?” He said, “It is not for you to know the times and dates the Father has set by his own authority.” – Acts 1:6-7) God will gather back every Jew from the nations to the nation of Israel before he restores their faith! “I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind … I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares the Sovereign Lord. – (Ezekiel 39:28-29) The time of their spiritual awakening is coming and has come! “Awake, awake! Rise up Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath you have drained it to the dregs the goblet that makes men stagger … See , I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger, from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again. I will put it into the hands of your tormentors …” (Isaiah 51:17-23)
Israel celebrated 76 years of independence on the evening of 13th May, 2024 – 14th May, 2024; the 5th day of Iyar (ה’ באייר) in the Hebrew calendar or on May 14th in Gregorian calendar); the day on which David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Soon after the declaration of independence, the surrounding Arab nations declared war the very next day against the newly formed state of Israel. Since then Israel has fought many wars and skirmishes and have won. Once again as they are being surrounded by a ring of fire; by the nations that call for the total annihilation of the only Jewish state in the middle east, we are going to see the fulfillment of these prophecies in our lifetime! The Lord declares: “On that day I will strike every horse with madness. I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah … Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.’ On that day, I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place … On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem. And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a Spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced and they will mourn for him … The Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle … The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.” – (Zechariah 12:4-13:9) Amen.
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