BALAAMIC PROPHECY? Coalition Talks Remain at Impasse as Israeli President Declares "A Time of Crisis for the House of Jacob"

The April 2019 Israeli elections were already unprecedented in that for the first time ever, the newly-elected Knesset failed to form a government.  Last month's elections resulted in the same stalemate, and now the situation remains at an impasse.  Why now, and why Israel?  For the last half-decade, many Christians and various ministries have been sounding the trumpet in unison, warning that the signs of the impending rapture of the Church and Tribulation were upon us and had converged to such an extent that "imminence" took on all new gravity.

The Revelation 12 Sign appeared to be God's answer, that the time is indeed at hand.  And all of these things center on or pertain to Israel, so when we see Israel suddenly undergoing major changes, you can be sure that the fulfillment of major prophecies are right around the corner.  In just the past two years—and all since the Revelation 12 Sign—the following have taken place in the covenant land:

• The United States formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved the embassy

• Several other countries subsequently did the same

• The United States recognized Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights

• The Knesset finally passed the Jewish Nation-State Bill into law, restoring the nation's biblical identity

• The silver half-shekel (dictated in Exodus 30) was reintroduced

• The main altar of the future Third Temple was dedicated

• "As in the days of Noah" reached its zenith, as a blasphemous Gentile sacrifice was offered on the Mount of Olives to "renew" the Noahic Covenant

• And finally, for the first time ever, Israel has been unable to form a government; in other words, there exists a power vacuum in the Promised Land

The backdrop of all of this is that the U.S. government has been simultaneously developing a peace agreement that is widely thought to abandon key elements of the perpetually unsuccessful two-state solution, in favor of unilateral action to divide the land—having Israel annex the Jordan Valley and large chunks of Judea and Samaria, and forming a Palestinian State out of the remainder.  The first part of this plan has already been unveiled, while the geopolitical part is waiting in the wings for an Israeli government to be formed.  Remember: the division of God's land that He explicitly willed to Jacob and his descendants, is the line that once crossed will trigger the time of God's wrath.

In light of the present impasse in Israel, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has just stated, probably unbeknownst to him, a direct reference to a prophecy in Jeremiah 30 that foretold the beginning of the Tribulation—the "labor pains" on the "woman" Israel, that Jesus spoke of in His Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24.  In the words of President Rivlin:

We are facing a time of crisis for the House of Jacob, an emergency for Israel’s security and for Israeli society, an emergency for Israeli democracy...

And in the words of the Prophet Jeremiah:

For thus says the Lord:

'We have heard a voice of trembling,
   Of fear, and not of peace.
Ask now, and see,
   Whether a man is ever in labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
   Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
   Alas!  For that day is great,
So that none is like it;
   And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.'

—Jeremiah 30:5–7

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