Keep an eye on the temple mount. Look for an errant Iranian missile to damage the dome beyond repair and escalate the region into war.
We are fast approaching the end, and most do not see it.... as scripture says it come like a thief in the night.
This post is intended for watching and being a watchmen of current events. prophetically relevant posts are welcome, arguments about eschatology are not... years ago as studying prophecy The Holy Ghost said prophecy is tied to the temple mount.... for example from the year the daily sacrifice was removed during the first Babylonian siege of Jerusalem to the construction and dedication of the dome of the rock is exactly 1290 years....
(In my opinion)
The Temple Mount is Mount Zion (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1) and when the beast makes war against Mount Zion and overcomes it (Revelation 13:7) it will trigger the resurrection, and Armageddon.
HOWEVER, Jerusalem that is currently still in bondage with her children (Galatians 4:25), as well as
the land of the fathers (of Israel) is destined for blessing when
all Israel - the house of Israel and the house of Judah - is gathered back into the land and reunited into one nation again, just as it was under king David (Ezekiel 37:16-28).
And because Satan knows that the apostles were all Jews, and Jesus is a Jew, the King of the Jews, a descendant of king David and the Lion of Judah who was born of a Jewish woman into a Jewish family in a Jewish town, and lived in Galilee which was part of the homeland of the Jews,
and totally and utterly defeated Satan at the cross, and because He is coming back as King of all Kings and Lord of all Lords, Satan absolutely hates all Jews (as well as the rest of the woman's seed who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ - Revelation 12:17).
And because the dragon is at war with
both the people labeled by the Palestinian Arabs "The Saturday People" and the those the same group have labeled "The Sunday People" (especially against the Saturday people) and hates
the land being in the hands of either group (but especially in the hands of the Saturday people), he (Satan) is the spirit of Gog and Magog, which is behind all this diabolical anti-Israel, anti-Jew hatred, and putting lies for truth (darkness for light) and truth and light for darkness, and putting evil for good and good for evil, that has been created by Israel's enemies, and supported by all antisemites world-wide.
So in my opinion, though the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is not Mount Zion, yet Satan knows that both Jews and many Christians
believe that the symbol of lies and insults now standing on that Mount in Jerusalem will eventually be replaced with a temple that
they believe they can meet with God in, and will become "a house of prayer for all nations".
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Note: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6)
So the Temple Mount in Jerusalem may very well become a catalyst for a global cataclysmic war - the Kidron Valley between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives is a.k.a "the Valley of Jehoshaphat" in Joel 3, and the Messiah will set his feet on the Mount of Olives in Zechariah 14 and save Israel in the day Jerusalem is surrounded and attacked by the armies of all nations.
But the Mount Zion that will be attacked that will trigger the return of Messiah (Revelation 13:7) is not the one in Jerusalem.
Yet both mountains play a role in prophecy. Satan's last battle against the woman (the Saturday people) + the rest of her seed who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (the Sunday people) will be simultaneous.
