Israel, Have No Fear, the Almighty Is Watching!
WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE?*
In Pamplona, Spain, this evil banner “DESTROY ISRAEL” was sponsored by “EHKS,” a far-left Basque group chanting slogans like “free Palestine.”
A shocking anti-Israel public display during one of Spain’s biggest cultural events.
The resurgence of European antisemitism is a portent of growing global hostility against Israel that the Bible predicted will intensify in the latter days, culminating in major wars against the Jewish state — particularly the invasion foretold in Ezekiel 38–39 (the War of Gog and Magog).
Let’s connect the dots:
* Ezekiel 38:1–6, 8, 16 describes a future coalition of nations, led by “Gog of the land of Magog” (commonly understood as a powerful northern leader or region, often linked to Russia or parts of modern Turkey/Eurasia in historical/geographic interpretations), that will attack Israel “in the latter days.” The invaders include:
* Persia (modern Iran)
* Cush and Put (regions in Africa, often Sudan/Ethiopia and Libya/North Africa)
* Gomer and Togarmah (frequently associated with Turkey)
* “Many peoples with you.”
* They come “like a cloud to cover the land” with the goal of plundering Israel.
But the God of Israel angrily promises to intervene supernaturally to destroy the coalition.
Then his glory will be seen among the nations!
* Multiple Bible passages (Ezekiel 38–39, Zechariah 12:2–3, Joel 3, Psalm 83) predict the nations will increasingly turn against Israel and Jerusalem, incurring the wrath of God.
Israel will become increasingly isolated, face existential threats, and attacked by coalitions motivated by hatred, plunder or ideology.
Israel’s capital Jerusalem is described as “a cup of staggering” or “a burdensome stone” that injures those who try to lift/move it.
This Spanish banner alerts prophecy watchers in the following ways:
–Normalization of “Destroy Israel” rhetoric in the West/Europe — Europe has a long, painful history with antisemitism. What was once shouted as “Death to the Jews” is now often expressed as “Destroy Israel” or “Free Palestine” (with the implication of eliminating the Jewish state).
Public displays at major festivals show how this sentiment has moved from fringes to visible, large-scale events without major pushback in some places. This aligns with the prophesied rise in hatred and opposition.
— Spain (and much of Europe) has been critical of Israel in recent years, with political moves, protests, and rhetoric. Combined with similar protests worldwide, alliances involving Iran, Russia, and others, and diplomatic pressure on Israel, it contributes to the sense that “the nations” are aligning against the Jewish state — a key setup for the Ezekiel scenario.
–Rising antisemitism and anti-Zionism are fulfilling patterns where hatred of Israel/Jews escalates before divine intervention on Israel’s behalf.
The defaced Israeli flag on the Spanish banner echoes historical desecration and rejection of Jewish sovereignty.
For those watching through a biblical lens, this photo illustrates the escalating, public, normalized opposition from nations and peoples that Bible prophecies say will characterize the period leading up to (and including) the Gog-Magog invasion and related conflicts. It’s one more data point in a larger trend of the world turning against Israel, which prophecy describes as setting the stage for God’s dramatic intervention.
Young people, please know that the Bible affirms:
–The Jews MUST return to the promised land in the last days (Ezekiel 37, Isaiah 11:11-12, Jeremiah 31)
–Jerusalem will become a global flashpoint. (Zechariah 12:3)
–ALL nations will eventually turn against Israel. (Zechariah 14:2)
However, the GOOD NEWS is that Jesus Himself will return to ISRAEL to save his people and set up his headquarters in Jerusalem — his feet will stand once again on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4, Acts 1:11)
The Bible literally says “ALL ISRAEL will be saved.” (Romans 11:26)
God will judge the nations on how they have treated Israel. (Joel 3: 2; Matthew 25: 31-46)
The following is God’s foreign policy on the entire matter:
*Psalm 2: 1
Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
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