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Weekly News Update

1/29/08

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This weekly news update is being sent because the Bible tells us to know the prophecies and to "watch" for their fulfillment (which can only be done by learning and knowing what is going on around the world) ... yet, many churches and synagogues today ignore and deny Bible prophecy (which in itself is a major fulfillment of Bible prophecy) ...

Now, a short Bible prophecy lesson to help show how close we are ...

+ Israel back in the Land as a nation (this started the clock ticking ...)

+ Iran and allies threatening war against Israel

+ Russia rising ... and acting as a 'guard' for Iran

+ China armed with weapons capable of quickly destroying 1/3 of mankind

+ Nations of the ancient Roman Empire (Europe?) reuniting and rising in power

+ Teachings of false 'Prophets' leading many

+ A Generation 'morally corrupt' and 'filled with violence'

(The Bible uses the word 'corrupt' - like smelly, rotting meat)

+ 'The falling away'... churches and synagogues no longer teaching or enduring sound doctrine

+ Israel and Jerusalem . . . trouble, troubles, and more trouble

+ All nations turning against nation Israel . . .

= The Generation of the ... Rapture ... the 'Apocalypse' ... Armageddon ... and Messiah's Return.

For the first time in history this prophetic 'equation' is nearly complete . . . and all in this generation!!!

That Tiny Red 'Dot' is Israel ... God warns, 'Israel is His'...'Allah' and his vast armies (green) keep trying to prove Him wrong

The 'God of Israel' and the Bible . . . or . . . 'Allah' and the Koran . . . The Bible Warns One Is True . . . and One Is False

The coming Battle of Armageddon ('Hill of Megiddo') . . . Armageddon lies right in the center of that tiny Red 'Dot'

"I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you". . . (Genesis 12:3)

Top Stories . . .

(Click on the headline for the full news story ... Click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy)

Senior Military Officials Warn "NATO Must Mull Nuclear First-Strike"...

--Fox News (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Earlier: Russia's Military Chief Of Staff Warns Russia Could Use Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike ...

--Moscow Times (Russia) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Britain Prepares Expulsion Order For 34 Russian Spies ...

--WND (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Israeli Air Force Chief Warns Israel May Have To "Go It Alone" Against Iran ...

--Israel Nat'l News (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) The time draws near ... the Bible warns Russia (Magog) will act as a 'guard' for Iran (Persia) in a coming war against Israel. The Bible warns Iran, with Russia, Turkey and allies will go to war and will attack and invade Israel. In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible warns a coming war between Iran (Persia) and Israel will take place sometime after Israel has been re-gathered into Her land as a nation ... this war has never yet taken place ... the only time in history Persia (Iran) has ever gone to war against Israel was to help Israel throw off the yoke of the Byzantine Empire around 614 AD. The Bible warns the US will NOT defend Israel. According to the Bible, Israel must stand alone...with God. For when this coming war does finally start, the United States (for reasons yet unknown) will be unable or unwilling to help Israel defend herself. Although the Bible warns the invading armies will be ultimately destroyed by God, it will be a terrible war for both Israel and the whole world. Bible scholars are divided as to whether this coming war is part of the prophetic battle of Armageddon or will just precede the battle of Armageddon in order to prepare the path and the rise of the coming Antichrist (a coming world leader who will be a very popular counterfeit 'Christ'-'Messiah'). Bible students should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckles watching this terrible prophecy slowly start to unfold ... while believing Christians (followers (both Jew and Gentile) of Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah) are told to 'examine' themselves in the Word and in faith to insure they are not just 'almost' or 'lukewarm' Christians (followers of the Messiah) ... and Jesus-Yeshua the Messiah warns to "Watch, therefore, and pray always (not just sometimes), that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things (the terrible events of the coming 'Apocalypse') that will come to pass" ... (Luke 21:36) ... for the Bible promises believing Christians who are alive at the time and have endured in faith are not 'appointed' to this coming time of 'God's wrath' that will be 'poured out' upon the whole world ...

John Bolton Warns It Will Be Up To Israel To Stop Iran ... NIE Report Will Render The U.S. a "Bystander" (Neutralized)

--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) "Neutralized" can mean politically ... or economically ... or militarily ... or a combination of the three. But, for reasons yet unknown, the US will be unwilling or unable to help Israel when this prophetic war takes place. According to the Bible, Israel will have to stand alone ... with God. It could even be a Russia-Iran led and UN sanctioned "coalition of nations" coming against Israel 'legally' (like the US led coalition against Iraq) during which the US may defer its alliance with Israel while bowing to the global weight and pressures of the UN ... (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)

Former UN Ambassador Bolton Warns Israel May Have to Strike Iran Soon ...

--Israel Nat'l News (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Russia Delivers New Shipment Of Nuclear Fuel To Iran ... 11 More Tons of Enriched Uranium

--Ynet News (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

The Russia-China Nuclear Threat ...

--JRNyquist (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)

The Russia-China-Iran Axis ...

--WND/FrontPage (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)

Russia-China Ally North Korea To Sell Mini-Submarines To Iran ...

--World Tribune (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind)

Pentagon Worried Over China's Sub-Based Anti-Satellite Missile Program ... Plus ... Anti-Christians In Pentagon

--Inside the Ring (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated)

China Outlines Hypothetical Attack Against US Forces ...

--WND/Air Force Times (Prophecies...China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

This Week's News Headlines . . .

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The Lord's Offer . . .

"Come unto Me,

all you who labor

and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you

and learn of Me . . .

for I am meek and lowly in heart,

and you shall find rest

unto your souls.

For My yoke is easy

and My burden is light."

(Matthew 11:28-30)

Iran-Backed Hamas Blasts Gaza-Egypt Border Wide Open ... Hundreds of Thousands Pour Through

--Israel Nat'l News (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (The chess-masters in the Kremlin are moving into an end game ...)

Iran-Backed Hamas "Spent Months Cutting Through (Gaza) Wall In Secret Operation"...

--Drudge/London Times (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken")

Iran-Backed Hamas' Sudden Seizure Of Northern Sinai From Egypt Called "Irreversible"...

--Debkafile (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Egypt Pulls Their Forces Out of N. Sinai and US Forces Are Evacuated After Iran-Backed Hamas Seizes Area ...

--Debkafile (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

United Nations Rebukes Israel on Gaza ...

--Ynet News (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies of Messiah's Return)

Gaza and the United Nations ...

--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies of Messiah's Return)

“Return to Ashkelon"... Iran-Backed Hamas Threatens March To Smash Through Israel's Gaza Border

--Debkafile "Gaza" ... an important and timely Bible Prophecy ... "Ashkelon" is also mentioned ... Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken ..."

God issues a warning to Israel and to the whole world . . .

"Before the decree is issued,

before the Day passes like chaff,

before the LORD'S fierce anger comes upon you,

before the Day of the LORD's anger comes upon you!

Seek the LORD,

all you meek of the Earth, (this is global ... a warning to all on Earth)

who have upheld His justice.

Seek righteousness, (He is calling for all to return to Him and His Word ... it's not too late! )

seek humility.

It may be that you will be hidden (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)

in the Day of the LORD'S anger." (Prophecies: The coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon)

And then He (God) goes on to tell us what will help cause His fierce anger to rise . . . Gaza!!!

"For Gaza shall be forsaken,

And Ashkelon desolate;

They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,

And Ekron shall be uprooted. ("uprooted"...in August 2005 all the Jews in Gaza were forcibly dug up from their graves)

Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,

The nation of the Cherethites!

The Word of the Lord is against you, (In John 1:1-14 we are told Messiah is the "Word" who became flesh ...)

O Canaan, land of the Philistines ("Palestinians"):

"I (God) will destroy you

So there shall be no inhabitant." (all 'Palestinians' and their allies should take note ...)

(Zephaniah 2:2-5)

Note: In verses 6-7 God also promises after these things the children of Judah will be returned to their land ... in peace!)

Senior Anti-Syrian Intelligence Officer and 9 Others Killed In Car Bomb Explosion In Lebanon ...

--Debkafile (Wherever Russia is moving secretly behind the scenes watch for assassinations and ruthless political attacks against leaders of the opposition ... the game of chess (which was spread by ancient Persia and Islam) is the national game of Russia ... in chess, deception, misdirection, and secrecy are the keys to victory ... in chess you remove your opponent's important pieces one by one (in real-life through assassinations. lies, and defamation) ... and then you raise a "pawn" into a loyal "king" ... as in Cuba (Castro), North Korea (Kim Jong I), Libya (Khadafy), Iraq (Hussein), Iran (Ayatollah), Venezuela (Chavez), etc. ... etc. ... etc. ... look at all of the "surgical" assassinations that took place in Iraq immediately following the war ... all the strong Iraqis who could have consolidated and secured the victory of the US led coalition of nations were assassinated, thus "removed" from the Iraqi "chess-board" (which created the vacuum for a pro-Iranian (anti-US) Shiite to rise into power) ... these assassinations required a world-class intelligence network with the highest level of strategic planning ... and al-Qaida had to of been well entrenched in Iraq already before the war to have such a sophisticated structure of command, control, supply, and funding ...

Earlier: 'Is Al Qaeda a Kremlin Proxy?'

--JRNyquist (From an interview with high-level KGB defector Litvenko shortly before he was assassinated by Russia. As a note, the Russian KGB officer who Britain has accused of participating in the assassination of Litvenko in Britain has since been elected a member of the Russian Duma ... and now enjoys immunity from extradition and has the full backing of Russian leader Putin, who himself was (and still is as President) a KGB Commander.)

Will Israel Attack Iran ...

--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies ... Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) Although Bible scholars are divided as to whether this coming war is part of the "Battle of Armageddon" or just precedes it ... they almost all agree the coming "Rapture" will take place sometime BEFORE this coming war takes place ... (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)

Russia Says No "Harsh" Sanctions on Iran ...

--NewsMax (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Russia has over 10,000 nuclear engineers and technicians in Iran ... helping Iran.)

Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel . . .

"Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,

'Son of man, set your face against Gog (a powerful leader ... human or angelic (as found in Daniel 10 and Ezekiel 28)

of the land of Magog ...."

(Ezekiel 38:1)

God wants us to know the real force and power behind Iran (and allies) against Israel will also act as a "guard" for them ...

"Prepare yourself (Magog-Russia) and be ready,

you and your companies (Persia (Iran) is listed first as the leading nation of allies ...)

that are gathered about you

and be a guard for them ..." (Russia has been "guarding" Iran in the UN ... and with weapons, people, and technology.)

(Ezekiel 38:7)

God wants us to know this prophetic war against Israel would take place long after this prophecy was written ...

"In the latter years (God wants us to know this is a Bible prophecy ...)

you (Russia-Iran and allies)

will come into the Land

of those brought back from the sword

and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel (He also wants everybody to know He's talking about Israel)

which had long been desolate; (Before 1948 the land of Israel was barren and desolate...just read Mark Twain's account)

they (the children of Israel) were brought out of the nations (A Remarkable Mathematical Prophecy ... Israel Becoming a Nation in 1948)

and now all of them dwell safely ..."

(Ezekiel 38:8) (The generation today is the first and only generation since this was written that fulfills all these criteria.)

Who is "Magog" in the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy?

Flavius Josephus (37 AD - around 100 AD): The ancient Roman-Jewish historian Josephus wrote "Magog" (the Hebrew name) was called "Scythians" by the Greeks (Josephus Antiquities I, vi. 1) ... and today the ancient land of the "Scythians" includes much of Russia! Josephus identified Magog in his ancient writings as he wrote ... "Magog founded the Magogians (in Hebrew), thus named after him, but who were by the Greeks called "Scythians.'" (Josephus, Antiquities, 1.123)

John Foxe (1516 AD - 1567 AD): In "Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World" John Foxe wrote, "During the reign of Constantine the Great, the light of the Gospel penetrated into the land of the barbarians. In north-eastern Europe, which was then called Scythia," ...

From 'Encyclopedia.com - Scythia (Magog in Hebrew), ancient region of Eurasia, extending from the Danube river on the west to the borders of China on the east. The Scythians flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. BC They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. They seem to be related to the Saka, another nomadic tribe that roamed the steppes of central Asia at about the same time. The so-called Royal Scyths established a kingdom in the E Crimea before the 9th cent. BC They seem to have maintained themselves as a ruling class while others (probably native inhabitants) worked the grain fields. The Scythians are traditionally associated with the area between the Danube and the Don, but modern excavations in the Altai Mts., particularly at the site of Pazyryk, suggest that their origins were in Western Siberia (Russia) before they moved east into Southern Russia in the early 1st millennium BC. The Scythians, considered barbarians by the Greeks, traded (7th cent. BC) grain and their service as mercenaries for Greek wine and luxury items ...

From the Wikipedia Encyclopedia - Scythia (Magog in Hebrew) comprised an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by Iranian nomadic peoples, speaking Iranian languages and known as the Scythians or Scyths. The location and extent of Scythia varied over time, from the Altay Mountains region where Mongolia, China, Russia, and Kazakhstan come together, across southern Ukraine to the lower Danube river area, Bulgaria and Georgia. The Chinese knew the Saka (Asian Scythians) as Sai ...

"The Magog Identity"...

--Khouse.org Historical and geographical references concerning Magog - Scythia ... (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Map of Ancient Nations Listed In Ezekiel 38-39 ... Khouse.org

Magog Revisited ... Updated Briefing On Russia and The Middle East

--Khouse.org (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... The coming Rapture)

Magog Update: Russian-Syrian-Iranian Axis

--Hal Lindsey (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will be utterly destroyed) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

What Is Bible Prophecy?

--DavidHocking.org

"Search from the Book of the LORD and read:

Not one of these (prophecies) shall fail,

Not one shall lack her mate.

For My (God's) mouth has commanded it,

and His Spirit has gathered them."

(Isaiah 34:16)

"For I am God,

   and there is no other.
   I am God, and there is none like Me,
   Declaring the end from the beginning,
   and from ancient times
   things that are not yet done . . ."
   (Isaiah 46:9-10)

"Indeed I (God) have spoken it;

I (God) will also bring it to pass.

I have purposed it;

I will also do it.

Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted

who are far from righteousness . . ."

(Isaiah 46:11-12)

We are told WHY we need a Savior to save us from our sins and from Hell ...

"If we say that we have no sin,
     we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
   If we confess our sins,
     He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (He is filled with mercy and forgiveness)
     and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness.
     If we say that we have not sinned,
     we make Him (God) a liar,
     and His Word is not in us."
     (1 John 1:8-10)

Did The "Church" Replace Israel ? Many Churches Today Teach A Doctrine of "Replacement" Theology ...

--DavidHocking.org (Bible Warning: Churches and church leaders will become corrupt ... will oppose and no longer 'endure' sound doctrine)

Will Israel's Government Collapse ...

--DavidHocking.org (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation)

From Israel: The Face Of Evil ...

--Jerusalem Post/Michael Freund (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

20 Years of Research Reveals By Canadian Attorney Concludes Jerusalem Belongs to Jews ...

--Israel Nat'l News (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)

Letting Go Of Our Defenses ...

--JRNyquist.com (Prophecies...The US will be "neutralized" ... then Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Iranian Foreign Minister Says Iran Isn't Threatening Israel ..., And Doesn't Want Nuclear Weapons

--Jerusalem Post (Prophecies ... "In the last days evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving (lying) and being deceived")

The World Cheers When Israel Gets Tough ...

--Israel Nat'l News/Jack Engelhard (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)

From Israel: Olmert and Livni Are Dangerous For Israel ... Time For A Change In Leadership

--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies ...'Gaza shall be forsaken") (Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Bill Clinton Discloses McCain And Hillary Are 'Very Close'...

--Drudge/CNN

The Media's Love Affair With John McCain...

--Drudge/Scripps-Howard News

Ann Coulter Sheds Some Light On John McCain ...

--WND/Ann Coulter (Prophecies ... "In the last days evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving (lying) and being deceived")

Our World: Grimacing To Victory and Grinning To Defeat ...

--Jerusalem Post/Caroline Glick (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies...Israel and Jerusalem after becoming a nation)

Peggy Noonan: Bush Destroyed The Republican Party ...

--Wall Street Journal/Noonan Tough words from Peggy Noonan who once took time off writing to help Bush get elected ...

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We are told the Kingdom of Heaven is a gift from God ... paid for by the precious Blood of the Lamb ... Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah ...

"For by Grace you have been saved (from your sins and from Hell)

through faith (in Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew),

and that not of yourselves;

it is the gift of God, (‘Grace’ is getting something we don’t deserve … we can't buy this gift)

not of works, (and we can't earn it)

lest anyone should boast." (It’s a gift from God … we just have to receive it in love, faith, trust, and obedience... with thanksgiving!)

(Ephesians 2:8) (The most important prophecies ... Heaven or Hell)

ESPN Anchorwoman Tells Audience To "F--- Jesus" ...

--WND (Prophecies ... Christ (Messiah) and Christians will be hated) (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist) His path is now being prepared ...

The Bible warns the coming "Antichrist" will be preceded by many "antichrists" preparing his way . . .

"Little children,

it is the last hour;

and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming,

even now many antichrists have come,

by which we know that it is the last hour."

(1 John 2:18) The "Antichrist" will be against Christ ... and ... he will be lifted up as a 'pseudo' (counterfeit) Messiah.

This ESPN anchorwoman's name is "Jacobson"... In His genealogy (see below) we find Jesus-Yeshua is also a Jacobson (ben-Jacob ... son of Jacob-Israel) and ben-David (son of King David) ... born into the tribe of Judah through the line of Jacob (Israel) ... it was 40 generations from Jacob (Israel) to Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew).

Jesus Christ's (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) Genealogy (which was never disputed or even questioned by the Jewish priests who kept all of the genealogies in the Temple in His day) ... is also why Mary and Joseph had to go to Bethlehem (under Caesar's orders) at the time of His birth, because both were born in the line of King David ... and Bethlehem (who Olmert, Bush, and the World are now trying to give away to the enemies of Israel) is the city of King David ...

"Joseph also went up from Galilee,

out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea,

to the city of David,

which is called Bethlehem,

because he (Joseph) was of the house and lineage of David ..."

(Luke 2:4)

Here, Matthew takes Jesus Christ's (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) genealogy (through His step-father Joseph) from Abraham and King David ... in another passage, Luke (Luke 3:23-38) takes Jesus-Yeshua's genealogy through His mother Mary and her father Heli (who had no sons and was legally Joseph's father-in-law), through King David and Abraham and then all the way to Adam ... it was 77 generations from Adam to Jesus the Messiah ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) ...

The book of the genealogy of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach (Jesus Christ) . . .

   "The book of the genealogy of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach (Jesus Christ)
     the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
     Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob,
     and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
     Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
     Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
     Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon,
     and Nahshon begot Salmon.
     Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth,
     Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king.
     David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
     Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah,
     and Abijah begot Asa. Asa begot Jehoshaphat,
     Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah.
     Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
     Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon,
     and Amon begot Josiah.
     Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers
     about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
     And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel,
     and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begot Abiud,
     Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.
     Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.
     Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.
     And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, (who conceived as a virgin ... exactly as the Bible predicted)
     of whom was born Jesus-Yeshua who is called Messiah (Christ in English).

   So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations,
     from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations,
     and from the captivity in Babylon until the Messiah (Christ) are fourteen generations."
     (Matthew 1:1-17)     (Bible prophecies of the Messiah from the ancient Jewish Scriptures (Tanakh ... Old Testament)

"Does not the Scripture (Tanakh ... Old Testament)

say that it is of the offspring of David,

and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived,

that the Messiah (Christ) is to come?"

(John 7:42)

"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

though you are little among the thousands of Judah,

Yet out of you shall come forth to Me

The One to be Ruler in Israel,

Whose goings forth have been

from of old, from everlasting." (Eternal ... the Bible tells us Messiah would step forth from Eternity.)

(Micah 5:2) (This prophecy was given over 400 years before Messiah was born in Bethlehem ...)

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive

and bear a Son,

and shall call His Name Immanuel"

(Isaiah 7:14) (Immanuel means "God with us!")

"Remember that Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew)

rose from the dead

and was descended from David."
(2 Timothy 2:8)

"And He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever,

and of His Kingdom there will be no end ..." (eternal)

(Luke 1:33) (Prophecies of Messiah's Return)

Just as Israel's (Jacob's) son Joseph (see Genesis 37:28) was despised, rejected, and sold by his brethren (children of Israel) for 20 pieces of silver, Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, was also rejected by His brethren (the children of Israel) and sold to the Gentiles for 30 pieces of silver)... but, also like Joseph ... He will one day be recognized by His brethren, the children of Israel, who with grief and joy will weep and mourn for Him "as one mourns for his only Son" ...

A prophecy of Messiah from the prophet Isaiah ...

"He is despised and rejected by men,

A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief ..."

(Isaiah 53:3)

Another prophecy of Messiah from the prophet Zechariah ...

"So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

And the LORD said to me,

‘Throw it to the potter’ -

that princely price they set on Me."

(Zechariah 11:12-13)

A prophecy of Messiah's Return from the prophet Zechariah ...

"Then they will look upon Me whom they have pierced;