Luke 19:43,44 “The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
Editor's Note: Jim Bakker teaches to watch Israel closely because it is the prophetic timeclock for the unfolding of Last Days events. In Matthew 24, Israel is the fig tree that the Lord told His people to observe to understand the times. It is like a barometer of what is happening in the nations.
Gaza militants fired more than 40 rockets within two hours into southern Israel on Wednesday making this the largest rocket barrage to hit Israel since 2012 according to the Israeli military.
Only three of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s “Iron Dome” while eight hit populated areas. The rest fell in open areas.
The Islamic Jihad militant group behind the attack wanted vengeance for three of their members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike the day before. Additional Gaza militant groups also joined in on the attack including the Popular Resistance Group.
In retaliation to the attack, the Israeli air-force attacked several Jihad training camps.
“This retaliation was precise and prompt. We targeted the infrastructure that serves the terrorists while they train, plan and implement their hideous attacks. They will not be permitted to conspire in the safety of their terrorist temples,” Israeli Military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to continue the retaliation.
“We will continue to thwart (rocket attacks) and hit those that want to harm us, and we will act against them with great force,” Netanyahu said. “Last year, the number of rockets fired from Gaza was the lowest in a decade but that is not enough. We will continue to act to ensure the security of the citizens of Israel in the south and in the entire country.”
So far in 2014, Gaza militants have fired 32 rockets toward Israel before Wednesday’s attack.
No casualties were reported on either side Wednesday.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. Psalm 68:1 God is [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him! The Amplified Bible
O God, how long is the adversary to scoff and reproach? Is the enemy to blaspheme and revile Your name forever? Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them [make an end of them]! Psalm 74:10-11
For thus said the Lord of hosts, (to Israel) after [His] glory had sent me [His messenger] to the nations who plundered you—for he who touches you touches the apple or pupil of His eye: Zechariah 2:8