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In Genesis 49, Jacob, the patriarch to his sons, before he dies, gives a prophecy of what would become of his sons and their descendants “in the last days.” Consider this passage:

[1] And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. [5] Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. [6] O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. [7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

Genesis 49:1, 5-7

When I read that it began to make sense to me: what Netanyahu and his government is doing is in part fulfilling what the King James Bible said would happen.

Contrary to misconceptions and Jesuitical sophistry spread around all the time, the nation of Israel, as prophesized in many places throughout the Old and New Testaments, would be brought back into their land after being scattered abroad for all these centuries amongst the Gentiles, and brought back into their land in unbelief; a nation that rejects and despises the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his word, the truth, and the gospel, and are living in blindness. But, eventually they, the nation, will be redeemed in accordance with the covenant God made with Abraham and his descendants. Until then, and even during the coming time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30), falsely so-called “The Tribulation,” the Jews will be in sin and rebellion to the word of God and righteousness; even being spiritually “called Sodom and Egypt” (Revelation 11:7). NOTE: Read the statement of faith page to read for yourself just *some* of the scriptures that talk about Israel’s restoration and redemption.

But the point is, what Jacob prophesized seems to align with what’s been going on in Israel as of late, and will probably continue for a time. This is not some “antisemitic” and “anti-Israel” slant, but rather a confirmation of what the scriptures said would happen.

To dissect what Jacob said of his sons Simeon and Levi, the story he references can be found in Genesis 34. I encourage you to read the whole story for yourself; but basically what happened was Dinah, the daughter to Jacob and sister to his sons, was defiled by a man named Shechem, who “saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her” (2). Shechem loved her and wanted her to be his wife, and his father Hamor spoke with Jacob to get permission. But; “[7] And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.” Long story short, Jacob’s sons deceived Shechem and Hamor into believing they were fine with it, and their families marrying with each other and occupying goods together, as long they got circumcised to be like the sons of Jacob. They agreed, but Simeon and Levi went ahead and murdered all the sons of the city, including Shechem and Hamor:

[25] And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. [26] And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out. [27] The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. [28] They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, [29] And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. [30] And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. [31] And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? 

Genesis 34:25-31

This is what Jacob was referring to in the prophecy God inspired him to speak. I mention this because if you loosely compare it to what is happening now in Gaza it’s kind of comparable. Israel’s sons intermingled themselves in the land of Canaan (Genesis 33:17-20), and Dinah Jacob’s daughter was sinned against, and then Jacob’s son’s did worse by lying, killing all the males, and stole all their stuff. It’s similar to now in a weird way: Gaza and the Palestinians did some (and have done) some heinous stuff to Israel for years; and Israel’s response to this latest attack under Netanyahu and company, a Levite, is one of cruelty and no better than what Hamas has done. Hopefully you understand what I am trying to get at with this loose analogy.

So, I just thought that was really interesting and I figured I would bring it out, as it helps add some further context to whole this conflict and basically World War III at this point, that Israel’s action are in line with scripture and as prophesized. Source