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Chapter 4: Israel as Center of Future Prophecy

Connect…

Through the history of mankind, the Jewish people have always been a persecuted people. During the
days following Christ, the Jews, as well as Christians, were the target of Roman persecution. During the
next three centuries (300–600 C.E.) a new pattern of institutionalized discrimination against Jews
occurred: Jews were forbidden to marry Christians (399 C.E.), were prohibited from holding positions in
government (439 C.E.) and were prevented from appearing as witnesses against Christians in court (531
C.E.). Martin Luther, the founder of the 16th century Reformation and Protestantism, wrote a pamphlet
in 1545 entitled The Jews and Their Lies, claiming that Jews thirsted for Christian blood and urging the
slaying of the Jews. The Nazis reprinted it in 1935. Then under Hitler’s rule of Germany, over 6 million
Jewish people, men, women, children, infants, were slaughtered for the sole reason of their Jewish
origin.

Universal hatred of Jews cannot be explained except by the fact that they are God’s chosen people and
Satan hates them. Through them, all the nations of the world receive blessings, but Satan wants to steal
and destroy the nations, especially Israel. As we continue our study, we will see that the future revolves
around this tiny nation and this people called the Jews. Let see how God plans to use them in the
future…

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to explain how Israel if the center of future prophecy.

2. The student should be able to describe the history of Israel becoming a nation again after 2,500
years.

3. The student should be able to able to describe the rapture and how Israel is immediately involved in
future events after the rapture.

The Lesson ...

Israel as Center of Future Prophecy

The land of Israel is the most important location on our planet. Why is that?

1. Israel is the strategic geographic center of three continents. Ezekiel 5:5 says “See, I have set three in
the midst of the nations”. Israel is often called the “navel of the earth.”

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