Israel's Restoration Is Near: The Beginning of the End-Times

By John Taylor

Israel's Restoration Is Near is a book that gives a breakdown of all prophetic events beginning with John the Baptist and ending with America. It shows how the United States, although not directly referenced in Scripture, is God's end-time nation that is being used to usher in the ultimate salvation of Israel. It describes the prophetic calendar used throughout history and explains how God uses the 490-year period to usher in new events throughout history. This book describes how the ancient prophets predicted the fall of Jerusalem and explains how during this fall, salvation came to the world to provoke Israel to jealousy and fulfill Scripture. Israel's Restoration Is Near shows how the Holy Roman Empire was used to temporarily replace the ancient Israel and rid the world from idol worship.

It shows how this empire helped the world to transition from an ancient world to the modern world. Once modern nations emerged, God's prophetic clock and 490 years again began its countdown, resulting in a series of events that led to the rebirth of the nation of Israel, and the rise of the greatest nation in history America. Israel's Restoration Is Near shows that at the end of the 490-year period, which began in the Reformation of 1517, the time line for America's demise also began (in 2007) and the birth of Islamic movement began, which would ultimately lead to the Gog and Magog war and not the rapture. The book shows, according to Scripture, that period of Antichrist and tribulation occurs one thousand years before Gog and Magog. During this prophetic countdown, unlike the typical prophetic interpretations, the world is being prepared for as Scripture predicts, the deliverer, salvation of Israel, and a temporary period of peace that would lead to the Gog and Magog war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 18, 2024
• ISBN: 9798888515327

John Taylor

John Taylor (b. 1952) is an American writer, critic, and translator who lives in France. Among his many translations of French, Italian, and Greek literature are books by Philippe Jaccottet, Pierre Chappuis, Pierre-Albert Jourdan, Georges Perros, Jacques Dupin, José-Flore Tappy, Pierre Voélin, Catherine Colomb, Lorenzo Calogero, Franca Mancinelli, Alfredo de Palchi, and Elias Petropoulos. About the latter Greek writer, he has written Harsh Out of Tenderness: The Greek Poet and Urban Folklorist Elias Petropoulos. Taylor's translations have been awarded grants and prizes from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, Pro Helvetia, and the Sonia Raiziss Charitable Foundation. He is the author of several volumes of short prose and poetry, most recently The Dark Brightness, Grassy Stairways, Remembrance of Water & Twenty-Five Trees, and a "double book" co-authored with Pierre Chappuis, A Notebook of Clouds & A Notebook of Ridges.

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Christ's Crucifixion

The Children of Promise and Times of the Gentiles

The End of the Old Covenant

Great Tribulation and the Birth Pangs of the End of Rome

The Beginning of the Times of the Gentiles

The New Age and the Roman Catholic Church

The Millennium Period and Rome, the New Israel

The Transfer of Israel's Birthright

The New Universal Powers and the New Israel's Impact

Rome Is the New Chosen Nation

The New Israel, the New Oracles, and the New Era

The New Rome, Islam, and the Middle Ages

The Battle for the Promises of God

The Deliverer, the Modern Age, and Terrorism

The Age of Peace, Jewish Salvation, and Gog + Magog

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Israel's Restoration Is Near

The Beginning of the End-Times

John Taylor

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For approximately twenty-five years, I have been pondering on the fulfillment of last-day prophecies and became very intrigued with the current world affairs, which began with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center as of September 11, 2001. Even though I am not a Bible scholar or a prominent religious leader, I have been inspired to publish this book to showcase these unique perspectives regarding Israel's salvation. According to the book of Revelation, the last major event prophesied to occur prior to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is the coming of the Antichrist, the rapture, and the great tribulation; however, these events may have already occurred as they were scheduled to occur during the reign of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, most scholars agree that these events will occur sometime in the near future.

Over the years, I developed a passion for studying biblical prophetic mysteries, which led me to research the validity and time line of these events. I became more intrigued as I found conflicting time lines regarding these prophetic events. In 1517, Martin Luther, a German theologian changed the religious world by challenging the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church as he realized that the just shall live by faith. This information revolutionized the world at that time, eventually resulting in the growth of Protestantism, a religious movement that led to the growth of Western Christianity.

Today, most scholars speak about the New World Order, the arrival of the Antichrist, and the rapture. However, the current events occurring in the Middle East appears to be preparing the world for a global war against Israel (Gog and Magog) There are a wide range of opinions about the tribulation, the rapture, and other last-day teachings. As I continued to search the Scriptures, it became clear that we are not currently living in the times leading to the Antichrist, but the Gog and Magog war. For this reason, I decided to write this book to share this very unique perspective in regard to prophetic events that occurred throughout history and how it will lead to Israel's salvation and the Gog and Magog war. In short, the purpose of this book is to proclaim to the world that Israel's salvation is near and the Gentiles' time is almost expired.

This book will discuss the end-times and the historical events that shaped our world throughout the ages. As prophesied by the prophet Joel, God would pour out his spirit on all flesh in the last days. According to Peter 2:17, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was a fulfillment of this prophecy. This means that the last days began at the times of Christ and continued throughout history until the end of the world. The prophets in the Bible foresaw all events, starting with the birth of Christ leading up to the end of the world. At the heart of these events are the mysteries regarding the fall of Jerusalem, the regaining of Jerusalem, and the rebuilding of the third temple of God. Understanding these mysteries is extremely important as it remains at the core of God's divine plan of salvation for both Gentiles and Jews.

The entire plan of salvation to the nations were designed by God to be a provocation to the chosen people since this salvation to the world only occurred as a result of Israel's consistent rejection of the gospel (Acts 18:6; Deut. 32:21; Rom. 10:19). When Israel continued to reject the message of the Gospel, it was later preached among the nations of the world. Therefore, since Israel was initially considered to be the chosen people of God under the Mosaic Law, in the New Testament, God turned to the Gentiles as a result of Israel's stubbornness. This period of salvation to the world occurs during the period known as the times of the Gentiles, a period in which men of all nations is saved through the gospel of salvation.

Christ's Crucifixion

The first words of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, was, Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. It marked the fulfillment of many Old Testament prophecies (Matt. 3:3), but more importantly, it marked the beginning of the end-times as a fulfillment of Daniel 7:18–27, which states that God's kingdom was supposed to be the last and final world kingdom prophesied to be ushered in by the Messiah. When John the Baptist began his proclamation of the good news of the kingdom of God, he was expressing that the end of the last world kingdom (Roman Empire) is near.

According to Colossians 1:15–20, Christ is the heir of all things, and all things were created by him and for him. Therefore, it was necessary for his arrival to occur, to usher in this last world kingdom. The announcement of the kingdom of God meant the end of the one-world kingdoms, which started with Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. According to Revelation 19–21 and Revelation 20:11–15, there are two ends; one is ushered in by the second coming of Christ on a white horse, and the other is ushered in by his third coming on a white throne. The first coming of Christ was to die for the sins of the world; the second coming signified the end of the one-world government, which ended with the Roman Empire, and the other, which signifies the end of the entire earth, resulting in the last judgment and the creation of a new heaven and new earth.

Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven was like a grain of mustard seed, which is the least of all seeds but grows into the greatest (Matt. 13:31–32). This means that this message of the kingdom started as a small unknown message that would one day engulf the entire world. The Christian faith started as a small Jewish sect, but not only did it conquer the entire Roman Empire, but today it has dominated Western nations and has become the most popular religion on earth. This message of salvation, which began with the birth of Christ and should end at the end of the world, is clearly a fulfillment of Christ's words as Christianity is the most popular religion on earth today.

Hence, the plan of salvation began at Christ's birth and would end at the white throne's judgment. According to Daniel 9:24–27, the Messiah would end iniquity, seal up the vision, and anoint the most holy. This was partially fulfilled when Christ died and went to heaven, but the vision is not completely sealed up as some mysteries of the kingdom continue to unravel. Unlike the other kingdoms that existed, one cannot partake of the kingdom of God while living in sin. This kingdom is designated for individuals who live a pure life.

The Children of Promise and Times of the Gentiles

Unlike Christians, Jews believe that the requirement to enter the kingdom of God is to be a child of Abraham. According to the promise of God, this holds true; however, Jesus made it clear that one must be born again to enter the kingdom of God (John 3:4–8). This second birth allows one to be born not of the flesh but of the Spirit. By being born of the Spirit, he or she becomes a Jew and a child of the promise (Gal. 4:28–29). The Jews, by nature, lost their natural birthright to the kingdom of God for a set time and were temporarily banished from the promises of God (Rom. 11:13–25). This is important to understand because it allows one to understand the dispensation of grace and how God divided the last