All prophecies the bible says will happen in End Times are happening or almost completed at present

In ancient time, Judah, hindered by armies from going up to Jerusalem, and its cities taken, may now again keep the feasts there, and the vows which in trouble she promised...

In end times, the Israelis were prevented from praying on the temple mount; but now they can.

Nahum 1:15 ...O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows

Why does it seem like it takes soooo long to get to the really good one?

If I understand what you are asking -

It's because, to me, every verse in the bible is amazing in its succinctness and each phrase rich in meaning.

Besides most hate a wall of text, as I do.

Nahum ends with these words of comfort:

Nahum 1:15...for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

They will finally have their "Peace and Safety"

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This will be but a bad memory:

1 Thess 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them

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There will be apostasy before the antichrist is revealed:

2 Thess 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed

Ahab was not too anxious for a confrontation - so he agreed to all the kings demands:

Kings 20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

I should have pointed out - that I am returning to the commentary on Elijah, after examining more end-times prophecies...

But the elders of the land had reservations about Ahab giving up his worldly possessions, and told him so.

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

Ahab told the messenger of Benhadad, he would only do what he agreed to initially - no more.

Kings 20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

This news angered Benhadad - and he resolved to go to war against Israel:

Kings 20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

God's plans were to replace Ahab - but not with Ben-hadad.

So he sent a prophet to Ahab, and told him he's going to defeat Ben-hadad that very day:

Kings 20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

This was one of many times that God let Ahab be victorious in Battle against Syria, despite Ahab wicked ways.

But one thing God would not stand for - was his taking an innocent man's land and life.

So God passed Judgement on him:


Kings 21:17 Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, 18 "Go to King Ahab of Samaria. You will find him in Naboth's vineyard, about to take possession of it.

19 Tell him that I, the Lord, say to him, "After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: "In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!' "

You guys what are your feelings on Jonathan Cahn's claim that Trumps Embassy move to Jerusalem fulfills Zecharia 12?






if what he claims to be true we are also very near

zechariah 14 being fulfilled??

Yes, I agree with him.

Not only that, but many prophecies not listed in the OP are now coming true.

And Ahab meets his end:

From:

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Small excerpt:

The prophesied death of Ahab came about during a battle in which Israel and Judah were allied against Syria. An enemy archer fired a very "lucky" shot from a distance, aiming only at the body of troops. But what did he hit? King Ahab - the random shot not only hit the king himself, but also just "happened" to hit him between the sections of his armor where there was no protection. He bled through the day before dying at sunset. In a very ghastly spectacle, dogs licked up his blood from his chariot - just as The Lord had declared for his bloody wickedness.

"So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle."

"And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot."

"So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of The Lord which he spake." (1 Kings 22:29-30,34-35,37-38 KJV)

Ahab's son, who also ruled over Israel, was no better than his father and did evil in the sight of the Lord.

He provoked God to anger by also worshipping baal as his family had.

Kings 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

Great commentary on events leading up to antichrist's take over of the world:

Till the World Ends

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The current world order is inadequate for what Satan has in mind, global domination, so he must capitalize on the next major crisis to align the nations as he sees fit...

So leading up to that event, he needs the nations at a point where one man can assume total power. Not just political power, but economic, religious, and military power as well.

Even now this man lives, and is quietly and unassumingly positioning himself to be at the right time and place....

What the world leaders are waiting for now, they are not entirely sure; but they sense something coming, like one who smells the rain before the storm. There is an energy in the air, and the time seems ripe for transformation. The unbelieving and Christ-rejecting world thinks they are entering into the Age of Aquarius, but what they will get instead, is the age of antichrist. The age of antichrist will be filled with false signs and wonders. This age begins shortly after the Rapture of the Church, this where Christ triumphantly reclaims His bride (both the living and the dead) to Himself in the air. There, we will be paraded before the prince of the power of the air as a cherished prize, and we will go to be with the Lord forever.

Once the church is removed from the earth, Satan will have to move quickly to consolidate all authority under this one man. He will be a god of fortresses, who understands dark sentences, blasphemes God, and will do all that he pleases (Dan. 8:23-25, 11:36-39). The world will marvel after the beast. While they will initially be brought into some apostate form of religion known as Mystery Babylon, ultimately, they will be instructed by the False Prophet to abandon their apostate devotion to her and instead, worship the man of lawlessness directly. He will have supernatural power, but not of his own, but from that of his benefactor, Satan.

But in the midst of this global turmoil, will come judgments. One after another, unrelenting in their delivery, terror, and ferocity. Bunkers and caves will not save men. Great armies will not save men. Technology will not save men. Luxuries will not save men. In fact, the only salvation found in this final week of years, will come at great suffering and ultimately martyrdom, because that will mean you did not surrender to the lie and follow the beast and his false prophet (Rev. 13:7). If you did not follow the beast or his prophet, it is ONLY because God spares you from the delusion coming upon the earth in those days by way of death (2 Thess. 2:9-12)...

Because Ahaziah was as evil as his father, and continued to worship baal - God pronounced a death sentence on him too:

2 kings 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

When the king discovered it was Elijah who told him he would surely die - he sent 50 soldiers to fetch him.

Instead of going with them - he responded, saying - if I'm a man of God - let fire come down and consume thee and thy 50, and they were consumed by fire from heaven:

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2 Kings 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Jesus is dead get over it.

You are quite right - He did die.

But then came back to life.

The proof is the behavior of his disciples - who fled cowardly after his crucifixion - running for their lives.


Hiding from the authorities (Romans & pharisees), because they were a threat to their existing power structure.


Even Peter denied 3 times he knew Jesus.


That was, until Jesus appeared to them, proving he was alive.

After that their behavior changed completely;

Rather than hiding the authorities - They openly preached his resurrection and glory, despite certain death.

He is risen!!

The king repeated this action with the same results:

2 Kings 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Ahaziah was a foolish king - never realizing no matter what he did, was not going to change the fact that he was going to die.

So he sent another fifty - but this time the captain knew to acknowledge the power of God, and begged for his life and the life of his men; and their lives were spared:


2 Kings 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

This time however, Elijah was told to go with the captain:

2 Kings 1:15 And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

When Elijah met with the king - he reiterated his death sentence:

2 Kings 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

And of course he died - because God decreed it:

2 Kings 1:17 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken.

Elijah is about to make his next to the last journey in his life - that we know of.

I say next to the last - because even though he is taken to heaven alive, we're told he'll return before the great tribulation.

2 Kings 2:1 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind...

What can we expect as we race towards Jesus returning to this earth?

The Spirit of Elijah and Prophetic Ministry at the End of the Age

Small excerpt:

As nations increasingly come to the brink of national judgments and the earth as a whole races towards the Day of the Lord, the ultimate judgment of which all previous judgments have foreshadowed, God will again flood the earth with prophets of the same stature as those recorded for us in the Old Testament.

This time one of the most significant differences will be that the prophets that are coming will not be confined to Israel but will be sent to every nation of the earth. In time past, Israel alone carried the mysteries of God when prophets were sent.

We are living in a time period where the gospel is being proclaimed to every nation on earth.

Every nation has been brought into the revelation that was given to Israel and therefore every nation will be held accountable to this revelation by a company of prophets.

Prophets will not just be sent to Israel at the end of the age, but to the nations of the earth. This will be a unique prophetic ministry that will be given because of the unique dynamics of the end of the age.

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