Part I – What are we heading for?

An end-time perspective and prayer guide by Harald Eckert

"I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain! … Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as an inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your own." (Psalm 2:6+8)

"And the ten horns that you have seen are ten kings ... These have a unanimous mind, and they surrender their power and dominion to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will defeat them—for He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings—and with Him are the called, the elect, and the believers. … The waters that you have seen, where the harlot (Babel) sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues." (Rev. 17:12-15)

The closer the return of Jesus comes, the more intense the conflict between Zion and Babel becomes. Zion on one side, Babylon on the other. The lamb on one side, the harlot on the other. What is this fight about? About "peoples and multitudes and nations and languages". And where is the church of the end times, the "called, and elect, and believers"? On the side of the Lamb, the Lord of lords and King of kings.

We, the church, the Gentile peoples (non-Jewish nations), the language regions, the regions of the world are in the midst of this global, end-time conflict.

This sketchy essay, which is also a prayer guide, aims to understand more clearly the nature of this conflict and the role it has as "called, chosen, and believers" under the guidance and side of the Lamb. May the Holy Spirit give us revelation and help us to draw the appropriate conclusions!

Standing together for Israel and the wellbeing of our nations

We live in fascinating times. Israel is being restored before our very eyes. The Middle East is becoming more and more the central focus of most of the challenges facing the world today. Once again, Israel appears to be at the core of world tensions and questions.

The Bible tells us that since the calling of Abraham and the promise of blessings through his posterity (Gen 12), the nations have been facing a major challenge:

• to accept God’s sovereign choice and be positioned to be a blessing to the Jewish people and Israel, or
• to rebel and deny that Israel has played, is playing and will play a central role for the blessing of God upon the nations until the end of time.

Since the beginning of Christian history, this truth has been denied for the most part, not only by the leaders of the world but also by the Church. As a consequence, most nations have gone astray and are still blinded today in regards to the order set by God for this world.

As the Bible announces, there will be a time when my nation and your nation, will find themselves in the “Valley of decision” (Joel 3). There, the Lord Jesus will separate the sheep-nations from the goat-nations (Matt. 25). On which side will my nation and your nation be?