God has not asked any of us for our opinion or thoughts on what His plan should be. Things are not falling apart. Everything is falling perfectly into place.
God raises kings and deposes them. He does this not according to mankind’s demands, but only according to His purpose and will to fulfill what has been spoken of by the prophets.
”He changes times and seasons;
Daniel 2:21
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.”
God does not bend to the whims of mankind. He doesn’t seek the counsel of humans when He accomplishes His purpose.
Choosing a King to Discipline His People
There was no way in the world that Hillary was going to lose the presidential election. They had every reason to believe she was going to win. Wait! What? Trump won?
Throughout the Old Testament, God’s intention was to raise up the nation of Israel to be a blessing to the world. They would be a nation that God would use to show His glory to all people.
God would put forth in front of the people of Israel, light and darkness. He told them to always choose light.
He made it clear, if they followed Him in obedience, they would be richly blessed. If they chose darkness and rejected Him, they would be disciplined.
They unfortunately chose darkness over and over again. Their sins led them to God’s discipline.
Approximately 2500 years ago, God chose King Nebuchadnezzar to ransack and destroy Jerusalem and carry off the Jewish people into exile in a foreign and pagan land. God chose this pagan, idol worshiping king to fulfill His promise that the people of Israel would be disciplined for their repeated transgressions. God’s people would be exiled into Babylon for 70 years before they would be released.
God did not go the the Jewish leaders of that day and ask them if this was a good idea. He didn’t ask them for their thoughts or if they had a better plan. No!
King Nebuchadnezzar fulfilled God’s purpose by exiling God’s people out of their land. Then when God was finished with this king, He was disciplined for how He treated the people of Israel.
Raising a President
Trump became President through the will of God in order that he might perform two very important tasks. God’s hands are on all things and all things move toward His will.
In 1948, against every piece of advice given to him by his staff, U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized and declared that Israel was a nation.
Why was it important that the U.S. make this declaration? Because what the U.S. says carries a great deal of weight in the world. Nations listen to what the U.S. says and does. On this day, God used the U.S. as a mouthpiece to declaring it’s right to be a nation.
In a single day, a nation was born.
“Before she goes into labor,
Isaiah 66:7-9
she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
she delivers a son.
Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.
Do I bring to the moment of birth
and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
Some 70 years later, the U. S. is used again as a mouthpiece to the world to make a declaration concerning God’s Holy Land. After the failure of prior presidency’s and against the will of his staff, President Trump makes the big announcement. Jerusalem is officially the capital of Israel.
Are you seeing this? Not since the time of King David has Jerusalem been considered the capital of Israel. Against the whims of mankind, God restored His Holy Land and He’s in the process of physically restoring His people back into His land.
“I will make you into a great nation,
Genesis 12:2-3
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.
More than half of all Jews now live in Israel and the number is climbing daily.
“For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God
Ezekiel 36:24-28
Let me clarify that this passage begins with the physical restoration of God’s people. This physical restoration is happening right now, before our very eyes. The second half of this passage points to the spiritual restoration of God’s people that is still to come at a future date. These are two separate events. The second is going to occur at the end of the Tribulation period.
But wait, that’s not all!
The Second Important Thing
A young Jewish man by the name of Jared Kushner was chosen by President Trump to lead an important peace effort. A peace effort that had the support of no one within the administration.
Just as Truman did in 1948, as Trump did in 2017, Jared Kushner would go against the grain and every piece of advice given to him. He would lead the effort to create a channel of peace between several Arab nations, former enemies of Israel and form the Abraham Accords.
Who thought a young Jewish man against all odds, could convince Arab nations to form a peace alliance with Israel. But God.
Why is this important? Israel, in the near future will enter a period of peace before the beginning of the Ezekiel war. Jared’s work in creating these peace alliances will serve as the foundation for this temporary peace that Israel will soon experience according to Ezekiel 38.
God has been and will continue to accomplish what He desires. He will fulfill all that He has spoken through the prophets. Not a single nation has changed that fact nor will there ever be a nation to change the course of God’s plan.
He doesn’t ask our opinion nor does He need it.
“So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
Isaiah 55:11
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”