(Middle East, 2014 – 2015)
Blood moons have come and gone; it's now all a blur.
“So what?”, you may ask; “Now what?”, you may wonder.
T’was much speculation on what they all meant.
God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament
To divide the day and night, for years and seasons.” *
Then He said, for these there was one other reason.
He said they'd especially be to us as ‘signs’.
Interesting, to this one reason we pay no mind,
Ignoring His Word, thinking we can manage,
Ignoring their role as God’s great sign language.
Jesus said look for signs in the sun, moon and stars,
Then pray and ‘watch the fig tree’, not planet Mars! **
The fig tree is the nation of Israel,
But what to watch on this long spinning newsreel?
What is the unique sign to us, from Him?
It’ His beloved city, Jerusalem!
He said it’ll be “trampled by Gentiles until
The times of the Gentiles are completely fulfilled.” ***
Since then, Gentile rule had been in prominence
Until Israel overcame all resistance, (1967)
Then decided one key area to yield --
That thrice holy’ spot up there on a great hill.
Al-Aqsa mosque is there and The Dome of the Rock.
Some call it Temple Mount. All eye it like a hawk!
You see, this tiny bit of thrice holy real estate
Is a microcosm of regional spite and hate.
It’s to this city and site nations anxiously look,
Just as predicted in The Bible, God’s Holy book.
The stage is set! To this lend eye and ear,
As the meltdown moves into higher gear!
In the U.S. we have an old expression:
“As goes California, so goes the nation.”
Now, as goes Jerusalem, so goes the Middle East,
And, as goes the Middle East, so goes ... the entire world!
That the Middle East is God's great caldron, there can be no doubt.
So watch it closely to see what life on earth is all about.
Jerusalem is to the Middle East,
As the Middle East is to the whole world.
Heads up! Stay tuned. No time to fall asleep!
Watch and take heed as our world is ... unfurled.