Israel, The Lord’s ‘prophetic clock’ for the whole world--
77 years old -- a new era unfurls.
Perceptive hearts and minds ponder: What might this signify,
For our world, and the ‘shortening arc of history’? 1
TODAY, May 14, 2025, is the 77th anniversary of the day
The Lord fulfilled what He predicted in Ezekiel 37!
He kept His Word!!!
With 80%+ of Biblical prophecies ‘in our rear view mirror’, answering the above question should be much easier than it was, say …a century ago! In Repetitive Patterns and Shocking Reversals (Part 1), I recommended doing your own cursory, AI-enabled, comparative review of the first quarters of the 20th and 21st centuries, to perceive any insightful patterns and/or stark distinctions of interest.
At this spiritually-significant transition point, most perceptive minds might focus on the so-called 70th week of Daniel’s vision 2 My focus broadens to the convergence of two prophetic mid-points in history:
1. The mid-point in Ezekiel’s prophetic quadfecta—chapters 36-to-39, and
2. The mid-point of the predicted number of ages on Earth’s current version.
1. Ezekiel’s Prophetic Quadfecta Mid-Point
The Book of Ezekiel is the 3rd of 4 major prophetic books in the Old Testament. The first 2 books (Isaiah and Jeremiah) were, respectively, written during the long run-up to, and the final implementation of The Lord’s predicted Babylonian invasion of Judah—His judgment on Judeans’ persistent, gross sinfulness. The last 2 books (Ezekiel and Daniel) were written during the 70-year captivity of a large Judean remnant in Babylon. Collectively, these 4 books outline major ‘near and distant’ predictions for both Israel, and the world. These predictions are supplemented in the remaining, so-called minor prophetic books of the Old Testament.
As noted in Missed Insights in Ezekiel (Series), Ezekiel 36-to-39 predicted the following significant points in Jewish history:
A. Chapter 36: The initial focus is on the exodus of captive Judeans, from Babylon, back to Palestine (the unstated, apparent strategic objective of which was to re-establish Jewish life there, in preparation for the birth of Jesus). This exodus became historical circa 538 BC, the last few centuries of the 2nd age. The remainder of this chapter focuses on the AD ages — the 3rd (still unfolding), 4th and 5th ages of history.
B. Chapter 37: The exodus of exiled Jews, mostly from across Europe at the end of World War II, triggering the (1) creation of the modern state of Israel (rejoining previously separated Israel and Judah); and (2) establishment of ‘an exceedingly great army’—today’s Israel Defense Force (IDF). These predictions became historical on May 14, and May 26, 1948, respectively.
C. Chapter 38: The (pending) invasion of an exceedingly over-crowded, un-protected (no IDF) people, by a coalition army led by a nation ‘in the far north’ of Israel (today’s Russia), with no help from her allies. (See: Revelation – Future Attacks in Israel, First Ukraine, Next Israel’s Terrain?!, and Why Would Russia Invade Israel? (Q&A))
D. Chapter 39: Managing the horrendous after-effects of that invasion during the early months and years of The Millennial Reign age—the 5 age of history.
Astute minds will recognize this prophetic quadfecta covers FOUR ages of history—the 2nd-to the-5th ages. Since Israel’s birthday, the world has been balanced (teetering?) on a fulcrum at the mid-point of these 4, pivotal prophecies.
Two down, two more to go!!
For much more on the ‘next shoe to drop’ in this prophetic progression, and a lens through which we might best perceive global developments, search this blog for Ezekiel 38.
2. Current Earth-ages Mid-point
The Bible outlines what I regard as 7 ages of human history, the first 6 of which are on this current version of Earth, and the 7th, eternal age will be on a promised, new, eternal Earth. 3 According to every prophetic precursor I know, history is very close to the end of this current, 3rd age of history—the church age. Ergo, we are either rapidly approaching, or effectively at the mid-point of the predicted number of ages of history on this current version of Earth. Take no solace in this point. Here’s why.
The Bible indicates the cumulative number of years of the next 3 ages,
will be less than the cumulative number of years of our first 3 ages! 1
Three nearly down, three more to go!!
3. Conclusion
No one knows for sure what Israel turning 77 years old at these 2 pivotal mid-points in history, might signify for global events in the near-term. Based on my strategic analysis of The Bible over the past 2 decades, this is what I perceive:
A. The number, 7, is strategically significant from The Lord’s perspective. Ergo, we should heighten our perceptivity to however He may move in the near-to-medium term. This is only achieved through constant prayer and meditation. Here’s my tip on how we can achieve His requirement to stay in constant prayer.
B. The post-WWII world order the U.S. catalyzed in 1945, will be 80 years old this year. This order featured establishment of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD - World Bank in 1944), the United Nations (1945), and the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT, in 1947). We have been witnessing increasing criticisms and the weakening of these institutions, plus louder calls for a ‘new world order’. The Lord may indeed respond to these calls, but not in the way folks expect! Let me know if you are aware of any Biblical predictions or preconditions to the pending 3rd-to-4th age transition that have not been on the global scene for many years. I know of none.
C. The Bible is The Lord’s inspired and preserved book for us, and might be a ‘human edition’ of His exhaustive, pre-written, ‘human history novel’, The Scripture of Truth book in Heaven. While that book is not available to us, its truths are steadily being released to us ‘at the speed of time’. Thus, the combination of Biblical and secular history, is our best key to intuit and expect the following:
(1) More of His declared, well-established, and persistently-demonstrated, strategic patterns in human affairs, and
(2) More of His shocking, reversal interruptions, tailored to get our attention and response to what concerns Him, especially when we downplay, and render His judgments ….ineffectual.
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1 Do you know The Bible predicts the next (final) 3 ages of history on this current version of Earth, will be much shorter than the first 3 ages? See: Historical Countdown – 7 Biblical Ages of Human History (Video).
2 See: Daniel 9:24-27, and also The Seventy Weeks of Daniel.
3 Revelation 21 – 22 infer that every human who will have ever lived will become immortal citizens on a massive, eternal Earth, with 3 geographic zones:
--2 glorified zones for The Lord’s saints (new Jerusalem, and surrounding nations), and
--a massive, brimstone-lit, lake of fire zone for every unrepentant sinner.
