UN Security Council Resolution 2334 – December 23, 2016

“1. Reaffirms that the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the Two-State solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace;”

There it is! Item number one of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 passed on December 23, 2016 clearly states that Israel’s presence in east Jerusalem is illegal and is a “flagrant violation” of international law.

The prophecy of Zechariah 14:2-3 foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the international forces of the United Nations to enforce Resolution 2334:

“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.”

The prophecy of Revelation 16:16 identifies this invasion of Jerusalem by all nations as the Battle of Armageddon:

“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”

Make no mistake—the world took its first fateful step toward the Battle of Armageddon on December 23, 2016!

Will Armageddon happen today or tomorrow or next month? No. The fulfillment of the Armageddon prophecy is at least seven years away. It could be eight, nine or ten years. But, December 23, 2016 will forever go down in infamy as the day the world took the irrevocable step toward the eventual invasion of Jerusalem.

History of the Dispute Over Jerusalem
When David became king over Israel around 1000 BC, Israel’s capital was located in Hebron, nineteen miles south of Jerusalem. After reigning from Hebron for seven years, David conquered the city of Jebus, home of the Jebusites, making it Israel’s new capital. He renamed the city—Jerusalem.

David’s son, King Solomon, built Israel’s First Temple on the Temple Mount, which David had purchased for a place of sacrifice from Araunah the Jebusite for 50 shekels of silver. (II Samuel 24:24) When the temple was completed in 968 BC, God made a pronouncement to Solomon that forever determined the course of history. It’s recorded in I Kings 9:3,

“And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there forever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.”

In I Kings 11:36, God enlarged upon this promise to include the entire city of Jerusalem as the place where He would place His name:

“And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.”

When God announced that He would place His name in Jerusalem, Satan heard it and the struggle for control over Jerusalem began. There have been more wars fought over the city of Jerusalem than over any other city on earth. So, we see that the struggle over Jerusalem is more than a political conflict. It is a spiritual battle between God and Satan—between light and darkness.