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Persia, Israel, and the End of Days: Is This The War Before The Messiah? Rabbi Tovia Singer

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Rabbi Tovia Singer explains why the return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel — and the coming defeat of Israel’s enemies described in Ezekiel 38–39 — directly challenges centuries of claims.

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Here's the key about what an apostolic church is and why it's so deeply [music] germane to the end of days. Listen like you have never listened in your [music] life. What's happening today is not supposed to occur. Therefore, what's happening in our time should never happen according to the church fathers. And then well, surely if this is some weird catastrophe of history where the Jews return, surely it'll be temporary. [music] But when Israel defeats all of its enemies, specifically Persia who will to the end fight against the people of Israel, but will be utterly defeated and everyone, [music] yes, everyone, even those in the apostolic church will realize the church fathers were [music] wrong, Augustine was wrong, Chrysostom was wrong, Cyril was wrong, Irenaeus was wrong, Athanasius was wrong, and the God of Israel was true. >> [music] >> We're indeed living in a remarkable time. The children of Israel had returned back to the land of Israel after thousands of years of exile, precisely as prophesied by the prophets of Israel, Jeremiah 30:3. Hosea prophesied that the children of Israel abide for many days without a king without a sacrifice. It's talking about the time we're in right now. And then finally, chapter 3:4-5. After a very long time without a king or a sacrificial system, without the high priest, the children of Israel return to the Lord their God and David his servant as king. That's the Messiah that's in view. We're told that there's an order of events that must occur coming up to the Messiah. It's not an accident that the Passover Seder that we celebrate and recall the

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