End of Days by Sylvia Browne

Posted by admin_akashic on Aug 9th, 2022 in Stories

a return to Israel of Jewish exiles from around the world;
an attack of Israel by Gog, the king of Magog. While there’s no definitive explanation of those terms, Gog is described as the prince of a land north of Israel, or “northern barbarians,” possibly Russia or China. The battle between Israel and Magog, the true Armageddon, will be so terrible that it will take seven months to bury the dead;
the revival of the dead, or Resurrection;
the defeat of all of Israel’s enemies
the building of the third Jewish temple in Jerusalem
the coming of a messiah, or anointed one.

The messiah, a human being who will be the anointed king of Israel, will obviously play an essential, divine role in the events that will follow Armageddon and usher in the seventh millennium of purity and the worldwide worship of the One God. His return is taken so seriously and literally that special preparation has been made for him in Jerusalem.

In one of the walls of the Old City is an entrance called the Golden Gate, also known as the Gate of Mercy and the Gate of Eternal Life. According to Jewish tradition, it’s through the Golden Gate that the messiah will enter Jerusalem when he returns. But in 1541 the reigning Ottoman sultan, Suleiman, ordered the gate sealed, allegedly to block the messiah’s entrance. The Golden Gate remains sealed today.

Among the Jewish prophecies about the messiah and his handiwork:

He will be descended from King David.
He will come in human form, and will be an “observant ”
Evil and tyranny will be vanquished due to his presence.
His embrace will enfold all cultures and nations.
He will dispel hunger, suffering, and death forever and replace them with eternal joy.
The ancient ruins of Israel will be restored.
Jews will know the Torah without studying, and all the world will know God.
Barren land will become fruitful.
Weapons of war will be destroyed.

The book of Isaiah holds many of the prophecies at the center of the Jewish beliefs about the end of days, particularly Isaiah 2:1-5:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

The prophet Joel was also an important part of the Hebrew scripture and its views on the end of times. Joel lived approximately four centuries after Moses had led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and sent them off to be settled in the land that was then called Canaan.

The Israelites confronted many complex problems when they arrived in Canaan. The country was occupied, and there was no security, so there was never a question of if they would be attacked, the only question was when. The Israelites themselves were disorganized, with no experience at self-rule. The climate was arid, water was scarce, and the soil was hard and rocky, making the successful planting and growing of edible crops virtually impossible.