Part 3 – Israel's God-Given Destiny

Equipping God's Saints (Believers of Christ) through the Prophecies of the End Times …

Skipping ahead 1,000 years after Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived. After the 12 Tribes of Israel were born. After Israel was established by God.

1,000 years later, another prominent figure in the plan of God and in Jewish history was born. His name was David. David was the second king of the nation of Israel. God loved David. He killed the giant. He became a deliverer to the people of Israel.

However, as time went along, the spiritual climate of Israel began to deginerate and God became angry with Israel. Scripture says God moved David to number Israel. God had told the kings of Israel not to number the people. God said, “I don't want you relying on your numbers. I want you relying on Me.” But, God moved David to number the people, so David did it. His General Joab tried to talk him out of it, but he went ahead and did it, anyway.

After he did it, his heart smote him. He knew he had sinned against God. He knew he was in trouble so he inquired of the Lord. He sent for the prophet, Gad. He said, “I have sinned terribly. I know judgement's coming for my iniquity. What do I do?”

The prophet said, “You have three choices.”

1. You can run from your enemies for 3 months
2. You can have 7 years of famine in the land
3. You can have 3 days of terrible pestilence from God

David decided to fall into the hands of God because he knew God is merciful, so he took the 3 days of pestilence.

The pestilence hit Israel. 70,000 people died and it wasn't stopping. David cried to the Lord, “I did this. Not the people. And You're taking this out on the people. Please, if you have to judge, judge me. But stop this. How do I stop this?” 2 Samuel 24:18 says:

“And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

Then in Samuel 24:24 it says:

“And the king said unto Araunah, nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price:”

What had happened was Araunah said he would give King David the threshingfloor. He would give him the oxen for the sacrifice. Anything King David needed, Araunah would give him for the sake of the nation of Israel. But King David said in Samuel 24:24:

“And the king said unto Araunah, nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.”

David did not want to worship God at no cost to himself. He wanted to give of himself. David loved God.

The Threshingfloor of Araunah is the same as Mt. Moriah and the same as the Temple Mount. There is a huge dispute in our world going on today as to who actually owns the Temple Mount. The Muslims say it should belong to them. The Jews say it should belong to them. The Catholic Church and Chritianity sometimes says it should be ours. The true answer is: David bought it for the nation of Israel. He bought the threshingfloor of Araunah.

2 Chronicles 3:1 tells us:

“Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.”

Solomon, the son of David, began to build the first Temple. David wanted to do it but God had said No because David had killed too many people. God told David his son, Solomon, would do it.

Notice how it says it's in the Mount Moriah and it's the threshingfloor of Ornan. So God takes Abraham to that specific mountain to offer Isaac 1,000 years prior. He again chooses this particular place because Almighty God intended to have a place on this earth where He, Himself, would place His name. It actually says in 1 Kings 9:1-3:

“And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do. That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

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 for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.”

God said He will put His name there, forever. In This place. He had chosen Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is a small, relatively insignificant city, yet there had been more wars fought over Jerusalem than any other city on the face of this earth. Why? There's been 40 wars so far fought over this little city of Jerusalem. It's not important militarily, economically or agriculturally, yet it seems every world leader has to go there. Why is that? Because Almighty God said He is going to put His Name there. The Battle of Armageddon will be fought over this 35 acres. It's the most disputed real estate in the world.

Next, we will be talking about the first exile, the destruction of the first temple and the second temple. It's an important story that has everything to do with the third temple that is getting ready to be built in the very near future. It's all the prophecies of the past of Israel, the present of Israel, and the future of Israel. It's going to affect you, me and the entire world.

Resources: The anointing of the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, who I am accountable to. I have prayed diligently and am led to follow and support the teachings of Pastor Irvin Baxter from Endtime Ministries and his teachings of Understanding the End Times. I encourage you to visit his website at endtime.com.