From: Eddie Chumney
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Subject: Chapter 11: The Judgment of the Nations
CHAPTER
11
The
Judgment of the Nations
from
the book by Eddie Chumney
"RESTORING
THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL"
Copies can be purchased for individual or
group study by
writing to me (Eddie Chumney) at: (chumney@hebroots.org)
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CHAPTER
11
THE
JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS
By Israel
embracing the plan of the nations of the world (UN
Resolutions 242 and 338) for her to have "peace" with her Arab
neighbors rather than believing the ETERNAL covenant that the G-d of
Israel made with Abraham (Avraham) whereby his descendents would
inherit the land of Canaan (Genesis [Bereishit] 17:7-8), the nation
of Israel will experience a time of trouble such that she has never
experienced in her entire history as a nation and as a people
(Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 30:7, Daniel 12:1). However, she will be
redeemed/saved/delivered through it. This time of trouble is known as
the tribulation to the house of Israel (Christianity). It is known as
the birth pangs of the Messiah [Chevlai shel Mashiach] to the house
of Judah (Judaism).
During this time, the G-d of Israel will judge ALL
the nations on
the earth. Some nations will NOT make it through the entire
tribulation or birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashiach). In
Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) 30:10-11 it is written:
"Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith
the Lord;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee
from
afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and
Jacob
shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none
shall
make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to
save
thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I
have
scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but
I
will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee
altogether
unpunished."
The G-d of Israel will judge the nations based on three primary
things:
1) The dividing of Israel's
Promised Land.
2) The dividing of the city
of Jerusalem.
3) The historical treatment
of the nations of the world
toward the house of Judah
(Jewish people) when they were in
exile in the nations.
THE
JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS
OVER
THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION
The G-d of Israel will judge the nations over the controversy of
Zion. What is the controversy of Zion? The controversy of Zion is
the dispute and rejection among the nations of the covenant that the
G-d of Israel made with Abraham (Avraham) giving him and his seed the
land of Canaan as an everlasting possession (Genesis [Bereishit]
17:7-8) and the plan of the nations to make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
an international city. By rejecting the covenant that the G-d of
Israel made with Abraham (Avraham), the nations of the world will be
OPPOSED to the restoration and reunification of BOTH houses of Israel
(house of Judah [Judaism] and house of Israel/Christianity) to the
land of Israel (Ezekiel (Yechezekel) 37:15-28). Regarding the
controversy of Zion and the judgment of the nations, in Isaiah
(Yeshayahu) 34:1-2, 4, 8 it is written:
"Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye
people: let the
earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all
things
that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is
upon
all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath
utterly
destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter .
And
all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens
shall
be rolled together as a scroll: [nuclear war] and all their
host
shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and
as a
falling fig from the fig tree . for it is the day of the
Lord's
vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy
of
Zion."
JUDGMENT FOR DIVIDING THE PROMISED LAND
The G-d of Israel will judge the nations of the world for their
plan to divide/part the land that the G-d of Israel promised the
seed of Abraham (Avraham). In Joel (Yoel) 3:1-2 it is written:
"For, behold, in those days, and in that time [a
Jewish idiom
for the advent of the Messianic Age], when I shall bring
again
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather
all
nations, and will bring them down into the valley of
Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people
and
for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land."
JUDGMENT FOR DIVIDING THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
The G-d of Israel will judge the nations of the world for
dividing the city of Jerusalem (making it an international city). In
Zechariah (Zecharyah) 14:2-3 it is written:
"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
JUDGMENT OF NUCLEAR WAR
The judgment of the nations that have fought against Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) will be nuclear war. ONLY the nations who fight
against Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and SURVIVE will celebrate Sukkot
(the Feast of Tabernacles) during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). In
Zechariah (Zecharyah) 14:12, 16 it is written:
"And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will
smite all
the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh
shall
consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their
eyes
shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth [nuclear war] . And it shall
come to
pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which
came
against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
worship
the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles."
THE
JUDGMENT FOR THE TREATMENT
OF
THE JEWISH PEOPLE
In Genesis (Bereishit) 12:1-3, the G-d of Israel made a promise
to Abraham (Avraham) and to his seed as it is written:
"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country .
And I will make of thee a great nation . And I will bless
them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee, and in
thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed."
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus calls those nations of
the world who bless the Jewish people "sheep nations" and those
nations of the world who curse the Jewish people "goat nations." The
"sheep nations" will enter into the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). The
"goat nations" will not enter into the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). In
Matthew (Mattityahu) 25:31-46 it is written:
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his
glory:
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his
sheep
from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right
hand,
but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto
them on
his right hand, Come, ye blessed [Genesis 12:3] of my
Father,
inherit the kingdom [Messianic Age/Athid Lavo] prepared for
you
from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye
gave
me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger,
and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick,
and ye
visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then
shall the
righteous [sheep nations] answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we
thee hungry, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When
saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed
thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I
say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least
of
these my brethren [the JEWISH BRETHREN of the JEWISH
MESSIAH],
ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them
on the
left hand [goat nations], Depart from me [cannot enter the
Messianic Age/Athid Lavo] ye cursed [Genesis 12:3], into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I
was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you
gave
me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:
naked, and
ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me
not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee
hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he
answer
them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it
not
to one of the least of these [the JEWISH BRETHREN of the
JEWISH
MESSIAH], ye did it not to me. And these [goat nations]
shall go
away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous [sheep
nations] into life eternal." [Zoe/the highest form of
life which
in the case of the nations is the Messianic Age/Athid
Lavo.]
THE
JUDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
While the G-d of Israel will judge ALL NATIONS during the
tribulation or the birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel
Mashiach), I would like to focus the rest of this chapter upon the
judgment of one particular country in the world. This country is the
United States of America.
I was born in the United States. I love my country. I praise the
G-d of Israel that He allowed me to be born in a country that has
probably been blessed greater by Him than any other country since the
creation of the world up until the beginning of the tribulation
period. Furthermore, I have been blessed to live not only in probably
the most blessed country but also in the most blessed generation of
any generation since the birth of the United States. Therefore, I
praise the G-d of Israel for His historical blessings upon the United
States and I praise and thank the G-d of Israel that I have been
blessed to live in the United States in the most blessed generation
of its history.
However, in spite of being blessed so greatly by the G-d of
Israel, no generation since the founding of the USA has sinned
greater than the current generation. The USA has forgotten her
Judeo/Christian heritage and has forgotten the L-rd G-d of Israel in
the days of her richest blessings. The USA has fornicated with the
god of materialism. Rather than using the blessings of the G-d of
Israel to establish the covenant that the G-d of Israel made with
Abraham (Avraham), she has used the blessings of the G-d of Israel to
satisfy her own lusts. Both the members from the house of Israel
(Christianity) and the members from the house of Judah (Judaism) have
been guilty of these sins. In the Torah, the G-d of Israel warned His
people against behaving in such a manner in the time of great
blessing. In Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:11-14, 17-18 it is written:
"Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not
keeping
his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes,
which I
command thee this day: Lest when thou hast eaten and art
full,
and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when
thy
herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is
multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then
thine
heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house
of
bondage [European religious persecution for the house of
Israel/Christianity and pogroms and the holocaust in Europe
and
Russia for the house of Judah/Judaism] . And thou say in
thine
heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me
this
wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is
he
that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish
his
covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this
day."
THE
USA WILL BE JUDGED
FOR
DIVIDING THE LAND OF ISRAEL
The USA will be judged by the G-d of Israel for being the LEADER
among the nations of the world in dividing the land of Israel. All of
the peace agreements that Israel has made with her Arab neighbors
have been based upon UN Resolutions 242 and 338. The USA has been the
main negotiator with Israel and her Arab neighbors and has played a
central role in ensuring that all peace agreements between Israel and
her Arab neighbors would be based upon UN Resolutions 242 and 338.
Because the USA had led the rebellion of the nations against Israel
to part the land of Israel, she will be judged by the G-d of Israel
for dividing/parting the land of Israel (Joel [Yoel] 3:2).
THE
USA WILL BE JUDGED
FOR
DIVIDING THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
The United States has not recognized Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) as
being the capital of Israel since it came into the possession of the
nation of Israel in 1967 following the June war between Israel and
her Arab neighbors. The reason is because the USA desires for
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) to be an international city after the full
implementation of UN Resolutions 242 and 338.
The United States maintains diplomatic relations with more than
160 countries, and in each of those countries our state department
maintains a US embassy in the capital city. Each of those countries,
that is, except Israel. Under pressure from the Arab world, the US
has maintained its embassy in Tel Aviv since 1948. 1
To rectify this injustice, the US Congress finally enacted The
Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which calls for the embassy to be
moved to Jerusalem by May 31, 1999. There was broad bipartisan
support in both the House and the Senate, and the measure was passed
by over 90 percent majorities. Campaigning for president in 1992,
Bill Clinton said:
"I do recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and
Jerusalem
ought to remain an undivided city."
He even put it in writing. In a June 1992 letter to the
Rabbinical Council of America he wrote:
"I recognize Jerusalem as an undivided city and the
eternal
capital of Israel."
But by 1995, the president had changed his tune. His
administration opposed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, and he refused to
sign it when it was passed. Clinton could not veto the bill, with a
90 percent majority supporting its passage. However, nothing has been
done about moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem. A waiver was written
into the bill allowing the president to put the new embassy
construction on hold for six-month intervals if he deems vital
national security interests to be at risk and so reports to Congress.
Since then, the Clinton administration immediately moved to take
advantage of the waiver, claiming national security interests would
be jeopardized by moving the embassy, because it might disrupt the
Middle East peace process. 2
Just two months after the Congressional vote to finally recognize
Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Fiftieth General Assembly of the
United Nations passed a resolution chastising Israel for her claims
on all of Jerusalem. The resolution passed by a vote of 133 to one -
Israel was the only nation to vote against it. The United States,
once Israel's staunch ally, abstained from voting. 3
Because the USA does not recognize Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and
seeks to divide Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and make it an international
city, the USA will suffer the judgment of nuclear war and will NOT
make it as a nation through the tribulation period (Zechariah
[Zecharyah] 14:12, 16).
THE USA EMBRACES ARAFAT THE MURDERER AND
TERRORIST
AS A MAN OF PEACE
Rather than the USA embracing the covenant that the G-d of Israel
made with Abraham (Avraham) whereby He gave the seed of Abraham
(Avraham) the land of Canaan as an EVERLASTING possession (Genesis
[Bereishit] 17:7-8), the USA is embracing Yasser Arafat as a man of
peace and a peace partner to the nation of Israel even though the USA
once did not allow Yasser Arafat into the USA because he is a
terrorist. The history of this event is as follows.
The Forty-third General Assembly of the United Nations was
scheduled to take up the Palestinian issue at a session in early
December 1988. Yasser Arafat requested a visa so he could come to New
York and address a special session of the UN. Under the direction of
President Reagan, Secretary of State George Shultz denied the visa
because antiterrorist legislation in the USA specified that no waiver
on visa requirements could be issued to anyone known to be actively
engaged in terrorist activity. 4
The UN conference was rescheduled to be in Geneva, Switzerland.
On December 14, 1988, Arafat called a press conference to announce
that he recognized Israel's "right to exist," and he accepted the
terms of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 and renounced the use of
terrorism. From that point forward, the United States openly
supported the PLO. 5
THE
USA IS MODERN DAY BABYLON
Spiritually (sod/deeper meaning), the USA is the land of
Babylon. The word Babylon means "confusion" (Genesis [Bereishit]
11:9). Babylon is a generic term in the Bible that refers to the ways
of the adversary (HaSatan) and his kingdom of darkness. The Bible
talks about a financial Babylon, a political Babylon, a religious
Babylon and a land of Babylon. Literally (Peshat), the modern land of
Babylon is the area of Iran and Iraq. However, today, very few
members of the house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel
(Christianity) live in Iran and Iraq. Therefore, there must also be a
spiritual (sod/deeper meaning) land of Babylon.
Today, the USA is the spiritual land of Babylon. The prophets of
Israel had much to say about the judgment of the land of Babylon in
the end of days. The judgment of the land of Babylon in the end of
days is prophesied in Isaiah (Yeshayahu) chapter 13, 21:1-10 and
chapter 47, Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) chapters 50 and 51. In the Brit
Hadashah (New Testament), the judgment of the land of Babylon in the
end of days is spoken about in Revelation 18.
THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF BABYLON
1) Babylon is an end-time
nation who is judged by the G-d
of Israel "in those days
and in that time" and in the "day
of trouble." This is a
reference to the time of Jacob's
trouble or the birth pangs of
the Messiah (Chevlai shel
Mashaich) (Isaiah 13:8, 13,
21:3, Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 51:2,
43).
2) Babylon is a rich and
economically prosperous country
(Jeremiah 50:37, 51:13,
Revelation 18:3, 19).
3) Babylon is a land of
"mixed/mingled people" (Jeremiah
50:37).
4) Babylon is a world
military power (Jeremiah 51:53).
5) Babylon is a country that
has defeated mighty kingdoms
through war (Jeremiah 50:23,
51:20-21).
6) Babylon is a land that
sits among many waters (Jeremiah
51:13).
7) Babylon is a country that
has a heritage in the G-d of
Israel but has sinned and has
turned from the G-d of Israel
(Jeremiah 50:11, 14, 24, 29,
38, 51:7).
8) The G-d of Israel would
have healed the land of Babylon
if she would have repented
but she will not repent (II
Chronicles 7:14, Jeremiah
51:8-9).
9) The good news of Messiah
is going forth from the land of
Babylon but it will be
"cut off" in "the time of harvest"
which is the end of the age
(Jeremiah 50:16, Matthew
13:39).
10) Babylon is a country that
does not believe that it will
experience the wrath and
judgment of the G-d of Israel (be
a widow) (Isaiah 47:5, 7-10,
Revelation 18:7-8).
11) The attacking power
against Babylon is from the north
(Jeremiah 50:3, 9, 26, 41,
51:48).
12) Babylon is destroyed by
extremely accurate arrows
(missiles) and the attack is
devastating (Jeremiah 50:9,
14, 29, 42, 51:3, 11).
13) A fire is kindled in the
cities of Babylon from the
accurate arrows (missiles)
(Jeremiah 50:32, Revelation
18:8).
14) Babylon will be destroyed
in the way that Sodom and
Gomorrah was destroyed
(Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 50:40).
15) When Babylon is
destroyed, it will never be inhabited
again (Isaiah 13:19-20,
Jeremiah 50:3, 13, 26, 39-40,
51:2-3, 26, 29, 37, 43,
63-64).
16) The nations of the world
tremble and shake in fear at
the defeat of Babylon
(Jeremiah 50:46, Revelation 18:9-10).
17) The house of Judah
(Judaism) and the house of Israel
(Christianity) who live in
Babylon are called to flee from
Babylon and go to the land of
Israel (Isaiah 13:14,
Jeremiah 50:4-5, 16-19, 28,
33, 51:9, 45, Revelation 18:4).
18) The house of Judah
(Judaism) and the house of Israel
(Christianity) who live in
Babylon and who have escaped the
sword (judgment upon the land
of Babylon) are called by the
G-d of Israel to let
Jerusalem come to their mind (Jeremiah
50:4, 51:50).
19) When Babylon is
destroyed, the sins of the house of
Judah (Judaism) and the house
of Israel (Christianity) will
be pardoned (the exile will
be over and the house of Judah
and the house of Israel will
be restored) (Jeremiah 50:20).
20) When the house of Judah
(Judaism) and the house of
Israel (Christianity) flees
the land of Babylon and returns
to the land of Israel, they
will enter into an ETERNAL
covenant that will not be
forgotten (the Messianic
Age/Athid Lavo) (Jeremiah
50:4-5 = Ezekiel 37:26-27).
From the 20 characteristics of the land of Babylon given above, I
believe that the evidence is overwhelmingly conclusive that the
nation being portrayed by these characteristics is the United States
of America. Because of the just described characteristics of the USA
and because the USA has been the most influential nation of the world
in encouraging Israel to divide/part her land by trading "land for
peace" and because the USA desires to make Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
an international city, the USA will be totally destroyed during the
tribulation period or the birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel
Mashiach).
JUDAH
AND EPHRAIM FLEE BABYLON
AND
RETURN TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL
During the tribulation period/Jacob's trouble, the house of Judah
(Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity) will be fleeing
from the land of Babylon and returning to the land of Israel. When
both houses of Israel return to the land of their forefathers, the
centuries of exile will be over. The house of Judah (Judaism) and the
house of Israel (Christianity) will be one nation when they return to
the land of Israel. They will be redeemed, restored, reconciled and
unified in the land of Israel (Ezekiel [Yechezekel] 37:15-28). After
this event happens, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will
set His feet on the mount of Olives and be King over all the earth
(Zechariah [Zecharyah] 14:4, 9) and usher in the Messianic Age (Athid
Lavo) teaching the Torah to the nations from the city of Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 2:2-3).
May the G-d of Israel bring redemption, restoration,
reconciliation and unity to both houses of Israel speedily in our
days. Amen!
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