Scripture repeatedly tells us that God is constant. God does not change; never has in the past and never will in the future. We know that God made us and he loves us dearly. The Bible also tells us over and over God is faithful. That means we can count on God to love us and take care of us for all eternity. In the Old Testament times God revealed himself to all men through his wondrous miracles and through the prophets. Since we’ve already said God doesn’t change that means God also performs miracles today. The difference is God speaks to man today through the Bible, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and he no longer needs to perform miracles like we see in the Old Testament. God’s miracles today are more low key and understated. Nonbelievers will miss God’s miracles because they lack spiritual understanding; they are fools. Satan has totally blinded nonbelievers to God’s miracles in plain sight. Believers have the spiritual insight to see God’s miracles for what they are.
Malachi 3:6 – For I am the Lord, I do not change.
James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
Philippians 2:9-10 – Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth.
2 Corinthians 4:4 – Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Miracles are proofs of God that are one time events or events of a short duration. Miracles may not be readily recognized while they are happening. You might have to look at the end result and then work backward to come to the realization that something impossible and miraculous has happened, with the only logical explanation being God has intervened in some way. The Bible makes it clear the Jewish people are God’s chosen people. God has stated many time in Scripture that he will fight for Israel. Jerusalem is God’s holy city and he has chosen it to bear his name. God is the most powerful being in the universe and he has sworn to protect Israel as his special possession. The Arab nations should have the common sense to leave Israel alone but Satan has blinded them, along with all the other nations of the earth, with a hatred of Israel that will lead them all to the slaughter.
GOD’S MIRACLE PROOFS:
1. The existence of Israel – For most of the last 2000 years the nation of Israel did not exist. Because of their disobedience God ended Israel as a nation and dispersed the Jews throughout the world. No people once dispersed have ever maintained their ethnic identity and then were reconstituted into a nation, let alone in their original homeland. In the Bible God said he would regather his people Israel and make them into a nation once again. On May 14, 1948, Israel declared itself a new nation, with its original name and in their original homeland. This was three miracles of God in one.
2. War of Independence – When Israel declared itself a nation on May 14, 1948, it caused the Arabs to declare war and attack the next day. The combined forces of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon attacked with 650,000 troops and a highly mechanized army with tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery. On the other side Israel had around 48,000 men equipped with a handful of old rifles and sub-machine guns and very little ammunition. The Arabs also had a modern air force with jet aircraft. Israel countered with one Piper Cub airplane. The Arab forces outnumbered the Israeli forces forty to one and in military equipment the advantage was even more striking; something like one thousand to one. This was about the same odds Gideon faced when he battled the Midianites. Let’s face it, God prefers a battle where he is vastly outnumbered so the victory will be to his glory. When the fighting ended Israel had won the war and gained 23% more territory. It was the greatest military feat in the annals of human history. God fought for Israel.
3. The Sinai War – In 1956 Egypt attacked Israel and the war only lasted a week. Israel captured the Sinai peninsula all the way to the Suez Canal and destroyed a quarter of the much larger Egyptian Army. 3,000 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 5,600 were captured. Vast stores of military equipment were seized. Israel suffered 171 killed and 600 injured. God fought for Israel.
4. The Six Day War – In 1967 Israel launched a preemptive strike on Egypt as the Arabs were massing for an attack on Israel. The Egyptian air force was destroyed on the ground (444 planes). Egypt lost more than 100,000 men, 700 tanks and 450 artillery pieces. Israel lost two planes, 679 killed and 2, 563 wounded. Israel seized Sinai, Gaza, the west bank, all of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, adding 8,000 more square miles to Israel. God fought for Israel.
5. The Yom Kippur War – In 1973 the Arabs caught Israel by surprise. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel with 5,000 tanks, 2,000 artillery pieces, 1,000 aircraft and 838,000 men. The advancing Arabs were on the verge of victory but they suddenly stopped for 48 hours. God made the Arabs hold up because he made them fearful and tentative. We’ve seen God do this with opposing armies several times in the Old Testament. Sometimes God makes armies turn on themselves and destroy each other. In this instance the pause in fighting allowed Israel to regroup and win the war. Israel lost 4,000 men but the Arabs suffered much heavier losses. God saved Israel once again.
6. The Russian War – This war hasn’t happened yet but its been prophesied in the Bible so it will happen. Russia will one day invade Israel and attempt to destroy Jerusalem and God has promised to kill six out of every seven Russian soldiers who invade Israel. God will destroy the Russian army.
7. The Battle of Armageddon – This battle will occur after the Russian War. The antichrist and the combined armies of the world will attack Israel and surround Jerusalem. Jesus Christ will set foot on the Mount of Olives at his Second Coming with his mighty angels to save Israel from destruction. Jesus will destroy the enemies of Israel and set up his millennial kingdom on the earth for 1,000 years.
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