Hi Thuycidides,
I agree what you said about terrorism, however we know from God`s word that the A/C comes in first as the deceiver. (Dan. 8: 25).
The Lord deals with the Gentiles ruling, as per the Great Image. The Gentiles have only been given a certain time to rule throughout history and then the Lord judges them. The Great Image as a whole represents the times of the Gentiles ruling the world. (Luke 21: 24)
regards, Marilyn.
I don't go with the whole Gentiles vs Jews anymore. Jesus already fulfilled the promise to Abraham's natural-born seed, now God doesn't care one bit about whether Jew of Greek. They are all Gentiles to Him if not saved. Replace 'Gentiles' with 'Nations', whether Jew of Greek, even as there is the one 'chosen nation', whether Jew of Greek.
"And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations, until the times of the nations be fulfilled." (Luke 21)
Gentiles is just an improper translation, made due to Old Testament thinking during New Testament times. Even my beloved King James is in error in this regard: "
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." (Rev 11)
ALL nations are now treading under foot all of earth, which God's footstool and outer court, and His throne is heaven, where His temple finally sits in heavenly places. (Eph 2)
I really do think when it comes to prophecy of Scripture that we Christians sort of take it for granted that God the Son actually came and died on a cross, as though it were some normal blip in the history of mankind.
The last days have been here since He came. He confirmed and fulfilled the last days prophecies. Now all we wait on is the last great tribulation on earth and 1st resurrection and reign of the Lord.
When the church is raptured, there will only be those left on earth, and an angel in mid-heaven will then be the only one proclaiming the everlasting Gospel of the cross to ALL inhabitors of the earth. (Rev 14)
At this time and in any other time in future, there is only one seed on earth that God has special care for: the seed of promise, the inheritors of the blessing to Isaac: Christians. (Gal 4)
All unbelievers have been cast out with the bondwoman Hagar.
The time of the 'Gentiles' is over with, and now God calls ALL to repentance and draws ALL to the faith of Jesus.
There is only one New Testament Scripture that speaks of the natural Jews being special to God:
"As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes." (Rom 11)
And so the natural Jews that do not believe Jesus are not without hope, and they may still be grafted in again
for their fathers' sakes, if they repent. God turning one more really really last time to the natural seed
only is contrary to everything Jesus came for
the first time, and the Gospel is preached for, which is now everlasting. No more reaching out and preaching to a certain carnal seed and nation
only.
The Jews' religion (Gal 1) is just another false religion of man on earth and the Jews' nation is just another lost nation among nations, which is the way they wanted it when they had their own Messiah crucified:
"
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation." (John 11)
In order to keep
their ruling place in
their nation, they had
their own Messiah crucified, and they knew it when they did it.
He came to fulfill the prophecies of the last days to the Jews first, and when they received Him not, then also to all, and He will not be going back to the 'Jews'
only ever again. The Old Covenant pertaining to a natural seed is over with already. And so far as the Lord is concerned, those who persist in calling themselves 'Jews' because of their carnal heritage
only are liars (Rev 2,3). The only 'Jews' on earth before God are those circumcised inwardly by His Spirit.
There is no more natural seed of God's Israel with a promise of God remaining to them on behalf of Abraham and the fathers; otherwise, there would be two seeds of promise in the world today, and there are not two seeds, but only one:
"
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." (Gal 3)
Yes, I love the subject, and am always open to details I may have not yet seen. Sometimes I even learn things from someone who I think is 90% wrong and only 10% right! However, you sound like the kind of person who is 90% right, so I'm all ears! 
