Monday, November 9, 2009

God of Coincidence?

Sometimes the Hand of God is just so obvious that we forget to notice. Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall fell in Germany. I was there. It was amazing. It shocked the world. It changed everything.

What was even more amazing was that this happened on the 51st anniversary of Kristallnacht by Hitler. Hitler commanded that Jewish Shops be destroyed and Jewish Synagogues be burned.

It was madness and resulted in the persecution of all things Jewish. It resulted in people being driven from their homes.

The prophetic implications of this "Coincidence" are amazing.

God saw the hatred of Jews and the implementation of a system designed to segregate a whole population. It resulted in the imprisonment, enslavement and murder of many.

51 years later (one generation later to the day) a system designed to segregate a whole population, imprison and enslave was torn down in a single night. A generation? Consider, Biblically a generation is 51 years.
We are told, in Matthew, that there are 14 generations between Abraham and David, between David and captivity to Babylon, and between Babylon and Christ. This equals 42 generations between Abraham and Christ. It is suggested that there are about 2,160 years between Abraham and Christ. 2,160 divided by 42 equals 51.4 years per generation.
This story from Jewish news source gives credit to humans for this result. The credit all belongs to GOD.

One last thing, God uses events and situations to His Purposes. Kristallnacht was used to press the Jewish people into the restoration of Israel.

Fisherman and Hunters. Long Long before I knew much about Prophecy I read this passage and saw at once that it had to do with the Holocaust and the restored nation of Israel. I know many are offended at this idea, but don't be offended with me, be offended at the Spirit of God who caused the Prophet Jeremiah to say:

"'Behold, I will send for many fishermen,'" says the LORD, "'and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks (Jer 16:16).'"


This was that..... Kristallnacht and the fall of the Berlin Wall

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