Don’t be Surprised

We will never know the day or the hour when Jesus returns to call us into the clouds.  But scripture does make a promise for those who are watching…you won’t be surprised.

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In the Old Testament,

• God said the Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham, then Isaac, then Jacob (whose name was changed to Israel), and He was.
• God said the Messiah would be a descendant of David, and He was.
• God said the Messiah would come from the Israeli tribe of Judah, and He did.
• God said the Jews would be put off the Promised Land one year for every year they did not let the land rest when they were on it (70 years), and Babylon put the Jews off the Promised Land for 70 years.
• God said Babylon would be destroyed 70 years after Babylon destroyed Israel, and the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon exactly 70 years after Babylon destroyed Israel.
• God said the Messiah would enter into Jerusalem riding on a donkey and the foal of a donkey, and He did.
• God said the Messiah’s hands and feet would be pierced hundreds of years before crucifixion was invented, and His hands and feet were nailed to a cross.
• God said the Jews would reject the Messiah, and they did.
• God said Jerusalem and the Temple would be destroyed, and the Romans did that in 70 A.D.

This list could continue on for several pages and hundreds of prophecies, but it clearly shows that what God says will happen actually does happen.

And this is the point: We should not be surprised by what is happening today.

• God said Israel would come back into being in one day, and it happened.
• God said Jerusalem would be rebuilt and be a problem for the world, and it is.
• God said Israel would become a great army, and it is.
• God said Israel would possess Jerusalem; Israel captured Jerusalem in 1967, and Pres. Trump recognized Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel in 2017.
• God said the Temple will be rebuilt, and Hamas said they started the war in Gaza to stop the Jews from rebuilding the Temple.
• God said the Roman Empire would be destroyed (and revived at the end of the age), and 27 nations have formed the EU.
• God said the Euphrates River would dry up during the Tribulation Period. Turkey and Syria have built 7 dams on the river, and because of that and drought, Iraq’s water supply from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is lower than it has been in more than 80 years.
• God said there will be a world government after the Restrainer is removed (I believe that means the Rapture), and the UN and many globalists are trying to create a world government (New World Order; Great Reset, etc.), by 2030 or sooner, if possible.
• God said the Tribulation Period will begin with a worthless peace treaty with many for 7 years in the Middle East, and many nations will soon gather to try to force one on Israel.
• God said the coming world government will track all buying and selling during the Tribulation Period, and the technology to do that is being developed right now.
• God said Russia, Iran, and others will join forces and attack Israel in the latter days and latter years. Iran is threatening to attack Israel now, and Russia and Iran have just signed a military cooperation agreement.

This list is like the first list above.

Much more could be added, but God’s Word is clearly being fulfilled, and we should not be surprised.

 https://www.raptureready.com/2025/06/07/we-should-not-be-surprised-by-daymond-duck/