Some lessons are hard to learn in life and have lasting consequences. Bad decisions rarely impact self only, but have an effect on others. At times negative consequences are evident quickly, but not always. In the spiritual realm, that is also true.

Isaiah, God’s prophet to Israel who spoke of the coming of the Savior, understood that his words would be rejected. That rejection did not change the Plan of God for man to have relationship with Him through faith in the Work of Christ on the Cross. Therefore, the prophet’s announcement remained true as given some seven hundred years before the incarnation and crucifixion of the humanity of Christ.

Since Israel’s formation, the history of the nation has been one of turmoil and the target of unprecedented animosity against the Jews. God’s curse on anti-Semitism has resulted in the downfall of every nation that has attacked the Jewish people through whom the Savior was to come into the world. The divine promise given Abram still remains true … “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Gen 12:2-3 NIV).

To this present day, the Jewish nation, though monotheistic in its religion, remains blinded to the Truth that their Messiah, the Christ, came over two thousand years ago. However, their unbelief has not altered God’s promise to David. “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever” (2 Sam 7:16 NIV). This divine promise has driven Satan in his hatred of Christ, the God of Israel, to seek the eradication of Isarel and all Jews. Though Satan knows from Scripture that his attempts will fail, he persists in his efforts to prevent Christ from ruling on the throne of David.

Israel’s rejection of Messiah has resulted in her persecution for over two thousand years. However, the day will come that the blindness of the nation to the Christ who came and paid their sin debt and that of the entire world will be removed. However, it will come under the greatest duress that the world has ever seen. So destructive will be the satanic effort to prevent Christ from establishing His kingdom on earth, that Scripture states … “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened” (Matt 24:22 NIV).

During those seven years of Tribulation, the Jewish people will look back in faith and believe Isaiah’s message that … “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa 53:4-6 NIV).

The Jewish nation will receive their Messiah and Haggai ‘s prophesy will come true … “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty” (Hag 2:6-9 NIV). “No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise” (Isa 60:18 NIV).