Time of Jacob's Trouble and Israel's Restoration

So now with that mindset involved, remember Jeremiah 16, the fishermen and the hunters. We're seeing that right now. And now let's talk about the time of Jacob's Trouble. And we'll relate those two together once we read the prophecy. All right.

So Jeremiah 30: "This is the time of Jacob's Trouble. The last seven years of the age is what Jeremiah is speaking about here. So of course, this is at the very end, the last seven years of the age. The word that came to Jeremiah from Adonai, saying, 'Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. For behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,' says the Lord, 'and I will cause them to return to the land I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.' And this is what you're seeing right now. Now these are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah. For thus says the Lord: 'We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask them and see whether a man is ever in labor with a child. So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and faces pale? Alas! For that day is great, and there is none like it, and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.'"

Okay, so we'll stop right there, my friends. We talk about this all the time on the videos. Jeremiah 30, this is what it's talking about. The people have returned to the land. The fishermen have been released. Jeremiah 16, 1948, 4 million plus Jewish people have made Aliyah. That's just facts.

Now you're seeing the hunters rise up in Europe, in America, and obviously in the Middle East. Something to look out for is the continuation of the fishermen and the hunters, but then it's going to run into the time of Jacob's trouble. The way Jeremiah wrote it, to the time of Jacob's trouble, refers back to the patriarch Jacob. In Genesis 30, he had to work for Rachel, the one he truly loved, for an extra seven years. That was the time of Jacob's trouble. He worked seven years for Rachel, but then he was deceived and had to work seven extra years for the one he truly loved. So, the time of Jacob's trouble is seven years, not three and a half years. There's no biblical correlation for three and a half years. Jacob's trouble was for seven years. The antichrist's reign was for three and a half years. The first three and a half years are the first half, and the last three and a half years will be the antichrist's reign, followed by the day of the Lord. People often confuse this with the prophetic timeline. The last seven years of the age before Yeshua's return is the time of Jacob's trouble, also called the seven-year tribulation period. This is seven years because of Jacob's trouble with Rachel. If the patriarch Jacob had not wanted you to understand what he went through for the one he truly loved, he would have written it differently. The Jewish people truly love the Jewish Messiah, but they do not recognize Yeshua right now. They will go through seven tough years for the one they truly love, and He truly loves them as well. We must relate this to the Torah, as Jeremiah did. The seven years are not arbitrary; they relate to the Torah of the Bible. In the last seven years of the age, the tribulation period will be the time of Jacob's trouble, but he will be saved out of it. This means it will be bad, and then Yeshua will save the Jewish people. It will be so heavy because of the beast kingdom, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Arabia, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, and Pakistan, that Yeshua will have to break them out of it.

The prophecy states: "We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask now and see whether a man is ever in labor with a child. So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor and all faces turn pale? Alas, for that day is great. There is none like it. And it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he will be saved out of it." My friends, it's going to get very bad in the Middle East, even in Israel. They use the imagery of a pregnant woman being delivered, with Israel being delivered at the very end through Yeshua, as Isaiah 66 says. The breakthrough, the delivery of the baby, is what is described. Jeremiah uses this same understanding, with men holding their loins because of how bad it is, and all faces turning pale because it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but Yeshua will save them out of it.

"For it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of Hosts, that I will break his yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds. Foreigners shall no more enslave them." This tells us they will be enslaved. There is a time of trouble, as Daniel 12 and Matthew 24 also state. There is one more exile coming, and that is what Jeremiah is talking about. The foreigners will no more enslave them, but they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, Yeshua, whom I will raise up for them. "Therefore, do not fear, O my servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from afar, not from the work of our own hands, from Yeshua, and your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest, and be quiet, and no one shall make him afraid." Has this happened yet? The Jewish people have returned, but do they have rest and peace right now? Is no one making them afraid? No, everyone in the Middle East is making them afraid right now because of what is happening. This has not come to fruition yet; it will only come to fruition in fulfillment with Yeshua's second coming. They will not have peace and there will be no rest until they return to the Jewish Messiah, and then He will deliver them. This is why we must go through the time of Jacob's trouble so that the remnant can come to Yeshua, and we can have the one new body and the one new man.

"For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you. Though I make a full end of all nations where I have driven you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and I will not let you go altogether unpunished." "For thus says the Lord, Your affliction is incurable. Your wound is severe. There is no one to plead your cause that you may be bound up. You have no healing medicines. All your lovers have forgotten you. They do not seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, the Antichrist, for the multitude of your iniquities because your sins have increased." He is talking about right now, bleeding into the present with the people in the land. "Why do you cry about your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquities. Because your sins have increased. I have done all of these things to you. Therefore, all those who devour you shall be devoured, and all your adversaries, every one of them shall go into captivity. Those who plunder you shall become plunder, and all who prey upon you, I will make prey. For I will restore health to you and heal all of your wounds, says the Lord, because they called you an outcast, saying, 'This is Zion, and no one seeks her.'"

"Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places. The city shall be built upon its own mound, Mount Zion, and the palace shall remain according to its own plan in Ezekiel 40-48. Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them and they shall not diminish. I will also glorify them and they shall not be small. Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all who oppress them." My friends, when it says "their congregation shall be established before me," that is the millennial kingdom. This is the last seven years of the age he is talking about. It will be reversed. The curse will be reversed, and then they will plunder everyone who has plundered them. Yeshua will get the vengeance for them as their leader, and all of these things. But he is talking about the seven years in the time of Jacob's trouble right here, that He will glorify them after that is done. This leads into the next chapter. "Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before Yeshua in the millennial kingdom. I will punish all who oppress them. Their noble shall be from among them, and their governor shall come from their midst. Then I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach me. For who is this who pledged his heart to approach me, says the Lord? You shall be my people, and I will be your God." That is not the case right now, but it will be at the end when they turn to Yeshua.

"Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind. It will fall violently on the head of the wicked." This is second coming event language. "The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it and until He has performed the intents of His heart." In the latter days, you will consider it. My friends, this is for the latter days. Jeremiah told you it's for the latter days: the time of Jacob's trouble, the last seven years of the age, at the very end. "Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goes forth with fury. A continuing whirlwind. It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. The fierce anger of the Lord will not return." Think about that. Until He has done it and until He has performed the intents of His heart. Please read Isaiah 63 about the intents of His heart when He returns. In the latter days, you will consider it. We pray that the Jewish people do consider it right now.

Jeremiah 30 has the theme of restoration, or the time of Jacob's trouble, but he will be saved out of it. It is the restoration of Israel. The book of consolation begins right now. God promises restoration after judgment. The enemies will be judged. Israel and Judah will return to the promised land. David's kingdom, the Davidic kingdom, will be restored when Yeshua returns. Judgment is never God's final word.