Why is the world so enthralled and captivated by this one tiny country that can literally

fit into Lake Michigan with room to spare?

That's what we're going to talk about next on the Prophecy Prose podcast.

And welcome to the podcast.

My name is Jeff Kenley along with Todd Hampson and we're the Prophecy Prose and

we're here to help you understand, make sense of Bible prophecy so that it impacts your

lives and gives you the strength and confidence to live in these perilous times that we're

in.

Todd, we're talking about Israel today,

which is a very, very fascinating topic. I know that most people don't get up at the morning go,

hey, I wonder what's going on in Israel today. But there is a lot going on in Israel, and there seems

to be a lot of focus on Israel. Talk about that a little bit. I remember even as a kid, even before

I was a Christian, and seeing like just so much

Middle East drama ramping up and always wondered why so much was focused on that.

And of course you got the oil and everything else.

But even today, from that time till today, it just ramped up even more to where literally

the entire world's focus is on Israel and the Middle East and all the drama that goes on

there. And what we don't

realize without studying scripture is that it's actually biblical. You know, even going back,

we'll just start with the Abrahamic promise when God literally gave an unconditional promise to

Abraham. And that's found in Genesis chapter 12 and it's in verse two starts in verse two it's verse two and

three and there we read I will make you into a great nation I will bless you I will make your name

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