Can this Date be Biblically Prophetic? Important Events in Jewish History on the 9th of Av

"Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program -
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Other Officials
of the P5+1 and Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of Iran and EU in Lausanne"
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In the previous post we looked at the date when Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to the joint session of the United States Congress. He gave this speech, which was against the deal the U.S. is working out with Iran to allow Iran to create nuclear weapons, on the eve of Purim. Mr. Netanyahu is concern Iran will use their nuclear weapons against Israel and it's a certainty that they will because they have said as much and there is no reason to disbelieve they will do exactly as they threaten. 

I believe it's significant that Mr. Netanyahu's speech was given on the eve of Purim. (Tweet that!) The One True God reveals His wisdom and speaks to us in patterns. (Tweet that!) And as we've watched the past three "Blood Moons" on important Jewish Feast days occur over the past year, we can notice, if we're paying attention, that the Lord God has planned and timed these events to coincide with what He foreknew would be occurring on earth. (Tweet that!) 

Purim was when the enemies of Israel plotted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth in the time of Queen Esther, 474 B.C. The Prime Minister's speech to the U.S. about the U.S.'s coming nuclear agreements with Iran was on the eve of Purim (Tweet that!) and I believe also on the eve of significant worldwide events occurring concerning Iran attempting to carry out its threats against Israel with the cooperation of the United States. (Tweet that!)

If dates are in fact prophetic, meaning we can see a pattern in history of important events occurring on the same date (on the Jewish calendar), then my question is, can we take an educated guess that something significant might occur on this date in the future? (Tweet that!)

Here are three examples: (Tweet that!)

The Total Lunar "Blood Moon" Eclipses On Jewish Holy Days

If you've been following this blog or the series of four "Blood Moons" you know we are experiencing a series of four total lunar eclipses on significant dates on the Jewish calendar. Those dates are the first and last of the seven annual feasts – Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles – in both 2014 and 2015. In the past, significant events occurred in Israel's history around those times. Learn more here:

• "Tetrad" of Four Lunar Eclipses on Jewish Feast Days in the Past 

• The Prophetic Significance of the Feasts of the LORD 

• To learn more about the next total lunar eclipse, get reminders, and stay up to date, please click "Going" at this Facebook Event: #Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 4th of the 4 #Blood Moons

The Financial Happenings on Past Shemitahs

If you've been following this blog, then you also know about the Shemitah that comes every seven years, which we will talk about more as it approaches on September 13, 2015. (Tweet that!) Major financial falls have occurred in the United States which rippled worldwide on the previous two Shemitahs in 2001, just after the attacks of 9/11, and again in 2008. Some are already speculating what may occur this coming fall. Learn more here:

• To learn more about the Shemitah, get reminders, and stay up to date, please click "Going" at this Facebook Event: #Shemitah and Partial Solar Eclipse (#Black Sun) Watch Party

The 9th of Av

"Av" is the fifth month on the Jewish religious calendar and matches up approximately with July/August on our calendar. On the 9th day of Av, significant occurrences have taken place in Israel's history including the following. (Tweet that!):

• According to Jewish history, it was on the 9th of Av that the ten spies, not counting Joshua and Caleb, which Moses sent to search out the Promised Land gave their bad report to Moses which caused the Israelites to refuse to enter the land God promised to them, resulting in them wandering the wilderness for forty years until that generation died off before entering the Land under Joshua's leadership.

• It was on the 9th of Av that the first Jewish Temple, that is Solomon's Temple, was looted and burned by the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar. (Note my Bible says, "On the seventh day of the fifth month…" (2 Kings 24:8). That was August 14, 586 B.C. Jeremiah 52:12 records it as "the tenth day of the fifth month…" A note in the NIV Study Bible explains the difference this way: "The parallel in 2 Ki 25:8 reads 'seventh day'; one of the numbers is a copyist's error, but we cannot tell which." See 2 Chronicles 36:15-21, 2 Kings 25:1-21, Jeremiah 52:4-27.) 

• Significantly, the second Temple was also destroyed on the 9th of Av in 70 A.D. by the Romans under Titus. This occurred some 40 years after Jesus' death and resurrection and fulfilled the Bible prophecy spoken by Jesus himself in Matthew 24:2.

• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain on the 9th of Av in 1492.

So my question is, Could something prophetically significant happen to Israel on the 9th of Av in soon-coming years? Even in 2015? (Tweet that!) On our calendar, the 9th of Av in 2015 takes place from the evening of July 24 to the evening of July 25, 2015.

Was the date Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Joint Session of U.S. Congress - the Eve of Purim - Prophetic?

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I have to admit this would have slipped past me if someone had not told me. Did you know that the day the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed the joint session of Congress of the United States was the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim? (Tweet that!)

If you listened carefully to the Prime Minister’s speech, you heard him talk about Purim. To see the importance you need to know that Purim commemorates the attempted annihilation of the all persons of Israeli descent in the days of Queen Esther in 474 B.C.  (Tweet that!)

It seems to me that God is speaking to us through events today occurring on important dates to the Jewish people, whether in history or in the holy days God gave the Jewish people.  (Tweet that!) For example, three days ago we witnessed the third total lunar eclipse falling on the first or last of the 7 annual Jewish Feasts – the second year in a row that we had a totally eclipsed moon on Passover.

It was John Boehner who invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress. Interestingly he invited to speak on February 11, 2015. You can see Mr. Boehner’s original invitation here to Mr. Netanyahu here. 

I don’t know who changed that date or how that came about, but I find it very interesting that it was changed to the eve of Purim. (Tweet that!) I believe that was a change orchestrated by God because I believe that timing is a message from God. (Tweet that!) 

What is that message? It is a warning and a promise. Just as evil regimes in the time of Queen Esther tried to annihilate the Jews, evil regimes are about to try again in our near future. (Tweet that!)

But their evil plan did not succeed then and it will not succeed in our time. (Tweet that!)

Don’t believe me? Come back for the next post and we’ll look at another important date in Jewish history on which several similar events have occurred.

Here is a brief portion of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, from The Washington Post.com, that referenced Purim:

My friends, I've come here today because, as prime minister of Israel, I feel a profound obligation to speak to you about an issue that could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my people: Iran's quest for nuclear weapons. 

We're an ancient people. In our nearly 4,000 years of history, many have tried repeatedly to destroy the Jewish people. Tomorrow night, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, we'll read the Book of Esther. We'll read of a powerful Persian viceroy named Haman, who plotted to destroy the Jewish people some 2,500 years ago. But a courageous Jewish woman, Queen Esther, exposed the plot and gave for the Jewish people the right to defend themselves against their enemies. 

The plot was foiled. Our people were saved. 

(APPLAUSE) 

Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology. He tweets that Israel must be annihilated -- he tweets. You know, in Iran, there isn't exactly free Internet. But he tweets in English that Israel must be destroyed.  

For those who believe that Iran threatens the Jewish state, but not the Jewish people, listen to Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, Iran's chief terrorist proxy. He said: If all the Jews gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of chasing them down around the world.  

But Iran's regime is not merely a Jewish problem, any more than the Nazi regime was merely a Jewish problem. The 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis were but a fraction of the 60 million people killed in World War II. So, too, Iran's regime poses a grave threat, not only to Israel, but also the peace of the entire world. To understand just how dangerous Iran would be with nuclear weapons, we must fully understand the nature of the regime... 

I’m reminded again how important it is to have a Jewish/Hebrew calendar and to keep it handy and reference it often, if not every day. I should not have missed this. I’m pleased the Lord, through a friend, brought it to my attention.