Prophecy concerning the Lord's coming
Zechariah 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
A cup of trembling refers to a cup of drunkenness, that someone keeps on drinking even though they are drunk out of their mind, they are so befuddled they don't even know there is a siege going on against them. The focus is on Jerusalem. Now the way I read "Jerusalem" is that it depends on where we are in the timeline. As long as we are talking about the church age and the age of grace I think we have to consider the US to be "Judah". It is a country that is based on law, built on the constitution. And Jerusalem, the "city of Peace" would be Washington DC. Now after the rapture of the church Jerusalem would refer to the Jerusalem in Israel and the US becomes "the wilderness".
So then how would we, the Christians who are not drunk, who are not asleep, who are not befuddled, going to know when the Lord's return is upon us? We will see those in Washington DC and all the people round about (the mainstream media broadcasting out of NYC, Atlanta, and LA) will be befuddled. They will be drinking from a cup of drunkenness and continue drinking from it not having any clue about what is going on.
For example, you might see the other super powers like China threatening Taiwan and even laying the ground work for an invasion by first attacking with a bioweapon, followed up by stealing the election and installing their puppet, and then we would see a rapid increase in cyber attacks. I doubt we would see Russia befuddled so they would probably make a move on the Ukraine. Likewise Iran might see this as an opportunity as well. If you were going to attack the US you would want "shock and awe". You want to be lightening fast on multiple fronts. Taiwan is absolutely critical to Asia, the Pacific and to micro chips. Without a supply of microchips US industry and defense would be crippled. The Ukraine is critical to the peace and security of Europe and Israel is essential to the peace and security of the Middle East. Cutting off the oil from the Middle East would cripple our allies, particularly Europe, and seizing the Ukraine would threaten Europe as well.
I don't think that China or Russia thinks they could conquer the US in two weeks, but they could cause Europe to effectively capitulate. That would dramatically tip the scales in their favor. First you hit the US with a massive cyber attack to cause chaos, confusion, and disrupt communications for about two weeks. Meanwhile you attempt to seize Taiwan or at the very least cut it off from the west. During these two weeks you roll into the Ukraine full speed and also try to control shipping lanes from the Middle East to Europe. If Europe has to get their oil from Russia and China they will fold, especially with Russia in the Ukraine. If the US is under attack they will have to focus on the Pacific, the Atlantic and particularly Taiwan. They will be spread too thin to deal with oil to Europe.
Anyway that is all hypothetical and could be weeks away from happening for all we know. Instead what we will be able to see prior to that is Washington drinking from this cup of trembling. Perhaps we see the Chinese in all of our universities and influencing our scientists and politicians with joint projects and grants. Perhaps you will see politicians trying to distract from the threat of China and focus on some trivial threat like "white supremacists" or some other ridiculous boogey man. You can be sure that some of our key politicians will have multi million dollar dealings with the Chinese like Hunter Biden does, or Kerry and Clinton do. You will also discover that some politicians have been involved with Chinese spies, probably the pretty honey trap ones like Swalwell, and yet it doesn't hurt their career, if anything it helped. Then others like Pelosi and Feinstein will be invested in stealing elections using voting machines. This isn't a conspiracy theory, it may be a conspiracy, but there is no theory here, all of this has already been put out in the open. These drunks are so befuddled they don't realize the whole world sees their shame.
Anyway, when you see these things happen know that the day of the Lord is here, the Jerusalem "count down clock" is about to hit 0.
Zechariah 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
A cup of trembling refers to a cup of drunkenness, that someone keeps on drinking even though they are drunk out of their mind, they are so befuddled they don't even know there is a siege going on against them. The focus is on Jerusalem. Now the way I read "Jerusalem" is that it depends on where we are in the timeline. As long as we are talking about the church age and the age of grace I think we have to consider the US to be "Judah". It is a country that is based on law, built on the constitution. And Jerusalem, the "city of Peace" would be Washington DC. Now after the rapture of the church Jerusalem would refer to the Jerusalem in Israel and the US becomes "the wilderness".
So then how would we, the Christians who are not drunk, who are not asleep, who are not befuddled, going to know when the Lord's return is upon us? We will see those in Washington DC and all the people round about (the mainstream media broadcasting out of NYC, Atlanta, and LA) will be befuddled. They will be drinking from a cup of drunkenness and continue drinking from it not having any clue about what is going on.
For example, you might see the other super powers like China threatening Taiwan and even laying the ground work for an invasion by first attacking with a bioweapon, followed up by stealing the election and installing their puppet, and then we would see a rapid increase in cyber attacks. I doubt we would see Russia befuddled so they would probably make a move on the Ukraine. Likewise Iran might see this as an opportunity as well. If you were going to attack the US you would want "shock and awe". You want to be lightening fast on multiple fronts. Taiwan is absolutely critical to Asia, the Pacific and to micro chips. Without a supply of microchips US industry and defense would be crippled. The Ukraine is critical to the peace and security of Europe and Israel is essential to the peace and security of the Middle East. Cutting off the oil from the Middle East would cripple our allies, particularly Europe, and seizing the Ukraine would threaten Europe as well.
I don't think that China or Russia thinks they could conquer the US in two weeks, but they could cause Europe to effectively capitulate. That would dramatically tip the scales in their favor. First you hit the US with a massive cyber attack to cause chaos, confusion, and disrupt communications for about two weeks. Meanwhile you attempt to seize Taiwan or at the very least cut it off from the west. During these two weeks you roll into the Ukraine full speed and also try to control shipping lanes from the Middle East to Europe. If Europe has to get their oil from Russia and China they will fold, especially with Russia in the Ukraine. If the US is under attack they will have to focus on the Pacific, the Atlantic and particularly Taiwan. They will be spread too thin to deal with oil to Europe.
Anyway that is all hypothetical and could be weeks away from happening for all we know. Instead what we will be able to see prior to that is Washington drinking from this cup of trembling. Perhaps we see the Chinese in all of our universities and influencing our scientists and politicians with joint projects and grants. Perhaps you will see politicians trying to distract from the threat of China and focus on some trivial threat like "white supremacists" or some other ridiculous boogey man. You can be sure that some of our key politicians will have multi million dollar dealings with the Chinese like Hunter Biden does, or Kerry and Clinton do. You will also discover that some politicians have been involved with Chinese spies, probably the pretty honey trap ones like Swalwell, and yet it doesn't hurt their career, if anything it helped. Then others like Pelosi and Feinstein will be invested in stealing elections using voting machines. This isn't a conspiracy theory, it may be a conspiracy, but there is no theory here, all of this has already been put out in the open. These drunks are so befuddled they don't realize the whole world sees their shame.
Anyway, when you see these things happen know that the day of the Lord is here, the Jerusalem "count down clock" is about to hit 0.