The apostle Paul, writing to the Thessalonians about Jesus’s second coming added this: “For when they say, ‘peace and safety!’ then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.” (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
If you’ve been following Israel’s current wars, it’s becoming apparent that her conflicts with Iran and proxies Hisbollah, Hamas, the Houthies, and other local insurgents in Syria and Iraq are winding down. This will likely lead to a period of general peace, at least as it concerns Israel. Could this be the peace Paul was prophecying about? We certainly need to be alert to that possibility.
I believe we are in the time that Jesus called the “beginnings of birth pangs”. Here Paul talks about the onset of full labor pains which I presume to be the 70th week of Daniel, or the tribulation. If these ensuing months result in a time of relative peace for Israel through initiatives such as expanded Abraham Accords, it may be a sign that we are quickly approaching the time of Jacob’s trouble. I also believe this ‘sudden trouble’ is a result of Jesus opening the seven-sealed scroll and the release of the four horsemen of Revelation chapter 6.
Stay tuned-keep watching!
Maranatha, Jim