Facts.

The Israelis took back Israel in 1948.

Then in 1967 they took back Jerusalem.

In 1981 they moved their government's seat of power to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

These are ALL modern day (hasn't even been a hundred years) historical FACTS. These are ALL undeniable, indisputable FACTS.

What is in great contention in the Middle East right now, and has been since these FACTS took place, is the RIGHT of Israel to these places.

They took them, but do they have the right to have them? This is the great contention. This is the ongoing battle. The Gentiles do NOT want the Jewish people (they do not want Israel and particularly Jerusalem) to exist outside of belonging to them. They want them homeless, wanderers needing to be stamped out of existence.

THEY do not want the TIMES OF THE GENTILES TO BE FULFILLED.  They are warring against this happening tooth and nail with wild threatening, fire bombing, missile bombing terrorism, they keep up a continuous non-stop cacophony of rebellion against having HAD Israel, having HAD Jerusalem, TAKEN from them. They believe as LONG as they do NOT recognize the facts, the facts don't exist. They believe as LONG as they can convince the majority of the world that Israelis don't have a right to legally occupy this land, that it isn't theirs. 

HOWEVER, and yes, it's a big however, while all this disputing is going on, it is going on over the FACT that there were wars, and the results of those wars- WHETHER legally recognized or not- were the taking back of Israel and Jerusalem from the Gentiles.  This has happened. This is truth.

Is it any wonder at all that the contention exists?  Satan does NOT want the control of Jerusalem out of Gentile hands, and because it HAS happened, he now has to put up a huge stink, a monumental fight, with twisting of facts so that they suit him and deceive millions and millions, possibly billions of people. Satan says, as long as my kings do not recognize this, then you cannot believe it has happened.  Satan says, as long as you do not believe this has happened then you will NOT concern yourself with the prophecies that foretell that this is the last major sign to take place in all the signs given by JESUS Himself in the Gospels. And you DEFINITELY will NOT bother with the fact it is noted that as the last sign, the only thing left is the culmination of the prophecies- the generation to witness these signs WILL live to see the RETURN of the KING- JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

I don't know about you, but personally, I PRAISE GOD for these truths, these facts, because I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES and IT WON'T BE LONG NOW UNTIL I WITNESS HIM RETURNING IN THE CLOUDS CALLING ME TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR! 

ALL GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE, ALL THANKSGIVING UNTO OUR GOD!