270 DATE WITH THE GODS"I find that a little difficult to believe," I said, thinking
of the Hassidic Jew in Brooklyn.
"What do you find hard to believe?"
"Jews turning to Jesus."
"It's going to be happening so close to home that if I
were you, I wouldn't even get into an argument about it.
When this starts happening, it'll be another fulfillment
of the prophecies."
"When we were talking about Armageddon, you said
this world king, or antichrist, is going to make a holy war
against the Jews."
"Yes, and I also told you that the next persecution of
the Jews is going to be the wick of the dynamite that
ignites Armageddon."
"Does the Middle East crisis have anything to do with
the Jews and the great battle of Armageddon?"
"I've said this is the beginning, and when this man
declares himself the Messiah, demanding adoration
from the Jews, they're going to arm and fight. This
would be the opportunity for certain world leaders to do
away with the Jews once and for all. The wa rs are going
to get bloodier and more cruel; then a powerful nation
will interfere; then another nation with a different point
of view will want to get its share of the options. After all,
there are nations in this world of yours that are
completely dependent upon wars for their economy to
be swinging in full operation."
"What happens when two nations look each other in
the eye and say, 'Well, now we're going to see who's the
greater'?"
"You'll see that in early 1976. The word for it is detente.
You11 be getting close to the final days of the war, the
Jews will be holding strongly to their land and their
beloved Jerusalem. Their enemies will be plotting how to
drive them into the ocean. Many Jews are in the most
powerful nation in the world today, and when they see