An event has just occurred that the rest of the world has not taken much notice of yet, but it is one that will soon have Bible prophecy students buzzing with anticipation. There has been a major discovery of oil in Israel. An Israeli oil prospecting and production firm has formally announced the discovery of a "commercially sized" oil field in central Israel. Ever since it became a nation again in 1948, Israel has been importing all of the oil that it needs, so needless to say this is potentially an incredibly exciting development. For years, many Bible prophecy teachers have believed that oil would be discovered in Israel in the last days, but up until now there hasn't been much to report.
Now there is.
A recent article in Haaretz provided some more details on this new discovery....
Givot Olam Oil Ltd notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange of the find in its "Megev Five" drill near the town of Rosh Ha’ayin, saying it can produce 470 barrels of oil a day.
But this has not been the only major discovery in Israel in recent years. In January 2009, Nobel Drilling announced that they had found a massive natural gas field approximately 60 to 90 miles offshore from Israel. The firm says that the field contains enough natural gas to supply everything that Israel needs for the next 10 or 20 years.
Things are changing.
So will these new discoveries fundamentally change the politics of the Middle East?
Are we seeing Bible prophecy being fulfilled right before our eyes?
For years, there have been some Bible teachers that have pointed to scriptures such as Deuteronomy 33:24 as evidence that Israel would someday be blessed with oil....
"And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil."
The truth is that there is a lot of debate about the "oil" passages throughout the Bible, but these new discoveries are certainly strengthening the case of those who strongly believe there is a lot of oil in Israel.
So could the discovery of oil in Israel end up being one of the things that sparks the next war in the Middle East?
Only time will tell.
But one thing is for sure - we certainly do live in extraordinary times.
I hope for the region’s sake that this discovery would promote peace (through Israel’s self-reliance) more than anything else.
I read a shocking article on a site that put the pieces together with the oil and gas and Ezekiel 38 and 39…. I was shocked how exact the prophecies are coming to pass… This is the article: howlongolord.com/?p=219
I read the link on http://www.howlongolord.com. The find of 122 trillion cubic feet of Gas is a conservative estimate. The USGS and Russian experts think this is a serious find of oil and gas. The oil shale is a waste of time if the information in the link is correct. I did check out the validity of the facts in the link. You can’t always trust those religious based sites, but there are dozens of other sites also reporting the gas and oil find. Russia does also have plans to partner with Israel on extraction.
I read the information on the site pointed to by George Smith. There are many articles on that site that are shocking… The article about Israel being restored in 1948 being foretold 2500 years before it happened points out that we are in the last day… Is the HowLongOLord.com site part of CBN?
Who actually owns the site? I tried to see if it was sponsored by one of the TV shows…