{"id":284,"date":"2011-10-27T18:12:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=284"},"modified":"2011-10-27T18:12:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:12:29","slug":"no-weapon-formed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/10\/no-weapon-formed.html","title":{"rendered":"No Weapon Formed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another sure sign that we are living in the biblical last days is seen in Israel&#8217;s coastal plain, where most of the country&#8217;s population resides. Tel Aviv, the second-largest city, with over 400,000 residents, is home to much of Israel&#8217;s military industrial complex, and its high-tech industry.<\/p>\n<p>Iran in particular has promised to wipe Israel off the map, an incredible threat that the international community does not take seriously. Should the Iranians (or anyone else capable) launch a nuclear missile strike against Israel, the coastal plain would be target number one.<\/p>\n<p>I do not worry though about Israel being wiped off the map, and my view has very little to do with making such a prediction from the safe confines of the U.S. I don&#8217;t worry about it because God has promised to protect Israel supernaturally. (See Isaiah 54:17).<\/p>\n<p>Tel Aviv isn&#8217;t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/files\/2011\/10\/Tel-Aviv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/10\/Tel-Aviv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another sure sign that we are living in the biblical last days is seen in Israel&#8217;s coastal plain, where most of the country&#8217;s population resides. 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