The information the Bible gives about the nation Israel, spread through the pages of all 66 books, from Genesis to Revelation, represents irrefutable evidence as to the accuracy and divine origin of the Good Book.

The details are infinitely intricate and give an exhaustive layout from the nation's origins to its future Kingdom glory with Jesus Christ reigning as King. As the adage goes in Bible study, "Genesis is the book of origination. Revelation is the book of consummation."

I'm sure everybody has now heard about the international condemnation Iran's new president generated after he remarked in a recent speech that Israel was a "disgraceful blot" that should be "wiped off the map."

So take a look at this from Psalms 83:4: "They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

Now look at Jeremiah 33:23-24: "Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Both these passages are references to the coming tribulation period that follows the Rapture (when all Believers suddenly exit earth and are swept up into heaven) and involves the rise of the Anti-Christ government intent on wiping out Israel.

"Psalm 83 is a prayer from a saint during this tribulation period who's praying for God to come and deliver him," explains my pastor, Richard Jordan, in a sermon I have on tape. "He's saying, 'Come, help us Lord!'

The reference to "thy hidden ones" in the Psalm connects up with Revelation 12 and refers to the time when the faithful remnant in Israel must flee into the wilderness and be hidden from their enemies. Isaiah 26 talks about how they hide.

Verse 5 and 6 of Psalms 83 continues with, "For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
"The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;"

What's being talked about here are the families from which the Arab nations come from. They are the descendants of Ishmael and of Lot through his daughters.

"It's what we call the Arab nations," explains Jordan. "And by the way, those nations that are confederated together there, there are 10 of them listed in verses 6-9, just like there are 10 nations that gather together under the authority to form the kingdom of the Anti-Christ."

In Psalms 83:9, the saint prays, "Do unto them as unto the Midianites" and he begins to go back and show how the Old Testament is pre-written history of the "last days."

He prays in verse 17-18, "Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."

What's being discussed is the establishment of the Kingdom Jesus Christ talks about in His earthly ministry (Matthew 25, etc.).

In the coming tribulation period, Israel will be found poor, naked, hungry, jailed and persecuted as the people try to wipe them off the face of the earth.

During this time, even the official foreign policy of the U.S. government, inside both houses of Congress, the State Department and in the White House, will be in fitting with Jeremiah 33:23-24.

We'll be just like all the rest of the nations in the earth!