There are many ways that we could pray about the times in which we live, but we will be the most effective when we pray in all humility like Daniel prayed when he asked God to restore Israel according to His Word to Jeremiah. Today we pray that God fulfills Christ’s Word that the days of tribulation are cut short for the sake of God’s elect, and that Israel and in fact all mankind are saved from the destruction that satan has planned.
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There is power in prayer and power in the words that we speak. That is why we should not be making up prayers that do not align with the will of God. We should be studied and careful in the way that we pray, just as Daniel was when he prayed for Israel’s release from captivity in Babylon. He saw in the Scriptures that he was living in the time when God promised the return of Israel to their land. Therefore, he humbly entreated God according to the Word that God had spoken.
Daniel’s prayer was very effective. And if we want to be effective, then we should follow Daniel’s example and pray according to the Word that God has spoken about our day. And in this day as we see the signs of tribulation all around us, the Word of God is clear. Concerning these days of tribulation, Yeshua (Jesus) said that God will cut them short for the sake of the elect. The Jewish people are God’s elect, and for their sake He will stop the course of the Tribulation to prevent the destruction of all flesh.
This is how we pray. We declare this Word that the Lord will cut short the time, that the events planned by satan through Iran and its proxies are stopped dead in their tracks, and that the planned destruction of Israel and the Jewish people does not happen. We also pray according to this Word that satan’s planned destruction of humanity does not happen. Like Daniel, we humble ourselves, confess our sins before Him, and pray to the Lord that His Word is fulfilled in its time.
Key Verses:
- Daniel 9:2–3. “I, Daniel, observed in the books …. So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him.”
- Matthew 24:21–22. “For the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.”
- Genesis 12:3. “In you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
- Mark 13:19–20. “For the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.”
- Daniel 9:4–19. “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God.”
- 1 John 1:9. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:12–16. “My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”
Quotes:
- “We need to pray. But I think it’s so necessary that we pray according to the Scriptures.”
- “These days, the days of the Tribulation, according to Yeshua are going to be cut short for the sake of Israel, for the sake of God’s chosen people.”
- “We look at the Temple and say it applies to us. Its desolation is our desolation. Its destruction is our destruction. And the cause of that destruction is our own actions, our own failure to walk in His righteousness and His ways to keep His Word.”
Takeaways:
- When talking about Israel and the days of tribulation, Yeshua said, “Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.” In other words, if the time is not cut short, there will not be a Jewish race and there will not be a land of Israel. But for the sake of the Jewish people and the land of Israel, those days will be cut short.
- Just like Daniel saw the event of Israel’s restoration in the Scriptures and said, “This is for my day; this is what I’m praying over,” we can look at the Words of Christ and say, “This is for our day, and we will pray that the Lord will cut short these days of tribulation and save mankind.”
- The tribulation comes about because of the wickedness that is even in our own hearts. Therefore, we put ourselves before God in an attitude of humility, believing that our brokenness and repentance combined with prophesying the Word of Christ will have the power to change the world according to that Word.