About a week ago, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif (ref. 1). Deif is said to have been killed a while ago as a result of the war for Gaza, so his warrant is mere tokenism.
At first, Israel criticised the ICC’s decision, but today it announced that it will appeal (ref. 1).
Interestingly, France has come out to say that Netanyahu is “immune” to prosecution by the ICC, on the grounds that Israel is not a member of the ICC (ref. 2).
This statement came out shortly after Netanyahu agreed to a US and French backed ceasefire in Lebanon re Hezbollah. What is more, Paris did not bring up the notion of immunity when a similar ICC arrest warrant was issued against Russia’s Vladimir Putin last year. Russia is likewise not a member country of the ICC.
This goes to show that there is no such thing as international law. As I have been saying, the ICC is at most an advisory. If a country decides to adhere to any international agreement, it is always doing so on the basis of its own laws. In regard to the laws of a nation, at the end of the day, it all comes down to the current leader of that nation – be it the king or queen, or the president, or the prime minister. For a nation governed by a parliament, the prime minister is essentially the person that controls the majority of votes in the parliament, and so he or she is always in a position to change or revoke a law, whatever that law may be. So, there is no hiding behind any judicial process, as some nations have suggested. The buck always stops with the leader of a nation.
Now, concerning an ICC arrest warrant, it should be noticed that Russia has said that any attempt to arrest Putin would constitute an act of war against Russia. Likewise, the USA does not recognise the ICC, and there is something called the American Service Members Protection Act, also known as the Hague Invasion Act. This US federal law gives the president the power to use all means necessary to bring about the release of any US or allied personnel detained by or at the request of the ICC. I suppose, this includes sanctions, covert action, and even outright war against the Hague.
So if Russia and the USA consider this sort of thing as an act of war, why do you suppose that it should be different with Israel and the coming kingdom of God?
The Bible prophesies that in these last days, especially around the time of the fourth beast, a large number of Jews will be taken from the land of Israel and held captive in various nations across the world. This will happen because Satan is going to try to empty the land of Israel and occupy it himself through Islam.
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Joel 3:2
… for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nahum 2:2
In Isaiah 49, God promises that all of these captives will be set free after the day of the LORD, when Jesus Christ and his angels and his 144000 saints begin the kingdom of God.
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Isaiah 49:22
This applies to the prey (of Satan) held in mighty nations, as well as to any “lawful captive”.
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isaiah 49:24-25
Verse 23 of Isaiah 49 is what I would like to draw attention to.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah 49:23
This verse says that kings and queens shall bow down to these victims in contrition, their faces in the dust at the feet of the individual Jews whom were taken captive.
So, for a country with a parliament, that means the sitting prime minister must do this apologetic prostration to every single victim. If he or she refuses, then I suppose from verses 25 and 26 that the said country will remain in a state of war against the kingdom of God.
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 49:25-26
Now, the reason I say “remain” in a state of war is because for a country to have taken these Jews captive in these last days, at some point it must have obeyed the dictates of the Assyrian, also known as the Antichrist.
The Bible is very clear that anyone that does the bidding of the Antichrist, the fourth rider of the apocalypse, will be killed before or on the day of the LORD and then his or her soul will be sent to the prison of hell. This explains why the rider of the pale horse is “Death” and “Hell” follows with him.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:8
To this point, Isaiah 24:21 explains that on the day of the LORD “the kings of the earth” will be gathered in the pit and shut up in that prison. Kings, as in the leaders of nations.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Isaiah 24:21-22
These are the same “kings of the earth” that Revelation 16 and 19 mention in regard to Armageddon, and the beast and the false prophet.
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 16:13-14
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him [Jesus Christ] that sat on the horse, and against his army.
Revelation 19:19
So, to be clear, the king or queen, or the president, or the prime minister at the time of Armageddon – the same person that agreed to take captive however many Jews at the behest of the Antichrist during his 42 month reign – will die and be damned to hell. But then, the next king or queen, or president, or prime minister of the same country – a country that did this thing to Jews – will have to bow to the individual Jews, face in the dust, as an act of contrition.
When a Catholic priest is ordained or when a nun makes her vows, he or she fully prostrates on the ground, face down, head towards an altar, all as an act of worship of God. So, this is something like that, but this would also be contrition towards the individual Jew that was wronged.
Because remember, every member of the body of Christ is also to some extent Jesus Christ himself.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:40
What is more, Isaiah 49 says this act of contrition is to happen so that the individual Jew that was wronged will know that Jesus Christ is the LORD.
… and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah 49:23
Now, you might be wondering, what happens if a nation refuses to do this and thus remains in a state of war against the kingdom of God? The answer to that is in Isaiah 49:25-26.
… I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 49:25-26
Think the fiery retribution of a saint, one of the 144000 of the kingdom of God.
If the police or the spies or the military enter the fray to protect a politician or something like that, then I guess this conflict will escalate.
Something else I should warn is that entire nations can even be starved to death! A bit ironic, given the ICC charge against Israel. Then again, remember, this would be a war against God himself.
For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalms 22:28-29
Think a sea blockade, and costly weather events including floods, droughts, and bushfires. It would be quite fierce.
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
Zephaniah 2:11
Those nations that did wrong to the people of God, the Jews, in the final 42 months must repent, bow down, and be contrite.
Of course, it is always better to not do the Devil’s work in the first place.
Finally, I should point out that many, if not all, of the Jews taken captive in the final 42 months will be women and children.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Joel 3:3
Islamists would likely kill the men, but enslave the women and kidnap the children. This sort of thing happened at the time of Muhammad.
To this point, notice in Isaiah 49 the word “nursing” and the part that goes “I will save thy children”.
Here is the quote again.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isaiah 49:23-25
References:
1. ABC (28 November 2024), “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appeal ICC arrest warrant against him”, abc.net.au
2. Julian Borger (28 November 2024), “France says Netanyahu is immune from ICC warrant as Israel is not member of court”, theguardian.com