Sequence of Prophecies for the Return of Israel
These are Prophecies of a sequence of Major events that will lead to the Return of the House of Israel, the Northern Lost 10-Tribes, back to the Promise Land that God had promised to Abraham, the land defined as the land between the two rivers.
Speaking to Abraham, God said, which is a PROPHECY:
“I am thy shield! … Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates,” Genesis 15
And second, consider Isaac’s blessing to Esau, an endtime encrypted PROPHECY
“And upon thy sword shalt thou depend, entering at every place: yet thou shalt be supple and credulous, and be in subjection to thy brother [Jacob]; but it will be that when his sons [the children of Israel] become evil, and fall from keeping the commandments of the law, thou shalt break his yoke of servitude from off thy neck….and then will I kill Jakob my brother,” Genesis 27:41-42 Targum of Jonathan
Many of the prophecies written in Ezekiel, Isaiah and Jeremiah are tightly encrypted and are not meant to be understood until the latter days.
“The anger of the Lord shall not return, until He has executed and till He has performed the thoughts of His heart; in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly,” Jeremiah 23:20
“In the latter days we shall understand it perfectly,” so says many other versions.
First, in order to establish a rough timeline as a guide, we’ll use the Jewish Calendar.
We’re now in the Hebrew year 5784 AM (AM stands for “Anno Mundi,” Latin for “in the year of Adam and Eve Creation”) which means we’ll need another 215 years (to add to 5999, the eve of the 6000th year) to usher the Divine Plan into the 7th Millennium, from the year 6000.
That means to say: if we add 215 years to the Gregorian calendar year 2024 we’ll come to 2239 when the 7th Millennium starts. It would also be the time of Christ’s return to establish his Kingdom.
Given the above rough framework, here are the Major Prophecies that would lead to Christ’s return to establish his Kingdom at the beginning of the Millennium:
A) Ezekiel Timeline – 190/40 Years
The figures used here are from the Septuagint version of the Scriptures instead of from the Masoretic Text because of its better logic and details. Briefly, the house of Israel is to bear his iniquity for 190 years, while the house of Judah is to bear his iniquity for 40 years.
And, according to II Chronicles 36:19-21, the length of Judah’s captivity in Babylon was directly related from the length of time they neglected to observe the land Sabbath. Hence we can deduce that the 190/40 years have something to do with their years of negligence in keeping the land Sabbath.
So let’s jump into a deeper study of Ezekiel 4 (from the Septuagint version)
God speaking to Ezekiel:
4 And thou shalt lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty days which thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their iniquities.
— lying on both the left and right side, Ezekiel is representing the two kingdoms as enduring Divine judgement for their iniquities;
— this riddle starts with the lost 10 tribes house of Israel—the left side—the Northern Kingdom and lasts for 150 years; while Judah, the Southern Kingdom, corresponds to “the right side”
5 For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.
— start with the lost 10 tribes but end with the two houses of Israel; all 12 tribes: end of the 190 years; after the start of the lost 10 tribes house of Israel that lasted for 150 years, the 3 tribes house of Judah joins in for 40 years;
— both houses ending at the end of the 190 years; that is, the year 2232 (I’d give 7 years for the Gog and Magog episode to play out: taking precedence from Nebuchadnezzar who was punished for seven years by having an unsound mind and eating grass; hence 7 years back from 2239 is 2232)
6 And thou shalt accomplish this, and shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.
— after the start of the house of Israel, in 2042, that lasted for 150 years, that is, in the year 2192, the house of Judah joins in for the last 40 years; both ending at the end of the 190 years; that is, the year 2232 (7 years for Gog and Magog: 7 years from 2239)
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem; and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
— the logic here is that the 40 years begins with a siege of Jerusalem and of course this represents the modern house of Judah
8 And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another until thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
— “not turn thee from one side to another” is a sign of being in captivity, where freedom of movements “turning left or right” is restricted or even non-existent
9 Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days which thou sleepest on thy side. (Ezekiel 4:4-9 Septuagint)
— why the difference from the start with the lost 10 tribes and ends with the full House of Israel: 190 years with Israel against 40 years by Judah in captivity? Perhaps (a) Judah had undergone numerous pogroms and cleanings whereas Ephraim and the other tribes has none since the day when they went into the Assyrian captivity and into apparent oblivion;
— (b) the 40 years could be founded in a parallel exile. During their 70 years of exile in Babylon, the house of Judah had evidently failed to observe the land’s one-year-in-seven Sabbath for 490 years, so the term of the Babylonian captivity was set at 70 years to make up the deficit;
— hence the prophecised 40 years of captivity means their failure to keep the land Sabbath for 280 years (40 x 7). From the year 2232 less 280 years is the year 1942, which is around the time of the Holocaust in Germany and the Jews were resettling in the Promised Land ever since from roughly 1918 to 1948.
Working backward 190 years from 2232 will bring us back to the year 2042, a years that could start Ephraim’s (or the lost 10 tribes’) captivity.
So could the year 2042 be the start of the house of Israel’s “iniquity?” — to fulfil “thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them;” Ezekiel 4:13 indicating, perhaps the year 2042, the children of Israel would begin their 190 years of captivity?
It seems so, nevertheless.
And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you; and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
“‘Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest and enjoy her sabbaths” Leviticus 26:33-34
As the length of the house of Judah’s captivity in Babylon was directly related from the length of time they neglected to observe the land Sabbath according to II Chronicles 36:19-21, so would the length for the house of Israel: hence the longer period of 190 years.
And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And those who had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,
21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years, II Chronicles 36:19-21; “spoken by Jeremiah” this is a reference to the seventy years of captivity as spelt out in Jeremiah 25:11.
Hence the length of Israel’s and Judah’s captivities are to correct the years they each had neglected to give their land, in actual fact, God’s land, their respective Sabbathical rest.
For more, see (1) Ezekiel Timeline – 190/40 Years; (2) Ephraim and Manasseh; (3) Jacob prefers Ephraim over Manasseh (4) What is the Time of Jacob’s Trouble?
B) The Sword and Flaming Fire from the South!
The book of Ezekiel is written principally to the house of Israel (Ezekiel 2:3, 3:1,4,5,7,17, 4:3,4,5,13); so who are the enemies of the house of Israel? Being identified here as the United States, United Kingdom and its European allies. To many, Russia or China are the main threats of the United States; but God inspired Ezekiel to say that America’s main enemy will come from the South:
Ezekiel 20:45 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
46 “Son of man, set thy face toward the South, and drop thy word toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the Southland.
47 And say to the forest of the South: ‘Hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a FIRE in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree. The FLAMING FLAME shall not be quenched, and all faces from the South to the North shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.’”
49 Then said I, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Doth he not speak parables?’”
Ezekiel 21:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 “Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth MY SWORD out of his sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall MY SWORD go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north,
5 that all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn forth MY SWORD out of his sheath. It shall not return any more.’ Ezekiel 20:45-21:5
The Scriptures above are shrouded in cryptic mystery, and so the Qs are: how would such scenarios be unpacked? More importantly, Who are these enemies the Prophet Ezekiel identifies coming from the SOUTH, and how would God says He will kindle a fire and the flaming SWORD be played out? The current Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan crises are just two major distractions: they are not from the South.
Could Isaiah 34:6 indicate where the Sword comes from? It says:
“The Sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.”
Note: the Scripture in Isaiah 34:6 doesn’t say it is the ‘Sword of Edom or Bozrah’ but ‘the Sword of the Lord.’ This ties in with ‘My Sword’ mentioned three times in Ezekiel 20:45-21:5 highlighted above. Isn’t this really significant?
Continuing in Isaiah 34:7, ”And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.” — the unicorns symbolise the British while the bulls/bullocks symbolise the United States, and “their land shall be soaked with blood” (for more, see Ephraim and Manasseh).
In Obadiah 1:20 “And the captives of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad (בִּסְפָרַ֑ד Hebrew 5614) shall possess the cities of the south.” — for the word ‘Sepharad’ Targum of Jonathan renders “Spain” (Rashi quoting the Targum: Sepharad shall inherit the cities of the Southland as Spain); the Targums identified Sepharad with Spain, hence, Spanish Jews are called Sephardim!
But the most important point is this: that Esau were living South of Judea and Samaria; today the Spanish live South of the United kingdom and the north-west Europeans; the Spanish migrated to the New World after 1492 and today the Spanish-speaking Mexicans and other Latinos live South of the United States and Canada.
In the latter days, our knowledge would increase, and this would include the knowledge of who the children of Esau are, and the fulfilment of another encrypted prophecy. For more details, a clearer picture emerges from the Targum:
“And upon thy sword shalt thou depend, entering at every place: yet thou shalt be supple and credulous, and be in subjection to thy brother [Jacob]; but it will be that when his sons [the latter-day children of Israel] become evil, and fall from keeping the commandments of the law, thou shalt break his yoke of servitude from off thy neck….and then will I kill Jakob my brother,” Genesis 27:41-42 Jonathan
In brief, the Hebrew term, Sepharad, is synonymous with Edom (Esau), Negev, the South, the Southland, or Spain (Ispamiah); that is, the children of Esau in today’s world are the Spanish people and other Latin Americans.
And if the prophecy from the Targum above is of significance, then when the children of Israel become evil and stray away from keeping the laws of God, the children of Esau would ravage and massacre the children of Jacob!
For more, see (1) The Sword and Flaming Fire from the South! and (2) Obadiah
C) A Psalm 83 Prophecy
This Psalm 83 prophecy is a biblical Case for a Zionist “Greater Israel” that lies between two Great Rivers!
“I am thy shield” God promised to protect Abraham, and he went on to a greater covenant:
“On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates” Genesis 15:18
The Scriptures above are part of a prophecy speaking of the regathering of the outcasts of Israel from the nations to which they have been scattered; but first, the clearance of the Promised Land.
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.” Psalm 83:4
— the ancient tribes and countries mentioned in Psalm 83 are:
of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarites (verse 6); Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre (verse 7); Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot (verse 8); the Midianites, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Brook of Kishon (verse 9); their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, yea, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna (verse 11);
— notice that these tribes and countries mentioned above are largely the land bound by “between the rivers” that is, within the bound of God’s given land allocated from God to Abraham and then to the full House of Jacob (Genesis 15)
Instead of having the name Israel being cut of being a nation, the land shall be cleared of all the unwanted inhabitants: the ancient Edomites and the Ishmaelites, the Moabites and the Hagarites, the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; and more “between the two great rivers,” the Nile and Euphrates:
“Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame and perish,” Psalm 83:17 — thus they are put to shame and perish, clearing the land both for the returning house of Judah and the lost house of Israel!
Notice that Iran (or Persia or Elam known by its ancient names) is not “between the two great rivers,” neither is its name mentioned anywhere in Psalm 83.
And God says to Ezekiel in Ezekiel 11:16-17 for confirmation:
16 Therefore say, ‘Thus saith the Lord God: Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.’
17 Therefore say, ‘Thus saith the Lord God: I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’
For a more detailed analysis, see A Psalm 83 Prophecy!
D) A Greater than the Egyptian “Exodus”
Once the Promised Land (or Holy Land) had been cleared of its unwanted inhabitants of Psalm 83, there shall be plenty of space for new Settlers that had been scattered from the four corners of the earth to re-populate it; thus the restoration of the full House of Israel back to the Promised Land would be better remembered in place of an earlier deliverance from Egypt:
14 “Therefore behold, the days come,” saith the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
15 but, ‘the Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven them.’ And I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Jeremiah 16:14-15
These two verses above, by promising a deliverance greater than that from Egypt, implied also a chastisement more terrible than the bondage in the “iron furnace” there. Instead of their being placed in one land, they were to be scattered into the north and many other countries, followed by a restoration back to the Promised Land finally.
Therefore, Jeremiah, rejoicing at the hope of restoration to come, addressed the Lord as his strength and refuge, repeated the prophecy that their deliverance from it shall be a greater benefit than that originally out of Egypt.
7 “Therefore, behold, the days come,” saith the Lord, “that they shall no more say, ‘The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
8 but, ‘the Lord liveth who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.” Jeremiah 23:7-8
The children of Israel went out of Egypt as a unified group in the first Exodus, since they all lived in the land of Goshen in Egypt. However, in this second Exodus of the last days, scattered Israel, by virtue of the fact that they have been scattered around the world, will not return to Israel as a single unified group.
But just as this deliverance will exceed the earlier one, so would much the greater will the affliction of Israel in this second Exodus be than the Egyptian bondage had been.
They would return in waves at various times and from various directions.
Many from Judah have already returned to the land of Israel “between the two rivers” since 1918. It is a slow process “in waves” and after over a hundred years, they are still returning, in waves. The same would be for the northern house of Israel.
A parallel Scripture from Ezekiel 36:4; the mountains from the north are identified as: the United States, UK and France; from the hills: Ireland, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Finland, and Iceland; and the valleys, the low countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Remember, the first Exodus involved the ancient Israelites coming out of Egypt. The prophesies that the second Exodus will involve the last days’ descendants of those ancient Israelites who have been scattered to the four corners of the globe will make the first Exodus fades into insignificance.
For a more detailed analysis, see Another “Out of Egypt” Exodus
E) Ezekiel 37 – Return of the Whole House of Israel
Chapter 37 of Ezekiel contains “the whole house of Israel” (verse 11) a prophecy of both the Jews’ and Israelites’ returning from captivity to their own land; of each of the twelve tribes with one another; their restoration and union are represented by a vision of dry bones made alive.
In Isaiah 8:14 it is expressed as the “two houses of Israel” or “both houses of Israel;” which means the house of Judah could also be expressed as the house of Israel! ~ and depending on context, the house of Israel could only meant the 2-tribes house of Judah as in Ezekiel 8:6,11,12 and Matthew 15:24;
But in Ezekiel 37, it means the end of their 190 and 40 years of bearing Israel’s and Judah’s iniquities in Captivity.
4 Again He said unto me, “Prophesy upon these bones and say unto them, ‘O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. — the word of prophecy from the Lord, indicating, as usual, it it a prophecy and a reference to a future time.
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord’” Ezekiel 37:4-6 — God said of these dry bones “and ye shall know that I am the Lord” implying that they never have known God before, despite many claim they were Christians.
— how could they? In today’s world, no less than 99.99 percent of professing Christians don’t even know the basic tenet of understanding the Oracles of God!
Then He said unto me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried and our hope is lost. We are cut off from our parts.’ Ezekiel 37:11
Hosea 1:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
— her feast days; to avoid themselves being “judaizing” these “Christians” adopt new understandings and practices:
(a) Christmas, which honors Mithraism – is a form of nature worship based on the Sun-Goddess Mithra who on the darkest night of the year (December 20/21), gives birth to “Light” causing each day thereafter to grow longer until the Summer solstice; and
(b) Easters, a celebration of Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility and sex. Her symbols (like the egg and bunny) were and still are fertility and sex symbols; and to those who actually think eggs and bunnies have something to do with the resurrection; and
(c) her sabbaths which is Sundays, where the original keepers were the sun-worshipping Samaritans, brought from Assyria: And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof, II Kings 17:24.
Only through chastisement would they repent of their sins; hence the Sword and Flaming Fire from the South serves as their chastisement.
For more, see Ezekiel Ch 37-38
F) Gog and Magog
Once the whole house of Israel “dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant,” securely and at peace, God will deal with the Gentiles, just as he had dealt with Nebuchadnezzar for seven years by having him an unsound mind and eating grass.
And let’s start with Ezekiel 38:
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, in the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him Ezekiel 38:1-2
— countries involve: Magog, Meshech and Tubal, these are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, and his son, Togarmah; Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish;
— countries that couldn’t learn from what the houses of Israel had gone through will face their own judgement.
And thou shalt come up against My people of Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It shall be in the latter days; and I will bring thee against My land, that the nations may know Me when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. Ezekiel 38:16
Those nations that know God when he put Gog through fury trial will be repentant; they “shall shake at My presence” in the right way; those with eyes to see, will see; and understand, “and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
Those who continue to resist and have their heart hardened, “there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel,” they will perish like the Pharaoh and his chariots did by ending up being washed away by the waters of the Red Sea.
But in this case Gog and Magog would perish too, by ‘a great shaking’ with hailstones, fire, and brimstone (verse 22) in the land of Israel, and “they shall know that I am the Lord” or else for those who are still unrepentant they would be dead;
And continuing with Ezekiel 39:
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field, for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog and among them that dwell confidently in the isles; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
And the Israelites from both houses would have seven months to happily burying them; “And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land,” Ezekiel 39:12
21 “And I will set My glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see My judgment that I have executed and My hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.
23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity. Because they trespassed against Me, therefore hid I My face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies; so fell they all by the sword. Ezekiel 39:21-23.
For more, see (1) Ezekiel 38 and (2) Ezekiel 39
G) Return of the Messiah
From Ezekiel 40 to 48, these are the Millennium chapters, about the rebuilding of the Temple, known as the Ezekiel Temple; and the allocation of land among the twelve tribes. The Ezekiel Temple will be built sacrifices will continue.
But for the purposes of this Study, we’ll focus on Zechariah 14:
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. — behold, the day of the Lord cometh, the Day of Judgement or the Lord’s Day;
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished. And half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. — on this day of Judgement, God will gather all the rest of unrepentant nations against Jerusalem to battle, the enemies being recruited from all countries of the world; for judgement;
Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. — then the Lord shall go forth and battle against those nations like as when they fought “at the Red Sea.”
And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley, and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south. Zechariah 14:1-4
— and on that day, God’s feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives, this location being considered the center of the earth and the throne of the Lord as he makes ready for judgement, which is before Jerusalem on the east;
Despite all the chastisements, there would still be some unrependant nations:
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
— but some would take heed and repent:
16 And it shall come to pass that every one who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
— and everyone that survives of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King of kings, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, to join with the Kingdom in its worship of the one true God.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
— and it shall be that whoever refuses to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain and all the other physical and spiritual blessings of the Lord being withheld from them.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up and come not, upon whom there is no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen who come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
— and if the family of Egypt, representative of anyone who still refuses to go up to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, there should have no rain, or the lack of rain would be its plague or infliction; there shall be the plague whereby the Lord will smite the nations that refuse to be received into the Kingdom and take part in its worship.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
— this shall be the punishment of Egypt all nations that refuse to come and keep the Feast of Tabernacles; in opposing his Kingdom and refusing to accept his Word, entrench themselves behind a wall of their own foolishness and shut themselves out from the highest physical and spiritual blessings, but to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
For more, see (1) Ezekiel 41-42 and (2) Zechariah 14
Japheth
The Mystery of Esau and Ephraim 