Israel rejects EU border mandate.

The European Commission recently decided to refuse funding for Israeli projects in settlements beyond its 1967 borders and to place labels on settlement-made products to enable Europeans to boycott these items (EU Observer, July 16, 2013). However, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu sees the EU mandates as a threat to national sovereignty: “I will not let anybody harm Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, the Golan and Jerusalem… We will not accept any external dictates regarding borders” (ibid.).

The efforts by a European power to dictate terms in Israel were anticipated long ago in Bible prophecies.  Bible prophecies reveal that at the time of the end, “Gentile” armies of a European Beast will surround and take control of Jerusalem (Luke 21:20-24)—possibly in an attempt to “bring peace” to the region. The current attempts by the EU to dictate terms in Israel could ultimately lead to Gentile armies of the Beast moving into the Holy Land and controlling its borders. For more on this topic, review our free booklet, The Middle East in Prophecy.