There are a number of reasons God brings about this event. A couple of the main ones are: To put the world and Israel on notice that He's still alive,awake and in control.
Eze 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. Some will be convinced permanently some unfortunately only temporarily before returning to business as usual.
Another is to give enough of the people of Israel the desire and the rest [peace] from her local enemies to encourage and enable her to build her temple where it is supposed to be without any interference and to resume Temple Worship. This will be done quickly at first in a temporary structure.
This is the way He did it both times before when the temple was built before that being Solomon's and Zerubbabel's.
This will result in a solution to the Middle East and Muslim terrorist problem that the world can't solve, leading the world to breathe a sigh of relief and a period of temporary but false peace.
Israel will be left as the dominant power in the Middle East with more land than she has had since rebirth in 1948 and that includes some nice oil rich real estate.
From that point on she will begin to turn more to God for her survival than her false allies as she should.
There is much more I could go into based on over forty years of study but it would be quite lengthy.
If we want to know God's plans for our future we need to accept Him as our savior, study all of His Word and pray for tutoring and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Without these requirements one's understanding of the Scriptures will be severely limited at the very best.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
It is true that the prophets of the Bible lived in the past but all of their prophecies where future when first uttered . Some of them came true rather quickly but a large part of them are yet to be fulfilled making them our and our children's prophets.
Much agree with your excellent post. Sending it to my email list with other excerpts from this thread.
The next major prophetic event on God’s calendar...
I’m with you on this one. I do not however, believe this event is imminent. For me, one of the key phrases deals with Israel living securly, without walls. I think the security wall erected by Israel recently, must come down. Then, the time will be near...