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fig tree last generation rebirth of israel ?

yup there is truth

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
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I will quote the scripture:
Isa 66:8-9 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Notes by M. Bodie: The Fig Tree

The fig tree is again used as the illustration of Judah; but hear of her revival. "When her branch is tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer is nigh." The fruit is there on the fig-tree, as soon as the leaves appear. Thus the teaching is obvious. Israel's hopes will come to sudden fruitage, when their Great Kinsman Redeemer takes up their cause. "The man will not be at rest until He has finished the thing this day," as Ruth said to her daughter-in-law (Ruth 3:18). The very generation that sees the beginning of those wondrous events will be in evidence at their close. The suddenness of the final results is the point that He is emphasizing, also that the Jewish race will be in evidence.
 
I will quote the scripture:
Isa 66:8-9 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Notes by M. Bodie: The Fig Tree


The fig tree is again used as the illustration of Judah; but hear of her revival. "When her branch is tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer is nigh." The fruit is there on the fig-tree, as soon as the leaves appear. Thus the teaching is obvious. Israel's hopes will come to sudden fruitage, when their Great Kinsman Redeemer takes up their cause. "The man will not be at rest until He has finished the thing this day," as Ruth said to her daughter-in-law (Ruth 3:18). The very generation that sees the beginning of those wondrous events will be in evidence at their close. The suddenness of the final results is the point that He is emphasizing, also that the Jewish race will be in evidence.
Did M. Bodie explain who the other trees are that are putting forth their leaves?
Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
 
Dear Sister Deborah13, it is written in Revelation 7:3. "Saying, Hurt not the earth (Israel), neither the sea (Gentile nations), nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." The trees here are in relation to the 144,000 of Israel to receive the Holy Spirit.

Jud 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

Gene Hawkins's study of Luke
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none" (13:6). This parable connects directly with the foregoing incident. The fig tree is used in Scripture to portray the Jewish nation, and so it seems to be here. "Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" (13:7). We read in Leviticus 19:23-25 that when a tree began to bear, all fruit for the first three years was to be counted as "uncircumcised" and was not to be used. In the fourth year, all of it was to be given as an offering to the Lord. He must receive the first fruit, which is symbolic of Christ, the firstfruit of the resurrection (I Corinthians 15). Only in the fifth year was the fruit to be eaten.
Notice the order in Luke 21:29: "the fig tree - and all the trees." It is this Jewish nation, which will lead the rest of the trees, or nations, into the millennium.
 
Dear Sister Deborah13, it is written in Revelation 7:3. "Saying, Hurt not the earth (Israel), neither the sea (Gentile nations), nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." The trees here are in relation to the 144,000 of Israel to receive the Holy Spirit.

Jud 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

Gene Hawkins's study of Luke
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none" (13:6). This parable connects directly with the foregoing incident. The fig tree is used in Scripture to portray the Jewish nation, and so it seems to be here. "Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" (13:7). We read in Leviticus 19:23-25 that when a tree began to bear, all fruit for the first three years was to be counted as "uncircumcised" and was not to be used. In the fourth year, all of it was to be given as an offering to the Lord. He must receive the first fruit, which is symbolic of Christ, the firstfruit of the resurrection (I Corinthians 15). Only in the fifth year was the fruit to be eaten.
Notice the order in Luke 21:29: "the fig tree - and all the trees." It is this Jewish nation, which will lead the rest of the trees, or nations, into the millennium.
Thanks Eugene. I will have to study this interpretation. But I sincerely thank you. This is the first time anyone, that believes this verse is talking about Israel as the fig tree, has given me an explanation of the other trees. I have asked many times. :)
 
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand
 
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand

I thought is that if the fig tree is a nation, then the other trees would have to be nations as well.

I wondered too about why when Jesus healed the blind man, he applied the mud two times. It had to have been for a reason I would think.
Mar 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mar 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Mar 8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
:shrug
 
I thank Eugene too, I've never considered the trees in that manner, however, Jesus was using the parable to show how we know summer is coming, all trees is a reference to that fact, ...another thing to consider is Matthew and Mark do not include all trees, only Luke, ...and Luke was written to and for the Gentiles, could there be something there for us?
 
I do not understand why some folks think the Jewish nation will do what they believe the Holy Spirit unable to do..

Act_1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
 
Did M. Bodie explain who the other trees are that are putting forth their leaves?
Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

Since the fig tree represents Israel as a nation, then we should expect that “all the trees” would represent nations as well. Looking in the pages of God’s Word we find this to indeed be the case. In fact, we find that trees are often used to represent people and especially nations in at least eight passages of the Tanakh (Old Testament) alone. We first encounter a parable of trees in Judges 9:7-16 where Jotham, a son of Gideon, addresses the men of Shechem who had just killed seventy of his brothers in order to follow his other brother Abimelech.

The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I cease giving my oil, With which they honor God and men, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ But the vine said to them, ‘Should I cease my new wine, Which cheers [both] God and men, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you, [Then] come [and] take shelter in my shade; But if not, let fire come out of the bramble And devour the cedars of Lebanon!’ Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and sincerity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him as he deserves, (Judges 9:8-16).

In Isaiah 10:33 God refers to chopping off “the tops of trees” as to those who are arrogant and will be “hewn down”. Similar imagery is used in the book of Ezekiel. God in Ezekiel 15:2-6 likens the wood of the vine to the inhabitants of Jerusalem which will be burned in the fire because they are useless (that is idolatrous). God uses the tree motif to speak of Judah being taken into captivity in chapter 17 as well. “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘A great eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And took from the cedar the highest branch. He cropped off its topmost young twig And carried it to a land of trade; He set it in a city of merchants,’” (Ezekiel 17:3-4). In 606/5 BC Nebuchadnezzar took some of the leadership of Judah into captivity – thus Judah is likened to the cedar of Lebanon and the highest branch represents the leadership, which probably included Daniel. We know this to be the case because God gives the interpretation “Say now to the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon,’” (Ezekiel 17:12).

God later in the chapter tells what He is going to do with the highest branches in contrast to what King Nebuchadnezzar had done. Whereas King Nebuchadnezzar made it a “spreading vine of low stature” (Ezekiel 17:6) God would set up a king and a kingdom that would be great among the nations. “On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.“ (Ezekiel 17:23). God then makes reference to all the trees of the field, which represent the nations. Whether all the trees represent all the nations of the world or just the nations of the area is not clear. “And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it,” (Ezekiel 17:24).

Ezekiel 20:46-48 contains another example of nations represented as trees. However, perhaps the most telling of all is Ezekiel 31:3-15. There Assyria is likened to a cedar of Lebanon that was greater than all the other trees (which is to say nations). “Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field […] and in its shadow all great nations made their home,” (Ezekiel 31:5-6). God describes how Assyria, the cedar of Lebanon was greater than other kinds of trees though God would send another to cut it down.

‘The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God’. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted up in its height, therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness,’ (Ezekiel 31:8-11).

Daniel 4:10-11 and Zechariah 11:2 also offer more examples of rulers and nations represented as trees. With the background of the Old Testament, we can now turn back to the New Testament and find Jesus’ use of seed (Matthew 13:6, 40), vine branches (John 15:6) and trees (Luke 3:9; 21:29) to represent people or nations not surprising but very much in keeping with the Scriptures. Therefore, let’s look again at Luke 21:29 “Then He spoke to them a parable: ‘Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.’” The fig tree is Israel and therefore all the trees are other nations. The question then becomes which nations was He referring to?

The answer comes from the comparison with the fig tree; it was dried and then sprouted again. Israel was dried for many years and then came back to be a nation. It would appear therefore that Jesus was referring to other nations close to Israel which would also be reborn. What is astounding to discover is that all of the countries that border Israel came back to be independent nation states around the same time as Israel. The CIA World Fact Book discusses how Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt gained their independence all between the years 1943 and 1952 – all within five years of the birth of Israel.

Lebanon
Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French separated out the region of Lebanon in 1920, and granted this area independence in 1943.

Jordan
Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the UK received a mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain separated out a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s, and the area gained its independence in 1946; it adopted the name of Jordan in 1950.

Syria
Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French administered the area as Syria until granting it independence in 1946.

Egypt
Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt’s government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty with the overthrow of the British-backed monarchy in 1952, (CIA World Fact Book, emphases mine).[9]

These countries, like Israel, did not exist as independent countries until 1943 and after. They were simply parts of the Ottoman Empire and then parts of the British Empire or a colony of the French. Their birth around the birth of Israel strengthens the significance of 1948.

http://watchmannewsletter.typepad.com/blog/2010/12/the-fig-tree-has-budded.html
 
Since the fig tree represents Israel as a nation, then we should expect that “all the trees” would represent nations as well. Looking in the pages of God’s Word we find this to indeed be the case. In fact, we find that trees are often used to represent people and especially nations in at least eight passages of the Tanakh (Old Testament) alone. We first encounter a parable of trees in Judges 9:7-16 where Jotham, a son of Gideon, addresses the men of Shechem who had just killed seventy of his brothers in order to follow his other brother Abimelech.

The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I cease giving my oil, With which they honor God and men, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ But the vine said to them, ‘Should I cease my new wine, Which cheers [both] God and men, And go to sway over trees?’ “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come [and] reign over us!’ And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you, [Then] come [and] take shelter in my shade; But if not, let fire come out of the bramble And devour the cedars of Lebanon!’ Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and sincerity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him as he deserves, (Judges 9:8-16).

In Isaiah 10:33 God refers to chopping off “the tops of trees” as to those who are arrogant and will be “hewn down”. Similar imagery is used in the book of Ezekiel. God in Ezekiel 15:2-6 likens the wood of the vine to the inhabitants of Jerusalem which will be burned in the fire because they are useless (that is idolatrous). God uses the tree motif to speak of Judah being taken into captivity in chapter 17 as well. “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘A great eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And took from the cedar the highest branch. He cropped off its topmost young twig And carried it to a land of trade; He set it in a city of merchants,’” (Ezekiel 17:3-4). In 606/5 BC Nebuchadnezzar took some of the leadership of Judah into captivity – thus Judah is likened to the cedar of Lebanon and the highest branch represents the leadership, which probably included Daniel. We know this to be the case because God gives the interpretation “Say now to the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon,’” (Ezekiel 17:12).

God later in the chapter tells what He is going to do with the highest branches in contrast to what King Nebuchadnezzar had done. Whereas King Nebuchadnezzar made it a “spreading vine of low stature” (Ezekiel 17:6) God would set up a king and a kingdom that would be great among the nations. “On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.“ (Ezekiel 17:23). God then makes reference to all the trees of the field, which represent the nations. Whether all the trees represent all the nations of the world or just the nations of the area is not clear. “And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it,” (Ezekiel 17:24).

Ezekiel 20:46-48 contains another example of nations represented as trees. However, perhaps the most telling of all is Ezekiel 31:3-15. There Assyria is likened to a cedar of Lebanon that was greater than all the other trees (which is to say nations). “Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field […] and in its shadow all great nations made their home,” (Ezekiel 31:5-6). God describes how Assyria, the cedar of Lebanon was greater than other kinds of trees though God would send another to cut it down.

‘The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God’. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted up in its height, therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness,’ (Ezekiel 31:8-11).

Daniel 4:10-11 and Zechariah 11:2 also offer more examples of rulers and nations represented as trees. With the background of the Old Testament, we can now turn back to the New Testament and find Jesus’ use of seed (Matthew 13:6, 40), vine branches (John 15:6) and trees (Luke 3:9; 21:29) to represent people or nations not surprising but very much in keeping with the Scriptures. Therefore, let’s look again at Luke 21:29 “Then He spoke to them a parable: ‘Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.’” The fig tree is Israel and therefore all the trees are other nations. The question then becomes which nations was He referring to?

The answer comes from the comparison with the fig tree; it was dried and then sprouted again. Israel was dried for many years and then came back to be a nation. It would appear therefore that Jesus was referring to other nations close to Israel which would also be reborn. What is astounding to discover is that all of the countries that border Israel came back to be independent nation states around the same time as Israel. The CIA World Fact Book discusses how Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt gained their independence all between the years 1943 and 1952 – all within five years of the birth of Israel.

Lebanon
Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French separated out the region of Lebanon in 1920, and granted this area independence in 1943.

Jordan
Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the UK received a mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain separated out a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s, and the area gained its independence in 1946; it adopted the name of Jordan in 1950.

Syria
Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of Syria. The French administered the area as Syria until granting it independence in 1946.

Egypt
Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt’s government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty with the overthrow of the British-backed monarchy in 1952, (CIA World Fact Book, emphases mine).[9]

These countries, like Israel, did not exist as independent countries until 1943 and after. They were simply parts of the Ottoman Empire and then parts of the British Empire or a colony of the French. Their birth around the birth of Israel strengthens the significance of 1948.

http://watchmannewsletter.typepad.com/blog/2010/12/the-fig-tree-has-budded.html
Thank you for such an extensive response. This explanation could be the other trees in the Luke verse if the fig tree is intended to be the State of Israel. :nod
 
is there truth ``???

I think we are on the same page today, that was the topic I felt led to post.
Israel of Isaiah 66:7 is new Israel in Christ which is made up of Jew and Gentiles, the same man child of Rev. 12:5 who are being gathered from all nations being prepared to rule and reign with the Word/Christ and will be caught up to the Father's throne, rather to the literal heavenly Jerusalem or to a high position on the earth out of harms way. If you subtract 1948 from 2018 you get a generation of 70 yrs. This was a sign of when these things would take place. We see the 4 blood moons and lunar eclipses of 2014 & 2015, signs in the in the moon and stars, the earth is in distress, the sea(sea of humanity) in an uproar.
We see daily in our own home towns or over the satellite on every form of media Jesus The Word whom God uses to control the wind, the seas, the earth, the rain the hail, the foundation of the earth coming IN the cloud bringing judgment on all who are not recognizing their Lord acting in the power of His and our Father who are true believers and recognize it is the mighty Hand of God. Jesus the Word is the mighty Right hand of God. God is putting down rulers and setting up others, man is trembling in fear at the mighty hand of God whom is supposed to be coming for the fearful, ungodly who have no clue as to what is happening for they do not know God nor have they read and understood all these things! Hopefully there are no "believers" who are blaspheming the weather and saying the works & judgments of God are evil. We hopefully remember the mighty Works of our God who brought our fathers out of Egypt with His strong Hand the hail, the plagues, death, waters turning to blood.
2014 & 2015 are mid trib and there will be 3-1/2 yrs. of great tribulation once those whom have the Father's seal in their forehead being transformed by the Word of God indwelling them, no longer clay vessels, but Stone pots of iron being filled with the living water, immovable in the Word of truth Best wine saved till last, who themselves will no longer serve, but be served!
With all the gossip forums where everyone is displaying their dirty laundry, we are seeing the heat being turned up to bring forth judgment in truth, the goats and the sheep are being exposed for separation in this great time of distress to bring in the harvest of souls, as the true ministries bring the bread of life to the repentant sinner who hungers and thirsts for righteousness in their life, the ministries who clothe those with the Word of truth that are being found Naked( in their shame) who have been hiding from God, the ministries who go to those locked up in the prison of sinful lifestyles that the enemy has them in, to bring the Word of God to set them free so they no longer are enslaved. There are far more prisoners outside jails than there are in jail, they just haven't been sentenced yet! Notice how we can have a friend who is deep in sin, but as soon as their nakedness is exposed, the so called friends scatter like cockroaches that have been exposed by the LIGHT that shines in the darkness?
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
KJV
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. KJV
I question that the Greek word translated as 'earth' by the KJV, is correct or at least may be misleading.
Young's Literal Translation says..
Luk 21:35 for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

Strong's Greek 1093
gé: the earth, land
Original Word: γῆ, γῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: gé
Phonetic Spelling: (ghay)
Short Definition: the earth, soil, land
Definition: the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.
http://biblehub.com/greek/1093.htm
 
I question that the Greek word translated as 'earth' by the KJV, is correct or at least may be misleading.
Young's Literal Translation says..
Luk 21:35 for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

Strong's Greek 1093
gé: the earth, land
Original Word: γῆ, γῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: gé
Phonetic Spelling: (ghay)
Short Definition: the earth, soil, land
Definition: the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.
http://biblehub.com/greek/1093.htm

The whole earth will be tested to see who is willing to harm Israel. God Himself is gathering all the armies and all who have pledged their allegiance to their carnal nations flag instead of their allegiance to Christ who will be the one whom they will be fighting against, Yet not until earthy Jerusalem will be destroyed as spoken of in:
Zech 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 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.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

4 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.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
KJV
Isa 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
KJV
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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True Christians do not war after flesh and blood, their fight is against the unclean spirits that teach man to do such things!
We are watching the Last Supper, the Great Supper of God as disobedient man is being thrown into the fire of war, among other fires, because they have a heart to kill like Cain who was of the evil one. Not Adam, nor Eve, nor God raised a hand to Cain after he, having the traits of a beast, killed his own brethren out of covetousness. God just merely cast him out of His presence to fend for himself without God. God told Cain, that if anyone KILLS Cain, they shall reap 7 fold troubles. That is not because God wanted to protect Cain, but He was saying that killing anyone will be returned for we are not to return evil for evil or else it continues on and on. Until there is no one who is willing to kill his neighbor, it will continue for they each think they have good reason. If we do as they do, we are as they are. The devil was the first to kill.
 
I want to add for further understanding. Here will be the birth of the restored Israel in Christ, notice Before the great pains of the great tribulation as the sons of God(children) are birthed to heavenly Jerusalem and the Door to the womb is shut, Christ is the Door, the way the truth and the life. The will be caught up as the man child in Rev.12:5. We are of the Barren woman, heavenly Jerusalem who bares no natural children only spiritual of the promised son Isaac through whom Christ came. Those who are in heavenly Jerusalem will rejoice for they escape, but are to mourn for earthly Jerusalem. If you know of any unbelieving Jews, we must tell them of Christ to bring them out of the old covenant of death and into their new covenant of life before it is too late and time is up Rev.10:6-7 for those led of their flesh, rather Jew or Gentile shall not inherit the kingdom of God, they must be born again! :
Isa 66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
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Gal 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

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Cast out does not mean to harm or reject, it means to get them out of the bondage of the sin of the flesh and into their covenant of freedom in Christ because those in their dead carnal nature held captive to sin, will not be of the promise. God still loves the Jews and so should we as our roots are in Christ who was Jewish and we have been grafted in. But can be replaced just as some were broken off.
 
Exo_4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

Rom_12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
 
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