The first prophecy that we see fulfilled was given in Deuteronomy 33:24 when Moses, just prior to his death, was predicting blessings for each of the twelve Jewish tribes. Through Moses, God said,  “And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.”  In the above map we show the positioning of the different Hebrew tribes as well as the new energy find in Haifa. Notice that Asher’s land is shaped like a foot, and that is where the natural gas was discovered. I find that extremely interesting.

        But another scripture pops in my mind as a result of this phenomenal new discovery. In Unlocking God’s Secrets I made the point that the last major prophetic event that must occur prior to the Tribulation is the War of Gog and Magog that is described so fully in Ezekiel 38-39. As that war is about to start, which will pit Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others against Israel, there is a minor prophecy that has always seemed curious to me. In Ezekiel 38:13 we read, “Sheba and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all her villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to plunder? have you gathered your hordes to loot?”

        As an aside, the word “villages” in that scripture is considered to be the only place in the Bible where America could be mentioned. Although it may be a stretch as far as I am concerned, since the Hebrew word for “villages” is the same word for “strong or young lions,” some scholars feel that if Great Britain was the Old Lion, then Australia, Canada, and the US are the strong, young lions. As I said, I personally think that may be a stretch. Sheba and Dedan are obviously Southern Arabia, and Tarshish was probably in Spain, so I think it may be just wishful thinking to see America in that verse, but I thought I would mention it for you to ponder on your own since some Biblical scholars are adamant about that interpretation.

        At any rate, what has been so curious to me was that countries could even consider at the start of that upcoming war that Israel might even possess anything that other countries would want to plunder or loot. Obviously Israel has been a nation without any natural resources. There has been nothing at all to plunder. At least that was true up until this year. Over three trillion cubic feet of natural gas all of a sudden changes things.

        Could this awesome natural gas discovery have been necessary in order to fulfill all of the details of the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy? We will have to watch current events play out to see. But I will be honest and tell you that I felt a chill go down my spine as I first read about the Haifa find. To me it was one of the very few remaining puzzle pieces that had to come together before the rapture, tribulation, and second coming of our Lord could occur. We definitely live in exciting times.