"The Lord shall become king over all the earth.... Then everyone who survives of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to keep a time of thanksgiving (Living Bible; "Feast of Tabernacles," KJV and NIV).

"And if ANY of the families of the earth do not go up to worship the Lord of hosts, to keep the Feast of Booths, there will be no rain upon them…" – Zechariah

"FOR BEHOLD, the Lord of Hosts is taking away from Jerusalem (modern descendants of the Hebrew people?) the stay and the staff; the mighty man and the warrior; the prophet, the prudent, and the ancient of days; the elder, the counsellor, and the eloquent orator; boys and babes shall rule over them; anarchy will torment the people; the youth will be insolent to the elder and the base against the honourable.

"A man shall take hold of his brother, saying 'Be thou our ruler, and this heap of ruins shall be under you.' But he will say:

"'I have no remedy. You shall not make me the ruler of the people'...

"As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, those who lead you cause you to err. What do you mean by crushing my people? says the Lord of Hosts…."

– Isaiah, combined KJV, NIV, RSV, and Living Bible

P.S. Last week's column was about the positive Awakening that could still be brought about by recognition of the current conditions.

PPS: If you don't like columns about prophecy coming to pass, you can stop reading now. Betcha I gotcha though. Just admit it, and pass on the Word.