Big Tex wrote: " Okay, who was attacking Israel in the beginning of the movie? And why? Why were the planes destroyed? Who did it?"
Ok to answer these questions to my understanding from the bible....it is my understanding that according to Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39, the bible talks about the King of the North....scholars believe someone from some country (they believe possibly the middle east country) that will gather other countries in unison in one agreement to attack one common enemy that all the countries commonly hate, that is the land of Israel.
Some certain event that will take place, something that Israel will have done will cause great anger in the middle east (of course, no country attacks another country without a reason, but one thing is agreeable by Scholars, Israel will do something to piss the Middle East off ) that all the countries will come together to try and rid of their one common enemy that they hate and has hated for centuries, possibily as far back as biblical times.
So, picture this, say all of the middle east armies gather together with everything they got, foot soldiers, tanks, planes, missles, etc. etc. Then they all come after Israel and according to the bible, God intervenes and wipes out the entire army at the edge of Israel or above Israel like the movie showing planes exploding in the sky for no reason.
When it is all said and done, according to this in scripture in Ezekiel chapter 39, starting at verse 9....
9 " 'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up-the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD .
11 " 'On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east toward [2] the Sea. [3] It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog. [4]
12 " 'For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I am glorified will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign LORD .
14 " 'Men will be regularly employed to cleanse the land. Some will go throughout the land and, in addition to them, others will bury those that remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search. 15 As they go through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 (Also a town called Hamonah [5] will be there.) And so they will cleanse the land.'
As you can see, the weapons they will gather together will provide Israel enough to burn as fuel to last them 7 years.
Then the bible states it will take them 7 months to bury all the bodies (or burn most of them in order to try to prevent diseases from spreading since there's no way they can bury all the bodies in 7 months before diseases start spreading from the dead corpses, but most will be buried)
When this could happen? Will the Left Behind book states it could happen before the Rapture begins, but many scholars argues that it could happen after the Rapture. There's no real way of knowing when exactly could happen, before or after the Rapture. Only time can tell.
That's all in my understanding why this happens.
If it was God, why didn't God intervene in the other 4 wars against Israel since 1947?
Because scripture doesn't say it will happen, there is only one particular prophecy that states God will intervene, it doesn't say that God will intervene 5 times, just one time. Don't ask me why, it just states that based on my understanding. I'm no expert in the bible, I'm just stating what I am learning about.
Also a guy dressed as what I'm assuming is Elijah approaches a reporter doing a live shot says his little piece and then walks away and the reporter doesn't follow him?
Buck Williams the reporter is just a character for starters, it doesn't say the bible about Buck or a reporter meeting Elijah . But let's just pretend for the sake of the arguement, Buck sees Elijah, do you think Buck would recognize who he was? For all he knows, he's just some crazy old man dressed up like the old days of Israel talking crazy things he doesn't recognize for what it means and disregards him and focused on the situation that was happening on hand. Personally I don't think Elijah is gonna show up right in the middle of God fly swatting the army attacking Israel.
Anyway, speaking of Elijah, Revelations says that he and Moses will appear (that's what scholars believes that will appear and I am tending to agree with them. This is something that will take way too long to explain and maybe another time to discuss it.) in accordance to Revelations chapter 11 which talks about the 2 witnesses and many scholars believe they both will appear sometime after the Rapture. We don't know when extactly when, it could be days, weeks or months, but they will appear nonetheless, somewhere in the city of Jerusalem.
Revelation 11The Two Witnesses
1 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there. 2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
As you can see, the two witnesses as mentioned in scripture will be preaching for 1,260 days and no harm shall come upon them for that period of time, after those days are up, their protection will be lifted and they can be killed. 3 days after their deaths, they will be resurrected in front of everyone near them and taken back up to heaven. Pretty much it.
That's all of my understanding, don't take my word for it, check it all out for yourself. Like I said before, I'm not an expert, so don't shoot me if my understanding is in error.
Yizuman
