The 70 shepherds of Israel

The whole debacle in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, has disappeared in the shadow of the Covid pandemic. But 12 months and 3 elections further down the line, there has been formed a so-called emergency unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister until October 2021. Remarkable as it may seem to be there is an ancient prophecy that seems to have foretold this outcome and that points to the end of the age.
It is a prophecy by Enoch, the great grandfather of Noah. He lived 669 years before the flood. And he is mentioned several times in the Bible. Enoch received several revelations from God, that he wrote down. Both Jude and Peter refer to the Book of Enoch in the Bible. The original Aramaic version of the Book of Enoch was lost until the Dead Sea fragments (or Qumran Scrolls) were discovered in 1946/47. That proved beyond doubt that the writings were known during Jesus’ time.

One of the visions Enoch received is about the leadership of a nation of God’s people. We now know that nation by the name of Israel. But for Enoch that was to happen in the distant future and he refers to this nation as ‘the sheepfold’. He describes how Israel would have 70 leaders until the end of the age when, quote: “the Lord shall go forth in wrath”. More particularly he describes 70 ‘bad shepherds’, those that are NOT men of God and do NOT walk in His ways. There might be more shepherds, but there would be 70 bad ones. It should be noted that the number 70 and 7 are typical Biblical numbers that show the “fingerprint of God” if you will.

Enoch divides the 70 shepherds into three groups:

1. 35 before the Babylonian captivity (586BC)
2. 23 from the Babylonian captivity until the destruction of Jerusalem (70AD)
3. 12 after Israel is reunited (1948AD)

Thus implicitly he also prophecies about the captivity of Israel, their scattering among the nations and their reunification. In the video below, you will find more details about the different groups of so-called shepherds. But this is what Enoch writes about the last group:

“Then I saw, that the man, who wrote the book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of destruction, of that destruction which the last twelve shepherds wrought ; and pointed out before the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more than those who preceded them.” ~ Enoch 89:25
 

He speaks of the last 12 shepherds. Together with the preceding 58 this makes up 70. We no longer have kings, but prime ministers, but that is just a title. They are still shepherds. Different from ancient history some of these shepherds had more than one period in office. But we are to count only the shepherds, not the periods in office. And from 1948 on we have the following list:

We see that the count is twelve exactly. Based on this prophecy we could have understood that Benjamin Netanyahu would remain leader. But no one could have thought that it would happen in this way: After three rounds of elections and with the quote-unquote help of a pandemic. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office will last until the end of 2021 or earlier. And according to Enoch’s prophecy, which has passed the test of thousands of years of history, Netanyahu will be the last shepherd of Israel. Then the Messiah will appear…