Arab Spring and the Shaking of Nations

"Arab Spring" is a phrase being used by the U.S. state department to describe uprisings in Arab states within the last decade. Wikipedia lists 20 such states. Historical and political analysts have weighed in to predict what the outcome of these revolutions might be, but no one can say for sure. Consider the counsel of Haggai, an Israeli prophet. He speaks (2:7) of a "shaking of nations." The Hebrew word translated "shake" in English is graphic: it speaks of the rising and falling of nations. But when God shakes the nations, it will be more than a score of Arab nations; it will be ALL the nations. What could happen that would shake all the nations so profoundly? How about this? God positions ancient Israel to realize all its dreams of a restored land, a recovered and most glorious temple, a restored and final peace, a thriving and dominant economy and a restored political prominence over the entire world. That would shake ALL the nations. Assuredly, this will happen when the Messiah, the Crucified One, the Resurrected One, the long awaited One returns, in blinding splendor and glory, to inherit what he bought with his own blood--a redeemed people. "I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts." (2:8) Let the pundits of the world consider the Arab Spring but a precursor to the Glorious Summer.