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Bible studies: # 26: The Jewish people will soon face the last false and the true Messiah
January 8, 2012
The Jewish people have been gathered home to Israel. They will soon face both the last antichrist and the true Messiah.
Waiting for the Messiah. Running the danger of being decived by the last Antichrist
The Jews are back home in Israel to face the end game on planet Earth. Jerusalem is the city that God of the Bible chose to be His dwelling place. Here the final battle will take place between antichrist and the true Messiah.
The Jews are loved by God and His Messiah. Not because they are many, powerful or righteous. They are loved for the sake of the patriarchs.
The Jewish Apostle Paul explains this to us:
Romans 11:28
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
That they have become enemies of the gospel, does not change the love that Jesus the Messiah have for them. The prophet Ezekiel explains that God of the Bible has gathered his people home, because of His Holy name, and purposes.
Ezekiel 36:22
«Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone».
Ezekiel 36:32
«I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O house of Israel».
The Messiah will forever stand with the promise His Father gave through the prophet Jeremiah. The Bible says that only when the Sun and the Moon disappear, the nation of Israel shall cease to exist.
Jeremiah 31:35-36
35 This is what the LORD says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar—
the LORD Almighty is his name:
36 “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”
declares the LORD,
“will the descendants of Israel ever cease
to be a nation before me.”
God has chosen Jerusalem, the Jewish people and the nation of Israel as His tools. The Devil has always been a copy-cat. To keep the Jews away from their Messiah, angles of Satan has bombarded the Jews with with copy-cat Jesus”es and other false Messiah`s.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the site for the final battle of the Messiah.
There have been times when the Jews have been prosecuted and killed in the name of Jesus.
On such cross roads in history, it has always been followers of a copy-cat Messiah who have done these criminal acts.
The last days false peace makers in the Middle East will also promote peace in the name of a false «Messiah», the last antichrist.
This last false Messiah will set Him self up in the Temple Mount, and claim to be God. In this darkest hour of the Jewish nation, Jesus of Nazareth will return.
He will kill the false Messiah and save the Jews out of the final trap.
This is the truth.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Circle of “Friends”
When I attended a pro Palestinian conference in Fremont, California, recently, Porter Speakman Jr. (director of With God on Our Side) and Tom Getman took exception to my statement that one of the major problems in the Arab-Israeli conflict is Arab rejectionism: Israel’s right to exist is not recognized.
Speakman and Getman countered with the peace treaties signed with Jordan and Egypt (ah, we long for those halcyon days); they wouldn’t concede that the pan Arab nation rejects Israel outright. Of course, those treaties with Egypt and Jordan are in a precarious position.
Overall, Arab rejectionism is pervasive and has been documented for decades. It is not only the official policy of Arab countries; it is a hallmark of individual lives, bent from years of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish education.
But to get perhaps a more sinister view of this threat to Israel, let’s look at the present situation in the region, still fluid given the “Arab Spring.”
Since Israel pulled out of its buffer zone in Lebanon in 1999, Hezbollah has been stockpiling weapons and upgrading training. It was recently estimated that in just a few more years, the terror group will have 15,000 rockets. The stockpiles of same in Gaza (and the Sinai, where Al Qaida is now present) represent a lethal threat to Israel from the north and the south.
Let us now turn to the east.
Obama’s tragic and reckless decision to pull all American troops out of Iraq ensures that that dreadful country will become a major terror base in the near future. The realities on the ground also show the linkage between Iraq and her neighbors, all of whom loathe the Jewish state.
The threat also extends far beyond the region, since the principle backer, Iran, exports terror all over the world.
Witness the case of one Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese Shi’ite, a key member of Hezbollah since 1983 (the date should mean something to you, since Hezbollah carried out the attack on Marine barracks in Beirut that year, killing 241 Americans. Ronald Reagan pulled troops out after that).
In 2007, Daqduq was captured, by coalition forces, after taking part in an operation in Iraq that killed five American soldiers. The attack took place at the Karbala Joint Provincial Coordinating Center. Daqduq was captured two months later and had been held ever since by the Americans. With the pullout, Daqduq was turned over to the Iraqis and the Obama administration “sought assurances” that he would be tried. How many of you think that will happen?
Daqduq is probably already on his way back to the front lines, since he has been trained by the Iranian Quds Force.
Notice the linkage here.
This senior Hezbollah operative, Lebanese and an arch terrorist for at least 30 years, has been trained by the Iranians and shuttled to and from battlefronts by the Syrians and Lebanese.
A major combat operative for years in Iraq, he represents a wide-ranging network that will, in the near future, pose a grave threat not only to Israeli but also to American and other Western interests.
God help us.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Shekinah Glory And Israel's Mastery Of The Middle East
ISRAEL TO RECAPTURE THE CITY OF JERUSALEM EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION ENDS! But first let’s understand the unquestionable right of Israel to their land and their Capitol of Jerusalem. It is set in the infallible Scripture that the Throne of David will be occupied by Jesus Christ during the Millennium and Israel will possess the entire land promised to Abraham. This will not occur because of Israel’s Military prowess but by the intervention of God’s Shekinah. Zechariah gave us this prophecy by an Angel from God. “And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory (SHEKINAH) in the midst of her.”(Zechariah 2:4-5) Jehovah God will guarantee Israel’s perfect mastery of the Middle East.
The Children of Israel will yet suffer their darkest hour called “Jacob’s Trouble! The noose around Israel political neck will continue to tighten until she is forced to sign an agreement or covenant with an emerging “One World Order.” Many dark scenarios will be orchestrated to increase tension toward Israel and to reduce the emphasis on their enemies spread all over the Middle East As the pressure mounts, Israel will be more and more hard pressed to make every form of compromise. Her concessions and compromises will eventually be a covenant with the new One World Leaders and the emerging Antichrist.
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Most of Israel’s political figures are liberals that have no sense of the Jewish future or the Biblical hope. Many of them believe in the internationalization of this Capital city of Jerusalem. There is little awareness of Biblical fulfillment to these Jewish leaders. Benjamin Natanyahu may be an exception. To most of their leaders a covenant of peace will be to them a small price to pay for harmony with the world. A climate is presently developing that will make this covenant between Israel and the man who will emerge as Antichrist seem necessary. Watch for peace talks between Israel’s government and other political forces as we move toward a One World Government or New World Order. It must happen to fulfill the Word of God.
The Abomination of Desolation! Israel’s darkest hour of all her sufferings is ready to unfold. The Tribulation Period of seven years will begin at the appropriate time of the covenant mentioned above. After three and one-half years of uneasy cooperation between the Jewish State and the One World Builders, the agreement between them will fall apart. That’s when the Antichrist breaks the covenant by entering the Jewish Worship Center and erecting an image to himself. Jesus spoke of this and described the horror of this dark hour, “When ye therefore shall see the Abomination of Desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woes unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath Day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:15-22).
This event was foretold by Daniel with the following words, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease…” (Daniel 9:27a). Jeremiah added a significant description to this period, “And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” (Jeremiah 30:4-7).
When the Antichrist invades Jerusalem in the middle of the seven-year tribulation period and erects his image in the temple, the Jews will flee Jerusalem for the last time. They will hasten to the wilderness of Moab, Amman, and Edom, where they will find refuge from their pursuers. The chosen people will find friends to shelter and protect them. Isaiah said, “Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela (The Greek name Petra—rock—probably replaced the Biblical name, Sela. [ Britannica Encyclopedia 9:339, 2b ]) to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion… Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler…” ( Isaiah 16:1-4a ). (Read a recent new article on “The Abomination of Desolation” Order Booklet no. 615 )
This prophecy affirms that the Jewish inheritance of Israel will be protected from the “Man of Sin” by the Moabites or present day Jordanians. The Ammonites are also modern Jordanians and will share in being what Isaiah calls “coverts” or“a covering for the Jewish inhabitants.” The land of Edom is also mentioned in this wilderness experience. Edom is the land of Esau and is presently located in areas controlled by either Jordan or Saudi Arabia. Some Edomites will share in protecting Israel, while others will betray them.
Saved From the Antichrist! Because these Arab nations (descendants of Lot and Esau) befriended Israel in this dark hour, God keeps His promise to “bless those that bless Jerusalem.” Nothing escapes the omniscience of the Almighty. Daniel has already prophesied the protection, “He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon” (Daniel 11:41-42). By some miraculous event this ruthless One World Leader will be diverted from crossing over Jordan and the geographical line South of Jordan into the wilderness immediately east. The Jews, who obey the Torah and prophets and flee as God has spoken, will be protected. The rest of Israel will be viciously slain.
Two Thirds of All Jews Will Be Killed! The Prophet Zechariah has established what happens to both the two-thirds who are slain and the one-third who are delivered, “And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God” ( Zechariah 13:8-9 ). This wilderness experience will break their stubbornness and haughty spirit and open their heart to the Messiah Jesus Christ. The census on the Jewish Web says there are 13,295,100 Jews in the world. (Jewish Information Census, Internet). That means approximately 8,864.000 Jews will be slaughtered and 4,432,000 will be ready to help establish the Kingdom of David.. The 144,000 of the twelve tribes sealed in Revelation chapter seven will be evangelists to the Israeli nation and the world’s Jewish population. These ministries will prepare their hearts for the Messiah.
Temple in Jerusalem to Be Cleansed Before the End of the Great Tribulation! One of the most thrilling things I have ever discovered is the cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem. It will actually happen about eight and one-half months before the Battle of Armageddon as the Jews begin their heart-felt humility and repentance. God, the Holy Spirit, will be getting them ready to be converted and cleansed in one day. Daniel told the story of this happening, “Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed” (Daniel 8:11-14). Again, the Antichrist will be so occupied with his own troubles and the judgment of God falling on his head that he will not have time to maintain his hold on Jerusalem.
The two thousand and three hundred days include the first three and one-half years of daily sacrifices following the covenant with the “Imposter.” Part of the seven-year covenant will be to return the Temple Mount to the Jews as their Holy Place. During the next two years and nine and one-half months, the sanctuary will be trodden under foot by the “Prince of the Host” (verse 11) or this “Imposter” probably presenting himself as the High Priest. During the last eight and one-half months, the city of Jerusalem will be recaptured and the temple returned to Jewish control. When the first three and one-half years or 1,278 days are subtracted from 2,300 (Daniel 8:14), it leaves 1,022 days or two years and approximately nine and one-half months. That leaves approximately eight and one-half months to complete the last three and one-half years. The Holy Scripture never misses a detail. Every jot and tittle will be fulfilled.
Just exactly like Jesus promised the days will be shortened for the elect, but not for the rest of the world. “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:22). While the Antichrist directs his New World Order from Jerusalem, he will actually seek out every Jewish individual for death and will destroy over 8,000,000 of them. The Father will halt him before all the people of Jewish decent have been slain.
Jesus Returns to Defeat the Antichrist and His Multitude! While the temple is being cleansed and the Jewish peoples are preparing for the returning Messiah, the Antichrist will be marshaling for the death blow against Jerusalem called Armageddon. He will be angry to the point of insanity due to the loss of Jerusalem and the re instituting of Jewish worship in the Holy Place. His immense army will gather in Megiddo and prepare for the deathblow, once and for all, of the State of Israel, Jerusalem, and every Jewish individual left. That’s when the fury of God flies in His face. “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army” (Revelation 19:11-19).
According to Zechariah, the battle will reach the city of Jerusalem, “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah King of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light” (Zechariah 14:1-7).
All Israel To Be Cleansed and Saved! When the King of Kings, riding His white stallion, has vanquished the army of this madman, He will immediately appear to the Jewish throng in Moab, Ammon, and Edom. They will actually see and hear the pleading of their Messiah as He invites them to faith in Himself. Isaiah describes this breathtaking moment, “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come” (Isaiah 63:1-4). We are discussing one of the most furious, destructive battles of human history. The Lord Himself will actually participate in combat as He trods the winepress of the wrath of God.
Then he proceeds to the Eastern Gate of the Holy City clothed in His blood stained apparel. Already the masons are removing the stones that have barred that entrance to the Temple Mount for centuries while awaiting this Prince of Peace. In one day all Israel will be converted to the Lord Jesus Christ and the land will be cleansed of all it’s defilement. Zechariah said, “For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree” (Zechariah 3:9-10). Apostle Paul left no doubt in his inspiration by the Holy Spirit, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins” (Romans 11:25-27).
The Children of Abraham will finally prepare for their glorious kingdom. The borders of Israel will reach from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. Every square inch promised to the Father of Faith will be the inheritance of these Believing Sons and Daughters of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God promised, “Thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies”. (Genesis 22:17b).
The Babylonians (Iraqis) will serve Israel, as will other nations, who have made slaves of the Jewish people. The land of promise will be a Garden of Eden and produce abundantly. Arid deserts will become as gardens and no man will lack for plenty. The Middle East is the Cradle of Civilization and will be the center of a Worldwide Theocracy ruled by the virgin born heir of David. Jesus will set up the kingdom of which He told His disciples in answer to their question, Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power” (Acts 1:6b & 7). The time will have come!
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Iranian Plans Going Up In Smoke
Those who have been expecting a big, splashy, dangerous Israeli airstrike on Iranian nuclear facilities…may never see it.
This past week’s killing of key Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, 32, is one of a quiet number of such assassinations. Ahmadi-Roshan was killed when a pair of motorcyclists attached a magnetic car bomb on the underside of his car, then sped away.
The Iranians have accused both the U.S. and Israel of being involved, and there was a telling bit in the Jerusalem Post on Thursday:
“Iranian officials implicated Israel and the US in the attack, but the US denied the charges.”
Notice the sentence didn’t end with: “…but the US and Israel denied the charges.”
Most thinking people realize the Israelis might be involved. Their feared Mossad boasts an elite team of assassins who strike without warning, then seemingly vaporize.
The sudden death of a major figure in Iran’s race for nuclear weapons comes in the middle of negotiations in Jordan between Israelis and Palestinians, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama also discussed the situation by phone.
Everyone understands the tremendous danger that Iran poses not only to the region, but globally, since they are the world’s biggest sponsor of state terrorism. Further in the JPost report, we read:
“An senior Iranian security official warned that Iran had a cross-border, cross-regional strategy for responding to the attack.”
Normally, when an Islamic state or terror group threatens to “burn the sand under the feet of the invaders,” they are merely playing up the stereotype of the emotional dictator who is more paper tiger than angel of death.
Yet, the Iranians do have the capacity to wage war in the form of these “cross regional” strategies. And were they able to succeed in striking Israel, the latter is too small to absorb such a lethal blow.
In 1950, the United States had 299 warheads. By 1987, we had accumulated a peak of 13,173 (the Soviets had 10,442)! What became known as M.A.D.—Mutual Assured Destruction—was the key in neither country striking. They were rational. And, if various accounts can be believed, Bobby Kennedy’s whisper into the ear of his Soviet counterpart—an appeal to reason—worked.
This scenario doesn’t exist with the Iranians. In a German report that appeared several years ago, the situation was described perfectly:
“The Arab/Iranian totalitarian leaderships’ attitudes, difficult for the West to fathom, are aggressive, egomaniacal, suspicious and reckless no less than intelligent.”
In other words, the Iranians are truly trigger-happy.
In the ‘60s, the Egyptian air force murdered scores of people in Yemen, using mustard gas. In 1982, Syria’s dictator, Hafez Assad, ordered his troops to obliterate the city of Homs, using cyanide.
Middle East dictators have never had the opportunity to murder on a really large scale; can you imagine what would happen if they get their hands on a lethal weapon?
In 1984, Iran began development of its chemical weapons program and two years later, in the middle of a bitter war with Iraq, used cyanide, phosgene, mustard gas, and tabun on the Iraqis. The delivery systems were artillery shells, air-dropped bombs, and rockets.
The biological weapons program began also in 1986—botulinum, ricin, anthrax.
Most would be stunned to know that Iran’s nuclear program, modest though it was, began in the 1950’s, under the leadership of…the United States! This program continued with U.S. assistance until the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The first Iranian nuclear power plant—Bushehr I— opened on September 12, 2011. This time the Russians helped.
In the book, Ballistic Missiles (edited by Arieh Stav), contributing writer Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto wrote:
“Whether peace or other treaties are signed or not, war will erupt and missiles will be launched at the first sign of Israeli weakness, whenever the huge price to be paid is considered acceptable by the Arab leadership.”
This is a key sentence. Whenever…considered acceptable. The dictators of the Middle East will launch an attack on Israel (or, perhaps more likely, each other) at the moment they feel they will not pay too high a price within the international community.
They are getting closer, and every week that brings more weak messages from Washington makes all of us more vulnerable. The Iranians are not only working on missiles to obliterate Israel; they are developing plans to strike the U.S.
Let us hope the motorcycles keep running.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Root of conflict is refusal to accept Jewish state
January 19, 2012
Addressing Jewish community in Holland, Netanyahu calls on Abbas to not walk away from peace.
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks the truth, but few are willing to listen.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday that the root cause of the Israeli Palestinian conflict is “the persistent (Palestinian) refusal to accept a Jewish state within any boundaries.”
Speaking at a synagogue in the Netherlands during a visit to the country, the prime minister recalled that Israel places no preconditions on the start of negotiations. But, he added,
“We cannot end the negotiations until we start them.”
The synagogue, which survived the Nazi invasion in 1940 unscathed, was built in 1671-1675 and at the time it was the largest synagogue in the world. There is no electricity in the building which is lit, instead, by 613 candles.
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
It is an insanity by it self to “negotiate” with some one who are not even willing to except that you exist.
For Israel, such negotiations will be the very bid to commit national suicidal.
The International community who push the Jewish community into such negotiations, are doing the devils work. The Jews had no choice in Nazi-Germany, when they walked into camps with signboards like “Work will make you free”.
The Jews looks for a way to explain that there are “Auswitch lines” the Jewish people can not cross over. But like in the 1930-ties there are few in the Western World who are willing to listen.
Isaiah 2:3
Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Please listen to Benjamin Netanyahu. Please stand up for the Jewish peoples right to live in peace on the mountains of Zion, and in a united and liberated Jerusalem. I pray that the Prime Minster of Israel will face the Holy Spirit, and bow before Yeshua the Messiah. Amen.
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Epic Fail
I am continually amazed by the inroads anti-Israel evangelicals are making in the Church—and equally amazed that so many people don’t realize it yet.
In March, the so-called “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference will be held in Bethlehem, hosted by Bethlehem Bible College, but featuring speakers from America. There are the usual suspects: Tony Campolo, Gary Burge, Stephen Sizer, Lynne Hybels, etc. But there is a more expanded, eye-opening list:
•Bob Roberts, pastor of NorthWood Church, Keller, Texas
•Joel Hunter, pastor of Northland, A Church Revisited,
•John Ortberg, pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California
•Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
•Darrell Bock, professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
These are not people without influence. The Palestinians are making a move to internationalize Christian condemnation of Israel, and “Christ at the Checkpoint” (can you imagine a conservative group getting away with such a noxious, political label? The politicizing of Jesus Christ, by left-wing groups, should be roundly condemned, but don’t hold you breath) will feature both Hispanic and Asian speakers, as well as known anti-Zionists from Europe.
Louis Lapides recently wrote the following on his “Thinking Outside the Blog”:
I ask you to be the judge of whether Reverend Sizer, who appears at almost every Palestinian Christian conference, is an anti-Semite. Based on the company he keeps and the authorities he quotes, I have good reason to tag this Christian pastor as both anti-Israel and an anti-Semite whose writings help fuel the enmity of Israel's enemies against the Jewish nation.
You see, here is a key point. Sizer, perhaps the most aggressive critic of Christian Zionism in the world, goes to great lengths to portray himself as not anti-Semitic. Yet Lapides understands the implications of Sizer’s work: it fuels “the enmity of Israel’s enemies against the Jewish nation.”
If you talk with Palestinian terrorists—as I have—and ask them what they think of changing American Christian attitudes toward Israel, they are well aware of many of the people I cite in this edition of “Israel Watch.” They know who their friends are.
A few days ago, prominent writer/activist/speaker Brian McLaren favorably cited a Christian Post blog by George W. Sarris, entitled: “Jacob I Loved—Esau I Hated.”
Now here is where the pro Palestinian propaganda gets really juicy, and I want you to see this. The old Palestinian leadership was schooled in propaganda by the Soviets and their friends in eastern Europe and southeast Asia, and they in turn have fed it to liberal Americans like cotton candy is fed to a seven-year-old.
Sarris writes about whether God shows favoritism, specifically to different people groups (you see, McLaren and Sarris and their friends want to discuss the issue of whether God “favors” the Jews over the Palestinians. It’s an effective way of portraying Israel in a bad light, yet again).
I want you to take note of a paragraph in Sarris’s blog:
“While Scripture specifically says in several places that God is fair and impartial, and encourages us to act in like manner toward our fellow man, our traditional understanding of how God deals with mankind would have us believe that He definitely shows favoritism.”
Wow, let’s get to it!
Do you see what he’s doing?
Sarris cleverly places himself (and, by extension, his liberal friends like McLaren and the Palestinians) on the side of Scripture. Where does that leave us idiot Christian Zionists? Now, get this: on the side of “our traditional understanding.”
In other words, we made it up. We allowed our feelings and traditions and biases to favor Israel over the poor, beaten-down, gigantic, pan-Arab nation.
Sarris, though, well, he’ll stick with Scripture. He wants you to believe that God never intended to “give” Palestinian land to the Jews. He doesn’t show favoritism.
(As an interesting aside, Sarris’s bio tells us that he has a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary—where he was no doubt schooled in anti-Israel thought. He is also “the narrator for the 2011 revision of The Holy Bible, New International Version by Zondervan Publishing House.” A “revision” of the Bible!)
It’s that rabble-rousing, anti-intellectual—plain mean—Christian Zionists who are helping oppress the Palestinians.
But Sarris and Friends are on the side of Scripture, that is, they are on the right side of History.
So they brag.
It is clear from Scripture that God gave the land in question to the descendants of Jacob. He also promised to make a great nation from Esau and so He has: the Arabs are huge in numbers and land area in the Middle East.
People today have a problem with “a” God that would “show favoritism.” Yet he most certainly does, as He wills it. God is sovereign and so He does what He wants, when He wants.
The land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people for all time. But even in this, God explained why He did it, such as in Ezekiel 34:25-31:
“‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
Further, in Ezekiel 36, the Lord has this to say:
“Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.’”
Don’t you see? This is the biggest story of the last 2,000 years. God has rescued His people from their exile and has returned them to their ancestral land. This is a feat of unequaled detail, an act so visible and so aggressively reactionary to the will of hard-hearted humans that one wonders why it isn’t talked about 24/7, by news outlets around the world.
In time.
Why do the Sizers of the world not see? As an exercise, read the 36th chapter of Ezekiel and see if this does not make elementary sense to you. It’s language, in plain form. It’s a straightforward story of the Jewish people, and why God does what He does where they are concerned.
But the clever writers and honey worded speakers and activists of our day are certain that God does not play favorites.
They are wrong and wrong for all-time. In the words of today’s young people, those who oppose the Jews are “epic fail.”
It is time pro Israel Christians recognize the left’s bias, and the propaganda techniques in their communications. When someone who appears to have some authority says something dumb and dangerous, us Christian Zionists don’t have to hide under a table.
The time of the Lord’s favor for the Jewish people is in full swing. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Israeli official: Obama’s presidency has harmed Israel
January 25, 2012
Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman firmly stated last week that Barack Obama’s time in the White House has caused great harm to Israel.
Former Israel Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman.
At a time when libelous accusations and efforts to delegitimize Israel are peaking, Obama’s “weakness” has meant that “Israel has to keep apologizing for itself all the time,” Gillerman said during a panel discussion at the annual Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) conference in Tel Aviv.
“We shouldn’t have to be on the defensive,” Gillerman added.
Gillerman went on to note that the ongoing turmoil and regime changes in the Middle East were all the more reason to replace Obama with a stronger president in the upcoming US presidential election.
Israeli officials have been critical of Obama’s response and approach to the takeover by forces such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which they have labeled as everything from lackadaisical to appeasing.
Obama has been far more unpopular with average Israelis than any US president before him.
Most Israelis believe Obama wants them to take unreasonable risks for peace with the Palestinians, and that in the event of a major attack on Israel, Obama would abandon the US commitment to defend the Jewish state.
Source: Israel Today
My comment:
Since the speech of Obama in Cairo, it has been obvious that the heart of President Barack Hussein Obama is with Islam.
The state of Israel is now the secondary object of support for Washington. It is more important that the “Arab Spring” is contained, to still permit oil to be exported from the Middle East.
The money power of Washington must be used to convince the Muslim Brotherhood to permit the military forces of Egypt to protect American interests. The Sunni Saudi Arabian domain must not be challenged.
Israel is basically a hair in the soup, that must be removed. Because as long as there is no “Palestinian statehood”, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hizb”Allah will continue to grow. And the American purse is no longer deep enough to contain the ongoing radicalization of the Muslim World.
Therefore: Israel must give up more of their land, and enter into a “peace agreement” with the PLO. Because the PLO is considered to be political correct, and do accept credit card payment for their service for the Pentagon.
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Obama will sell Israel for a penny
January 26, 2012
“Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal”.
Benjamin Netanyahu must not trust promises given by President Obama.
These are the words of President Obama in his state of the Union address to the Congress.
The US President claim he is committed to the security of Israel:
The renewal of American leadership can be felt across the globe. Our oldest alliances in Europe and Asia are stronger than ever. Our ties to the Americas are deeper. Our ironclad commitment — and I mean ironclad — to Israel’s security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history. (Applause.)
Source: The White House
My comment:
Obama’s strategy towards Israel is to get a quick recognition of a “Palestine state”, based on the cease fire lines of 1967.
This kind of Israeli withdrawal back to these borders, will be a suicidal move. Obama can claim whatever He wants. But the proposed support for “security of Israel behind the ‘Auswich” lines is pure and plain rhetorical deception.
What Obama should have said, if He was serious about the security of Israel:
“We want to see a secure Israel keeping its Jewish majority, having military control of the Jordan valley, and with Jerusalem as the united capital”.
For the US president to utter such words, is close to impossible. Because with all his heart, Obama works for the ‘Islamic republic of Palestine”.
In regards to a US promise to contain the Iranian nuclear weapon program: This is only cheap political rhetoric. We all remember President W.Bush promise to keep North Korea free from nukes. That promise was valid only up to the day the Communist regime triggered its first atomic bomb.
Proverbs 27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Luke 21:23
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Israel must not listen to Obama. The present US President tries to trap the Jewish state. Israel must take care of its own security. Israel should trust no one else than God of Israel.
May Jesus the Messiah keep the Israel leadership safe, and save them. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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Cringe-inducing
Part of the apostasy of the last days’ Church, predicted by Paul and Peter, among others, involves a denial or marginalization of Bible prophecy itself. Such a mindset of course impacts how we see Israel and the Jewish people.
This is one of the chief reasons Israel is being tightly squeezed by the international community today.
For those of us who came of age reading Hal Lindsey, it seemed prophecy had arrived at a golden age. In a sense it had, although, ironically, in the shadow of the Six Day War, which gave rise to prophecy teaching, the seeds of false criticism arose. As I have written recently, much of that opposition has come from effective Palestinian propaganda, which is now bearing fruit all across the American church landscape.
Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy blogger (the following is from an article in Christianity Today),
“Struck a nerve earlier this year when he identified young evangelicals as another group desperately seeking social acceptance. In a twist on the Pew data, Anderson sees his fellow 20-something evangelicals lobbying for acceptance by denigrating their elders.
“According to Anderson's reading of evangelical youth, they believe older evangelicals were seduced by the Religious Right and didn't do enough to fight poverty and racism. They were preoccupied with a narrow set of values, such as abstinence from alcohol and sex outside of marriage. These same rubes even bought Left Behind books and watched The Late Great Planet Earth.”
Anderson discerns the reasons behind this form of rebellion:
“If young evangelicals had reached these conclusions for principled reasons, then Anderson might not be so concerned. But he suspects more nefarious trends at work.
“’I get the sense that for many of my young evangelical peers, the doctrine of eschatology is less important not because of careful reflection upon the Scriptures, but because of the political and cultural scorn the doctrine has earned,’ writes Anderson, a 2004 graduate of Biola University. ‘For most young evangelicals, eschatology is cringe inducing not because traditional formulations are wrong, but because they are weird. That all Christians would disappear in a flash will hardly earn Christians cultural acceptability—and cultural acceptance, today, is their paramount desire.’"
So, Bible prophecy is “cringe-inducing” and “weird.” And who wasn’t teaching these young people that friendship with the world is enmity with God? How did we fail to tell them that acceptance from the world is the last thing they should be seeking?
Thus, we have a catastrophe on our hands, with regard to prophecy teaching among the younger generations. There are many reasons besides their embarrassment over their elders. The foundation to this unbelief also springs from scholarship, both old and new. From a Publishers Weekly review recently, we read about Elaine Pagels’ new book:
“Many Christians today believe that the Book of Revelation (which some mistakenly call “Revelations”
was written by the same “John” who wrote the Gospel of John, speaks to an audience of persecuted Christians, and stands in harmony with the rest of the New Testament. In this fascinating study, Pagels challenges all of those assumptions, arguing instead that the visions recorded by John of Patmos function as an anti-assimilationist harangue that explicitly countered Paul’s teachings that keeping Jewish law was no longer necessary.”Question: How does Elaine Pagels know that John’s worldview was at odds with Paul’s?
Answer: She doesn’t.
Pagels cannot know what her book alleges, any more than she can know whether the Apostle John suffered from bunions or disliked the color blue. Her hatred of predictive prophecy is her bias here, and that is why she crafted her book around it. This is a common tactic among liberal scholars: making up “evidence” to assert a falsehood.
Believe it or not, the Pagels of the world are having a dramatic negative effect on the biblical worldview of millions of young people in America.
For a long time, authoritative figures like liberal scholars have said, in essence, “Bible prophecy is really stupid,” and young students have said, “Okay, Bible prophecy must be stupid.”
Then there is the growing assault on Bible prophecy teaching from the evangelical world. Voddie Baucham, a wildly popular evangelical leader, recently made his case for supporting Ron Paul for president. The comments from his blog were reprinted at American Vision News, on January 17. In his discussion of Paul’s views on Israel, Baucham wrote:
“Ron Paul does support Israel. It is our current foreign policy that does not support Israel! However, there is a deeper issue here. There is a sort of misplaced Dispensationalism that governs people’s sentimental attitude toward Israel. Let me state clearly that I do not believe the Bible demands that the U.S. support Israel. I do, however, believe that it is wise to do so for geopolitical reasons. To do so for theological reasons, I believe, is actually misguided, and quite dangerous. Nevertheless, Israel is our only true ally in the Middle East, and that is important.
“But there’s a more important question: What does it mean to ‘support” Israel?’ Does it mean that Israel remains God’s ‘Chosen People,’ and we must stand with them in anticipation of the coming Armageddon? Is the President to act as ‘Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces’ and ‘Supreme Defender of Israel’? Or are we simply to make sure the foreign aid dollars don’t stop flowing?
So Voddie Baucham thinks dispensationalists are misguided and “quite dangerous.” Those assertions sound like someone who’d be happy having a beer with Brian McLaren.
Quite dangerous.
Wow.
(An important aside: American Vision News is brought to you by Gary DeMar, one of the country’s leading preterists, and an outspoken critic of dispensationalists.)
There are undoubtedly problems with dispensationalism, chiefly, I think, the tendency to speculate on “soon-to-be” developments in the world. I will go out on a limb here and say that the chief “sin” of dispensationalists has been two-fold: the aforementioned, non-credible speculation and, a failure to engage in new ways of communicating. While our opponents are using social media such as Twitter and Facebook to beat our brains out over biblical worldview—and I’m talking about Israel-and-prophecy-hating evangelicals—many in the Bible prophecy community are still using overhead projectors and talking in mind-numbing detail about the feet of iron and clay of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue.
Guess what? 20-somethings have no idea what you’re talking about. They don’t understand how Daniel’s 70 Weeks is relevant to their lives.
Frankly, in this, I don’t blame them.
This vacuum is being filled by opposing voices, the siren calls of social justice, the drive to be “missional,” etc. These are the buzz-phrases appealing to young people, who want to do something positive in the world. Problem is, many of them don’t realize that the forces guiding them are anti-biblical. The stance on Israel comes to mind.
As I wrote recently, young media moguls like Cameron Strang are questioning their parents’ generation, which largely supported Israel, mostly because of Bible prophecy.
It is no wonder then that the January/February issue of Strang’s Relevant magazine has an “article” entitled, “Apocalypse Now: Our Foolproof Guide to Surviving 2012,” by Ryan Hamm and Brett McCracken.
(That’s the cover title; inside it’s slightly altered: “2012: Your Guide to the End of the World.”
The “story” itself is satire, a spoof on end-times speculation, with imagery ranging from zombies to the Planet of the Apes. It’s fairly clear the editorial staff of Relevant sees dispensationalists and prophecy teachers as cringe-inducing.
Meanwhile, Strang is moving closer to an open, public embrace of the Palestinian narrative, as I recently alluded to in “Israel Watch.”
In a way, who can blame him? He has seen up-close the holes in dispensational theology or, more accurately, how that crowd markets itself. He is also concerned with feeding the hungry and clothing the naked.
In my view, the teaching of Bible prophecy in America today is in crisis. It follows then that support for Israel will slip dramatically in a few short years, as older generations pass to their reward and Cameron Strang’s generation sits in the cultural driver’s seat.
There is some cause for optimism. Last week on “Tonight Matters,” a radio outreach of RaptureReady, we interviewed Nathan Jones of Lamb & Lion Ministries. Nathan is super-articulate, informed, and he’s 38 and understands social media. Plus, he doesn’t look like Zachary Taylor (if such things matter to young people and, to some degree, I think it does).
He also has the benefit of studying under David Reagan, one of the clearest and most compelling Bible teachers I’ve ever known. Mentoring in this area is critical.
I hope I am not whistling in the wind here (or baying at the moon, depending on your perspective). To some degree, I think there needs to be a Reformation in terms of Bible prophecy teaching, which is linked directly to how one views Israel and the Jewish people.
The apostles wrote that in the last days, many would depart from the faith, and that greatly troubles me.
But taking it lying down really makes me cringe.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Hi Gimel,
I have been wanting to thank you as I have recently just thanked Sally, Nan & Stephen Kader for your recent posts and comments on this site they have been very encouraging and very appropriate for this website.
So I just didn't want too much time to go by without making sure to tell you how much I appreciate your participation viewpoint, and IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS to this site!!!
Keep Looking UP!!!
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Adventures in Missing the Point: Iran
We’re missing the point on Iran.
The endless speculation about the Iranian nuclear threat is one of the most popular stories of our time. Obviously, it is an important one, as well.
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began to utter genocidal statements a few years ago—claiming that Iran intended to wipe Israel off the face of the earth—he should have been arrested.
But he shouldn’t have been feared.
Islam feeds off fear, in order to realize its dream of imposing Dar al-Islam across the world. Ahmadinejad actually believes his religion’s apocalyptic scenarios (it is quite ironic that people like Brian McLaren and Rick Warren mock the Bible’s predictive prophecy, but are mum on the Iranian eschatology).
Both Christian and secular sources—experts in weapons systems—have written volumes on Iran’s uranium capabilities, delivery systems of bombs, and generally where bunker-busting bombs would be dropped, in the event of an Israeli strike (we can rule American involvement in such a mission out; Leon Panetta says all options, including military, are on the table. John Bolton doesn’t believe the U.S. will participate in a strike. I’ll go with Bolton on this one).
But there is a larger issue here, I think. An issue that many would scoff at, yet I feel it is vital.
In Isaiah 54:17, we read:
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”
I’ve written about this before.
If the Bible is true, then Iran will not succeed in its genocidal aims regarding Israel.
It can’t happen.
Joel Rosenberg’s recent newsletter touted a lunch he had with former CIA Director Porter Goss. Among other things, Rosenberg learned the following from Goss:
“Notwithstanding the passionate and hateful rhetoric of Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, the Assembly of Experts and others, I assess they would probably use the nuclear capability for bargaining leverage rather than first strike, at least for the near future.”
Goss does not believe there will be war in 2012, between Iran and Israel. Many others, however, do. I am frankly dismayed by the rampant speculation coming from some Christians about the true threat from Iran. In other words, not only is fearmongering going on here, but we are missing a huge opportunity for evangelism.
As I like to say, what you read in the Bible is what you see in the real world.
In the context of the last days, the Lord has promised to preserve Israel. In the above Isaiah passage, he even says the Jews themselves will condemn those who speak ill of them.
There are myriad reasons people in the American Church have little knowledge of the Bible and these prophecies/promises. If possible, their knowledge of the Old Testament is even less than their knowledge of the New Testament. Thus, the great, ancient promises/prophecies carry little weight in our world today.
I know plenty of people who are afraid to travel to Israel because they’ve heard these ridiculous reports that there might be war in “April,” or “May or June,” etc.
Only God, Bibi Netanyhu, and a small group of advisors know if Israel will strike Iran, or be forced to strike Iran.
It could be that God will use the natural to thwart Iran, just as he did with Egypt. Perhaps Iran’s political and religious leadership will all drop dead. Maybe God will zap them and they’ll all become child-like. Or, it could be that some of the prognosticators are correct, and Israel will “take out” the Iranian nuke threat.
The truth is, since geopolitics is fluid in our world, overnight, Iran could become once again a friend of the West.
Bible prophecy teaching of the last 40 years is littered with embarrassing, failed predictions that didn’t come from the Bible. They came from the minds of men.
That has caused, in part, the great “falling away” of Bible prophecy teaching in our churches. Much of that blame can be laid at our feet, for speculating too much. We have lost opportunities to evangelize because of it. Data that I trust indicates that our young people today check out when it comes to prophecy teaching. We’ve cried wolf one too many times.
And our enemies/critics have a field day with that.
Let’s use this to our advantage now. The Iranian “threat,” I mean. Tell everyone you know that God’s promises to His people—individually and corporately—are sure and true. Certainly we should pray for the volatile Middle East, but we shouldn’t fear it.
Far from being afraid to travel to Israel, I run to it. Please, pilots…fly the plane faster. Let me stay longer. Let me embrace the land and its people. Lord, let me go more often. I should buy real estate there.
For their existence proves that our God exists. Tell our young people that. Teach them credible prophecy.
Be bold.
Israel is here to stay.
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Obama: “I am a Christian fighting for social justice ”
February 7, 2012
Obama serve a God who set the captives free and work to end modern slavery.
President Obama claims He is a Christians, that shows the links between Christianity and Islam.
President Obama spoke about his Christian faith, during the prayer breakfast in the White House in Washington, February 2nd.
Here are some of what President Barak Hussein Obama said:
”Just last month, it was inspiring to see thousands of young Christians filling the Georgia Dome at the Passion Conference, to worship the God who sets the captives free and work to end modern slavery. Since we’ve expanded and strengthened the White House faith- based initiative, we’ve partnered with Catholic Charities to help Americans who are struggling with poverty; worked with organizations like World Vision and American Jewish World Service and Islamic Relief to bring hope to those suffering around the world”
President Obama has again claimed he is a Christian. But he underlines that the teachings of Jesus are inline with Islam.
”But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus’s teaching that “for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.” It mirrors the Islamic belief that those who’ve been blessed have an obligation to use those blessings to help others, or the Jewish doctrine of moderation and consideration for others”.
President Obama also seek a social just “god” who can be found in many religions
And so when I talk about our financial institutions playing by the same rules as folks on Main Street, when I talk about making sure insurance companies aren’t discriminating against those who are already sick, or making sure that unscrupulous lenders aren’t taking advantage of the most vulnerable among us, I do so because I genuinely believe it will make the economy stronger for everybody. But I also do it because I know that far too many neighbors in our country have been hurt and treated unfairly over the last few years, and I believe in God’s command to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” I know the version of that Golden Rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs — from Hinduism to Islam to Judaism to the writings of Plato.
The transcript is available in the link down under:
Source: The Washington Post.
My comment:
I became aware of Obama’s address, through a Norwegian Christian daily who printed Obama’s full speech to support their view that the US President is a Christian. There is obviously a need to rebuke and correct such falsehood.
The Christian faith is not a “social justice” movement. The Christians faith is neither a matter of US tax policies, nor working in interfaith projects with Islam.
Such a movement walk in the spirit of anti-Christ, and deny the cross and blood of Jesus of the Bible.
The gospel is about a mankind who is lost, and will be judged and sent to Hell. That is what all men deserve. But God so much loved the World, that all who surrender to the cross and give their life to Jesus, shall be saved from the fire of Hell.
Obama never preach about the cross. He represent a kind of false Christianity, that leads the flock towards the End time religion. It will be a mix of Catholicism and Islam, and will include almost everything. But not the cross.
Written by Ivar
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Hitler: “I am a “Christian fighting for justice and truth”
February 7, 2012
As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice…
Adolf Hitler walks out of Marine Church in Wilhelmshaven
This is a statement in a speech held on April 12th 1922.
Hitler held many hysterical beliefs which not only include, God and Providence but also Fate, Social Darwinism, and ideological politics.
He spoke, unashamedly, about God, fanaticism, idealism, dogma, and the power of propaganda.
Hitler held strong faith in all his convictions.
He justified his fight for the German people and against Jews by using Godly and Biblical reasoning.
Indeed, one of his most revealing statements makes this quite clear:
”Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.”
”My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God’s truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter.
In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison. Today, after two thousand years, with deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before the fact that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the Cross.
As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice… And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting rightly it is the distress that daily grows. For as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people.
Source:
-Adolf Hitler, in a speech on 12 April 1922 (Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Vol. 1 of 2, pp. 19-20, Oxford University Press, 1942)
Source: Nobeliefs.com
My comment:
The Church in Germany in the 1930-ties, became a Church that fought for worldly power, justice and truth.
Is is quit similar for the World Council of Churches (WCC) today. They also claim they fight for “justice and truth”. Not so strange, the enemy is the same. The Jews.
The anti-Jewish movement that fight for “justice and truth” in the name of “god” has not changed.
The gospel is not about “social justice”. The National Socialists in Germany fought a noble fight with “Got mitt uns” in their belts. The last army of crusaders will have the same agenda. Today their are fighting for “Palestine”.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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Making It Up
One of the poisonous arrows in the quiver of Israel’s enemies is an old newspaper trick: the invented quote.
( Not long ago, Porter Speakman Jr., director of the anti-Christian Zionist propaganda film, With God on Our Side, took the extraordinary measure of removing a false quote from the film, a quote attributed to David Ben Gurion. I’ve met Speakman and, although we would probably only agree that the sky is blue, I do respect him for removing the “quote.” )
Now comes word that an Israeli professor ( ! ) in Great Britain has also used an invented Ben Gurion quote. According to a report from CAMERA:
“For one brief shining moment, it looked as if the University of Exeter was going to hold Ilan Pappé accountable for attributing a fake quote to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister.
“Those hopes were in vain. Not only did the university’s Ethics Committee fail to hold Pappé accountable for his fabrication, the committee accepted an explanation from the historian that is simply so byzantine and ludicrous that it raises questions about how seriously officials at the University of Exeter take the pursuit of truth and respect for the historical record.
“In short, Pappé dug himself deeper into a hole when he responded to a challenge about the fake quote, and the Ethics Committee decided to shack up with the historian in the hole he dug.
“Pappé’s shell-game began in 2006 when he reported that in a 1937 letter to his son, David Ben-Gurion declared: ‘The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as war.’”
Of course, the first Israeli prime minister said no such thing. As I’ve often said, why would a handful of Jews in a sea of millions of Arabs purposely antagonize them? And don’t you find it interesting that as Israel’s enemies—including those in the American Church—have long alleged that the Jewish state is an apartheid state that engages in “ethnic cleansing”…presto, false quotes from Israel’s founders emerge?
The professor is one of the new breed of “revisionists” who allege that Zionism is a worse menace than jihadism. He also, tellingly, studied for his Ph.D at Oxford under the Arab historian, Albert Hourani.
By the way, the above quote was indeed the one that appeared in With God on Our Side; CAMERA was the source that brought the falsehood to Speakman’s attention.
It would be well worth your time to read the entire CAMERA report ( http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=2188 ), but for now, notice that not only is the quote in question fabricated, but in fact the legendary Israeli leader made the opposite point:
“Ben-Gurion didn’t write or say “We must expel the Arabs” either. In fact, he wrote the opposite.
“Ben-Gurion’s diary entry for Oct. 5, 1937 actually reads, ‘We do not want and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places.’ Ben-Gurion subsequently writes: ‘All our aspiration is built on the assumption - proven throughout all our activity - that there is enough room in the country for ourselves and the Arabs.’”
For our purposes, as mostly Christian readers, one can only wonder how far this lie has burrowed into the American mainline churches. As I’ve stated recently, this kind of anti-Israel propaganda is now moving from the mainline sources straight into evangelical churches.
Some of Israel’s most vocal and hateful critics are now found in these circles. They lap-up any anti-Israel lies offered and then carry them to their own communities, like a virus.
This single example of lies told about the Jewish state should be enough to make all of us question anything that comes out of the mouth of a leftist—especially one found among us.
More on Israel’s Christian opponents next week.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Islamic terror strikes in heart of Israeli diplomacy
February 14, 2012
Israeli missions in India, Georgia targeted.
The latest Islamic bomb attack against the Israeli embassy in New Delhi.
An explosion tore through an Israeli diplomat’s car in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India, Monday. One woman was injured.
Explosives were also found near the Israeli Embassy building in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The device was neutralized safely.
The blast came just one day after the fourth anniversary marking the assassination of Hezbollah arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyah.
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
The World is faced with a war of civilization. On one side stands Israel who is a fortress for Judeo-Christian values, freedom and democracy.
On the other side stands the global totalitarian ideology of Islam. Threre is no Islamic nation that has other than totalitarian rule. Radical Islam wants to take the Arab and Persian people back to the Middle Age.
The main target of Islam is the state of Israel. The Koran-obeying Muslims can not accept a Jewish homeland. The who Middle East area must by government by Muslims, and all minorities live like a minority in submission to Muhammad and His followers.
Since the Koran permits Muslims to cripple and kills for “allah”, to target Israeli diplomats is a must for all “holy warriors”.
The Bible says that many shall cripple and kill God’s chosen people, deiced by Satan do do his will.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
Written by Ivar
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“After fall of Basher we will free Palestine”
February 14, 2012
“After we release Syria from the corrupt regime, we will be stronger to face the Jews.”
Bashar al Assad with British born wife Asma Assad
These are the views expressed by Lt. Hassan, given in an interview with Israel media Mako.
“The Golan Heights and the Zionist state is still defined as ‘Dar al Harb’ (Muslim area of war)”.
Until six weeks ago Hassan was a lieutenant in armored division 5 of the Syrian army. Since March 2011 he fought as a soldier in the Assad’s army in suppressing riots, until he decided he could do it no longer.
With the help of an organized network that runs the Free Syria Army, Hassan managed to defect together with another officer and a soldier.
For most of the interview he describes how the Free Syria Army is fighting and his observations of what he is calling a civil war. But at the end of the interview:
Lt. Hassan will continue to fight the Syrian army and spread the messages of the Free Syria Army over the Internet. During our conversation there is one message he felt is important to him to clarify in no uncertain terms:
“Zionists, do not think that after the government is replaced we would give up the sword. The Golan Heights and the Zionist state is still defined as ‘Dar al Harb’ (Muslim area of war). After we release Syria from the corrupt regime, we will be stronger to face the Jews.”
Source: Jerusalem Giftshop
My comment:
The uprising in Syria has come right out of the mosques. The Syrians are tired of dictator Basher al-assads refusal to fight for al-Quds, the holy city of Jerusalem.
The Muslim Brotherhood support the “Free Syria army”. Hosni Mubarak is gone in Egypt, and Radical Islam has secured more than 2-third majority in the Parliament. The Fascists can evener they like imply Sharia laws in Egypt.
With Basher al-Assad gone, only the Jordanian king is left. When the Kingdom of Jordan has been transformed to an Islamic republic, the Zionist state would be completely surrounded.
Behold: God of the Bible is watching. The Satanic forces will face an iron fist as they enter the mountain of Zion. Jesus the Messiah shall full fill all prophecies.
Zechariah 14:12
This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
This sight will not pleasant. But people will simply perish because of their lack of knowledge. The Bible is available for all who love Jesus enough to open the scriptures.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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Arabs Riot Over 'Temple Mount Takeover'
Arabs rioted for a second day Saturday in protest over Israeli plans to 'take over' the Temple Mount
Arabs rioted for a second day Saturday, at a funeral for an Arab who was allegedly killed by IDF fire. Arab sources claimed Saturday that 23-year old Talia Ramia had been killed in riots Friday, as hundreds of Arabs threw stones and attempted to attack IDF soldiers.
The riots took place near the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem as Arabs gathered to protest alleged Israeli attempts to “take over” the Temple Mount (Har Habyit). Israeli officials have stressed that there are no such plans.
Arabs claimed that IDF soldiers threw tear gas on the crowd of rioters, and also opened fire on them, killing Ramia. The IDF has not commented officially on the incident, but a spokesperson said that an investigation was underway.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned the death of Ramia, and blamed the incident on the Israeli government. He also blamed the international community for “tolerating Israeli policy against the Palestinians, which cheapens the lives of Palestinians.”
Soldiers used anti-riot tactics during Saturday's unrest, as Arabs threw stones, burned tires, and threw firebombs at IDF forces. Arab sources said that nine rioters were injured in Saturday's disturbances
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The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the LORD,
Who fully repays His enemies!
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The Battle Belongs to the Lord, Song of Spiritual Warfare
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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The Butcher of Damascus
As the ostensibly cultured, British-educated Bashar Assad continues feasting on the blood of his countrymen (and women and children), I thought back a good long while at the Murder, Inc. legacy of the Assad family.
Hafez, the sociopath father of Bashar, was an efficient killer from the beginning.
His defense minister, Mustafa Tlas, was particularly sadistic to Israeli POWs during the Yom Kippur War. We learned just how bad it was after an elite Israeli counter-terrorism unit captured several Syrian officers, who were then exchanged for the POWs.
Then Hafez himself ordered the flattening (as in, like a parking lot) of Hama, a northern city that had a few too many brave souls critical of the regime back in 1982.
When the old man happily went straight to hell in the middle of a phone conversation with Hosni Mubarak in 1999—thanks to a massive coronary—the gullible West hoped once again that the son would not be like the father.
Bashar, though, kept the country weighted in the seventh-century and the oppressive police state has driven the country insane. As civil war rages all over Syria, we wonder why the world twiddles its thumbs.
Fifteen years ago, writing about the terror war Hezbollah had launched against Israel from Lebanese territory—a choreographed death dance created by Hafez Assad—Charles *****hammer hit the rocket on the head:
“Syria controls Lebanon and exercises, as the cliché has it, ‘predominant influence’ over Hezbollah, a proxy force that Assad employs against Israel at his pleasure.”
*****hammer went on to note that Assad knew he would suffer not condemnation from the international community.
In a sense, his son and successor is in the same boat. Sure, there “condemnations,” but Assad doesn’t care.
He knows that the world will sickly condemn Israel, and already one wonders how long before he will turn attention to the Jewish state, in an attempt to divert attention from his killing spree.
(Isaiah 17 tells us that one day—I hope soon—Damascus will disappear overnight. Intriguing, isn’t it?)
The dreadful and late Washington Post reporter Mary McGrory once voiced her displeasure at the one person she considered to be responsible for mayhem and chaos in the Middle East: Benjamin Netanyahu. She actually wrote the following, and it was published, in 2002:
“Netanyahu has a heavy voice and a head shaped like a bullet.”
Huh?
By using that kind of language, “head like a bullet,” she portrayed him as a man of violence. This was not too many years after a news magazine referred to Hafez Assad as a “hard-eyed phoenix.”
Translation: Jews are trouble-makers; the Arabs are resilient and plucky.
What gives here?
If Netanyahu has a head shaped like a bullet, I can say that the mustache sported by the beetle-browed Bashar Assad looks like a Kassam rocket.
British journalist Marie Colvin was blown into eternity this week by Syrian artillery intentionally targeting a media center in the city of Homs, where Assad has ordered that those opposing his regime be murdered indiscriminately.
He is no different than his father.
This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused Syria of “almost certain” crimes against humanity.
Almost? You can read with your own two eyes how morally bankrupt the global body really is.
The General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Assad’s regime to “immediately put an end to attacks against civilians.” A whopping 137 of the 193 member states approved the resolution; boy, that’s resolve in the face of Syrian serial-killing.
No doubt Assad was too busy re-loading and giggling maniacally to notice the resolution.
Or he would have stopped. Right?
Something will have to be done about Syria’s dictator. Just like something will have to be done about Iran’s mullahs.
While the world calls the good guys names, the good guys will refuse a second Holocaust and come out with guns (or software) blazing.
When the smoke clears, the Jews will still be with us. That is, if there is any of us left.
Jim@prophecymatters.com
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Startling parallels between ancient Persia and Israel’s predicament today.
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
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Twenty-five hundred years after our confrontation with one genocidal Persian madman, the Jewish people face another – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the mad mullahs of Iran, who have repeatedly declared that "Israel must be wiped off the map."
Tension is thick in Israel these days as 6 million Jews await the course of events to unfold. Will Israel bomb Iran? Will the world support such an attack? And perhaps most important of all: What can we do about it?
Some important parallels are found right here in the Purim story. By examining the ancient text, we can gain guidance on how to proceed in today’s frightening situation.
Drawing Parallels
• Religious fanaticism – Haman fastened an idol to his chest and decreed that everyone must bow down. Mordechai’s refusal caused Haman to become enraged and to formulate his plan of annihilation.
A thousand years after the Purim story, Islam was born. When the Jews refused to acknowledge Muhammad as a prophet, he lashed out:
"Allah has cursed [the Jews] and transformed them into apes and pigs." (Koran 5:60)
"The Jews are covered with humiliation and poverty, and the anger of God is cast upon them." (Sura 2:61)
"Salvation will not come until Muslims kill all the Jews, hiding behind rocks and trees." (Sahih Muslim, 41:6985)
This is no mere rhetoric. In the region of Mecca, Mohammed expelled, plundered and slaughtered the Jews. Today, these Koranic statements encourage Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to declare: "The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor and must be cut off.”
• Legalized anti-Semitism – Rather than move forward unilaterally to slaughter the Jews, Haman expended considerable money and effort to get his decree legally enshrined.
Today, too, Iran’s supreme leader has laid out the legal and religious license to attack Jews around the world and destroy the State of Israel – declaring “jurisprudential justification to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.”
• Willingness to self-sacrifice – As a descendent of Amalek, the prototype rabid anti-Semite, Haman is driven to hatred of the Jews even at great cost to himself – offering Achashverosh a fortune of his own money for the right of annihilation (Esther 3:9).
Standard logic does not apply to an Iranian regime driven by apocalyptic messianism.This same illogic operates in Iran today. The standard concept of nuclear weapons kept in check by Mutually Assured Destruction (i.e. no country would dare launch a nuclear strike, given that the other side would retaliate in kind and bring about annihilation of both parties) does not apply to an Iranian regime driven by apocalyptic messianism. In fact, the opposite may be true. Just as Muslim extremists have perpetrated hundreds of suicide bombings, Iran advocates the ultimate suicide bomb: While a nuclear exchange with Israel could cost Iran 15 million people, Iranian leaders have said they regard that as a “small sacrifice” for wiping out Israel’s 6 million Jews.
• Psychological warfare – In an effort to reverse the decree, Esther did not confront Haman directly. Instead, she invited him to two banquets (Esther 5:4, 7) – diffusing his wrath, causing him to let his guard down, and becoming vulnerable to Esther’s plan.
Today, Israel may well be waging a war of misinformation designed to fool the Iranians into thinking that Israel lacks both the military might and the internal cohesion necessary to strike. Does ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan really believe that an Israeli attack on Iran is "the stupidest thing I have ever heard"? Did an advanced Israeli drone airplane – key to any potential operation against Iran – really crash and burn in a recent experimental flight? Do these reflect reality, or, in the Purim spirit, are they intentional decoys?
• Infiltration – In the Purim story, Esther’s selection as queen gave her unprecedented access to the king – enabling her to infiltrate the inner sanctum of Persian power and save the Jewish people.
Today, Israel’s primary weapon against Iran’s nuclear program has been wreaking internal havoc: dozens of Iranian nuclear scientists have been mysteriously assassinated, and the Stuxnet computer virus destroyed 1,000 centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility. The virus contained the code "MYRTUS," a possible reference to the myrtle tree – in Hebrew, Hadassah, the birth name of Queen Esther.
Destined to be Different
One final similarity reveals the deeper root of challenges historically facing the Jewish people. In seeking permission to annihilate the Jews, Haman asserted:
"There is one nation scattered and split apart… whose laws are different from every other people’s” – i.e. they won't eat our food, they keep Shabbat, and they don't marry our daughters. (Esther 3:8)
Haman charged the Jews with being a disloyal, foreign element who could not be trusted. It is a theme repeated throughout history: the medieval Crusaders and Spanish inquisitors slaughtered Jews for not conforming to European religious norms; Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason, falsely portrayed by the French government as representing a Jewish conspiracy; the Russian secret police fabricated The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, depicting the Jews as nefariously plotting world domination.
Today as well, the State of Israel is the target of intense demonization – condemned at the U.N., placed under a magnifying glass by the media, and deligitimized with a unique double-standard far out of proportion to its size.
The solution is not for Israel to erase its differences and become a nation like all others. We must pay heed to Bilaam’s prophetic description of the Jews:
"Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and will not be reckoned among the nations." (Numbers 23:9)
The secret to Jewish success is our distinct identity. The Netziv, a great 19th century rabbi, explains that the Jews have a holy mission to bring morality and monotheism to the world. Assimilation draws us away from that mission. As long as we retain our special character, we will assuredly survive. But when we weaken our national identity, we become an endangered species.
If we fail to promote our unique identity, anti-Semites will forcibly impose it upon us.It has been said that “if the Jews do not make Kiddush, the non-Jews will make Havdallah.” Either we sanctify our unique identity (Kiddush), or – if we choose to erase those lines and become like all other nations – then anti-Semites will rise up and forcibly impose that distinction upon us (Havdallah).
To wit: When the Jews of the Purim story were invited to Achashverosh’s gala 180-day feast, they chose to join the crowd. It was precisely then that Haman’s slander against Jewish distinctiveness was aroused.
When we Jews falter in our mission to represent Godliness in the world, that’s when other distorted theologies step into the void. This may manifest in the blowing up of buses, flying planes into skyscrapers, or threatening nuclear apocalypse. It is a “measure for measure” consequence of inverse proportion: To the degree that the Jewish people do not fulfill our role as a light unto the nations, that is the degree that others are emboldened to act against us in a very un-Godly way.
Which brings us to a crucial question facing the State of Israel today: What is our global persona? Do we celebrate our secular universalism – rock concerts, Olympic medals and beautiful beaches – or do we emphasize our unique spiritual heritage?
Menachem Begin always kept a kippah in his pocket and, at auspicious times when visiting foreign heads of state, would wear it to recite biblical verses or a blessing. His message: We are a unique and holy nation. Far from incurring the scoffs of world leaders, this display of Jewish pride earned Israel enormous respect.
Getting Practical
With the spectre of nuclear annihilation now hovering over Israel’s head, what can we – Jews, gentiles, and all people of good will – do about it?
When Esther was informed of the impending genocide, she agreed to approach the king, while urging Mordechai with one request: Have the Jews fast and pray for three days. She knew that in times of peril, we turn our sights toward Heaven and recognize that strength and victory comes only through He Who declared us an eternal nation.
Esther’s message reverberates clearly for us today:
Yes, we must make efforts to influence governments to support Israel’s right to self-defense (at the very least, by signing this petition), while leaving the decision of mounting an attack against Iran's nuclear sites to those who have the full necessary information.
Yes, we must expose the media for its biased downplaying of the existential threat to Israel’s existence.
But above all, we must be worthy of Divine assistance.
A Divine connection is necessary to make our mission successful.At the end of the Purim story, Esther successfully gained the king’s support for a Jewish battle against Haman's decree. After spending months in military preparations, one day before the outbreak of war – on the 13th of Adar – all the Jewish soldiers observed a fast. Subjecting the troops to physical weakness would seem highly counter-productive. Yet the Jews understood that fasting helps to lower the volume on physicality in order to focus more acutely on the spiritual self, thus forging the Divine connection necessary to make our mission successful.
When the battle was over, the Jewish nation emerged victorious. It was a time of tremendous Jewish unity, a dramatic reversal of the description Haman used to denounce the Jews: "There is one nation scattered and split apart...” (Esther 3:8)
The commentators, reading between the lines, see the words “scattered and split” as a reference to Jewish division and strife. This is precisely what gave Haman the confidence to rise up against us. Esther therefore understood that to merit salvation, her people would need to come together in a spirit of unity. She thus told Mordechai: “Go, assemble all the Jews” (Esther 4:16) – i.e. I can only succeed if the Jews are united.
This, too, is the message for us today. We are all in this together. Everyone must take a role - whether spiritual, activist, military, or combination thereof. And just as Haman did not discriminate amongst us, so too we must respect and appreciate the role that every other Jew plays.
The threat from Iran goes far beyond an isolated targeting of Israel. It's a wake-up call for everyone. Iran has made clear that it would treat any Israeli attack as an American attack and respond accordingly – unleashing terror cells against Jewish and American targets around the world.
This idea of a shared destiny was formalized in the Purim traditions established by Mordechai (Esther 9:22). We send Mishloach Manot, gifts of food one to another, to engrain in us the message: If we are to prevail, we must unite under the banner of Jewish pride – celebrating our unique heritage, our unique message, and our unique ability to bring that inspiration to the world.
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This occurred 2,500 years ago and is in prophecy today! Everyone pray for Israel!! Let us all unite so that Israel will prevail and be victorious!! Come Lord according to your word!!
Purim is upon us:
Esther 9:22 As days wherein the jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther 9:26-28 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 27The Jews ordained, and too upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; 28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Maranatha!!
Jesus is Coming Soon!!
God Bless and Shalom!
YSIC
Nan
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Startling parallels between ancient Persia and Israel’s predicament today.
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
aish.com
Twenty-five hundred years after our confrontation with one genocidal Persian madman, the Jewish people face another – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the mad mullahs of Iran, who have repeatedly declared that "Israel must be wiped off the map."
Tension is thick in Israel these days as 6 million Jews await the course of events to unfold. Will Israel bomb Iran? Will the world support such an attack? And perhaps most important of all: What can we do about it?
Some important parallels are found right here in the Purim story. By examining the ancient text, we can gain guidance on how to proceed in today’s frightening situation.
Drawing Parallels
• Religious fanaticism – Haman fastened an idol to his chest and decreed that everyone must bow down. Mordechai’s refusal caused Haman to become enraged and to formulate his plan of annihilation.
A thousand years after the Purim story, Islam was born. When the Jews refused to acknowledge Muhammad as a prophet, he lashed out:
"Allah has cursed [the Jews] and transformed them into apes and pigs." (Koran 5:60)
"The Jews are covered with humiliation and poverty, and the anger of God is cast upon them." (Sura 2:61)
"Salvation will not come until Muslims kill all the Jews, hiding behind rocks and trees." (Sahih Muslim, 41:6985)
This is no mere rhetoric. In the region of Mecca, Mohammed expelled, plundered and slaughtered the Jews. Today, these Koranic statements encourage Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to declare: "The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor and must be cut off.”
• Legalized anti-Semitism – Rather than move forward unilaterally to slaughter the Jews, Haman expended considerable money and effort to get his decree legally enshrined.
Today, too, Iran’s supreme leader has laid out the legal and religious license to attack Jews around the world and destroy the State of Israel – declaring “jurisprudential justification to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.”
• Willingness to self-sacrifice – As a descendent of Amalek, the prototype rabid anti-Semite, Haman is driven to hatred of the Jews even at great cost to himself – offering Achashverosh a fortune of his own money for the right of annihilation (Esther 3:9).
Standard logic does not apply to an Iranian regime driven by apocalyptic messianism.This same illogic operates in Iran today. The standard concept of nuclear weapons kept in check by Mutually Assured Destruction (i.e. no country would dare launch a nuclear strike, given that the other side would retaliate in kind and bring about annihilation of both parties) does not apply to an Iranian regime driven by apocalyptic messianism. In fact, the opposite may be true. Just as Muslim extremists have perpetrated hundreds of suicide bombings, Iran advocates the ultimate suicide bomb: While a nuclear exchange with Israel could cost Iran 15 million people, Iranian leaders have said they regard that as a “small sacrifice” for wiping out Israel’s 6 million Jews.
• Psychological warfare – In an effort to reverse the decree, Esther did not confront Haman directly. Instead, she invited him to two banquets (Esther 5:4, 7) – diffusing his wrath, causing him to let his guard down, and becoming vulnerable to Esther’s plan.
Today, Israel may well be waging a war of misinformation designed to fool the Iranians into thinking that Israel lacks both the military might and the internal cohesion necessary to strike. Does ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan really believe that an Israeli attack on Iran is "the stupidest thing I have ever heard"? Did an advanced Israeli drone airplane – key to any potential operation against Iran – really crash and burn in a recent experimental flight? Do these reflect reality, or, in the Purim spirit, are they intentional decoys?
• Infiltration – In the Purim story, Esther’s selection as queen gave her unprecedented access to the king – enabling her to infiltrate the inner sanctum of Persian power and save the Jewish people.
Today, Israel’s primary weapon against Iran’s nuclear program has been wreaking internal havoc: dozens of Iranian nuclear scientists have been mysteriously assassinated, and the Stuxnet computer virus destroyed 1,000 centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility. The virus contained the code "MYRTUS," a possible reference to the myrtle tree – in Hebrew, Hadassah, the birth name of Queen Esther.
Destined to be Different
One final similarity reveals the deeper root of challenges historically facing the Jewish people. In seeking permission to annihilate the Jews, Haman asserted:
"There is one nation scattered and split apart… whose laws are different from every other people’s” – i.e. they won't eat our food, they keep Shabbat, and they don't marry our daughters. (Esther 3:8)
Haman charged the Jews with being a disloyal, foreign element who could not be trusted. It is a theme repeated throughout history: the medieval Crusaders and Spanish inquisitors slaughtered Jews for not conforming to European religious norms; Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason, falsely portrayed by the French government as representing a Jewish conspiracy; the Russian secret police fabricated The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, depicting the Jews as nefariously plotting world domination.
Today as well, the State of Israel is the target of intense demonization – condemned at the U.N., placed under a magnifying glass by the media, and deligitimized with a unique double-standard far out of proportion to its size.
The solution is not for Israel to erase its differences and become a nation like all others. We must pay heed to Bilaam’s prophetic description of the Jews:
"Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and will not be reckoned among the nations." (Numbers 23:9)
The secret to Jewish success is our distinct identity. The Netziv, a great 19th century rabbi, explains that the Jews have a holy mission to bring morality and monotheism to the world. Assimilation draws us away from that mission. As long as we retain our special character, we will assuredly survive. But when we weaken our national identity, we become an endangered species.
If we fail to promote our unique identity, anti-Semites will forcibly impose it upon us.It has been said that “if the Jews do not make Kiddush, the non-Jews will make Havdallah.” Either we sanctify our unique identity (Kiddush), or – if we choose to erase those lines and become like all other nations – then anti-Semites will rise up and forcibly impose that distinction upon us (Havdallah).
To wit: When the Jews of the Purim story were invited to Achashverosh’s gala 180-day feast, they chose to join the crowd. It was precisely then that Haman’s slander against Jewish distinctiveness was aroused.
When we Jews falter in our mission to represent Godliness in the world, that’s when other distorted theologies step into the void. This may manifest in the blowing up of buses, flying planes into skyscrapers, or threatening nuclear apocalypse. It is a “measure for measure” consequence of inverse proportion: To the degree that the Jewish people do not fulfill our role as a light unto the nations, that is the degree that others are emboldened to act against us in a very un-Godly way.
Which brings us to a crucial question facing the State of Israel today: What is our global persona? Do we celebrate our secular universalism – rock concerts, Olympic medals and beautiful beaches – or do we emphasize our unique spiritual heritage?
Menachem Begin always kept a kippah in his pocket and, at auspicious times when visiting foreign heads of state, would wear it to recite biblical verses or a blessing. His message: We are a unique and holy nation. Far from incurring the scoffs of world leaders, this display of Jewish pride earned Israel enormous respect.
Getting Practical
With the spectre of nuclear annihilation now hovering over Israel’s head, what can we – Jews, gentiles, and all people of good will – do about it?
When Esther was informed of the impending genocide, she agreed to approach the king, while urging Mordechai with one request: Have the Jews fast and pray for three days. She knew that in times of peril, we turn our sights toward Heaven and recognize that strength and victory comes only through He Who declared us an eternal nation.
Esther’s message reverberates clearly for us today:
Yes, we must make efforts to influence governments to support Israel’s right to self-defense (at the very least, by signing this petition), while leaving the decision of mounting an attack against Iran's nuclear sites to those who have the full necessary information.
Yes, we must expose the media for its biased downplaying of the existential threat to Israel’s existence.
But above all, we must be worthy of Divine assistance.
A Divine connection is necessary to make our mission successful.At the end of the Purim story, Esther successfully gained the king’s support for a Jewish battle against Haman's decree. After spending months in military preparations, one day before the outbreak of war – on the 13th of Adar – all the Jewish soldiers observed a fast. Subjecting the troops to physical weakness would seem highly counter-productive. Yet the Jews understood that fasting helps to lower the volume on physicality in order to focus more acutely on the spiritual self, thus forging the Divine connection necessary to make our mission successful.
When the battle was over, the Jewish nation emerged victorious. It was a time of tremendous Jewish unity, a dramatic reversal of the description Haman used to denounce the Jews: "There is one nation scattered and split apart...” (Esther 3:8)
The commentators, reading between the lines, see the words “scattered and split” as a reference to Jewish division and strife. This is precisely what gave Haman the confidence to rise up against us. Esther therefore understood that to merit salvation, her people would need to come together in a spirit of unity. She thus told Mordechai: “Go, assemble all the Jews” (Esther 4:16) – i.e. I can only succeed if the Jews are united.
This, too, is the message for us today. We are all in this together. Everyone must take a role - whether spiritual, activist, military, or combination thereof. And just as Haman did not discriminate amongst us, so too we must respect and appreciate the role that every other Jew plays.
The threat from Iran goes far beyond an isolated targeting of Israel. It's a wake-up call for everyone. Iran has made clear that it would treat any Israeli attack as an American attack and respond accordingly – unleashing terror cells against Jewish and American targets around the world.
This idea of a shared destiny was formalized in the Purim traditions established by Mordechai (Esther 9:22). We send Mishloach Manot, gifts of food one to another, to engrain in us the message: If we are to prevail, we must unite under the banner of Jewish pride – celebrating our unique heritage, our unique message, and our unique ability to bring that inspiration to the world.
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This occurred 2,500 years ago and is in prophecy today! Everyone pray for Israel!! Let us all unite so that Israel will prevail and be victorious!! Come Lord according to your word!!
Purim is upon us:
Esther 9:22 As days wherein the jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther 9:26-28 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 27The Jews ordained, and too upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; 28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Maranatha!!
Jesus is Coming Soon!!
God Bless and Shalom!
YSIC
Nan
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NOTE: The bible is very clear about this.
Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Please pray for Israel and the non believers of the world the bible prophecy is moving forward at a very rapid rate.
Maranatha,
ybic
Steven
Peres: Israel-US relations “best ever”
March 5, 2012
Obama is a great president, security ties are ‘the best we’ve ever had’
Obama give Shimon Peres security and comfort. Zionism will have to give way for Universalism and "peace".
In interview with Charlie Rose in New York, President Shimon Peres says he does not want to interfere in U.S. politics, but is stating his opinion on Obama ‘because it’s true.’
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday said that U.S. President Barack Obama is “a great president and a great friend of Israel,” and that security cooperation between the U.S. and Israel is “the best we’ve ever had.”
In an hour-long interview with American broadcaster Charlie Rose, conducted before a large audience at New York’s 92nd Street Y, Peres said that he does not want to interfere in American politics, but he is stating his opinion on Obama “because it’s true,” adding that he has “the highest respect” for Obama for overseeing the current relationship between the two countries.
Source: Israeli daily Haaretz.
My comment:
The anti-Zionist sentiments is growing in Israel too.
To brand Zionist settlers as the “problem” has now become political correct in the secular circles around Shimon Peres. Godless Israelis are obviously not able to put their trust in a Zionist God they do not believe in.
Shimon Peres feels Obama is the power he needs to put his trust in. That the Great America will be able to produce peace and stability for the state of Israel.
The mouse trap set up for the Jewish homeland is wide open, and many people will walk into it. The will die and perish because their lack of knowledge, and their rejection of God of the Bible.
Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Behold:
There is only one blood that can same a man like Shimon Peres, and you too. That is the blood of Jesus. The Lamb of God was slaughtered, and His blood is a better blood than the blood of the passover Lamb, bulls and pigeons.
Jesus was crucified and raised from the dead as justification for all who believe in Him.
Those who rejects Him have no remedy for their sins. They will die in their sins perish.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Obama plans to pressure Netanyahu not to strike Iran; White House meeting set for Monday
Netanyahu and Obama, shown in May 2011
Photo / AP, Charles Dharapak
High-level meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu are set for Monday at the White House. This could be the last face-to-face meetings between the two leaders before Netanyahu makes his final decision whether to go it alone on Iran.
“At the White House on Monday, President Obama will seek to persuade the Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to postpone whatever plans he may have to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months,” notes an important new article by Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic. “Obama will argue that under his leadership, the United States “has Israel’s back,” and that he will order the U.S. military to destroy Iran’s nuclear program if economic sanctions fail to compel Tehran to shelve its nuclear ambitions.”
Goldberg’s article has triggered a series of other similar articles in the mainstream media, confirming the coming pressure by Obama against Israel. “President Obama plans to caution Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week against attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, urging patience while international economic sanctions take full effect,” reports the Washington Post.
Major Tornado Outbreak Across U.S. Occurred on Friday; 101 Tornadoes Breaks Single Day Record for March
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A massive tornado outbreak occurred in the U.S. on Friday, with a total of 101 tornado reports according to NOAA. The outbreak spanned across 10 states. During the day, the National Weather Service issued 269 tornado and 335 severe thunderstorm warnings. Areas affected by the storms included West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama and other Gulf Coast states. At least 38 fatalities have been attributed to the storms.
The state of Kentucky was placed under a state of emergency as storms made their way across the region. Several small towns in southern Indiana were destroyed. The outbreak surpassed the previous March calendar day record of 74 tornadoes from March 11-13, 2006.
NOAA Weather Map of Storm Reports on March 2, 2012
This radar image from the Weather Channel on March 2,
shows the storm band that spawned the tornadoes.
Tornado wipes out Indiana town of Marysville
Aerial View of Tornado Damage in Marysville, Indiana
Photo / AP, Al Behrman
A tornado that hit the town of Marysville, Indiana causing catastrophic damage. Clark County Sheriff’s Department Maj. Chuck Adams said the 1,900-person town of Marysville is "completely gone." Extreme damage was also reported in the nearby town of Henryville, home to about 2,000 people.
2nd tornado outbreak this week leaves trail of death, destruction
From the gulf coast to the Great Lakes, the storms touched nearly all walks of life. A fire station was flattened. Roofs were ripped off schools. A prison fence was knocked down, and scores of homes and businesses were destroyed. At least 38 people were killed, and dozens of others were hurt in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.
"We knew this was coming. We were watching the weather like everyone else," said Clark County, Ind., Sheriff Danny Rodden. "This was the worst-case scenario. There's no way you can prepare for something like this."
Secretary Clinton Meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Judeh; Peace Process Among Topics Discussed
Secretary Clinton with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh
Photo / State Dept.
In press remarks before the meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh stated in his remarks, "...And we will also discuss the peace process and the other issues." State Department Press Secretary Victoria Nuland also confirmed the peace process would be one of the topics of discussion, using the mentioning, "So this is a chance for the Secretary to exchange views with Foreign Minister Judeh on where we are and what it’ll take to get the parties back to the table and to continue the – what we considered a productive first set of steps in the Amman process."
Earlier in the day, Clinton had attended two meetings at the White House, including one with President Obama. It is unclear yet what was discussed in those meetings.
According to the State Department's schedule for Secretary Clinton on Thursday, March 1, she had a meeting that day with Tony Blair, who is the Quartet's Mideast Envoy. She also had a meeting with Joints Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey.
Iran will be the top issue in Netanyahu's meeting with Obama
Peace talks with the Palestinians dominated President Barack Obama's meeting last year with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu but will barely warrant a mention at their White House session Monday or in speeches to a powerful pro-Israeli lobby. Dealing with Iran's nuclear program is now the issue commanding urgent attention.
Flashback: Over 40 Tornadoes Hit U.S. After Obama Calls for Peace Deal in AIPAC 2011 speech; Joplin, MO Devastated by EF5 Tornado
Obama at AIPAC on Sunday, May 22, 2011
Photo / AFP
In his AIPAC speech last year, President Obama called for a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps. That very same day, over 40 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. as a major tornado outbreak continued. An EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri caused catastrophic damage. The devastation was so severe, that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu started off his AIPAC speech the next night by offering his condolences to those affected.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Mart Green Is At It Again
The threats to Israel have never been greater in number, nor so varied in scope. We see the “big ones,” like Iran, and international condemnation via the UN.
What many people are unaware of are the relentless attacks on Israel’s legitimacy from within the American Church.
It is becoming epidemic.
Just last night a friend emailed me a press release from the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD); Mark Tooley and his associates do tremendous work there, and have long highlighted the departure from the faith from within the mainline churches (Tooley is United Methodist). They are also now connecting the dots between Palestinian activists and the evangelical world.
(Note: next week, I’ll have a lengthy, exclusive report about this at http://www.prophecymatters.com )
This week, I would simply like to bring to your attention an astonishing example of this—straight from the heart of the Pentecostal world. Readers of “Israel Watch” already know that Pentecostals have long been strong supporters of Israel. My dear late friend and mentor, Dr. Davis Allen Lewis (davidallenlewis.com), would be so grieved at what is going on in those circles, specifically within the Assemblies of God, where he served as an evangelist for 50 years.
Empowered21, a group meeting this weekend at Regent University in Virginia Beach, is partnered with the Society for Pentecostal Studies. From the IRD press release:
“Often identified as strong supporters of Israel, Pentecostal Christians are now being targeted by anti-Israel activists from the Evangelical Left.
“Meeting March 1-4 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Society for Pentecostal Studies is jointly gathering with Empowered 21, a group of Pentecostal ministry leaders. Themed on ‘peacemaking and social justice/righteousness,’ this year’s gathering will feature presentations by academics with anti-Israel views, as well as a screening of ‘Little Town of Bethlehem,’ a film with a subtle anti-Israel message aimed at usually pro-Israel evangelicals.”
Tooley had this to say:
“The Evangelical Left is eager to dissuade Pentecostals, Charismatics and Evangelicals from their traditional support for Israel.”
They are succeeding, in my view.
You see, for one thing, “peacemaking” and “social justice” are long-time favorite phrases of the religious left in America.
Among the folks who comprise the leadership of Empowered21 (based in Cleveland, TN):
Nigerian Pastor E.A. Adeboye; Lisa Bevere; Charles E. Blake, Sr., presiding worldwide leader of the Church of God in Christ (the largest African-American denomination in the U.S.); Glenn Burris, Jr., President of Foursquare Church; Michael Coleman, chairman of Integrity Media; Kenneth Copeland; Dr. Ulf Ekman, founder and senior pastor of Word of Life Church in Uppsala, Sweden; Ingolf Ellssel, chairman of the Pentecostal European Fellowship; Jentezen Franklin; Alton Garrison, assistant general superintendent of the Assemblies of God; Jonas Gonzalez, president of Enlace TBN (“the most influential Christian television network in Latin America”
; Jack Hayford; Brian Houston; Cindy Jacobs; Lawrence Khong, senior pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore; Dr. Young Hoon Lee, senior pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (succeeded Dr. Yonggi Cho); Ron Luce, founder of Teen Mania Ministries; Gordon McDonald, pastor of Calvary Christian Church in Surrey, B.C.; Robert Morris; Myles Munroe; Rick Renner, pastor of the Moscow Good News Church; Gordon Robertson, CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network, and host of The 700 Club; Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; Greg Surrat, pastor of Seacoast Church; Dr. Vinson Synan, Regent University; Pastor Matthew K. Thomas, founder of Central India Outreach; Mark Williams, Second Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God; Rev. Billy Wilson, executive director of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal; Dr. George O. Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God.Folks, where do I begin?
When you have the General Superintendent of the AG, youth ministry heads, leaders from Europe, all through the Americas, and Africa, and CBN involved…one wonders if they know the insidious nature of the gathering they are involved in at Regent. I would dearly love to know what people like Jack Hayford think about this, and if they are aware of who Sami Awad and his friends are.
At the heart of all this, though, is Mart Green. I wrote about this for WorldNetDaily http://www.wnd.com/2011/12/374717 in December—Green’s involvement in producing “Little Town of Bethlehem,” a pro Palestinian film from EGM Films, which is headquartered at Green’s Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby empire. The Greens have bankrolled EGM, and it is a high-profile way for Mart Green to advance his pro Palestinian agenda.
Green became chairman of the board of trustees at Oral Roberts University in 2008, after his family pledged tens of millions of dollars to the cash-strapped school. Since then, there are numerous signs that Green’s pro Palestinian agenda is being furthered much deeper in the evangelical world.
EGM Films director Jim Hanon traveled to the Middle East to interview several people for the film, ostensibly to offer a “balanced” view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The three featured interviews are with a Palestinian Christian (Awad), a Palestinian Muslim, and an Israeli. However, keep in mind that a subtle advocacy trick is employed in this interview concept. Most people would say, “Oh, they’ve interviewed three people from different perspectives, so it’s balanced.”
Not so.
The three principals all decry the so-called “occupation,” and the entire film is heavily slanted to portray Israel as an expansionist bully.
Green’s fingerprints are all over this effort.
As Israel struggles to withstand increasing loathing from the international community, it is especially dismaying to see that loathing come from the American Church.
There will be much more to this story in the coming weeks. I would ask you to circulate this far and wide, and watch for more reports to come from me.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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Netanyahu: I’m not going to allow nuclear Iran
March 12, 2012
Iran’s envoy to the IAEA: ‘We will never suspend our nuclear activities”.
Benjamin Netanyahu promises to do what ever it takes to stop Iran from going nuclear.
The moment of truth on Iran is “not days or weeks away, but neither is it years away,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel Channel 2 TV in an interview Thursday.
“We can’t allow Iran to go nuclear….I’m not going to allow it.”
He said he hoped the international pressures on Iran would prompt the regime there to halt its nuclear drive, but that one way or another “the threat of a nuclear Iran must be turned aside.”
“If I don’t make the right decision, there may be no one to explain it to” in the future. A Maariv report on Thursday claimed that in return for delaying a strike against Iran until at least the end of 2012, after the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, the U.S. will supply Israel with bunker-busting bombs and refueling planes to do the job should it be necessary.
Source: Times of Israel
My comment:
An Israeli strike on Iran will bring the Jewish state in direct confrontation with Washington.
If the IDF strikes Iran, the Ayatollah regime might close the straight of Hormuz, and block the oil export from the Persian Gulf to the US.
Fresh political instability and chaos will double the present oil prices. The fragile debt-ridden US Economy will be further damaged, and hundreds of thousands more Americans will loose their jobs. When America sinks, the Jews will be blamed.
The fruits might become the fulfillment of one to the last unfulfilled prophecies. The Homecoming to Israel , the last five millions Jews who live in the American diaspora.
Jeremiah 16:16
“But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the LORD, “and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.
Higher prices at the petrol pump, and more financial trouble, will lead to an assault on the Jews in Greater New York. The hunters will surface and drive the Jews out of the US.
The only place they can go, is home to Israel.
Something to reflect on.
For the Jews, an onslaught on the American Jews will be like the pre-Holocaust scenario. In the 1930-ties, the Germans blamed Jews from everything from bad weather, to the rise of unemployment.
The moral of the World is not in line with the Bible. Demonized people will start to clam that it will be more wise to support a final Holocaust on the Jewish people, than to let the Jews destroy the “American way of living”.
The global population is hopelessly parked in the camp of Satan. They refuse to accept that all who have become friends with the World, has become an enemy of God.
Daniel 12:1
[ The End Times ] “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Jesus the Messiah has collected plenty of legal material to give the people on the Earth a fair and just verdict. The age of Judgment is just around the corner.
Written of Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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Another Fight for Jerusalem
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My friend, Italian journalist Giulio Meotti (one of the most courageous voices in Europe—or anywhere, for that matter), writing this week for Arutz Sheva, brought to light a little-known story that reflects on Jewish sovereignty in Jerusalem.
It seems there is a subtle releasing of the Mount of Olives to the Palestinians going on. Not totally shocking, given their destruction of the Temple Mount itself (two giant underground mosques have been built there in the past few years), but still disconcerting.
The Mount of Olives is a “stone’s throw” from the Mount, and of course is central in Jewish history. As Giulio pointed out, Jewish prophets, commoners, and prime ministers are buried there, and have been for 3,000 years. I find it gratifying that former PM Menachem Begin is interred there; he was the most biblical of Israel’s modern leaders; most are buried at the military cemetery on Mt. Herzl, in the western part of the city.
Giulio pointed out that the Palestinians are using the same effective strategy employed at Jericho, Hebron, and Nablus—violence. For a family to visit a grave on the Mount of Olives today requires a police escort.
This is shameful and ultimately a condemnation of the entire international community. UNESCO, the UN agency devoted to the whims of the Palestinians, now labels biblical sites in Israel as “Palestinian sites.”
Last summer, on a visit, I rented a car and though I was warned by hotel staff (in east Jerusalem!) not to drive there by myself, I did. The scene was chaotic, with honking vehicles, chickens, humans, and other debris littering the winding road to the summit. One had to pass through a Palestinian village; I got decidedly unfriendly looks.
I simply wanted to see the place where the 10th Roman Legion encamped before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. The Crusaders did the same a thousand years later, as did the British in 1917. Finally, the Mount of Olives is where the IDF’s 66th Paratroop Brigade gazed on the Temple Mount on the morning of June 7, 1967—liberation was hours away.
The place is Jewish, and a national treasure. It would be an international treasure (and will be, one day) if the nations had any discernment.
Giulio made an excellent point near the end of his report ( http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11360#.T1d9QMxVsXw ):
“If Israel is abdicating the Mount of Olives, then she is abdicating Jerusalem.”
The world is smug and thinks it is finally coming to the end of its Jewish problem. I believe we are remiss if we do not place issues such as the one Giulio has brought to our attention right alongside the Iranian threat. Israel is attacked on all sides today—culturally, militarily, diplomatically. Barack Obama has literally told the Israelis to trust him with regard to Iran, to actually place their lives in his hands.
I tell every Israeli friend I have not to trust him in any situation. There is only One who will protect the Jewish people now, and His methods are unstoppable:
“But I will encamp at my temple to guard it against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch.” ( Zechariah 9:8 )
This is yet future. And on that day, the world will no longer reject the Jewish flavor of Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives, today a decaying cemetery, will flash with the coming of the Messiah.
And all His enemies—the enemies of His people—will realize they have spent the better part of their lives digging their own graves when it comes to Israel.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Israel: IDF ready to cripple Islamic Jihad in Gaza
March 13, 2012
- We are ready for possible military operation in Gaza.
The IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak must stop the rockets from Gaza.
The IDF is ready for the possibility of a military operation in the Gaza Strip, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai told Army Radio Monday night.
Morechai added that “Islamic Jihad is frustrated by its inability to inflict real damage on Israelis while the IDF has dealt a significant blow to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and their weapons storage facilities.”
Earlier Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hinted for the first time about expanding Israel’s military operations inside the Gaza Strip.
“The IDF is continuing to strongly and decisively attack the terrorists in the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu said in carefully measured words to the Likud faction in the Knesset. “The IDF is ready to expand its operations and continue them as necessary.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
War is a terrible thing. It is not what Jesus the Messiah desires.
But sometimes war is not avoidable. In particular when the enemies of God cripple and kill people in the name of “god’, and bid to put us all under the slavery of Satan. This violent and evil ideology is called Islam.
The Israeli doctrine of acceptance of “limited terrorism” from Gaza has failed.
The Hamas and Islamic Jihad do not limit the number of rockets fired into Israel, to avoid a second military operation by the IDF.
The UN has now secured enough bomb making material to enter into the territory ruled by the Islamic terrorist organization. The Jihadist’s are ready for a rematch.
The weaponry of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad has become more powerful. Thanks to the open borders with Islamic controlled Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood has supplied their brethren with missiles who can harm Israeli soldiers in great numbers.
Operation Cast lead made the Hamas look like scattered chickens. Hardly ay of the Iranian sponsored terrorists had the guts to fight the Israeli soldier, but ran for covered in bunkers under structures owned by the United Nations (UN).
Judges 10:9
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.
This time the Hamas have wowed to ‘allah the great” to give the Jews a hard battle. The next war in Gaza is surely in the pipeline.
Jesus the Messiah have told the Jews to love their enemies. The only way Israelis truly can love the people of Gaza, is to remove the spreading cancer: The Hamas regime that pollutes the future for 1,5 million people inside this terror zone.
Matthew 24:21
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
The UN hate the people of Gaza. And so do most of the World.
They finance the supplies to this terror-organization. They make it close to impossible to set free the Arabs living there from the extreme bondage to a totalitarian and evil organization.
Written by Ivar
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Israel blurs President Obama’s chance of reelection
March 13, 2012
A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama is handling gasoline prices.
Team Obama will travel the world in a bid to move all to put pressure on Israel.
This finding could blunt the election-year political gains he’s racked up on account of the brightening economic picture.
Sixty-five percent disapprove of Obama’s performance on prices at the pump, which have surged in recent weeks, while 26 percent approve and 9 percent had no opinion, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday.
Regular gasoline prices are averaging USD 3.80 per gallon nationwide, according to AAA, a rise of almost 30 cents in the last month.
The Hill.com
My comment:
For all honest people, the Iran-US nexus is based on the agreement of support each others oil businesses.
Iran basically tells Washington:
- If you sink us, we will sink you.
Obama knows this is the truth. First and foremost is the Iranians correct in regards to Obama’s chances to get reelected to the White House.
When the President says “all options are on the table”, he tells just another lie. He will not do anything that will jeopardize his chances to get four new years in the White House.
Between him and his Muslim friends in Iran, stands the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Both Washington and Tehran will do what it takes to neutralize the threat for Zionism. This Biblical ideology threatens both the Islamic Revolution, and the American way of living. Obama and the Ayatollah have a common enemy they must defeat to remain in power.
This is the truth. Those who can not see this live at best in ignorance. The rest of the flock lives in denial.
Written by Ivar
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Michae Oren: Israel only safe place for Christians
March 13, 2012
Israel is only Mideast state safe for Christians, envoy to U.S. says.
Michael Oren tells the truth about Muslims crippling and killing Evangelical Christians all over the Middle East.
In Wall Street Journal op-ed, Michael Oren compares what he calls the current repression of Christians in the Muslim world to the expulsion of Jews from Arab states.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East that is safe for Christians, Israel’s ambassador to the United States Michael Oren wrote in an op-ed column for the Wall Street Journal on Friday, comparing what he said was the suppression of Christian communities in Arab states to the twentieth-century expulsion of Jews from these nations.
In his article, Oren cited the continuing violence against Egypt’s Coptic Christians, the burning of Iraqi churches, a Saudi ban on Christian worship and the desecration of the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank as instances indicating a threat to Christianity in the Muslim world, adding that conversion “to Christianity is a capital offense in Iran, where last month Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani was sentenced to death.”
Source: Israeli daily Haaretz
My comment:
Despite Messianic Jews being persecuted and troubled in Israel, Michael Oren tells the truth about Israel being the only safe place for Christians in the Middle East. Neither Messianic Christians nor Messianic Jews are crippled or killed for their faith.
While Evangelical Christians will be beheaded if they lead Muslims into faith in Jesus in Saudi Arabia and Iran, Israel let even anti-Jewish “Christians” come on pilgrimages to their “holy land”.
It is worth noticing that a secular, or semi-religious Jew like Michael Oren acknowledge that Evangelical Christians are the only true friends of the Jewish people.
When “Christians” join Islam on their attacks on Israel, they are like a man who tries to cut of the roots of the three he sits in. Slowly the three will die, and the man will come crashing down to the ground.
Jesus says that when a blind man leads another blind, they will both fall into a pit.
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Hamas close most of Southern Israel by terror
March 15, 2012
Authorities in Beersheba announced on Wednesday night that schools in the city would once again close on Thursday.
The heads of Israel gives Jews tough talk, but are not willing to hunt down the duck.
The decision was announced despite the Home Front Command saying that schools could remain open.
Schools will also be closed in Ashdod, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi, Gan Yavne (except for 12-graders studying in protected building) and the Bnei Shimon Regional Council.
Before the renewed fire, OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Tal Russo warned on Wednesday that Israel might have to carry out a large ground operation in Gaza soon to stop the attacks.
The IDF is doing everything to enable residents of communities near Gaza to maintain a normal life,” he said.
“I do not know how long it [the cease-fire] will last and we might need to launch a large-scale operation in the future.”
Russo said that one of the problems was that no single organization was completely in control of the Gaza Strip.
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
Benjamin Netanyahu has a classical saying.
A duck, is a duck, is a duck. Even if is starts with terror, it is still a duck.
My question is:
So why do Israel feed it?
What do Benjamin Netanyahu expect, when he over a decade has fed this duck?
Millions of ton’s of supplies from Israel has made the duck fat and mighty.
When is Benjamin Netanyahu going out hunting the duck, He him self has fed?
I understand that the US, EU, the UN, China and Russia is feeding a similar duck in Ramallah….And that the World at large feed and support both these two fat ducks.
Hummm….More than 220 rockets has been fired into New York..Oh. Sorry. Southern Israel in just one week.
Luke 21:23
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Seems like the return of the Messiah is the only One who can save Israel…
Written by Ivar
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Poll: Most Americans support US strike on Iran
March 15, 2012
Survey finds 62 per cent of Americans would back Israel taking military action against Iran if evidence of nuke; Obama approval at 50 per cent.
Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have more support in the US on the Iranian issue, than President Barack Hussein Obama.
- A majority of Americans would support US military action against Iran if there were evidence that Tehran is building nuclear weapons, even if such action led to higher gasoline prices, a Reuters/Ipsos polled showed on Tuesday.
The poll showed 62 percent of Americans would back Israel taking military action against Iran for the same reasons.
US President Barack Obama has said all options are on the table in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
Wars have never been won by politicians acting on opinion polls.
One of the best examples was the American peoples resistance to join the UK and France in their war with Nazi-Germany in 1940.
It is a boost for Benjamin Netanyahu that the majority of the American people believe in his warnings. That a nuclear Iran must be stopped by military actions before it goes nuclear.
No nation that has developed nuclear arms have been attacked by other nations. For obvious reasons.
Jesus do not like nuclear bombs. That is not what He desires we humans shall use our energy and resources to build.
But when man was expelled from the Garden of Eden after the fall, He never stopped acting like he was a “god”. The best example is America and Nazi-Germany being locked into a race, of who would be the first to develop the ultimate weapon, that any day can be used to extinct the human race.
There can be no better example for the foolishness of man. It is strange that anyone can think that there is anything good inside the human heart and mind.
Jesus said: Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
Invite Jesus to come into your unclean heart today. He will wash you white as snow by the blood He shed for you at Calvary hill in Jerusalem. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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France and US double talk on Iranian leader
March 15, 2012
France never stopped doing business with an emerging nuclear Iran. President Sarkozy keeps on criticizing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his Holocaust denial. But who gave Iran nuclear technology in the first place?
Two Presidents who dont mind accepting a nuclear armed Iran
French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued Wednesday a strong condemnation of new remarks from Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. He told Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki during a meeting in Paris that such comments were «unacceptable and profoundly shocking».
What might be equally shocking, is that France has been an instrument of providing the nuclear regime in Teheran with both technology and finances enough to create a nuclear bomb.
As late as 1991, an agreement was found for the French-Iranian disagreement based on the Iranian revolution in 1979. France refunded more than 1.6 billion dollars to Iran. Iran even remained shareholder of Eurodif via Sofidif, a Franco-Iranian consortium shareholder to 25 per cent of Eurodif.
Who is Eurodif?
This joint company in operating a uranium enrichment plant in France. Eurodif was formed in 1973 by France, Belgium, Spain and Sweden. In 1975 Sweden’s 10 per cent share in Eurodif went to Iran as a result of an arrangement between France and Iran.
When France could not longer be directly involved in the Iranian nuclear program, the newly free Russian Federation took over. In 1995, Iran signed a contract with Russia to resume work on the partially-complete Bushehr plant installing into the existing Bushehr I building. Bushhr I contains a 915MWe VVER-1000 pressurized water reactor. The completion of this reactor is expected in 2009.
Source wikipedia.com
The new US President Obama is under pressure from his own Oil and Energy industry to struck a peace deal with Iran.
Why?
Because, it was the US who gave Iran Nuclear technology in the first place, back in the early 1960-ties.
Advertisement from the 1970s by American nuclear-energy companies, using Iran's nuclear program as a marketing ploy.
No one predicted that this nuclear program in Teheran one day would be governed by an Iranian President, that publicly says he will destroy Israel.
But who do really care?
In his speech in Cairo, President Barakh Hussein Obama started the process of overlooking the Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Obama gave us this new policy statement:
«Any nation, including Iran, should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty».
The day before Obama spoke in Cairo, President Ahmadinejad gave the following public statement home in Iran:
Soon he might have his nuclear bomb
«The identity of the liberal democracy has been exposed to the world by its protection of the most criminal regime in the history of humanity, the Zionist regime, by using the big deception of the Holocaust».
Too much is at risk. Israel has to be sacrificed to save the Global economy. As of late 2002, Iran held 90 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, or roughly 9 per cent of the world’s total.
Patricia Marie is a spokeswoman for Total, the French controlled global oil giant. On 11th of juli 2008, Patricia Marie told us the truth in New York Times, about the coming end of sanctions against Iran, through a sudden: «peace deal in our time».
«Total would seek to return to Iran when tensions eased», though she said she could offer no timetable. “National Iranian Oil Company is a long-term partner of Total in Iran. Our strategy has not changed.”
First published: June 6th, 2009.
Written by Ivar
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Wall Street helped Greece mask its true debt
March 15, 2012
Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules.
Investment banking in the US has become a matter of robbing both the client and the public.
At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country’s already bloated deficit.
Creative accounting took priority when it came to totting up government debt.Since 1999, the Maastricht rules threaten to slap hefty fines on euro member countries that exceed the budget deficit limit of three percent of gross domestic product. Total government debt mustn’t exceed 60 percent.
The Greeks have never managed to stick to the 60 percent debt limit, and they only adhered to the three percent deficit ceiling with the help of blatant balance sheet cosmetics. One time, gigantic military expenditures were left out, and another time billions in hospital debt. After recalculating the figures, the experts at Eurostat consistently came up with the same results: In truth, the deficit each year has been far greater than the three percent limit. In 2009, it exploded to over 12 percent.
Source: Der Spiegel
My comment:
American Investment Baking has a funny way of making money. They first rob their clients, and than make Washington force all the taxpayers to pay the final bill.
The Lawlessness of American Capitalism can best be expressed by the money-makers in Goldman Sachs.
The story about how criminal banker in American took 100 million USD from Greece for hiding its actual debt figures, is now a month old.
But it is still a brilliant story for all who like the hear the truth about the criminals who govern the Wall Street.
Jesus correctly said that love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. All kinds.
Todays news makes The Wall Street into the financial version of “The Muppet show”.
Greg Smith, an executive at Goldman Sachs resigned, calling the bankers evil. He claims Goldman Sach’s calls its own clients “muppets”. The bankers only love their own bonus deals, and do not care if the client will win or loose playing their games. The commission for their crimes will be paid anyhow.
It normally take a year or so before the client understand that He do not understand the “financial instruments” he one year back was convinced by Goldman Sachs, he had to purchase.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Israel’s Christian Enemies
My heart is grieved. Frankly, I would imagine my ideological enemies would smile about that, since I’m talking about the myriad attacks against Israel. I write again this week about American Christians’ efforts to marginalize both the Jewish state, and its supporters in the evangelical world.
I am discovering more and more that the vast majority of even those who support Israel are not aware of much of this. Who knew the attacks would come from evangelical ranks?
This week, I bring you news from three fronts (though each dovetail with each other, since anti-Israel evangelicals are superb networkers): The diabolical “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference in Israel; the Palestinian Authority’s clamping-down on religious freedom—you won’t hear Christian Palestinianists talk about this; and, more from the Leadership Network.
We start with the Checkpoint goings-on. To refresh your memory, this is from a team of anti-Israel Christians (one wonders how much the PA is involved, behind the scenes) who have created a propaganda campaign against the Jewish state and her supporters.
Fortunately for us, researcher extraordinaire Dexter Van Zile attended (check out his work at www.camera.org) and gives us first-hand accounts. First, from Christian Newswire (which apparently doesn’t discern the sinister nature of this gathering):
“A major breakthrough in the evangelical world took place in Bethlehem through a gathering of over 600 international and local Christians, including renowned evangelical leaders. Organized by Bethlehem Bible College, the conference, under the banner ‘Christ at the Checkpoint,’ addressed the issue of how to find hope in the midst of conflict. The conference exceeded all expectations.”
Major breakthrough? This kind of activity has been going on for some time, and I wonder if most supporters of Israel get it. Here is another telling paragraph from the Newswire story:
“Conference organizers challenged the evangelical community to cease looking at the Middle East through the lens of ‘end times’ prophecy and instead rallied them to join in following Jesus in the prophetic pursuance of justice, peace and reconciliation.”
Do you see? There is a major movement underfoot to jettison the teaching of Bible prophecy from the American Church; sadly, in my view, it is succeeding at a breathtaking pace. A major component of the Checkpoint crowd’s propaganda:
“The Kingdom of God has Come. ” Do you get it? This is a fundamental, ideological straw-breaker between us and them ( and yes, it is “us and them” ). These people believe at the core that their efforts have already brought the Kingdom of God to Earth. In their world, it isn’t necessary for Jesus to return to rescue a disintegrating planet. People can save themselves.
Now, to Dexter Van Zile’s piece in The Algemeiner. He has reported that the PA’s Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, has shut down Bethlehem pastor Rev. Naim Khoury; Khoury’s son Steven had told Van Zile that the PA is severely restricting the church from operating; the Khourys are courageous Christians who do not tow the company line in that region when it comes to Israel.
According to Van Zile:
“The irony, Steven said, is that the PA’s announcement comes right after the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference. This conference, which took place from March 5 through March 9, 2012 was a gathering of approximately 600 Evangelical Protestants from across the globe (mostly from the United States) to discuss the theology of Christian Zionism, which some Evangelicals believe increases the prospect of violence in the Middle East and gives support to Israeli policies that they do not like.
“During the opening night of the conference, Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad told the assembly that his government respected the rights of Christians. Palestinians celebrate religious holidays together, PA officials attend Christmas celebrations and even attend Midnight Mass for Christmas, Fayyad said.”
Coincidence? Please. As usual, the “voices of tolerance” from the left, which is how I think the Checkpoint crowd would identify themselves if asked, bring out the fangs when it comes to pro Israel support. Their hypocrisy is mind-boggling.
You can read the whole account at: www.algemeiner.com/2012/03/13/exclusive-baptist-church-in-bethlehem-declared-illegitimate-by-palestinian-authority/
Now, it’s no accident that these efforts parallel those of Catalyst, the conference program spearheaded by the Leadership Network—begun by folks like Peter Drucker and Bob Buford, and advanced by Rick Warren and Bill Hybels.
In a recent Catalyst newsletter, I spotted a talk by Todd Deatherage of the Telos Group; the Telos website describes the group thusly:
“The Telos Group believes in the redemptive power of Jerusalem, despite the modern war being waged there by Israelis and Palestinians today. We believe, however, that the promise of Jerusalem as an exemplar of peaceful coexistence between the three great monotheistic religions will not be realized until the rights and viability of all of Jerusalem’s communities--Israeli and Palestinian, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim--are protected. We believe that the best way to protect the rights of all of Jerusalem’s communities is through a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a solution that is mindful and respectful of the faith communities’ needs and concerns.
“Telos Jerusalem brings the world’s top Jerusalem experts together in an unprecedented initiative to monitor real-time facts on the ground and to analyze how those facts impact the potential political resolution of the Jerusalem question as well as religious interests in and around the Holy City. Telos Jerusalem guides Telos leadership pilgrimages on complete tours of the Holy City, including the Old City, the Holy Basin, and Greater Jerusalem--exploring all of the communities and the full geopolitical impact of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict on this ancient city. Telos Jerusalem will begin releasing later this year a monthly newsletter, urgent updates, and occasional case studies with maps, allowing people the world over to explore modern Jerusalem in all of its dimensions.”
Deatherage’s talk at Catalyst revealed the fact that he works with such groups and people as Sami Awad and Lynne Hybels. His PowerPoint highlighted those who worked to produce the “Little Town of Bethlehem” film, now openly being used as a propaganda piece targeting unaware evangelical leaders.
Interestingly, Deatherage began his talk with a photo of the famed garden café at Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel. I’ve been there, and it is a meeting place between Palestinians and Western media and leftist religious groups. So we know right off the bat where Deatherage is coming from.
Midway through his remarks, Deatherage said the following:
“Eschatology matters, in so many areas of life. What we think about the end helps shape how live and act today. So if we believe that violence and war and bloodshed in the Middle East is predetermined and necessary and maybe even a good thing, then how responsible would we be to Jesus’s call that we be peacemakers? How authentically Christian is any theology that makes us more perpetuators of conflict than agents of reconciliation?”
I think it’s obvious what is going on here. I spoke this week with a researcher who has studied the Leadership Network, and was told that the leaders of the group actively work to train younger leaders to let go of the “old time” teachings (my phrase) regarding eschatology. That means of course that anything relating to the Rapture, pro Israel support, and warnings of the tribulation coming are dismissed as the rantings of fringe thinkers and doom lunatics.
Notice that Deatherage regurgitates the lie that Bible prophecy teachers and students are basically warmongers who hope a soon-coming bloodbath in the Middle East triggers Armageddon.
As I’ve said before, I’ve never talked to or known a prophecy teachers who promotes that kind of agenda. Yet the straw-man has been constructed. And Deatherage’s allegation is still repulsive and false.
Deatherage went on to call the Israeli security fence—THAT HAS SAVED JEWISH LIVES—a “gross injustice.”
I will say here very clearly and directly: that statement is immoral.
Jewish lives are meaningless to most of the world, so the irony is that so-called peace activists and those working for “reconciliation” ignore threats to Jews. It’s not in their vocabulary or, more accurately, their talking points.
The Christ at the Checkpoint crowd is advancing its cause among young evangelicals in America. They are being helped by such as Mart Green’s EGM Films, the Leadership Network, and—drumroll—the PA.
All of them are of like-mind when it comes to Israel and especially Israel’s Christian supporters. The hostility is disturbing.
I urge readers to study groups like the Leadership Network, and its offshoots like Catalyst, along with the individuals who are being promoted/marketed through LN. Remember again that Warren and Hybels are big-time mentors, and this is trickling down (flooding, really) to guys like Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel. I’d dearly love to hear either of them really make a statement about Israel, eschatology, and the Palestinian conflict. Not likely to happen.
Often, readers of Israel Watch ask me how they can make a difference. A few things come to mind:
•Attend some of these conferences. Go to www.catalystspace.com. I know resources are tight, but think about attending the next Christ at the Checkpoint. Buttress this kind of attendance by also learning from the good guys. The Jerusalem Post is hosting an important conference in New York in April— http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/NYCAbout.aspx. A conference like this will cost you about a grand; I think it’s well worth it. Once you’ve attended one of these, let others know what transpired. Be a reporter. Learn. Pass it on.
•Most of you are pretty smart. You are savvy. Learn about these people and what their agendas are. For example, though it’s time-consuming (this is something a retired person might be able to do), you will find layer after layer of networks, and you will stumble onto important information. Study the Leadership Network and connect the dots.
•Consider a trip to Israel. Israel’s enemies often have more resources than the rest of us, so what for us is a huge sacrifice is provided for them. But press on and prayerfully consider going. Let me know if this is an option for you. Aside from your airline ticket (which admittedly can be considerable, especially in warmer months…around $1,500 or more), one can see the country relatively cheaply. It can be done.
And, don’t be intimidated. Just remember that the person you might dialogue with—someone on the opposite side of the fence—is coming at it from a different worldview, namely, they do not really believe in the authority of the Word of God. A person like this might say he does, but you’re smart enough to know whether that’s true or not. Study about the Middle East. Read Michael Oren’s book, Six Days of War. Read his other classic, Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East—1776 to the Present. Other books and articles. Armed with facts, confront the enemies of Israel…in a respectful way.
We stand on the edge of history. Israel is being surrounded. The warriors who defend the Land of Israel will do their jobs. And the Lord of History will do His, and it will be complete.
Those of us who love Zion—we who are not ashamed but rather lean our faces into the wind—will hold the line until the ultimate Cavalry show up: a single commander of unmatched majesty and power.
Until then, let us not concede an inch to Israel’s many enemies.
Especially those in the evangelical community. I decided a long time ago that an enemy of Israel is my enemy, as well.
There are a lot of them in the Church.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Growing seismic unrest in Middle East: Earthquake hits Dead Sea region, felt in Jerusalem
March 23, 2012 – ISRAEL – An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale shook the Dead Sea area and was felt as far away as Jerusalem on Thursday morning. The quake struck at 6:17 a.m. with an epicenter near Masada, according to the Seismological Institute. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the tremor. MK Zeev Bielski (Kadima), the head of a Knesset subcommittee for Home Front preparedness, used the event to lament the country’s lack of readiness for an earthquake, Maariv reported. Not enough of the country’s buildings have been quake-proofed, as is called for under National Master Plan 38, he said. “NMP 38 is not being implemented and there is a sense of complacency in the government over anything concerning an earthquake,” Bielski said. “This is a matter that should be at the top of national priorities. We need to learn from other countries that invested budgetary and other resources to protect the home front, and not wake up one day and discover we are too late.” Two weeks ago another 3.7 quake rattled the Galilee in the north of the country causing alarm but no injuries or damage. The epicenter for that quake was just over the border in southern Lebanon. In February, a 3.1 earthquake struck the Tiberias area, also without injury or damage. –Times of Israel
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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An Iron Dome
There was an interesting event this past week in Israel that points to the Bible’s promises being true.
Despite a flimsy agreement that Palestinian terrorists would halt rocket attacks against Israeli targets, of course more came over. Nine rockets, including the long-range Grad rockets and four mortar shells, hit Israeli territory. This is more “fallout” from the ill-advised pullout from Gaza seven years ago.
On March 15, four of the rockets landed near Ashdod and Beersheba; two were destroyed by the Iron Dome aerial defense system.
I continue to maintain that a full-scale rocket attack—such as one possible from the barbarian Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon—or a limited-yet-lethal nuclear attack from Iran…will not happen. Yes, Hezbollah has stockpiled tens of thousands of missiles, many since the 2006 war, but God has promised in His Word that in the last days, He will defend Israel Himself.
Isn’t that amazing? He personally is intervening and with it, putting His reputation on the line (from our perspective).
This is the Ultimate Iron Dome.
Since the beginning of 2011, 535 rockets have entered Israeli airspace.
By contrast, Israeli offensive maneuvers are always deadly accurate.
On the night of March 14, the Israel Air Force hit a rocket-launching site in the northern Gaza Strip, and also destroyed a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip. The very next night, an IDF patrol engaged a group of terrorists entering from Egyptian territory (the U.S. has just announced that it will continue with massive aid to Egypt, even though the Muslim Brotherhood is wrapping its tentacles around the country).
Three infiltrators were caught—a fourth was shot dead—and the wounded were taken to hospitals in Israel for treatment! Is this not astonishing? The world doesn’t report this. Imagine if Soviet troops had taken German troops to hospitals in Moscow or Stalingrad for treatment. Not only did that not happen, but the Soviets delighted in dishing out brutal treatment to the Nazis.
Israel is defending its citizens and still manages to react humanely to dreadful enemies. How pathetic that CNN et al react with silence.
According to an IDF spokesman:
“The IDF Spokesman said in an announcement that the Southern Command had recently installed two new technological systems which make it possible to detect and impede anti-tank missiles after they have been fired. The need for such a system became evident when the terrorist organizations began using anti-tank missiles to attack civilian targets, such as the missile which hit a school bus on April 7, 2011. One system detects guided and laser-operated missiles to warn of impending threats, and identify the direction and type of missile. The other deflects the missile from its course.”
Although Israel’s numerous enemies (they are legion) are sophisticated, smart, and well-funded, the Israelis continue to stay a step or 50 ahead.
Why is that?
How is it that Israel, surrounded by vicious enemies, continues to not only survive, but thrive?
In a report on all these activities this week, The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center had an interesting headline regarding global propaganda activities against Israel. Introducing a brief report, we read these words:
“The Marches to Israel’s Borders and the Global March to Jerusalem”
Various protests against the Jewish state are planned for March 30, and in the Amit report, we read that a contingent of Asian “activists” have left New Delhi on the way to Lebanon (via Iran and Turkey). Interestingly, the protestors come from Indonesia, the Phillipines, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan (ever heard of the “kings of the east”?).
So, while actual armed conflict is launched by Israel’s near enemies, the Palestinians, propaganda efforts come from afar. For those who continue to miss (or see it and still marginalize Bible prophecy, like preterists) obvious prophecy, one wonders how they can. When Zechariah predicted an actual, global effort to finally destroy Israel in the last days—coinciding with the arrival of the Messiah on the Mount of Olives—the language was in reality plain and easy to understand.
At no time in history have “all” the nations (the definition of “all” is…all) come against Israel. They are doing so now.
As they gather, the Lord swats away their pitiful attacks. Soon and very soon, His fury will arise in a terrifying and total way.
The Iron Dome is firmly in place.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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Iran: All Muslims must march on Jerusalem on Friday
March 27, 2012
Iran is pressuring its Jewish population to take part in the multi-pronged rush on the country’s borders.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad never miss a chance to use the UN to preach the need to global unity against Israel.
Israel is prepared to handle this week’s “Global March to Jerusalem,” officials said on Sunday, as organizers plan a multi-pronged rush on the country’s borders to mark the 36th anniversary of Land Day on Friday.
Organizers of the event – known as “GMJ” – say they are planning peaceful marches on the Israeli border in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, at checkpoints in the West Bank and at entrances to the Gaza Strip.
“Our aim is to end the Zionist policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaization, which all harm the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem,” they wrote on the event’s official homepage.
”The GMJ is comprised of a diverse coalition of Palestinian, Arab and international activists who are united in the struggle to liberate the holy city of Jerusalem (the city of peace) from illegal Zionist occupation.”
Organizers said processions would also be organized in Arab and Muslim capitals worldwide, and in front of Israeli embassies in a number of unspecified countries.
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
The Islamic March on Israel have been a constant march since 1948. The Arabs have been beaten black and blue for the last nine wars, in a bid to destroy the Jewish homeland.
To be able to run down the borders of Israel, Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims must make a “cease fire” and stop slaughtering each other in the name of “allah”.
What can unite them is Jihad against their common enemy: Israel.
It is Fascination to see all the Liberals and Socialist activists who side with Islam in their march of Israel. They side with pure evil and totalitarian forces, and will perish for their foolishness.
The Bible has a rather brutal message to all who wage war on Jerusalem.
Zechariah 14:12
This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
The prophet Joel explains that there will be a global march on Jerusalem, where all nations will participate. They will most likely be gathered for the final battles by the United nations (UN).
What will be able to unite all nations?
The big lie that dividing Israel will bring “peace” to the Middle East and the World.
Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
Do you submit to this “peace plan”?
The only solution is Jesus the Messiah who has taken the death penalty we all deserve.
Because when He returns, He will bring judgment to all who have harmed the respiration of Zion, or in other ways rejected Him.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Global Jihad to force Israel to surrender to “peace plan”
March 29, 2012
If you feel the conflict in the Middle East is about “Jewish settlements”, take a look at this picture.
Jihad supporters of "allah" in Pakistan will be on their move on Friday.
The Muslims in Pakistan do not have any land claim in the Middle East. Still they want to walk to the city of Jewish King David, to remove Zionism from the face of the Earth.
Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
All who participate in this march, or support this movements, are slave of sin. Since they have no shame, God of the Bible will permit this walk on Jerusalem to take place. In the final march, all nations will be gathered to the final battle.
It is going to be ugly. It is going to be an awesome display of the Powers and holiness of God of the Bible. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This prophecy has never taken place. It will. One fine day.
Zechariah 14:12
This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
These people do not read the Bible, but will hail and follow their desert demon “allah”, right into the trap set for them by the desires of Satan, whom they have made their father.
For all who want to live. Do not join all who take the path to destruction. Listen to Jesus the Messiah. He said: I am THE WAY.
Psalm 86:11
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Israel is preparing for yet another assault on its borders. The liberated and free Zionist state boosted its Syrian and Lebanese border units.
The IDF Intelligence units are monitoring special flights carrying thousands of pro-Palestinian activists from Tehran touched down in Damascus Tuesday.
Together with Jihad fighters from all over the Muslim World, are getting ready for the March 27 “International Global March to Jerusalem”.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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As Written
I was sitting at the Mid-America Prophecy Conference in Tulsa, waiting to hear Gary Fisher of Lion of Judah Ministries (www.lionofjudahministry.org) . In sharp contrast to the new breed of Christian publishers and evangelical leaders, this traditional community—so maligned and mocked, especially in recent years—still believes Bible prophecy is valid and that the return of Christ is the blessed hope.
They also love the snot out of Israel.
I like being among these people. Happily, I don’t care that many considered to be sophisticates (Brian McLaren, Rick Warren, even young turks like Mark Driscoll) think I am a knuckle-dragging primitive for thinking the folks at Mid-America Prophecy Conference—my friends—are awesome people.
I started working in Christian book publishing in 1993, when Bible prophecy teachers were still respected. What we didn’t know then was that a subversive campaign to marginalize it had been in place for some time.
In those days, books supportive of Israel and prophecy teaching were the norm.
Specifically, the leftward drift at schools like Fuller Theological Seminary and Wheaton was preparing the new breed of evangelical leader. These guys were being taught that belief in Bible prophecy was for losers, survivalists, and Larry the Cable Guy. We are not, after all (as bigger-brained hominids like Mark Noll lament), “careful thinkers.”
In their world, a careful thinker is one who has jettisoned the plain-sense meaning of Genesis. The other 65 books of the Bible are likewise meant to be understood allegorically.
At this conference, there were elaborate banners that say things like “Kinsman Redeemer” and “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” We’ve heard gospel music. Yes, much of the hair here is either silver or missing. The banners and gospel music were the kinds of things the sophisticates make fun of, but I found the atmosphere totally refreshing.
Truth was there. It has re-energized me, after months of researching through the slime of anti-Israel “evangelicals.” How inspiring it has been to listen to great teachers like Arno Froese, David Hitt, Gary Fisher, David Reagan, Daymond Duck, Terry James, and Mark Hitchcock. All these men love Israel and even better, they love the Lion of Judah. Thank God there are still men like this in the world, and that they have purposed to eschew retirement and keep working hard.
You wouldn’t catch Rick Warren schlepping his own books, or going on little sleep so he could chat with his fans. The men who spoke at Mid-America Prophecy Conference are not in it for the cash and adulation. They recognize we are all sojourners; in fact, it is astonishing how knowledgeable the attendees are.
These men have set their faces like flint and stand as the frontline of defense against the purpose-driven-into-the-ground ministries that have sprouted like weeds.
Years ago, the Leadership Network (inspired by men like Peter Drucker and Bob Buford) began, George Soros-like, to pump money and manpower into the new breed of evangelical leader.
Rick Warren, for example.
Today, Warren is a publishing powerhouse and generally thought to be “America’s Pastor,” although others like T.D. Jakes and Steven Furtick, drunk on narcissism, jockey for that position. Warren also loves to denigrate Bible prophecy and discernment ministries.
The books of Warren, published by Zondervan, and those of McLaren and his contemporaries, are not simple accidents of history. The Leadership Network worked a deal for publishing giant Jossey Bass to help build significant speaking and writing platforms for the men and women who are now what I’d call “progressive evangelicals.”
Their careers and the careers of the Bible prophecy teachers at Mid-America Conference are a fascinating study in contrasts.
My friends here in Tulsa for the most part operate on shoe-string budgets. They often self-publish their materials, because the careful-thinking publishers have left them behind (get it?). There is a stigma to that, too, of course.
Yet I know better.
I know that the Leadership Networks’ assembly line golem are all the rage in the American spiritual landscape today. They promote seeker-sensitive, church-growth, experiential-based easy believism. They are rewarded with lucrative book and speaking careers. Their publishers spend a Trojan-Horse-load of cash into marketing efforts. This is key.
The books of Warren & Friends are ubiquitous because their publishers buy store space with floor and counter displays, signage, etc. The media are waiting, up on their hind legs like dogs waiting for a processed, meat-like bone to be tossed into the air.
All the big papers still left feature them in review sections. Radio hosts line up the toothy “pastors” who write Your Best Day is Friday and the Other Six, Too!
(By the way, the next phase, coming I predict in the next few years, will be the appearance of “evangelical leaders” on Oprah and Ellen.)
Gary Fisher taught about the identity of the Lion of Judah (hint: it’s Jesus Christ), and that He will rule and reign one day, literally. Gary’s a nut-job, right?
No, he’s not. Gary is a smart guy and here’s an added feature: he has guts. He, like the others here, is swimming against the Christian cultural tide.
It’s easy to organize a Catalyst conference, in which nary a controversial word will be spoken. All of us can support the effort to bring clean drinking water to Africans, right? All of us can agree that literacy is good, right?
What is tougher is to proclaim God’s Word as authoritative. The faith once delivered to the saints is not Jim Wallis’s America-Last socialist cocktail. It is not the inherently nasty attitude toward prophecy as taught by Pastor Rick, who likes to tweet that his critics are “twits.” (That’s loving, right?)
The faith is also not the hyper-narcissism of Steven Furtick’s “sermons.” It is not the leadership-soaked obsessions of Andy Stanley, either.
I like the guys I listened to in Tulsa. I like them immensely. They know the spirit of the age is against them. The Zeitgeist is a hard opponent, vicious and relentless.
Wow, Gary Fisher said that we are serving a Jewish Messiah. Grow up, Gary! Didn’t you know Jesus was a Palestinian?
In point of fact, Gary understands and embraces reality. This is from his newsletter, The Trumpeter:
“Many signs the Bibles gives us concerning the last days are upon us, but are only recognizable if taken literally. The reestablishment of the nation of Israel, the regathering of the Jewish people to it, the condition of society, etc., if taken literally, seem to be shouting to us loudly and clearly that Jesus is coming! Are you ready?”
Amazing. What a counterweight to the New Thought being generated by such sources as www.catalystspace.com.
My friends at Mid-America Prophecy Conference are men of God who love His people and stand with them in this hour of their need. They love Scripture, and they especially love the Gospel.
I’ve known Terry James for 20 years, from the time he began to go blind. There he was at Mid-America, delivering an innovative talk and moving the audience to tears as he reminded us all of our Blessed Hope. I would urge you to contact the organizers of this conference at: Bible Prophecy, P.O. Box 14575, Tulsa OK, 74159, or call 918-748-1806. The conference talks are available on dvd, and here is the best endorsement I can give it: it was the best prophecy conference I’ve ever attended.
There was a sweet, sweet spirit in that place, and I needed it after months of attending meetings of the Religious Left, which loathes Israel.
A word too about the ministries represented there by the speakers; I’ve already mentioned a few of them.
Daymond Duck would have you believe that he is Gomer Pyle, but the guy is a writing and speaking powerhouse. His elegant delivery was inspiring. As Daymond got up to speak the first time, I noticed on my phone that Rick Warren had tweeted a birthday greeting to Eric Clapton; I winced. While Clapton, who is not god, will be remembered for recording such songs as “Cocaine” and “I Shot the Sheriff,” and Warren will go down as a chief opponent of Bible prophecy teaching in the last days—busying himself by writing sycophantic tweets to rock stars—guys like Daymond Duck will hear, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Dave Reagan of Lamb & Lion Ministries (www.lamblion.com), well, what more could be said? Dave delivered two rock’em, sock’em messages at Mid-America, and is a fearsome opponent for the Religious Left that has infiltrated the evangelical world, big-time. My favorite thing about Dave though is that his love for the Lord is the electricity that turns on his intellect, education, and powerhouse speaking style.
Arno Froese of Midnight Call Ministries (www.midnightcall.com) is a brilliant researcher and commentator. His insights into Europe are not to be missed. Midnight Call is one of those ministries I urge you to check out and consider supporting.
Mark Hitchcock of course is a prolific author and frankly, one of the better contrasts to the Compromising Crowd. He is one of the few Bible prophecy authors still supported by mainstream Christian publishers and bookstores.
David Hitt, my buddy from Texas, is an emerging (the good kind) speaker and writer. His talk at Mid-America: “The Covert Middle East War,” was spell-binding, no kidding.
Well, the theme for the organizing ministry was “Bible Prophecy As Written.” What a wonderful antidote to the Bible-hating sludge we hear promoted in churches and ministries across the country. And, more to the point of “Israel Watch,” the Israelis should know that there are still permanently committed supporters in America. As the evangelical church oinks and sprints for the cliff’s edge, take heart: a strong remnant eagerly awaits the return of the Lord, our only hope.
Many congratulations to Bible Prophecy as Written for hosting such a wonderful conference. You should make plans to attend next year, for sure, and watch for announcements of dates.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Global oil and gas Jihad against Israel
April 10, 2012
New blast hits Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan and Israel.
The gas pipeline has been blown up by Islamic terrorists for the 14th time in less than two years.
This Attack is the 14th to hit Sinai since Mubarak’s fall; pipeline remains closed from similar explosion in February.
An explosion hit the Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan on Monday for 14th time since the uprising against president Hosni Mubarak began last year, security sources said.
The blast took place in the northern Sinai at the entrance of the Mediterranean coastal town of Al-Arish. Residents in the city told Reuters they had heard the sound of the explosion.
Source: Jerusalem.com
My comment:
The Muslim Brotherhood wants to revoke the “peace agreement” between Egypt and Israel. First and foremost because Egypt had to accept the Sinai to be a demilitarized zone, that could not be used for Jihad”sits to fire rockets into Israel.
But also because the oil fields on the Sinai, had to deliver oil and gas into Israel and keep the Zionist state alive.
Jodan is another enemy of the Muslim Brotherhood. Because the Kingdom accepted a “Peace agreement” with Israel in 1994. So the gas from Egypt shall not be used to uphold this anti-Jihad Jordanian Kingdom.
Norway is a part of this Islamic oil and gas Jihad. The largest oil producer in Europe has signed an agreement with the Arab League, to join their oil embargo in the Jewish state. Just like Iran. Even to this Islamic Republic is not a member of the Arab League.
The cold war on Israel can very easily trigger another hot war in the Middle East. The Jews will simply not permit its leadership to lead them towards a second Holocaust. Benjamin Netanyahu is crystal clear. No new Holocaust on his watch.
Jesus the Messiah said that there will be terrible times ahed, and a horribly defaulted hatred towards Jews, who has its roots in satanic paganism of different kinds.
All true Christians will rejoice the global Jihad as a way to hell. We will stand with Israel and the Jewish people in their time of trouble. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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Joe Biden blame Middle East for higher oil price
April 10, 2012
The US Vice President Joe Biden blames everyone in the Middle East for higher prices at the petrol pumps.
Joe Biden is only one heart beat from the Presidency of the USA.
Vice-President Biden blamed higher oil prices on “talk about war with Iran”.
He fear that Iran might “take out the Saudi oil fields and Bahraini oil fields”.
Biden is concerned about the Arab Spring movement; the “war in Libya”; the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood; and a potential for unforeseen political unrest, such as “chaos in Russia.”
Oil prices are going up because the world economy is consuming more oil and supply has not increased to meet the demand.
One might argue that the market should price strategic risk into the oil price, but the fact is that markets are not especially good at assigning prices to possible events whose probability can’t be measured.
The price of oil tracks economic growth expectations. It is statistically absurd to seek another reason. The problem is not risk, but supply. The only way to reduce gas prices is to drill for more oil.
Source: Gatestone Institute.org
My comment:
Vice President Joe Biden should make America her self take the blame for the present chaos in the Middle East.
Five per cent of the Worlds population live in the US. They consume 20 per cent of the global resources. 25 per cent of Americans consumption of oil has to be shipped out from the Persian Gulf.
To protect her self interests, the US has based her 5th fleet in Bahrain. That Saudi Arabia is a totalitarian Islamic dictatorship is not one of Joe Bidens concerns. As long as the American dream lives in, to hell with human rights, freedom and democracy for the people of the Middle East. The Saudi oil fields must be protected at all costs.
Up to the day of the fall of Hosni Mubarak, He was presented as a “peace maker” in the Middle East. Likewise did Gaddafi receive a red carpet welcome in cities like Rome and Paris.
Joe Biden represents the ugly American face of unlimited double standards and hypocrisy.
Written by Ivar
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US Vice-president honored by nuclear Pakistan, tells Israel to bomb Iran
April 10, 2012
In January US Vice-president Joe Biden received an awards from the nuclear armed Pakistani government. Two days ago he confirmed that : «If Israel wants to bomb Iran, we can’t stop them». Joe Biden is accepting honor in one Islamic nuclear nation, and telling Israel to bomb another Islamic nation to try to stop it from going nuclear.
The US Vice President receive an award from the President of Pakistan
Can anybody trust Joe Biden?
Three years ago senator Joe Biden said Israel «have to reconcile themselves to the reality of a nuclear-armed Iran». According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Biden, a six-time Delaware Senator and chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the «amazed» officials, «It’s doubtful if the economic sanctions will be effective, and I am against opening an additional military and diplomatic front».
January 9th 2009: The nuclear armed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari conferring the award of «Hilal-i-Pakistan» to US vice president-elect Joe Biden at The President’s House in Islamabad. Biden met Pakistan’s president to discuss tensions with India and the anti-terror fight in South Asia, This was only 11 days before he took office with Barack Obama.
On Saturday, In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanoupolos, vice president Joseph Biden said in answer to a question: «Look, Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else».The interviewer asked: «Whether we agree or not?»: «Whether we agree or not», said the vice president.
This was the first time a senior Obama administration official left Israeli the military option against Iran’s nuclear sites. DEBKAfile’s Washington sources note that the vice president has the reputation for fast draws which are sometimes later modified by «clarifications». If this time Biden’s statement was coordinated with the president, it would mean that the administration has withdrawn its veto against Israel’s resort to military action to curtail Iran’s drive for a bomb before diplomacy has been fully tested.
Source: The DEBKAfile’s
My comment:
Israel has to be careful putting their trust in Joe Biden. As late as May 24th, the US Vice President was in Lebanon. There he meet the Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr, and promised to provide the Lebanese defense with 42 fighter jets as well as helicopters.
Joe Biden with President Suleiman in Lebanon in May. Biden came to bring peace to Israel by selling fighter jets to a nation that does not recognize the Jewish state.
For what do Lebanon want fighter jets? Are they going to use them to disarm Hizbullah? May be there one day will be Hizbullah pilots in these Jets, attacking Israel?
The US should have waited till Lebanon recognizes Israel`s right to exist, before promising the unstable Lebanese government attack weapons.
That Joe Biden as late as January 2009 accepted that «Hilal-i-Pakistan» award from the Government of Pakistan, should tell us about a man that seeks fame, rather than wisdom and justice. If Al Quaeda ever will get their hands on a nuclear bomb, they will get one from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
It is the hight of hypocrisy to go and get honored by an Islamic nuclear nation, and in the next moment tell Israel to do the dirty job of stopping another Islamic nation from developing a nuclear bomb.
Anyhow, Joe Biden is a Roman Catholic. He will not stand with Israel in her trouble, but rather support the Vatican in the Papal effort to force a false peace upon Israel. If Israel has to go against Iran alone, you can be sure that forced peace will be just around the corner. With the US, Russia, China, United Nations, EU, Pakistan and the rest of the Islamic World , all crying foul against Israel. In regards to Israel, most of the nations in this World are ruled by leaders who are hypocrites, like Joe Biden. Hypocrites from they get up in the morning till they go bed in the evening.
Read more about Joe Bidens visit to Lebanon in May: Click Here
First published July 7th 2009.
Written by Ivar
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US Jewish students gets fake eviction notices
April 10, 2012
- More than 200 Jewish students at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus received fake eviction notices from a pro-Palestinian group.
Israeli students in the US face persecution by mockers.
The notices were posted March 30 by the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine, the Florida Jewish Journal reported April 5. The notices were posted to draw attention to the alleged number of Palestinian home demolitions by Israeli troops over the past three decades.
Some of the students who did not read the notice carefully thought that they were actually being evicted, a Jewish student told the newspaper.
“We’re considering it a hate crime,” Rayna Exelbierd, 20, a Jewish student who received a fake eviction notice, told the newspaper. “The flier promotes hate; it doesn’t promote peace. People were scared by it. People felt threatened by it.”
The fliers contained the university housing department’s official stamp.
“The recent mock eviction postings did not comply with the policies of University Housing and Residential Life or the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership concerning the distribution of printed material, and therefore the postings were removed,” Charles Brown, FAU’s senior vice president for student affairs, said in a statement.
Andrew Rosenkranz, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Florida region, said the university is going to open an investigation into the incident.
Source: JTA.org
My comment:
Jew-hate dies hard even in America.
Psalm 22:7
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
Behold: The Messiah Jesus will judge all who defame and demonize his brothers and sister in the flesh.
Written by Ivar
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Cartoon of the day: # 19
April 10, 2012
A good Cartoon often tells the story in a better way than 1000 words.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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At An Hour When Ye Think Not
Beirut, Lebanon—a spring night in 1973. The streets are teeming with people in what was once considered a jewel of the Middle East. That was before the PLO moved in.
The story goes that Ehud Barak was wearing a dress, strolling arm-in-arm down the street with “her date.” The future prime minister of Israel also had an Uzi tied around his waist, and dangling between his legs, if I may say it that way.
Barak, commander of the famed and elite counter-terrorism unit, Sayeret Matkal, was about to spring a surprise on key PLO leaders, this in retaliation for the ghastly Munich Olympics murders of 1972. Israeli premier Golda Meir approved the operation, dubbed “Operation Spring of Youth.”
The Munich killers were relaxing. Their minds were far from danger.
Members of the unit, which included Yoni Netanyahu, older brother of another future prime minister, landed onshore that evening, where they were met by Mossad agents, who drove them to and from the apartment building where the operation took place.
In the ensuing firefight, three PLO operatives were killed, and other Israeli commandos engaged in a savage battle nearby with members of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).
I was reminded of that legendary story this week—as were other writers—when Barak (now Israel’s defense minister) gave the order for security forces to remove “settlers” in Hebron who have not proven their ownership of property to the government’s satisfaction. The Jewish families were removed while preparing for Passover—a swift and stunning surprise just when it appeared they had won the day via public opinion.
With news that Barack Obama has cowardly sent secret messages to the Iranians, via Turkey, that he will accept the terror state’s “civilian” nuclear ambitions, the stakes are ramped-up even higher regarding the mullah’s deadly intentions toward the Jewish state.
This is relevant to the story of the Hebron settlers, and how Barak dealt with it.
It is perhaps here that we are seeing clues to how the Israelis will deal with this existential threat. I have said before that I am quite sure they are not going to Auschwitz again, and will never again allow themselves to be vulnerable. The only way Jews will remain safe in our world today is if they have guns and sundry other weapons.
Barak’s handling of both the ’73 operation, and the recent one in Hebron are good indications that the man plans strikes that occur without any kind of warning. Such is what I expect regarding Iran and its nuclear threats. Everyone is scanning the skies for an Israeli airstrike; I expect something quite different.
Remember too the incredible Entebbe raid, which Barak helped plan, and which Yoni Netanyahu led as commander of the rescue force. So sudden was their appearance in the dark African night at Entebbe Airport that the lead commando told me once the terrorists holding 105 men, women, and children did not know what was happening until he was in the doorway.
Something tells me that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is going to get a bomb dropped down his shorts while he brushes his teeth one night in the not-too-distant-future.
When the smoke clears, there won’t be so much as Israeli fingerprints left behind.
Obama’s pitiful overture to the Iranians comes on the heels of news that SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) was cutting off dozens of Iranian banks and financial institutions from its systems. Naturally, the Iranian people heard little about this, but officials, such as former Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian and Mahmoud Ahmadi, director of the Central Bank both threatened the West and claimed they had already taken measures to overcome the SWIFT decision.
(By the way, another issue not directly tied to Iran’s race for nuclear weapons opens a fascinating window into just how interconnected global financial transactions really are, and one can see clearly how close we are to a system in which a single charismatic person will “solve” our problems. In a note from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center , we read:
“Mohammad-Reza Behzadian, former chairman of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, warned about the possible repercussions of Iran’s disconnection from the international clearing house. In an interview given to the Iranian Diplomacy website, Behzadian said that, with Iranian banks cut off, even smaller banks that do not depend on the United States and were so far willing to continue cooperating with Iran will be unable to perform transactions with it. Behzadian estimated that it will be impossible for Iran to continue doing business securely using old-fashioned telecommunications systems, and that the country’s disconnection from SWIFT will lead to an increase in the costs involved in conducting international banking transactions.”
Sound like an antichrist system in development to you? Me too.)
Further, Iran’s economy is highly dependent on raw material and capital import for the agricultural and industrial sectors; it is not hard to imagine the very real economic sanctions causing Iranian currency to implode.
However…one must remember that the old Soviet Union was well on its way to economic meltdown and bankruptcy at the same time it developed nuclear weapons and built up its military infrastructure to menace the entire world.
I do not believe sanctions will prevent the Iranian regime from developing and potentially using nuclear weapons.
That will leave the one-time gun-toting “girl” on a Beirut street—and “her” military and diplomatic team of former fellow elite commandos to make the most momentous decision of their lives.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Cameron promote Sharia-law and order in Indonesia
April 13, 2012
David Cameron: “Indonesia is a model democracy for Muslims, that does not compromise security”.
David Cameron wants more trade from Indonesia, and praised its Muslim rulers.
Indonesia’s respect for democracy and minority religious groups should serve as an example for other Muslim nations, Mr Cameron said.
In Jakarta, capital of the world’s most populous Muslim nation, Cameron called on groups such as Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, which has a conservative vision of Islam, to look to Indonesia’s for tips on nation building following the Arab Spring that toppled long-time Middle Eastern autocrats.
“What Indonesia is showing is that it is possible to develop a democracy and a modern economy that neither compromises people’s security nor their ability to practise their religion,” Mr Cameron said.
Source: The Telegraph.no
My comment:
Her is some news from April 9th, 2011, from Power Line Blog
Sharia In Indonesia:
Indonesia has long been held out as a country where moderate forms of Islam flourish. Perhaps so. But sharia law has been adopted in a number of areas in Indonesia. The effect was seen yesterday, when four people were caned in Aceh province on the island of Sumatra. The presumed offense was adultery, although commission of the actual act was not clear; the couples were punished, technically, for being in “close proximity.” Here, a woman named.
Indonesian woman Irdayanti Mukhtar is caned:
87.18 per cent of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim.
If the Nazi-chuches in Germany had survived World War II, David Cameron would have landed in Berlin and praised a “peaceful” nation, where almost 100 per cent “agreed” on what religion to f follow.
When 81 per cent of the population in a nation have become Muslims, there will always be a Muslim President, and a Supreme Court ruled by Muslims.
That is what David Cameron desire. No need to say that Muhammad is a false prophet, and that the Koran promote the slaughter of people who “force” Islam to be a religion of the minority.
Even though only 7 per cent of the people in Indonesia are Protestant Christians, Radical Muslims still slaughter followers of Jesus, and burn down their churches. The model Islamic nation for David Cameron should not be Indonesia, but his allied in NATO, Turkey.
That is a nations who successfully slaughtered all their Armenian Christians in 1915-1916. There are only 0,2 per cent Christian left, a “great achievement” for the followers of Muhammad.
Written by Ivar
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Catholic footballers in Spain submit to Sharia
April 13, 2012
Real Madrid changing cross logo for Muslim fans, sponsors in the Arabian world.
Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Also for Real Madrid, who submit to the demands of Sharia.
Real Madrid, the Spanish soccer powerhouse, will be making changes to their logo to appease and hopefully gain Muslim soccer fans.
After having the same logo for close to a century, Real Madrid is going to remove the cross from the top of the crown that lies within their insignia.
The cross is an offense to Koran-obeying Muslims.
The Marca newspaper in Spain quoted a source in the club’s administration who said the change was decided upon in hopes of, “avoiding all forms of misunderstanding and conflict in the regions where the majority of the population is Muslim.”
The change in logo goes hand-in-hand with Real Madrid’s building of a $1 billion sports tourist resort in the United Arab Emirates. The resort will be the world’s first theme park placed on an artificial island.
Source: New Jersey Newsroom.
It is easy to mock all who warn against the enforcement of Sharia in Europe.
The chime attitude of submission of the football club Real Madrid is only one of many examples.
Catholic Spain has been under Islam before. From 711 A.D to 1492 A.D.
Sine the Pope promote that all sons of Abraham, including the Muslims is a part of “god’s” plan for salvation, it would hardly matter is Spain is under Islamic of Catholic rule.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.”
Evangelical’s who side with this wicked religion presented as “Christianity”, please keep in mind the warning from Jesus our Messiah.
Luke 21: 16
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
Reject the falsehood of both the Vatican and Islam. They work for unity based on a wicked compromise, and will lift up the final antichrist as their common global leader. The false prophet and a beast has already signed the peace agreement between the two largest religions on the face of Earth.
Written by Ivar
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Jewish Rabbis: «Catholics and Jews should make final peace»
April 13, 2012
«Catholics and Jews are brothers and sisters deeply bound by their fervent belief in the one creator of heaven and earth».
Pope Benedict XVI at the Park East Synagogue in New York just before the start of the Jewish Sabbath, in April 2008.
This are viewpoints of Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn and Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin. They have published a letter in Jerusalem Post. This is their conclusion and advice, in regards to Catholic-Jewish relations:
The reconciliation of the Church with the Jewish people is one of God’s great blessings, one that inspires all people around the world. If the Church and the Jewish people can make peace with each other after nearly 2,000 of enmity, then peace is possible between any two peoples anywhere.
Recognizing that Catholics and Jews are brothers and sisters deeply bound by their fervent belief in the one creator of heaven and earth who revealed Himself to the people Israel is one of the miracles of the last century – and it is too important for Jews, for Catholics and for the world to allow to lapse.
Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn
Jews and Catholics share a common spiritual patrimony and all people of good will should pray that both the Church and the Jewish people continue to work for this historic reconciliation grounded in mutual understanding, respect and equality.
Source: Jerusalem Post.
Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn is the North American Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Chancellor.
My comment:
It sounds loving and sweet that Catholics and Jews serve the same God, called the creator. But if that is the truth about «god», than also the Muslims should be included.
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin
But the this kind of «unity» is not based on the truth. Because the creator is a tribune God, of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In fact all the three major faith`s on Earth rejects the tribune God, and in particular that the Son is the only way to our Father in Heaven. In Judaism «Jesus» is not found to be the Messiah. In the Catholic faith His saving blood is denied, and His glory not to be found in obedience to His words, but rather in worship of statues of wood and stone.
A unity outside of the faith in the Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, is falsehood. It will only lead to the final false universal religion of all faiith`s lead to the one and only God the creator. Omitting the need to repent from sins, and accept the only valid redemption that is found in the blood of Jesus.
First published: January 20th, 2010.
Written by Ivar
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Jesus not invited to Jerusalem Prayer Banquet
April 13, 2012
The Messiah is not invited to the “peace process” that will make people of all faith united around the future of Jerusalem.
Robert Stearns and Pat Robertson are deceivers of the flock, promoting end time unity of all faiths in Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Prayer Banquet, to be held in New York City next month and feature former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as a guest speaker, promises to offer attendees a new perspective on the importance of Jerusalem for people of all faiths.
The event was organized by Eagles’ Wings, a global mission community with a network of supporters in Germany and Jerusalem founded by its executive director Dr. Robert Stearns.
”First of all, I hope that people will realize that people of every background – Jewish, Christian, Muslim, agnostic, people of every background who believe in human rights and human freedoms, [will] find themselves linked together in the question of Jerusalem’s future. I am hopeful that will be a new perspective for some,” said Stearns.
Source: Christian Post
My comment:
What do “Christian” leaders such as Jack Hayford, Frederick K.C. Price, Pat Boone, John Hagee, and Harry Jackson have in common?
If you have 100.000 US dollar available for donation, you will get the right to wine and dine with them at a banquette in New York.
And they promote “end time unity” of all faiths in Jerusalem.
These “preachers” do not preach that Jesus is the Messiah to Jews, and that those who rejects him will perish. They are more or less convinced that the gospel is an office to Jews, and that the blood of Jesus do not save Jews form eternal condemnation.
The blood of Jesus is only for the gentiles, to whom they preach. And in particular for people with money. Men like John Hagee preach that “poverty is a curse”.
Christian preachers must stand with Israel is regards to their right to have a state of their own, with Jerusalem as their not dividable capital.
But support for the “Judeo Christian” heritage will not save a single soul. Christians who are followers of Jesus must continue to preach like John the Baptist to both Jews and pagans. Repent or perish.
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The Pope Prays for World Without Borders
April 13, 2012
Pope Benedict the XVI says that Jesus wants a world without borders and that everyone should be united as one human family.
The Pope is hailed as a great Global leader in the United Nations.
On World Migration and Refugee Day, the Pope said that Jesus was an refugee when he fled to Egypt with His parents. He said he is looking forward to the day where all people around the world see each other as brothers.
The pope quoted from Vatican II to explain the Church’s goals. From “Nostra aetate,” he said:
Who is like the Pope, who has followers across all the borders?
“One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.”
From the document “Lumen gentium,” he said:
“The Church in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instrument both of a very closely knit union with God and the unity of the whole human race.
For this, it is fundamental that Christians, despite being dispersed through the world and …diverse by culture and traditions, be a single thing, as the Lord wishes.”
The Pope works for a World without borders, with Him self as the religious head.
The pope spoke of Christian Unity week Jan 18-25, emphasizing the oneness of Christians. He also mentioned January 17 as the day of Jewish-Christian dialogue and how it was important to unite in the common roots of Judaism and Christianity.
Source: CNA
My comment:
The Pope is praying for world government, plain and simple.
He is calling for a world without borders. He wants everyone to be ONE, as one big happy family. This is a very new age philosophy and it is of course, the Antichrist plan.
The United Nations put their hope in the Pope. He is branded as the global man of peace.
There is no utopia of brotherhood on earth.
That is the plan of Lucifer. He is setting up his earthly kingdom through all the governments of the earth. The Pope is in agreement with this plan and is fooling millions of Catholics around the world.
After the governments agree to have one world government the Pope will lead the one world religion. This plan seems to be picking up speed and it is as if nature itself is crying out with all of the animal deaths worldwide.
John 18:36
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
First published: 18th of January 2011.
Written by: Sue
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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What peace? Israeli TV shows air force gearing up for an attack on Iran
April 15, 2012 – ISRAEL – A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out an attack. The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, and the fact that his assessments on a strike were cleared by the military censor. No order to strike is likely to be given before the P5+1 talks with Iran resume in May, the reporter, Alon Ben-David, said. “But the coming summer will not only be hot but tense.” In the event that negotiations fail and the order is given for Israel to carry out an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, “dozens if not more planes” will take part in the mission: attack and escort jets, tankers for mid-air refueling, electronic warfare planes and rescue helicopters, the report said. Ben-David said the Israel Air Force “does not have the capacity to destroy the entire Iranian program.” There will be no replication of the decisive strikes on Iraq’s Osirak reactor in 1981 or on Syria in 2007, he said. “The result won’t definitive.” But, a pilot quoted in the report said, the IAF will have to ensure that it emerges with the necessary result, with “a short and professional” assault. Ben-David said that if negotiations break down, and Iran moves key parts of its nuclear program underground to its Qom facility, the IAF “is likely to get the order and to set out on the long journey to Iran.” “Years of preparations are likely to come to realization,” he said, adding that “the moment of truth is near.” Ben-David interviewed several squadron leaders, pilots and other officers. He noted that some of the IAF personnel, “it is likely, will not return from the mission.” An officer named Gilad said it would be “naive” to think there would be no losses.
The IAF is said to be worried about the advanced anti-aircraft systems that Russia has sold to countries in the region, the report said. Among those systems, the SA 17 and 22 in Syria and Iran present a challenge, according to the report. According to the report, it’s the older versions of the F-15 that can fly further than any other plane in Israel’s arsenal, and this puts it on the front line of any potential attack. One pilot said in the report that the F-15, or ‘Havaz,’ “is a plane with a very wide range of operation — a combination of relatively energy-efficient engines, and significant flightworthiness regarding weapons and fuel.” The IAF has a full-sized unmanned plane, the “Eitan,” that is said to be able to fly to Iran, the report added. “This plane can do all that is required of it when the order is given,” a pilot said, without elaboration. The attack, the report said, would presumably trigger a war in northern Israel, with missile attacks (presumably from the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon). “There will no tranquility and peace anywhere in Israel,” Ben-David said. This could be the first full-scale war the IAF has fought in nearly 30 years, the report stated. Pilots had already been told where their families would be moved, away from their bases, for safety, the report said. –Times of Israel
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Israel with written welcome note to provokers
April 16, 2012
The Israeli government issue a welcome letter to pro “Palestinian” activist who flew into Israel to create trouble.
Benjamin Netanyahu turn the tables on the totalitarian forces who try to defame Israel.
The Prime Minister’s Office published on Saturday the text of a welcome letter that will be handed out to pro-Palestinian activists.
The letter “thanks” activists “for choosing to make Israel the object of you humanitarian concerns.”
“We know there were many other worthy choices,” it says, and goes on to list a number of other such “choices”: Syria, Iran and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
“ You could have chosen to protest the Syrian regime’s daily savagery against its own people, which has claimed thousands of lives,” the letter says.
“You could have chosen to protest the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent and support of terrorism throughout the world.”
“You could have chosen to protest Hamas rule in Gaza, where terror organizations commit a double war crime by firing rockets at civilians and hiding behind civilians.
The letter states that activists chose “to protest against Israel, the Middle East’s sole democracy, where women are equal, the press criticizes the government, human rights organizations can operate freely, religious freedom is protected for all and minorities do not live in fear.”
The text concludes by suggesting that the activists “solve first the real problems of the region, and then come back and share with us your experience,” before wishing them “have a nice flight.”
Source: Israeli daily Haaretz
My comment:
Needless to say more.
Benjamin Netanyahu said it all.
Written by Ivar
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UK: Christians are persecuted and vilified
April 16, 2012
Christians are being “persecuted” by courts and “driven underground” in the same way that homosexuals once were.
Lord Cary warns of increase in persecution of Christians in the UK.
These are the words of former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey.
He claims worshippers are being “vilified” by the state, treated as “bigots” and sacked simply for expressing their beliefs.
The attack is part of a direct appeal to the European Court of Human Rights before a landmark case on religious freedom.
In a written submission seen by The Daily Telegraph, the former leader of more than 70 million Anglicans warns that the outward expression of traditional conservative Christian values has effectively been “banned” in Britain under a new “secular conformity of belief and conduct”.
His comments represent one of the strongest attacks on the impartiality of Britain’s judiciary from a religious leader.
He says Christians will face a “religious bar” to employment if rulings against wearing crosses and expressing their beliefs are not reversed.
“It is now Christians who are persecuted; often sought out and framed by homosexual activists,” he says. “Christians are driven underground. There appears to be a clear animus to the Christian faith and to Judaeo-Christian values. Clearly the courts of the United Kingdom require guidance.”
Source: The Telegraph.co.uk
My comment:
I am not an Anglican, but I agree with the analyze of this former Archbishop.
For Secular people the difference between a Conservative Anglican, a Bible obeying baptist or a pentecostal is immaterial.
If not Christians want to get rid of Christianity, they will go after us all.
The Bible explains that the great apostasy will start in the Church. Conservative Anglicans will first and foremost be betrayed by other corrupt and apostate Anglicans.
Luke 21:16
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
Many Christians have started to preach a twisted or corrupt “gospel”. A born again Christian do not have to worry by attacks from pagans. False brethren are a mush greater threat for the true Church of Jesus the Messiah.
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Australia permits people to be hybrid “X” beings
April 16, 2012
In Australia a new race is being breaded. They are neither male or female, but gender “X”.
Gay parades all over the Planet display the ultimate ugliness of sodomy and rebellion against God their creator.
Previously, travellers were not able to change sex on their passport unless they had had surgery.
This is still the case in many countries, although any nation under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s authority is eligible to introduce category ‘x’.
In Britain, people do not have to have had an operation to change their passport details, as long as they have evidence that they are permanently living in a new gender role
She said: ‘”X” is really quite important, because there are people who are indeed genetically ambiguous and were probably arbitrarily assigned as one sex or the other at birth.
‘It’s a really important recognition of people’s human rights that if they choose to have their sex as “indeterminate”, they can.’
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s foreign minister, said: ‘This amendment makes life easier and significantly reduces the administrative burden for sex and gender diverse people who want a passport that reflects their gender and physical appearance.’
Peter Hyndal, who negotiated with the Australian government on the reforms on behalf of human rights advocacy group A Gender Agenda, said the new guidelines were in line with more flexible approaches to gender in U.S. and British passports.
‘It’s amazingly positive,’ he said. ‘It’s the biggest single piece of law reform related to transgender and intersex issues at a commonwealth level ever in this country – mind-blowing.’
Source: Daily Mail.co.uk
May comment:
Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler has not only a mass murderer. He was also a confused man, who had his own race theories. One of the was that a new race of super beings had to be breaded.
Australian passport display hybrid beings of various kinds.
God crated Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Edward. There is no gender “X” in God’s creation.
In the last days, people shall be vile mocker’s of God. Like in the days of the tower of Babel, man shall try to act like God.
The days of unlimited number of god-mocker’s are here. They will be shortened for the sake of the elect. For it is hard to live with the mental trauma of seeing all kind of filth being presented as “normal” and worthy of praise.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
May Jesus have mercy on all perverts. He nailed their guilt and shameless behavior to the cross, too. Like all of us, they need to repent and worship God in spirit and in truth.
Written by Ivar
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Secular forces loosing the war in Afghanistan
April 16, 2012
Militants have staged a wave of co-ordinated attacks on the Afghan capital Kabul and other locations.
Yesterday: An Afghan security officer take shelter behind the symbol of American secularism. The market share for Mac Donald's is at risk.
Foreign embassies, Nato’s HQ and the Afghan parliament were hit in the first major attack on Kabul in more than six months.
The attackers also struck in the provinces of Logar, Paktia and Nangarhar. The Taliban said it was the start of a “spring offensive” .
Two Afghan security force members and 17 militants were reportedly killed.
A further 17 Afghan police officers and nine civilians were injured, the Afghan interior ministry said.
Source: The BBC.
My comment:
The picture of an Afghan security officer hiding behind an American hamburger, is a valid illustration of the lost war.
The secular forces in Afghanistan do not longer have any clue what they are fighting for. The war has now lasted twice the length of World War II. The is not clear picture of who the enemy is, not what a peaceful solution will bring.
Islam is now portrayed in the west as a religion of peace, and NATO has already fought together with Islamic Jihad in Libya.
So why keep on fighting in Afghanistan?
The Bush-Blair war on terror has not brought peace, nor human rights and democracy to the Muslim World. It has only contributed to the radicalization of the Islamic World, and led to mass recruitment to Jihad.
Down at the end of the line, we can see the West and Islamic word unite. The common enemy of “world peace” will be Zionist Israel.
Isaiah 40:2
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
Behold: God of Israel do not slumber, nor do He sleep. His Son Jesus the Messiah has set watchmen on the wall of Jerusalem. They will not keep quiet, day or night.
Written by Ivar
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The fall of Saigon to be copied in Baghdad
April 16, 2012
The last Americans were evacuated from the US Embassy in Saigon on 29th of April 1975. Soon we will see similar pictures from Baghdad.
May the last American in Baghdad switch the light off. Like they did in Saigon.
This is what happened in the last days of American imperialism in Saigon:
“The final days of the Fall of Saigon began when the North Vietnamese forces commenced their final attack on April 29th, 1975. Heavy artillery bombardment ensued for most of that day and night. On April 30th, North Vietnamese Troops had occupied most strategic points of the city and finally overtook the South Vietnamese presidential palace”.
This is what will be copied in Baghdad.
Yesterday, Islamic forces blew up bombs in 13 cities in Iraq, to celebrate the US sending their combat troops home. Like the Viet Cong, al-Quada will now zoom in on the Green Zone in Baghdad.
This is not East Jerusalem or Berlin. This is the Green Zone in Baghdad.
The Green Zone in Baghdad is an American “cocoon” that holds up the puppet regime in Iraq. It is a fenced and walled fortress build around the area where the American Embassy is located.
The Americans have acted like Israel.
Israel has set up a fence trying to keep Islamic suicide bombers out of Jewish cities and townships in Israel.
Like hypocrites, Washington has criticized Israel, using the same protective measure in Iraq as the Jewish state has implemented around their capital.
And the most amazing event will now take place in Washington: On 1st of September there will be ” Peace talks between Islamic Jihad promoters and Israel”.
Based on the Pentagon failure in Iraq, Obama feels he has the authority to export the US failure to Israel, and teach the Jews how America now will be able to guaranty the safety of the state of Israel.
Who do they think they are fooling?
I guess around five billion people on Earth, who are watching the latest soaps on their TV, paying no attention to News That Matters.
First published: August 26th 2010.
Written by Ivar
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Hatred
A few years ago, at the height of the controversy over the Israeli pullout from Gaza, I visited with Caroline Glick in the lobby of the Mount Zion Hotel.
Listening to Caroline—I believe her to be the finest pure journalist anywhere today—give a hard-eyed assessment of the fallout from the pullout, with a backdrop of the Old City walls in the picture window behind her, I couldn’t help but wonder why this type of sane reasoning can’t find its way into politics.
Caroline, the Jerusalem Post’s deputy managing editor (I highly recommend her book, Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad), is petite, but don’t let that fool you. A reserve officer in the IDF, she made aliyah in 1991, from her native Chicago. She doesn’t mince words, and her assessments of both the political and military situation in the Middle East is dead-on. I am reminded of the comment from CAMERA’s Andrea Levin a few years back, speaking of the insipid Anthony Lewis: “He’s always wrong.”
(Lewis often liked to lecture Israel from the safe confines of his ivy covered cottage in Cambridge, where he filed his Washington Post op-eds. After a Jordanian machine-gunned a group of Israeli girls during their school outing in 1997, Lewis wrote about it, somewhat lamenting the incident in the first paragraph, then bashing Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu for the next 13 paragraphs.)
Well, if one described Caroline Glick’s writing: “She’s always right.”
Recently in the JPost, she got down to brass tacks regarding Barack Obama’s true intentions toward Israel, when she said that his “hatred” for the Jewish state would certainly come out from behind the mask if he gets a second term.
And don’t think for a minute that Bibi Netanyahu trusts him. In fact, the Israeli premier—who was seeing combat in his country’s most elite counter-terrorism unit while Obama was in bed at night reading Saul Alinsky by flashlight—wouldn’t trust the American president to get him a glass of water.
Obama’s astonishingly disingenuous speech before AIPAC was a classic in double-speak (he is another in a long line of presidents who claim to be Israel’s best friend, presumably supplanting biblical figures like Rahab, and extending all the way to Ord Wingate and Arthur Balfour).
What Obama is angling toward is having Israel’s neck in his hands during a second term. The Iranian threat is growing so grave that Israel will have to act soon.
The Americans have longer-range capabilities to knock out Iran’s nuclear facilities. At the very least, a joint effort with the Israelis would surely do the job.
Yet Obama is fully intent on not lifting a finger and forcing Israel to act alone. Once Iran moves enriched uranium and centrifuges to its facility at Qom, it will be too late. This is key, because while Obama publicly pushes sanctions and dispatches his Cabinet ministers like Leon Panetta to bully and threaten the Jewish state, the Iranians know he has their back. And, just like the theory of evolution, time is the core ingredient.
The PA’s Mahmoud Abbas told American officials that because Obama publicly demanded that Israel stop building in the so-called “settlements,” he, Abbas, had no incentive to sit at the negotiating table with Israel. This kind of nonsense is quite harmful both to Israeli and American interests.
Yet Obama’s foot soldiers in the media give him cover.
I held my nose the other day and purchased a TIME special edition called “The New Middle East.” It is of course full of the usual Hansel and Gretel fables about the Arabs, with some deft Israel-bashing thrown in for good measure. What really stands out, though, is a piece at the very end by Joe Klein.
I consider Klein to be one of the most mediocre and undiscerning writers of the last generation, but here he is with this platform. In “What America Can Do,” Klein makes the following inane-yet-fawning statement:
“One of the more remarkable aspects of the Arab Spring, from an American point of view, is that Barack Obama saw it coming.”
Klein lives in an alternate universe.
All American presidents have classified information not available to the rest of us, and can “see things coming” months before they do. But Klein was elevating Obama to seer-like status.
Klein also made one of those statements that bears further examination and reflection:
“Chaos is a strong possibility for the region, but not the only one. A simple-minded American looks at Egypt’s parliamentary election results, sees 70% of the seats going to Islamists, and assumes trouble.”
Did you notice that pejorative, “simple-minded American”?
He means us, of course.
Obama and his sycophant followers in media believe we are stupid. Wouldn’t it be nice to see him retired early next year?
If he isn’t, both Israel and the American people will suffer the consequences of coddling state sponsors of terrorism. Among other things, this race-baiting, enemy appeasing, political thug from Chicago knows exactly what he’s doing. It’s not that he’s stupid, as some allege.
The president’s hatred is on full display.
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Netanyahu: Jewish people still face existential threat
April 19, 2012
“Our enemies tried to bury the Jewish future but our future was born again in the land of our forefathers”.
Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
These are the words of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
“Here we built a base, and a new beginning of freedom, and hope and action.”
In his speech, Prime Minister focused on Iran, calling it a threat to Israel and to world peace.
Source: Israeli Daily Haaretz.
My comment:
The European culture birthed both Fascism and Nazism. The Holocaust did not take place in a vacuum. It was a fruit of false theology in the Church, teaching fellow pagans that God is finished with the Jews.
Today all nations of copying the mistakes of Fascists. Again the Jewish people are attacked form all side, demonized as the root to instability in the World.
Zechariah 12:3
On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.
The prophetic words will be fulfilled by Jesus. The scriptures tells us that He will come back and terminate all who have worked against his plans for the restoration and rebuilding on the mountains of Zion.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
The Messiah will take all nations to judgment. Still most people do not care.
The people of Europe rejected the Messiah in Europe 75 years ago. Likewise the present generation rejects Him today.
If they do not repent, they will all perish.
Written by Ivar
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Egyptian war: The Empire strikes back
April 19, 2012
Egypt panel definitively bars top 3 presidential candidates from elections.
Omar Suleiman do not mind being barred from the President election.His fiends are still in power. The regime is buying time.
Egypt’s election commission rejected the appeals of three main contenders for president Tuesday, definitively removing the most polarizing candidates from the race to become the country’s first elected leader since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
The commission’s decision removes the top contenders in the race — Mubarak-era strongman Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood chief strategist Khairat el-Shater and Abu Ismail, a lawyer turned hard-line preacher. The panel had announced their disqualification over the weekend, shocking many in the country. Each appealed the decision but on Tuesday the panel rejected the appeals.
The disqualification of the three diminishes the chances that an Islamist candidate will win the presidency, but there are worries over the fallout from the decision, particularly from the supporters of one of the barred candidates, ultraconservative Islamist Hazem Abu Ismail.
The generals said over the weekend the constitution should be drafted before a president is elected, raising concern that the elections might be postponed if the document is not ready in time.
Source: The Washington Post
My comment:
The military dictatorship in Egypt strikes back.
The generals have a trump ace. The people of Egypt have no clue what democracy is all about, and frankly they do not care.
People are more conserved with getting bread. After the so-called “Arab spring started”, the Egyptian economy has moved form bad to worse. Slowly the Egyptian accept that the military regime at least offers some kind of predictability and stability in the midst of chaos.
The Muslim Brotherhood is also not ready to take over power. Simply because there is no clear agreement within the movement, for the way ahead.
The military regime will now that what time there is to draft a new constitution. For Israel the uncertainty is prolonged. Lets wait and watch.
Written by Ivar
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Ban on gay healing ad in London
April 19, 2012
The mayor of London blocked a conservative group’s transit ads suggesting that people could “get over” being gay.
London has banned this ad from appearing on the public buses.
Anglican Mainstream, a worldwide orthodox Anglican group, has started legal proceedings against the Mayor of London following his ban on a bus poster campaign implying that gay men and lesbians can change and become heterosexual.
“We have instructed our lawyers to take action against Boris Johnson for inducing one of Britain’s leading advertising companies, CBS Outdoor, to abort our campaign, which was due to start on April 16 and run for two weeks,” Canon Christopher Sugden, executive secretary of Anglican Mainstream, told ENInews on April 13.
Days before posters were due to appear on 25 of London’s red double-decker buses reading
“Not gay! Post gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it,”
Johnson ordered his transport chiefs to pull the advertisements.
The signs mimicked the wording of ads presently carried on the sides of several hundred London buses organized by the pro-gay group Stonewall.
They read: “Some people are gay. Get over it.” Sugden described the mayor’s intervention and the ban as “outrageous” and “an assault against freedom and democracy.
“ Anglican Mainstream and a companion Christian group Core Issues Trust said their campaign, estimated to cost 5,000 pounds, had been cleared with Transport for London, which is chaired by the mayor. Johnson said in a statement released to The Guardian newspaper that “London is one of the most tolerant cities in the world and intolerant of intolerance.
It is clearly offensive to suggest that being gay is an illness that someone recovers from and I am not prepared to have that suggestion drive around London on our buses.”
Source: Anglican Journal.com
My comment:
The totalitarian forces in Europe wants to remove the freedom of speech from the public domain. People who quote the Bible, are branded as hate-criminals. In particular of they say that homosexuality is sin, and that gay’s can be healed from this confusion in regards to sexual behavior.
Gay’s will be saved if they beg for mercy and repent. Jesus the Messiah died for all kinds of sins. Also gossips and white lies.
The Bible explains that Jesus gave the prophet Daniel special insight in regards to the end of the age. The Scripture is made available for all who are willing to read.
Daniel 12:7
The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
All Bible obeying Christians, and even Jews, must be aware that there will be little or less support for God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in our days. The Messiah has warned us in advance, that just before his Return there will be apostasy, deceptions and confusions.
Jesus said: – Watch out, so no one deceive you.
Written by Ivar
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Jordanian army blew up the Hurva synagogue in 1948
April 19, 2012
During British rule in Jerusalem the Hurva Synagogue was the most important in Israel. In 1948, the invading Jordanian army blew it up.
Islam tried to destroy the Hurva Synagogue in East Jerusalem. Now its been restored
The Hurva, whose name means «ruin» was initially built by disciples of Rabbi Judah Hahasid in the early 18th century. It was destroyed shortly thereafter by Muslims demanding the return of loans given to build the synagogue.
After it was rebuilt in the mid-19th century, it became the most important synagogue in the country, but it was blown up in 1948 by the Jordan Legion a few days before the fall of the Jewish Quarter in the War of Independence.
In 2001, after years of debate, the government decided to restore the building.
Now Orthodox Jews and Ultra-Orthodox Jews have a debate on what kind of services should be offered in the restored synagogue. Should it be come a closes place of worship, or should it also be open to women and tourists.
Those who wants an open house of prayers, say the reconstructed synagogue should present the historical saga of the Jewish Quarter, display archaeological finds unearthed there, and be fully accessible to tourists, men and women together. The group wants to prevent a round-the-clock kollel (yeshiva for married men) from opening there, which would preclude any other activity.
However, for the ultra-Orthodox, the matter is unequivocal: “The question is whether this will be a synagogue and a house of study, or a display of all sorts of foolishness,” the Jewish Quarter’s rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl said on an ultra-Orthodox Web site.
Source: Israeli Daily Haaretz.
My comment:
The Jordanian Kingdom of Islam showed its true colors in 1948. In a bid to delete the Jewish heritage in East Jerusalem, the invaders from the East blew up and destroyed 55 Synagogues and Jewish religious schools.
During the seize and Islamic occupation from 1948 to 1967, the Jewish people were not given access to this Apartheid state in East Jerusalem, and the so-called West Bank. It had become a closed Muslim zone, and a model for the racist state a new promoted Arab Palestinian statehood would look like.
In 1967 East Jerusalem was liberated by the Zionist state, and the city was again open to people of all faiths.
The Hurva Synagogue must be kept open to all lovers of israel and the Jewish people, tourists like me. The Government of Israel must display the evil of the Jordanian army. Let this place of worship forever be a testimony of how Islam tried and still tries to delete the Jewish heritage of East Jerusalem.
First published in 2009
Written by Ivar
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Give peace a chanse
April 19, 2012
The legal status of Israel is funded in the San Remo agreement.
Find more on www.GivePeaceAChance.info
- A 15 minute film about a new perspective for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians based on the discovery of the formerly classified minutes from the San Remo peace conference of April, 1920. This long hidden document explains the legal rights of the Jews as well as the Palestinians. By returning to the negotiating table and respecting historical facts and international law the film believes there can be real peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The elephant of Jew hatred
Hatred of Jews is the central animating feature of the political and strategic reality of the Middle East. It is hatred of Jews that dictates the legal regimes, foreign policies, military aspirations, cultural mores, educational themes and even public health policies of our neighbors from Ramallah to Tehran.
Despite the centrality of Jew-hatred in all aspects of public life in the Arab and Muslim world, our neighbors' unrelenting and irrational abhorrence for Israel and the Jewish people remains a dirty secret that you aren't supposed to mention in polite company. From Washington to Brussels, talk of the policy implications of Arab and Muslim Jew-hatred is prohibited.
Omar Abu-Sneina, a convicted terrorist murderer, is one of the thousand Palestinian terrorists that Israel released from prison in order to secure the release of Israeli hostage IDF Sgt.- Maj. Gilad Schalit. Originally from Hebron, Abu-Sneina was released to Hamas-controlled Gaza.
This week the IDF announced that since his release Abu-Sneina has returned to the terror business. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) intercepted a computer memory card he sent his family in Hebron with instructions for how his fellow terrorists should go about kidnapping and holding IDF soldiers hostage. The instructions demonstrate how for Abu-Sneina, Israelis don't even deserve to be treated like animals.
Among other things, he discussed how to hide a hostage. As he put it, "Avoid hiding [the captive soldier] in desolate places, tunnels or forests, unless the aforementioned [captive] is a corpse or a severed head. If the aforementioned is a live human, that must be visited at least once a week and provided with food and drink, it is best to hide him in a house, an agricultural farm, a workplace, etc."
Abu-Sneina's coldblooded cruelty and rejection of the inherent value of the lives of Israelis is not simply a function of the fact that he is a terrorist. It is a reflection of the values of Palestinian society. Those values are continuously expressed and reinforced by Fatah- and Hamas-controlled media outlets, cultural and educational institutions and religious authorities. The ubiquitousness of Jew-hatred in the daily lives of Palestinians is so overwhelming it is difficult to imagine any facet of Palestinian life that isn't inundated by it.
Take grammar lessons. According to a translation provided by Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority's Arabic language matriculation examinations for high school students include questions such as "Punctuate the underlined phrase: Do not view the occupier as human." And "Punctuate the underlined phrase: We shall die in order that our land may live."
THIS WEEK, a Palestinian court sentenced Muhammad Abu Shahala to death for selling a home in Hebron near the Cave of the Patriarchs to Jews. Shahala was arrested shortly after several Jewish families moved into the house last month. He was reportedly tortured and quickly tried and sentenced to die by a PA court.
The PA was established in May 1994. The first law it adopted defined selling land to Jews as a capital offense. Shortly thereafter scores of Arab land sellers began turning up dead in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria in both judicial and extrajudicial killings.
Leaders of the Jewish community of Hebron wrote a letter to international leaders this week asking them to intervene with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and demand that he cancel Shahala's sentence. They addressed the letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, the director-general of the International Red Cross, Yves Daccord, as well as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. In it they wrote, "It is appalling to think that property sales should be defined as a 'capital crime' punishable by death.
"The very fact that such a 'law' exists within the framework of the PA legal system points to a barbaric and perverse type of justice, reminiscent of practices implemented during the dark ages."
They went on to make the reasonable comparison between the PA's law prohibiting land sales to Jews to Nazi Germany's Nuremburg laws that constrained and finally outlawed trade between Jews and Germans. The letter concluded with the question, "Is the Palestinian Authority a reincarnation of the Third Reich?"
The Palestinians of course are far from unique in their obsession with hating Jews. Their hemorrhage of hatred, their obsessive need to reject any move towards peaceful coexistence with Israel, or what the renowned late Palestinian poet Yousuf Al Khatib referred to picturesquely as "the Jewish filth of Europe," is matched in every Arab land. And of course, it is the primary obsession of the Iranian regime.
The parallels between Nazi laws and the laws of the PA and the Arab states that outlaw all cooperation with Israel and make such cooperation a capital offense are obvious and straightforward. Yet generally speaking, anyone who points out this fact is automatically dismissed as an alarmist or an extremist. Given the PA's relative military weakness when compared with Israel and the Arab world's current lack of interest in waging active war against Israel, noting their inarguable ideological affinity with the Nazis is considered socially and even intellectually unacceptable. The fact that they lack the ability to implement their ideology renders it improper to mention it.
The social prohibition on drawing parallels between the threats facing Israel today and those that faced the Jewish people 70 years ago is not limited to the discourse on the Arab world's conflict with Israel. It also extends to polite society's discourse on Iran's nuclear program, which the Iranian regime has repeatedly made clear is aimed at destroying Israel.
In his address to the nation at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took aim at that taboo when he attacked those who accuse him of belittling the Holocaust by comparing the annihilation of European Jewry to the threat posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Netanyahu said, "I know there are also those who believe that the unique evil of the Holocaust should never be invoked in discussing other threats facing the Jewish people. To do so, they argue, is to belittle the Holocaust and to offend its victims.
"I totally disagree. On the contrary. To cower from speaking the uncomfortable truth - that today like then, there are those who want to destroy millions of Jewish people - that is to belittle the Holocaust, that is to offend its victims and that is to ignore the lessons.
"Not only does the prime minister of Israel have the right, when speaking of these existential dangers, to invoke the memory of a third of our nation which was annihilated. It is his duty."
NETANYAHU IS right, of course. Unfortunately for Israel, raising the Holocaust in the context of a discussion about contemporary threats to the Jewish people is the rhetorical equivalent of dropping a nuclear bomb. Just as no one is allowed to use a nuclear bomb, no one is allowed to mention the Holocaust. And that means that there is ultimately no way to speak about the violent hatred that animates our enemies in every aspect of their policy making. From the seemingly anodyne issue of property sales to the existential issue of nuclear weapons programs, the Jew-hatred that lies at the foundation of their actions is out of bounds for discussion.
Actually, the situation is both better and worse than that. Netanyahu's rhetorical boldness in drawing the parallel between Iran and the Nazis is arguably the only reason that the EU and the Obama administration have taken any actions against Iran. No, as their feckless negotiations with the mullahs, their foot-dragging in implementing economic sanctions, and their outspoken opposition to military action against Iran make clear, they do not really mind the prospect of Iran acquiring the ability to wipe out the Jewish state. The only reason they have adopted sanctions at all is because Netanyahu's Holocaust rhetoric made them fear that Israel would attack Iran's nuclear installations if they didn't.
On the other hand, when it comes to their direct dealings with Jew-haters, Westerners not only fail to confront them about their prejudice. They enable it. For instance, at a townhall meeting during her visit to Tunisia last month, Hillary Clinton was asked how US leaders can be trusted when during elections, "most of the candidates from both sides run towards the Zionist lobbies to get their support."
Rather than reject the anti-Jewish premise of the question - that Jews exert inordinate control over US politics or that there is something wrong with candidates expressing support for Israel - Clinton treated the question as legitimate.
She said, "A lot of things are said in political campaigns that should not bear a lot of attention."
Clinton even congratulated her anti-Jewish questioner, saying, "I think it's a fair question because I... sometimes am a little surprised that people around the world pay more attention to what is said in our political campaigns than most Americans."
Similarly, a report on the behind the scenes goings on at last weekend's nuclear negotiations with Iran published by Al-Monitor described the friendly discussion that took place at a dinner Friday night between EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian chief negotiator Saeed Jalili. According to a European diplomat, the conversation was aimed at breaking the ice. And it included a discussion of "political party funding in the US."
It is hard to imagine that such a discussion involved anything other than a group tongue-clucking session directed against the inordinate impact of "Jewish money" on US electoral politics. That is, it is all but impossible to imagine that the discussion involved anything other than Ashton attempting to build a rapport with her Iranian counterpart based on shared hatred or contempt for Jews.
The fact that the West refuses to consider the policy implications of the most powerful force in Arab and Iranian policy-making and political life does not mean that Israeli policy-makers should necessarily expand their discussion of the topic - although it would probably not hurt for them to do so. What it means is that the general policy debate in the West about the nature of Middle Eastern politics is completely divorced from reality.
Because the Americans and the Europeans refuse to acknowledge the elephant of Jew-hatred in the middle of the room, they cannot be trusted to make reasoned or rational policy decisions. And since they cannot be trusted to act rationally, Israel cannot rely on the Americans or the Europeans as allies or partners when it confronts threats from its Jew-obsessed neighbors.
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post.
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 4:09 PM
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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(As they are relevant to today’s column, I recommend all readers pick up copies of two friends’ books: Alex Grobman’s License To Murder, and Michael Curtis’s Should Israel Exist? Each offers amazing information about the efforts to delegitimize Jews and Israel. Both are also available on Kindle. Highly, highly recommended—Jim)
Stakelbeck on Terror
My friend Erick Stakelbeck, a courageous reporter and TV host ( CBN’s “Stakelbeck on Terror” ) is superb at connecting the dots. He is also fearless, a much-needed trait in today’s harrowing world.
Today he posted an article about the nefarious work of Media Matters, the left-wing watchdog group that targets Christians and Israel. Not surprisingly, Media Matters is close to the White House.
Part of Erick’s research uncovered the following:
“’It is common for news and commentary by the press to present viewpoints that tend to overly promote...a conservative, Christian-influenced ideology,’ the group said in its application for non-profit status with the IRS.”
This is an absurd statement, and a good example of the brazenness of the left to peddle lies. It’s quite obvious to anyone paying even the slightest attention that media don’t “promote” conservative Christian worldview. The opposite is true.
David Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, thinks Media Matters’ targeting of Christians is influenced by its (MM) anti-Israel bias.
Erick makes an important point about Media Matters’ former senior foreign policy fellow, M.J. Rosenberg:
“Rosenberg routinely uses the label, ‘Israel Firsters,’ implying that American supporters put the interests of Israel above the United States. It's a charge commonly made by Neo-Nazis and anti-Semitic groups.”
It is interesting to note that Media Matters promotes the same kind of rhetoric as that of the American religious left, particularly those who are calling themselves evangelicals. This is an ongoing story that will get much bigger, as more facts come to light regarding the players and agendas involved.
There is plenty of evidence, for example, that Rick Warren has already aligned himself with a whole host of anti-Israel friends, in his purposeful drive toward pluralism. And he’s been at it a long time. Readers will simply have to figure out if supporting Israel is reason enough to oppose what Warren is about.
In 2008, Warren’s Saddleback Community Church hosted presidential candidates Barack Obama and the Republican ringer, John McCain. Warren of course proposed a balanced set of questions, ranging from the environment to poverty—all softball issues in such a forum.
But the group he selected to help him come up with questions for the candidates was most revealing: Faith in Public Life. Self-described as “a strategy center for the faith community advancing faith in the public square as a powerful force for justice, compassion and the common good,” this multidenominational religious group was founded by, among others, Jim Wallis (Sojourners); and Bob Edgar (former head of the National Council of Churches).
Among the board members and advisers for Faith in Public Life: EElizabeth Letzler, member of the PCUSA’s Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee and the Israel-Palestine Network (i.e., an Israel divestment proponent); Jim Winkler, General Secretary of the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society—he also sits on the board (with Communist Party USA leader Judith LeBlanc) of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation; and Dr. Nazir Khaja, chairman of Islamic Information Service.
One would have had to have been aware for some time (as I have been) of the anti-Israel views of people like Winkler—a key mover in United Methodist circles—and Wallis, in order to fully understand the implications of Warren working with them.
What we now have, you see, is a man who is perhaps the most identifiable evangelical in the world linking arms with avowed opponents of a sovereign Jewish state to administer its own defense against relentless terrorism.
Fellow “evangelical” Brian McLaren also referenced recently on his blog (/span> http://brianmclaren.net/archives/blog/proisraeli-and-propalestinian.html )) the efforts of Aaron Niequist to be “Pro Israel and Pro Palestinian.” And who is Niequist?
He is the son-in-law of Bill and Lynne Hybels, founders of the monolithic Willow Creek Church outside Chicago. Willow Creek is a huge association of like-minded churches around the country. At 9,000 member churches—b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">spanning 90 denominations——Hybels certainly has the attention of many thousands of evangelical Christians. And he and his wife were mentored by a Palestinian beginning in the 1970’s, so their animus towards Israel is not new.
I’m going to make a bold statement, but one I think that is backed with common sense:
It is not possible that those 9,000 churches do not share Bill and Lynne Hybels’ attitudes about modern Israel.
In August 2011, Lynne Hybels hosted a “Summit Lunch” entitled, “Leading Toward Peace in Israel and Palestine.” The tip-off of course that this was to be a left-wing gathering comes in the now ubiquitous use of the term “Palestine,” as if they are describing a sovereign nation.
The main presenter was Dr. Gary Burge, a Wheaton College professor and author, whose anti-Israel bias goes way back.
It is almost an afterthought to note that Rick Warren and Bill Hybels are chums. They share the same interests and goals.
In other words, what we now have facing us is a global coalition of anti-Zionists, many of them now operating in the open in evangelical camps. This takes me back to the beginning of this column, to point out that groups like Media Matters are no longer really New York-based groups (and thus far removed in every way from middle America); they are ideological bedfellows of the leading Christian speakers and writers today.
Rick Warren’s associations are the same in many respects as groups like Media Matters.
What I’ve written is the tip of the iceberg in the new war on Israel from tthe Religious Left in America. Watchmen like Erick Stakelbeck are heavily out-numbered by the above-mentioned individuals and groups, and more, but I still believe that personal courage and a passionate commitment to truth will win the day.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Israeli leadership display serious disagreement
April 30, 2012
“I have no trust in the current Israeli leadership.”
The former head of the secret police of Israel backstab Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
These are the words of Yuval Diskin, the Former Shin Bet chief.
He says prime minister, defense minister not fit to stand at helm of Israeli government.
Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin on Friday leveled harsh criticism at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, saying “I have not trust in the current Israeli leadership.”
Speaking at a conference in central Israel, Diskin said: “I don’t trust a leadership that relies on messianic leadership. Our two messiahs from Caesarea and from the Akirov Towers are not fit to stand at the helm of the government.”
The former Shin bet chief slammed the Netanyahu and Barak over the Iranian nuclear program, saying that they “present the public with a mirage.
“If Israel acts against the Iranian nuclear bomb, the attack will encourage the Iranians to produce a bomb even faster,” he noted
Also former IDF chief Gabi Askenazi display disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of defense Ehud Barak.
A military strike against Iran is “not needed tomorrow morning” but Israel does need to present a credible military threat alongside sanctions and diplomatic action against the Islamic regime, former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi said on Sunday.
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post conference in New York, Ashkenazi said that the right strategy was too continue the economic crackdown on Iran as well as covert action that takes place “under the radar.”
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
The rice of fascism in Europe give new virtue to the wind of the final antichrist. This movement will be massive and welcomed by people at large. When the man of lawlessness appear, also the Jews will be fooled into the final trap.
Israel was re-birthed by Jesus, as the preparation for the final battle in Zion. Before the true Messiah return, Satan will have his last bid for Jerusalem.
The city of David will be handed over to the false prince of peace. The Jews will be under such heavy pressure, that Zionism will be abandoned. Self hating Jews will start to defame and attack their own Zionist leadership.
Behold: Do not end up with Satan and his forces of evil. Stay put. Jesus the Messiah will come back in the clouds of heaven, replacing sunlight as the Light of the World.
2 Thessalonians 2:2-4
not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Satan’s final man will be given a red carpet welcome at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
Israel Isn’t Clowining Around
If I can say it this way, the Iranian threat is almost becoming comical.
Long-time readers of “Israel Watch” know that I don’t mind saying my worldview is informed by the presupposition that the Bible is true.
Therefore, Iran cannot destroy Israel. A clear theme in Scripture is that the Jewish people will never be destroyed.
That this flies in the face of conventional wisdom is something I can live with, believe me.
But who can we believe in the Iranian-Israel story? Let me propose something shocking:
You can believe Iran, but you can’t believe Israel.
I’m not giving away any state secrets here, mainly because I don’t have any to give away. However, a hunch tells me that when the Iranian leadership says it wants to wipe Israel off the map, I believe them.
When Israel leaks stories of backroom fighting among the political and military leadership…I frankly don’t believe those stories.
The news chatter this week was that there is dissension among the Israeli leadership. We are told that former head of the Shin Bet, Yuval Diskin, is unhappy with the secretive planning going on between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Both men have worked for each other before, stretching back to their days in Sayeret Matkal, the IDF’s elite counter-terrorism unit.
To hear Diskin and others tell it, a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities would be a horrific mistake. Diskin even made an interesting comment this week about how Netanyahu and Barak make decisions:
"I have no faith in the prime minister, nor in the defense minister," Diskin, who stepped down as head of the Shin Bet a year ago, said in a speech partly broadcast by Israel Radio on Saturday.
"I really don't have faith in a leadership that makes decisions out of messianic feelings."
Clever! In one fell swoop, Diskin switched the truth in this equation. Iran’s mullahs have long been known to view their work as important for bringing back the Twelfth Imam, a messianic figure in Koranic literature.
By contrast, no one who knows them would ever accuse Netanyahu or Barak of having any messianic thoughts. At least that we know of; Barak in particular is rigidly secular.
Yet Diskin’s comments serve to confuse, and this, my friends, is the first tactic in a high-stakes war.
Diskin’s remarks came after Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz—Israel’s chief of general staff—claimed that Iran is “very rational” and unlikely to pursue nuclear weapons because the world opposes it.
American newspapers have reported that these kinds of comments apparently undermine the case for a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
I don’t know whether to laugh or guffaw. Maybe I’ll chuckle vigorously.
I am certain of this: Iran’s nuclear weapons program will be destroyed.
How it’s done, of course, I have no idea. My deepest source within Israel is my usual cab driver, who was a naval commando in the Lebanon War.
Yet common sense and a healthy respect for Scripture (Isaiah 54:17) tell me that Israel will not allow an existential threat to come from Iran.
That spymasters like Diskin publicly rebuke the leadership means nothing. Except that it’s disinformation, pure and simple.
Look, Israel wants Iran to think it will strike. It wants Iran to think it won’t strike. Israel wants Iran to think the fries in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Happy Meal will blow up. They want the Iranians to think that clowns at a circus are members of Sayeret Matkal. They want Iran to think that black is red and milk is honey.
It’s called throwing your enemy off-base.
Diskin, when asked what he thought of Netanyahu and Barak, had this say:
"They are not people who I personally, at least, trust to be able to lead Israel into an event on such a scale, and to extricate it."
Let me tell you how I interpret that statement. On the issue of how to handle Iran, I believe that the truth is, Diskin trusts Netanyahu and Barak implicitly. He is part of a disinformation campaign to keep Iran guessing.
As to details of a strike, or whatever it will be, this is my personal feeling: Israel will do something so innovative—so breathtaking—that none of us will have ever seen it coming.
Am I lying?
Who knows?
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Is It the End of the World?
In his riveting profile of Don Isaac Abravanel, acclaimed historian Benzion Netanyahu wrote about an encounter the Middle Ages statesman and philosopher had with Spain’s Queen Isabella, on the eve of the expulsion of the Jews from that country. Netanyahu wrote:
“If Isabella thought that, by measures like expulsion, the Jews could be brought to surrender or extinction, she was greatly mistaken. He pointed out to her the eternity of the Jewish people, that they had outlived all who had attempted to destroy them, that it was beyond human capacity to destroy the Jewish people, and that those who tried to do so only invited upon themselves divine punishment and disaster.”
My goodness, Abravanel “got it.” And Benzion Netanyahu got it.
When I learned early this morning that he died hours before, at his home in Jerusalem, I knew some rarified air had gone out of our world. Benzion, you see, was much like Abravanel and, may I say, Moses, who confronted Pharaoh by telling him that disaster awaited him for his persecution of the people God Himself has etched into his hands.
The elder Netanyahu, who would live to see three sons distinguish themselves in the Jewish state he helped create, taught for a time at Cornell. Yet he lived long and died in Jerusalem, the Holy City of his forefathers. What an other-worldly legacy he leaves!
Known far and wide for his embrace of “Revisionist Zionism,” which to much of the world means “right-wing” Zionism, Benzion had come to Palestine as a 10-year-old, in 1920. His singular life flourished in the place that would become the modern Jewish state.
After his eldest son, Yonatan, was killed commanding the assault force at Entebbe in July, 1976, Benzion and his beloved Cela moved home. When I read Entebbe: The Jonathan Netanyahu Story, written by the youngest brother, Iddo (it remains the best book I’ve ever read), I could see much of the old man in the son(s).
In the book, Iddo recounts the moments before planeloads of Israeli counter-terrorist commandos landed at the African airport. The night-time raid caught PLO terrorists and their Ugandan hosts flat-footed, and the ensuing firefight was over in minutes and the 100+ hostages were loaded onto the planes and flown home to freedom.
As the lead pilot guided his plane through the night, Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu (“Yoni”
made his way to the cockpit. “If he’s there, I’m going to kill him,” he said matter-of-factly.
“Who?” asked the pilot.
“Idi Amin,” Yoni answered.
The astonished pilot argued that they didn’t have authorization to kill Amin, who was in the middle of a reign of terror as the strongman of the African nation.
Yoni replied that it didn’t matter, that killing Amin would save countless lives, since the fiendish dictator was known for throwing innocents off buildings, or feeding them to crocodiles. In Yoni’s world—a world shaped by a father of uncompromising principles—offing the Butcher of Uganda was the humanitarian thing to do.
I agree.
That Amin missed the party didn’t detract from the spectacular success of the mission. The lone loss, however, was unrecoverable: Yoni Netanyahu was killed while directing the initial assault. His death would alter the family forever.
In his foreword to The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu, compiled by the fallen commander’s brothers, the novelist Herman Wouk likened Yoni to “an ember of sacred fire,” a person of such unusual abilities and outsized life that the rest of us can only marvel.
Wouk was right, of course. Such a man could only have come into being by sitting at the feet of greatness. Benzion instilled in his sons a love of their own people.
I am often struck by the vapidness of their ideological enemies (oddly enough, a growing number of them in leadership positions in my own American evangelical community). These are people who have been overtaken by the rhetoric of the left and denounce perhaps the most moral initiative in all of human history, Zionism. Interestingly, in a piece on Benzion from the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, he was quoted as saying that the left posed an existential threat to Israel and the Jewish people.
This is a very profound statement, and one we would do well to read three or four times.
It isn’t simply that the left is an annoyance, or even an opponent. It is that the pacifist, defeatist—I will also call them immoral—policies of the left endanger all of us.
I think of how the Religious Left in America so loathes people like Benzion Netanyahu. They express displeasure at people who kill enemies in battle. They decry war, as if this last-ditch option is not moral.
It is very moral. And men like Benzion Netanyahu and his sons (each served in the same elite counter-terrorism unit that went to Entebbe) keep the rest of us safe from unhinged, malevolent murderers, many of whom list jihad as their occupation.
Those were the kinds of people the Netanyahu family fought all their lives. How many of us who are old enough to remember felt safer when boarding a plane after Entebbe? How many of us stop to realize what an impenetrable fortress/outpost the Israel Defense Forces brings to the Middle East, thus creating at least a semblance of stability in a region that would be far more dangerous for America, were the Israelis not there?
No, the Religious Left can continue chattering about alleged brutality perpetrated by the Israelis, and call Zionists a bigger threat to peace than Hamas. They are bearing false witness when they do, and History will vindicate the Jews. Men like Brian McLaren and his friends…are not fit to lace the boots of the men and women who make up the IDF.
I have seen the graves in Jerusalem of the 22 young IDF men who died in Jenin in 2002, during an operation to stem the tide of bloody terrorism, unleashed on innocents—the terror campaigns of Hamas. The Israelis sent those men house-to-house to find terror operatives, rather than bomb the city from the air and kill innocents.
Did the Israelis “receive credit” for that? Does the Religious Left think about the 22?
No.
The IDF is the most ethical army in the world, fighting an existential threat every second of every day. Benzion Netanyahu was well aware of this fight.
He was a personal friend. I well remember visiting him for the first time. Evening had fallen and I wondered if I’d come to the right house. Then I saw the side steps, the same steps I’d seen his boys play on in grainy documentary footage. He came to the door and his eyes twinkled.
That first visit was sublime. We sat in the family dining room, where so many profound conversations had taken place in the previous half-century. In the corner was a bust of his fallen son, Yoni. We discussed culture, politics, history. He told me how much the Russians had hated the Jews. How much Europe had hated the Jews. How much the Arabs hated the Jews.
And there we were, enjoying a delightful evening in the Jewish homeland, which still serves as a finger in the eye of Pharaoh, Queen Isabella, and Idi Amin.
The Jewish people are indestructible, more than the stuff of legend. For they are living, breathing, singing, dancing this night—in the City of David.
Goodnight, Benzion.
None of it was in vain.
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May 14, 2012
Where We Are
I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of Bible-believers this weekend, not in a church, but in a community center. Small in number, we had a great time. I leave it to church-growth hobbyists to obsess over numbers. My experience the past two days reinforces my view that the Church is doing just fine.
It’s just not very large.
(This all relates to Israel, by the way, as I’ll attempt to demonstrate.)
One of the things I shared with the group this week was the bomb that Andy Stanley dropped recently at his church in Atlanta. I won’t go into detail here, but you can read the entire saga at:
http://apprising.org/2012/05/05/homosexuality-megachurches-and-andy-stanley/
Andy Stanley has now legitimized the homosexual lifestyle for the evangelical world. Is it a coincidence that both the vice president and the president recently officially gave their approval of what they call “same-sex marriage”? I do not believe it is. For some time, Obama has been courting those who call themselves evangelicals, who are in fact with him much of the time regarding worldview. This is key.
Very public pronouncements on this subject, from cultural and political leaders, has been orchestrated.
Because all these guys move in the same circles—Stanley, Scot McKnight, Erwin McManus and younger leaders like Cameron Strang hob-nob with Obama—one can safely assume they have similar views on large issues; I am friendly with discernment and apologetics ministries, and it follows that we have the same worldview.
It’s obvious that one gravitates toward the community with whom one shares common interests.
Because Andy Stanley is considered an authoritative figure (and I urge you to read the above link and digest the implications), his public stances will be embraced by millions. Here’s how:
Just one segment of Stanley’s mega-church empire is his association with Bill Hybels of Willow Creek. There are now 9,000 churches in the Willow Creek Association. Stanley appears routinely at Hybels’ “leadership” conferences. Since Hybels and wife, Lynne, are pro-Palestinian, it is not hard to speculate that Stanley—if the subject were to come up—would not exactly see the Israeli point of view.
As I’ve written before, the director of the anti-Israel documentary, “Little Town of Bethlehem,” Jim Hanon, attends Craig Groeschel’s LifeChurch in Edmond, Oklahoma. This is one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in America, and while Groeschel is probably too smart to comment publicly on an issue like the Arab-Israeli conflict, it seems reasonable to assume that since his friends like Hanon, Bill Hybels, etc., have the same view, he would, as well.
They are impacting millions of young people in America, right now.
It is a given that the Emergent community (a label they gave themselves, by the way) has a deep dislike of dispensationalism and Christian Zionism. Witness Todd Deatherage’s comment at a Catalyst conference:
“Eschatology matters, in so many areas of life. What we think about the end helps shape how we live and act today. So if we believe that violence and war and bloodshed in the Middle East has been predetermined—if necessary, maybe even a good thing—then how responsive are we to Jesus’ call that we be peacemakers? How authentically Christian is any theology that makes us more perpetuators of conflict than agents of reconciliation?”
In the same statement, he also said that the “Israeli-Palestinian” conflict seems “blind at times.”
He means, of course, that, for example, Christian Zionists are “blind.”
Let me break-down the above comments:
•When Deatherage says that eschatology matters, what he means from his point of view is that one’s view of the last days’ theology will either compel one to work for the betterment of man, or it will lead to what Brian McLaren calls an “eschatology of abandonment.” In other words, us Rapture-nuts figure that since the planet is on a collision-course anyway…why work for peace and for good? Emergents, of course, stand in stark contrast to this “Armageddon mentality,” and are harmonious, loving folk.
•Notice his subtle inference that war and bloodshed might be “a good thing,” again, in the worldview of a pro Israel/Bible prophecy Christian. This is bearing false witness, my friends, and is a very dark charge to lay at our feet—and it comes without evidence! To say that we enjoy war and bloodshed…wow, that from a self-professing Christian brother.
•Deatherage also charges that our version of Christianity is not authentic, because of alleged rejection of peacemaking, etc. He has blundered into dangerous rhetoric, yet will not be held accountable.
As I’ve said many times, all (meaning, all) Bible prophecy teachers I’ve known, along with Christian Zionist leaders, have never practiced an “eschatology of abandonment.” Many engage in all sorts of relief activity and activism for the less fortunate. Men like David Lewis were pioneers in bringing Israelis and Palestinians together for dialogue. David used to tell me that the peace treaty with Egypt was “very good,” because it saved lives.
Todd Deatherage, you are bearing false witness against your fellow Christians by making statements like the above, at Catalyst.
The Catalyst audiences are made up of the next-generation evangelical leaders in this country.
Where Israel is concerned, that is very bad.
As we move through time, and as I study and investigate the statements and agendas of what I will now call the Religious Left (theological and social liberals who have hijacked the term “evangelical,” in order to burrow-into conservative churches), I will say clearly that a war has been declared on Christian Zionists and Bible prophecy students and teachers; the latter two groups of course are really one, generally.
What this means for you is that you are going to have to think-through your level of commitment. I am certain that we have seen the tip of the iceberg in what I will call the coming persecution in this country of Christian Zionists.
If you stand for Israel and for Bible prophecy, you will increasingly lose friends and even family. Prepare yourself mentally and spiritually for that, because it is coming. In some cases, you will be shocked and dismayed; in other situations, the end of a relationship will seem anticlimactic.
I mention Andy Stanley in this column specifically because, though my main point is not to discuss homosexuality per se, his recent message at NorthPoint Church is instructive because one strategy of the homosexual lobby is very similar to that of Christian Palestinianists: put a human face on the issue.
Because Stanley has now given the homosexual lifestyle credibility among evangelicals (it is already rapidly being embraced by the youngest generations, raised on a steady diet of television—see Ellen DeGeneres—and multi-cultural education), the dominoes will now begin to fall. Very near the top of the agenda of the Religious Left is undermining/destroying support for Israel among evangelicals.
This is why, because many of your friends and family are now bending on the large social issues that have long divided the country, they will also abandon you at some point regarding support for Israel.
But, unlike the Emergents/Seeker-Driven/Church-Growth crowd, it’s never been about the numbers. See: Army, Gideon’s.
That’s why, when the dust settles, you will be left with genuine relationships.
Quality over quantity, my friends.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Evangelicals Who Have a Problem with Israel
In his 2004 look at our nation’s 39th president, The Real Jimmy Carter, Steven Hayward really got down to brass tacks. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is puzzled by the Man from Plains.
Specifically with regard to Israel, Carter was and is a menace. Although there are two sides to the argument, Carter’s arm-twisting-breaking-tearing off finally compelled the Israelis to give up the Sinai, to sworn enemy Egypt. The Israelis forfeited gas and oil fields, and other infrastructure built up since the Six Day War, and Egypt benefitted from all this beginning in 1981.
The severe downside to the deal, however, is that it set a precedent for Israeli withdrawals. Surely Menachem Begin regretted this to the end of his life. Ever since, the Israelis have been conceding territory, and it is patently obvious that the world body demands more and more, while hating the Jewish state more and more! A most curious condition.
Hayward offers quite a few compelling observations of Carter, a one-time (and long-time) Southern Baptist, famous for teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Writing about Carter’s religious belief system, Hayward stated:
“He is sincere about his beliefs, and is an authentic representative of a segment of Christianity that modern liberalism has corrupted and politicized. Douglas Brinkley regards Carter as ‘the most principled American president since Harry Truman.’ The core of the problem with Carter is that his principles are wrong.”
It’s that kind of clear thinking and writing that serves the rest of us well, as we try and figure out who is right and who is wrong in this messed-up world. Hayward’s observation about Carter is dead-on.
At a “peace conference” in Geneva, in 2003, Carter let slip a very revealing comment:
“Had I been elected to a second term, with the prestige and authority and influence and reputation I had in the region, we could have moved to a final solution.”
As Hayward then noted, “Strange that such a politician of such prestige, authority, and influence would use that particular phrase.”
The “Final Solution,” of course, is the chilling phrase coined by the Nazis in 1943, in their satanic drive to kill all the Jews. It is indeed a telling phrase by Carter, who is not ignorant, and especially not ignorant of history.
And let me hack through Carter’s narcissism with a machete and parse his ode to himself.
Prestige. Authority. Influence. Reputation.
These are the words of a man in love with himself. I would argue that he certainly had/has a reputation in the Middle East. The rest are iffy. The Israelis basically don’t want him in the country even as a visitor, and I’m quite sure the Arabs can hardly believe their good fortune to have befriended such a high-level dupe.
One wonders where Carter went off the rails regarding Israel. His religious background was not in the mainline. This was a man raised in the Bible Belt South. Yet somewhere along the line, he began to dislike Jews.
Let me attempt to explain the linkage between Carter’s worldview and that espoused by today’s Emergent crowd. Again, Hayward’s book is invaluable.
“’A quotation from [German theologian Paul] Tillich sticks in my mind,’ Carter wrote and said on many occasions. ‘Religion is the search for the truth about man’s existence, and relationship with God.’ Maybe our search will be fruitful.’ The emphasis is in the original. A hallmark of modern liberal theology is that the search for truth is more important than the truth itself.”
This is exactly what Emergents believe and teach.
Jimmy Carter is not an anomaly in our world today, especially in the evangelical world.
Also worth noting, Hayward wrote that: “In his peanut warehouse office, Carter kept a small statue of Gandhi. Notably missing from his repertoire of religious references are conservative theologians or thinkers present or past, such as C.S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, Charles Spurgeon, or Jonathan Edwards. These loud signals went unnoticed by the millions of conservative evangelical Christians who thought Carter was ‘one of us’ in the 1976 campaign.”
You see, just because it walks and quacks like a traditional evangelical doesn’t mean it is an evangelical.
It might be a left-handed Texan (see MacArthur, John, below).
That’s why I urge pro Israel Christians and Bible prophecy students to pay careful attention to organizations like www.catalystspace.com. There are those who call themselves evangelicals who know they are not.
Increasingly, I am writing about Israel’s enemies within the Church. I could write of course about recent goings-on in Israel, but others do that well. I believe that presently, “Israel Watch” is serving a purpose by calling attention to the malevolent rumblings coming from within evangelicalism.
John MacArthur (who has perhaps made some efforts to distance himself from newer forms of dispensationalism) has offered a tremendous rebuttal to Replacement “Theologians,” who like to mask their Jew-hatred behind a veneer of scholarship:
“Listen folks, once you're not literal, then who's to say? Right? I mean, then why not just say, ‘Well, Israel really means 'left-handed Texans'--if it's not exegetical--if it's not in the text, it could mean 'Canadians' How can you say, if you can't say what's literally there?”
Left-handed Texans. That’s awesome.
He’s right, of course. The word-games played by Emergents and outright liberals are confusing people, big-time.
Chris Rosebrough of Pirate Radio, posted on his Facebook page this week the following stunning conversation:
“A few weeks ago I had a high school freshman girl explain to me how language is a cultural creation and that as a result there are no eternal truths but only truths that are determined by society. I asked her where she learned this and she told me ‘I don't remember. But, I think I learned this in school and by watching television.’”
Folks, this is mind-boggling. Should we stop communicating altogether? Quit talking? Quit writing? What would be acceptable to people like this?
It is an indication, though, how far apart we are from those who don’t believe the Bible.
You can hold up a Bible today and proclaim that it is God’s Word, but today’s unbeliever will scream back that that’s our opinion. Words have no meaning for them today, and that is why anyone can interpret Scripture to fit his own agendas.
You see, this “postmodern” culture bases decisions on feelings. Not words. Not authority.
Feelings.
Experiences.
This is why the so-called “Palestinian narrative” has gained so much traction today with young people. No longer can we point to Scripture as the basis for declaring Israel’s right to her ancestral land.
Now the counter argument will be based on the feelings of someone who simply doesn’t like Jews in the West Bank. This is how Lynne Hybels (www.lynnehybels.com) promotes the Palestinian narrative.
You must understand that one basing a worldview on subjective feelings will always be at enmity with Scripture as the final and only authority. It is war, unrelenting.
“Language is a cultural creation.” Wow. If you have wondered why the Church has become unrecognizable, start there. Emergent proponents/pied pipers in particular are good at using this tactic, claiming that it is the “conversation” that’s important, not ending up at a final answer.
Jimmy Carter simply believes that the Old Testament promises to the Jews are no longer valid. That’s why he could cobble together an illogical and dangerous strategy for Middle East “peace.”
Now we have whole generations of young people who do not believe in Zionism. They do not because they have a wholly different view of the Bible.
That is the product of a generation of topical sermons, church-growth obsession, seeker-driven models, celebrity focused “Bible studies,” and more.
It is also, as Hayward said of Jimmy Carter’s principles, wrong.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Jesus chose Israel and the Jewish people
May 28, 2012
The Messiah chose the Jews. They are His people, even those who refuse to accept His selection. He will judge them.
The Jews are the subject of Jesus the Messiah, either they like it or not.
The whole idea of Replacement theology is that God of the Bible is a complete failure. He chose the Jews as His chosen people, but has been so powerless that He have lost them all.
An angry God, has chosen to abandon His people, will be the logical conclusion of such false theology.
Because no one can doubt that God did select the Jews, and promised to be their God forever.
When did “god” give up?
Here are some words that proves the selection:
Exodus 19:6
you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
The Jews were not chosen because they were strong, mighty, or righteous. Nor were they powerful.
Deuteronomy 7:7-9
The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
The question will arise:
Did God end His relationship with the Jews, because the majority of them failed to accept Jesus as the Messiah?
Let me use the words of Paul the Apostle to answer this question:
Romans 9:27-28
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.
Are you one of the men of Israel who fear God?
Are you one of the remnant that will be saved, when the Lords sentence will come to Earth with speed?
Romans 1:1-2
I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew.
If God of the Bible did reject His people based on their rejection of Jesus during the crucifixion in Jerusalem, how could Paul him self be saved?
Paul was not a student of Jesus, but came to faith after Jesus had returned to His throne in Heaven. Paul was saved by a mighty move of the Holy Spirit, sent back to Earth as the Fathers replacement of His Son.
How come the first century Church in Jerusalem, were a gathering of Jews only?
Why would Jesus restore Israel in 1948, If He has rejected the Jewish people?
The good news is that Jesus loved and still loves the Jewish people. He Him self was a Jew, when He walked on the Earth in flesh. He died for the sins of both Jews and gentiles, when He shed his blood on the cross in Jerusalem, for the forgiveness of all sins.
But:
If you want Yeshua (Jesus) to save you, you have to be willing to surrender your life on Earth to Him. The Bible says that without faith, it is not possible to please God.
Written by Ivar
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It’s the Holy City, Stupid
There is a key element of reality in our world today that most entire countries simply don’t get. They don’t get it because they have bought into the propaganda that the Bible is not credible.
Too bad for them.
Whenever someone asks me, “What is the one sign we are living in the last days?” I always answer one word: “Israel.”
It’s obvious. And the obviousness of the painfully obvious is lost on a clueless world.
I don’t think people who ask me this question are stupid; I do think the global community as a whole is stupid for blatantly rejecting the specialness of Israel and the Jewish people.
We have more clues this week that Bible prophecy is true, and the broad lines of the time of the end can be seen.
HonestReporting posted an article exposing the bias of The Guardian, the British paper that printed a “correction,” alleging that Israel’s capital is Tel Aviv, rather than Jerusalem.
(We must understand, “Israel Watch” readers, that appealing to the Bible holds little weight in today’s culture. In what is called a “postmodern culture,” the Bible is derided as an outdated myth.)
The paper’s own style guide says: “Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel; Tel Aviv is.”
This isn’t a surprise, since the British long ago ceased to be a Bible-believing people. It follows that the British media would concede the Jerusalem issue to the Muslims.
HonestReporting submitted a formal complaint, and it is instructive to note the response:
“Irrespective of whether the international community recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, it is simply inaccurate to unilaterally confer capital city status on Tel Aviv. Believing The Guardian to be in clear breach of the UK Press Complaints Commission clause on accuracy, HonestReporting submitted an official complaint.
“Ironically received on Jerusalem Day, this was the outrageous PCC ruling:
“The terms of Clause 1 (i) of the Code make clear that newspapers “must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information”, and the terms of Clause 1 (ii) state that “a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion once recognised must be corrected promptly and with due prominence.
“In this instance, the Commission noted that the correction published had been a clarification of the newspaper’s earlier claim that Jerusalem was the Israeli capital. The Commission was mindful that while it is correct to say that Israel classes Jerusalem as her capital city, this is not recognised by many countries and those nations enjoying diplomatic relations with Israel have their embassies in Tel Aviv. As such, the Commission was of the view that the newspaper was entitled to refer to Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel. There was no breach of the Code in this instance.”
So, the world continues to bare its fangs to Israel regarding the status of Jerusalem. Sadly, that isn’t the only troubling development, and the one that follows hits even closer to home.
We have just learned that the Obama administration is releasing $192 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority/PLO. Congress had frozen the financial package when Mahmoud Abbas (the Holocaust denier) threatened to unilaterally declare statehood. This after the administration also tried to restore funding to a cultural agency with the UN that recognizes the “State of Palestine.”
(Sounds like much of America’s evangelical leadership, by the way.)
A White House spokesman said that “The P.A. has recognized Israel’s right to exist, renounced violence, and accepted previous agreements, including the Roadmap”—all direct lies. The PA/PLO has done no such thing and continues to agitate for the destruction of Israel.
Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, told a group of congressional staffers last week just how the cow ate the cabbage:
“This is totally, totally false information. Someone has to get the proper information to the White House” because it is “releasing $192 million based on false information.”
Marcus gave a detailed presentation on how the PA infuses its youth with hatred for the Jewish state.
For many years now, ever since the diabolical Oslo Accords, we have been hearing how compliant the Palestinians are. Not so.
In early May, a broadcast of a Palestinian children’s TV show celebrated a child saying, “Our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail.”
Interestingly, the child then goes on to describe taking Israeli land. How fascinating that the left decries alleged theft of Arab land, but never mentions Arab incitement.
There was much more to this report from Marcus, and I encourage you to check out www.palwatch.org.
The thing is, while congressional staffers appeared to be shocked by such revelations, the administration knows full well what the Palestinians are up to—and they don’t care.
Palestinian children are being prepared for a literal assault on the city of Jerusalem, since it is Israel’s capital.
What is described in Zechariah? A global attack on Jerusalem. The two news items mentioned above are yet more bricks in the wall of that story, which is rapidly advancing.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Turkey tries to persecute the Israeli Navy command
May 29, 2012
Turkish judges approve demand for a sentence of a combined 18.000 years for former IDF chief of staff and others.
Forme IDF top commander Gabi Ashkenazi defended Israel against a terrorist attack launched from Turkish soil. Here with defense minister Ehud Barak.
A Turkish court on Monday formally pressed charges against members of Israel’s military for the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish ship trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza in 2010, Turkey’s state-run news agency said.
The court in Istanbul voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel’s former military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the former heads of its navy, air force intelligence, and military intelligence, Eliezer Marom, Amos Yadlin, and Avishai Levi, the Anadolu Agency said. They face nine consecutive life terms in prison for “inciting to kill monstrously, and by torturing,” the agency added.
It is unlikely Israeli military members will be brought before Turkey’s judicial system, since Israel does not regard them as criminals. If they are convicted in absentia at the end of the trial process, which could take months if not years, the Turkish court could issue an order for their arrest, but such a move would be symbolic and not binding.
Source: Israeli Daily Haaretz.
My comment:
To give you the correct parallel.
Think if Israel decided to break the Turkish navel control of Northern Cypress. And after ignoring the Turkish navy’s warning, the Israeli ship would have continued towards the shore.
And the Israeli ship was full of Jews singing old Nazis songs, of how they were going to cripple and kill all Turks.
Do you read me?
And when the Turkish navy officers entered the Israeli ship, The naval commando’s had been attacked by Jews using knifes and rods?
This kind of scenario is so laughable, that is does not even fit into a movie.
But for the Islamic republic of Turkey, this ****able Jihadist attitude is inside the head of the Prime Minister and President. They have no shame. Not even for a single second.
Not only did Turkey attack the Israeli naval blockade of terrorist controlled Gaza. Now Ankara even sue the Israeli commanders who upheld the sovereignty of the state of Israel.
That a NATO member can be indulged in piracy at high seas is a complete disgrace for all educated and civilized human beings who lives within nations of this alliance.
When God of the Bible finally decides to intervene, There will be pain and agony for eternity for people who support the new Jihad’ist Ottoman Empire.
Written by Ivar
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Swedish author threatens Israel with massive assault from the sea
May 29, 2012
In a year’s time there is a plan to return. And then there could be hundreds of boats. And what will the Israelis do then? Release a nuclear bomb to stop us?
This is the threat on Israel, given by the Swedish author Henning Mankell. The International recognized writer was on board the Islamic armada that tries to break into Israeli controlled sea waters off the cost of Gaza.
The bestselling Swedish crime writer on Saturday accused Israel of murder, piracy and kidnapping after describing how the «aid ship» he was travelling on was seized by Israeli forces this week. In regards to the IDF commandos that was ordered to board the ships, and stop them Mankell told the British press: «I think they went out to murder»
«And it was the most stupid thing they could have done, because look around, Israel has never been so criticised in the world as of today, and if you ask me, this blockade will be over within the next six months»
Source: The UK Newspaper, The Guardian.
My comment:
Peace activites and Islamic terrorists at war with Israel. A Strange alliance.
The Israeli naval control of the sea of Israel and Gaza do not stop aid form getting through to the people of Gaza
Every week, more than 15.000 tons of aid is received into sea ports of Israel like Ashdod and Haifa. There the aid is going to customs, reloaded on trucks and transported into the Gaza strip.
What is wrong with this?
Why cant Hamas receive this kind of aid directly into Gaza?
The answer is in the pudding. If there is no border control into Gaza, than the Islamic terrorist organization can receive whatever given to them.
The Islamic Republic of Iran would surely like to send them more than just home made cakes.
What is Israel suppose to do whit this? Just accept Iranian «aid» to Hamas?
Would the US give us its border control to people who wants to establish a Islamic regime in Washington?
To end the misery for the people of Gaza, you have to bring and end to the regime of Hamas. Attacking Israel with an armada of ships would be the most insane thing you every could do. This will be the final war on the Jewish people.
First published: June 7th 2010.
Written by Ivar
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Brussels to take control of struggling European banks
May 29, 2012
Struggling European banks could be seized and controlled by Brussels as part of secret plans being drawn up, it has emerged.
The EU-elite in Europe, that works for the last and final Fascist regime to come. On top will sit the final antichrist.
Politicians hope the proposals, which would be funded by a new tax on banks, will stem the rapid escalation in the debt crisis witnessed in recent weeks.
The plan is being formulated alongside Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s desire for a guarantee on bank deposits.
The annual levy would be placed into a “deposit guarantee scheme”, with the fund – backed by the EU, ECB or European Stability Mechanism – also having the power to take over struggling banks.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
My comment:
Just like in the run up to World War II, media in London was a spoil spot to the European “peace party”.
Just like before the out break of war, we need to read the London papers to get the truth about what goes on in Europe.
Many branded Hitler as a man that could unite Europe, and should be given enough assets to proclaim his dreams and visions.
Berlin was going to be the center of the new European state. The nations who already had entered into the union formed by Nazi-Germany, hailed their new political leader.
Just a copy of what takes place today.
The UK media can now see that the mistakes are repeated. The Fascist style federal movement is back. This time without brown shirts and the swatsika, but rather backed by Investment bankers crowned with a blue flag full of stars.
1. London has refused to accept the replacement of Commonwealth laws with the new European constitution.
2. The United Kingdom refused to become a part of Schengen, and remove its borders.
3. United Kingdom has refused to replace Pound Sterling with the Euro.
Like in 1940, The United Kingdom seems to be the only nation in Western Europe who lift up freedom and liberty. The will of the people rule, still not replaced by the will of a small elite. The betrayal in London has not yet been completed.
The rest of Europe have already bought the lies, and let the elite destroy their own nations, and removed their own democratic powers, and handed it back to Berlin. Brussels is only a puppet of Berlin, just as it was from 1940 to 1945.
Hitler failed in his plan to build a Federal Europe, the One World Government who were supposed to control of the One World religion.
The qualities and ideology of the final antichrist was foretold by the prophet Daniel:
Daniel 11:37-39
He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all.Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his fathers he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. He will attack the mightiest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him. He will make them rulers over many people and will distribute the land at a price.
Today’s elite will be able to accomplish Hitlers visions and dreams. Only the names and symbols have changed.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Iran has enough uranium for five nukes
May 30, 2012
The Islamic republic of Iran is buying time “negotiating” an possible end to its nuclear bomb program.
The men on the podium behind this missile can hardly wait for their first bomb being ready to be used for “allah”.
Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further.
This is a warning issued by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS).
The ISIS-warning is based on data in the latest report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which was issued on Friday.
Iran has produced almost 6.2 tons of uranium enriched to a level of 3.5 per cent since it began the work in 2007 – some of which has subsequently been further processed into higher-grade material.
This is nearly 750 kg. more than the IAEA reported in February. ISIS said Iran’s monthly production had risen by roughly a third.
Source: Reuters
My comment:
People who believe liars are fools. The present Iranian regime is based on lies.
The leaders claim that they are not building a nuclear bomb. If that was true, Iran should hand over all the enriched Uranium.
Will they do that?
Off course not. Iran is hell bent on destroying Israel. Without a nuclear bomb, that would not be possible.
How do we know? Just listen to the Iranian President on this short video:
Now Iran have enough enriched Uranium for five bombs. One for Tel Aviv, one for London, one for Berlin, one for Paris and one for Washington.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes he is called to destroy bout the little Satan and the greater Satan. The smaller one is Israel, and the big one is the chair where you are sitting.
By destroying you in the name of Muhammad and “allah”, men like Ahmadinejad believe the hidden 12th Imam will return to Earth, and save all the Muslims.
Funny that you do not react to the treat against Israel. Only when you own house if on fire, you might scream in pain and agony. On that day, no one will be willing to listen to you.
Because you were lukewarm when the Jews needed you help, you put a curse down on your own head.
Matthew 7:13
[ The Narrow and Wide Gates ] “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Feel free to do something with this today. Cry out to Jesus to forgive you for betraying His chosen people. Ask Him to have mercy on your soul, and save you. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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Iran to copy Operation Starfish to knock out the USA
May 30, 2012
One single Iranian nuclear explosion 400 kilometers above Lexington in Kentucky will be able to lock down the American nation.
The night sky over Honolulu was put on fire on July 9th in 1962.
Not many people remember Operation Starfish, that was triggered on July 9th, 1962.
What was this military operation all about?
The USA sent a rocket into space with a nuclear warhead 80 times more powerful that the Hiroshima bomb. The doomsday tool was detonated 400 kilometers above Earth, 1445 kilometers west of Hawaii.
The electromagnetic lights of this nuclear explosion west of Hawaii could be seen even in New Zealand. This picture is taken in Honolulu.
The effect of the detonation deep into space shocked the American generals. The effects could be measured as fare as New Zealand.
In Hawaii street lights went off, and electronic devises stopped functioning.
What the US had done, was to put the electro magnetic field over the Pacific Ocean on fire.
The long term effects of the electromagnetic fireball in space, became more devastating than the total destruction such a bomb could have created on a relatively small area of the ground.
In the split of a second, three US Satellites in low obit were disabled. TV sets on Hawaii and the Pacific ocean went into black, and telecommunication went dead.
This picture is taken from an American Military aircraft 3 minutes after the detonation.
Seven satellites failed over the months following the test as radiation damaged their solar arrays or electronics.
These man-made radiation belts eventually crippled one-third of all satellites in low Earth orbit.
The very Van Allan belt was disrupted, and took time to come back into balance.
Since 1962, cancer on Earth has developed into the greatest pandemic ever.
You can read more about this from multiple sources on the net.
Where does this leave the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is hell bent on destroying both Israel and America for the sake of “Allah”.
They just have to try to copy this explosion in deep space over central America.
Today, America would be completely blinded if a powerful electromagnetic pules had knocked out electronic devises. Because unlike 1962, today’s society in completely interconnected. America as we know today would not only stop functioning. It will most likely never be able to recover. The perfect place for an all out onslaught of the Global Jihad.
The Iranian Ayatollah do not have to fire a Ballistic Missile on the US. He just have to send up a claimed to be commercial Satellite, and put it into high altitude orbit over the Western hemisphere. The Nuclear program in Iran, is of course only for “peaceful purposes”. And there will surely be no nuclear device inside a peaceful Satellite.
Only God of the Bible knows how advanced their programs are.
Source: Wikipedia and others.
First published: 22.07.2010.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The War on Bible Prophecy, Part 486
That’s tongue-in-cheek, of course—barely. I’ve written before about what I am calling the “War on Bible Prophecy,” and the truth is, I could write about it endlessly, because it is so pervasive in American evangelical circles today.
Never thought you’d read a statement like that, did you?
I didn’t, either.
This is not a mystery. The future scenario outlined by God in Genesis 3—the enmity between the woman and her Seed, and the serpent and his seed—is clearly played-out today, as the world loathes both Israel and the Messiah.
So then, a key battleground in this long war against Israel is the current direct attack on Bible prophecy.
In his book, The Emerging Church, Dan Kimball makes the following statement:
“The basis of learning has shifted from logic and rational, systematic thought to the realm of experience. People increasingly long for the mystical and the spiritual rather than the evidential and fact-based faith of the modern soil.”
A couple points. Those young people today who are leaning in this direction are doing so because Dan Kimball and his friends are pushing them in that direction with their mystical teachings. Secondly, his comment of course is heavily biased; there are also plenty of people left who will respond to that approach that Emergents so hate, the “evidential and fact-based” apologetic that worked so well the last 2,000 years, between the time of Christ and the apostles…and Dan Kimball.
At a Catalyst Conference in March, 2011, speaker Christine Caine said, “God is still in the miracle business today.”
He certainly is, but the problem for Caine and her friends in Emergent is that they so dislike the eschatology of their parents and grandparents that they are ignoring the biggest miracle in our world today: the fulfillment of predictive prophecy, centered around of course Israel.
Emergents (Caine might dispute that she is Emergent, but the fact is, she pals-around with tons of them) hate Bible prophecy because it pushes against their own understanding of prophecy: man can save himself and is carving-out a glorious future.
This latter view is in direct contrast to the biblical view, which is crystal clear: the Savior must return to prevent man from destroying himself. Of course, if you are a Purpose-Driven pastor or follower drunk on your own accomplishments, this is a hateful view!
Let me digress just for a moment, and attempt to show you what we are up against, in the battle for the hearts and minds of young people—all of whom could find the freedom they so long for, in the God of the Bible.
Brad Lomenick, who leads the Catalyst team (www.catalystspace.com), periodically lists people he’d love to meet. A few months ago, he published another list, and added a list from his assistant, Michelle Hoeft. Among the folks they’d love to have dinner with:
•Nelson Mandela (hugger of dictators and quasi-Marxist)
•Richard Branson (maverick businessman)
•Melinda Gates (wife of Bill Gates)
• Malcolm Shabazz (Malcolm X grandson)
• Michelle Obama
• J.K. Rowling (“Harry Potter” author)
• Zach Galifianakis (profane comedian)
• Eminem (profane rock star)
Why are Brad Lomenick and Michelle Hoeft encouraging young people to follow such people? The answer in part is that they want to prove that they are relevant and the farthest thing from stodgy.
Problem is, those change-agents listed above do not have a biblical worldview, and the world loves them. Please read James 4:4 and meditate on it:
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
Also note 1 Corinthians 15:33:
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
Hey, guess what? Bad company corrupts good company. This is practical, real-life stuff that should be taught to young people. The Bible is, among other things, a practical-living guide from the Lord.
Our young people today are taught instead that we should follow after rock stars, mystics, and political change-agents.
How sad.
An off-shoot conference effort from Leadership Network (the engine-driver for Catalyst) is “The Nines.” In September, 2009, it was announced:
“We are collaborating with Leadership Network to put-on a free online conference - THE NINES.
“The NINES will be held at your desk, on your computer screen, all day, on 9/9/09 (that's the Tuesday after Labor Day).
“The NINES will feature over 70 phenomenal speakers and leaders of innovation all across the Church. Each speaker will have 9 minutes to give their message, so the content will be focused and practical - not a lot of fluff!
“Speakers include: Mark Driscoll, Perry Noble, Alan Hirsch, John Ortberg, Steven Furtick, Margaret Feinberg, Mark Batterson, Anne Jackson, Neil Cole, Dino Rizzo - and many, many more.”
Problem is, guys like Driscoll and Ortberg have a skewed view of eschatology, and they are influencing many people.
In his landmark book, The Emergent Church: Undefining Christianity, Bob DeWaay explains clearly just how Emergents view eschatology. His book is one I’d highly recommend.
You see, for example, Ortberg (pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California) not only attended the odious “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference recently, he once taught at Willow Creek Church, where pro-Palestinian founders Bill and Lynne Hybels give the stage to various left-leaning speakers.
In a July 23, 2002 letter to President Bush, several left-leaning religious leaders urged him to support a Palestinian state; Ortberg was a signatory.
Driscoll, of course, has made his views on the Rapture known far and wide, and he also practices (oddly enough, I think) Reformed Theology, never a friend of Israel or Bible prophecy.
So, my friends, this is a tiny part of what we’re up against. The forces arrayed against the teaching of Bible prophecy are deeply networked, motivated, well-financed, and aggressively opposed to that “old-time religion.”
I’m already at work on “The War on Bible Prophecy, Part 487.”
It’ll be a long series.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Obama extends Israel embassy waiver
June 6, 2012
President Obama extended a waiver for an additional six months that delays moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Every US president is willing to deny Israel its capital for a handful of petro dollars.
Obama’s waiver, issued June 1, follows in the footsteps of predecessors Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who also extended the waiver every six months since a law was passed in 1995 mandating moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Presidents are permitted to delay the move on national security grounds.
Some Jewish groups have pushed for the United States to move the embassy as a way to bolster Israeli claims to the city.
Those favoring the use of the waiver say that moving the embassy would anger the Arab world and put the United States in the position of taking sides on an issue that should be settled in peace talks.
B. Hussein Obama has a special love and connection to the Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, has privately told Jewish leaders he would not commit to moving the embassy as president.
Source: JTA.org
My comment:
Is a shift of the US embassy from Tel Avis to Jerusalem a matter of national security?
If the answer is “no”, than every US President since 1995 are law breakers.
If the answer is “yes”, there is a need to explain where the treat is located.
Is is the state of Israel that is a threat to the US national security?
I guess the answer is absolutely not.
Could it be Saudi Arabia?
The answer is “more than just likely”. Because if the Saudis have given the US an ultimatum, Washington has bowed and obeyed. Like: – We will permit US military bases in Saudi Arabia on one condition. The US Israeli embassy stays put in Tel Aviv.
This is most likely the reason for why all the US Presidents since 1995 have lived in submission to the Saudi Kingdom. The US economy will collapse if the oil export out of the Persian gulf is blocked.
If the US looses its Military bases in the Saudi, no longer will the US be able to be the “police of the Middle East”.
Washington have told Jerusalem that such a collapse of US military power will also endanger the existence of Israel…..Like if there never existed a God of Israel.
The Jews must not make Washington their “god”, and believe that America is the ultimate protector of the Jewish homeland.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Also the USA will betray Israel, divided the land and let the “false peace deal” lift the final antichrist onto the stage in Jerusalem. Some silver coins will surely change hands in the deal of the millennium.
The Messiah Jesus is the rock of Israel. He is the servant of God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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Judea and Samaria again hot potato in Israel
June 6, 2012
The Likud party is split in two over settlement regulation bill.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset speaker Ruven Rivlin strongly disagree on a law securing Jewish properties on the Mountains in Zion.
The growing controversy surrounding the impending eviction of the Ulpana neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El is threatening to seriously rattle the Likud.
Party sources told Ynet Tuesday of an ideological spilt between those supporting the High Court-ordered eviction of five houses in the neighborhood, and those who oppose it.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the bill, which aims to circumvent the court’s ruling. The PM wants the legislation quashed and has therefore imposed party discipline on all Likud ministers, ordering them to enter a nay vote.
Those supporting the bill include Knesset members Danny Danon, Tzipi Hotovely, Gila Gamliel, Miri Regev, Yariv Levin and Coalition Chairman Zeev Elkin.
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
The very idea of Zionism is up for a trial in the Likud party in Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu is in favor of avoiding international wrath, by erasing a handful of Jewish houses in a large settlement.
Five of the houses in this Jewish settlement might be demolished.
Others in the Likud party do not want the International society to decide where Jews inside Israel can live, and live not.
The UN, US and EU have already told Netanyahu that they expect the Israeli government to erase the houses. The number of Jewish properties are few, but the symbolic act is of enormous value for the anti-Zionist lobby.
This houses are not caravans or tents on a hilltop in Samaria. These are full fledged Jewish bungalows. If Jerusalem is wiling to destroy there home, why not remove the other 100.000 houses, just like Islam demands?
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our fathers have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
God of the Bible is watching. The Jews have got yet another chance to obey Him, or to trash the Hebrew Bible than explains that Judea and Samaria are both Jewish properties.
Written by Ivar
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Obama searching Mosques for spiritual support
June 6, 2012
Why would a Christian search in Mosques in the Middle East for spiritual support?
Listening to a sermon of the Mufti, Prime Minster Edrogan of Turkey and the fresh President of the USA, Barack Hussein Obama. Blue Mosque in Istanbul on April 7, 2009.
Be aware that these pictures in this article seems to have nothing to do with the security crisis in the Middle East. But only from a perspective in a human mind, who do not believe in the Spiritual war that is going on.
Islam does not acknowledge that there is a Jewish homeland in the Middle East.
If US President Barack Hussein Obama is a “friend of Israel”, what is he doing touring Mosques in Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to hunt for both spiritual wisdom and political support?
Obama spent his first weeks of Presidency visiting Mosques in Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The turn of event in Turkey, points to a radicalization of a NATO-member, and a turn towards the Islamic revolution of Iran.
When Obama was in Turkey in April 2007, He did tell the Turkish people about “the great religion of Islam”.
He did not mention that their forefathers in the Ottoman Empire committed a horrible crime in the name of “Allah” as late as 1915. That was the Armenian genocide, where between one million and 1,5 million people were slaughtered by Muslims.
Neither did Obama mention the human right abuses against the Kurdish minority in Eastern Turkey. Tens of thousands of refugees has been displaced, and do need a right of return to their homes.
Please take your shoes off. Because this place is Holy, the Mufti tells Edrogan and Obama.
The Turkish occupation of the Northern part of Cyprus was not on the agenda, when Obama searched for political support in Ankara.
36 years has passed since that illegal occupation started.
That Turkey has forced the United Nation to build a segregation wall through the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, seems to have been blotted out of any discussion between Obama and the Turkish political and religions establishment.
What about the visit to Egypt?
Obama must have heard about the Yom Kippur war in 1973, when Egypt lead a Pan-Arabic military force in a bid to destroy the state of Israel.
Egypt lost the war. Still the accused “colonial, racist apartheid” state of Israel returned the Sinai desert.
What about Obama”s visit to Saudi Arabia?
A claim to be a "Christian" accepts an Islamic medal of honor.
Could it be, that Obama has forgotten that people in the Islamic Kingdom get their hands cut off, if they have stolen or cheated someone?
I guess the troublesome Sharia Law, is a part of Obama”s “great religion” of his father, and his step father?
Obama on his way into Sultan Hassan Mosque in Egypt. Methodist Hillary Clinton joins him.
That ladies can not drive cars in Saudi Arabia, or be member’s of Parliament, does not seems to be of any concern for the US President.
That the Saudis have no free access to web-sites like Face Book or You tube is not a topic that Obama would like to confront the Saudi leadership.
The fact that its illegal to carry a Bible inside Saudi Arabia, and that Jews are not allowed to get Visa’s to the Islamic Kingdom, can only be looked up on a reasonable good Islamic policies.
Mosaic of Obama in the city of Jakarta, in the Islamic nation of Indonesia,. This photo is taken on 25th of October 2008.
Still, some people do not get it.
Obama feels also “Allah the great”.
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Joel Osteen to produce movie about Catholic “Mary”
June 7, 2012
Megachurch pastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen will produce his first movie, considered the biblical prequel to the story of The Passion of The Christ.
Joel Osteen and wife victoria is to honor the Queen of Heaven in their first movie.
Israeli actress Odeya Rush will play the role of Mary in Mary, Mother of Christ, which Lionsgate will distribute in North America next year, Variety reported.
“Mary is portrayed as a brave, faithful young woman who readily embraces her divine destiny regardless of the sacrifices and hardships she must endure,” said Osteen, whose best-selling books include Your Best Life Now and Every Day a Friday.
Rush joins actors Julia Ormond and Peter O’Toole in the movie, to be directed by Alister Grierson. The original screenplay for Mary, Mother of Christ was written by Benedict Fitzgerald (The Passion of The Christ) and Barbara Nicolosi, Variety said. Mary, Mother of Christ is produced by Mary Aloe of Aloe Entertainment and Shawn Williamson of Bright Light Pictures.
Besides Osteen, Mike Dolan and Ben Barton of Smithfield Street Productions, Alan Weinberger of the ASCII Group, the Samaritan Group and philanthropists Frank Carlucci (former U.S. Secretary of Defense), Mike Connell, Robert Gottlieb, Mike Nead and Herb Lande will also serve as executive producers, Variety reported.
Filming is scheduled to begin this summer in the Middle East.
Source: Charismanews.com
My comment:
I have for a long time claimed that all false teachers will accept the Antichrist of Rome. Many prosperity teachers in the World of Faith movement have already accepted the papacy as a seat of Christianity.
These are man like Benny Hinn, Rick Joyner and Joel Osteen.
The very idea of making a movie about “Mary the mother of Christ”, is to evaluate the Queen of Heaven. If the Charismatic pentecostal movement shall be accepted by the Vatican, they have to honor the dogmas.
Benedict Fitzgerald is a Roman Catholic, who will surely make a movie that can get an approval from her Bishop.
What can we expect from these movie makers?
The Jewishness of Miriam will be deleted, and an antisemitic false gospel will be presented.
This is a recorded interview in Star Bulletin with Benedict Fitzgerald. It is recorded in 2004, when she directed the movie “passion of Christ” with Mel Gibson.
Benedict Fitzgerald: More difficult. … From a technical point of view, I understood it would have to have certain epic qualities, and simultaneously with that, it also had to have intimacy, which is vitally important. These two things have to be occurring at all times because it’s an eyewitness account.
The true Catholic church is an apostolic, not an ecumenical, church. We depend on the eyewitnesses and Holy Ghost for everything we believe.
Source: Star Bulletin.
The end time union that leads all harlots back to the Mother of all prostitutes are gaining momentum.
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Serious in Syria
Word came this weekend that “rebels” in Syria were fighting government forces in Damascus. This is obviously quite significant, since dictators caught in their own capitols often don’t fare well (see Hitler, Adolf).
Many have wondered why Obama and NATO haven’t intervened/interfered in Syria, as they did in Libya (and, indirectly, Egypt). We can only speculate, but a clue lies in the geo-political situation in Libya, ruled with an iron fist by Muammar Gaddafi. The cartoonish Libyan was more like a tribal chieftan, and his loyalists would have held out much longer against the Muslim Brotherhood-inspired “rebels” fighting against Tripoli…had not NATO and Obama been so hell-bent on removing Gaddafi.
Hauled-out and shot, Mussolini-style, last October, Gaddafi passed from the scene as a chilling Muslim horde moved across the sands of the Middle East.
In Syria, however, Bashar Al-Assad (himself a mass-murderer) is more of a secular autocrat whose loyalists make up only about 10 percent of the population. Assad, an Alawite (a branch of Islam) who, perhaps surprisingly to many, has been relatively easy on Syrian Christians, has been allowed to continue in power—savagely murdering his own citizens in the year-long uprising—because, in my opinion, he was going to fall without Western intervention.
If he killed 10,000 men, women, and children, well, tsk, tsk.
Gaddafi had to be removed much more quickly in order for the Brotherhood to come to power.
In Syria, once the inevitable happens and Assad is strung up by his heels, the conditions will exist for the Muslim Brotherhood to rule that country. We know where that leaves Israel.
The Jerusalem Post reported that:
“Russia will not oppose the departure of Syria's President Bashar Assad if such a move is a result of a dialogue between Syrians themselves and is not enforced through external pressure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.”
No matter who lands in power in Syria, Russia intends to be a player for the duration. Interesting, in light of Ezekiel 38,39.
Because Assad was similar to Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Jordan’s King Abdullah and, to some extent, Saddam Hussein, he was content to be a menace to Israel, but not a lethal threat. The new rulers of Middle East countries will be much more like the Iranian mullahs—religious psychopaths who do have lethal intentions for Israel.
The passing of the Assad regime in Damascus provides the framework for the next rulers to unwittingly bring Isaiah 17 to pass.
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68 per cent of Arab-Israelis prefer to live in Israel
June 13, 2012
Survey by Haifa University shows over two-thirds of Arab-Israelis are resigned to living in a Jewish state, but 63 per cent don’t think it’s fair.
Jews and Arabs live in peace inside the Zionist state of Israel, defamed by global media.
Some 80 per cent of Arabs living in Israel blame Jews for the Nakba, but 60 per cent of them are resigned to Israel as a state with a Jewish majority, the Index of Arab-Jewish Relations for 2011, conducted by Prof. Sami Samuha of the University of Haifa shows.
The full results of the survey, which Samuha has run annually for the last 30 years, are due to be announced at a university conference on Thursday.
Despite the fact that most of the respondents accepted Israel as a majority Jewish state, 63 per cent of Arabs polled believe that it was not fair. Seventy-three percent of Arab respondents said they believe that the government treated Arabs as second-class citizens undeserving of equality.
Moreover, 68.3 per cent of Arabs polled said they preferred to live in Israel than in other countries. Slightly more than half (56.5 per cent) accepted Israel as a Hebrew-speaking state, and 58 per cent accepted Shabbat as the day of rest.
In Israel there are a lot of benefits and a modern way of life, as well as economic and political stability. You can’t compare the lives of Arabs in the Galilee to that of Arabs in Palestine, Lebanon, or Egypt. There is also the element that in Israel there is no concern of an Islamist takeover.”
Samuha pointed to responses that showed that 71 per cent of Israel Arabs felt that Israel was a good place to live, while 60 per cent said they felt it was a home and a homeland.
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
The Word is getting polarized. For or against a Jewish homeland, where a majority of Jews can rule them selves.
The majority of Israeli Arabs are happy living inside Israel. 71 per cent is a clear and absolute majority.
This number makes all claims that Israel is a racist state quite ridiculous. And even worse. Large parts of educated people in the West brand Israel as the last apartheid state.
There is no logic in such claims. The Jews have always looked for a valid and understandable reason behind Jew-hate. But there are non. This kind of hatred has its origin in the spiritual realm of darkness. It is Satan who makes his children hate the chosen people of God, Because they birthed the Messiah, who stripped Lucifer of all his powers at Calvary Hill.
The truth is as simple as this.
Written by Ivar
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Interfaith Jerusalem: “Let us save the environment”
June 13, 2012
“What emerged from the panel of distinguished clergymen was a vision of interfaith tolerance, even brotherhood”
All care about the environment. But who care for souls that has been deceived by Satan, and do not want to preach the Gospel?
This was the message from the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference that took place on March 19, in Jerusalem.
The conference was organized by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
“I came today, not to say anything new – but to learn.”
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop, Dr. Elias Chacour. opened the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference.
The atmosphere among the 200-odd participants was optimistic. They gladly heard speeches on man’s God-sent responsibility towards creation.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Patriarch Theophilos III, spoke movingly about the intimate relationship between creation and the Creator.
Amid quotations from the Old and New Testaments and the Koran, most of what emerged from the panel of distinguished clergymen was a vision of interfaith tolerance, even brotherhood.
Sheik Muhammad Amara, Imam of Israel’s Ministry of the Interior spoke more directly of equality.
“It’s easy to gather religious leaders who tell us what we want to hear,” he said. “Truth is difficult. We can’t live in a good environment unless there is justice.”
“I wish to push back the idea of technology as our goal. Global warming, smog, and the hole in the ozone appeared as a consequence of our tyranny over the land. All of us must work together to restore balance.”
The conference’s high tone revolved around establishing the brotherhood of man and respect for the planet. Not much talk about exactly how the world’s believers can effect change. It was disappointing to perceive how little great religious leaders are involved in environmental issues.
Rabbi Ronen Lubitch, rabbi of Kibbutz Nir Etzion and lecturer at Haifa University, was possibly the most knowledgeable and pro-active of the panel speakers.
He spoke of specific ecological disasters such as the effect of industrial waste on the ecology, and food security for the expanding world population. Sheik Amara and Rabbi Ronen both raised the issue of ecological education in schools.
Following the panelists’ presentations, we viewed video clips with messages from world religious leaders. Especially thrilling were the Dalai Lama’s smiling reminder that what affects the environment will ultimately affect the world’s peoples, and the late Lubavitcher Rebbe speaking in Yiddish about the mitzvah of developing solar energy. Participants then gathered into workshops on climate change and sustainable energy.
If 85 per cent of the people in the world do what they do as taught by religious leaders, these leaders should educate them in caring for the environment.
Introducing the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference
Source: Green Prophet.com
My comment:
Jesus did not enter Jerusalem with the message: “Save the environment”. He had no “green prophets”.
The essence of the message from the Messiah is: “Repent from your sins, and accept Me as God and savior”.
The united message from the Imam’s, Catholic Bishops, Jewish rabbis and Dalai Lama is the message that has its origin in the United nations (UN). All religious leaders must accept the UN’s role in forming a Global One World Government.
All people can agree around a message that “god” wants us to unite to save the environment.
On top of this agenda will come the last man of lawlessness. He will claim to be “god” and unite all religions to submit to the message from a global summit in Jerusalem. The World will hail him as the leader of the flock.
The problem for all who believe in Jesus, is that the last and final antichrist and the UN will not proclaim the gospel about salvation in the blood of Jesus, only.
Imam’s and priest might have spent all their lives together planting trees, but will still perish because of their acceptance of sin and faithlessness as “holiness”.
The Bible expose Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops as fools. They are not supposed to become friends of the World, and set their focus on the affairs of the World.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer.
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
In stead of listening to video messages from the head of the Buddhist religion, and promote and distribute his message, they should read, obey and proclaim the messages from Jesus of the Bible.
First published: March 24th, 2012.
Written by Ivar
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Ottoman turks force Obama to expel Israel
June 12, 2012
The U.S. blocked Israel’s participation in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) first meeting in Istanbul on Friday.
They ploy against Israel as we speak. If the Jewish nation is not deleted, than their “allah” is a false God.
This blockade took place even though Israel has extensive experience in counterterrorism.
A source in Washington said Israel was excluded from the meeting because of fierce objections by Turkish President Erdogan. Israel tried hard to obtain an invitation to the meeting, and its exclusion has greatly disappointed officials in Jerusalem.
The GCTF, one of the pillars of President Barack Obama’s antiterrorism campaign, was established in September 2011. The White House calls the forum as a wise use of force against terrorism, and chose Turkey as the forum’s joint chair, together with the US.
29 countries are participating in the GCTF, ten of which are Arab and/or Muslim countries: Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Other members include China, Russia, India, and Western European countries.
Source: Globes.co.il
My comment:
In Obama the US has submitted to the dhimme attitude of the infidels. Non-Muslim must obey the Mullas, or face the sword.
Barack Hussein Obama has a deep desire in his heart. And that is to be loved in the Muslim World. And to be loved within Koran obeying Islam, an semi-Muslim like Obama must take a stand against Israel.
Since Turkey is a member of NATO, Obama feel the need to stand with his Islamic “peace partner”.
By submitting to the Turkish demand for the “Counterterrorism Forum”, is will quickly become a “supply-terrorism forum”.
Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
The Zionist state of Israel is indeed a hair in the soup. At the end of the road it will be God and Israel against the rest.
Do not end up on the wrong side.
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June 14, 2012
When the Pope landed in Jerusalem, he came by helicopter to the Mount of Olives. Just like a copy-cat Messiah.
May 2009. The Pope is transported by the IDF, and lands just north of the Mount of Olives at the military helipad at Mount Scopus.
For all who are not aware of the Roman Catholic influence in East Jerusalem, be aware of the mode of transportation the Pope used when He came to Jerusalem in May 2009.
In stead of being transported in a limousine from Ben Gurion Airport, the “Holy see” came by helicopter. The IDF transported the Pontiff to Mount Scopus, which is located just north of the Mount of Olives.
The significance of this flight is highly prophetic. Because the last and final antichrist will also land on Ben Gurion Airport. He is supposed to bring “peace” to Israel and the entire Middle East. The last and final antichrist can easily be discerned by the mode of transportation. Because He can not copy the second coming of the Messiah.
While the antichrist might land on the Mount of Olives in a helicopter, the true Messiah will return to this place from the clouds of Heaven. He will come with full power and in glory, shining like the sun.
The Bible says that when the feet of the Messiah lands on the Mount of Olives, there will be a huge earthquake in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 14: 2-4
I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
No doubt that the Pope is a powerful leader. But this landing with a helicopter is not enough to rock the city. Even is some bombs were detonated in the neighborhood, any Vatican delegation will not be able to create an Earthquake.
Lets take a look at some pictures from the Popes last visit to Israel:
A Roman Catholic nun hails the Pope as he arrives in Jerusalem.
A Papist puts the Vatican flag on a roof top in Jerusalem.
The poster of the Pope is put in a window in Jerusalem.
An Israeli textile worker makes Vatican flags.
The Vatican flag used as decor in a street of Jerusalem.
rab Catholics in Nazareth waives the Vatican flag at the arrival of the Pope.
The Pope in the center of an Interfaith gathering in Nazareth, May 14th 2009.
The Pope is treated a royal on his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport.
The Papal trone is presently located in Jerusalem's Church Of The Holy Sepulchre.
The Pope takes a stroll at the Temple Mount, together with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.
Every morning, the Vatican flag is hoisted just outside the Temple Mount.
A Religious Zionist Jew carried away from a protest against the royal treatment of the Pope.
The two cheif Rabbis in Israel came to the Vatican to greet the late Pope with costly gifts.
The last and final antichrist will be welcomed to Jerusalem. In millions He will be worshiped. The Pope’s visit to the city of David sets an example. It was like a dry trial.
The city was covered with flags of the Vatican statehood, the IDF gave him security, and only some religious Zionist Jews protested against this abomination coming to their home turfs.
The Pope was guided from the helicopter, to the Temple Mount. He took a stroll up on the Temple Mount together with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who controls the Dome of the Rock.
2 Thessalonians 2:2-4
not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Since the Pope in not yet in control of the holiest site of Judaism, He has to move on another 700 meters. Into the Latino Quarter, where His throne stands.
One day, when Islam and the Catholic religion has made a peace agreement, the Pope will shift the location up on the Temple Mount. There He will sit down in “Gods temple”, and be hailed as “god”. The very “Holy father”.
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Arabs concerned over Vatican talks with Israel
June 15, 2012
There are rumors on the Islamic wold that the Pope is ready to accept Israeli law on Catholic Church properties in East Jerusalem.
The Political wrestling over the future of the Temple Mount goes on.
Palestinian officials voiced concern about possible concessions by the Vatican ahead of talks on Tuesday between Israel and the Holy See on the status of Catholic Church property in Jerusalem.
The Palestinians said a copy of an alleged draft agreement prepared for the talks, which could not be independently verified, reportedly includes an implicit recognition by the Vatican of Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem.
Asked Monday about the meeting, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi would only say that the talks would take place on Tuesday following a previous meeting in Jerusalem in January and gave no further details.
The Vatican is reportedly preparing to accept the application of Israeli law on Catholic Church properties in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians say would be a violation of international law.
Nabil Shaath, a Fateh negotiator for relations with the Holy See, said the Vatican should “reaffirm its historic position in favour of the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights in line with international law”.
“We trust that the Holy See will clarify the situation and affirm that it will uphold its legal and moral responsibility,” he said.
The Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip also voiced its “serious concern” at the reported draft agreement.
“Holy Islamic and Christian sites will remain Palestinian and Arab and that their control or their administrations will not fall into the hands of the occupier,” Hamas said.
Israel and the Vatican have been holding talks on the legal status of Catholic Church property in the Holy Land since 1999.
Source: Jordan Times
My comment:
This article from Jordan Times brings is interesting stuff.
Like: What is the Vatican going to get in exchange for a recognition of Israeli laws in East Jerusalem?
Could it be the acknowledgement of a special regime to be established in the Old city?
The Holy see is not interested in ruling the suburbs in East Jerusalem, which has a Arabic speaking majority. The Pope is interesting in the Temple Mount. He wants to control the very site where God the Holy Spirit was reigning in Jerusalem, and from where the “prince of peace” is coming back.
The views of the Hamas are the views of the World at large. That it is “Palestine” that shall control the Temple Mount, and the so-called holy sites of “Christianity”. This is the de facto consequence of refusing to move any embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Western World has submitted to the Islamic demands in regards to the capital of Israel.
Jesus the Messiah is not to concerned about the ongoing political wrestling. He will come back to Jerusalem, and kill the appointed fake “prince of peace”, elected by the US, EU, UN, Russia and China, and the Pope, as the Global leader.
We know that the final antichrist is about to enter the stage in Jerusalem, and we will reject his authority and visions as falsehood. His miracles will mot impress all who know the Word of God and listen to the Holy Spirit.
Written by Ivar
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Catholics and communists tried to block Jewish control over Jerusalem
June 15, 2012
Catholic, Muslim and Communist nations voted for an International Zone to be established in Jerusalem in 1949.
Anything but Jewish control over Jerusalem was acceptable to Catholics, Muslims and Communists in 1949.
Who were the supporter of a United Nation resolution that tried to block Jews from gaining control over their ancient capital?
You might not be surprised that the Muslim block in the United Nations, voted for a resolution that opted for an International zone to be established in Jerusalem in 1949. It was to be called a “Special International regime”.
Lets take a look at the resolution:
International Regime for Jerusalem, General Assembly Resolution 303 (IV), 9 December 1949:
(1) The City of Jerusalem shall be established as a corpus separatum under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations;
In spite of the vehement opposition of Israel and Jordan, the General Assembly restated its aim that Jerusalem be placed under a permanent international regime, and the Trusteeship Council was called upon to prepare a Statute for the city.
The Resolution was adopted by 38 votes in favour, 14 against, 7 abstentions, Most of the Catholic, Moslem and Communist States voted for.
It might be rather surprising that the Communist block voted for the same resolution, together with the block of Catholic nations like Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Not so strange: The same antisemitic block of nations today, tries to rob the control over Jerusalem from the Jewish people.
Who voted against the formation of an International Zone in Jerusalem?
Not surprisingly, all the reformed Christian nations of the Western Civilization.
What does this tell us?
A simple message. Jesus promised to bless people who loved Him for a thousand generations. He used reformed Christian nations to block the devils plans of denying Jewish control over Jerusalem, a control they will not loose before the appointed time.
A special regime, that will be ruled by the Vatican.
When the Jewish freedom fighters ended British occupation over Western Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Jordan invaded and occupied East Jerusalem.
It was interesting to study the documents available on the website of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
You should take a look your self.
Please also take a look at the “special regime”, planed by the “Old City of Jerusalem Initiative”, an ecumenical body formed to complete the devils task delayed by 62 years.
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The Vatican is a copy of Old City of Jerusalem
June 15, 2012
Mussolini and the Pope shaped the Vatican city as a copy of the Old City of Jerusalem. Rome was labeled “The eternal city”.
In 1929 Mussolini shaped the Vatican city. St. Peters square is formed as a key. The key to "heaven" held by the Pope as a claimed successor of Peter.
The Vatican city is 0,44 km2. The Pope is sitting in His temple, and claim to be the “Holy Father”, and the “Vicar of Christ”.
The Old City of Jerusalem is 0,9 km2. This will be the very location where the last antichrist will rule in the days before the Messiah returns in the clouds of Heaven.
The Dome of the rock and St. Peters Square is localted at the same spot.
If you look at the location of St. Peters basilica in Rome and the Dome of the Rock, you see the copy cat made in Rome. The Dome of the Rock and the basilica in Rome, are even built in the same fashion.
St. Peters Basillica.
The Dome of the rock in Old city of Jerusalem.
The Pope and the Imams will find a solution to who will govern the coming special regime in the Old City.
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini prepared for the next Catholic Kingdom in Jerusalem. Mussolini even gifted the Islamic Warf on the Temple Mount the marble pillars used during a renovation of the Dome of the rock. Read more about Mussolini’s special gift, accepted by the British rulers who took control of Jerusalem in 1917, That was hardly five years before the Fascist takeover of Rome.
This pin explains wat kind of hybrid status that is waiting for Jerusalem.
When the city of Jerusalem is divided, the special regime that is coming in East Jerusalem might use this flag.
If Hitler and Mussolini had won World War II, the Pope would have become the leader of both the Vatican state and the city of Jerusalem.. Than the Pontiff could have shifted his throne from Rome to the Old City of Jerusalem without any objections.
The true Holy Father and His Messiah will soon rule in Jerusalem. But tens of millions will fall for the ultimate deception staged by the counterfeit “kingdom” of Rome. Satan has taken the Roman Catholics for a ride. You better jump of the train before it crashes.
Revelation 17:1-8
The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.
The Roman Catholics do not understand. They will not be astonished before Jesus reveal who the beast is. Those whose name is written in the book of life do understand, by simply comparing scriptures to not Biblical dogmas made by the “Holy see”.
Written by Ivar
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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There are several realities on the ground in Israel that show us clearly the global community is ineffective in trying to bring peace between Arabs and Jews.
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center this week brought an interesting fact to light:
The website of the Jerusalem Brigades, the military-terrorist wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, recently posted pictures from the end-of-the-year party held at one of its affiliated kindergartens in the Gaza Strip. The children put on a display in which they pretended to be armed Palestinian terrorist operatives, Palestinian prisoners and Israelis.”
A teacher at the school emphasized the “need” to teach children jihad, and the idea of “resistance.”
(Do they know Israel supplies their electricity?)
One of the children was interviewed and said:
“When I grow up, I want to get on a bus with lots of Zionists and blow myself up in a suicide bombing attack and kill them..."
This according to the Jerusalem Brigades website and Hamas' PALDF forum.
Among others, for years Hillary Clinton, as the top American diplomat, has “strongly” urged the Palestinians to remove such teaching from school curriculum. This demand stretches back 20 years, to the disastrous Oslo Accords.
The Palestinians have never complied and by the way, I call on all American religious leaders, such as Lynne Hybels, Jim Wallis, and Shane Claiborne (I could name dozens more) to publicly repudiate this ghastly form of child abuse, xenophobia, and anti-semitism.
I have toured the Meir Amit facility north of Tel Aviv, and seen the tragic school notebooks, drawings, and toys that show clearly the Palestinian youth are taught to glorify death and murder.
Here is the point: until the international community gets serious about holding the Palestinians accountable, we will actually continue to move away from realistic chances for peace.
Also, last month, specialists at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center released English translations of some documents captured at Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout. Among other things, the documents reveal that Al-Qaeda is coordinating with a Gaza Strip group called the Army of Islam.
This chilling revelation tells us that the most lethal terror groups in the world are a direct internal threat to Israel. By extension, they are a threat to the rest of us (some of my local National Guard friends have operated in the Sinai in the past few years, so this news impacts very close to home).
One of the documents reveals that the Army of Islam was asking Al-Qaeda leadership if it is permissible under Islamic law for them to accept operational funding from outside groups, including—and this perhaps for comic effect—the “infidel” Shi’ite state of Iran.
Do you see? This Islamic version of the Hatfields and McCoys can certainly come together when working to kill Israelis and Americans.
For context, you should know that the above document dates from 2006 and, according to the Israelis, the Army of Islam has “considerable operative capabilities,” and two of its operatives were involved in the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit.
The Army of Islam was also involved—knock, knock, knock, Lynne Hybels, Jim Wallis, and Shane Claiborne—according to the Hosni Mubarak government in Egypt of being involved in a terror attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria in 2011.
Do any evangelicals who support the Palestinians decry Palestinian abuse of Copts? Aren’t they Christians, too? Or do they count?
Is anybody listening? The segment of Palestinian society that is radicalized is of course an existential threat to the rest of us, but let’s be honest: they are also a threat to themselves. Can you imagine living in this kind of hate-filled environment? Can you imagine the psychological damage inflicted by these terror groups on their own people?
I cannot. I can only grieve for them, reduced to living in that kind of emotional squalor. If the international community doesn’t care about Jews, do they really care about Arabs? Why does our diplomatic corps pacify the Palestinian Authority/PLO?
Finally, another hair-raising development is being reported by my friend, the Italian journalist Giulio Meotti, who wrote this week for Arutz Sheva that the campaign to erase Hebrew and Christian history is in full-swing by the Palestinians. This is one of the most odious efforts going on today in this arena, and the rest of us should be outraged.
According to Meotti:
“At UNESCO’s next session, which will run from June 24th to July 6th in St. Petersburg, the UN cultural body will assess the Palestinian request for admission of the “Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem” to the list of world heritage sites.
“The Christian shrine will become Palestine’s first world heritage site.
“Next in line is the Hevron’s Cave of the Patriarchs.”
Where is the outrage? Since Yasser Arafat arrived in Israel two decades ago, a systematic effort has been underway to remove Jewish history from the land. This absurd reality has been allowed to continue (Bill Clinton heard Arafat deny there were ever Jewish temples on the Temple Mount, and the man who had sat under the Southern Baptist teaching of W.O. Vaught Jr. no doubt just sat there and bit his lower lip).
American diplomats, political operatives, and religious leaders have let it go on.
Do you understand that if they deny Jewish history they are also denying Christian history?
Do religious leaders like Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, John Ortberg, and John Spong think this through? Spong, who champions his own efforts to combat anti-semitism (he says this with a straight face) also relegates the Hebrew scriptures to the realm of myth. Is he not aware that one can’t get more anti-semitic than that?
I worry about something else: facts are on the side of those of us who support Israel, yet the “millennial generation” is not so moved by facts. They are moved by experience and feelings and narrative (the latter of course can be pregnant with lies, but they seem unaware of that). As Meotti puts it:
“The Palestinians are trying to erase any trace of Jewish history in Judea and Samaria. Yet a few days ago Israeli archaeologists discovered a seal bearing the name “Bethlehem” in ancient Hebrew script from First Temple times, one of the most important pieces of physical evidence supporting the Jewish claim to the town before it became revered as the birthpace of Jesus.”
Are Claiborne, Bob Roberts (senior pastor, NorthWood Church, Keller, TX), Joel Hunter, and Tony Campolo aware they are being used as stooges by the Palestinians when they appear at Christ at the Checkpoint? Do they realize they are part of a diabolical effort to erase their own religious heritage? Don’t you find that profoundly ironic and sick?
Mustafa Barghouti, a so-called moderate in the Palestinian authority, said in 2009 that Jesus “is the first Palestinian who was tortured in this land.”
Hello? Is this thing on?
What in the world has happened to our world? Truth is lie and lie is truth. Our own Christian leadership in America cannot discern good from evil.
Meotti also makes the following salient points (the entire article can be read at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11770#.T9ypf7-shXX)
“There is a growing global network of Islamophile Christians with organizations like Amos Trust, Christian Aid, Sabeel, Living Stones, World Council of Churches, and influential bishops and pastors like Mitri Raheb, Stephen Sizer, Elias Chacour, Naim Ateek and Michael Prior.
“It doesn’t matter that Jesus was not born a Christian, but a Jew, and that Bethlehem was a Jewish town in Judea, not a Muslim one - because there was no Christianity before his death and certainly no Islam for hundreds of years after his death.
“It doesn't matter that the Palestinian Authority persecuted Arab Christians in its midst.”
You know what? I think he’s right. I don’t think these things matter to those who let themselves be used by Jew-haters and Christ-deniers. That’s the answer. Which is why it is critical to reach those who don’t yet understand, or who are on the fence.
When I attended the Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding conference in California last fall, the only speaker I felt who lives in reality is Botrus Mansour, director of Nazareth Baptist School.
Mansour would certainly not agree with me about many things, but he did say something profound and enlightening. He said there are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe man is inherently good, and those who believe man to be inherently bad.
He’s spot-on, of course. What we have to hope and pray for is a growing awareness that the latter condition is the accurate one.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Hamas rockets have killed 44 Israelis in six years
June 21, 2012
Rockets from Gaza have killed 44 Israelis and crippled 1687 since Hamas declared “independence” in 2006.
The Hamas keep on sending rockets into Southern Israel, in a bid to destroy the Jewish state.
Hamas’ weapons arsenal is growing with the new and advanced Iranian made Fajr-3, Katyushas/Grads, anti-tank missiles, and heavy mortars. Over the past 6 years, Hamas rocket fire has killed 44 innocent Israeli civilians and injured a staggering 1,687.
Source: The IDF
My comment:
The Israeli Government promised the Jewish homeland peace, when the IDF destroyed Jewish properties in Gush Katif in Gaza in 2005.
The idea was that when Gaza is turned into a “Jew free zone”, the Arabs will chose peace, and starts to develop their sociality and submit to human rights.
Naive, secular and disconnected religious people believed the message.
After a year, the people in Gaza revolved against the US and UN backed Puppet regime of the PLO. The Iranian controlled Hamas took over in a bloody cue.
Today we can see the fruits of this political mistake of Jerusalem.
Daniel 12:1
[ The End Times ] “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Luke 21:23
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Are the Israeli government going to commit the same mistake in the Jewish districts of Judea and Samaria as they did in Gaza?
Written by Ivar
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Hamas son: Islam is a religion that teaches people to kill
June 21, 2012
Islam is not a religion of peace. The biggest terrorist is the God of the Quran.
This is a statement of Mosab Hassan Yousef, who helped Israel’s security forces in their fight against the Islamic militant group Hamas.
«I know this is very dangerous and this will offend many people. The more you follow the steps of the prophet of Islam and the God of Islam, the more you get close to being a terrorist».
Yousef got a story to tell in his new book «Son of Hamas».
«To be honest with you, being killed is not the worst thing that can happen», he said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. «If they want to do kill me … let them do it, and they will be responsible for my blood.».
In his memoir, Yousef, the 32-year-old son of a Hamas founder, claims he was one of the Shin Bet security agency’s best assets and was dubbed The Green Prince, a reference to his Hamas pedigree and the Islamists’ signature green color.
During his 50-minute interview, for which he arrived with armed security, Yousef criticized Hamas leaders including political chief Khaled Meshaal. He lashed out at Hamas, saying the organization lives in the Middle Ages.
And he hurled his most inflammatory comments at Islam, which he called a religion that teaches people to kill.
Source: Jerusalem Post
My comment:
It is amazing to see that Christian leaders have started to defend Islam. While Muslim converts, who know the “god of Islam”, warns against the religion they once practiced.
Who are we going to listen to?
Rome has already made peace with Islam, and the Roman Catholic Church and Mecca is going to form an end time religious platform in the name of peace. A big compromise outside of the truth. And any Christian who believe this is the right path, should listen to this «son of Hamas».
First published: March 5th, 2010.
Written by Ivar
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India offers 10 USD billion aid to the eurozone
June 21, 2012
India on Tuesday committed to extend a USD 10 billion lifeline to help ailing Eurozone countries grappling with a sovereign debt crisis.
Sonia Gandhi is a born Catholic from Italy. Now she and PM Manmohan Singh gives Europe some financial aid.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced India’s contribution to the International Monetary Fund’s $456 billion bailout corpus at the G-20 summit at the Mexican resort of Los Cabos.
India’s commitment is part of the BRICS funding estimated to be around $75 billion, out of which China’s contribution will be USD 43 billion. Like India, Brazil and Russia pledged USD10 billion each, while South Africa offered $2 billion.
Source: The Times of India
My comment:
It must be a great feeling for all Indians, that India finally offers the helpless Europeans some financial aid.
For hundreds of years, the colonial European powers burned, crippled and killed Indians, in a bid to control this nation who accounts for 1,2 billion souls.
The Kingdom of Portugal and Spain were in union during their onslaught on India. This kingdom represented one of the colonial powers who committed most crimes against humanity in India.
The worst part of the Roman Catholic onslaught on India took place from 1498 to around 1520. Their criminal activities kept hundreds of millions of people in India away from the living God, Jesus of Nazareth. The Indians could simply not phantom that such evil could represent the Messiah who walked in Israel 2.000 years ago.
The Portuguese attacked and burned almost all ancient Jewish settlements on the west coast of India. On their onslaught on Goa in November 1510, they massacred more than 6.000 people within three days. From 1560 to 1812, more than 16.000 people are arrested, and condemned during the Inquisition of Goa. In the hundreds, Jews, Hindus, and Thomas Christians were burnt at stake.
Indians who refused to accept Catholics from Portugal as Christians were right. Such criminals had absolutely nothing to do with Biblical Christianity. They were all filled with the spirit of antichrist.
If Europe ever is going to pay back what they destroyed or stole in India up to its independence in 1947, the bill would be in tens of trillions USD.
It is my prayer, that the Nation of India will understand the difference between the antichrists among us, and a Jew called Yeshua. That the Indians will be given a chance to repent, and be baptized. May they be found in the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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Pope worked for united European Catholic Kingdom
June 21, 2012
His pontificate Pope John Paul II has consistently preached his vision of a Christian Europe stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Ural Mountains.
Ronald Reagen shared the visions of the Vatican. The US President opened an Embassy at the "Holy See".
This is the message from the US Embassy in the Vatican to the State Department in Washington.
The cable has been published by Wikileaks.
2002-01-02 16:22
PAGE 02 VATICA 00024 021816Z
¶1. POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS “BLESSED” THE ARRIVAL OF THE EURO CURRENCY CALLING IT AN HISTORIC STEP. IN A JANUARY 1 ADDRESS IN VATICAN CITY, THE POPE SAID HE WISHED PEACE AND PROSPERITY ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. HE SAID, “I HOPE THAT IT (THE EURO) PROMOTES THE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITIZENS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES.”
¶3. COMMENT:
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EURO IS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED BY THE VATICAN BUT FOR POLITICAL RATHER THAN ECONOMIC REASONS. THE VATICAN’S FINANCE MINISTER, CARDINAL SERGIO SEBASTIANI HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT THE EURO CAN BE SEEN AS A KIND OF GUIDING STAR FOR EUROPE “SO THAT IT CAN OVERCOME THE BARRIERS OF PAST DIVISIONS AND BECOME A
STIMULUS FOR GREATER UNITY AMONG THE NATIONS.”
THROUGHOUT HIS PONTIFICATE POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS CONSISTENTLY PREACHED HIS VISION OF A CHRISTIAN EUROPE STRETCHING FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST TO THE URAL MOUNTAINS. HE IS LIKELY TO REGARD THE INTRODUCTION OF EURO NOTES AND COINS AS ANOTHER UNCLASSIFIED
Source: Wikileaks
My comment:
To claim that the final anti-Christ will rule over a “United Europe” from Portugal to beyond Moscow, is not science fiction. The Bible explains that the last wicked king will rule over the whole World.
The Pope is not at all promoting Christianity, but a political and military set of rule. He wants to become the religious head over the whole Europe.
Again Wikileaks are exposing what the European elite have agreed on in secret summits. The Pope will soon be branded as the ultimate man of peace, and NATO as his “peace partner”,
At the end of the road, they will all see Jerusalem, coming to “liberate” her from the “horrible” Zionist Jews.
The battle of Armageddon will be an ugly display of the wickedness of men, who were misled by the Pope, to become the enemies of God of the Bible.
Written by Ivar
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Ready to walk into the final trap of “special regime” in Jerusalem
June 23, 2012
Ehud Barak and Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to let the Old city of Jerusalem be taken over by a “special regime”.
The Israeli leadership seems to walk right into the final trap. The stage for the final anti-Messiah is about to be set up in Jerusalem.
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak offered the PA government East Jerusalem already in 1997. Before He left for “peace talk” in Jerusalem, Barak held secret talks with chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
To the Israeli Daily “Haaretz”, Barak disclosed that the government of Israel is willing to divide Jerusalem.
“As for the “Jerusalem problem” the western side of the city plus “12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents will be ours. The neighborhoods in which nearly 250,000 Arabs are living “will be theirs.”, explained Barak.
In regards to the Old city, Barak envisions a “special regime” with “agreed-upon arrangements” to administer the Old City, the Mount of Olives and the City of David.
The concept is similar to one raised in the past by the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who recommended the area, which he referred to as the “Holy Basin,” be internationalized under a “special regime.”
Prior to his re-election as Israel’s prime minister nearly two years ago, Binyamin Netanyahu warned a gathering at the Jerusalem Conference in January 2009 that leftist politicians would try to internationalize the holy sites in Jerusalem.
He vowed to fight the move.
“Some politicians are trying to blur the importance of the Temple Mount to the Jewish People by referring to it as the ‘Holy Basin’,” he told the crowd at the time. “We, as Jews, know who built the Temple Mount.”
Netanyahu promised the packed hall, “We have demonstrated in the past, and will continue to demonstrate our commitment to a complete, undivided Jerusalem… Everyone knows what will happen if we were to leave those areas and divide Jerusalem. Someone will enter – and that someone will be Hamas.”
Source: Israeli Daily Haaretz
My comment:
I have earlier published articles about the “special regime” in Jerusalem, that will be bring the final anti-Messiah into the “Holy basin”.
Link to the article about the Old city of Jerusalem initiative.
Martin Luther called the Pope in Rome for an anti-Messiah. I agree with him.
I have also published an article about the shift of the anti-Messiah’s chair in Rome, to be shifted to Jerusalem.
Read the article behind this link.
Now it looks like the leaders of the Jewish people is about to walk into the trap, that the devil’ s children has set up.
First published: September 2nd, 2010.
Written by Ivar
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Netanyahu made Ulpana residents leave peacefully
June 22, 2012
The owners of five houses in Ulpana neighborhood have agreed to leave voluntarily.
Benjamin Netanyahu made Jewish settlers give up their homes without a fight.
An Israeli government committee approved a compromise agreement with the families of the Ulpana neighborhood under which they would leave voluntarily.
Under the agreement approved Wednesday, the five buildings in the outlying neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El that were found to be built on privately owned Arab Palestinian land will be moved. Until the move is completed, the 30 families being evacuated will live in mobile homes, starting next week. Israel’s Supreme Court will be asked to allow more time for the buildings to be moved rather than razed.
In addition, 300 new apartments will be built on an evacuated Border Police base that will be annexed to Beit El.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly stressed that the agreement is not a precedent for future evacuations of West Bank outposts.
“At the outset, we set two goals: upholding the law and strengthening the settlement movement. This outline meets both of these,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued from his office.
Source: JPA
My comment:
Benjamin Netanyahu has most likely won a political victory. But what does God of the Bible think about the acts of Jerusalem?
If the Supreme Court of Israel decided that all Jews will have to leave Judea and Samaria, what will Benjamin Netanyahu do?
Shall the Jewish people be guided by so-called International law, or are every Jew called to obey the Word of God?
Luke 1:33
“and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Let us pray for Benjamin Netanyahu. That He will submit to the Scriptures, and that Yeshua the Messiah will appear in his life. Amen.
Written by Ivar
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The US dominance in the Middle East is over
June 22, 2012
“American era of dominating the Middle East peace process is ending”.
Hillary Clinton still gives big smiles and bold statements. But Richard Haass expose that the show is about to end.
These are the words of Richard Haass. He is a former director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department.
Speaking on the possible effect that recent upheavals in the region could have on the peace process, Hass, said that the U.S. will no longer have such a big part in future diplomatic developments. ”The issues of Iran and Arab upheavals will dominate the Middle East agenda, and the peace process with Israel will be a less dominant aspect of U.S. Middle East policy,” Haass said
The former U.S. official added that the “American era of dominating the Middle East peace process is ending. More responsibility will fall on the shoulders of Israelis and Palestinians themselves.”
Referring to upcoming U.S. presidential elections, Haass said that what “happens in the Middle East, short of crisis with Iran, will have little to no impact on election.”
“Regardless of who wins in November, the U.S. is done with Iraq, and drawdown in Afghanistan will continue. The pace could depend on who is president,” he said, adding: “Domestic issues will dominate next presidency, no matter who wins, says Haass.”
Source: Israeli daily Haaretz
My comment:
The US President has already told the Congress, that the US defense forces in the future will be focused on tasks in the Pacific.
This makes sense for all generals and navy commanders. It was Japan who attacked the US in December 1941. Not Iran.
Today, it is China who challenge the US supremacy on the seven seas. Only China is capable of disrupting American foreign policy.
In regards to the Middle East, the US will be forced to enter into peace treaties with Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
The US tax payers can simply not keep on paying the bills of the Arabs and Persians. The US official debates have crossed 14 trillion USD. If the costs of being the self-styled Global police is not cut dramatically, the US will simply go bankrupt.
The same rule that applies to the World, also applies to Washington. ” If you cant beat evil people, join them”. The US will eventually supply and support Islam, and make peace with the enemies of truth. The Global One World Government is emerging.
Written by Ivar
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History Repeating Itself, Repetitively
Late in the evening of March 4, 1975, members of a PLO terror group landed on the beach at Tel Aviv and made their way to the Savoy Hotel, where they took hostages.
The siege lasted until the next day. The usual demands were issued: the release of other terrorists from prison; with no deal, the hostages would be executed.
As they have so many times, members of Israel’s elite counter-terrorism unit, Sayaret Matkal, stormed the hotel the next morning. In the ensuing firefight, seven of eight terrorists were killed. Eight hostages were killed, along with three Israeli troops. To this day, the Savoy is a bitter pill for Israel to swallow.
Eventually, after the spectacular rescue mission at Entebbe a year later, and after the cold peace with Egypt, and the Lebanon War of 1982, followed by the so-called Intifada, the debacle known as Oslo was hatched. By now, most of us know that the infamous Oslo Accords aimed to bring peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Sadly, our diplomats and political leaders—almost all of whom are not Bible-believers—have put the squeeze on Israel for 20 years. The reasoning goes that if we can only understand the root cause of terror, we can eradicate it. In other words, justice for all people will achieve peace.
Somebody should tell that to Muslims.
The folly of Oslo and subsequent failed strategies is that most do not grasp what Islam is, a war religion. It is an ideology bent on conquering the infidels—anyone who is not Muslim.
This is painfully, easily documented. The cause-and-effect of Islam is as plain as the nose on one’s face. Yet our leadership is willfully ignorant of this fact.
Two events this week are tragic reminders that the policies of “peace” that have exhausted all of us are total failures. According the a Reuters story earlier this week:
“KABUL (Reuters) - Elite Afghan police backed by NATO forces ended a 12-hour siege on Friday at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least 20 dead after Taliban gunmen stormed the lakeside building, bursting into a party and seizing dozens of hostages.
The night-time assault on the hotel with rocket-propelled grenades, suicide vests and machine guns again proved how potent the Islamist insurgency remains after a decade of war.”
At least a dozen civilians, two hotel guards, and a policeman were killed in the firefight. Five terrorists were killed.
(Get this: besides watching their hostages closely, the Taliban terrorists also searched for “illegal” stocks of wine. If you have wondered what Sharia law is, there’s your answer. Islam in its purist form is a totalitarian nightmare, suffocating any form of freedom of thought.)
An example of how deluded the political global leadership is came from the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, who rationalized that because the terrorists targeted civilians and not soldiers, it exposed the whole affair as “a sign of defeat for the enemies of Afghanistan.”
This is routine rhetoric for political leaders, but I don’t think this kind of hackneyed propaganda works anymore.
The attack wasn’t a sign of defeat. It was a sign that the Taliban is growing stronger. Why not attack them and destroy them completely, rather than whisper “signs of defeat” and then run back into your compound?
Has any Western country actually tried to win a war in the last 67 years? The Israelis seem to be the only ones to actually try, and their record is pretty good.
Israel is losing the propaganda war, of course, and we need to be upfront about that.
The second event this week to grab my attention was the barrage of rockets from Hamas in Gaza. More than 130 landed in Israel, and here was the kicker: nary a peep from the media.
I did read quite a lot about the tiny fire allegedly set at a West Bank mosque, by Israeli citizens (the world calls them, contemptuously, “settlers”
. This tracked on Yahoo News! and others all day Wednesday. I found out about the huge story of the rocket attacks via Twitter and the IDF spokesman.Doesn’t that say a lot?
More specifically, the Christian Palestinianists in America (folks like Brian McLaren, Lynne Hybels, Jim Wallis, Shane Claiborne, and others) said not one word about the rocket attacks. They do take every—and I mean, every—opportunity to bash Israel.
Why the silence? Can anybody justify it?
Why do those who purport to be humanitarians and social justice advocates go silent when Jews are being attacked and murdered? I call on the aforementioned Christian Palestinianists to answer and explain why they engage in disproportionate condemnations of Israel…while the Palestinians continue to shoot, stab, bomb, and stone Jews.
This collective moral failure is grotesque, outrageous, and profoundly shameful. The Almighty has specifically said in His Word that He will deal harshly with the nations, specifically because they mistreated the Jews.
Those of you who find it repulsive that the Christian Palestinianists pile-on Israel while peddling PLO propaganda have a right to hear from them: why the silence? It is silence in the face of the real root of terror that has brought us to this global threat from jihad.
I invite you to check-out the following blogs this week:
www.brianmclaren.net
www.lynnehybels.blogspot.com
www.sojo.net
www.thesimpleway.org/shane/
Check and see how they comment about Israel. Then ask them the above. The propaganda war against Israel that Christian Palestinianists aid cannot go unanswered.
For many, the Savoy Hotel attack is still fresh. For the rest of the world, it never happened.
Some things never change.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Alive and Well
Sometimes, especially in my own writings, one can get the impression that all is doom and gloom. The engulfing of the culture by Emergent philosophy is a serious problem. Young “millennials” are being targeted to give their allegiance to the Palestinians. Israel continues to be squeezed from every side.
But I’m attending the Lamb & Lion Annual Bible Conference this weekend, north of Dallas, and the theme is “Israel in the End Times.” What a terrific gathering!
I arrived last night just in time to hear David Reagan give a rousing opening address, as he highlighted the prophecies fulfilled by the modern state of Israel. Dave is a liberal theologian’s worst nightmare, and represents much of the good that is going on among pro Israel supporters. And each speaker here is terrific: Jeff Seif, Bill Koenig, Mark Hitchcock, Gary Frazier, and Arnold Fruchtenbam.
An additional delight has been the music of Jack Hollingsworth and Ted Pearce, who prove that there are brilliant alternatives to the sludge played at the “evangelical” conferences targeting millennials.
You would do yourself a favor by checking out www.lamblion.com, and avail yourself of the resources. Dave’s “A Prophetic Manifesto” pamphlet made available at this conference is sobering, but needed. He discusses the reasons we have biblical ignorance in this country, and that is has led to the “un-doing of doctrine.” A brilliant observation.
If there’s one thing the Emergents hate—besides Israel—it’s doctrine. They tell us it isn’t necessary, that the point is to “experience” God. The result is that, as Dave says, “the term evangelical has lost its meaning.”
I appreciated Dave mentioning in his address last night the astonishing Israeli hostage rescue at Entebbe. The anniversary of the raid is this week (July 4), and is but one example of the amazing protection God is bringing His people even today.
At the moment, I am listening to the great Bill Koenig (Koenig’s International News). As the only White House correspondent who is pro Israel, Bill is in a key position. He is also a terrific speaker. He is making some fascinating points, discussing the scourge of Replacement Theology.
Essentially, Bill is saying that it’s as if in the evangelical community, we are on different planets—so difficult is it to reach people with the reality of Israel’s significance.
Bill said that a very small percentage of the Church gets Israel. He estimates that 65 percent of the Church is into Replacement Theology. Staggering!
He has been able to place copies of his book, Eye to Eye, with Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, David Axelrod, George Mitchell and…Jimmy Carter!
Lamb & Lion’s staff did a superb job in making this conference a rousing success for the attendees. It was perhaps the best-organized conference I’ve ever attended, and the Saturday night banquet was wonderful.
The reality is this: fewer pastors are teaching Bible prophecy; the Emergents are far down the road in their hijacking of churches; Church-Growth proponents like Rick Warren continue to marginalize Bible prophecy teaching.
However…
When articulate spokesmen like Dave Reagan, Mark Hitchcock, Gary Frazier, Joel Rosenberg, and several others continue to speak and research and write, we can rest easy that we are just where we’re supposed to be. Add to that new voices like Brian Thomas of Blessings to Israel Ministries (www.blessingstoisrael.com) and I see that teaching about Israel and prophecy is still very much alive.
If Dave Reagan’s powerhouse final address at the conference, in which he put his shoulder into the subject of Replacement Theology, is any indication, Israel still has friends in high places.
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When Non-Violence Becomes Violent
This week, the UN—that pacifist bridge club on the Hudson—co-sponsored an international anti-drug conference in Tehran (of all places). Predictably, the Iranians used it for another opportunity to blame Israel for drug trafficking.
The Bible calls this “bearing false witness.”
Reuters reported that 10 Western diplomats sat and listened to Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi blame the Jewish state for the global drug trade. Rahimi made the following points, alleged by his superiors:
•The Talmud teaches Jews how to destroy non-Jews
•As “proof,” of the Zionist drug plot, no “Zionist” was addicted to drugs, according to Rahimi. Anywhere. He offered to pay if anyone could find even a single Jewish drug addict anywhere in the world.
•Doctors sometimes kill black babies, on the order of the Zionists.
This madness is difficult to deal with, to say the least. With all the legitimate problems in the world, the Iranians focus on a psychopathic cocktail of anti-semitism in order to blame Jews for every ill in the world.
Added to this mixture is news this week that Yasser Arafat might have been poisoned—by the Jews, of course—and his body might be exhumed. Proponents of this view conveniently forget that Israel could have killed the terrorist a dozen times over in the years before Oslo, but didn’t.
Arafat, vaguely resembling a shaven Dopey when he emerged in France for medical treatment near the end of his life, cultivated his cherubic, Seven Dwarfs persona for the West, at the same time he plotted to murder Jews around the world. Yet Israel is blamed.
(A couple books come to mind that shed light on the diabolical attempts to libel and slander the Jews: License to Murder—The Enduring Threat of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and Nations United—How the United Nations Undermines Israel and the West. I urge you to read these books in order to understand the roots of Jew-hatred.)
An interesting backdrop for this Blame Israel First mentality is playing-out this week at the national assembly for the Presbyterian Church (USA), where, by a narrow 333-331 margin, “divestment” was voted down. This initiative calls for entities to pull investments from companies that do business with Israel. In this case, Caterpiller, HP, and Motorola.
This slim margin of victory is to be celebrated (I have several mainline friends who have done exhaustive work to combat divestment; they are to be commended). There are further battles to fight, including motions to condemn the “settlements,” and to boycott goods from the territories.
This vote comes on the heels of a somewhat surprising decision at the May gathering of the United Methodist Church, as reported in the Jerusalem Post:
“The general conference of the United Methodist Church voted not to divest from three companies that trade with Israel.
“Two-thirds of the approximately 1,000 delegates to the conference voted Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., against a motion to divest from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett-Packard.
“The conference passed motions opposing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, recommending the boycott of products manufactured in settlements, and investment in the Palestinian economy.”
Although there are several reasons for these slight wins, I believe they also arise from pragmatism and practicality. Proponents of divestment, leftists of various stripes, recognize that the extreme leftist mentality eventually wears thin with the wider audience, so new strategies must be developed. This is not so different from the shift in Arab strategies after the shattering defeats at the hands of the IDF: Arafat was schooled by his Marxist handlers to become a “revolutionary” fighting for statehood for a disenfranchised people, rather than an upfront terrorist. He could dispatch his killers, but would shrink from overt attacks himself.
Arafat even ingratiated himself with certain mainline church officials as far back as the 90’s.
An interesting study was done by the Institute on Religion and Democracy, which found that between 2000 and 2003, 37 percent of the statements made by mainline officials concerning human rights abuses focused on Israel! Notice this key phrase:
“No other country came in for such frequent criticism, though the US was a close second at 32%. China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia were not critiqued at all.”
These people are turning truth on its head.
Yet they are taking a play from the PLO playbook, insofar as they are refining their attacks on Israel. I see Western leftists shifting their confrontational strategies to more subtle attempts to weaken Israel. They are now preaching a concept called “non-violence,” which aims to achieve Palestinian goals via “non-violent” methods.
This means, at best, that they work for a so-called bi-national state, as opposed to either a Jewish state or a Palestinian Arab state. This stands in some contrast to the blatant former efforts by the PLO to liquidate Israel straight-up. The bi-national agenda is liquidation by other means.
“Non-violent” means.
Dexter van Zile, whom I believe to be the premier Christian researcher in this arena, has written a fascinating article on Sami Awad, the Bethlehem native who is currently networking heavily among American evangelicals:
http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/117818/sec_id/117818
It’s quite a fascinating look at the agenda of the man who has become a friend of Lynne Hybels, Mart Green, and Gary Burge—each a highly influential networker within the American evangelical community. The Palestinians, you see, have used connections with their Christian Palestinianist friends to infiltrate the American Church.
Infiltrated.
It’s already happened.
The left of course has always loved totalitarian regimes (the Palestinian Authority/PLO is one), but until recently, this was the playground of scholars, theologians, the media, and political influencers. Only fairly recently has it spread into the bloodstream of the evangelical community.
Just after World War I, the ACLU was formed by the likes of Roger Baldwin, an atheist, with Harry F. Ward serving as the group’s first chairman. Ward was a Methodist minister who warmly supported Soviet Communism. In his book, Dupes, Paul Kengor says of Ward:
“Put simply, the Reverend Ward may well have been the single greatest sucker in the entire history of the American Religious Left.”
He had plenty of company, and I find it fascinating that the Palestinians are following the same model taught by the Soviets decades ago: infiltrate and destroy from within.
The Soviets used a variety of methods to accomplish their goal of bringing-down America, including newspapermen like Frank Marshall Davis, who wrote race-baiting stuff (and, to show his versatility, a porn novel) and gained support for the Communist Party USA from prominent left-wing American pastors, such as Walter Russell Bowie.
Interestingly, the race-baiting whipped up by the Soviets is quite similar to that being pushed today by the current American president and his friends, who specifically embrace Black Liberation Theology.
BLT is a concept by which other “oppressed groups” (hint: Palestinians) aim to throw off the shackles of their slave-masters (Israel) and step into the light of freedom. And what did the Civil Rights movement preach?
Non-violence.
When Arafat and his cronies realized that body parts shown on the evening news were bad for their image, they began to develop the concept of Palestinian non-violence. That is what is being preached in evangelical churches across America right now. The Palestinians are following the identical model of the Leninists a couple generations ago, and not only are they good at it, they are winning.
That’s right, I said, winning.
The situation is growing dire, I believe. A generation ago, these were things only discussed in seminaries, but now those seminarians have grown up and are in turn mentoring other seminarians.
(By the way, Rick Warren, no friend of Israel or her Christian Zionist friends, has a doctorate from the thoroughly liberal Fuller Theological Seminary. “Pastor Rick” is also mentor to untold numbers of young evangelical leaders, and he currently has 656, 851 followers on Twitter, most of whom eagerly re-tweet his messages—whether they be birthday greetings to aging rockstars, or suggestions to “unfollow” the “twits” who dare to criticize him. Pastor Rick’s Saddleback Church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.)
Just sayin’.
In his (in)famous 1993 book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Mark Noll (then professor at Wheaton, now at Notre Dame) barely concealed his contempt for Bible-believing Christians, many of whom support Israel. He used his own propaganda techniques to denigrate this community.
Citing Dwight Wilson’s 1977 book, Armageddon Now!, Noll wrote that Wilson had “expertly summarized a dismal tale,” in which the historian took to task Bible prophecy proponents who embrace “the supposed restoration of Israel.”
Supposed restoration!
My friends, when acclaimed historians deny history, you know the jig is up.
This type of revisionism is being used to great effect by Christian Palestinianists. It is another weapon in their non-violence arsenal, which grows more deadly by the day.
jim@prophecymatters.com
Recommended books:
License to Murder: The Enduring Threat of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Nations United: How the United Nations Undermines Israel and the West
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Bearing False Witness
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Exodus 20:16)
There are two definitions of words that you should commit to memory.
Misinformation is the spreading of untruths, unintentionally. Disinformation is the spread of untruths, intentionally. In other words, the latter is misinformation, Soviet-style. The practice of spreading lies about an individual or an entity with the intent to cause harm is a scourge in our world today. Israel gets a disproportionate amount.
One often hears about “the occupation.” This refers to that territory the world calls the West Bank. Bible-believers and other Zionists call it Judea and Samaria.
The region is the heartland of Israel, and is loaded with historical meaning. Kings have fought there, and most of the great biblical figures lived there at one time or another. For centuries, it was largely uninhabited, although both Arabs and Jews have lived there since time immemorial, as they say.
Until 1917, it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Then, the British took control before knocking the dust off their sandals 30 years later and leaving it to Jews and Arabs to fight it out. After Israel’s War of Independence, which ended in 1949, Jordan controlled what King Hussein would come to call the West Bank.
In the 1967 Six Day War—which Israel-haters call a land grab, and Israel supporters remember as both a fight for survival and a miracle—the vaunted IDF gained a wide swath of territory, including the biblical heartland. Ever since, the international community has scorned Israel for holding the territory. But Ariel Sharon once told me that the nation can’t be conquered if the IDF controls the ground.
It is a very telling viewpoint and in fact, the wily old general was right. The mountainous terrain—the hills that dot the landscape, at sharp angles—is relatively easy to defend. It is almost impossible to take.
When the Israel-haters on the battlefield, the Arabs, realized military action was a non-starter, they turned their attention to “diplomacy” and propaganda. That is where we are today. They also utilize the Israel-hating bent found in many Westerners, including of course those in the American Evangelical Church.
I want to point out two errors that these self-described evangelicals make in this propaganda war. Some know they are lying; others simply spread misinformation.
The first involves the security fence or, as the Israel-haters call it, “the Wall.” Many are now taking their cues from the Sunday school teacher, Jimmy Carter, and call it an “apartheid wall.” They are bearing false witness against the Jewish state and will one day answer the Almighty for their lies.
The fence was put up in the wake of the homicide bombings that have claimed so many Jewish lives. Let’s be clear: many Israel-haters consider Jews to be scum, so they don’t truly bemoan the deaths of innocents, if they are Israelis. They talk about a commitment to Israel’s security, but that’s a lie.
Now, there are many sincere Christians (dupes) who are being used by the PLO/PA to undermine and attempt to destroy Israel. These people feel they are human rights activists.
But they are being misled on a colossal scale.
More than 90 percent of the security fence is barbed wire. Only a small percentage around certain Arab and Israeli towns is a concrete barrier.
Few people know that.
The vast majority of Americans will never visit Israel, so they rely on someone else to tell them what’s up. The “apartheid wall” (so-named to link Israel to the South African regime that oppressed blacks) in fact only encircles Arab dwellings here and there.
A supremely interesting plot point here is the fact that the Christian Palestinianists in America who are being schooled by folks like Sami Awad will tell you that Bethlehem has become a “prison” because the fence has completely encircled it.
That is false.
The security fence does not go all the way around the town (a thoroughly Jewish area, especially from biblical times, but in the 90s control was given to the PLO). I asked that question on the Facebook page for “Little Town of Bethlehem,” the anti-Israel propaganda film produced by evangelical businessman Mart Green’s EGM Films.
The person who maintains the site answered (in reference to my question: “Does the security fence completely encircle Bethlehem?”
that he/she didn’t know.I no longer see my comment on that FB page; I’m sure it’s been taken down because it doesn’t fit the Palestinian narrative.
What if your life story was largely based on lies? What if the so-called Palestinian narrative is disinformation?
A second interesting question is the settlement of Judea and Samaria by Jews. One can fairly hear critics hiss when they say, “sssettlements,” and this of course is a linchpin in the narrative about the “occupation.”
Yet consider these facts:
Most of it is uninhabited. Only 10 percent has been settled (and that includes Arab towns like Ramallah and Nablus). Ninety percent is empty!
Further, only three percent of the built-up sections is Jewish!
You don’t hear that on the news, do you? You especially don’t hear it from the American Christian Palestinianists, who—I can tell you from personal experience—“turtle-up” when asked direct questions that don’t fit the Palestinian narrative.
One of the problems with embracing the Palestinian narrative, which is really, largely Soviet propaganda going way back, is that it causes people to make wrong choices.
The American Christian Palestinianists like to say that Christian Zionists affect America foreign policy, due to our Israel advocacy.
How absurd.
Is that why the official American foreign policy affirms the creation of a new Arab terror state (Palestine) alongside Israel? Is that why American presidents sit on their hands while PA leaders deny Jewish history in the Holy Land? Is that why political leaders in Washington maintain intense pressure on Israel to not only cede half of Jerusalem, but refuse to place an embassy there? Prediction: if the day comes when we see a state of Palestine come into existence, American diplomats will trip over themselves to cut the ribbon at their embassy in east Jerusalem.
Let me explain to you how American foreign policy is affected by Christian and Jewish Zionists.
In 2011, the Global Counterterrorism Forum was formed under the leadership of the United States, to “provide a unique platform for senior [counterterrorism] policymakers and experts from key partners in different regions to share key insights and best practices.”
That’s okay, I guess. Here’s what’s not okay. The countries making up this elite “counterterrorism” forum include:
Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.
What? Seriously? Is this a joke? Are we on Candid Camera?
Russia, and Arab states are members of this forum? Have we gone mad?
Yes, we have. The world is insane. Oh, and the country missing from this panel of elites?
Israel.
The whole sad affair surrounding the embrace of the Palestinian narrative/disinformation affects not only foreign policy, but has hijacked the Church.
Recently, at York, England, the Church of England voted “overwhelmingly” to strengthen ties with something called the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel[*].
*Nice they included the country that actually exists in that region.
The EAPPI is into the whole “BDS” movement: boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel. Notice this from the EAPPI website:
“We have a deep concern for the safety and dignity for all those we work with, and provide protective presence wherever possible. However, the protection we provide is by presence alone and as such is limited – we recognise that we cannot protect civilians from suicide bombings, rockets or military operations because of the nature of such acts.”
Some of the “sending organizations” working with EAPPI include:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Maryknoll Missioners, Episcopal Church, Church World Service, The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
So, a key lie in the disinformation campaign aimed at bringing-down Israel is that Christian and Jewish Zionists control American foreign policy.
I wish we did.
Some of the Christian Palestinianists in America are sincere humanitarians who feel their work advances peace. I’m sorry for them, but at least they come at it from a pure heart.
Others, though, know exactly what they’re doing. They don’t like to answer uncomfortable questions, and they don’t like supporters of Israel at all.
The whole thing is diabolical, and is very much about bearing false witness.
The world embraces lies about Israel. Misinformation and disinformation. Deceiving and being deceived.
God help them.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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At the Summit
I told you last week that I’d report on the Christians United for Israel Summit, held in Washington D.C. It was the first one I’ve attended (CUFI is six years old).
I shall do that, but give my impressions rather than a straight report. Much happened, and it was all good. While at the event, I had a chance to talk to a great many people, including CUFI Executive Director David Brog, scholar Alex Grobman, and brave Palestinian pastor Steven Khoury.
The gathering was an encouragement, since the thousands who attended were treated to outstanding speakers, workshops, and a renewed sense that as the opposition to Israel grows stronger, so do her defenders.
I arrived Sunday and had the pleasure of having dinner with a few folks, including CUFI Eastern Coordinator Victor Styrsky. I can tell you that pro Israel activism is in deluxe hands with people like Victor. The passion, intelligence, and sophistication of the CUFI operation is impressive to see up close. Victor told me that the grassroots organization is growing by leaps and bounds. With that growth, challenges grow, as well.
“We know that Replacement Theology is a serious problem,” he said.
Perhaps the thing that surprised me most was the level of coordination that is rising between evangelicals and Jews. Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations, gave a stunning address. The forcefulness of his message drew wild applause.
“We stand for living Jews and for a living Jewish state!” Hoenlein thundered.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the gathering via satellite from Jerusalem. He said with obvious genuineness that Israel does not feel alone, with such friends advocating around the globe.
(In a moving and almost ironic coincidence, the CUFI leadership hosted a screening of a new film, “Follow Me,” which chronicles the life of Jonathan Netanyahu, the PM’s older brother, who was killed leading the successful hostage rescue at Entebbe, in 1976. About 600 people attended the screening, and afterwards, during a panel discussion, I was almost taken aback by the outpouring of emotion from those who rose to ask questions and comment. One woman said she was speechless for the first time in her life, and that the film had changed her life. If your church would be interested in hosting a screening, let me know via email and I’ll pass that along to the producers.)
I also had a chance to visit with CUFI executive director David Brog, the classy architect of the group’s advancement to the million-member mark. David is a Palestinian advocate’s nightmare, and he emphasized that Israel advocates would begin “push-back,” rather than tolerate lies and slander about Israel from her enemies.
Another highlight of the week was the chance to sit down and visit with Steven Khoury, a Palestinian Christian pastor from Bethlehem. Steven, who was willing to say that he loves Jews, stands apart from some other Palestinian Christians who peddle the PLO/PA line about Israel. I asked him what we could do to help the Palestinian people, and he asked for prayer, and for folks to check out a new initiative he’s part of: www.bethlehemfreedom.com.
That website will give you an idea of what it’s like to live as a Christian under Muslim rule. Steven also told me that reports that the Palestinian Authority had shut down his church were not accurate. The church still operates.
As I mentioned, cooperation between Jews and Christians continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Alex Grobman, executive director of the America-Israel Friendship League, attended CUFI for the first time. The AIFL is a non-partisan group based in New York, and exists to build friendships between people who share common values and respect for freedom for all people.
“We applaud Reverend John Hagee and his wonderful staff for making this conference such a moving experience,” said Grobman. “What makes CUFI conferences so inspiring are not only the excellent speakers, but the incredibly dedicated people you meet at these events. They have an infectious enthusiasm, a profound love for Israel, and an understanding of the importance of the Jewish state as being in the forefront in the war against terror. They recognize that Jews and Christians are in this fight together for the future of our way of life.
“May God give supporters of CUFI the strength, the wisdom and ability to continue their holy work to preserve our freedoms.”
The Rev. William Harter, a Presbyterian who has been heavily involved in combatting the boycott and divestment campaign in mainline churches, also attended for the first time and came away amazed by the experience:
"The conference provided convincing and detailed information underscoring the necessity of understanding the Israeli/Palestinian struggle as part of the ongoing search for authentic pluralism on the part of minority peoples---Jewish, Christian, Muslim and others---in the larger Middle East as well as significant portions of Africa and Asia.
“The conflict between authoritarian and triumphalist world-views and those who advocate human and civil rights including the rights of women and children was articulated very well."
Bill is a dear friend of mine, and he is also a Christian director with AIFL. He’s hosted delegations to Israel via “The League,” and works closely with chairman Ken Bialkin, and Grobman. What makes Bill’s work with the AIFL important in the context of attending the CUFI Summit is that it brings a mainline church perspective together with CUFI’s base of evangelical support.
I was most excited about this. When you have a sophisticated group like AIFL—with its advocacy for Israel headed by an urbane fellow like Bialkin—linking arms with veteran Christian Israel advocates like Bill…I think this represents a key element in CUFI’s rise to prominence. Truly, the organization now is represented in all denominations, and the close cooperation between these disparate groups bodes well for Israel.
All in all, the Christians United for Israel “Washington Summit” was a smashing success, and I already greatly look forward to next year. I invite you to go to www.cufi.org to find out more.
jim@prophecymatters.com
Alex Grobman of the America-Israel Friendship League listens as evangelical publisher Thomas Sharp (Balfour Books) makes a point during the CUFI Summit last week in Washington.
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Jul 16, 2012
(Next week I will report on the Christians United for Israel Summit, being held in Washington D.C. this week.)
Bearing False Witness
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Exodus 20:16)
There are two definitions of words that you should commit to memory.
Misinformation is the spreading of untruths, unintentionally. Disinformation is the spread of untruths, intentionally. In other words, the latter is misinformation, Soviet-style. The practice of spreading lies about an individual or an entity with the intent to cause harm is a scourge in our world today. Israel gets a disproportionate amount.
One often hears about “the occupation.” This refers to that territory the world calls the West Bank. Bible-believers and other Zionists call it Judea and Samaria.
The region is the heartland of Israel, and is loaded with historical meaning. Kings have fought there, and most of the great biblical figures lived there at one time or another. For centuries, it was largely uninhabited, although both Arabs and Jews have lived there since time immemorial, as they say.
Until 1917, it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Then, the British took control before knocking the dust off their sandals 30 years later and leaving it to Jews and Arabs to fight it out. After Israel’s War of Independence, which ended in 1949, Jordan controlled what King Hussein would come to call the West Bank.
In the 1967 Six Day War—which Israel-haters call a land grab, and Israel supporters remember as both a fight for survival and a miracle—the vaunted IDF gained a wide swath of territory, including the biblical heartland. Ever since, the international community has scorned Israel for holding the territory. But Ariel Sharon once told me that the nation can’t be conquered if the IDF controls the ground.
It is a very telling viewpoint and in fact, the wily old general was right. The mountainous terrain—the hills that dot the landscape, at sharp angles—is relatively easy to defend. It is almost impossible to take.
When the Israel-haters on the battlefield, the Arabs, realized military action was a non-starter, they turned their attention to “diplomacy” and propaganda. That is where we are today. They also utilize the Israel-hating bent found in many Westerners, including of course those in the American Evangelical Church.
I want to point out two errors that these self-described evangelicals make in this propaganda war. Some know they are lying; others simply spread misinformation.
The first involves the security fence or, as the Israel-haters call it, “the Wall.” Many are now taking their cues from the Sunday school teacher, Jimmy Carter, and call it an “apartheid wall.” They are bearing false witness against the Jewish state and will one day answer the Almighty for their lies.
The fence was put up in the wake of the homicide bombings that have claimed so many Jewish lives. Let’s be clear: many Israel-haters consider Jews to be scum, so they don’t truly bemoan the deaths of innocents, if they are Israelis. They talk about a commitment to Israel’s security, but that’s a lie.
Now, there are many sincere Christians (dupes) who are being used by the PLO/PA to undermine and attempt to destroy Israel. These people feel they are human rights activists.
But they are being misled on a colossal scale.
More than 90 percent of the security fence is barbed wire. Only a small percentage around certain Arab and Israeli towns is a concrete barrier.
Few people know that.
The vast majority of Americans will never visit Israel, so they rely on someone else to tell them what’s up. The “apartheid wall” (so-named to link Israel to the South African regime that oppressed blacks) in fact only encircles Arab dwellings here and there.
A supremely interesting plot point here is the fact that the Christian Palestinianists in America who are being schooled by folks like Sami Awad will tell you that Bethlehem has become a “prison” because the fence has completely encircled it.
That is false.
The security fence does not go all the way around the town (a thoroughly Jewish area, especially from biblical times, but in the 90s control was given to the PLO). I asked that question on the Facebook page for “Little Town of Bethlehem,” the anti-Israel propaganda film produced by evangelical businessman Mart Green’s EGM Films.
The person who maintains the site answered (in reference to my question: “Does the security fence completely encircle Bethlehem?”) that he/she didn’t know.
I no longer see my comment on that FB page; I’m sure it’s been taken down because it doesn’t fit the Palestinian narrative.
What if your life story was largely based on lies? What if the so-called Palestinian narrative is disinformation?
A second interesting question is the settlement of Judea and Samaria by Jews. One can fairly hear critics hiss when they say, “sssettlements,” and this of course is a linchpin in the narrative about the “occupation.”
Yet consider these facts:
Most of it is uninhabited. Only 10 percent has been settled (and that includes Arab towns like Ramallah and Nablus). Ninety percent is empty!
Further, only three percent of the built-up sections is Jewish!
You don’t hear that on the news, do you? You especially don’t hear it from the American Christian Palestinianists, who—I can tell you from personal experience—“turtle-up” when asked direct questions that don’t fit the Palestinian narrative.
One of the problems with embracing the Palestinian narrative, which is really, largely Soviet propaganda going way back, is that it causes people to make wrong choices.
The American Christian Palestinianists like to say that Christian Zionists affect America foreign policy, due to our Israel advocacy.
How absurd.
Is that why the official American foreign policy affirms the creation of a new Arab terror state (Palestine) alongside Israel? Is that why American presidents sit on their hands while PA leaders deny Jewish history in the Holy Land? Is that why political leaders in Washington maintain intense pressure on Israel to not only cede half of Jerusalem, but refuse to place an embassy there? Prediction: if the day comes when we see a state of Palestine come into existence, American diplomats will trip over themselves to cut the ribbon at their embassy in east Jerusalem.
Let me explain to you how American foreign policy is affected by Christian and Jewish Zionists.
In 2011, the Global Counterterrorism Forum was formed under the leadership of the United States, to “provide a unique platform for senior [counterterrorism] policymakers and experts from key partners in different regions to share key insights and best practices.”
That’s okay, I guess. Here’s what’s not okay. The countries making up this elite “counterterrorism” forum include:
Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.
What? Seriously? Is this a joke? Are we on Candid Camera?
Russia, and Arab states are members of this forum? Have we gone mad?
Yes, we have. The world is insane. Oh, and the country missing from this panel of elites?
Israel.
The whole sad affair surrounding the embrace of the Palestinian narrative/disinformation affects not only foreign policy, but has hijacked the Church.
Recently, at York, England, the Church of England voted “overwhelmingly” to strengthen ties with something called the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel[*].
*Nice they included the country that actually exists in that region.
The EAPPI is into the whole “BDS” movement: boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel. Notice this from the EAPPI website:
“We have a deep concern for the safety and dignity for all those we work with, and provide protective presence wherever possible. However, the protection we provide is by presence alone and as such is limited – we recognise that we cannot protect civilians from suicide bombings, rockets or military operations because of the nature of such acts.”
Some of the “sending organizations” working with EAPPI include:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Maryknoll Missioners, Episcopal Church, Church World Service, The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
So, a key lie in the disinformation campaign aimed at bringing-down Israel is that Christian and Jewish Zionists control American foreign policy.
I wish we did.
Some of the Christian Palestinianists in America are sincere humanitarians who feel their work advances peace. I’m sorry for them, but at least they come at it from a pure heart.
Others, though, know exactly what they’re doing. They don’t like to answer uncomfortable questions, and they don’t like supporters of Israel at all.
The whole thing is diabolical, and is very much about bearing false witness.
The world embraces lies about Israel. Misinformation and disinformation. Deceiving and being deceived.
God help them.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The Sword of Damocles
From Greek legend we learn of the so-called “Sword of Damocles,” a story about a member of the court of Dionysius II. The courtier, Damocles, was a typical sycophant and often remarked to the king how majestic he was, and how it must be amazing to wield such power.
One day, Dionysius allowed Damocles to switch places with him for a day, in order to have the experience. The king, however, arranged for a sword to hang over Damocles’ head, held in place by the single hair of a horse’s tail. The point of course was that yes, power might have a certain magnificence and allure, but in the end, one cannot find happiness under the constant threat of destruction.
Thus the Sword of Damocles has often been invoked to describe the precarious nature of power among rulers and kingdoms. On July 12, at a conference in Tehran, Cyber Hezbollah—sophisticated terrorist entities operate in a variety of spheres—dealt with “Syria, the First Line of Resistance.”
According to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center:
“Cyber Hezbollah is an organization that was established in the summer of 2011 by supporters of the Iranian regime who operated in cyberspace against the reformist opposition during the riots of 2009. The organization’s first conference was convened in August 2011.
“A memorandum of opinion released by the organization shortly after it was established listed its goals and objectives, which include bringing together regime supporters who are active in cyberspace, organizing courses and training for the activists, holding meetings to acquaint the activists with tactics of cyber warfare, and mobilizing the activists for online activities. Since its establishment, the organization has provided a supportive environment for philosophical and cultural discourse between figures considered close to the radical right wing bloc and regime supporters.”
The situation in Syria is complex, and indicative of a wider complexity with regard to how various countries and terror states in the Middle East interact.
Bible prophecy students have been keen in recent weeks on the idea that Syria’s Bashar Assad, as a last, desperate act, would launch a missile attack on Israel, thus inviting a withering response that would bring Isaiah 17 into fulfillment.
However, I don’t think the coming destruction of Damascus is that simple. While Syria and Egypt launched conventional wars against Israel, the regimes were sane and rational in the sense that they did not want to hasten their own destruction. In this way, the situation was akin to American-Soviet stances during the Cold War.
But with the Middle East now aflame with jihad—thanks in no small part to (intentional?) blunders by Western leaders like Barack Obama—I believe the opportunities for Isaiah 17 are richer in the context of a coming Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Syria.
If Bashar Assad is going to use WMD against Israel, he’d better hurry up. He is closer to ending up like Gaddafi or Mussolini than he is to attacking Israel.
The Iranians have long backed Syria, used as a proxy in the terror war against Israel. Were the Brotherhood to take control in Damascus, Tehran’s ability to manipulate Israel’s northern border would be uncertain. Assad is a puppet of the Iranian mullahs and while they evidently wish to launch a nuclear attack on Israel, I don’t believe Assad is in position to make his own decisions at that level.
Again, from the Meir Amit report:
“Cyber Hezbollah’s ninth conference, held in the presence of Hamed Hassan, the Syrian ambassador to Iran, was dedicated to the current developments in Syria, with its participants expressing the Iranian regime’s continuing support for President Bashar Assad and his government.
“Speaking at the conference, Hojjat-ol-Eslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari, Iran’s former ambassador in Damascus and chairman of the international Ahlulbayt Association, addressed the developments in the Arab world, saying that the enemies of Islam are concerned about the ‘Islamic awakening’ in the region and are attempting to hold back the progress of the Islamic movements in various ways, which include hitting the front of Islamic resistance against Israel, whose center is in Syria.”
Akhtari listed several reasons why he feels the situation in Syria is different than other uprisings over the past year, and it’s clear that he wants Assad to remain in power. The Iranians, like all clans, are at odds with various other terrorist/jihadist clans in the Middle East. Akhtari feels that Al-Qaeda operatives working against the Syrian regime have done little to help Hezbollah or Syria against Israel.
These are tactical differences.
The Iranians feel that the Syrian situation represents a form of the Sword of Damocles doctrine, in that if the West were to act directly against Assad, a “retaliatory blow with a sword whose edges are Syria and the Islamic resistance in Palestine and Lebanon” would commence. The jihadists loathe American military might, and relish the idea that the U.S.-led West would never find contentment with the constant threat of destruction in place.
(Notice too the use of the word “resistance.” This is propaganda, since the jihadists opposing freedom and the West are not technically resisting; they are advancing with an offensive war whose ultimate goal is world domination. Yet the word “resistance” seeps into the gullible Western mind, and too many view these killers as freedom fighters.)
In short, while all these jihadists—from the Iranian mullahs to the Wahhabists in Egypt—have the goal of Israel’s destruction, I do not feel Assad (more of a secular strongman than religious martyr) will be the triggerman. Much more likely Isaiah 17 will find its fulfillment in a Muslim Brotherhood-led Syria, which will follow its religiously motivated imperative to strike Israel.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Jew-hate main reason for Arabs endless poverty
August 2, 2012
One reason Arab Palestinian economic growth has been so disastrously slow is the terror war that Yasser Arafat launched against Israel in 2000
A MBA holder from a Roman Catholic University burn Jewish products on the mountains of Zion.
The Second Intifada shattered Israeli hopes for peaceful concert with a new neighboring country, and led to an economic estrangement that proved horribly costly to Arabs, claimed to be “Palestinians”.
Israelis stopped employing these Arabs workers and stopped buying “Palestinian” goods. Transit and trade between the two became difficult and painful.
And whose fault was it?
Israel, which agreed in principle to a deal at Camp David in 2000 granting Palestinians a state with sovereign dominion over nearly 94 per cent of the West Bank?
No, it was exclusively the doing of Arafat, who served as a reverse George Washington – rejecting nationhood for violence.
Saeb Erekat blames “occupation” for Palestinian poverty. But the PA has dominion over almost all of the West Bank and Hamas has control over all of Gaza, so the word “occupation” is all but meaningless.
Source: The New York Post
My comment:
You will simply be a liar, if you claim that the same Jew-hate that ran in Hitlers mind, is not present in the so-called “moderate Islam”.
The best proof there is, is the picture of Salam Fayyad acting like a full blown Nazi, burning Israeli products on January 5th 2010.
Fayyad is not a lesser learned hooligan from an Arab village.
Fayyad is a MBA graduate from St. Edward’s University is a private Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Austin, Texas. He is also the present Prime Minister of the self governed PA in Ramallah.
We saw similar fires in Berlin in the years 1936 to 1938.
God of the Bible promised to curse all who curse the Jewish people. God can be trusted.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Say no more. I rest my case.
Written by Ivar
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Israel must overcome CIA-pressure on its military
Netanyahu recalls Begin’s decision to bomb Iraq reactor despite opposition from Mossad, military intelligence heads.
Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling the heat also from the Obama lead CIA, trying to bribe the military leadership of Israel.
The decision whether to attack Iran will be taken by the country’s elected political leadership, and not by the defense and security establishment,.
This was the message from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a number of television interviews Tuesday.
Netanyahu’s comments followed a front page headline in Tuesday’s Yediot Aharonot saying that the US administration believes Israel’s top military and intelligence brass – including IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, Air Force Commander Maj.- Gen. Amir Eshel, Head of Military Intelligence Maj.- Gen. Aviv Kochavi, Mossad head Tamir Pardo, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yoram Cohen – are all opposed to an Israeli attack without US backing.
Source: Source: The Jerusalem Post
My comment:
The CIA is active inside Israel, also.
If CIA-head Barack Hussein Obama can bribe the Mossad, Washington might be able to entice the Israelis military to disobey the political leadership.
This was the basic doctrine behind the US lead cue in Iran in 1953. CIA also set in several puppets in banana republics in Latin and South America in the 1960 and 1970-ties.
What is the CIA major doctrine?
If you do not do what Washington say, Washington have the right to place on of its own as a leader of your nation.
For all who feel the US lead war in Libya was justified by a popular vote or democratic tools, please send me a link who prove this.
In a similar way, all democratic institutions will be brushed aside when the last and final war on Israel will be launched.
What will it take Obama to bribe and corrupt the Mossad?
Let me underline, that I have the deepest respect for the military leadership in Israel. They are doing a great lob. But all men can fall.
Every Jew who have no Zionist conviction in his heat, have a price in US dollar. There have always been some corrupt Jews working for the despots who harm the Jewish people.
Written by Ivar
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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“Fierce and Desperate”
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. (Isaiah 58:12)
A recent item in the Jewish Press is but one more indicator that Israel/Jerusalem is the key puzzle piece in these last days.
The JP’s Yishai Fleisher interviewed Arieh King, director of the Israel Land Fund, and the discussion centered on the spiritual center of the universe, Jerusalem.
Interestingly, King and his friends are focused on reclaiming “stolen properties in eastern Jerusalem,” and, even more provocatively, “to expand the borders of the entire metropolis.”
The Palestinians of course oppose this, as do their friends—especially, odiously, those in the mainline and evangelical communities. The United Methodists, for example, have been decrying Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem at least since Oslo 20 years ago. We also well remember Barack Obama’s chilling quote from last year, in which he felt compelled to say that the international community is getting tired of the status quo in the peace process. That means he and his friends are sick and tired of Israel.
If Zechariah can be believed, this is precisely the scenario required for a climactic battle involving the global community.
Fleisher, whom I’ve met, discussed in the piece an ambush he was the victim of in a narrow street just north of the Old City. When I was there 10 years ago, during the Second Intifada, it was common to see Hamas posters on the streets.
Just around the corner from this area is the so-called Orient House, from which the PLO operated for years. King had this to say:
“There’s no question that once Jews are not there, there is no sovereignty, police are not entering there, this is the basis for anti-Israeli organizations to put their roots …There’s no question, if Jews were living there, things like that would not happen.”
Christians are often not aware that this section of the city is a nest of terror activity, and home to terror operatives. From the Fleisher article:
“King got his start as a security guard in the City of David in 1997. Then most commonly known as Silwan, the area was wrought with strife and was targeted frequently by local Arabs for attacks, despite his position just adjacent to the most significant place in the city, the Old City of Jeruasalem. Born on Kibbutz Alumim, King is one of the ten original residents of Ma’ale Zeitim (Ras-Al-Amud) where he currently resides with his wife and children. He started the Israel Land Fund while trying to recover property on the Mt. of Olives in 2007.
“According to King, the battle for Jerusalem is fierce and ‘desperate.’”
As Hillary Clinton, the UN, the British, and religious leaders grind their teeth in heavy handed efforts to get Israel to stop building Jewish communities in the Land of Israel, King’s group has had some success. Apartments have been built in Beit Orot, and in Shimon HaTzaddik.
“Up until now, King’s focus has been on areas specific to eastern Jerusalem – the Mount of Olives, Shimon HaTzaddik (the burial place of Temple high priest Simon the Just), Beit Hanina, Beit Tzafafa,and Jabil Mukaber, areas he said nobody was talking about 10 years ago.”
Despite assertions that Israeli Jews are stealing Arab land, King makes it clear that his group has actually worked with local Arabs to determine land ownership, even extending back to 1948.
Overall, King’s initiative would extend Israeli sovereignty to the north, and south by the year 2050:
“As part of the plan, Gush Etzion in southern Judea will become a suburb of Jerusalem, as will Maale Adumim and Givat Ze’ev.”
To give you some perspective, the gleaming community of Maale Adumim sits just east of the Old City, and is populated by thousands of Jews. This is a central location involved in the global negotiations to solve the Israeli-Arab conflict. It is a place that folks like Bill Clinton know very, very well. The problem for the globalists is, this suburb and others like it are like a force of nature. It isn’t a few tents here and there that can be uprooted. Read Amos 9:15.
The international community loathes this reality, it really does.
We live in momentous times, my friends. Prophecies are being fulfilled on the ground, literally, day by day. As King says:
“Many ruins in Jerusalem are waiting to be built.”
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The Bible explains the destruction of Damascus
The Bible explains that Damascus shall be reduced to rubble. See, and learn that the Bible can be trusted.
The city of Damascus has no future. Jesus will com back to Jerusalem.
It is sad that Muslims slaughters Muslims. But being deceived by a desert demon, what can we expect?
The Bible is crystal clear that before Jesus will be back on Earth, the city of Damascus will cease to be a city. The king of kings will not come back to Damascus. He will come back to the city of the Great Jewish King David, the city of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 17:1
[ An Oracle Against Damascus ] An oracle concerning Damascus: “See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
When we look at pictures from the capital of Syria, we can see the prophetic word being fulfilled in our days. So all the pagans can read, be enlighten and turn towards the living God. Because if they do not turn to the Messiah, they will all perish.
Jesus is the Messiah. He has come once, and we can expect no one else.
Written by Ivar
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Iran to trigger first nuke very soon
August 10, 2012
New intelligence reveals Iranian military nuclear program advancing faster than previously thought.
The United Nations entertain a Holocaust denier. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon agrees with Ahmadinejad that Israel is the problem.
Western diplomat and Israeli officials who asked not to be named say U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Israel share same intelligence information, agree that assessment.’
New intelligence information obtained by Israel and four Western countries indicates that Iran has made greater progress on developing components for its nuclear weapons program than the West had previously realized, according to Western diplomats and Israeli officials who are closely involved in efforts to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.
A Western diplomat who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss intelligence information said the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Israel agree on that assessment.
Source: Israeli Daily Haaretz
My comment:
The World does not take Iran seriously.
The UK Bank Standard Chartered was so “afraid” of the Ayatollah, that they helped him to clear some 300 transactions, raising fund for Global Jihad.
Israel is always at the receiving end. The Ayatollah regime has promised the Islamic World to wipe Israel off the map, as soon as the Imams gets their hands on the trigger of a nuclear bomb.
In the same explosion goes two million Muslims who we call Israeli Arabs. They are all full citizens of the state of Israel.
In the same inferno of evil goes the so called “Palestinians”. Both al-Fatah and the Hamas. Unfortunately for “allah”, Gaza is hardly 50 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. And Ramallah is hardly a 12 kilometer buss ride north of Jerusalem.
If Jerusalem ever will be the target of a nuclear bomb, also the Temple Mount and the Mosques in “al-Quds” will be vaporized. So the most idiotic statements of Islamists, is that the al-Aqsa mosque and the southern end of the Temple Mount is “holy” to all Muslims.
Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
The only true “holiness” for Muslims is Jew-hate. It is called Jihad. Or Holy war.
Because there is a a problem with letting Israel survive as a Zionist state. An independent Jewish homeland in the Middle East, proves that the Koran is a false revelation from “god”. Muslims have simply lost their salvation, by believing in a “god” that is compromised and weak. A grand looser.
Only if the Jews enter a “peace agreement” with Muslims, and live in submission, “allah” can be honored as Lord.
Within Islam, Jesus (ISA) is a prophet who will come back to turn the Jews and Christians towards worship of “allah”. In the Bible this deceiver is known as the last antichrist. All who believe in his falsehood will summit, honor and worship the false Messiah as their “god”.
Not you, I presume. Be careful what kind of fellowship you are attending.
Written by Ivar
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Muslim fifth column of arsonists threaten West Jerusalem
Jerusalem area fire contained; 4 “Palestinians” arrested.
The People of Jerusalem have seen this too many times this summer. Everyone knows this is a fruit of Global Jihad against the Jewish people.
Over 40 firefighting squads, at least two planes extinguish large fire near Moshav Even Sapir; Jerusalem Police: Four Palestinians arrested in connection with blaze
Two large fires broke out near Moshav Even Sapir in the Jerusalem area and in the eastern Carmel region.
Over 40 firefighting squads from Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh and two airplanes were deployed to the Even Sapir area to put out the blaze, and four other aircraft were said to be on their way to the scene. Fire and rescue services annouced that the flames have been contained around 5:30 pm.
Acting Jerusalem Police Commissioner Menny Yitzhaki said that four Palestinians have been arrested in connection with the fire. He noted, however, that the police is also looking into the possibility that the fire was caused by negligent behavior of hikers.
Source: Ynetnews.com
My comment:
There might be some few arsonists who are not Muslims, but:
Some few weeks ago I saw the forest fires with my own eyes. I had just left the bus stop at Mevaseret Zyyon, when a huge fire threatened the residents living south of the highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The fire started at two separated locations at the same time.
A couple of Arab youth had been seen in the area of the fires, and they were arrested.
Global Jihad have no regards for West Jerusalem. For them all of Israel has to be deleted.
The Jerusalem Fire Department is aware that Islamists have started to target the forest areas in West Jerusalem. The government have small aircraft’s monitoring the forests very closely.
Luke 21:23
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
People who set the Jerusalem forests on fire, should be sentenced to long terms in prison. This kind of arsons is yet another sign of the degeneration of mankind, and that the children of the devil are loosing both their minds and all hopes for escaping the eternal fire of Hell.
Written by Ivar
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Aug 13, 2012
Read Jim’s column on Rick Warren at
http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/rick-warrens-unholy-reign-as-americas-pastor/
An Unholy Reign
The piece I wrote for WorldNetDaily this week, about Rick Warren, has already produced a huge response. So much so that I wanted to take the opportunity at Israel Watch to once again discuss “Pastor Rick’s” influence regarding evangelical support for Israel.
Few people are unaware of Rick Warren’s influence. Over 30 million copies of The Purpose Driven Life have been sold. Warren regularly boasts of training a quarter million pastors in his PD marketing scheme. He gave the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration. The pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California—one of the very largest congregations in the U.S.—is constantly interviewed by media. He counts Tony Blair and Bono as friends.
And there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that he is no friend of Israel.
I should preface my remarks by saying that the “average” evangelical is not aware of Warren’s background or present-day associations that are really at odds with biblical Christianity. For those who have the time (and I literally urge you to find the time; I have each of the following books, along with the Kindle versions that are available); there are several key resources that will stun the reader:
•The New Evangelicalism, by Paul Smith
•Redefining Christianity, by Bob DeWaay
•A Time of Departing, by Ray Yungen
•A Wonderful Deception, by Warren Smith
•The Dark Side of the Purpose Driven Church, by Noah Hutchings
Am I really endorsing these books and prompting you to get them?
Yes, and with as much urgency as I can muster. I wouldn’t waste your time or money if I didn’t think each of the books mentioned above weren’t vital to a proper understanding of Rick Warren, the change agent. Each provides compelling evidence that Something Wicked This Way Comes to evangelicalism.
Actually, it’s already here.
Change agents began operating behind the scenes decades ago, working to transfer classic liberal theology to mainstream evangelicalism. When I was a teenager, no self-respecting pastor in America would have been caught dead even standing next to Brian McLaren. Yet in Dan Kimball’s 2003 book, The Emerging Church, forewords were written by…Rick Warren and Brian McLaren. Additionally, the cover reveals that commentary was provided by Warren, Howard Hendricks, McLaren, Sally Morgenthaler, Chip Ingram, and Mark Oestreicher.
(For a thorough critique of McLaren’s aberrant theology, I strongly urge you to search for his name at www.apprising.org)
Liberals love to complain that “critics” use “guilt by association” to unfairly characterize them. This is classic evasion with a generous helping of illogic.
We can all be measured by our associations. I associate with Bible prophecy teachers. It means that, in general, we believe the same things. For example, I treasure my friendship with David Reagan, because he is a bold witness in a dark world. If a liberal wanted to criticize me for associating with Dave, I’d say, “Thank you, sir, may I have another?”
Liberals do not like it when their associations are brought to light because, as Spurgeon used to say, darkness hates the light.
Rick Warren should have some ‘splainin’ to do with regard to his endorsement of Kimball’s book.
He doesn’t have to explain. Pastor Rick doesn’t have to be accountable for questionable associations. He’s too powerful.
When his protégés, such as Perry Noble and Steven Furtick, mock critics and call them names, Warren’s own reputation is on the line, however.
And let me give you a brief example of how a paper trail gives strong evidence that a mainstream evangelical pastor in 2012 America is not really promoting a biblical worldview:
In Paul Smith’s book, we learn that not long after the founding of Fuller Theological Seminary, liberal influences crept in. Charles Fuller’s own son, Daniel, went to Switzerland to study under Karl Barth and when he returned, he had largely abandoned belief in Bible prophecy. Fuller the Younger then exerted his influence over the seminary for the next several decades.
Rick Warren obtained a Ph.D from Fuller. In PDL, he discourages the study of Bible prophecy and, tragically, he repeated this theme at the 2011 Southern Baptist pastor’s convention.
Prophecy, of course, is intertwined with the story of Israel in the Bible. It is foundational to understanding reality.
Add to the mix the seminary’s bent toward the Church Growth movement and other unbiblical practices, and it’s not hard to see why Warren pals around with Muslim imams, denigrates Bible prophecy teaching (see PDL), and presides over a PD system that rewards the compliant and boots “dissenters.” Strong words?
I haven’t even gotten started.
There is a mountain of evidence that Warren is not what he appears to millions who don’t know enough to question his associations and practices.
His 2006 visit to Syria, in which he gave Bashar Assad an award, reveals at the very least a man so alarmingly undiscerning that he serves as a dupe for a totalitarian regime that takes its place in the pantheon of history’s most infamous.
And consider this:
Millionaire evangelical businessman Mart Green gave Saddleback a 170-acre tract of prime land in southern California (www.ocregister.com/articles/church-310690-green-lobby.html) in 2011.
Green, founder of Mardel Christian Stores and an heir to the Hobby Lobby empire, is the financial wizard behind the curtain of the anti-Israel film, Little Town of Bethlehem. The documentary follows the lives of three men who purport to practice “non-violence” in order to bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Problem is, the Palestinian Christian, Palestinian Muslim, and Israeli who tell their stories all push the basic PLO line: Israel is an occupier and we must have a Palestinian state.
This odious film, along with the similar-themed With God on Our Side, is being used to turn people away from supporting Israel. Screenings at campuses and churches coast-to-coast ensure that many socially minded young evangelicals see a skewed view of the Jewish state.
By the way, it might interest you to know that I have been counseled—even, incredibly, by pro Israel supporters—to temper my remarks on these subjects and to avoid naming so many names. Everyone is free to follow his or her own conscience. As for me, I am committed thoroughly to exposing the anti-Israel agenda being sold to evangelical audiences in America.
We are in the place we are in due in part to our past silence, or failure to see what was going on. When McLaren, Hank Hanegraaff, Gary Burge, Stephen Sizer, Jim Wallis and several others denigrate Christian Zionists and Israel, it’s past time to speak up.
Let me give you another example of how associations and like-mindedness harm Israel and her Christian supporters.
Craig Groeschel is senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Oklahoma. It is I believe the fastest-growing church in the country, and Groeschel is a protégé of Warren and Bill Hybels; his ministry roots come from the United Methodist Church (among other things, perhaps the premier anti-Israel denomination in the U.S.).
Groeschel is an affable, engaging, brilliant communicator who is a key player in the Church Growth/Seeker Driven methodology that is currently the rage. He is disciplined, smart, and seemingly free from the immaturity of his own, lesser-disciplined protégés Noble and Furtick (be sure and check out Furtick’s “Hey, Haters” video rant on YouTube).
So far as I know, Groeschel doesn’t take controversial stands in public. Yet his associate pastor at LifeChurch, Bobby Gruenewald, displays on his Facebook page an affiliation with the group, “Help Spread the Message of Non-Violence.”
Sounds good, right? What self-respecting Christian wouldn’t endorse a non-violent approach to the Middle East crisis? I mean, we’re not Bashar Assad, are we?
However…some rainy afternoon when your chores are done, scroll through the associations of those “members” of this group. Here are a few examples:
•Benjamin Por Boonyarit supports the “cause” titled: “Stop the [sic] Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza.”
•Janelle Gingrich-Caudle supports the “causes” titled: “International Solidarity Movement,” and “Stop House Demolitions in east Jerusalem.”
•Sami Awad, the spirit behind Little Town of Bethlehem, and a friend of Mart Green, supports the “cause” titled: “Stop Calling Muslims Terrorists.”
My question is, why would a Palestinian Christian like Awad take on this issue? Further, one has only to investigate the claims of researchers like Erick Stakelbeck, Robert Spencer, Pam Geller, and Steve Emerson to conclude that not only are a huge number of Muslims either terrorists or supporters of the ideology, but that they are making alarming inroads into the fabric of American life.
The associations above (the ISM is a radical left-wing movement openly hostile to Israel) are part of what people believe. They are like-minded folks. While Gruenewald might not endorse everything these people do, he identifies with this larger “non-violence” group. To accuse Israel of war crimes is to bear false witness against the Jewish state.
(As an aside, Gruenewald, on his FB page, describes himself as having skills in the area of “activator, futurist, ideation, achiever and competition.” Huh? Can you imagine the pastor of your youth self-identifying with such New Age goo?)
Again, it’s all about associations.
Further, as of last fall, Jim Hanon, the director of Little Town of Bethlehem, attended LifeChurch.
I’m stating the obvious: like-minded folks mix with like-minded folks. We all do. The issue is, what do they believe and what do they promote/endorse? What is true and what is not true? What is good and what is harmful?
Let me digress for a minute to show you where a pastor who no longer teaches from the Bible ends up. Not long ago, I was watching a mega-church pastor I personally know. He favorably quoted the French philosopher Jean Paul-Sarte. I studied Sarte in college and know that among other things, he was a Che Guevera groupie, going so far as to calling the killer-thug the “era’s most perfect man.” He called Che an intellectual. Wow. Why would a pastor think that a fellow like Sarte had anything of value to say to an evangelical audience?
Here’s another one: a few years ago while perusing my local paper’s Religion section, I saw that a church was going to have a seminar entitled: “The Theological Implications of King Lear.”
Question: who cares? When did we stop teaching the Bible in America? 1792? How have we gotten to this point? Pastors today preach about sex, getting along with your boss, even fashion. The pulpit has been replaced by thin plexiglass stands, beds, cars, motorcycles, tables from Pier 1. “Sermons” have titles with words like “naked” in them, so that today’s Evangelical Pastor is more snickering 12-year-old behind a fence, reading a dirty magazine than he is spiritual leader.
Jean-Paul Sarte? Seriously?
When a church leader departs from biblical teaching—of which a chunk is a proper understanding of the role of Israel, the Jews, and Bible prophecy—he becomes a cartoon.
Back to eroding support for Israel.
It is at least plausible that Craig Groeschel shares similar views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His mentor, Rick Warren, mixes with younger evangelical leaders who are concerned about the situation in “Palestine.”
Even those who identify with “Palestine” telegraph their politics and worldview. Do you see? Palestine doesn’t exist. It might exist, depending upon the pressure put on Israel by the global body known as the UN. The international community—several leaders are Rick Warren’s friends—loathe the Jewish state.
As of yet, however, when an evangelical leader says that he is going to visit “Palestine,” we can know that he has already gone over to the left. He already identifies with the Palestinians, whose leadership at the very least wants to destroy Israel.
This anti-Israel ideology and theology is coming into the American Church like a flood.
Let me be clear about something: my litmus test for endorsing/following a religious leader is Israel. I look for other things, as well, but it all pivots off one’s worldview regarding Jews, Israel, and predictive prophecy.
My thinking is, if such a leader is right about the theology of Israel, he’s probably going to be right about most other things in the Bible. That’s why those evangelical pastors who attended last spring’s anti-Israel “Christ at the Checkpoint” event—Joel Hunter, John Ortberg, Bob Roberts—have zero credibility with me. None.
When John Piper tweets the anti-semitic question, “Who is a Jew?” as he did, I tune him out. When a Christian publisher begins to hang out with PLO groupies, I’m not listening to him anymore or supporting his propaganda.
There is much more to write, and it will be written, I can assure you.
If you are a supporter of Israel, and care about both the Jewish state and the American Church, you’d better pull your head out of wherever it’s stuck and get in the game. Time is running out; evangelical change agents are well on the way to overturning pro Israel support in America.
If you’d like to communicate with me directly about this clear-and-present danger, please do.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Can Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth?
Ariel Sharon told me once that he expected peace with the Arabs “in 500 years.” I thought then that his assessment was pretty accurate. From time immemorial, the Jews’ cousins have fomented violence in the region, and today they have infected seemingly the entire international community with a hatred of Zionism.
But I am cautiously optimistic.
I spoke this week with two people who personify the hope that can come to this tortured region. They are part of a new generation that from all indications is serious about moving past ancient blood feuds. Perhaps there can even be rapprochement among factions in the Arab League. Wouldn’t that be a miracle and a blessing?
My dear friends at the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL) have been sponsoring young people on trips to Israel for a quarter-century. Michael Watts, who lives in Washington DC, visited with me this week about his delegation in 1989, as part of the League’s “Youth Ambassador Student Exchange” program. Here’s the really interesting part: at the time, as a teenager, Watts came from a religiously blended family: a Muslim mother and a Christian father (today he is about to become a licensed Christian minister).
Watts is president of the Michael Watts Project, which specializes in organizational development and executive coaching. He credits his trip to Israel as a catalyst for what he does today.
“It was part of my classroom,” he remembers. “The experience shaped my career, and my philosophy of working with others.”
Although Watts took his trip to Israel at the beginning of the First Intifada, he had a delightful experience and maintains to this day a positive impression of the Jewish state.
Kathleen Kim is a recent graduate of Syracuse University, where she majored in journalism, and was an editor with the school’s newspaper. She is obviously part of the “Generation Y” demographic—college-age citizens who seem especially interested in impacting the world in a positive way. I believe I can say with some knowledge that Kathleen and her fellow travelers appear more engaged with helping others than accumulating “stuff” for themselves—certainly more than my generation. Although multi-culturalism has to have checks and balances like anything else, it is the vehicle by which Generation Y hopes to drive to a better future.
Kathleen told me that this was her first trip to Israel, and that several things impressed her, especially the devotion to country she saw from young members of the IDF.
“Their love of country and patriotism was very impressive,” she said.
I see this as an important perspective that acts as a counter-weight to the propaganda put out by a growing number of American Christian leaders that seem drunk on the false view that Israel is an apartheid state. Folks like Jim Wallis could learn a thing or 80 from the participants in the YASE program (who, by the way, receive a well-rounded trip, which includes plenty of opportunity to have private dialogue with Palestinians).
One can think back to the environments in which, for example, a young Yasser Arafat emerged, and recognize that that cauldron of xenophobia and racism produced nothing but tragedy. The AIFL trips are the antithesis of that dark period, bringing together Muslims, Jews, and Christians who can see each other as human beings.
Kenneth Bialkin, chairman of the AIFL, is frankly a power-broker in New York, Washington, and Jerusalem. He counts heads-of-state among his friends. Yet he is passionately devoted to bringing youth into the future in a positive way. Ken understands that Christians especially are true friends of the Jewish people:
“Working with Christian evangelicals is more than rewarding—it is inspiring. It is inspiring because it is not unusual to find friendly reception from Jewish people, and so when non-Jewish people see the merit and the justice in Israel’s situation, we know it reflects thought and reflects study and understanding. Which is what gives me a great sense of comfort.
“In fact, given the current political environment, it is becoming more likely that Jews we encounter because of their political leaning are somewhat less sympathetic to Israel than Christians who have taken their learning and study of these issues more seriously.”
Bialkin recognizes the genuine value in building bridges of understanding, and in this I am optimistic that extremist views can be blunted.
When I attended last fall the annual meeting of Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding (EMEU), I was of course dismayed by the anti-Christian Zionist fervor of the Western speakers. Yet it was the Arab speakers who seemed to understand reality. Several even found one or two positive things to say about Israel, and I found those like Nazareth attorney Botrus Mansour possessing a discerning grasp of human nature.
All this makes me somewhat hopeful that younger generations will not wake up too frequently to terrible news of death in the Middle East. Bible-believing Christians know where Ultimate Peace comes from, but in the meantime, there is nothing wrong at all with extending a hand of kindness to those who come from different experiences.
That is an effort that makes me cautiously optimistic that Sharon’s gloomy view was too pessimistic.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Aug 27, 2012
Holy Land Tours
I attended a seminar at a nearby mega-church yesterday. The seminar itself was based on church growth techniques and was disturbing (although the 1,500 who attended soaked it up like sponges), but that subject is for another day.
The relevance for our purposes today is that one of the presenters at this seminar is pastor of a rabidly anti-Israel church—identified as evangelical!
While strolling through the church’s bookstore during a break, I noticed a flyer on the counter: the host pastor of this seminar is also hosting a “Holy Land Tour” next year in—as I like to call it—Israel.
A dear Lutheran friend of mine clued me in a few years ago that for decades, there has been a tendency to call organized trips to Israel…”Holy Land tours.” It is a subtle attempt to remove the Jewish nature of the country; many Christian leaders today are loathe to say “Israel.”
I knew when I picked up the flyer that this mega-church pastor is in reality what I’d call quasi-pro Israel. This means that he would be nominally—at best—“pro Israel.” He has from time to time hosted prophecy teachers, and his denomination in the past was traditionally hospitable to dispensationalism.
What we are witnessing in our Church culture in this country is a passing—a transition from a “golden age” of pro Israel support, to a turning away from the Jewish state and embrace of the Palestinian narrative.
This grieves my heart.
In the coming months, I will be exposing a light on these shocking developments, and presenting an action plan for pro Israel folks to counter this rising tide of leftist theology.
(Only this week, I heard the fellow I am now calling “The Koran Answer Man,” Hank Hanegraaff, take a call from a woman who asked if there is a biblical mandate to support Israel. He said of course there isn’t, and went on to say that we are in fact called to support “moral evil.” I’m going to put words in Hanegraaff’s mouth at this juncture and say that he was a step away from alleging that the state of Israel engages in moral evil by occupying the Palestinians.)
At the same time these things are going on in America, word comes (via the Jewish Tribune) that Bedouin in the Negev are claiming 200,000 acres, squatting on Jewish land. This of course is another form of land-grab; a more sophisticated version is the Oslo “peace process,” now 20 years old and more of a disaster than when it began.
I point this out because one can admit to being taken aback by the myriad threats facing Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu must be made of stern stuff, to be able to put his feet on the floor each morning and face his day. And to think, some heads of state play golf regularly, vacation with their family and entourage, and undermine their own country.
In this age of anti-Jewish invective coming from…the Church…and a lack of courage in our pulpits (generally speaking), we see a paradox: as the end of the age draws nigh, it is easy to be anxious and worried. At the same time, if we hold to Scripture alone, we know this is a glorious time to be alive.
Israel will survive and thrive. At the same time, I am grieved by the posture of the Church on this issue. Standing up to these forces from the left requires one to engage in a brutal and dark fight with people who do not hold to Scripture as their authority.
The saints who have gone on before us, I’m convinced, would be shocked at these developments, but they wouldn’t be surprised.
There is a strange wind of ecumenical fervor sweeping through the Evangelical Church in America, and it is making for some strange bedfellows. The pastor I mentioned at the outset of this article is a prime example.
Stay tuned.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Takeover
I have been writing recently about the transformation of the Evangelical community from its 20th century identification, to one that has been hijacked by liberalism and a leftist agenda that has truly, “crept in unawares.”
Phil Johnson has provided a clear definition of this:
“Historic evangelicalism has two clear distinctives. One is a commitment to the inspiration and authority of Scripture. The other is a conviction that the gospel message is clear and non-negotiable.”
What we are now witnessing is the almost-complete takeover of historical evangelicalism by folks like Brian McLaren and his friends. A major plank of their platform is a denial of Bible prophecy and the closely associated support for Israel that has been a hallmark of dispensationalist teachings. The new breed of pastor in America’s pulpits seems to have a particular loathing of the Jewish state. They are also clever enough to stage the takeover in, well, stages. Again, Johnson:
“With the advent of the seeker-sensitive movement, however, evangelicals began to be influenced by a new species of entrepreneurial leaders who marginalized those core doctrines by neglect. Most of them didn’t overtly deny essential biblical truths; but neither did they vigorously stress or defend anything other than their own methodology.
“The results were predictable: Churches are now filled with formerly unchurched people who are still untaught and perhaps even unconverted. Multitudes of children raised on a treacly diet of seeker-sensitive religion have grown up to associate the label evangelical with superficiality. Most of them cannot tell you what the term originally meant, and they reject whatever vestigial evangelical boundaries or doctrinal distinctives their parents may have held onto. But they still call themselves evangelicals when it’s convenient, and many have remained at the fringes of the visible movement, decrying how out of step the church is with their generation. That, after all, is exactly what they learned from their parents.”
Frankly, evangelicalism’s most prominent voices supportive of Israel have begun to pass from the scene: men such as Jerry Falwell and Adrian Rogers. They have been replaced by the likes of Andy Stanley, Craig Groeschel, Bill Hybels, and Rick Warren. None of those men are pro Israel, and from all indications, they treat Bible prophecy teachers like lepers.
I spoke to a former member of a church pastored by one of these men, and was told that the pastor treats prophecy like it’s a red-hot poker.
My writing of late has been repetitive on this subject, simply because I believe this is the great, under-reported story of our time, in the Evangelical community. It is leading to an overtly hostile view of Israel and the Jews.
A new example of the close inter-action between evangelicals and Palestinian propagandists is the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation. Palestinians Elias Chacour and Michel Sabbah are involved. They have teamed with evangelicals such as Wheaton’s Gary Burge to disseminate the Palestinian narrative.
On the HCEF’s board of directors is Michael Kruse, another Wheaton grad whose career as a diplomat serves him well in networking internationally.
Let me share with you, my friends, a key strategy of groups that promote the Palestinian propaganda. The HCEF is hosting in November the “14th International Conference 3rd Business, Investment & ICT Conference, at the National 4H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The theme is “Continuing Our Commitment to Peace, Prosperity & Dialogue.”
Also on the agenda is the “2nd-KTH Palestinian Youth Diaspora Conference,” which will be held on Sunday, November 11, 2012. Part of the published agenda is to “build relations with the youth where the Palestinian Youth Diaspora lives to build solidarity and support with the Palestinian People.”
Notice the reference to “diaspora,” meaning dispersion and exile from one’s homeland. This term is most closely associated of course with Jews who were expelled from their ancestral homeland. By co-opting the term, the Palestinians further their goal of moral equivalency.
Interestingly, one of the presenters is Noa Baum, described as “Storyteller, Promoting Peace through the Art of Storytelling.”
According to the conference literature:
“Noa’s one-woman show, A Land Twice Promised, relives her heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman, illuminating the complex and contradictory history and emotions surrounding Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”
Because today’s younger generations tend to place more emphasis on subjectivism, and hold at arm’s length a presentation of facts and documentation, “storytelling” becomes preeminent. In other words, a story about Palestinian abuse at the hands of Israelis (often made up out of thin air) trumps facts and history that buttress Israel’s position.
A small-but-interesting detail is that Baum “performs and teaches internationally, highlights include: The World Bank, Mayo Clinic,
US. Defense Department, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Fabula Festival, Sweden, Jewish Theological Seminary, NYC, GWU Law School, DC, Brandies and Stanford Universities, Hebrew University and The Kennedy Center.”
I mention this to highlight again the global cooperation the Palestinians have attained.
I hope you are able to see at least in part how the Palestinians have garnered international support for their goals. The goal, in essence, is the same hatched by Yasser Arafat in the 1950s: liquidate the Jewish state. Whereas in the past, the Arabs wished to do so on the battlefield, they now have shifted their focus to the geo-political realm and the religious community. There’s nothing like a shattering military defeat, repeatedly, to foster a change in one’s tactics.
Because that’s all this is: tactics and strategy. The main goal is always the same: destroy Israel.
A key element in this plan—which, I’d like to emphasize, is working splendidly—is to hijack evangelical support of Israel. That is happening now on a breathtaking scale.
What I’m attempting to communicate is that while certain evangelical leaders like Groeschel and Stanley don’t make comments about Israel (their main focus of course is Church Growth/Seeker Driven strategies), they associate with plenty of people who hate Israel. This view has become mainstream among top evangelical leadership in America.
To bring this back around, modern evangelicalism in America has little to do with advancing a Gospel agenda. It has much to do with social justice and misguided attempts to dialogue with our sworn enemies.
This type of dialogue goes back decades, when mainline representatives became pals with the likes of Arafat. The influence has trickled down to now, when the same type of leftist, social-justice emphasis has supplanted evangelical outreach. Sadly, many seem not to notice.
The Religious Left, which includes the “new evangelicals,” is shockingly hostile to Israel, and opposes the Jewish state through subtle means. They are even employing the “non-violent” emphasis, which is pushed by Palestinian Christians like Sami Awad. This approach oddly enough—tongue-in-cheek—has the same goals as the PLO/PA.
A sure sign you’ve stumbled-onto this propaganda is when you hear someone say they are both “pro Israel and pro Palestine.” When someone talks of “Palestine” like it’s a current political reality, you can be sure you are hearing leftist ideology. Simply put, I don’t believe any of the new evangelicals who are proponents of this, when they say they are also pro Israel. If one supports a Palestinian state, in the current climate, then one either has no clue what the Palestinian Authority/Hamas has planned, or they do and don’t care. I’m afraid too many fall into the latter camp, including “evangelicals” supportive of “Palestine.”
The battle rages.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Europe is Finished
Yes, finished.
It never ceases to amaze me how dumb sophisticates can be, particularly when it comes to Israel and the Jews. History is littered with the wreckage of civilizations that thought it was expedient to either oppress the Jews, or be indifferent to their plight.
Now comes word that Greek announces the European Union might ban goods made in the “settlements.” Once again, it’s not hard to hear them hiss when they say “sssssssettlements.”
There are gleaming Jewish communities throughout the land of Israel—although much of Judea/Samaria (international community: the “West Bank” ) is still empty. In the modern era’s inversion of the truth, calling good evil and evil good, Israel is “racist” when it comes to dealing with the Palestinians. Even though the ultimate racism is preventing Jews from living wherever they want. No one tells a person from Oman that he can’t live somewhere.
From a Jerusalem Post report:
According to multiple Israeli media reports, the Greek diplomat, speaking to reporters during a Geneva Initiative seminar in the Greek capital, said that EU nations were currently holding discussions on the issue. Among moves being considered were a total import ban on settlement goods or the implementation of special labels for goods made in communities beyond the Green Line, such as South Africa adopted last month.”
Of course, South Africa. Get it? Apartheid state?
The Post report continues:
“The Foreign Ministry issued a harsh statement following South Africa's decison, saying that the measure adopted was unprecedented and constituted ‘blatant discrimination based on national and political distinction. This kind of discrimination has not been imposed – and rightly so – in any other case of national, territorial or ethnic conflict. Israel and South Africa have political differences, and that is legitimate. What is totally unacceptable is the use of tools which, by essence, discriminate and single out, fostering a general boycott.’”
As I keep saying, Israel is in effect now surrounded by enemies, and every time an American Christian leader pushes the Palestinian narrative, Israel suffers. Which is what these leaders like. However, they should read history and realize that, like Haman, Antiochus, Titus, Muhammad, etc., History is watching.
The “apartheid” label is something that “Christians” also like pushing, particularly that rare cat, Jimmy Carter, who is both an international politician and menacing critic of the Jewish state, from within the Christian community. Look, at least he identifies that way.
One would think that the Greeks could find better things to do than join another Jewish witch-hunt.
It is fascinating, in a scary sort of way, to watch the international community coalesce around a vicious anti-Israel campaign. It is outright disconcerting to see the American Christian leadership community follow suit. Truly, the encirclement of Israel is almost complete.
The nations are right where History wants them.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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The Turning Point
A few years ago, while walking down Nablus Road in Jerusalem, I saw two Israeli police officers holding six Palestinian men for questioning. The six were standing against a wall. I’m pretty sure the police would have rather been doing anything else, yet the six were obviously suspected of something not good.
Hamas “martyr” (shaheed) posters were all over the eastern part of the city.
The issue then, as now, involves the Islamist agenda of jihad. Terrorist attacks, “small” or large, have been foisted upon peaceful people for decades by people who hate because their religion tells them to hate. And conquer. And destroy.
The events this week, beginning with the brutal torture and murder of our diplomats in Libya, are now burning across the Middle East. Egypt. Yemen. Tunisia. The psychopaths involved are waging a campaign of murder, disinformation, propaganda, destabilization, and economic misery.
A friend of mine who lives in Israel told me this week that there is an unusually large number of Israeli troops stopping to pray at the Western Wall. Everywhere, there are signs that the country is on a war footing.
What many in American fail to grasp is that Western civilization is on a war footing. For many years we have been fed the lie that Islam is a peaceful religion. We’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of Muslims advocate violence. We’ve been told that grievances over alleged American sins have contributed to a climate of mistrust that inevitably spills over into violence.
All of that is a lie.
The Israelis have known this for a very long time. What’s disturbing is that so few American leaders understand it or are willing to face up to the threat. It is a complete outrage that our diplomats and our embassies are under attack. And the American president is standing down. I wonder…why?
There are myriad elements to this story, but perhaps the most disturbing to me, an evangelical/Bible-believing Christian, is why our religious leaders are such dupes for the jihadists. This period of time we’re living in requires all of us to examine who we are and what we believe.
I am greatly concerned that evangelical leadership and the Religious Left—increasingly seen as the same entity—are either silent or complicit in the propaganda war waged so skillfully by the jihadists.
At the time of this writing, no real word on the embassy attacks and murders from the likes of Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, Rick Warren, Lynne Hybels, or Shane Claiborne. Hybels did forward a commentary from a friend of hers, who felt compelled to also mention that film that served as a pretext for the pre-planned attacks.
Lame.
A recent article in Charisma News featured Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Musri said, among other things, that:
“No religion condones terrorism, and that includes Islam. What came out of 9/11 was the worst of a small percentage of Muslims. As a Muslim, I believe that a true Muslim would not fly a plane into a building and kill people. Islam by name is peace. Those people were extremists, and they used our religion to further their own goals and agenda.
“It’s a constant struggle. It’s very discouraging when someone looks at you with fear in their eyes because they think you could be a terrorist. It’s gotten much worse since 9/11. We are trying to educate Christians and others by coming together and showing them that’s not what we’re about. We’re about peace.”
Really? Because it is a matter of historical fact that 19 true Muslims did fly airplanes loaded with innocents into the World Trade Center. I find it very difficult to believe that any Muslim in a significant leadership position actually believes the religion is about peace.
Epic, stunning lies are being forced down onto the American people.
A wave of what I’d call “softening-up” of American attitudes toward Islam is washing over our country, particularly our churches. I’ve discussed quite a bit the warm relations Rick Warren has with Muslims, including his infamous 2006 visit with the Butcher of Damascus, Bashar Assad. To my knowledge, only Joseph Farah at WorldNetDaily had the guts to forcefully call Warren on this outrage.
If one examines the speakers at the Catalyst Conferences (www.catalystspace.com), there is a definite pattern of accommodation with worldviews that are the antithesis of biblical Christianity and Western values. I’m speaking of—as just one example—the inclusion of Dr. Cornel West as a Catalyst speaker. West is a self-described “non-Marxist socialist.”
Can you imagine we’ve come to this? A pro Palestinian, Marxist (I know, I know…he said he isn’t a Marxist) is an invited speaker at an event organized and hosted by the likes of Andy Stanley? Does anybody understand the implications of that? Hello? Anybody home?
Do you understand that our Evangelical community is being fundamentally changed in the same way the president is fundamentally changing America? Remember, in a current television ad, former President/Appeaser-in-Chief, Bill Clinton, said that Obama has a plan to rebuild America from the ground up.
Yes, he does.
Andy Stanley, in 2011, hosted Michelle Obama to speak at his Atlanta church. Obama and her husband are perhaps the most anti-Israel occupants of the White House ever. And that’s saying something, since the White House was stained by Jimmy Carter for four years.
There is a definite Leftist element in such mega-churches as Stanley’s and Craig Groeschel’s LifeChurch. Yet few seem to care. I’ve attempted to interview all these people, to try and understand why they have created these cultures in their churches and, since they are the major movers and shakers in Evangelical leadership today, it seems highly important that they are advancing these agendas.
I’ve been turned down by all of them, despite repeated requests through proper channels to interview them. When leaders don’t want the masses to really know what they’re up to, they stonewall and go silent.
Wake up, Christians.
I spoke to a mega-church Southern Baptist pastor about this two weeks ago and in effect, he gave me the written equivalent of the finger. Told me I was flat wrong about “his friends” and that I was being judgmental.
Whew. We are in deep, dark waters, my friends.
All this to say, Scripture tells us quite clearly that at the time of the end, the Jews/Israel will be protected supernaturally by the Lord Himself. Of this I have no doubt.
It is the rest of us I am deeply saddened about. May God have mercy on believers in our beloved country. We are now sailing in uncharted waters, watching an American president fiddle while the country burns. Our national religious leaders are standing-down and/or are complicit in the implantation of socialist/Marxist values in our nation and in our churches.
They loathe Israel, Jews, and Bible prophecy with a vehemence I find breath-taking.
I care not one whit about the denials of what I’ve just outlined. I have quite a large database of documentation to back up what I’m saying.
And my friends in Israel—God love all of you—are going to glorious victory after victory on the battlefield that is looming, because He is going before you. God bless Bibi Netanyahu and the magnificent fighting men and women of the IDF.
I love my own country and the people in it, and those who have gone before, who never got off the beaches at Normandy, or who likewise perished, from Tripoli to Baghdad.
May God have mercy on us.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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When Discernment is Gone
In 2010 and again in 2011, the German newspaper Die Welt alleged that Venezuela and Iran had entered into an agreement for the joint operation of a missile base in Venezuela. Almost as a punch line, the U.S. State Department said that it had no evidence of such a claim. Of course, that doesn’t mean the CIA doesn’t.
Since the beginning of 2011, a total of 1,383 rockets have been fired into Israel, from Gaza. U.S. officials are largely silent about this, and the American Religious Left pretends that the “occupation” is to blame for the lack of peace in the Middle East.
And according to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center this past week:
“A press release issued by Egypt’s interior minister said that Egyptian security apparatuses operating in the Sinai Peninsula were able to ascertain the identity of seven mostly Palestinian individuals suspected of carrying out the terrorist attack at Kerem Shalom on August 5, 2012, in which 16 Egyptian soldiers had been killed. Also seized were numerous weapons, including hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles, ground-to-ground missiles, and RPG rockets.” Additionally, we learn that:
“A large stockpile of weapons was seized in the south of Mount Hebron during a round of terrorist operatives’ arrests conducted by IDF forces. The arrests took place in several Palestinian villages near Hebron after intelligence information was received suggesting that a there was a large stockpile of weapons inside a residential building. The weapons seized by the IDF soldiers included two Uzi submachine guns, a pistol, a Kalashnikov, and numerous rounds of ammunition. The operatives were detained and handed over to security forces for questioning.”
These large and “small” developments are deeply troubling, and reflect the mendacious nature of the Arab/Muslim world, directed at both Israel and America. That Hugo Chavez has struck a missile deal with the Iranians should is a matter of critical national concern. It should keep Americans up at night.
This also coming on the heels of the ghastly murder of four American embassy staffers in Libya last week.
And yet…
We have long known that a high number of American officials in Washington are deluded when it comes to threats from our enemies. Liberals believe in appeasement and the fundamental goodness of man, which is an obvious myth.
But it is the growing delusion of the American Religious Left that I think is the biggest under-reported story going on in geo-politics. Researcher and writer Dexter Van Zile produced a brilliant analysis this week of one such religious leader, evangelical pastor Bob Roberts, Jr., pastor of NorthWood Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Roberts advocates building bridges of cooperation with Muslims. I strongly urge you to read Dexter’s report:
http://blog.camera.org/archives/2012/09/megachurch_pastor_bob_roberts.html
Earlier in the week, Roberts went on a disturbing rant on Twitter, demanding that evangelicals “denounce” the film, “The Innocents of Muslims,” which has been used as a pretext for murdering Americans. The murders are the story, not the film trailer (which I’ve watched). Yet Roberts and his fellow dupes fall in line with Barack Obama’s grotesque round of apologies. Can you imagine FDR apologizing to the Japanese on December 7, 1941? We’re all still here because America did the opposite after that day of infamy.
Roberts’ stunning appeasement of our enemies emboldens them. The real danger here is that this pacifism doesn’t stop with Roberts. As I’ve documented numerous times, plenty of leaders from the Religious Left advocate for our enemies. Specifically, those who have hijacked the term “evangelical,” in order to fool real evangelicals, help to spread both Palestinian propaganda and the lies of the wider Arab/Muslim world.
As an aside, one can begin to get a sense of where Roberts is coming from by looking at his background. Like Rick Warren and other key leaders on the Religious Left, Roberts earned his doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary. The lefties at Fuller and Wheaton have made sure for a long time that liberalism slithers into the Evangelical Community.
With stories circulating that a massive naval confrontation is looming in the Persian Gulf, and reports that Israel is on a war footing, it behooves all of us to pay attention to what is going on. In particular, I urge readers to follow, analyze, and disseminate the allegations of leaders like Bob Roberts, Jr. He has many friends in leadership positions around the country and around the world, including his friends at the infamous “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference.
Many thanks to Dexter Van Zile for spotlighting the problem.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Pro Peace. Pro Palestinian. Pro Jesus. Pro Israel?
I attended Catalyst East this week, in Atlanta. It is one of the largest gatherings of young evangelical leaders in America. Catalyst had its genesis with The Leadership Network, a key group aligned with Rick Warren, Andy Stanley, and others.
My primary interest was to observe up-close new trends toward Israel, among evangelical leadership. I’ve been writing about this for some time. To paraphrase a description once of James Cagney, these young evangelicals are what they appeared to be.
That is, largely pro Palestinian.
Mentoring leadership, such as that of Lynne Hybels, contributes to this. Hybels presented a workshop based on her understanding of the Arab-Israel conflict. We disagree on a great many things but to her credit, she agreed to an interview with me in several weeks, after she returns from a heavy travel schedule.
Among other things, Hybels presented no context with regard to physical conflicts between Israel and her Arab neighbors. For example, in her admittedly brief overview of the region, war seemed to spring up out of nowhere. No mention of Arab invasions of Israel in 1948 or 1973, or the cataclysmic decisions of Egypt’s Nasser in 1967, which led to Israel administering the disputed territories of Judea/Samaria, or as the world largely knows it, the West Bank.
I also spoke with Bobby Gruenewald, a leader with LifeChurch.tv, in Edmond, Oklahoma. LifeChurch is perhaps the fastest-growing church in America, with its emphasis on video links with satellite church locations. Gruenewald and Hybels were willing to engage me in conversation about this subject although, to be fair, the Palestinian issue is not Gruenewald’s issue. One of his passions is the furtherance of “YouVersion,” Bibles people can download to reading devices, including their smartphones. Gruenewald told me that last month, Lifechurch tracked two billion minutes of reading time among YouVersion readers.
All that is to be commended.
For the purposes of this discussion, though, it is quite clear that evangelical leadership (Bob Roberts, Jr., Shane Claiborne, Lynne Hybels, etc.) has moved away from the pro Israel leadership exemplified by folks like Jerry Falwell. I have noted a strong affinity with the Palestinian position in churches like LifeChurch, WillowCreek, and others.
Everything I saw at Catalyst confirmed this drift. In dozens of random conversations, I noted that “Millennials,” the 20-somethings who are quickly dominating the evangelical scene, expressed solidarity with the Palestinians, and annoyance with Israel. This is a seismic shift in the American Church, a serious, serious threat to Israel’s one traditional area of support.
For example, Hybels and others have begun framing the issue in terms of “Pro Peace, Pro Israel, Pro Palestinian, and Pro Jesus.” Others, such as Glenn Stassen, David Gushee, Brian McLaren, and Tony Campolo, savage Christian Zionists in the most odious terms. Hybels presents a softer, gentler side of Palestinian advocacy.
One area of dispute I have with Christian Palestinianists like Hybels is that if one is “Pro Palestine” in the sense of embracing the diabolical “land for peace” initiative, or even the “two-state solution,” one cannot in any real sense be pro Israel. There are myriad issues related to Israel’s security that simply don’t square with this latest plank in the PLO strategy to destroy the Jewish state.
That is a bridge I’m not confident we can build together.
Several young people I spoke with at Catalyst displayed little actual knowledge of the conflict, yet they soak up “story” and “narrative.” In other words, facts no longer work. Some data I read from LifeWay indicates that 71 percent of Millennials don’t read the Bible. This is probably similar to that of the rest of the country, but it represents a reality that leaves me dismayed.
If you ask a person like this if they know the PLO was formed in 1964, three years before the Six Day War, they stare at you and blink. After a moment, though, they will begin to rattle-off the usual list of alleged Israeli “crimes,” such as detaining pregnant women at checkpoints. They have absorbed the talking points put into their hands by Palestinian change agents.
But they don’t understand reality.
Couple this with an alarming trend of what I’d call quasi-Replacement Theology, in which celebrity pastors like Steven Furtick lift OT passages dealing with the Jews and Israel, and use them to stoke the already growing narcissism present in humanity. In other words, the story of God’s protection of His Chosen People in the example of Joshua becomes, in Furtick’s hands, a lesson in self-help and reaching for God’s “Greater” vision for your life!
Or in the account of David and Goliath, we see evangelical leadership now teaching congregations how to “slay the giants in your life.”
On and on it goes.
Pro Israel leadership has a serious problem on its hands in America. Unless Millennials can be reached with the message and legitimacy of Zionism, Israel will see her allies in America dry up to nothing.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Christians gathers in Jerusalem to support Israel
Waving blue and white Israeli flags, thousands of evangelical Christians from around the world filled streets of downtown Jerusalem.
Evangelical Christians gathered in Israel for the Biblical festival of Sukkot.
The annual march during the weeklong Jewish Sukkot holiday brings together Christians from dozens of countries.
Evangelical Christians are known as strong supporters of Israel, providing financial help and political backing, especially in the U.S. Even so, their hard-line views toward Palestinians and suspect religious motivations make some moderate Israelis and Jews abroad uncomfortable.
“This is the real United Nations,” said Sheila Hakes, 41, from Alabama. “Israelis are our brothers and sisters, so we must protect them from Iran and evil,” a reference to Iran’s suspicious nuclear program, adding, “Jesus will come here again.”
Thursday’s event was organized by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, a group that promotes ties between Israel and the world’s Christian communities. The group also sponsored a conference this week that drew more than 5,000 people from nearly 90 countries, including 25 parliamentarians from various nations.
Another prominent group, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, said it raises more than USD 110 million a year for charitable causes in Israel.
Source: Washington Post
My comment:
Evangelical Christians who do not support Israel have been deceived. At best they are lukewarm.
Let me underline: Many people will be saved by the Messiah, regardless of they were able locate Israel on the map. But if it was within your capacity to bless the Jewish homeland, and you ignored or harm the Jewish people, you are in for trouble.
Isaiah 40:1-3
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
The normal deceptions, are linked to these few points of view:
1. You have not read the full Bible.
This is a not excusable error among people who claim they love Jesus. They have simply not read the Bible that Jesus had. They have only read the New Testament.
2. Your pastor or priest have never taught about Israel.
Jesus do not care who you have spoken to, or what kind of deception you have walked into. You are personal responsible to be in a fellowship where the truth is spoken.
Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
3. You do not believe that the Bible is the infallible word of God.
This is also a common error. Because if the Prophetic Word can not be trusted, not a single line in the Bible can be trusted. You have built your faith of a “Jesus” of your own choice.
4. Israel do so many bad things, that God can not love them
If you feel Israel are doing more mistake than others, it is time for you to take a look in the mirror.
Written by Ivar
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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All That Jazz
While sitting on my deck earlier this evening, I watched a savage thunderstorm gather, then dump high winds, lightning, and sheets of rain on the trees and hills.
I watched the storm for some time, as it came near.
About the same time I noticed on my phone a Twitter message from Cameron Strang. It was a photo of the Relevant magazine publisher with author Donald Miller, in Jerusalem. The whole thing intrigued me, because only a week before, I’d attended the Catalyst East conference, where thousands of young evangelical leaders met to hear speakers like Andy Stanley, Jen Hatmaker, and Lynne Hybels.
Strang was there to promote his magazine. The public didn’t know at the time that in a few short days, he would join other progressive evangelicals and members of the Religious Left for a tour of what they refer to as Israel/”Palestine.”
Miller, who wrote Blue Like Jazz a decade ago, has seen his star rise among younger, progressive evangelicals. Think of the book as sort of a Catcher in the Rye manifesto for 20-somethings who lean somewhere left of center both politically and religiously.
This is all Relevant because these individuals met up in Israel, to take part in ongoing efforts at “peacemaking,” an agenda driven largely by Hybels and her Palestinian friend, Sami Awad. The addition of Miller to the traveling party is significant, since he is listened to by growing numbers of Millennials, those who have largely abandoned their parents’ way of “doing church.” Among the things jettisoned is a commitment to support Israel.
On October 7, Miller tweeted:
“Off to Israel in the morning. Blogs are all lined up for the week. Can't wait to tell some stories when I get back. Will miss y'all.”
From that, we can expect a whole raft of “stories” which will present the Palestinian narrative against a backdrop of alleged Israeli abuses. Make no mistake, Donald Miller’s newfound interest in “Palestine” will open up a new front in the propaganda wars being waged against the Jewish state.
No one is denying that there are plenty of sincere, well-meaning people in the peacemaker movement. The problem is, they are being schooled by the Palestinians themselves. The so-called Palestinian narrative, coming in via people like Sami Awad, isn’t different from the agenda of former PLO chief Yasser Araft, in any real sense. The Palestinians then wanted to eliminate Israel any way possible; today’s “two-state solution,” “one-state solution,” etc., is simply window-dressing for the goal of eliminating the Jewish state.
Professing to be concerned about Israel’s security, while devoting every waking moment to undermining it totally is textbook disingenuity.
One can safely say that Strang, Hybels, Miller & Friends (including Todd Deatherage) will not hear about the Savoy Hotel massacre, or the Ma’a lot Massacre (a 1974 terrorist attack on an Israeli school, carried out by the so-called “Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine,” in which 25 hostages were killed). They won’t hear about Ron Arad, or the Fogel family.
Strang tweeted a couple days ago that he was preparing to visit an Israeli “settler’s” home. Hybels in particular has opened a clever strategy of emphasizing the balance of her visits; for example, she will talk with members of the Israeli Knesset, Palestinian families, Israeli and Arab peace activists, “settlers,” etc.
The reality is the striking imbalance of these tours/visits, because no doubt the “settlers” will make all sorts of provocative statements that the Western peace activists can use to demonstrate that these folks are extremists.
Visits are also made to Israel’s Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem. This can be useful in equating Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis, with that of the suffering of the Palestinians at the hands of the Israelis: the abused becomes the abuser, in other words.
Bottom line: the result of these tours—stacked with evangelical leadership from America—is that more Americans will hear subtle and overt claims that the absence of peace in the Middle East is Israel’s fault. They will hear that biblical support for Israel is illegitimate, even a “sin,” that Bibi Netanyahu loves war, that Israeli communities in the country’s heartland are illegal, etc.
This narrative is being soaked up by a generation raised on The Simpson’s, multiculturalism, appeasement, socialist/Marxist ideas, and the mocking of the Bible, among many other things.
The propaganda forces arrayed against the Israelis right now is the most sophisticated the Jews have ever seen. As I’ve been writing for some time now, a key (but greatly overlooked) front in that information war is the Evangelical community in America. Pro Israel activists are waking up to this reality very late.
I invite you to read online just a few articles from Relevant magazine—www.relevantmagazine.com. If you “search” for articles about Israel/”Palestine,” you will find a leftist view of the conflict. Right now, Cameron Strang has staff members over there with him, and the reportage will be decidedly different from that of evangelicals a generation ago.
Recently, another Twitter message summed-up this strategy quite well:
Tell your story, don't preach. Your audience will know what to do with it #PearlsOfWisdom @US_PNB Entrepreneurs delegation #Palestine
Notice the emphasis on storytelling. Narrative. The dislike of “preaching.” Younger generations today don’t like to be preached-at; they’ll tell you that. They want to hear, rather, “story.” Your experience. My experience. A downtrodden people’s story.
Individual human experience, story, narrative can depart from biblical truth. I’ll give you an example.
Ten years ago, I had a lengthy email experience with one of the Palestinian leaders now educating the Blue Like Jazz generation. He finally told me that Palestinians, particularly Palestinian Christians, simply don’t like the Old Testament. Why? Because of the promises to the Jews! Keep in mind, all totalitarian regimes loathe the Bible, especially the Old Testament.
Let’s look at this another way. Let’s say that I disagree with the biblical command to love my wife as Christ loved the Church (and gave Himself for it). That isn’t my story. I like a story in which I dominate my wife and belittle her and refuse to honor her.
I just reject that part of the Bible, because it doesn’t fit the narrative I’m after.
An entire alternate reality is being created for Israel as we speak. Replacement Theology, Liberation Theology, the Palestinian narrative.
If you were the Arabs, and you’d been blown off the battlefield a few times by the Israelis, what would you do?
The Arabs aren’t stupid. They simply internalized and refined the Soviet propaganda that Arafat learned, and decided to try and defeat the Jews in the realm of ideas and principles. Arafat, who found that overt terrorism landed one in a Tunisian desert, with lizards and sand, began cultivating mainline Church officials in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, younger Palestinian leadership, even that of NGOs like Sami Awad’s Holy Land Trust, have refined the strategy and message even further.
They are influencing your kids.
When I was at Catalyst, I had 57 individual conversations with attendees. I asked them about their views of Israel and the Palestinians. Not one advanced what I’d call a pro Israel view. Yet when I asked them for specifics: can you tell me why you believe Israel’s communities (“settlements”
are illegal and illegitimate? Do you know why the security fence was erected? Do you know what the ’67 borders are? The 1949 Armistice Lines?Not a single young person I asked could answer the questions. They could only tell me that IDF soldiers detain pregnant Palestinian women at checkpoints, and that Israel would not engage in serious peace talks with the Palestinians. Curiously, when I asked them how they knew that, they told me that’s what Lynne Hybels, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo, and Jim Wallis say.
Don Miller might be the most sincere guy of all time. Lynne Hybels might believe everything she’s spreading about peacemaking in the Middle East. It’s possible Cameron Strang is attempting to use his powerful bully pulpit among young evangelicals to effect positive change.
The real question, though, is what is the Palestinian leadership up to in this regard? Said another way, who is telling the truth in this…story?
When one considers the Palestinian leadership’s agenda, coupled with the interconnectedness of America’s young evangelicals, one must face up to the fact that the image of Israel in the United States is heading in a darker direction.
In Blue Like Jazz, Miller wrote about—and made famous—“Mark, the Cussing Pastor.” This refers to Mark Driscoll, of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church. Driscoll’s often profane, provocative approaching to preaching had made him a hit with Millennials.
Recently, Driscoll taught from the book of Esther. At one point, he said that there are no miracles in the book!
There are no miracles, because Driscoll and his legion of friends minimize the role of Israel in the Bible. Whole generations have now been raised on biblical minimalism, moral relativism, and totalitarian propaganda.
Targeting America’s young evangelical leadership is the smartest the thing the other side has done in decades.
That’s why a seemingly winsome chap like Donald Miller can travel to a place called Palestine, and believe he just experienced reality.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The Innovators
My friend Marcella Rosen sent me an advance copy of her new book, Tiny Dynamo: How One of the World’s Smallest Countries is Producing Some of Our Most Important Inventions.
The subtitle isn’t tiny, and neither is the sum of what the Israelis are producing in the field of burgeoning technologies.
It’s astonishing, really.
While certain groups, individuals, and states are busy thinking up ways to kill them, the Israelis are making the world a better place for all of us. I cannot over-emphasize how remarkable their achievements are.
For example, in Tiny Dynamo, we read about medical breakthroughs, drip irrigation techniques, and efforts to prevent SIDS. These projects, and many others, are staggering in their implications. And again, the Jewish state is achieving this while also shooting from behind barriers.
With regard to hospital infections, wrap your mind around this statistic: every year, one million people around the globe die from hospital infections. In the U.S., very surprisingly, 90,000 people die from infections!
Now consider that while there are myriad reasons for this (unsterilized instruments, for example), Israelis have determined that a key culprit is…textiles. Listen to this:
“But the biggest culprits couldn’t be more mundane: Pajamas. Sheets. Pillowcases. Gowns. Curtains.”
Turns out that such are carriers of bacteria that produce the deadly infections. Turns out that Aharon Gedanken is on the case, and has developed “a method for making anti-bacterial fabrics” that he believes will reduce such infections.
And while an increasingly desperate Barack Obama throws the kitchen sink at the electorate, by promising “alternative energy initiatives,” the Israelis are actually doing something about it.
The rest of the book is equally fascinating, and I can’t wait for it to come out. Israelis are doing lots of other things in the way of improving life.
A recent Jerusalem Post article revealed a funding source for important research:
“Scientists across Israel will be receiving portions of a $15 million gift to develop solar energy and biofuels research, in a project overseen by the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.
“Dispensed over the course of three years, the $15m. will fund the work of scientists developing renewable energy from a variety of fields, initially focusing on biofuels, photovoltaics and optics for light harvesting, according to information from the Weizmann Institute.”
Most people are unaware of the enormous benefits to mankind that have come from Israeli ingenuity. From cellphones to alternative energy, Israel is a bright shining light.
That makes her numerous enemies’ murderous goals all the more shameful.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The Innovators
My friend Marcella Rosen sent me an advance copy of her new book, Tiny Dynamo: How One of the World’s Smallest Countries is Producing Some of Our Most Important Inventions.
The subtitle isn’t tiny, and neither is the sum of what the Israelis are producing in the field of burgeoning technologies.
It’s astonishing, really.
While certain groups, individuals, and states are busy thinking up ways to kill them, the Israelis are making the world a better place for all of us. I cannot over-emphasize how remarkable their achievements are.
For example, in Tiny Dynamo, we read about medical breakthroughs, drip irrigation techniques, and efforts to prevent SIDS. These projects, and many others, are staggering in their implications. And again, the Jewish state is achieving this while also shooting from behind barriers.
With regard to hospital infections, wrap your mind around this statistic: every year, one million people around the globe die from hospital infections. In the U.S., very surprisingly, 90,000 people die from infections!
Now consider that while there are myriad reasons for this (unsterilized instruments, for example), Israelis have determined that a key culprit is…textiles. Listen to this:
“But the biggest culprits couldn’t be more mundane: Pajamas. Sheets. Pillowcases. Gowns. Curtains.”
Turns out that such are carriers of bacteria that produce the deadly infections. Turns out that Aharon Gedanken is on the case, and has developed “a method for making anti-bacterial fabrics” that he believes will reduce such infections.
And while an increasingly desperate Barack Obama throws the kitchen sink at the electorate, by promising “alternative energy initiatives,” the Israelis are actually doing something about it.
The rest of the book is equally fascinating, and I can’t wait for it to come out. Israelis are doing lots of other things in the way of improving life.
A recent Jerusalem Post article revealed a funding source for important research:
“Scientists across Israel will be receiving portions of a $15 million gift to develop solar energy and biofuels research, in a project overseen by the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.
“Dispensed over the course of three years, the $15m. will fund the work of scientists developing renewable energy from a variety of fields, initially focusing on biofuels, photovoltaics and optics for light harvesting, according to information from the Weizmann Institute.”
Most people are unaware of the enormous benefits to mankind that have come from Israeli ingenuity. From cellphones to alternative energy, Israel is a bright shining light.
That makes her numerous enemies’ murderous goals all the more shameful.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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Permanent War
I am sitting on a balcony, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. I hear a cacophony of birds, bells, and car horns. The sun has come up, and I watch, as it now bathes the walls of the Holy City in gorgeous light.
There is no place like this place.
I sat the other morning with my computer and noted quickly that gloom still hangs over our White House, for another four years. Being in Israel, though, I am reminded time and again of the times in which we live, and how certain we can be that God alone is the architect of history.
Last night, I had the great pleasure of attending synagogue with a friend from Efrat, between Bethlehem and Hebron. We then enjoyed a Shabbat dinner I will not forget.
My friend and his wife have five daughters and one son, and they are living out their magnificent lives as Jews in the sovereign state of Israel. He noted this, and while he is a social liberal, he and I connect because we both understand what a miracle they are.
Just before sundown, he drove me through Efrat and showed me two places where homicide bombers entered the city a few years ago. One simply crossed through a field, from a neighboring Palestinian village, asked two ambulance drivers where he could buy cigarettes, then detonated as they pointed to a supermarket.
I have been attending a conference, and was pleased to meet Malcolm Lowe and his wife, the peerless Petra Heldt. They are pro Israel Protestants who work tirelessly to advocate for Israel. Malcolm’s recent essay for the Gatestone Institute (http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3430/gary-burge-wheaton-college) is simply brilliant. Malcolm has used a term, “permanent war,” to describe what is going on here regarding Palestinian propaganda.
It is an accurate description.
I will tell you, however, that miracles are so commonplace here (is that a contradiction? Probably.), one wonders why the Religious Left in America misses it on so grand a scale.
In Efrat in 2002, a bomber (who had been working on a construction project there) crossed over into the city on the eve of Shabbat. He entered a crowded supermarket as people shopped for dinner that evening. On a warm March day, he was wearing a long overcoat. He was going to kill a lot of people.
An Efrat resident happened to see him enter, and recognized him. Two things: A) no Palestinian had a reason to be there on Shabbat and B), more obvious, the overcoat. He opened his coat and pressed the detonator, as so many Hamas zombies had done before.
Nothing.
His bomb belt didn’t detonate.
The fellow who knew him raised his pistol and shot the guy dead.
The bleeding-heart, faux-humanitarians who visit Israel in order to go home and bash the Jewish state after consuming a week-long diet high in propaganda calories are morally bankrupt. They willfully refuse to acknowledge the Jews’ historic right to the land, and they are dismissive of efforts by Israelis to preserve their lives in the midst of a barbaric enemy.
My friend and his family laughed and talked and sang last night, around the table. They are living witnesses to the majesty and power of the living God.
This war is permanent until it ends. This morning I am full of contradictions. Yet I know that while the world waits with high anticipation for the end of the Jewish state, Israel’s glory is ahead of her. The war will end one day, and, to hugely paraphrase the Rolling Stones, Israel will discard the dead flowers her enemies have handed her, while she places flowers on their grave.
jim@prophecymatters.com
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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The Six-Week War
Now that the death cult Hamas has decided to go out Bonnie and Clyde-style, word comes that Israel’s leadership is preparing for a two-month engagement. Let us all fervently pray that they completely destroy the terror entity that has plagued the region (including the Palestinians) for a quarter-century.
Others are writing very good reports on the fighting thus far—hundreds of rockets have landed in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem! The Hamas stockpiles are such that until the IDF gathers its full strength, some damage will be done. I left one friend’s home in Jerusalem last week to travel to another in Efrat, and I passed the Gush Etzion turn.
At least two rockets landed in Gush Etzion yesterday, with other reports that they landed in Jerusalem as well. You can’t imagine how small the country is if you haven’t been there. Imagine driving from Richardson, Texas, to Plano. Culver City, California, to Glendale. Washington D.C., to Silver Spring, Maryland.
What I want to spotlight this week at “Israel Watch” is the unfolding propaganda war, equally vicious and important. Within 48 hours of the terror war launched against Israeli civilians by Hamas, Israel’s tiny window of goodwill began to predictably shrink. Among those leading the charge—and I find this repulsive and ghastly in the extreme—are religious leaders in the West.
(An aside: as war raged in the Middle East, and much of the world burns, Rick Warren Tweeted more of his PDL pablum: 11/17/12, 5:09 AM
Like a great movie, for the story of your life to be great requires a great #character.)
On Facebook, I urged Christian Palestininiasts Lynne Hybels, Tony Campolo, Sami Awad, Shane Claiborne, Bob Roberts Jr., Joel Hunter, John Ortberg, Gary Burge, Jim Hanon, Bill Oechsler, Todd Deatherage, Jim Wallis, Porter Speakman Jr. to speak out unequivocally about the terror war against Israel. Hybels did on Twitter, after I asked her if she would.
I haven’t checked all those mentioned above, but it highly unlikely they can bring themselves to condemn this barbarism against the Jews, without shoving a word like “occupation” or “settlements” into the statement.
On the contrary, Deatherage and Roberts were quite predictable in their social media comments; the following are via Twitter:
Todd Deatherage (@ToddDeatherage)
11/16/12, 9:33 PM
Over 500 rockets fired at Israel; over 500 airstrikes on Gaza; Israeli cabinet approves calling up 75,000 reservists including Telos friends
Bob Roberts Jr. (@bobrobertsjr)
11/16/12, 10:03 PM
Push our leaders to deal w/crisis in Israel/Palestine - or get ready to send your sons & daughters to a 60 year unresolved conflict
Bob Roberts Jr. (@bobrobertsjr)
11/16/12, 10:00 PM
2 states - Palestine & Israel - Everybody agrees & knows it - Netanyahu / Abbas / Obama do it NOW! delay = death - why wait???? Be LEADERS
Do you see what’s going on here? Deatherage, being the savvy and trained communicator he is, has injected the old tactic of “moral equivalency” into this story.
Deatherage wants you to focus on the fact that the sides are trading equal blows. Another way to put this will be to number the Palestinian deaths vs. the Israeli deaths. Hybels also engaged in a bit of this moral equivalency yesterday, but as I point out in these situations: who is responsible for this carnage? Why have their been hundreds of Israeli airstrikes?
And, please notice this important point: Deatherage does not reveal in his Tweet that Israel is launching surgical strikes against Hamas leadership. No, he would have you believe (as many of his friends and followers do) that both sides are pounding the others’ innocents. Let’s call that what it is: a lie.
Next, we see that Bob Roberts Jr., pastor of the megachurch NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas, evidently graduated from the Barbra Streisand School of International Diplomacy. From time to time, Streisand feels it necessary to call into question the foreign policy moves of various Republican presidents. Never mind the fact that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
Roberts, too, is so enamored of his Muslim friends, who feed him generous helpings of their own propaganda, that he advocates policies that are insane and unworkable.
By the way, Roberts is a major figure in evangelical leadership circles in America, which should scare the daylights out of the rest of us. This is leadership in 2012 Christian America?
And what is Sami Awad posting on his Facebook page, as a major regional war started by Palestinians is going on outside his bedroom window?
Well, a few minutes ago, he posted a greeting-card-type affirmation from something called “Gypsy Spirit Wind”:
Laugh your heart out,
dance in the rain,
cherish the moment,
ignore the pain,
live, laugh love,
forgive and forget,
as life is too short
to be living with regrets.
Huh. Well, if one is a Christian Palestinian leader like Awad, one either endangers himself by speaking out against Hamas barbarism, or one keeps his trap shut and lets the propaganda flow. That’s when statements condemning the satanic-level violence of Hamas are never issued and in their place, New Age pablum reigns.
Indeed, the peerless Dexter Van Zile (www.camera.org) Tweeted the following to Awad yesterday:
When will @holylandtrust Protest Hamas rockets in Manger Square? @Sami_Awad
If you hold your breath waiting for Awad or any of his Religious Left friends in America to answer, you’ll be dead within minutes.
The point to all this is, if you are a supporter of Israel, or simply a supporter of basic human rights, you must realize that not only is there a war raging with bullets and bombs, but one for minds and hearts.
Do not be duped by the Left. Speak out for Israel and for our own country, both to date impregnable fortresses for freedom worldwide. With the re-election of an anti-American president, and with jihad spreading around the globe, we are in for the vicious fight of our lives.
And may God continue to bless Israel!
jim@prophecymatters.com
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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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