Don't mess
with the apple of God's eye
There have always been
direct correlations between
natural
disasters on nations and their leader's efforts to divide
Israel.
Interestingly, most of these disasters have been occurring within 24
hours of those
efforts.
Let us take a brief look at Israel's
history. The nation of Israel
was destroyed twice, however, the Jews always returned to their land.
In 586
B.C., the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the nation and took
the
Jewish people captive to Babylon.
Later in 70 A.D, the Romans destroyed the nation and this time the Jews
were
dispersed throughout the world. There was no Israel
for more than 1800 years. On
May 14, 1948, Israel
was re-born. It is mind-boggling to know that even today the Jews speak
Hebrew,
a language which their ancestors spoke many hundred years ago.
Zech 2:8 says, "For whoever touches you touches
the
apple of his eye". In a certain sense, any nation that harms Israel
is
indirectly poking the pupil of God's eye. Obviously, God is not going
to remain
silent.
I do not know why Israel
is special in the eyes of
God. But I do know that out of all the nations on earth, God sent Jesus
to be
born in Bethlehem,
Israel.
Jesus was born to Jewish
parents. Moreover, the Bible was written by Jewish hands.
Borders of Israel
Genesis 15:18 says, "On that day the LORD made a
covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land,
from
the river
of Egypt
to the great river, the Euphrates."
So according to this scripture, the land of Israel
should
include present day Israel as well as Lebanon, Jordan, Sinai, most of
Syria,
part of Iraq, part of Saudi Arabia and Eastern Egypt. So who is
occupying whom?
Israel
is occupying only a tiny portion of the original land allotted by God.
Information
about Palestine
In 135 A.D. the Roman emperor Hadrian after
conquering Judea and Israel
changed their names to Palestine
in an effort to
remove the memory of Jewish presence. Well, just ask yourself the
following
questions.
What are the borders of Palestine?
Who was the first President? What was its capital? Who was the
Palestinian
leader prior to Yasser Arafat? What was the language of Palestine?
So there is hardly any historical
record about the existence of the Palestinian
people. Actually, the Palestinian people are a
collection of Arabs from
the
Arab world. On the other hand, there is rich Archeological evidence
supporting
the fact that this land belongs to the Jewish people.
After the 1967 war, Israel
captured the Gaza Strip from Egypt
along with Eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan.
Note that Israel
did not capture land from Palestine
because there
was no Palestinian nation.
Dividing the Land of Israel
The
nations of the world are pressurizing Israel to give up parts of her
land and East Jersusalem to the Palestinian people. However, the Bible
makes it clear that Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people. I like what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said when he
stated, “Jerusalem would never be divided and would remain the capital
of the Jewish state”. Pressurizing Israel
to give
up parts of Jerusalem
or other parts of the country
for the so-called "Road Map for Peace" will only bring disaster on
the nation that pressurizes Israel.
This is very evident from history.
The
following information was taken from William Koenig's website:
1.
October 30, 1991: The Perfect Storm - As President George H. W. Bush is
opening
the Madrid (Spain) Conference to consider "land for peace" in
Israel's Middle East role, the "perfect storm" develops in the North
Atlantic, creating the largest waves ever recorded in that region. The
storm
travels 1000 miles from "east to west" instead of the normal
"west to east" pattern and crashes into the New England Coast.
Thirty-five foot waves crash into the Kennebunkport
home of President Bush.
2.
January 16, 1994: Northridge Earthquake - President Bill Clinton meets
with Syria's
President Hafez el-Assad in Geneva. They
talk about a
peace agreement with Israel
that includes giving up the Golan
Heights.
Within 24 hours, a powerful 6.9 earthquake rocks Southern California. This quake,
centered in Northridge, becomes the second
most destructive natural disaster to hit the United States,
behind Hurricane
Andrew.
3.
September 28, 1998: Hurricane George - As Secretary of State Albright
works on
the final details of an agreement in which Israel
would give up 13 percent of Yesha (Judah and Samaria),
Hurricane George slams into the United States Gulf Coast with
110 mph winds and gusts up to
175 mph. The hurricane hits the coast and stalled. On September 28, Clinton
meets with Yasser
Arafat and Netanyahu at the White House to finalize this land deal.
Later,
Arafat addresses the United Nations about declaring an independent
Palestinian
state by May 1999, as Hurricane George pounds the Gulf
Coast,
causing $1 billion in damage. At the exact time that Arafat departs the
country, the storm begins to dissipate.
These
are just few examples. The following two books provide detailed
information regarding the connection between dividing Israel and
natural disasters.
Ecclesiastes
1:9 says, "That which has been is what will be, that which is done is
what
will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun". There was a
Pharaoh
(during the time of Moses) who was hard on the Jewish people, so God
made him
as fish food by drowning the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. Then there
was a
Pharaoh (during the time of Joseph) who blessed the Jewish people and
God made Egypt
the most
powerful nation in the world during that time. We are supposed to learn
from
history and not repeat the same mistakes done in the past. Genesis 12:3
says,
"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you". The covenant God
made with Abraham still stands today.
We
as
Christians should pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Psalm 122:6 says, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May
those who love you be
secure". Seeing these events unfold makes it clear that our Lord is
coming
very soon.
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