2. Isaiah and other Prophets Reveal the Heart of God.
3. The Origin of the current M.E. Conflict?
7. What does God say of the Future?
8. Hasmonean Tunnel Exit - an example
1) The Jews are still God's chosen people
No 'Back door' for Jews or anyone else.
Jews and Gentiles are each saved only by believing in Jesus Yeshua, the Messiah,
Redeemer.
Though the Jews rejected Jesus, yet God still says, "How can I give you up
O Ephraim!" Hosea 118
Or as Paul writes, "I ask then: did God reject his people? By no means! ...
for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable." Ro
111,29
God has made many promises to Israel - and he will keep them all. Jer
3136,37
The nation of Israel is a sign that God hates and punishes sin. Exiled by
Babylon and by Rome.
The nation of Israel is a sign that God will never violate his covenant.
Exiled for nearly 2000 years, yet they have miraculously retained their identity.
God says, "Though I often speak against him, I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him." Jer
3120
God chose Israel - Gen 1812 Deut 142 76,7
1014,15 Ps 1354 Amos 32 Exd 422
God's successful purpose was to 'open the kingdom of heaven to all believers'.
The Jewish apostles brought the Gospel to us Gentiles; God graciously gives
us salvation also.
Israel's rejection of Jesus does not alter God's purpose.
Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fill number of Gentiles
has come in.
And so all Israel will be saved. Ro 1125 Jn 422 Gen
123 2218 Ro 411-23 Gal 36-9 Eph
211-36 Is 4311,12 Mal 111
2) Christians have usually been against Jews (or apathetic)
During the Crusades 1000's of Jews were murdered and called 'Christ-killers'.
They ignored Ro 1118
Edward 1 banished Jews from Britain in 1290.
Not till 1655 under Cromwell were they allowed to return, but only as
2nd class citizens.
Jews not allowed to be MP's until 1858.
Far from making them jealous, since Constantine the Church has consistently
blinded them to the gospel.
How many Christians have stood by any Jews in their hour of need?
Maybe in this Century God took away the British Empire for our arrogance
and repeated reneging on our promise to the Jews in
the Balfour Declaration.
For God promised, "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse
you." Gen 123
3) Islam has always been against the Jews (and Christians)
Muslims see the world divided into 'House of Islam' and 'House of War' (where
infidels reign)
Islamic people are required to wage war mercilessly against all infidels
- Jihad
Cairo University published a booklet when Sadat signed peace treaty with
Israel which said,
"Waiving Jihad and making peace are forbidden ... unless for purpose or preparing
for the renewal of Jihad,
at a time when Moslems are weak and their enemies strong.
...
It is permissible for Moslems
to violate agreements with the enemy."
Arab-Israeli struggle is not a territorial dispute but the struggle for Israel's
very survival
against the Islamic desire to destroy her utterly.
When Egypt and the PLO acknowledged Israel's right to exist,
it is only in the hope to be strong enough one day to
defeat her utterly. But they reckon without God!
4) Anti-Semitism in General
Causes:
Persecution of Jews is often a passionate rebellion against God himself.
Envy that God chose Jews and not us.
Jealous of their undoubted ability in almost every sphere.
A good scapegoat for our failures or to deflect blame (like war!)
The O.T. is the story of God and the Jews (warts and all).
Prophets and writers never excused sin, they were scrupulously honest, (even
if kings were not)
Isaiah and other
Prophets Reveal the Heart of God.
Is 12,13,18
Hear ... for the Lord has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me...
Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take
your evil deeds out of my sight!...
Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow."
Is 126-28
Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.
Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness.
But rebels and sinners will both be broken ...
Is 1111 121,2
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the
remnant that is left of his people. ...
In that day you will say, "The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become
my salvation."
Is 141
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel,
and will settle them in their own land.
Is 2918-20 3010-18
In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom
and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord; the needy will rejoice in
the Holy One of Israel.
The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an
eye for evil will be cut down...
They say to the seers, "See no more visions!" and to the prophets,
"Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy
illusions."...
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
"Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended
on deceit,
this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that
collapses suddenly, in an instant...
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion.
Is 35
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that
Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will
not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there, And the ransomed of the Lord will
return. They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Is 401,2
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, proclaim
to her that ...
her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double
for all her sins.
Is 418-14
"But you, O Israel, my servant, Jacob, ... I have chosen you and have not
rejected you.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right
hand.
"All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced ...
For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to
you,
do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, ... O little Israel, for
I myself will help you,"
declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Is 423-7
A bruised reed he will not break, ... this is what God the Lord says,
"I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your
hand.
I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light
for the Gentiles,
To open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release
from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Is 442,3,21 497
This is what the Lord says, "... Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun,
whom I have chosen...
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your
descendants...
I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God ... O Israel,
I will not forget you."
Is 547
For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring
you back.
Is 5920 6016 6211
"The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,"
declares the Lord.
"Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Saviour, your Redeemer, the
Mighty One of Jacob."
The Lord has made proclamation... "Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your
Saviour comes!"
Hosea 213
I will punish her for (idolatry) she went after her lovers and forgot me.
Therefore I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak
tenderly to her. ...
I will make the valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer
as in the days of her youth. ...
I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, steadfast love
and mercy and faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord.
Hosea 111
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
The more I called them, the more they went from me.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I healed them, I led them, I eased
their yoke, I fed them.
My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the
yoke. ...
How can I give you up O Ephraim! ... My heart recoils.
Hosea 139
I will destroy you O Israel; ... Return O Israel to the Lord your God
I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, I will be as the
dew to Israel;
he shall blossom ... and shall return and dwell beneath my shadow.
Deut 76-9
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 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.
Ezek 3622-36
Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it for their idols ... I scattered
them among the nations
It is not for your sake that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy
name
I will vindicate the holiness of my great name and the nations will know
that I am the Lord.
I will gather you from all the countries, and bring you to your own land.
I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will
put within you ...
and will give you a heart of flesh ... you will dwell in the land which I
gave to your fathers;
and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
I will summon the grain and make it abundant ... then you will remember your
evil ways.
I will cleanse you from all your sins ...
Zech 123,9 131 142-9
On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her,
I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all nations. All who try to move
it will injure themselves.
On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David ... to cleanse
them from sin and impurity.
I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city
will be captured ...
half 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 ...
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 ...
Then the Lord thy God will come; and all the holy ones with him.
On that day when evening comes, there will be light. On that day living water
will flow out from Jerusalem.
The Lord will be king over all the earth.
Daniel 121
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.
Genesis 1612
Ishmael shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every
man's hand against his.
Jeremiah 303,7,12,17
"The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will bring my people Israel
and Judah
back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers
to possess, ...
How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble
for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it...
This is what the Lord says: "'Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond
healing.
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing
for you.
All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you...
But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds," declares the Lord,
"because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares."
Joel 31,2,9,12,16,17,21
In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and
Jerusalem,
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...
Prepare for war! ... For there I will sit to judge all the nations on every
side. ...
The Lord will roar from Zion ... the earth and the sky will tremble ...
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people
of Israel...
Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her...
Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon. The Lord dwells
in Zion.
Amos 913-15
"The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when ... I will bring back my
exiled people Israel;
they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and
eat their fruit.
I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the
land I have given them." ...
The Origin of the
current M.E. Conflict?
About 4000 years ago Almighty God chose Abraham and his Jewish descendants
to be the means of blessing his creation with salvation.
Satan hates this plan and most men resent it - especially the Arabs.
Who are the Arabs? Where did they come from?
Originally the dwellers of Arabia and descended from Ham.
After 600 AD and the Islamic conquest of the M.E., they became the Arabic
speaking people, from many backgrounds.
1. After the flood from which only Noah and his family were saved. Gen 10
Shem = Aram, Elam. People near the Tigris/Euphrates.
(Semites)
Japheth = Greece and Asia Minor of today.
Ham (cursed) = Egypt and Canaan (Amorites, Jebusites,
Sodomites, Hittites, Amalekites etc)
2. Ishmael. Abraham's son by Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maid. Gen
1611,12 2112,13 255
Became 12 princes of Egypt and received gifts, but he
did not inherit with Isaac.
3. Lot's daughters became Ammon and Moab (by incest). Gen 1930-38
4. Esau. Elder son of Isaac who sold his birthright. Gen
2522,23,34 2741 281 see "Jacob and Esau"
His descendants became the Edomites. (Herod who
killed the babies of Bethlehem was an Edomite)
Whose Land?
God gave the land to Abraham in about 2000 BC, and to his 'Isaac' descendants,
for ever. Gen 127 1518-22 178
David defeated the Jebusites of Jerusalem in about 1000 BC.
The Phoenicians invaded Gaza about 1500 BC and became the Philistines.
The original inhabitants were the Canaanites, not the Philistines.
God brought judgement upon the Canaanites for their great wickedness. Gen
1516 Josh 621 825
(as also with wicked of Noah's day, Sodom, Egypt at
the Red Sea, ... and the Tribulation!)
Palestine (Latin for Philistine) was a Roman insult after the Jewish rebellion
in 135 AD.
The name Palestine was rejected by the Arabs from 1919 until 1964
(The Jews accepted it. Jerusalem Post was called the Palestine Times)
Jesus was not a Palestinian, as Arafat claimed in Bethlehem. He was a Jew.
Muslims (Calif Omar) only gained control of Jerusalem in 637 AD.
Hannah Ashrawi is not descended from the first Christians; they were all
Jews.
In 30 AD there were only Jews and the Roman army in Judea.
The PLO have very successfully 'rewritten' history and duped a gullible public
into believing that their claim on the land of Israel
is just.
All Israeli governments have failed at countering this deceit.
Jew bashing is more profitable than biting the hand that supplies our oil!
God as Almighty, has the right to give this land to whoever he wishes.
If the world thinks it is strange for him to choose the Jews; tough!
4000 years ago God promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, not to Ishmael
or anyone else
Over 3500 years ago he gave it to Joshua, and 500 years later to David.
The Arabs invaded Israel in 637 AD and now have an indigenous population.
But the Jews have been there for 3000 years.
All modern national borders have been established by war.
It is just a question of how long ago.
Most of the M.E. borders were only established in 1918 after the defeat of
the Ottoman empire.
e.g. Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel.
Why have so many fought for this land?
Resentment by those not chosen. Math 201-16
Mohammed had to invent a new god that made Muslims the 'chosen ones'.
If Satan can discredit the Jews, then the God of the Jews is discredited.
He delights if he can make men think Jesus is anything but Redeemer,
Messiah, the only Son of God, and the only Saviour of
men.
Jesus said that this battle will continue to the end. Dan 926
Math 246,7
Meanwhile Satan exploits man's natural resentment, envy and greed (for oil).
He lies, deceives and delights to destroy and kill.
Arafat (et all) do not want peace. It is only a means of totally destroying
the Jews stage by stage.
That is why they are so unwilling to change the PLO Covenant that calls for
Israel's destruction.
The charade of Arafat and Clinton in Gaza did not change
the PLO Covenant. (Dec. '98)
Arafat's Fatah Constitution remains on their Web
site unchanged.
And it calls for the destruction of Israel by
every means possible.
The war is not primarily about the land, but about who is king; God or Satan.
Satan is prince, but never king. Jn 1430,31
He and all his entourage will be eternally defeated by God. Rev
1920 2010
BC
605 1st exile, Daniel and VIP's to Babylon
586 Jerusalem and Temple destroyed, only very poorest of poor remain
538 50,000 return from Babylon
335 Alexander conquers Judah and rest of Asia (336-323)
301 Judah becomes Egyptian province under Ptolemy's
198 Judah under Syrian Seleucid's
167 Profanation of Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes
164 Judas Maccabee re-dedicates Temple
65 Rome dominates Middle East
Christ, the Messiah comes to earth ... and is crucified!
35-70 Jews and Romans persecute Christians. Judaism was legal under Roman
law, but not Christianity.
70 Rome destroys Jerusalem and the Temple.
135 Rome slaughters and enslaves Jews after Bar Kochba rebellion.
315 'Conversion' of Constantine. Christians began to persecute Jews for 1600+
years.
379-395 Theodosius expels Jews from any State Position and allowed destruction
of Synagogues
418 Honorius excludes Jews from Army and all Public Offices
537 Justinian makes Jews ineligible for any honour
613 Jews who refused baptism expelled from Spain, or dispossessed and enslaved
850 Caliph Omar (Islam) required Christians and Jews to
a) Wear special clothing
b) denied ownership of land or to hold any Public Office
c) Special Tax levied
d) Not allowed to enter Mosque
e) No new building for worship
1096 1st Crusade - 12,000 Jews killed in cities along the Rhine
1099 Jewish community in Jerusalem massacred
1121 Jews driven out of Flanders (Belgium)
1130 Jews in London had to pay for allegedly killing a sick man
1146 2nd Crusade - Disastrous affects upon the Jews economically and socially.
Many killed
1181 Phillip of France banishes all Jews for 7 years. Land and houses taken
by Phillip
1189 Many Jews in London killed, Richard I claims all their possessions.
Continued by John
1215 4th Lateran Council makes Jews wear badges and live in ghettos
1236 3,000 Jews trodden under horses for refusing Christian baptism
1290 Edward 1 banishes Jews from Britain (about 16,000 leave)
1298 Austria and Bavaria. 100,000 Jews killed without mercy
1306 100,000 expelled by Phillip the Fair of France!
1320 Shepherd Crusade destroy 120 Jewish Communities
1321 5000 French Jews burnt at the stake for 'inciting' poisoning of wells
1348 Jews blamed for Black death, many burned. Migrate to Poland and Russia
1349 Jews expelled from Hungary (till 1360)
1355 12,000 Jews massacred by Spanish mob at Toledo
1370 Jews burned alive in Brabant (Brussels, Belgium) accused of defiling
the 'host'
All Jews banned from Flanders (Belgium)
till 1820
1391 At Saville and 70 other Spanish towns Jewish communities massacred
1394 Second expulsion of Jews from France
1420 Jewish Community in Toulouse annihilated
1421 All Austrian Jews imprisoned
1453 Poland withdraws all right of citizenship for Jews
1478 Spanish Inquisation against Jews
1492 Spain expels Jews, and Portugal 4 yrs later
1502 Rhodes forcibly converted, enslaved or expelled
1540 Naples bans all Jews
1550 Genoa and Venice ban all Jews
1579 Holland joins Union of Utrecht and opposes all religious persecution
Many Jews enjoy equal right in English
colonies
1593 Pope Clement VIII banishes Jews from Vatican State
1650 Poland massacres 100,000 Jews at Chmielniki
1655 Cromwell allows Jews to return, but no civil rights.
1727 Russia expels all Jews, and again 20 years later
1780 Austrian Jews released from wearing special dress and from Poll Tax
1794 Russian Jews restricted. Men forced to serve 25 years in Army
1792 French Revolutionary wars greatly improve conditions for Jews
1838 Meshed, Persia. Entire Jewish Community forcibly converted to Islam
1846 Vatican State reinforces all restrictions on Jews (till 1878)
1848 Italian Revolutions bring much gain for Jews
1858 Jews allowed to become M.P.'s
1870 Jews allowed to enter English Universities.
1871 Russia starts anti-Jewish pogroms.
1873 Russian Jews emigrate and make first agricultural settlements in Israel
1882 750,000 Russian Jews forced to re-settle in Pale in following 8 years
German and Austrian anti-Semitism by social
ostracism
1891 Jews expelled from Moscow and St Petersburg
1895 Theodre Herzl (after Dreyfus trial in France) "Return to Israel is the
only guarantee of national survival"
1897 1st Zionist Conference, Herzl said "We are here to lay the foundation
stone of the house which is to shelter the Jewish nation"
1903 Kichineff massacres
1914 90,000 settled in Israel (bought waste land at very high prices)
1917 General Allenby captures Jerusalem from the Turks
Balfour Declaration for 'the establishment
in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people'
1919 Arab National Committee met in Haifa and opposed all Jewish establishment
by any means.
Murder and destruction commenced immediately
1920 League of Nations at San Remo give Balfour Declaration legal status.
1922 British gave 76% of land to Transjordan. All Jews banned.
1923 Golan Heights ceded to Syria under French mandate.
1929 Massacre of Jews in Hebron, Gaza, Nablus, Jerusalem and Haifa.
1930 British impose Jewish immigration restrictions after Arab riots.
1935 Collaboration between Nazis and Supreme Arab Council to kill all 300,000
Jews in Europe and Palestine
Constant Arab pressure to restrict Jewish
refugees entering Palestine
1936 Arabs revolt & bitterly resent Zionism & selling Jews land
1937 Peel report suggests partition.
1938 Conference at Geneva called by President of U.S.A. 'what can be done
to save Jews in Germany?'
Answer nothing! Hitler concludes 'We can
do what we like to the Jews, nobody cares!'
U.K. stops entry of emigrating Jews except
for 10,000 fully paid children (5-17)
1938-45 Nazi Germany kills 6 million Jews (1.5 million children).
1939 British stop Jewish land purchase and Jewish immigration.
1946 British did their best to stop 2 million Jewish survivors going to Israel.
Handed problem to U.N.
Only 4760 allowed to enter USA
1947 U.N. agrees to partition remainder of Palestine.
1948 Israel is declared and accepted - except by Arabs. British depart. War
of Independence.
West applies arms embargo on Israel. Israel
wins in 2 months, but 6000 Jews die
1949 Boundaries redrawn under Armistice agreement. Jordan annexes Judea and
Samaria (West Bank).
11th May Israel admitted to UN
1956 Suez War (100 hours) after Nasser nationalises Canal. Eden pressures
Israel to join Britain in war.
1957 Israel withdraws from Sinai and U.N. force deployed
1964 PLO terrorist group formed under Yassar Arafat.
1966 Russians start accusing Israel of making ready for war, good excuse
to pour arms into Syria
1967 6 Day War. Pre-emptive strike by Israel on Egypt and Syria after united
Arab threats.
Jerusalem Old City, Judea and Samaria liberated
from Jordan (see 1949). Also Golan
Aug. Arab leaders at Khartoum No Peace,
No Recognition, No Negotiation
Arab loses 13,500 troops + $1,500m. Israel
loses 689 troops + $100m
1968 By Feb Russia had replaced all tanks, guns and a/c Egypt and Syria had
lost
1971 PLO attempt civil war in Jordan. Expelled (Black September). Move to
Lebanon.
1973 Russian inspired Yom Kippur War.
Launched 2 spy satellites 2 days before
and within 2 hours Antonov transport a/c start landing in Egypt.
USA only able to help Israel from day 10
after Portugal allows USA a/c to land in the Azores.
U.K. and France supplies arms to Libya
throughout war but embargo on arms to Israel already loaded and paid
Only Moderator of Church of Scotland condemns
attack for being on Day of Atonement
USSR threatens to annihilate Israel herself.
Nixen puts USA at stage 3 alert and averts threat
Arab oil embargo.
1974 USA sells Egypt nuclear reactor
1976 Syria invades Lebanon.
Rescue from Entebbe of hijacked Air France
Jet from Tel Aviv
1977 Camp David Accords. Peace with Egypt. Sadat killed 4 years later.
1979 Khomeini forces Shah of Iran to flee into exile.
1980 Iraq attacks Iran but is not condemned. Hoped to score quick gain in
Iranian chaos
War for 8 years and over 1 million die.
Iraq uses chemical weapons
1981 Israel destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor (June).
1982 Israel drives PLO and Syria out of Lebanon. Israel withdraws 1985.
1987 Palestinian intifada begins in earnest.
1990 Iraq invades Kuwait.
1991 Gulf War. Jordan and PLO side with Iraq. Syria allowed to take over
Lebanon.
1993 Sept. Rabin and Arafat - Exchange of Letters and sign Declaration of
Principles.
1994 May. Gaza - Jericho Agreement signed. Israel withdrew from agreed
areas within 3 weeks.
1995 Sept. Oslo (Interim) Agreement signed. Israel redeploys from 6 West
Bank cities.
1996 Likud and Netanyahu win Israeli election.
1997 Jan. Hebron Protocol and 'Note for the Record' detailing responsibilities.
1998 Oct. Wye Memorandum signed in USA. 13% more land and some built-in
reciprocity.
Riddled with holes and contestable verbal
agreements.
Pressured by Clinton to help his mid term
elections - successful.
1999 Sept. The Sharm Memorandum. Israel makes more concessions and
makes a definite time line.
Reciprocity remains largely ignored. Israel
continues to release prisoners, and give away land.
The Players
(subject to change! God determines when and how)
Clinton. Freemason. More friendly to Israel than Bush / Baker. Not
to be trusted.
Said to be deeply involved in witchcraft (also Hillary
who is a higher order)
Rabin. Hosted Freemason conference in Jerusalem.
Consistently lied to Israeli public about secret agreements.
Assassinated Oct '97, but not by Amir - probably instigated
by Peres.
Peres. Ardent humanist. Cared nothing for what God had given the Jews.
Like Esau. An accomplished liar, politician and
administrator.
Netanyahu. Good at PR - learned in the US; but he and his policies
hated by the leftist media.
Coalition lasted 3 years. Deceived by Clinton's
false promises to sign Wye accord.
Barak. Media claim him have a distinguished army career; truth is somewhat
different.
Used 'spin doctors' from the Clinton and Blair campaigns
to become PM.
Determined to make peace with Syria and Lebanon by
surrendering Golan.
Sharon. Brilliant and determined as young Army commnder.
Now, as all Israeli PM's, he remains under enormous
US and Globalist pressure.
Arrogant secularist and great personal friend of
Peres.
Assad. Brutal, stubborn, usually astute. Goal is a 'Greater Syria'.
Leads minority Ba'ath party. President by coup since
1971.
Lost Golan to Israel in 6 Day War when Minister of Defence.
Hates Israel.
Given cheap oil by Iran. Exports heroin. Supports many
terror groups in Damascus.
Military forces now in poor shape since collapse of
Russia. Economically destitute.
Chemical and biological weapons with Scud-3 missiles.
Becoming dangerous.
A very sick man whose days are numbered. Died May 2000.
Succeded by his son, Bassir Assad. Contested by
his exiled uncle.
Hussein King of Jordan. Freemason. Frequent private visits to London.
Quiet, clever and has retained power (over 3/4 nation
Palestinian). Died of Cancer Feb. '99.
Succeeded by Abdullah, his son, married to a
Palestinian.
Arafat. Clever, prodigious memory, slippery, determined, lies easily.
A terrorist murderer who has not 'changed his spots'.
Arabic and English speeches are totally different. A
sick man - Parkinson's?
Gadaffi. 1 cm from being mad! Building impregnable underground factory
for chemical weapons.
Claims to have given up wapons of mass destruction to
gain favour with US.
U.N. Very pro-Arab. 1/3 of all resolutions have been to condemn
Israel!
Vatican. Wants control of Jerusalem. Only 'recognised' Israel in 1996.
Britain, France, Germany. Each are pro-Arab. Especially UK Foreign
Office and US State Dept.
Gladly export weapons or machinery and resources to
make weapons.
Profit more important than principles. France is eagre
to lift sanctions on Iraq.
Egypt. Ruthless in trying to subdue Islamic Muslim Brotherhood and Coptic
Christians
Like Syria, desires to lead the Arab world, but unpopular
for making peace with Israel.
Using $2B/year US aid, they now have a modern military
machine. Why needed?!
Saudi Arabia. Poorly ruled by minority Royal Family. Potentially unstable.
King Faud. (old) currently handing over power to his
son.
Squandered wealth and now have grave economic and
infrastructure problems.
Iran. Divided. Oil wealth used to build military might.
Will shortly be a nuclear power, with missiles. Helped
by Russia and N.Korea
Control Persian Gulf and Straights of Hormuz.
Active sponsor of terrorism against Israel and USA.
Iraq. Saddam Hussein retained power by ruthless murder. Hates US. Now
deposed.
He used chemical weapons in Iran/Iraq war and against
Kurds.
US think they can impose democracy on Sunni and Shiite
Arabs. Desire to develop Iraqi oil.
Syria. Economically poor but has chemical weapon and missiles.
Dangerous balance between supporting terror and pretending
not to.
Each of these countries hate Israel and the US/UK. See Israel as an insult
to Allah.
Most world leaders love Arab oil rather than hate Israel. But being wicked,
they hate all that God loves.
God Almighty and a few Christians are Israel's only true friends in a very
hostile world.
The USA under successive Presidents have sought to dominate Israel, rather
than befriend her.
They also give Egypt the same weapons as Israel! And
also sell them to Saudi and Gulf states.
Founded on the god of Mohammed's Qurish tribe - the idol of the black Kaaba
stone in Mecca,.
Claims that all who make pilgrimage to it will have eternal life.
A Satanic delusion that encourages pride and hate.
Satan wants all men to think that there is no need for a Saviour.
Islam is founded on lies and false promises. e.g. all who die for Islam will
enjoy eternal life.
Mohammed had to create a religion that put Ishmael ahead of Isaac.
Divides the world into 'House of Islam' and 'House of War' (where infidels
reign).
Encourages war on all unbelievers ('Saturday' and 'Sunday' people) - as soon
as they can win.
Koran claims that there is no god except Allah; Jesus was only a prophet.
Koran says 13 times that God could never have a Son. e.g.
4:171 "People of the Book (Christians) do not transgress
the bounds of your religion.
Speak nothing but the truth about God. The Messiah,
Jesus the son of Mary, was no more than God's apostle
and his word which he cast to Mary: a spirit from him.
So believe in God and his apostles and do not say 'Three'.
Forebear, and it shall be better for you. God is but
one God. God forbid that he should have a son!"
9:30 "The Jews say Ezra is the son of God, while the
Christians say the Messiah is the son of God.
Such are their assertions, by which they imitate the
infidels of old. God confound them! How perverse they are!"
19:88 "Those who say: 'The Lord of Mercy has begotten
a son.' preach a monstrous falsehood,
at which the very heavens might crack, the earth break
asunder, and the mountains crumble to dust.
That they should ascribe a son to the Merciful, when
it does not become the Lord of Mercy to beget one."
23:91 "We have revealed to them the truth, but they
are liars all.
Never has God begotten a son, nor is there any other
god besides him."
37:150 "Surely they lie when they declare: 'God has begotten children.'"
see also 5:114 5:172 10:68 17:111 19:33 39:2 43:82 72:2
Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to
save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already
because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world,
but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil." Jn
316-19
Jesus refers to God as his Father 81 times in John's Gospel.
Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jn 146
What does God say
of the Future?
Jer 319-37
They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. ...
Because I am Israel's father ...
The Lord will ransom Jacob and redeem them from the hand that is stronger
than they ...
I will turn their mourning into gladness ... The time is coming, declares
the Lord ...
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
...
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be stretched
out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel because
of all they have done, declares the Lord.
Ro 111
I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!
Ro 1125-29
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may
not be conceited:
Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles
has come in.
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come
from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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,
for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.
Hos 111-9
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me.
They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms;
but they did not realize it was I who healed them.
I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love;
I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them ...
How can I give you up, Ephraim?
Zech 83-8
This is what the Lord says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem.
Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth ...
Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,
...
The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there...
It may seem marvellous to the remnant of this people at that time,
but will it seem marvellous to me?" declares the Lord
Almighty.
"I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.
I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem;
they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous
to them as their God."
Zech 1210 131
And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on
me, the one they have pierced,
and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only
child...
On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from
sin and impurity.
Jesus, the Son of God, came as the Lamb of God. Many were saved.
Jewish Christians blessed all nations in bringing us the gospel of salvation.
God is always faithful to what he has promised. Gen 123
Thankfully God has not finished with me; neither has he finished with the
Jews.
Israel's trouble has not ended yet.
In that day no one will support Israel except the Lord Almighty.
Zech 121-9
Then, and only then, will Salem have peace instead of war. Is
21-3
Hasmonean Tunnel
Exit and Nablus 'Massacre'
Two examples of the media swallowing Arafat's misinformation, and a gullible
public believing it.
Few ever published the truth about these events.
And the world was left criticising Israel and having sympathy for the
Palestinians.
The new exit was opened 24/9/96, and sparked off riots in Judea and Gaza.
Arafat immediately claimed that it undermined the El Aksa mosque and insulted
Islam
He encouraged the Palestinians to immediate and violent demonstration.
The Facts are somewhat different:
Tunnel was not new. It was built by Hasmoneans in about 160 BC
Discovered by Warren in 1867.
It has been open to the public since 1988, with it's entrance and exit at
the Western Wall plaza.
This was clearly inconvenient for the many visitors.
The north end of the tunnel at the Via Dolorosa was blocked up in 1986
(Only the concrete blocks were removed on 24/9/96)
The whole of the tunnel is outside the Temple Mount
and the 'new' exit is about 500 metres from the NW corner
of the Temple Mount
The opening of the exit was previously agreed with Wakf,
in exchange for the extension of Solomon's Stables that
are under the Temple Mount.
Why was it made such an issue that it resulted in 70 deaths (10 Israeli)?
Arafat was becoming increasingly unpopular among Palestinians.
Dictator, torture, injustice, stealing etc by PA. No grass roots benefit
of 'Peace'.
Israeli borders closed after Hamas/Fatah bombings. Costs £2m/day.
Misuse of funds, lack of accountability reduces International aid.
So Arafat leads 'religious war' against Israel to gain popularity.
Main (unmentioned) underlying 'Tunnel Issues' are:
Who controls NE part of Old City (Arab quarter)?
Hasmoneans were Jews from the family of Maccabe who ruled from 163BC to the
time of Christ,
David conquered the Jebusites and took Jerusalem in 1000 BC.
His descendants, had ruled Jerusalem for over 800 years when the tunnel was
built.
Arab Islam did not come on the scene until the 7th Century AD
So this tunnel reveals the lie to the Palestinian claim to be the original
inhabitants.
Arafat is a master at re-writing history. It is amazing how many believe
him.
In Dec 1995 when the PA were given control of Bethlehem, Arafat chanted
"Jesus was a Palestinian, Jesus was a Palestinian!" But Jesus was and remains
a Jew!
For a whole week the news media claimed a massacre in the Nablus Refugee
camp.
In fact even the UN report said only 50 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli
army.
and 47 were armed terrorists.
Before and after aerial photos show only a very small area of the city was
flattened.
In the future the major battle will be for Jerusalem.
Jews, Islam, Vatican and International community are each eagre for control.
But see Zech 121 - 132. It is the God of Israel who
is and remains the Almighty.
Israel has been widely condemned in the world media for non-compliance of
Oslo.
Blame is currently levelled at the 'right wing' government of Netanyahu.
The PA is far more non-compliant; but this is rarely reported: e.g.
No serious action against terrorism.
Only minor Hamas men arrested and then released a few weeks later
In Arabic, Arafat, Husseini etc always praise these 'martyrs of Palestine'.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have not been disarmed.
Repeatedly refuse to give Israel a list of PA recruits (many are wanted
terrorists)
PA Police were limited to 12,000. They are now an army of over 40,000.
Their arms are also far greater and more numerous than that agreed.
PA refuse to extradite any terrorists wanted for the murder of Israelis.
Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah are now terrorist strongholds.
Routine abuse of human rights by PA. Torture (at least 19 have died in custody)
Extortion, trials without defence, imprisonment without trial, etc.
Even Amnesty International and Peace Watch are critical of the PA.
Press freedom is a joke, except to those imprisoned and shut down.
PLO Covenant that calls for the destruction of Israel has still not been
changed.
PNC has only approved a committee to recommend amendments.
The charter still calls for the total destruction of Israel in stages.
This is still the Arab objective, in spite of the 'Peace Charade' (See Fateh
below)
The PA still ensures that all Palestinian children are educated to hate Israelis.
In the peace process Israel has conceded so much that war is now more likely
than before because the Arabs are stronger. The world
may not care, but God does!
Whenever Arafat does not get what he wants he threatens / uses violence.
The awful truth about Arab terrorism is that it does pay!
Like Egypt after Camp David, the Palestinians have gained much land;
but what has Israel gained except paper with worthless
signatures?
Current question is when will Arafat unilaterally declare a Palestinian State?
Sept 2000?
He is old and sick and would love to see his dream come true.
Dare he risk it? Does he have enough land for the state to be viable?
Will he take over Jordan now King Hussein has died, like he tried to in 1971?
What would Israel and the world community do?
The Fateh Constitution.
Arafat remains head of the Fateh terrorist movement;
One the many groups that make up the PLO.
Their constitution is currently published on the Internet at
http://www.fateh.org
The following Articles make clear their real objective, whatever 'Peace'
treaty's they sign.
Article 12. Complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist
economic, political, military and cultural existence
Article 13. Establishing an independent democratic state with complete
sovereignty on all Palestinian lands,
and Jerusalem is its capital city, and protecting the
citizens' legal and equal rights without any racial or religious discrimination.
Article 19. Armed struggle is a strategy and not a tactic, and the Palestinian
Arab People's armed revolution
is a decisive factor in the liberation fight and in
uprooting the Zionist existence,
and this struggle will not cease unless the Zionist
state is demolished and Palestine is completely liberated.