Sadly, anti-Semitism is alive and well in
2010. The recent incident with the Turkish
ship bringing "humanitarian supplies" to the
Palestinians has sparked a world-wide outcry
of anti-Israeli sentiments. President Obama
and this current administration has been
very clear in its' support for the enemies
of Israel, putting us on the wrong side of
God. The bottom line is that Israel has
every right to defend itself from those who
brazenly call for the destruction of the
state of Israel and all of the Jewish
people, just as we have the right to defend
ourselves from those who seek our
destruction..
Like in everything, God's Word gives us the
clear truth regarding Israel. Please, do
yourself a favor right now and get your
Bible and sit down and spend the next 10
minutes reading the anchor verses for today,
Genesis 12:1-7, 13:14-16, 15:18; Deuteronomy
9:4-6; Joshua 1:1-11, 21:43-45. You could
spend hours reading all the passages in
God's Word that confirm that modern-day
Israel is the land God promised to Abraham
and gave to His children. You do not have to
be a Bible scholar to quickly realize in
just the few key passages I have given you
today that the land of Israel is indeed the
exact land God Himself promised to His
children 4,000 years ago, and fulfilled that
promise in 1385 B.C. when Joshua took
possession of that land.
Having laid the Biblical case to support
that the land of Israel belongs to the
Jewish people, now you can see why giving
away even one inch of that land to anyone
else is going against God Himself. No
person, no nation, has the right to give
away what God promised and gave to the
Jewish people. Those who do make themselves
an enemy of God! Over and over throughout
the Bible and human history, nations have
invaded this land, taken it over, only to be
defeated in the end. The land of Israel is
only 20,330 sq km, slightly smaller than the
state of New Jersey. Out of the billions of
square miles that exist on this earth, this
is the only place on the planet God
literally promised and gave to His children.
For anyone to go in and try to give a piece
of that land away is foolish.
That is why the current "peace plan" the
United States has had such a large role in
working out will never work and has actually
put our nation on the opposite side of God .
. . again! Let me be clear. The Gaza Strip
belongs to ISRAEL! The West Bank belongs to
ISRAEL! Jerusalem, all of it, belongs to
ISRAEL! For this nation to be involved in
any deals, even under the guise of "peace,"
that involves giving away the land God gave
to the children of Israel is taking on God
Himself. Not to mention that this land is
being given away to the ENEMIES OF ISRAEL.
My friend, one of the problems many have
with the Bible is that they can't understand
why a God of love would command His children
to go to war and "kill every man, woman,
child, and living thing" as He did many
times in the Old Testament. The reason was
this. God in His omniscience knew that the
enemies of Israel, those who came to possess
their land, had no desire for peace but the
complete destruction and annihilation of the
Jewish people. The complete obliteration of
the Jewish people was their ONLY goal, not
peace. Sadly, there are some people who have
no desire for peace, only death and
destruction and you either destroy them or
they destroy you. That is one of the sad
realaties of living in this fallen and evil
world.
For those who oppose the war in Iraq and
Afghanistan, they either don't understand or
are completely blind to the fact that there
are people on this planet whose only goal is
the complete destruction of the United
States and every person who lives here. That
means you and your family too. I am thankful
that this current administration understands
this fact and that the peace-nuts we see on
TV constantly don't have the power to impose
their Pollyanna views of life on the defense
policies of this nation or we would all be
in grave danger. The sad reality is that
there are real people alive this very moment
whose very real goal is the complete
destruction of the United States. We will
either kill them or they will kill us. We
are blessed that our forefathers understood
the evil that exists in this world or we
would not be here today, enjoying the
wonderful freedoms and life we do.
Israel also clearly understands the reality
that there are people who desire their death
and destruction. They don't have the luxury
of great oceans on either side as we do, and
their enemies literally live all around
them. That is what makes this current "peace
plan" so silly. To actually take some of the
small amount of land that belongs to Israel
and literally give it to their enemies is
absurd and ridiculous. It will only embolden
and empower those who seek the destruction
of Israel. Again, make no mistake about it.
While we and others seek "peace," it takes
TWO to make peace.
Despite the claims by the Palestinian
leadership, their goal is NOT peace but the
destruction of Israel. I have always been
amused at why anyone thinks it is necessary
to give the little strip of land God gave to
Israel away to her enemies, when Israel is
surrounded by Arab nations with VAST AMOUNTS
of land who could easily assimilate their
Arab brothers into their countries. Why do
the Palestinians have to live on the land
God gave to Israel when there is plenty of
land in neighboring Arab countries they
could live on? What is wrong with a "peace
plan" that gave some of the land in
surrounding Arab countries to the
Palestinians?
I want to close with a powerful promise God
made to Abraham 4,000 years ago in 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." This one verse of Scripture is why
what is happening in Israel right now is so
critical to THIS NATION! In being part of a
plan to give away the land God gave to
Israel to anyone, especially her enemies who
seek her destruction, puts us on the wrong
side of God. We should be seeking the
BLESSINGS of God, not His CURSES!
Even though most Jewish people have rejected
Christ as their Savior, blinded to the
reality that He is the Messiah they were
promised in the Old Testament, they were,
are, and always will be God's chosen people.
The promise God gave Abraham in Genesis 12:3
is still in effect today. Our Christian
faith is traced back through the children of
Israel. The last events of this world will
be played out in Israel. That is why we need
to pray for and support the Jewish people
and God's plan for the land of Israel. Our
blessings in life come from following God,
not being in opposition to God!