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by Bill Perkins
...Jerusalem...the city of the great King.
Matthew 5:35
The entire world is involved in a dogfight over the land of Israel. The
United Nations Security Council ruled in December that Israel should
change her borders--that she had no right to East Jerusalem, which
includes such things as the Old City of Jerusalem, the Temple Mount and
the Wailing Wall!
Normally the United States would have used our veto power to block that Security Council ruling. Since Israel's beginning in 1948, we've
always protected our staunch ally in the Middle East.
But Barack Hussein Obama, for the first time in U.S. history, stuck his finger in the air and abandoned Israel. He hasn't got a clue what
he's done.
"I will bless those who bless [Israel], and the one who curses [Israel] I will
curse." Gen. 12:3
This past weekend 70 nations met in France regarding who has rights to
Israel's land. They concluded that Israel should compromise her security
and change to unmanageable borders. That, of course, will never happen.
Those 70 nations also have no clue that they're playing with fire. God says
to NEVER divide Israel or change her borders.
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of
Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there ...[because]
they have divided up My land. Joel 3:2
Now, coming in like a knight in shining armor, is Donald Trump, who thankfully sees through the
world's unfairness to Israel. He's promised to return the United States to fully supporting Israel.
It should be an interesting time as Trump begins to undo the myriads of unconstitutional Executive Orders put in place by Barack
Hussein Obama. Just saying....
Slowing the World's March Toward Globalism. But can Trump trump the New World Order's march to a global government? Or at least slow it down? Time will tell. In the meantime, the push for peace in the Middle East by the United Nations, or by the 70 nations who met in France, IS an indication the world sees Israel as a problem, even if we don't.
"It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for
all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of
the earth will be gathered against it." Zech. 12:3
Thankfully God has given us a reprieve, it seems, with the new leadership in America that supports Israel. At least it's not ALL nations yet! All but one.
Can the "whose land is it" problem ever be solved? No. Eventually the
world's push for peace will lead to a 7-year peace treaty, as prophesied in
Danial 9:27. And since that's a post-Rapture event, watching all this is quite
interesting to Believers looking for signs of our exhilarating exodus!
In the meantime our prayer is still for peace in Jerusalem, albeit temporary,
or even for a stalemate, so Israel can continue to grow and prosper.
To understand the true problem between Israel, the Muslims and the
land of Canaan, the following is a brief factual outline.
Understanding The Two Sides
On one side is the relatively new nation of Israel, fulfilling 2600-year-old prophecies that say after about 2000 years of world-wide dispersion, Israel would indeed return to her God-given land.
Since 1917 Israel has lived
surrounded by mortal enemies. The Jewish people have worked hard in a barren desert, draining swamps and building cities, making a viable and strong nation. They do want peace, but not at any price.
On the other side are the ancient Muslim-dominated nations that surround
Israel. They vehemently detest her very presence, refusing even to recognize Israel as a legitimate country. The Arab school textbooks literally teach Arabs should kill Jews whenever possible.*
The Arabs literally wish to kill every Israeli in the land. That sounds
presumptuous, but it's true. If the Arabs lay down their guns, there would be peace. If Israel lays down her guns, they would be run over.
The Most Important Land in Israel
The gold-covered Dome of the Rock, so prominent on Jerusalem's skyline on Mount Moriah, stands as a visible testament to the sharp divisions between Israel and the Arabs.
The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim shrine (not a mosque) and sits atop the Jewish Temple Mount, the eastern border of the Old City of Jerusalem. Since 1967 the Temple Mount has been controlled by Israel. Her soldiers are positioned there 24/7 to keep the peace.
Mount Moriah is the most important place on the planet to God. It's where
Abraham offered Issac, where the first two Jewish Temples were located,
where Jesus was crucified, and where Jesus' world throne will be located
during His future 1000-year reign.
Since 1967, Israel has allowed the Muslims to use and maintain the Temple
Mount area. In addition to the Dome, they have two mosques on the south
end--one built above ground and one recently built below the ground.
The Temple Mount, built atop Mount Moriah and outlined
in red, is controlled by Israel--but Muslims are allowed to
use the area. The purple represents the size of the original
Jewish Temple compared to the Dome of the Rock today
The Dome of the Rock is referred to by the Muslims as their third most Holy
site, next to Mecca and Medina. It sits atop the architecturally rich Jewish
ruins of the Herodian-built Temple Mount, which was constructed around
the time of Christ's birth.
Dome Blocking Temple?
Could the Jews rebuild their Temple today or is the Dome blocking its
rightful spot? We know that the Jews go back to sacrifices in the Tribulation
because the New World Leader puts a stop to the Jewish sacrifices half-way
through the 7-year Tribulation. Therefore the Temple must be rebuilt.
"...in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice." Dan. 9:27b
There's no consensus among the Jews as to where the Temple should be
built. Ultimately, when the Two Witnesses show up after the Rapture, they'll
show where the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt (Rev. 11:1,2). (See probable
location in purple, above).
The Jewish Temple probably was NOT standing where the Dome stands
today because the Dome was built on the pentagon-shaped ruins of the
Roman Temple of Jupiter that was destroyed in 638 AD by invading Muslims.
Another reason is that several ancient writings confirm the Jewish Temple was located directly across from the Eastern Gate. You can clearly see today that the Eastern Gate is not
positioned directly in front of the Dome of the Rock, proving there is a large empty space on
the Temple Mount where the Jewish temple could be rebuilt.
Regardless, the FACT that the Jewish Temple that Herod built 2000 years
ago sat somewhere atop Mount Moriah is verifiable and unquestioned by
anyone with two brain cells. The Muslims, naturally, deny this fact.
For His unknown purposes, God allowed the Dome of
the Rock (a Muslim shrine to their pagan moon-god) to be built during Israel's 1900-year dispersion from the land of Israel.
If nothing else, the dome has stood for 1400 years, deterring the Jews from beginning work to rebuild the Jewish Temple until God's appointed time.
Satan is well aware of the importance of Mount Moriah. Of all the arguments over "land" and "borders" in Israel, who has rights to the Temple Mount is the most contentious of all. And that's what the real fight is being fought over.
God Says He Gave The Land To Israel
The Muslims claim the Temple Mount, as well as all
of Israel, belongs to them. This runs both against
logic and also against God's Biblical grant of the land to all of Israel's
descendants.
"...I will give it (Israel) to you and to your descendants
forever." Genesis 13:15
"On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, 'To your
descendants I have given this land."
Genesis 15:18
"I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your
sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession;" Genesis
17:8
But God was even more specific... here He lists the area given to Israel by
people-groups.
"the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite and the Hittite and the
Perizzite and the Rephaim and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the
Girgashite and the Jebusite." Gen 15:19-21
The most important of the above groups was the Jebusites, who lived in
Jebus, today called Jerusalem. Their city was built on the southern end of
Mount Moriah. God confirmed the city of JERUSALEM was GIVEN to Israel
FOREVER.
Palestine Given To The Arabs In 1924
Most people are unaware that originally, in the
1917 British Balfore Agreement, the land of Israel included Jordan! But the Arabs went nuts, demanding then what they are demanding now... "a two-state solution."
So 7 years later, England bowed to
Arab pressure, and in 1924 lopped off 3/4s of Israel and gave it to the Arabs for a two-state solution. It's interesting that he decline of the British Empire as a world power began at this very time.
But don't miss this astonishing fact: The Arabs demanded a two-state solution, and they were given Jordan to satisfy their demands.THEREFORE, they already have their two state solution!!!
But despite getting 3/4s of the area
designated to Israel, the Arabs weren't
satisfied. They wanted it all. They demanded
Jerusalem also be given to them despite Jerusalem not even being mentioned in the Koran. They jockeyed back and forth until Israel's War of
Independence in 1948.
Israel Won The War
The Arabs and the United Nations don't follow the Bible's commands. They
couldn't care less that our Bible says the land belongs to Israel. But what
about accepted results of war? Consider these facts:
Israel became a nation again on May 14, 1948.
President Truman quickly recognized Israel as a nation.
The very next day 900,000 Arab troops from six nations
invaded Israel.
Israel had only 600,000 men, women and children living in the land, no government, and no standing army. The Israelis fought for their lives and held a lot of what the UN had given them.
But neighboring Jordan captured the Temple Mount area, as well as East Jerusalem. Jordan illegally occupied East Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria, referred to today as "The West Bank," from 1948 to 1967. Israel accepted this war loss.
Never once in those twenty years did the Arabs try to make a country
out of the West Bank! If the land was so important to the Arabs to make a
country, why didn't they do it when they had it under their
control? It was because they didn't want "some" of Israel, they wanted "all" of Israel.
In 1967 the Arabs were amassing troops on Israel's borders while at the same time proclaiming to the world that they were getting ready to push Israel into the sea. Israel took them at their word, launched a pre-emptive defense strike, and the Six-Day War began.
In this brief war, Israel took the Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. See map ---> Israel won the green areas in the
1967 Six Day War
This was a bitter defeat for the Arabs. Six years later, in 1973 the Arabs
attacked Israel again. But this time the Arabs kept their plan a secret and
attacked on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Israel's most holy day of
the year. Although caught completely off-guard, Israel again repelled the
onslaught.
Peace with Egypt and Jordan
With Israel desperately wanting peace, the United States was able to
negotiate/broker a "land for peace" deal with Egypt. Israel
gave up the oil-rich Sinai desert to make peace with Egypt. But Egypt refused to take back Gaza!
Jordan made peace with Israel in 1994, but they wouldn't take back the West Bank! So today you have these two areas, Gaza and the West Bank (ancient Judea & Samaria)
that have become a political football re-named "Palestine."
So what the Arabs couldn't get in war, they're now using fictitious "Palestine" as an invented reason to get Israel's
land via a United Nations' decree.
What The Liberals Won't Tell You
Never lose sight of the fact that "Palestine" never existed
before Yassar Arafat in the 1980s. Consider these facts:
There has never been a nation of "Palestinians." Never! The United Nation just made it up--made something from nothing. The UN has referred to the "Low sinking of a once-proud nation." Really?
When and what was it so proud of?
Palestine has no history, no culture, no currency and no former capital. It has no former borders that it has ever in history defended.
It's had no former government, no former major cities and no former
language. No country in the world has ever recognized its existence at any
time in world history.
As I said, from 1948 to 1967, the Arabs controlled the areas in question:
Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and Philistia (Gaza), and they never once
tried to make a nation out of them. Why not? Because they don't want a
nation, they want Israel wiped out.
The Muslims are a Satanically driven people, thinking they're serving Allah,
who is really the devil in disguise.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this
darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Eph. 6:11-12
Really, the "Palestinians" are nothing but generic Arabs. There was never a
push for any kind of country until they lost the war in 1967.
The "Palestinians" openly state that their goal is to wipe out Israel. They
won't recognize Israel as a legitimate country, even though they got their
nation-status from the U.N., just like Israel.
Arabs Elect Terrorists For Leadership
Israel, at the world's insistence, pulled their citizens completely out of Gaza
so the Gazans could elect their own government.
What did Gazans do with their new democratic freedom? They promptly
elected a terrorist organization, Hamas, for its leadership. The terrorists then began firing tens of thousands of rockets at Israeli men, women and children only blocks away.
What would you think if Toronto, Canada began firing thousands of rockets
at Detroit, trying to kill people? Or if Mexico began firing rockets at San
Diego? Yet the world does nothing about Gaza's missiles and blames Israel
for retaliating! Satan, Satan, Satan.
The United States has had Israel's back through the years, always protected
her with our VETO power. But Barack Hussein Obama changed all that as
he left office, leaving Israel to twist in the wind.
Immediately after the UN vote, a ticked-off U.S. House of Representatives
voted 342-80 declaring that it "opposes UN Security Council resolution
2334 and will work to strengthen the US/Israel relationship" and for future
status issues toward a two-state solution to be "resolved ... between the
parties."
What will Trump do? He will support Israel and call a terrorist a terrorist. We welcome the change!
Is all this our Nineveh moment? On one hand, so much has recently
changed. On the other hand, nothing has changed!
BP
