I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land. (Leviticus 26:42 – Emphasis added.)
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me… (Isaiah 49:14-16)
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All mankind is out to rob the Jewish people of half of what they have of their ancestral homeland, and give it to the Arabs who already have 22 states of their own.
As 2008 began, George W. Bush came to Jerusalem to add his personal weight to the momentum he generated just over a month earlier at the ‘International Conference for the Creation of Palestine’ in Annapolis.
Speaking in Jerusalem, he repeated his full, personal commitment to helping bring this Arab state into being before another 12 months have passed.
The entire international community supports this land theft and is willing to gamble with Israel’s existence by exacting this price from the universally-despised, yet peace seeking, Jewish leadership, instead of demanding payment for peace from the aggressive and antisemitic Arab regimes.
In “Christianity†– Protestant and Catholic – almost every denomination agrees that the land-for-peace process is the right way to go, and exhorts its members to support it and pray to this end.
In Judaism, the majority of Jews are resigned to the “inevitability†of this division of the land of their fathers and the surrender to Islam of the cradle of their nationhood; exhausted, they are ready to sever themselves forever from Shechem, Bethel, Shiloh, Bethlehem, Hebron and half of Jerusalem including its most important site – the Temple Mount.
Even pro-Israel churches and Christian Zionist organizations – virtually all of them - are unwilling to stand effectively against this land-grab for fear of upsetting the government in Jerusalem and/or alienating the millions of Jews who now go along with it.
Is it really so surprising? Common sense and logic certainly leave little doubt that Israel’s case is a lost cause; that those who have remained willing to stand with the Jewish state might as well pack up and go home.
But take a look at the first verse at the top of this article: Leviticus 26:42. It’s amazing!
Three times in a single sentence God spells it out, saying: “I will remember.â€
And three times He uses the word “covenant,†emphasizing that He made it with Abraham and with Isaac and with Jacob.
Which covenant will He remember? He will remember the covenant of the Land, and who He gave it to.
No room is left for questioning which line of Abraham’s descendants this covenant was made with. In fact, the way it is written, the Scripture is not merely saying that the covenant was inherited by Isaac and Jacob; it says that God made this covenant – this specific covenant of the Land – individually with each of these three men.
Why is this important? Because there are those who argue that due to the Arabs also being descended from Abraham, they too are entitled to this land. God has surely emphasized this very point for a reason!
But the real point of this article is to highlight God’s promise to never, never, never forget the centrality of the Land of Israel to His covenant with the people of Israel.
Without the Land there is no covenant. The Land has always been at the heart of the matter: It is the stage upon which God’s plan of redemption has been, continues to be, and will ultimately be, played out:
From the institution of the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; through the forging into a nation of the people of Israel; through the founding in David of the dynasty of the Messiah; through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; through the millennia-long yearning of the Jews to return home; through their physical restoration over the last 160 years; through the foretold coming alongside Israel of true gentile believers – 10 from each nation taking hold of every Jew; through the alliance of all the nations against the Jews; through the deliverance of Israel and her restoration as a nation to her God; to the establishment of Messiah’s kingdom on earth, in the Holy Land, in Jerusalem: From beginning to end, the little Land of Israel is front and center in the purposes of God.
Sadly – in fact, it’s more than just sad – many Christians who say they want to move with God’s purposes for Israel and to comfort His people seem to have forgotten about the significance of the geographical territory or, at least, to have downgraded the Land’s importance in relation to the commitment they have made to stand with the Jews.
Even one, high-profile believing author who has correctly identified Israel as “the epicenter†of all the things that are coming upon the earth appears confused about how Christians should respond to the international effort to divide up this land, and has advised his audience to pray for progress towards success in the “peace process.â€
As Bush flew to Israel on January 8, this brother urged us to “pray faithfully that President Bush’s peace mission to the region is fruitful and effective … that he is able to strengthen the resolve of the Reformers … to become even more unified in fighting the Radicals.â€
“Let’s pray that moderate forces within the Palestinian society feel strengthened to find a peaceful coexistence with the Israelis and have the courage to oppose the Hamas extremists…,†he continued.
Completely lacking was the perception that a “fruitful†peace mission for Bush meant increased danger for Israel. And swallowed hook, line and sinker was the State Department’s prescription for peace: strengthening the moderates to withstand the extremists.
The Devil is not confused. For him, the battle lines are clearly drawn and he knows precisely where to direct his forces at this stage in the war. For Satan, the number one issue remains the battle for the land. While he is without doubt continuing his feverish work to spiritually corrupt and consume the people of Israel, the main focus by far of his effort and activity is to secure ownership of the Land away from the Jews.
Listen to the extra-ordinarily loud volume at which the world is sounding its demand for the establishment of a Palestinian state on Israel’s ancient homeland.
Do the math on the enormous amount of political capital being expended by the world to ensure the realization of this goal.
Witness the last-ditch efforts – in 2000 of President Bill Clinton, and today of President George W. Bush – to resolve the Israeli-Arab dispute before they leave office.
For those with eyes to see, Satan’s driven purpose in these days is to reverse or roll back the physical restoration of Israel that has been unfolding over the last 120 years. By doing so he wants to prevent Israel’s spiritual restoration which has been promised by God, but which is predicated upon the Jews first being back inside, and sovereign in, their ancient land.
While enabling the Jews to return to the Land of Israel and there establish their national homeland was historically the first target and a central component of biblical Christian Zionism (or, as it was first known, Restorationism,) and which goal until just a few years ago directed the actions and strategies of many Bible-believing Christians who had been led to embrace Israel, this is in too many instances no longer the case.
Some of the most well-known Christian Zionist organizations and individuals have, in fact, relegated the question of the restoration of the Land to second or even third place – to the point where the only thing they are prepared to do about this question is periodically express their belief that the land belongs to the Jews and will “one day†all be theirs.
In the late 1990s, shortly before the eruption of the “Second Intifada,†the Christian Zionist position that had been held for so long began to unravel.
Up until then, the movement’s mainstream consensus had always been that:
• After thousands of years in exile, the remnant of the Jewish people – those who survived the endless efforts to annihilate them as a race – would return to their land.
• They would come from the four corners of the earth, a once great people sifted like wheat among the nations, decimated by centuries of wandering and persecution, but resolved to bring their ancient country back to life and to once again become a nation with a homeland of their own.
• The majority of these returning Jews would be spiritually dead – claiming belief in no God, an increasing number growing remote from the faith their forefathers had miraculously clung to through the ages, they would strive to rebuild their homeland in their own strength.
• After their return to their land, AND THE RETURN OF THEIR LAND TO THEM, the Jews as a nation would have their hearts restored in relationship with the God of Israel.
• And then the Messiah would come.
Appealing to “solid theology,†or “new factors†which have come into play, a number of Christian Zionist leaders steered their organizations off course, and today their actions suggest that the restoration of the Land of Israel to the Jewish people and its unification under Jewish sovereignty no longer demands our “untiring international effort.â€
Some principle figures have actually gone so far as to teach the opposite, aiming to pry the question of solidarity with the Land away from the question of support for the People.
One leader maintains that because so many developments have occurred during the time between Israel’s 1948 rebirth and the present, Christian Zionists need to reassess their stand and no longer “adhere without question to perceptions and programmes which were valid in the past.â€
This man, a British Christian, believes that because “Israel has come to a point where there seems no human or political solution to the situation facing her, …there is a growing conviction that God is now not so much concerned to act politically as to act redemptively.â€
Another influential leader insists that by focusing attention and action on the Land of Israel, Christians have ignored or overlooked Israel’s spiritual condition. Christians who involve themselves with the question of where Israel’s borders should be are, according to this brother, “political Christian Zionists†instead of “biblical Christian Zionists.â€
These prominent men hold that because the battle over the Land of Israel – the battle we read about daily in our newspapers – is being used by God to turn the nation back to Himself, we are getting in God’s way when we fight against the efforts to wrest this land from the Jews; to whit, we are “being unhelpful to the purposes of God.â€
According to another veteran in the Christian Zionist movement, the “problem†with Christians believing that the Jews should have control over all their God-given land is that “Israel is largely a secular, unbelieving state.â€
It has also been pointed out that, while God’s giving of the Land to the Jews as an eternal inheritance was unconditional, their right to domicile (to live in the land) was conditioned upon their right-standing with the Lord.
The inference is that Israel’s enemies would not be able to take parts of the Land from the Jews if Israel was a nation of saintly, godly people.
But Israel’s spiritual state is no different today than it has been for hundreds of years.
The majority of Jews who first came to settle the land in the late 1800s and early 1900s were socialists. Theodore Herzl was agnostic. David Ben Gurion was an avowed atheist, as were a great many of those men around him when he stood to proclaim Israel an independent state 60 years ago this year. Chaim Weizmann, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, Abba Eban, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon: almost every one of Israel’s great men and women have been secular Jews.
God was nowhere to be “found†among these people, yet He chose to use specifically this “ungodly†crowd to pave the way for, and make possible, Israel’s rebirth.
Did these Jews’ lack of faith prevent William Hechler, Orde Wingate and other Restorationists/Christian Zionists from whole-heartedly supporting the Zionist movement and applauding the developments that culminated in the establishment of the State of Israel?
Thank God, no!
And in the century before the First World War, did the fact that enormous numbers of the Jews in exile had embraced secular humanism and/or socialism, cause Christians like William Wilberforce, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Palmerston and Arthur Balfour to wonder whether their efforts to facilitate the return of the dispersed Jews to Eretz Yisrael were perhaps “not helpful to the purposes of God?â€
Of course not!
What’s more, from a believer’s perspective, those Israelis at the forefront of the effort to get their countrymen to embrace land-for peace represent the most anti-religious elements of Israeli society. The Norwegian and other European politicians such Israelis concocted the Oslo Agreement with were also secular humanists.
By vivid contrast, the Israelis who strive to live according to Torah, who spurn the secular “Tel Aviv†lifestyle, remaining faithful in their marriages and in their service to their families and communities; those who live in the “occupied territories†– enduring the violence of the Arabs and the loathing of the world – precisely because they WANT to obey God’s command to “settle the land:†It is these most God-fearing of Jews – the very ones who seek to abide by God’s conditions for their right of domicile – who are the main immediate victims of the anti-God world’s “peace†efforts.
How can Christian Zionists then “have nothing to say†about the peace process and disengagement which so blatantly operate against the declared purposes of the Almighty and those Jews who want to be aligned with Him?
The biblically foretold “restoration of Israel†has a sequence: The restoration of the Land to the People followed by the restoration of the People to the Land, followed by the return of the light of God’s grace and favor to His people in their Land, followed by the return of the People in the Land to their God.
Israel’s restoration was always destined to be first physical, and then spiritual. Bone first has to come to bone so that the skeletons are fully rebuilt.
These in turn have to be covered with sinews, tendons, flesh and skin.
Only then, after their physical reconstitution is complete, is the eternal-life giving Spirit to enter the reconstructed bodies and cause them to stand to their feet as a living, “exceedingly great army.†This is what God told Ezekiel.
Again: First the Land had to be readied for the People. Then the people had to be brought to the Land. In the still ongoing aliyah we see this physical reunification of People and Land. This, as the prophets foretell, will be followed by the People being reunited with their God.
As we move on into this year, which began with President Bush’s visit to Jerusalem where he reiterated his determination to establish Palestine on the Land of Israel before he leaves the White House, surely only those who do not want to see the obvious can still doubt that the question of the Land is as crucial and as central as it has always been.
The battle over the Land is raging more fiercely than ever, and yet for all our pledges and commitments, past statements and vows, only a few Christian Zionists are fighting on this front.
Afraid to oppose the wishes of Israel’s worn down and “tired†(by their own admission) politicians, some Israel-based Christian Zionists say they are “only guests in the land†while those in other lands say it is wrong to take issue with the decisions of a government elected by the Israeli people.
As if standing politely by while the Jews are (again!) threatened with destruction is any way to comfort, support, and stand in solidarity with them!
The enemy is directing a full-scale assault against the Jews’ presence in the heart of their God-given land. Surely we Christian Zionists should be on our faces before God, reminding Him of His promises and giving Him no rest until He routs the Evil One and establishes Jerusalem as His and as Israel’s – a praise in the earth? Surely we should be out in strength in the streets of Washington DC, Ottawa, London, Berlin, Canberra, Wellington, Cape Town and Jerusalem, decrying the bald-faced, bullying effort to steal the Jews’ land and lobbying our leaders with everything we have to oppose the creation of a Palestinian state at Israel’s expense?
Israelis, responding to those who say “but Israel’s leaders themselves support a two-state solution†have told this writer that the reason their prime ministers have finally succumbed is because they have felt unable to stand alone against the world.
Had the millions of Christians who claim to love Israel effectively demanded that their governments stop forcing Jerusalem down this road and instead start pressuring the Arab side to “take risks for peace,†Israel would never have reached this point.
More specifically others have said that, if just 10,000 Christians had come to Israel and made their way to the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there to take up positions between the Israeli security forces and the Jews they were coming to evict, the whole “Disengagement†might never have taken place.
But where were we? We were nowhere to be seen. Afraid or unwilling to put our words into actions, we Christian Zionists failed Israel in Gaza.
Now, in 2008, as the Bush administration, the Quartet, indeed the entire world musters to drive the Jews out of Samaria and Judea, steal that land from them, and give it to a people who have never been a nation there (or anywhere else), so that they can use it as a springboard to destroy what will be left of the Jewish state, are we set to fail them yet again?
God will not fail them. He has not forgotten the covenant He made with Abraham, the word which He commanded for a thousand generations, the oath He made to Isaac and confirmed to Jacob, saying: “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance.” (1 Chronicles 16: 15-18)Â
“I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
I will plant them in their land,
And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15)
God will not fail them, and we, Christian Zionists, should visibly and in numbers be seen to be standing with God as He fights for them.
The hour is very, very late. Instead of dilly-dallying to try and please all men – even all Israelis – may we steel ourselves, preparing effectively to come to Israel’s defense, to strengthen the Jewish hands that are hanging with exhaustion, in surrender.
And as we proclaim God’s powerful and unchanging Word, may we position ourselves firmly against the forces of this evil world, and unashamedly on the side of this precious nation which the enemy so seeks destroy.
May God help us.
Good article Stan
I assume that the epicentre man is J.R. Hard to understand that he is unaware of the plan that Fatah is following. Abbas, the moderate, is only following a plan that is 34 years old. Fatah is as extreme as Hamas. These moderates know how to lie to western media, well in fact they do not have to lie, because there are never a tough question asked by westerners any more//Micael
Stan, I made my first trip to Israel in 2005. I fell in love with the land and the people. I have been homesick ever since to return. By Gods grace and mercy I am returning in June of ‘08. This may be the last opprotunity for any of us to again see and feel his presence in his land. I pray for you and all the beautiful people of Gods land and for the peace and restoration which is surely coming. I weep however for my country and my misguided President and leaders who surround him who speak who speak as those they or any man can alter Gods plan for this land and people. God bless Israel and God help the US.
I am here. I am for Israel. I am for God’s plan. I am here praying. I, by myself ,am nothing but a weak human being. E-mails to those in power are ignored. Marches on the street are ignored. The world is descending into the evil of Noah’s time, the evil of Sodom’s time. True, God loving Christians are becoming scarcer and scarcer. But my God is The Most High, and The Most High rules over all. I rest secure in the knowledge that “The LORD hath prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all. Bless the LORD, ye His angels, that excel in strengh, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of His, that do his pleasure. Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of His dominion:bless the LORD, O my soul.” Psalms 103: 19-22. God bless Israel and the Jews. God bless those who love Him and His Kingdom plan.
That was powerful Stan, and I full heartedly agree with you. I feel like I am a voice among very few in my surrounding community and my church even feels that taking a stand with Israel is too political and it makes me angry. Everyone is too comfortable in the United States too stand up anymore and I myself want to do everything i can for the Jewish people, but give us a leader. Mass us together. Give us a time, date, anything. Christian leaders need to mass together and call us to action. I speak of my love for the jewish people and what God says about them and I’m seen as a crazy person, among fellow Christians!
A person that is gaining a following is Lou Engle from “The Call”, among Americas youth. He is wanted to get over a million Christians in Washington Dc october 12th to pray, worship, and fast to God to get a leader who will bring our nation back to God. He is a strong supporter of Israel, contact him!
stan,
you are honest, and write for the papers… that is rare. i live in the u.s. and it is bad. people think it is good but they are blind. people walk around all the time and say they know God but no truth is in them. people claim Jesus but do not walk like him… bad it is out here when people have no passion for doing right. thank you for writing your heart and not being afraid. may the Lord’s grace stay with you, Amen. Lord Jesus arrives soon, Amen. so be it, so be it.
p.s. gabriel is here
Anyone who Israel belongs to or asserts that God may have “changed His mind” about his redemptive plan is either a fiend or a fool.
As you stated in your article, Israel belongs to children of Jacob (Israel).
For those who think that the Lord has changed His mind:
“For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
Malachi 3:6
I am ashamed to hear these so-called Christians and Jews claiming that ISRAEL does not belong to the ISRAELites and that God no longer regards His promises made to Israel. People who make such claims literally call God a liar at their own eternal peril.
I, as a Christian, stand for Israel as a people chosen by God to make this covenant with. Israel belongs to the Israelites, and God does not change His mind.
I will continue to do what I can to help Israel from here in America. My income is not much, but when I see a chance to stand with God, I try to seize the opportunity.
May God bless Israel!
Every Word of God is pure, Every promise is sure.
When puny man, filled with his own ego, attempts to thwart the purposes of Almighty God, ” The one enthroned in heaven laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.” - Ps.2:4
Any man working against the People of God, is doomed for destruction.
“Whoever touches you, touches the apple of His eye.” - Zec.2:8
Dear Stan, keep up the good work. Continue to be a faithful watchman.
We who love Israel will continue to pray for you & Israel.
Be assured that our God is a faithful God, who is mighty to save.
At the perfect time, He will realease His Mighty Power, and all those who oppose Him & His promises to His People, would be totally shattered & destroyed.
God will PROTECT & BLESS Israel.
if you call yourself christian like MR.Bush and you want to create palestine and you are againts the jews, you dont have understanding of the Bible and you are not a christian. why can people understand that, i dont get it . i dont like when people said christians want to divide the land ,this people are not christian .so easy to understand . george w. bush is not a christian if he was he wont be making this decision . he should be trusting god words and not evangelicals.
With the LORD on your side, you are always in the majority!
Written by Rev J Overduin in “Heaven and hell in Dachau”
Israel and the Jews are secular so we should not support them?! I guess those who believe this do not understand that God blesses the unrighteous for the sake of the righteous. We are in God’s way?! Whoa there! This is a time that true Christians are revealed in that God looks to see if we will stand with Him on Israel’s side. Getting out of His way is not standing with Him! Surely, the Devil is subtle and has found such a perfect excuse for Christians to do nothing and yet feel as though they do God a favor! No wonder Jesus asks if He will find anyone with faith upon His return. Stan, your lesson on the Ezekiel passage should be repeated by us to all the so-called brethren who think it no big deal to stand with Israel. Praise God the day will come when every last inch of Land promised to Israel will be a reality. Until then, we need to continue to wake up our brethren concerning their stand, or lack of, with Israel. If they refuse to listen then we must move on and not cast the pearls before the swine. They will have no excuse before God for we have warned them. As for me, I’d rather take the chance that I might be standing in God’s way than to get out of His way altogether. Moses stood in God’s way at one time, too.
Dear friends…
I would like to thank everyone here who loves the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. I see your passion and righteous indignation, and it’s so encouraging and comforting to know that we are not alone, that our redeemed brothers and sisters out of the nations stand steadfastly with Israel, even when it’s as unpopular and controversial to do so as it is today. You are so few, but G-d doesn’t need multitudes to accomplish his purposes - He uses those who remain faithful to Him.
Thank you for your love, prayers, and faith!
Shalom,
Gene Shlomovich
Well said, Stan! I do not understand anything that is happening regarding the Bush Administration and Israel…especially if Bush IS a scripture reading man!
It is, however, of interest to me to see the winter tornadoes, the stock market taking a dive, the other anamolies…and see people chalk it up to “global warming” instead of seeing He who controls the weather! Have we no fear at all of G-d?
To Robbie
What do you mean by p/s gabriel is here??
“I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee.” Gen. 12:3
Americans are seeing the curse of God on our nation due to the wicked acts of our Pres. and others who have asked Israel to give up more land. Can’t they see that Israel’s enemies use the land given to them to launch daily attacks and murderous rampages against the Jews of Israel. Each time our country goes against the Word of God ,as Bush has this time, our country feels the wrath of God. Floods, drought, these rare and deadly winter tornadoes, are the judgment hand of God on our nation. Please, all Christians out there, pray for America. Pray for our election. We want to be a sheep nation! We need a spiritual awakening in America again. I am afraid for my country.
Thank you,
Karen
Powerful, Stan!..But remember Pastor John Hagee. His heart is with Israel. He carries Israel’s Banner high.
America is in such trouble. .
GWBush is obsessed with OIL…..He can’t get past it. John Hagee has tried to help Bush see the err of his ways. Bush could care less. It’s all about him. Look at America “self-destructing” right before the eyes of the world. MANY Americans are in a fog.
In America’s presidential race, out of the five “contenders” only Mike Huckabee is worth his “salt.” He is not afraid to speak out about his God. He and his wife are humble, but are strong where they need to be strong. Chuck and Gina Norris are so precious. I have had great confidence in Chuck and Gina for the ten years I have been connected with them.
Bush and Cheney “championed” for Romney. Pat Roberson for Romney also.
I am not suprised at Bush and Cheney, but I am at Pat!
McCain is a liberal, trying to act a little conservative. McCain is a “hot head” trying to keep it “under his hat.” The last thing the White House needs is a HOT HEAD. Joe Lieberman is supporting McCain, and I think Lieberman is a wonderful man—I believe he is supporting McCain ONLY because of their many years of serving together in the Senate. Lieberman is honorable.
Then the Democrats have Hillary and Obama…. They are a team that could never complement each other. They will end up on the Democratic ticket as Pres and VP together and it will never work. Let’s remember the outcome of Kennedy and Johnson…..they hated each other, but wound up together as President and Vice President……America will Never get over that terrible tragedy!
Stan, I apologize for being so wordy, but all of this is tied together with Israel.
People in America just think things are bad now—-they may get a whole lot worse….America’s last hope is to put a godly man and woman in the White House. Mike Huckabee is balanced…..The White House has to have a Balanced President….it has been out of balance for a long time, and this is America’s last call.
America’s ONLY hope for survival is to humble ourselves before the Most High God—Repent—throw ourselves on His mercy. If Americans will GET Right with God, we will be Shown by God that Israel is the Apple of His Eye—-How we treat Israel and the Jewish People determines whether America will survive….or wind up as an “afterthought” in the Boneyard of History.
I’m for Israel, and I am not afraid to shout it from the Housetops/in public places/ with friends/with strangers…..I am, with love, telling people. I am being Obedient. I am sowing seeds, and believing that I will get a Harvest of people who will become lovers of Israel….and my Harvest will Stand unashamedly with Israel in Word and in deed.
biwx
God help us Stan but please if you do not know there are many of us believers in Messiah Jesus who do not believe the Land should be going to the PLO and we are praying continually that this horrible act would be stopped. We love Israel and know it is truly the Land for God’s people Israel. We will continue to pray against this peace plan - please do not believe we all are on Bush’s side in this.
Shalom
Hello Stan,
This is a great article.
I write to ask if there is any possibility that you would allow me to include your article, with due credits, within my own website http://www.whosepromisedland.co.uk . I am finding it difficult to find the time to write as much as I would like and to include your article would be greatly appreciated.
Kindest regards and wishing you God’s richest blessings in your work.
Doug.
South Wales.
You can add my name to those that stand for and will fight for Israel’s right to be a sovereign nation. Israel has the right to be a nation not based on man’s idea, but on the very word of G-d. Those who refute that are not Christian, and are not a friend of our Jewish Brothers and Sisters.
I sincerely believe that Israel is being prepared for Ezekiel 38. This falling away of support for Israel, the blindness and confusion that seems so manifest will eventually lead to G-d stepping in as he promised and defend His people. This will leave little doubt in the minds of the Jewish people as to where the help came from when the enemies are swept away. G-d is in control and regardless of man’s plans for the nation Israel, G-g’s plan will prevail. Let us not lose hope, nor panic when all seems lost. G-d is the ruler yet.
Thank you, Stan, for your faithful work.
How would it be if a rocket fired from some Arab country landed on the Temple mount and leveled the Dome. Now that is a very amusing thought isnt it
Regarding the land, the Word of G-d, recorded in Joshua 21:43,45 is very illuminating.
Josh.21:23 :- So the Lord gave Israel ALL THE LAND He had sworn to give their forefathers.
Josh.21:25:- Not one of the Lord’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
Nimal, many in the Replacement camp use those verses and say that the Land Covenant has already been fulfilled in history and has no relevance for today. These people are convinced they know their Scriptures. They don’t care what it says in Jeremiah and elsewhere. I point out that the Land Covenant means “forever”. They say Israel lost this covenant through their disobedience and now it is for the Church. Its maddening to try to reason with them. Jim, lol! That is the very same thought I have had for years! That would certainly clear the way for the Temple to be built. I have also thought of a WMD being fired from Damascus that backfires on them thus fulfilling Isaiah 17:1 ! I believe Damascus is the warehouse of weaponry designed to destroy Israel. It is the city that the five leaders of nations who despise her meet to map out their plans for her destruction, so I have heard.
With God’s Supernatural Power, Israel will SOON take all Her Land. The following Scriptures are almost ready to be FULFILLED!
Numbers 24, Micah 7, Zephaniah 2 and Ezekiel 25
Israel will take ALL the Land promised to Her by their Lord God. (From the River of Egypt to the Great River Euphrates).
Then she will dwell safely UNTIL the Ezekiel 38 & 39 War between RUSSIA, Egypt, Lybia, IRAN, Turkey and Armenia. (GOD WILL FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALONE and only 1/6 of God & Magog Armies and their Allies will be left).
GOD WILL NEVER FAIL THE NATION OF ISRAEL that He has established!
With the LORD on your side, you are always in the majority! The Lord will glorify Himself. He is the man of war. Israel shall not be divided, nor her land be stolen. The Lord will fight for Israel.
I, as a Christian, stand for Israel as a people chosen by God. The land of Israel belongs to the Israelites, and God does not change His mind. Victory is sure in Jesus name
Sade
Praise God! We have read the end of the Book! We know that God wins!
Here’s something every Christian can do to help Israel. Read Isaiah 49:22. Now is the time the prophet is speaking of. Type in Ayalah (sp?) and find an organization that brings Jews back to Israel. Give whatever you can. Help fulfill this prophecy. But don’t neglect witnessing to the people around you. Act, walk and talk like what you are…a Saint of God, redemmed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The time is short. Keep looking up.
I thank God for you Stan.
Romans 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises (the land) made unto the fathers (Abraham, Isaac andJacob):
If Jesus confirmed those promises concerning the land, so should we as those who profess to follow him.
There is a great darkness covering the world, the minds of men. Jesus said:
Luke 18:8 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow (Israel) in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. (Israel’s cry to God)
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, *** I will avenge her ***, lest by her continual coming she weary me. (Petitioning of God)
6 And the Lord said, Hear (Listen carefully) what the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, (Israel, who is being assaulted continually) which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8*** I tell you that he will avenge them speedily***. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? (wHEN OUR LORD RETURNS, HOW MANY SO CALLED PROFESSESSING CHRISTIANS WILL EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM?)
Stan, There is so much truth on this page. Thank you everyone who stands in Our Hevenly Father’s truth! We who believe The Word feel like Elijah when he was in the cave…
(1Ki 19:10,14) So he said, “I have been very zealous for Ado.ai Elohei Tsevaot ; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
Or Daniel beside the Tigris…
Dan 10:8 Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.
There is much effort involved in remembering that Adonai responded to Elijah:
1Ki 19:18 “Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
And to remember the fullness of the man-in-linen’s words to Daniel;
Dan 10:11-13 And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling. (12) Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. (13) “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
Even the Heavenly Host have been left alone facing this enemy!
We must remember (Eph 6:130 [t]herefore [to] take up the whole armor of God, that [we] may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
The wicked web of deception grows thicker by the minute. Our Heavenly Father, blessed is He, powerful is His Name, has strengthened us so that we no longer care that people think we’re crazy. We are learning to welcome the persecution!
Jim and Sherry, It has occurred to us that Damascus’s yet-to-be-fulfilled destruction could come as the result of Iran making good its threat and Israel defending herself with the payload falling on Damascus. Consider that…
Stan, as a second voice to Ian’s - we need someone to take the lead. Who is that man?
Praying for Our Creator’s Hand upon you continually!
Hello Mr. Stan…. I have come by weekly to read your insights to Israel US and the world and how God and Jesus fits into our times. I read the Bible and pray alot….I have learned we do all we can and the Lord directs us in the way we should go….every tear we cry every word we utter……..he is listening……..God is my rescuer and my champion…he will come…..anyways when you write I read my Bible and know he holds us…….in the mean time I wait for my God…….nancy
THIS MUST BE OUR PRAYER
Dan 9:4-15 And I prayed to YHVH Elohai, and made confession, and said, “O Adonai, great and awesome El, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, (5) we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. (6) Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. (7) O Adonai, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. (8) “O YHVH, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. (9) To Adonai Eloheinu belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. (10) We have not obeyed the voice of YHVH Eloheinu, to walk in His torot (laws), which He set before us by His servants the prophets. (11) Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your Torah, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Torah of Moses, servant of the Elohim have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. (12) And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. (13) As it is written in the Torah of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before YHVH Eloheinu, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. (14) Therefore YHVH has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for YHVH Eloheinu is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. (15) And now, O Adonai Eloheinu, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly! (16) O Adonai, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. (17) Now therefore, Eloheinu, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for Adonai’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. (18) O Elohai, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. (19) Adonai, hear! O Adonai, forgive! O Adonai, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, Elohai, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
(NKJV edited)
Leslee and Gary, I pray that Israel has nothing to do with the destruction of Damascus though they would be servants in God’s hands in it. What I am thinking could happen is that the evil will fall on the enemies’ of Israel’s own head! Perhaps like one firecracker lit in a fireworks warehouse, so one weapon would go off in the WMD warehouse there. I have even thought a well aimed lightning strike or an earthquake might do it, too. Then Israel and the world would know that there is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob defending His Holy Land and people.That might wake up the world to the intents of the haters of Israel. That might be the incident to bring in the temporary and false peace prior to the Great War. Ofcourse, the world won’t wake up for Israel’s sake but for their own, when they realize how such weaponry has an impact on the safety of their nations.
Visiting again and wanted to clarify our comment about Iran initiating and Israel defending herself… with the Iranian payload falling on Damascus… and thank you, Carol McGlone, for Luke 18! “…praying at all times, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the set-apart ones (saints)… Eph 6:18
There are more of us TRUE CHRISTIANS here in the US that love Israel then you may think Stan. I have sent emails and letters to the President with no return, and know his relationship with the devil will never change till he is out of office and then he is going to be a thorn to us and Israel. We have no one at this time to be our leader that is going to help unless God makes him do so. Israel does not have anyone either to be in leadership that will not sell out your country, so lets all fast and pray as hard as we can, and get as close to GOD as we can as prophecy continues at a break neck spesd.
Sorry if my previous post offended, wasnt my intention i assure you. Am prayerful, anxious, frustrated, disappointed, fearful, for our friends, brothers, famliy in Sderot and what they continue to suffer at the hands of their and our enemies. Saddens me more than I can say that the world is so very insensitive to the struggles of others. Innocent others rather than criminal others .
First I want to tell you that I am a Jew, and how much I appreciate your articles. I read your articles as often as I can, they are very impressive. This piece “I will remember the Land” is great. I have been writting versions of this for 30 years. Its very impressive the way you have put it all together. G-d has given you a special blessing to be able to feel the importance of G-d love for the Holy Land.
I sent you a small piece I just wrote “Only G-d Saves Israel”.
Shalom and G-d blessing to you!
Ariel