For its survival Israel turns, not to God, but to Europe.
This was the thrust of the top story in The Jerusalem Post Sunday: that Israel’s Foreign Ministry has taken a strategic decision to establish strong relations with the European Union and thereby develop a “third pillar” to help ensure the survival of the Jewish state.
Where secular Israelis have traditionally seen their country’s security supported by the twin pillars of a strong IDF and an unbreakable diplomatic relationship with the United States, the thinking is now that, with the fast-growing EU intent on contending with America for the position of superpower #1, it is important to plug Israel into the Continent too.
In exchange, Israel is allowing Europe to play a greater role in Israeli diplomatic and economic processes.
Historically, and to the present day, European countries have been almost exclusively pro-Arab and anti-Israel. After centuries of saturating antisemitism the soil of Europe is still permeated with prejudice - undiluted by either the pre-Holocaust Enlightenment or the post-Holocaust and post-communist transition to a more modern, politically-”corrected” society.
Still, secular-humanist politicians in Israel have grasped at the straws offered by “friendly” heads of European states like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
These leaders certainly have been and are more friendly in their attitude towards Israel than many others have been.
BUT, they all support and wish to fully participate in the international effort to rob the Jews of the land of their fathers and create thereon a Palestinian state.
The United States, long considered Israel’s only remaining friend, is leading the charge in this so-called land-for-peace process that gambles with Israel’s very existence.
As for the famous IDF: unequalled on the modern field of battle, it is nevertheless still reeling in disarray since its failure two years ago to achieve its goals against a small Lebanese terrorist organization - the Hizb’allah.
While modern-day Israel, which celebrates its 60th Independence Day this year, is very much a secular state, and therefore unsurprisingly persists in seeking out “pragmatic” and “realistic” political solutions, its roots go back thousands of years into biblical days.
Many Jews, and hundreds of millions of Christians, saw the nation’s 1948 rebirth as nothing less than a divinely-orchestrated miracle, and believe that if Israel would only turn in a heartfelt (and not traditionally religious) way to back God, embracing Him and calling for His help, that her security would be guaranteed.
According to the Bible, Israel’s God banished the Jews from their homeland nearly 2000 years ago because of the nation’s sins. But even as He foretold their exile, He promised He would eventually restore them to their land.
In the same Holy Book, God repeatedly is heard urging Israel to turn back to Him and place her trust in Him as her sole pillar of support.
“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries….”
(Psalm 81:13-14)
O Israel, hope in the LORD;
For with the LORD there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
(Psalm 130:7-8)
In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds
In which you transgress against Me;
For then I will take away from your midst
Those who rejoice in your pride,
And you shall no longer be haughty
In My holy mountain.
I will leave in your midst
A meek and humble people,
And they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
(Zephaniah 3:11-12)
When you cry out,
Let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry them all away,
A breath will take them.
But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land,
And shall inherit My holy mountain.”
(Isaiah 57:13)
Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish.
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
(Psalm 146:3-5)
Those who trust in the LORD
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the LORD surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.
(Psalm 125:1-2)
It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in princes.
All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
They surrounded me like bees;
They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
You [nations] pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the LORD helped me.
The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation. Â
(Psalm 118:8-14)
There are a great many more of these magnificent promises. For too many Jews, however, they are just meaningless words. Those who reject the God who kept them and brought them back home, and those who remain ignorant of His love and sense of justice, look for their survival and flourishing on the flimsy reed of goodwill and trade with the rest of the modern political world.
It is a reed that will pierce their hand.
Thank you, Stan. There is so much hope in these Scriptures! And so little obedience to His Word in The Land.
“a small Lebanese terrorist organization - the Hizb’allah” is backed by a much larger terrorist infrastructure which every American dollar (and pick-a-country pick-their-currency) spent on oil funds whether we care to admit it or not. And, sadly, Israel confronted Hizb’allah in her own strength without acknowledging Her One True Savior, the L-RD. These excellent passages speak to the reason why.
We are inspired by your words, Stan, to speak out once again, and yet there is a hopeless feeling inside the inspiration. We must not allow discouragement to prevail! “Here I am, send me!” (Isa 6:8) Will they see with their eyes? Will they hear with their ears? Will they understand with their heart? Will they turn and be healed?
We stand in prayer and intercession before The Almighty to be part of the reason why Israel turns back to G-d.
Amen Stan. One more step on the path, where ignorance and stiff-necked resistance leads to the total salvation promised by G-d in His Magnificent Word. It is painful to watch but exciting at the same time. For G-d will have His Will and His Way. “Bless be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised, there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant”. IKing 8:56 …Peace….
Dear Stan,
Thanks for another great article. The bible has said over and over that this is what will happen to Israel and the world. The world is now aligned against Israel including the U.S. but God has made a promise with Israel. It is his land. God will bring the world to there knees and hopefully many will wake up. We need to continue to pray Psalm 83 in our daily prayers.
God Bless
Len
Stan, your words are just so beautiful, I cried.
Yes, Israel is trusting in princes and the sons of man to help them. We all just long for and pray for that day when Israel turns to her God, and knows Him.
It’s so painful to see the mistakes they are making. The wrong choices. It grieves my heart. But then my heart rejoices when I think upon God’s MANY promises to His beloved Israel. All of Israel will be saved! We long for that day!
Little help from the Roman Empire, maybe throw in the Vatican for good measure, might even get a little help from Egypt. Does this all sound a bit too familiar to anyone else ? Striving to protect property and not turning hearts to a loving, caring God is an exercise in futility and we have the historical records to prove it. I love the sign on the little church down the street ” JESUS COMING SOON. smile
Stan, Another wonderful article..and yes I pray everyday that Israel may remember God and turn to Him and the promises that Israel will be saved.
Blessings be upon you,
Retta
I pray that Israel will remember Who her defender is and Who her deliverance is. I believe that more and more Israelis are beginning to see Who their hope is in finality, but it is troubling, watching this important nation committing suicide.
BS’D
S-HALOM, Stan
AS IT GOES WITH THE JEWS…SO IT GOES WITH THE WORLD!
G-D BLESSED BE HE, ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISE!
THAT GLORIOUS DAY IS COMING WHEN EVERY KNEE WILL
BEND BEFORE THE G-D OF ISRAEL,AND EVERY TONGUE WILL
BLESS HIS HOLY NAME!!!
B’EZRAT H-ASHEM I’T'B…THE THIRD TEMPLE WILL BE
BUILT IN JERUSALEM !
THE JEWISH PEOPLE WILL ONCE AGAIN PRAY ON THE
TEMPLE MOUNT AND REMAIN FOREVER IN ERETZ YISRAEL!
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O that Israel’s 6 million Jews would cry out to their One True God….How He would gather them to Him, as a hen gathers her biddies under her for protection.
No one can ever expect to understand everything—Israelis are just to “reseach” their roots and ancient history, and then they will know beyond a shadow of a doubt who their God is, and that He alone will fight for them….He alone can and will win their battles for them—–If–and Only When Israelis humble themselves before the One and Only Holy God——-Their God.
Because He promises He will Always be what He has Always been…Israelis are GUARANTEED He will be their Defender, Protector, their Only Peace. It is not difficult—it only takes a spirit of humility and He will ‘SHOW UP!”
Stan … our love to you and your family. Thank you for continuing to share truth. Looks like Israel’s interest in the EU may be a foreshadowing of Daniel 9:27 …
Dear Stan, Thank you again and again, for your strong words and studies! The time is NOW when we all must pray for our leaders (every hour, every minute, every thought). We must pray for them (as well as our enemies) to gain wisdom and adhere to G-d’s words (Bible and Torah). I truly believe we are living the prophecies hour after hour and with this said, it is in G-d’s hands. Our Creator knows just who is in the balance.
Hey Stan
I hate to sound like the same old same old, But the Bible says that in the last days Israel will be left to survive on her own. With our own country trying to cut her throat they are jumping the fence and hoping the next counterfeit will save them. We here in America are also self destructing from within.
When this nation that was founded under God is on the verge of electing a Muslim for president who as a new senator would not put his hand on the Bible, but on the koran, turns his back on the flag & quite possibly also a woman who when she and her husband left the white house took about 40,000 $ worth of stuff that our government had to go get and bring back……… And i’m not saying the other side is really any better. For some reason no matter who is in office we still have about 50,000,000 children missing from our country………..Do we have to wonder why Israel is looking elsewhere for help? The one that is about to come upon the scene riding a white horse will also promise peace peace but there is no peace. Our Father has let us all have it our way now when thing’s start to unfold as the Bible says it will Israel will have no one to turn to but God Himself!!!!!!!!!!!. The greatest thing that we as true Lover’s of Jesus Christ is be ready so as not to be caught sleeping when this last great push for souls as people out of fear at the thing’s taking place upon the earth will come to the church’s looking to us as Born Again Lover’s Of Jesus Christ.
Why & How can you be so calm they will ask out of fear they will come to the real church’s looking for answer’s. That’s when beloved we must be ready to lead them to Jesus Christ out of Fear they will come… That’s why God say’s that in the Last Day’s men’s heart’s will stop from the great & fearful thing’s taking place upon the Earth. We must be ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bible says that in the final hour all Israel will cry out to God to save them He Will Be Faithful as He Alway’s has been……………. { Praise God & Thank You Jesus } Praying for the Peace Of Jerusalem
May God Bless All Who Will call upon His Name
Don
Please, if you want real peace, you must expel all killer Muslim from Judea & Samaria and Gaza. Because the killers in Gaza are shooting missiles into Israel they should be forced over the border into Egypt. Never forget that Europe is your enemy just like it is the enemy of America.
I can hear God’s heart breaking.
Solana is becoming more & more powerful within the EU, and has plans for a 7year peace treaty in the Middle East.
Hence Israel leaning towards the EU makes it appear that the Unchanging Word of Almighty God, as we read in Dan.9:27, may be reaching fulfilment sooner than we realize.
Be assured my dear brothers & sisters in Christ Jesus, our God is in Total Control of what is going on down here below, and He will Redeem Israel as He has revealed in His Word.
PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME !!
“According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they could not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day………for if by the casting away of them to be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead?” (Romans 11: 8, 15).
I pray for Israel every day for God loves them still and “one day God will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son.” (Zechariah 12:10)
HEY! Does anyone know anything about THIS???
I just read it. Stan? Is this true?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/142319
I give thanks for the Jews who ARE looking to G-d rescue! They, too, shake their heads at the leadership of Israel, and others, who look to chariots. May we be an encouragement to them.
And may G-d, through His mercy, draw all men to Him and to the love of His Son, Jesus.
Dear Stan, this shows the despair of the current weak Israeli gov, turning to EU is just the opposite of what Israel needs. We’ve read the preceding Jpost article when it came in and commented on it. The Israeli gov should listen to our many diaspora Jews in Europe who can tell of the fall of the nations and their security here who have such a weakening appeasement policy toward the rising Islam in front of their doorstep Not only the UK, but also Germany has enough many so-called ‘Christian’ clergy (unfortunately not only in the institutionalized church but also among Charmismatics) embracing appeasement toward Islam. The current politics is struggling with the upcoming ‘Linke’ (ultra lefties) unter Lafontaine who makes no secret of his pro-arab agenda.
As we are standing with you on the Chomat Yerushalayim it is our intercession every day that a Goverment that fears HaShem will come forth to reign Israel with His biblical Council by the inspiration of Ruach HaKodesh-guided men and women. We believe that HIs Restoration will come as it is written.
Stan, thank you for this wonderful site, it is such an inspiration and full of the Word of G-d!
Does anyone else here follow things like the considered american union of USA Canada Mexico into a currency similar to that of the Uero, called the Amero ? Discussions on this union were scheduled to begin 2010 and were started around the same time as the Nafta agreements. Including a highway from Mexico to Canada throught the middle of the US , without any border stops.The fact that China is acumulating dollars to the tune of 1 billion dollars a day, that they quickly convert to US treasuries. They currently hold about 3.5 trillion of those. Does the fact that Israel is heading into a Jubilee year. The Catholic churches desire for Jerusalem to be set up as an international city with them as the monitors. Does any of these creep anyone else out, or am I the only one. One currency, one religious center, 10 central government bodies. It is most assuredly a different time. Anyone here ever consider that at some point there will be that one last soul recovered. I love the wonders of my God who is in absolute control and knows exactly where this is going and why. Isnt is a wonder
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/330278.aspx
and what part of this sounds like peace for Israel ?
Standing on the Promises!! Watch and Pray!!!