Administration officials in Washington are working around the clock to facilitate the convening of an international conference on the Middle East in Annapolis, Maryland next month.
The primary purpose of this gathering will be to sanction the severance of Judea and Samaria from the rest of Israel’s national homeland, and out of it create a new Arab state called Palestine.
Israel’s “eternal and indivisible capital” Jerusalem is also to be divided.
On this score the international community is - without exception - in agreement.
But all is not going well for chief conference-convener, US President George W. Bush, and his point man, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Ms. Rice has made numerous trips to the Middle East in recent months, and plans another hop over in early November - just days after completing her last shuttle.
She has grown increasingly desperate to nail down some form of joint Israel-PLO agreement on which to base the conference so as to ensure it achieves some form of “success†before it actually takes place.
Thank God the “Palestinians” who - as the by now classic saying goes, never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity - are unable to settle for anything less than everything, which at least some Israelis understand would constitute an agreement on the Jews’ part to commit suicide.
As a result, the most recent reports suggest the conference might not take place after all.
This would spell a disaster for an administration that has pinned a substantial chunk of its hopes for a legacy on the “achievement†of creating Palestine.
This week the Israeli Ynetnews website reported that Rice is blaming Iran for the unraveling of her plans, asserting (correctly) that Tehran is working with Hamas to scupper the conference.
The gang of mullahs is “fanning flames in the region,” she says.
Actually, it could well be Rice who is fanning flames.
In the past two weeks, as she has pushed with all her God-given skills towards birthing an illegitimate country whose creation will enormously harm the security and survival prospects of the State of Israel, wild fires have ravaged the West Coast of her homeland, forcing up to one million people to flee their homes in what has become the biggest peacetime evacuation of Americans in the history of the United States.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday blamed the disaster on the convergence of “three things … very dry areas, very hot weather and then a lot of wind.â€
It had made, he said, “the perfect storm for a fire.”
We’ve heard the phrase “perfect storm†before.
It was back in 1991, when President George Herbert Walker Bush and Secretary of State James Baker coerced Israel into attending an international Middle East peace conference in Madrid.
That gathering, which the US jointly sponsored with Russia, set in motion the train whose journey is meant to culminate with the establishment of a Palestinian state.
As final arrangements were being made and conference delegates began heading for the Spanish capital, an extra-tropical low weather system started playing havoc with the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard of the United States.
So rare was the tempest, that the National Weather Service labeled it “the perfect storm.”
The damages it caused totaled $1.5 billion. One place ravaged by the storm was the Bush Family Compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. It suffered windows blown out, water flooding in, and some structural damage as well.
That 1991 storm was by no means the only disaster to strike America at a time when its leaders were revealing their readiness to betray Israel by putting the tiny Jewish homeland and its small population on the altar for the “greater good” of the United States.
One particularly striking “coincidence” took place more recently, and in terms of magnitude on every level exceeded anything that had gone before.
What unfolded were two back-to-back situations, each one spanning eight days. The second period began the day after the first eight days came to an end.
On August 14, 2005, 14,000 Israeli soldiers and policemen moved into the Gaza Strip and began to order, threaten, push, and then drive thousands of Jews from their homes.
The “Disengagement,” as it was officially known, was carried out by the Israeli government under the leadership of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Notwithstanding its antiseptic title, it was the vicious uprooting and turning into refugees of men, women and children, and the wholesale destruction of their communities, towns and villages.
It amounted to nothing less than the ethnic cleansing of one group of people from a piece of territory in order to appease another group of people who hated Jews and rejected their right to live there.
For eight days we watched, and many of us wept, until all the Jews were gone. Hundreds of buses drove them out of Gaza and away. After they left, police went from house to house, marking each one with a special symbol to show that it had been checked, was empty, and could now be demolished. Beautiful houses people had built with their own hands and turned into homes filled with memories were bulldozed into piles of ugly rubble. The action was cruel, heartless, criminal.
Sharon cannot be acquitted for what he ordered his forces to do - and more than a few people believe he fell ill and succumbed to the coma that imprisons him to this day because of his actions.
But the real blame for this atrocity lies squarely at the door of the administration in Washington DC.
While paying a whole lot of lip service to plucky little independent Israel, president after US president has sat in the White House and directed a foreign policy in the Middle East that has slowly but surely pushed Israel’s governments into surrendering their national patrimony for empty promises of peace the Israelis KNOW will never be honored.
God, I believe, answered the crime of the hitnatkut in a way that was breathtakingly obviously His doing.
On August 22 of that year, the Jews of Netzarim, the last of Gush Katif’s 17 communities, were expelled. Their departure officially marked the end of the 38-year-long Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip.
On the very next day, a hurricane began forming over the Bahamas from where it would head directly for the United States. When it dissipated on August 31, eight days after it began, at least 1,836 people had lost their lives. More than $81 billion worth of damage had been done, making Katrina the costliest natural disaster in American history.
Again, many people watched and wept at the tragic site of hundreds of thousands of people being driven from their homes. Thousands of buses took them out of New Orleans and away. Policemen went from house to house, marking each one with a special symbol to show it had been checked for bodies or occupants, and was now empty.
It was so obvious it was almost bizarre, the way CNN interspersed its around-the-clock coverage of the evacuation from Louisiana with programming announcements about follow-up reports on the Gaza uprooting. We literally watched scenes of Israelis being made homeless in accordance with the wishes of the American government following scenes of Americans being made homeless by Katrina.
Many American Christians, among them some who lost their homes and all their possessions, recognized in the monster hurricane God’s judgment for what the US – as chief sponsor of the process that is robbing the Jews of their land – was responsible for.
The California wildfires, which are slowly being brought under control as I write this, began on October 20, two days after Secretary of State Rice completed a four-day visit to the Middle East.
Bush and Rice are squeezing Israel into making more concessions to please the Palestinian Arabs so that they will go to Annapolis next month.
There the plans are meant to be formulated that will lead to the uprooting of tens of thousands of Jews from their Judean and Samarian homes, the destruction of their property, and the final and irreversible handing over of that territory to the murderous and antisemitic PLO.
As Washington pushes, California burns, and a million Americans have had to flee their homes.
For the Bible believer who takes God at His Word when He promises to deal severely with the nations that hurt His people, it’s legitimate to ask:
Has God allowed the fires that have burned up 700 square miles of American land as a warning to the Bush administration to stop pushing Israel towards a peace that can bring no peace?
And if Rice goes ahead, turns the screws and forces Israel to the negotiating table in Maryland, will something even more devastating come upon the United States?
I am terribly afraid that it will.
If only Americans would understand how much their country has already paid for pursuing its ethically bankrupt policies in the Middle East.
The policies are bankrupt because they are unjust; they are immoral; they are wrong.
For decades, American and other world leaders have tried to force Israel to pay to keep the Arabs happy. From Carter to Bush, they have been willing to gamble with Israel’s existence, their chips pieces of Israel’s land and the lives of Israel’s Jews.
Severe warnings have been sounded in the US about the consequences that will befall the nation for dividing up God’s land. They have fallen on deaf ears.
In January 2007, Christian Broadcasting Network owner Pat Robertson told those watching his 700 Club the Lord had shown him that: “This is the final year of the great demonstration of His grace to the world.”
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“Evil people are going to try and do evil things to us and to others during the last part of this year,” he said. They “will come after this country and chaos will rule and the politicians will not have any solutions for it.
“It’s going to happen … not nuclear but something like it. There will be a mass killing, possibly millions of people. Major cities will be damaged…”
Robertson slammed his country, which he said “pretends to be the supporter of Israel, but our policies are pushing Israel toward national suicide.”
As we watch the blaze devouring western America, are we viewing a precursor to what the veteran broadcaster called a terrible “day of wrath” that is poised to fall upon the United States?
Stan-
I agree with you 100%. From now on, these days are to be filled with awe, wonder and a return of the fear of Yahveh. “Now I will arise…” People: Please pray God’s mercy on His people within the United States as His wrath is poured over the land. People: Get your hearts right with Yahveh! and seek Him with all of your heart! Be willing and obedient to everything He tells you to do!
It is very apparant that God will do anything to get the attention of people. Read the Books of the Prophets. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Why in the world would God continue to pour out His blessings, health, food, abundance of every sort, on people that consider HIm long since dead. A mere myth, a thought from simple childish uneducated minds. I pray that you are wrong, but fear that you are right. Anyone that has spent any time with God knows that He will use any and all means at His disposal to try to get the attention of men. He has appeared to be rather quiet for some time, but we who know Him feel the difference in the world today vs. 20 or 30 years ago. No question something is coming. My prayer is that it corrects and does not destroy
President Bush and his associates have been warned about the significance of their decisions regarding Israel, But to no avail. The warnings have come from Seers and Prophets and Watchmen on the Walls, again to no avail. President Bush has been warned about the Abrahamic covenant, and he still hasn’t altered his coarse. Please pray for President Bush and the US, because we’re in desperate need because of our sinful attitudes on a lot of Issues. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE U.S., WE NEED IT…………………………………………….
I wish I could write this good. This says, perfectly, what I try to say and you say it so eloquently. I agree with you. I would also like to ask, if I may post this article on my blog?
I was in Israel in august and I can say beyond a doubt Israel doesn’t have an inch of land to give to her enemies and still be able to defend herself (without G-d’s intervention) I had coffee at Coffee Anan in the Golan Heights overlooking the syrian border. There is no way Israel can give up the Golan (or any part of Israel) and still maintain defensible borders. That coffee shop is less than 35 miles to damascus, 32 miles to Tiberias and 95 miles to Jerusalem - and there are those who want to give it to Israel’s enemies.
Sitting in the apartment I stayed at on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, you could see the lights of Jordan on a clear night. In Eilat, you could see jordan, saudia arabia, and egypt. If this was any other country, nobody would demand that they give up their land to their enemies. Because it is Israel and the Jewish people are G-d’s chosen, people are demanding Israel give up their land - the land G-d gave them - because the world is in rebellion against G-d Almighty and hates His Chosen People (the Jewish people)
I agree so much with you and my husband and I don’t know what to do but to pray. I wish I could call or email the President directly and warn him OMG what are you doing??? We need to protect 100% Israel and especially Jerusalem, the Messiah’s city. We will be urgently praying and I’m sending your article around so we can all try to do something!! Bless you for your insite - your fearlessness in reporting.
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE!!!!!!
Stan, you have taken us step by step, and shown us what has caused America to be in such trouble. I agree with you completely. I have felt for some time now that America is on the brink of something really bad happening…..
Honestly, when I look at the big picture, I can only conclude with our leaders relentless determination to divide Israel’s land…..when I see what is happening to children; in marriages; TV commercials pushing men to take drugs to make them more aggressive sexually; women have lost all modesty; violence everywhere; not to mention several other things that I don’t feel I can say here…..if I were God….I would have already dropped the “ACME” wrecking ball (like we see on the REBA situation comedy!)
How America, who has been so blessed, can shake its fist in the face of Almighty God, the way many Americans are living…..we are long overdue for a MAJOR Chastening from God. I only wonder when it comes…..will those who are sneaking around watching pornography; calling 1-900 numbers, etc….How will these men and women feel when all hell breaks lose in this nation of America? Will they have any twinges of guilt about the things they have engaged in? Will they realize what they have done to their marriages/their children/their own selves?
Will they even attempt to cry out to God? Or, will they just coward out and decide to end their own lives, and leave their loved ones to fend for themselves?
American has been unraveling at its seams for a long time now. The last few threads that have been barely holding America together are almost at their end….
AMERICA—prepare to meet your Maker. Rich and poor alike will all be on equal footing with God. No excuses will suffice. “Be sure your sins will find you out” from the White House to the Church House to Skid row.
When men like Pat Roberson and John Hagee give warnings over and over again, and the majority of even professing Christians turn a deaf ear…..It is almost the midnight hour……
I can only give thanks to my Heavenly Father that all of my family is saved, and I know that whatever happens we will all be together in Heaven….
Stan, I do wish you could somehow get this article picked up by the Associated Press, UPI, etc. I don’t know how to do it, but multiplied millions need to be “sighted” as by parents and grandparents have always said, when someone they loved was “off course.”
Thank you for caring enough to sound the alarm to all who will listen. I am deeply thankful for you and the great work you are doing.
I have some big doubts about Robertson’s prophecy skills, apart from that I agree with everything you have said here. Many Christians see this still others refuse to connect the dots
Even so come, Lord Jesus.
Being an American Expat living in the UK, I can now see exactly what really is going on with the Middle East. The media in the US only reports what it wants to report about the Middle East. They do not show a fair and balance view. The viewers have to trust that what reporters are reporting IS truth and THEY ARE REPORTING ALL NEWS RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TO OUR WORLD TODAY.
Media will report it as long as it can be twisted towards their anti-Zionism agenda. Take for example: CNN’s Christine Amanmpour’s report on God’s Warriors. She failed to mention the history of how this all began. She failed to state that this conflict was due to promises made to both Jew and Arab by the British. She failed to mention the Balfour agreement signed in 1917 which promised the Jews a homeland and then later on a promise from the British to the Arabs if they help them fight against the Ottoman Turks. Her story made it appear as if the Jews came out of nowhere pushing Arabs off the land. If she would have done so, she would have given most people a better understanding about the conflict and why the west (who created the problem in the first place by making two promises) are trying so hard to fix the problem that they created in the first place and how complicated the problem really is.
With the Bible belt being a huge force in politics, you would think Christians would be putting pressure on our politicians. However, it’s clear on Christian message boards that Christians are split between supporting Israel and those who support the Palestine cause (being and believing the brain washing media rather then believe in the word of God) that Jews have a biblical right.
I agree with your article that every time anyone tries to divide the land will suffer the consequences. For the bible says:
“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations. And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; AND I WILL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH THEM THERE ON ACCOUNT OF MY PEOPLE, MY HERITAGE ISRAEL. WHOM THEY HAVE SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS; THEY HAVE ALSO DIVIDED UP MY LAND…..â€Joel 1 v 1-3
I am afraid that judgment will be upon our nation if we do not change our stance and stop bulling Israel to give up its land. Christians need to stand up and speak out even if it means being persecuted even by another Christian brother who does not believe.
Dear Stan, like many christians who love Israel and Jerusalem, and are aware that this city is a “cup of trembling” for the world, I pray that Bush and Rice fail and pay the consequences for their selfishness. I fear for America and her citizens. Luke 18:1, men ought to pray and not faint.
Bless you Stan! You have spoken powerful words here. They are powerful because they are truth! The world today does not like to hear truth. It loves lies. It loves the political game of correctness. It loves what Almighty God hates! Indeed, the judgement of God is coming, and has, as you have so clearly pointed out, already begun. Those with eyes to see have been watching. Those with ears to hear have been listening. And they stand poised, holding their breath, as on the rim of a great divide, knowing that what is about to unfold below is both horrific and yet divine. As we see the world around us preparing for ‘peace’, YHWH Himself prepares for war:
“O GOD, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O GOD, be not still. See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. ‘Come’ they say, ‘let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more’….As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze, so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm….Let them know that YOU, whose name is ADONAI – that YOU ALONE are the MOST HIGH over all the earth.†AMEN and AMEN! Psalm 83:1-4&14-18
O Israel, look up! Open your eyes and look to the hills! Look, and see from where your salvation comes! It comes from ADONAI and from Him alone! Can you not hear the war cry going up on your behalf? Look and see! For the Mighty God of Israel – YHWH is His name - has been aroused! It is HE who will fight this battle for you!
As He taught us to pray…”Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven”. Those who are citizens of Heaven have nothing and no one to fear. This is our moment of truth…the whole world is about to experience God’s truth. Priase His Almighty Name!
Thanks, Stan, for saying what needed to be said!
I agree 100 percent with everything you are doing to keep reality in perspective. Uninformed people need a rude awakening. Every Christian should copy and post this article (hopefully with your approval) to flood web sites and message boards on the Internet.
Oh Stan,
Blessings for your insight and courage in reporting the truth. How I pray Bush and company could, would awaken to the disaster they are about to create against God’s wishes. It is unforturate that there are too few who are really awake in the U.S. to put enough pressure on the political beings to stop this incrediable miscarrage of justice that is happening to Israel.
I pray in tears every day for the Peace of Jerusalem and all Israel.
[...] Sometimes I see and hear things that some see as a true connection between God’s judgment and current events. It could be true, but it could also be because of any number of reasons. This post is an example of that. To me, while I know God is active in the world, I do think a great number of things are something akin to automated systems put into place by God and they just run their course. Weather, to me, seems to be one of them. Storms come and go and hit various parts of the world. To assign this storm to God’s judgment and that one to just being a storm seems to me to be a bit of a reach, although there could be judgment reason for each one, however it seems to be just the cycle of creation. Well before there was a United States, I am sure fires scorched the west and trees burned and then new growth came. Hurricanes hit the coast destroy everything in it’s path and then new growth occurs. Yet, these same things happening today are assigned a special reason, and only when they hit the US. The fires in Southern California also crossed the border into Mexico, yet Mexico is not forcing Israel to divide Jerusalem or anything like that. Plenty of hurricanes both before and after Katrina have hit and caused extensive damage to the Caribbean islands and to Central American countries, as well as to other parts of the world, without the need to assign them to certain events regarding Israel. [...]
This is a summary of a letter I sent to Pres. Bush on 18/10/07.
Dear President Bush, I am really shocked & dismayed at the ignorant actions &
comments of Ms Rice on the Israeli situation. She seems to be of the opinion that
she has God’s blessing to push for two countries side by side in Israel, all I can
say is even Judas had a plan mapped out for him, in the end he was sorry for what
he did but it was too late & he came to a horrible end. I read Pat Robertson’s
comment about ” Woe betide the USA if the Bush administration pushes Israel
into dividing Jerusalem & West Bank with the Palistinian Arabs”. My comment on
this is that it will precipitate the biggest almightiest war the world has ever seen.
Bill Koenig wrote a book about the repercussions of interfering in Israel’s affairs.
In 2005 9000-10000 people were removed from Gaza & Hurricane Katrina in USA
affected 100000 people. The amount of people in West Bank to be uprooted is
between 300000-400000 so if you multiply that by 10 the amount of people in Usa
& other places will be 3-4 million. The world is heating up as Al Gore says in his
inconvenient truth. This is only part of the picture as USA & the world pick on little
Israel, The apple of God’s eye, the world gets hotter. The first time the world was
destroyed by the flood, the next time will be by fire. Mr president I ask you not to
continue the destruction of Israel.
Proverbs 23: 10-11 ” Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the
fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is strong. He will take up their case
against you” Please take note.
Abigail
GOD has warned us through HIS Holy Word found in Scripture warning us of the consequences if we refuse to obey Him.
The LORD said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who accuses GOD answer Him!” (Job 40:1-2)
And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve GOD and those who do not. (Malachi 3:18)
Precious Stan, we all know you are right and it is clear in scripture. Pray for the peace of Eretz-Israel, as we know that is praying for Messiah to come. There will be no peace till then. Pray without ceasing !! We know America is in great trouble with G-d..His Word is true..forever ! Genesis 12 is what so many refuse to believe. It is so sad. Time is all but up, He is Coming !!! G-d bless you !
Anyone who truly reads their bible knows what Yahweh has in store for the World…it has been written from the foundation of the World, and the Word has gone around the World. This is not the time to buy gold or a second summer home, because they won’t keep you alive, but lead will; bullets. It is now time to protect yourself from the roving bands of thieves that will descend upon the innocent for food, water, and whatever else they want, in the lawlessness that always shows itself when “Big Bro on White Horse” is not near to protect us during a serious major crisis. The events will most likely take place when Judea is given away, causing yet another prophecy to be fullfilled, Israel will then be completely surrounded by her enemies, we will see the “abomination of desolation”, then Yeshua will come; Period!
G-d have mercy on us! Beloved Isreal, we pray for you.
My thoughts exactly…. Christians look up!! Take heed and pray!
I agree. Your article is saying what so many thousands of believers
are also expressing. Im appalled at my own country’s foolishness.
Many of our leaders are ignorant {obviously} of scripture.
Many will PERISH because of it. I believe this encompasses the innocent
that are in the line of fire or storm {however it manifests}.
I pray that our administration will REPENT & TURN from this
destructive mettling with ISRAEL.
G-d Bless Israel, they dont need this constant harassing from Muslims,Terrorists, & INTL. community including the U.S.
IT deeply saddens me. I cant IMAGINE how our Father in Heaven feels.
Im looking forward to our FUTURE KINGDOM with YESHUA as KING.
LET HIM handle all those IDIOTS!! come quickly.
I am ashamed of my President for trying to cut up Isreal. Isreal can stop it from happening. They know more than we do about showing the Muslums any sign of fear.
it is writened;all these things must come to pass.continue to pray for the peace of isreal.
Is it not frightening that this destructive Anapolis conference is being “announced” by violent and destructive winds in Calfornia which are called Santa Ana or Sancta Ana winds?
PLEASE READ;zechariah8:14-15 and ISIAH8:9-10
Excellent article Stan. I would like to respond to the comment above headed
‘Weathermen, Prophets or…’ To say that floods, fires and hurricanes are just purposeless, random events in a cycle of creation… which God has started then left running on auto-pilot… is to ignore Scripture. Reading Job chapter 37, God clearly has both control of the weather and a purpose in directing it.
While it is true that natural disasters like fires, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes have been around a long time (since the Fall) there has been a great increase in the frequency and magnitude of these in the past few years.
A wise man might ponder that and perhaps read Matthew 24.
The writer of the above comment points out that the fires are also raging over the border in Mexico, which is ‘not forcing Israel to divide Jerusalem or anything like that’ and that hurricanes have damaged Caribbean Islands and Central American countries with no connection to events concerning Israel. What the writer of that comment fails to realise is the mercy and fairness and justice of God.
Through the United Nations, for example, God has given EVERY country on the planet the opportunity to bless Israel or curse Israel. Yes, even Mexico and the Caribbean Islands and Central America. The whole world has been faced with an ongoing choice… And the fact is, the world has chosen to curse Israel.
Since when has Mexico, for example, stood up for righteousness and voted to support Israel in the UN? How many times have they voted against Israel, voted to condemn Israel for defending itself, voted to support, encourage and protect Israel’s enemies, or merely abstained (allowed the evil to attack Israel without trying to stop it)? In fact, if you check the UN voting record of the whole world, there is probably only one UN member state which consistently supports Israel (and I don’t mean America). Yes, mighty Micronesia… a scattering of tiny Pacific islands
is Israel’s best ally at the UN. Why? Because they have been blessed with wise Christian leaders and seek to bless Israel. God bless Micronesia!
The rest of the world is in deep, deep trouble with God.
I say again, EVERY country has been given the chance to bless Israel
or to curse Israel… and we know that the nations have almost unanimously decided to curse Israel and to conspire to blot out the name of Israel.
Apart from the UN, these days every country, from superpower to insignificant dot on the map has the chance to use Diplomacy to speak up for Israel… What do the Embassies and Ambassadors say when it comes to Israel? Anything good?
How about the media and education systems of every country around the world?
What do they teach their children? And what ‘news’ do they give to adults?
Do they bless Israel? Or curse Israel? We know the answer.
In Israel, CNN is so anti-Israel it has been replaced by Al-Jazeera !!!
The world’s mainstream media is totally anti-Israel.
Yes, the nations are united… in their hatred, condemnation and rejection of Israel.
Not just America, but the whole world is in rebellion against God and busy cursing God’s people and bringing God’s judgement and curses upon themselves. As always, the world’s leaders do not listen to the watchmen on the walls warning of the coming disaster. God’s patience is not infinite. Time is running out. The time for excuses, rationalising and explaining everything away as ‘random chance’ or ‘only weather’ and ‘business as usual’ is over.
May God bless and strengthen and protect Stan and all those who speak out what you might call a very very inconvenient truth and stand up for Israel in these evil times. God’s promises are true. God WILL bless those who bless Israel…
and he will surely curse those who curse Israel. May our leaders make the right choices… choose life and not death… Even so, come Lord Jesus!
Stan, if not to hard a task, could you give some more exemples through history about what´s happened to other people who tried to either destroy or divide Israel?
For instance Romans seem to have their empire finished not earlier then centuries after destroyng Jerusalem. It took about 10 centuries to the Otomans
finally be punished for occupying Israel territory. Germany still stands, etc.
How could God take so long to rise against Israel real enemys, and be so hard against US, not perfect yet greatest Israel supporter ?
I am With you and your people and i´d like to have a beter base to tell my fellow citizens in Brazil about it all .
What you are saying sounds reasonable and could be true.It appears to me that the Raprure of the Church is very imminent..
I am an American expat living in the Netherlands and I also see what is really going on in the Middle East and not just what the US news wants people to see. It is time for the people in power in the United States to take a good hard look at what is really happening. God has been doing so much to make people open their eyes. I pray that they will before it is too late.
Weathermen:- Further to your comments about Mexico & other nations being
affected by fires & hurricanes etc, it is not only USA that is interfering in Israel’s
policies but the whole world, via the EU, AU, & other related organisations. But
USA seems to be the main instigator. Israel is still the Apple of YHWH’s Eye.
Stan,
Thank you so much for your great insight and continuous focus when many other distractions claim our attention. I personally needed to be reminded of the things you mentioned, and i thank God for that invaluable information. You are so right. When one looks at the decisions and coercions our government has made against Israel, and then see in every instance the awful natural disasters that come upon this land, one can only conclude that there is a connection to the statement God said about His people Israel: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:” Gen 12:3.
Please continue your keen observations, as there are many who concur with you. And there are many still who love the Lord and are grateful for what He did on Calvary for all of us. And there are many again who love His people Israel and for how God is using them in His great plan of salvation for this world. The world may try to stop God’s plans, but the Word of God says that the Lord Jesus Christ will one day soon reign as the king, and it will be accomplished from Jerusalem.
Those who curse Israel, will be cursed. Those who don’t support Israel, will not be supported by the G-d of Israel. There is but one G-d, the G-d of Abraham Issac and Jacob, Israel is the apple of His eye, get it Mr Bush, Ms Rice?
Carol, do you think the UK news is less biased? I find the BBC coverage incredibly anti-israel. Only this morning on radio 4, they were arguing that ‘the palestinian refugees, just like all other refugees in the world….’ , except they are not at all like other refugees, to the extent that the UNHCR had to craft a special definition of refugee that applies only to palestinians, who are not ‘refugees’ at all, by the normal definition that applies to the rest of the world.
I see a more direct connection with the laws Schwartzenegger tries to bring in effect to rule out the family as intended by God.
As temping as it is to agree with Stan’s observation but those events being associated to God’s judgement cannot be plainly true We all know the effect of these natural catastrophe to US economy. It doesn’t help Israel in the long run if US suffers and is unable to shield Israel from countries bent on his annihilation.
Let’s be very carefull when interpreting or associating natural disasters to political events. We definitely do not absolutely know.
May American Christians stand with Israel even though our government will not!!!
1 Chron 16:22
“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”
NKJV
1 Chron 16:22
22′Don’t harm my chosen people,’ he declared. ‘These are my prophets-touch them not.’
TLB
1 Chron 16:22
22 “Don’t you dare touch my anointed ones, don’t lay a hand on my prophets.”
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)
When Jesus taught us to pray, he said, “deliver us from evil” that is my prayer along with Rev. 22:20 “Surely I come quickly, Amen, Even so come, Lord Jesus”.
Satan still believes he can rise up above the Most High God and he believes he can do this by making God out to be a lair by wiping out the seed of Abraham thru his chosen womb Sarah . I will give my Lord no rest by prayer until he establishes and makes Israel a name a praise and a joy among all the nations. God is about ready to make this happen, but first the abomination standing in the Holy place, spoken of by Daniel must come with great tribulation!. I am longing for the new name to be written over Jerusalem, “Righteousness is Here”, forever and ever!!!!!!Amen
isreal do not accept any plan by rice or any one else to make a plo state in gaza or judea.tell them that a niece piece of jordan will be just fine with isreal for a plo state.do not listen to the lame stream media they are a bunch of liars more people in america support isreal than those who would appease the arabs.
most infomed americans support isreal and do not believe that arabs want peace.so please do not accept any plan that calls for any part of Jerusalem or judea to be given to the murderous plo.
Sorry for sounding nitpicky but Israel is spelled “Israel” not “Isreal” as some of the folks here have been spelling.
Even though it’s difficult to be more pro-Israel than her own leaders, we do have to stand up against dividing the land; against dividing Jerusalem; against expelling Jews from their homes and schools and synagogues and cemeteries; against the destruction of the Temple Mount by the Waqf; against the releasing of terrorists. It’s SO frustrating to see the government of Israel either allow or actively participate in all of the abovementioned wickedness, and even more not even mentioned.
Shame on Olmert, Livni, Bush, Rice, etc. It’s like there are blinders placed over their eyes.
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL ! HE IS THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF LIFE AND THE GREAT I AM —– MAY GEORGE BUSH LISTEN ,AND RECEIVE THESE MESSAGES FROM CHRISTIAN AMERICANS TO STEP AWAY FROM THE PEACE TABLE IN MARYLAND OR HE MAY VERY WELL USHER IN GOD’S WRATH UPON OUR COUNTRY — THE ONLY SECURE PEACE AGREEMENT IS TO LEAVE ISRAEL ALONE AND TO GOD .
To God be the Glory! We are all living, testifying and witnessing the Holy Words of the Bible. We are patterned to God’s (chosen) prophets’ prophecies. The prophets spoke of these times. The Disciples of Jesus Christ inquired when shall we see You again, Yeshua. And He replied… (see Matthew chapter 24).
We all are witnessing spiritual winds. Be very wary of false prophets, false wars (and rumors of wars)…etc. God has His hands on the children.
I pray continously for peace on earth, wisdom and guidance to all human beings.
Thank you, Mr. Stan Goodenough, for another wonderful article!
Peace & love.
Is it possible to get this article into the hands of Connie Rice? If so, let get it done please.
Thanks Carol
I would like to be put on your mailing list to keep informed as to what is happening in the Middle East - thank you
I agree very much with this article I have even written President Bush about this . Falling on deaf ears as you know. I pray that Israel does not agree to any peace agreement because it will only make Israel be on the losing end that it has always been on in these “so called agreements”. Thank you and May God Bless Israel !!