Holy Land?
Always Has Been - Is Now - Always Will Be!
Is Israel really the Promised Land (Holy Land)? Or is it
just a mountainous area west of the Jordan River? Since
there have only been a few thousand Jews living there for
the last 2000 years, I guess you could say that the
thousands of Arab Moslems who have moved there from other
parts of the Arab world in the last 150 years could have
some claim to this strategic, controversial piece of
geography. And of course, this is assuming that there is no
G-d, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
If you say that the god of the Moslems is the same God of
the Jews and Christians, then I suggest you go back and
study your history. Because in the history of the Arabian
peninsula, you will find that there were many gods. To make
a long story short, the so-called prophet Mohammed decided
that he should pick only one of these gods for his followers
to worship. The god he picked was the moon god. So if you
believe in the moon god, then give all your backing to the
Moslems. But if you believe in the G-d of the Christians and
Jews, then please read and listen to the words of the one
true G-d.
This message is very important, because I believe it is
rarely taught in Sunday school, or church services, and in
most cases it is never spoken of. I have asked many
Christians how often they are taught to study the end time
prophecies about time and place when the Lord G-d restores
the whole land to the people of Israel.
We are sure you know that G-d promised the Land of Israel to
the Jewish people and there are absolutely millions of
Americans who believe what the Bible says in that regard.
Our civilization has been founded on Judeo-Christian moral
and ethical values which stand in stark contrast to the
values of radical Islam I feel it is necessary to comment on
using Islam (a religion). I am not picking on them over
other religions. I speak of them only because this religion
has a hatred of Israel and Christianity. This is written in
their Koran (hatred for Jews and extreme hatred of
Christians).
This land of Israel is a very small portion of land, it is
only 1/400th the size of the Arab States. The state of
Israel would fit 10 times in Kansas. The Palestinian
covenant never has been changed, it calls for the death and
destruction of all of Israel. The uncompromising nature of
Moslem Religion and Arab enmity are a reality. Arab
incitement to terror and hatred of Israel and Jews
constitutes a continuous threat to the safety of everyone.
Israel can not give up one little piece of land because G-d
said they can’t. It can’t give up any land because it would
be its death. The Arab States from which the Palestinians
came could take them all home in a heart beat, but they
won’t.
Although the Arab Moslems call themselves Palestinians, the
largest portion of have immigrated from other Arab countries
such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Libya,
Tunisia, and Iraq. Yaser Arafat was born and raised in
Egypt. For many centuries, the only people called
Palestinian were Jews and a few nomadic Bedowin. This has
been well established by the writings of Christian pilgrims
traveling through the Holy Land and many years later by the
Ottoman Turks. Although these Islamic Arabs make great
claims to this land. History book exposes their false
claims. They use their people “Palestinians” as a means to
their end (the destruction of all Israel). They can’t stand
Israel existing on earth!
The Arabs say this land is theirs, but none of their holiest
sites are in Israel, they are in Mecca, Medina, and third, a
mosque to the north, probably in Damascus. In contrast
Israel has always been holy to the Jews. There are
historical and archeological maps of Judea and Samaria,
illustrating the number of places holy to the Jews that date
back to Bible times. “The Land of Israel is for the People
of Israel.” The Temple mount in Jerusalem where Solomon’s
temple once stood now has a mosque on it, but this mosque is
not one of Islam’s holiest sites.
This all said, may help in understanding why it is so
important to know why each and every G-dly person must stand
up for G-d’s purposes, G-d’s land (Israel) and His people.
I do not have an answer to all your problems!
I do not have answers to the world’s problems!
I do not have a healing ministry!
I can not help with finances!
I can not help the multitudes of problems that most of us
have!
But I sincerely believe if you do not accept this
message that has been clearly laid out by the Lord, you will
deny yourself and your family a great blessing. But more
than that you will put yourself on the opposite side of
G-d’s will. Once you know these truths and commandments you
will be held accountable to the Lord G-d.
Ge 27:28 May G-d give you of heaven’s dew and of earth’s
richness—an abundance of grain and new wine.
Ge 27:29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to
you.
Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your
mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless
you be blessed.
I believe you and yours can receive all the blessing’s G-d
has for you! Please don’t forget that whatever Israel does
has always affected the world. Remember Israel was created
by G-d to be a Light unto the Nations.
This Land of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
The portion of geography we are talking about is the area of
mountains in the modern state of Israel.
This area starts in the north, running from Jenin and
Megiddo, directly south to a point just north of Beersheba.
The towns in the south are Omer, Dura, Dhahiriya, and
Hebron. In the east, there is the Jordan Valley and the
Jordan River. In the west are the towns of Biet Shemesh,
Lod, Petah Tiqua, and Tkulkarm.
In the middle of these mountains is the Holy City of King
David, “Jerusalem”. All of Israel is Holy Land! It is
clearly spoken of in the Bible as holy, and part of
prophetic and geographical restoration of the nation and
people: Judah and Israel. All of Israel is holy, which
includes the Plain of Sharon (all of the coast lands), the
valleys, the rolling hills, the rivers, from the Red Sea, to
Lebanon, and to Jordan on the east.
However, most of biblical prophecy is in this range of
mountains called “Judea - Samaria.” The unbelievers of
the world call it the West Bank!
For two thousand years on most all Christian and Jewish
maps, all of the land was always considered the Holy Land of
G-d. The land that G-d said was the land of “Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.”
Before I move on, I must make it clear, if the reader does
not believe in the
G-d of the Christians and Jews and that the Bible is the
word of G-d sent forth by the prophets and the holy men in
this book, then this message will not make sense or clarify
this very difficult and important dilemma.
This problem will and does effect the whole world. This will
never be settled or achieve peace! Human logic, reasoning,
or world events, (past or present), will not change what G-d
ordained!!
Continuing on, who claims complete ownership to all of this
land, and all the surrounding land for many miles in all
directions? I want to add too, that this claim is for this
general area, not the whole world.
So now lets look at what the word of G-d says about this
land.
Lev 25:23 “ ‘The land must not be sold permanently,
because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my
tenants.
Lev 25:24 Throughout the country that you hold as a
possession, you must provide for the redemption of the
land.
Lev 25:25 “ ‘If one of your countrymen becomes poor and
sells some of his property, his nearest relative is to
come and redeem what his countryman has sold.
Lev 25:26 If, however, a man has no one to redeem it for
him but he himself prospers and acquires sufficient
means to redeem it,
Lev 25:27 he is to determine the value for the years
since he sold it and refund the balance to the man to
whom he sold it; he can then go back to his own
property.
Lev 25:28 But if he does not acquire the means to repay
him, what he sold will remain in the possession of the
buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in
the Jubilee, and he can then go back to his property.
In these verses the Lord G-d commands the Israelites (Jews),
that the land is to be maintained throughout all history,
forever. And they must be able to regain ownership,
stewardship of this land. Then Lord says for all mankind to
hear, “Because the land is Mine, and you are but aliens and
my tenants.”
A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel
The Word of G-d to the Prophet Ezekiel
Eze 36:1 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of
Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of
the LORD.
Eze 36:2 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The enemy
said of you, “Aha! The ancient heights have become our
possession.” ’
Eze 36:3 Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: Because they ravaged and hounded
you from every side so that you became the possession of
the rest of the nations and the object of people’s
malicious talk and slander,
Eze 36:4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word
of the Sovereign LORD? This is what the Sovereign LORD
says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and
valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns
that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of
the nations around you—
Eze 36:5 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my
burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the
nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with
malice in their hearts they made my land their own
possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’
Eze 36:6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of
Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the
ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD
says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have
suffered the scorn of the nations.
Eze 36:7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you
will also suffer scorn.
Eze 36:8 “But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce
branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will
soon come home.
Eze 36:9 I am concerned for you and will look on you
with favor; you will be plowed and sown,
Eze 36:10 and I will multiply the number of people upon
you, even the whole house of Israel. The towns will be
inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Eze 36:11 I will increase the number of men and animals
upon you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous.
I will settle people on you as in the past and will make
you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I
am the LORD.
Eze 36:12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk
upon you. They will possess you, and you will be their
inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their
children.
Eze 36:13 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Because
people say to you, “You devour men and deprive your
nation of its children,”
Eze 36:14 therefore you will no longer devour men or
make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Eze 36:15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of
the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of
the peoples or cause your nation to fall”, declares the
Sovereign LORD.
The Lord G-d of Israel speaks to the prophet Ezekiel, that
he must prophecy to the mountains of Israel, and the
ravines and valleys, the time is coming soon when he (G-d)
would cleans his Holy Mountains of the gentiles and of the
curses they have brought upon this Holy place.
This Holy Place is what the non-believing world calls
the West Bank.
If you believe that the word of G-d is true, and some people
try to convince you that the land (Eretz) is to be given to
Palestinian Moslems. I would ask you to please study the
scriptures on this subject. I will list many of them and
comment on some.
Please do not be in error on these facts, I will probably
never know you, but G-d will know your mind, and most
importantly He will know just how you stand, for His purpose
or against His purpose.
The Gentile Nations Judged
The Word of G-d to the Prophet Joel:
Joel 3:1 “In those days and at that time, when I restore
the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
Joel 3:2 I will gather all nations and bring them down
to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into
judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my
people Israel, for they scattered my people among the
nations and divided up my land.
Joel 3:3 They cast lots for my people and traded boys
for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they
might drink.
Joel 3:4 “Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon
and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me
for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I
will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what
you have done.
Joel 3:5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried
off my finest treasures to your temples.
Joel 3:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to
the Greeks, that you might send them far from their
homeland.
Joel 3:7 “See, I am going to rouse them out of the
places to which you sold them, and I will return on your
own heads what you have done.
Joel 3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the
people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans,
a nation far away.” The LORD has spoken.
Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for
war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw
near and attack.
Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your
pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am
strong!”
Joel 3:11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD?
Joel 3:12 “Let the nations be roused; let them advance
into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to
judge all the nations on every side.
Joel 3:13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and
the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of
decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley
of decision.
Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the
stars no longer shine.
Joel 3:16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from
Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the
LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for
the people of Israel.
Joel 3:17 “Then you will know that I, the LORD your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy;
never again will foreigners invade her.
Joel 3:18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,
and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of
Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of
the LORD'S house and will water the valley of acacias.
Joel 3:19 But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert
waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Joel 3:20 Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem
through all generations.
Joel 3:21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I
will pardon.”
The LORD dwells in Zion!
This prophecy from G-d to the prophet Joel is a message not
only to the Jews and how the Messiah leads them to destroy
their enemies, but is a prophecy about the Palestinians and
Lebanon and how he will deal with the Palestinians and all
the nations of earth. Let the Gentile nations be roused and
prepare for war as G-d brings them into the Valley of
Jehoshaphat (Valley of Decision). This is an earth-shaking,
soul-searching time, in my opinion, that is about to come
upon us. In this chapter he also speaks about a devastating
time for Egypt and Jordan. In the last two verses the Lord
reminds us of how sinful and guilty the Jews have been, and
yet in spite of this, because G-d keeps his covenants, some
of them are redeemed and pardoned. His very last statement
to all of us is a reminder over and over again in the Old
Testament and also in the New Testament that he reigns from
Jerusalem. This is also found in the book of Zechariah
chapters 12 and 14.
More Verses Concerning the Holy Mountains of Israel
Isa 2:1 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem:
Isa 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD'S
temple will be established
as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above
the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Isa 2:3 Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go
up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God
of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk
in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isa 2:4 He will judge between the nations and will
settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their
swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor
will they train for war anymore.
Isa 2:5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light
of the LORD.
Zion: G-d’s Mountain (Har Zion)
Isa 14:25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my
mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be
taken from my people, and his burden removed from their
shoulders.”
The Assyrians are to be destroyed on G-d's mountains!
Isa 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth;
burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his
people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Isa 49:14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, the
Lord has forgotten me.”
Isa 49:15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
Isa 49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my
hands; your walls are ever before me.
Again the Lord commands the heavens, earth and the
Mountains, sing and shout for joy when He saves His
People.
“Good News”
Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of
those who bring good news,
who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim
salvation, who say to Zion, “Your G-d reigns!”
When the prophets of G-d bring good news on the mountains
of Israel, (Judea & Samaria), that He has returned to
Mt. Zion, it will most likely be the prophet Elijah, and
others proclaiming that the Messiah is about to arrive.
Isa 65:9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and
from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my
chosen people will inherit them, and there will my
servants live.
God will bring the descendants of Jacob, Israel, and Judah
home to possess his Holy Mountains.
Ps 68:16 Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the
mountain where G-d chooses to reign, where the LORD
himself will dwell forever?
The shepherd of Israel (The LORD G-D OF ISRAEL) will gather
His people Israel from all over the world and pasture them
forever on the Mountains of Israel. (Eretz) and even on all
the valleys and plains (Sharron).
Jacob’s Dream
Ge 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
Ge 28:11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for
the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the
stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to
sleep.
Ge 28:12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway
resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven,
and the angels of G-d were ascending and descending on
it.
Ge 28:13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said: “I
am the LORD, the G-d of your father Abraham and the G-d
of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land
on which you are lying.
Ge 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the
earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the
east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on
earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Ge 28:15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever
you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will
not leave you until I have done what I have promised
you.”
Ge 28:16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought,
“Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware
of it.”
Ge 28:17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this
place! This is none other than the house of G-d; this is
the gate of heaven.”
Ge 28:18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he
had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and
poured oil on top of it.
Ge 28:19 He called that place Bethel, though the city
used to be called Luz.
Jacobs dream should have been enough to alert humanity that
this is “Holy Land”, and it was given to all the descendants
of Jacob. There is a song about Jacob’s ladder that many
have learned in Sunday school as children, but it was never
taught how very important it is, and was never taken
seriously. It should be taught just how important it was to
read and sing what Jacob said when he awoke.
Truly, these words should have been enough to humble the
world of G-d believing Christians and Jews.
In Jesus’s message in Matthew 5:17, Jesus was trying to warn
his followers that there is a lot more to achieving a place
in the Kingdom of Heaven, than healing the sick, raising the
dead, and having all your personal needs met. He refers to
the laws of G-d, and the words of the prophets. They must
all be obeyed!
Mt 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the
Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but
to fulfill them.
Mt 5:18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke
of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until
everything is accomplished.
Mt 5:19 Anyone who breaks one of the lest of these
commandments and teaches others to do the same will be
called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever
practices and teaches these commands will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness
surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the
law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
In the New Testament Paul writes about the humility and fear
of G-d. He speaks of G-ds plan of redemption for his people
“Judah and Israel”, he speaks of the Holy Land, and of its
importance. His words about this are in the New Testament,
they are found in Romans 11, and other places in Paul’s
letters.
The Remnant of Israel
Ro 11:1 I ask then: Did G-d reject his people? By no
means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of
Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Ro 11:2 G-d did not reject his people, whom he foreknew.
Don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage
about Elijah – how he appealed to G-d against Israel:
Ro 11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn
down your alters; I am the only one left, and they are
trying to kill me”?
Ro 11:4 And what was G-d’s answer to him? “I have
reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed
the knee to Baal.”
Ro 11:5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant
chosen by grace.
Ro 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works;
if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
Ro 11:7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it
did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were
hardened,,
Ro 11:8 As it is written: [Quoted from Isaiah 6] “God
gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could
not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this
very day.”
Rom 11:9 And David says: “May their table become a snare
and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for
them.
Ro 11:10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.”
Ingrafted Branches
Ro 11:11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall
beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their
transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to
make Israel envious.
Ro 11:12 But if their transgression means riches for the
world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how
much greater riches will their fullness bring!
R0 11:13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am
the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry
Ro 11:14 In the hope that I may somehow arouse my own
people to envy and save some of them.
Ro 11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of
the world, what will their acceptance be but life from
the dead?
Ro 11:16 If the part of the dough offered as first
fruits is if holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the
root is holy, so are the branches.
Ro 11:17 If some of the branches have been broken off,
and you, though a wild olive shoot, have ben grafted in
among the others and now share in the nourishing sap
from the olive root,
Ro 11:18 Do not boast over those branches. If you do,
consider this: You do not support the root, but the root
supports you.
Ro 11:19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so
that I could be grafted in.” Ro 11:20 Granted. But they
were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by
faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Ro 11:21 For if G-d did not spare the natural branches,
he will not spare you either.
Ro 11:22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness
of G-d: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to
you, provided that you continue in his kindness.
Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
Ro 11:23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they
will be grafted in for G-d is able to graft them in
again.
Ro 11:24 After all, if you ere cut out of an olive tree
that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were
grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more
readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted
into their own olive tree!
Ro 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this
mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited:
Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the
full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Ro 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is
written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will
turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Ro 11:27 And this is my covenant with them when I take
away their sins.”
Ro 11:28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are
enemies on your account; but as far as election is
concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
Ro 11:29 For G-d’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.
Ro 11:30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to
G-d have now received mercy as result of their
disobedience,
Ro 11:31 So they too have now become disobedient in
order that they too may now receive mercy as result
G-d’s mercy to you.
Ro 11:32 For G-d has bound all men over to disobedience
so that he may have mercy on them all.
The G-d of Israel has made an everlasting promise to the
Jewish people that the Holy Land will forever be their
inheritance. No earthly leader is empowered to go against
G-d’s Word.
In Conclusion
Is Eretz (all the land of Israel) just a nice place for Jews
to live and have some ancient history of their early
beginnings? Well, many other people have lived there too,
and have made a significant history in that place. The
Assyrians, the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
Mamalukes, the Nomadic Arabians, and of course the Automan
Empire (Turks) lived there for many hundreds of years, but
none of these people wanted to make this land into a nation.
It was only a possession or a very strategic location in the
Middle East, dead center in the middle of the fertile
crescent. In all the thousands of years of history did any
of these people ever record it as their home land. NO! This
land was only part of some other nation.
Did any of these people ever pray for the land and crops and
early and late rains? NO! Only the Galute (wandering Jew)!
Wherever he was driven on the face of this earth (the
dispora), only the Jew prayed for blessings on the land and
to the city of the living G-d, Jerusalem. Don’t Jews face
Jerusalem when they pray?
And do the Jews remember the vows taken under the marriage
Chupa, “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand
forget its skill, may my tongue cling to the roof of my
mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider
Jerusalem my highest joy.” Is G-d dead? Well, if there is a
G-d of Jacob then many of us have never paid attention to
what he has always been saying. Were we listening when He
said He took away land of other people and gave it to Israel
(Jacob). And in the latter days He would restore agriculture
and the good water sources and rebuild the great cities on
the ruins of the ancient cities.
G-d would proceed ahead of the Israel Army like hornets to
confuse and terrorize the enemies of Israel. Israel exists
today because G-d has defeated all of her enemies!
And in another Biblical example, David said to the
Philistine, “you come against me with sword and spear and
javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord
Almighty, the G-d of the armies of Israel, who you have
defied. This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I
will strike you down and cut off your head, today I will
give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of
the air and beast of the earth, and the whole world will
know that THERE IS A GOD IN ISRAEL.”
Nothing has changed, this is still the army of the living
G-d, and He is still there in the land of Israel. So you
see, some of us cannot accept this false peace. By G-d’s
decree the land should not be divided up or given away.
And as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
I believe these are the days, and the times like that of
Queen Esther, when Mordecai her cousin and guardian, came to
her and said,
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and
deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place,
but you and your father’s family will perish. And who
knows but that you have come to royal position for such
a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)
Today this hour, is that time for us to stand for the
purposes of the Lord G-d, to save His people Israel, from
those who would like to give “Eretz” (the land of Israel)
away for the purpose of a false peace.
Valley of Decision
We are all on a very high speed highway, bumper to bumper
with no room for errors. All of us are trying to get to the
right place. The problem lies in that in this high speed
world, there is rarely little room and time for major
changes. Most of us have been programmed to stay in the lane
we are in. When the Lord G-d speaks to us, will we hear it,
and be able to make the correct lane changes fast enough, or
will confusion take us on an off ramp to a dead end?
By Charles (Ariel) Hamblin
reference Zondervan NIV Bible