Good morning and God bless you all! Welcome to my first blog.
Lets get started.....
Well, it looks like Prime Minister Olmert is at it again.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123549
Olmert Offers Judea, Samaria, Divides J'lem in Draft Accord
by Gil Ronen
"(IsraelNN.com) Israel's government has agreed, in writing, to hand over 6,250 square kilometers of land – the equivalent of its entire biblical and strategic heartland - to an Arab terror state. So reports Dr. Guy Bechor, a leading expert on Arab affairs, who also supplies some of the details of the negotiations.Bechor reports, based on "leaks from the Palestinian side," that Israel has, in the past few days, presented Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas at least one draft of an "agreement of principles."
The agreement calls for a state named Palestine to be established alongside Israel, and have a territory of 6,250 square kilometers: the equivalent of all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
"Palestine" will be demilitarized.
Most of the Jewish communities built in Judea and Samaria over the past 40 years are to demolished and their inhabitants expelled, according to the plan. The remaining communities are to be concentrated in small salients Most of the Jewish communities built in Judea and Samaria over the past 40 years are to demolished and their inhabitants expelled.for which the Arab state will be compensated with additional territory elsewhere in present-day Israel.
A passage of some sort will connect Gaza and Judea and Samaria. It will be under Jewish sovereignty and Palestinian administration.
Israel agrees to redivide Jerusalem. Arab neighborhoods will be under Arab sovereignty and Jewish ones under Jewish sovereignty. Mention is made of "religious areas," but further details are not known as of yet. Each side will recognize the other's spiritual needs.
The "refugee" question is not mentioned at all, and Bechor reports that this is the main sticking point. Abbas is insisting that Arabs descended from those who fled Israel in 1948 be allowed to return to Israel, at least in principle.
Bechor says that Abbas and his men have gone over the draft and are not pleased; they know how to negotiate, he notes. In a recent interview with PA TV, Abbas said that "declarations of principles are a waste of time" and "useless." What the PA wants, he said, is a clear timetable for establishing Palestine, as well as an Israeli pullback, demolition of Jewish communities and "return of refugees" (i.e., the flooding of Israel with Arab citizens).
The Arabs are hoping Israel will become more pliable in November, when an international diplomatic conference, sponsored by the US, is to be held in an attempt to hammer out an accord.
An official close to Mahmoud Abbas, Mustafa Bargouti, said that the idea of a conference is "an Israeli trap" and that nothing will come of it."
Madness. He seems bound and determined to follow the path of his mentor and predecessor Ariel Sharon. Will his tenure as PM end as badly? We will see. I pray not. I pray that the Light shines into his Spirit and he repents of the evil and act of betrayal that he has committed in the Land!
I want to share some scriptures with you about dividing the land of Israel. What does God really think about all this?
Take Joel 3: 1-2 "For behold in those days and at that time when I bring 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 judgement with them there on account of My people, My heritage, Whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided my land." - NKJ
Here's the same verse from the Amplified. Very similar in tone but notice the clarification.
Joel 3: 1-2 "For behold in those days and at the time when I shall reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there I will deal with and execute judgement upon them for [Their treatment of] My people and of my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and [because] they have divided my land." - Amp
So, Judgement is promised on those that have divided the land. It's absolute ignorance of God's Word and madness to be involved in such a process. I pray as a nation we wake up soon!
Want it even plainer than that? Here's the Message translation.
Joel 3: 1-2 "In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem, I'll assemble all the godless nations. I'll lead them down into Judgement Valley and put them all on trial because of their treatment of my own people Israel. They scattered my people all over the pagan world and grabbed my land for themselves."
You know, could just be me, but It would seem that Yahweh keeps a dim view this issue of Holy Land grabbing and giving away. And we haven't even touched on Jerusalem yet!
Read Zechariah 12. Find all the translations you can and read that chapter. Let me give you some highlights and you will see the dangers of being a party to this kind of behavior.
Zechariah 12: 2-3 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it." - NKJ
Zechariah 12: 2-3 "Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup or bowl of reeling to all the peoples round about, and in the siege against Jerusalem will there also be a siege against and upon Judah. And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples; all who lift it or burden themselves with it shall be sorely wounded. And all the nations of the earth shall come and gather together against it." - Amp
Zechariah 12:2-3 "Watch for this: I'm about to turn Jerusalem into a cup of strong drink that will have the people who have set siege to Judah and Jerusalem staggering in a drunken stupor. "On the Big Day, I'll turn Jerusalem into a huge stone blocking the way for everyone. All who try to lift it will rupture themselves. All the pagan nations will come together and try to get rid of it." - Message
Zechariah 12: 2-3 "I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves."
Sound familiar? 'Nuff said.
Before I go, here's an interesting side note:
According to "http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/" the Valley of Jehoshaphat does not actually exist at the present time. However, since the meaning of Jehoshaphat is "Yahweh Judges", will this be a literal place God has set aside to bring the judgement in? In the Hebrew the translation is "the plain of the settlement of judgment". Since 333 AD this has been applied to the Valley of Kidron among Christians and Jews alike. Be interesting to see how that plays out.
Thanks for reading,
Shalom Shalom,
John
PS,
I was just reminded of this verse....
Psalms 122: 6-9 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.” For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. - NKJ
Amen!
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