The Unholy Divide
The Annapolis peace conference will take place on Tuesday November 27. Not only are the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and the drawing of the lines between the two, but the Golan has been put on the table as well. Israel waits like a big piece of coveted pie, as the political hungry sharpen their knives ready to lay claim to this bit or that. Rice in her generosity promised the Iranian/North Korean/Russian backed Syria that there would be talks between the two countries …
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak made welcoming sounds about Syria’s possible presence at the conference, as though they had come up with the plan after careful consideration. In fact, DEBKAfile’s Middle East and intelligence sources report, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice presented them with a fait accompli.
The invitation she handed to Syrian foreign minister Walid Mualem on Nov. 3 came from President George W. Bush, after he accepted Damascus’ condition that future negotiations on the Golan be mentioned in the conference’s final paper, as well as the Palestinian issue.
Damascus is in the news in a big way lately, who would have guessed? But the burden of Damascus has been on God’s mind for the prophet Isaiah says the following about that city …
Isa 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
As far as I know, this prophecy has not been completely fulfilled yet. Damascus is known to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It has never been taken away from being a city and left in a ruinous heap to this day. Today this prophecy is yet to be fulfilled and it waits ominously as the puzzle starts to take its shape. Bit by bit the smaller pieces are fitting together and the bigger picture is becoming all the more clear.
I am pretty sure that we should be watching Syria very closely and who she aligns herself with. Israel has already been active against Syria in recent days. And North Korea and Syria are participating in nuclear activity together. Syria has also had a recent accident with Weapons of Mass Destruction, this accident left dozens dead because of a chemical weapons experiment that went dreadfully wrong.
Times are moving fast, and everything that is happening only strengthens biblical prophecy as we approach the climatic Day of the Lord.
But getting back to the peace process … Not surprisingly Israel is the only one to make all the concessions in this so called deal. The Israelis and the Palestinians both have redline conditions when it comes to a two state solution. But this is the first time that Jerusalem is on the table for a possible division. This is major stuff, this is a red -flag to the world and a HUGE wakeup call . Ironically, it doesn’t seem major to the world – this is because they are blind and cannot see or hear the warnings given in Zechariah 12 - but this is very significant to God regardless of what the world thinks.
Why? Because He is jealous. He specifically says that He is jealous of Jerusalem …
Zec 1:14-15 So the angel who was talking with me said to me, Cry out, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion, with a great jealousy. And with great anger I am angered at the nations at ease; in that I was but a little angry, and they gave help for evil.
And what exactly is the warning given in Zechariah 12 …
Zec 12:2-3 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Rabbi’s have recently warned the leaders of the US that dividing the land could bring about certain destruction in the US if they continue on this path. Jerusalem is one of the reasons that the Jews are there… well that, and the fact that God has brought them back into their own land by sheer miracle. All prophesied beforehand of course. God keeps His Word, no matter what!
Biblically the Rabbi’s are right in their warning. As Zechariah says… it is the Holy city of Jerusalem that is to become the heavy burdensome stone and anyone who is against it shall be cut into pieces.
This is a heavy warning for the world to hear. It doesn’t tickle the ears and it is a warning that the world does not welcome but would rather turn a blind eye to.
For over twenty years I have understood that this would eventually happen, I was taught this when I first became a Christian. We were very interested in biblical prophecy, and we all understood that when the world started to talk about Israel making concessions and giving her land away that that was a bad thing in God’s eyes. After all, Israel is the apple of God’s eye. We all knew and understood that when the world and Israel started to talk about the division of Jerusalem … well … suffice to say, this too is a BIG deal to God, one of the biggest in fact! This should bring us to our knees in prayer, we should be praying for this conference to be stopped or as Jacob Prasch says …
pray that God will judge our evil leaders rather than judge America and Britain because of them. The land is The Lord’s and it is not for Israel to give or for the Moslems to take.
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The time to pray is NOW!!!
