Blair Wingo - Allow me to re-introduce the Christ
A while ago I posted a youtube which had a missionary poetess called Blair Wingo. I promised that I would post another thought provoking poem by this passionate woman.
Well, here it is…
Enjoy!
Is Scripture important?
Found an interesting post from ‘Sola Dei Gloria’ called ‘Christians “too” Committed to the Bible‘. How can a Christian be too committed to the Bible? Just doesn’t make sense to me.
“In the actual practices of the Evangelical community in North America, there is an over-commitment to Scripture in a way that is false, irrational, and harmful to the cause of Christ,”
But on the other end of the scale we have ‘Pastors signing an online pledge to use the God’s Word as a primary source for sermons‘.
A website that provides access to sermons and illustrations has launched a campaign encouraging pastors to pledge that they will develop their own material through the reading and study of scripture.
Sad really, that such a pledge is even necessary!
Jerusalem - Corpus Separatum
While we’re on the subject of the division of the Jerusalem. Did you know that according to the UN Resolution 181 that Jerusalem will be subject to UN approval, and that no country not even Israel can claim it as their capital! Also that city once made into and international city will include the eastern side including Bethlehem!
C. THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
The boundaries of the City of Jerusalem are as defined in the recommendations on the City of Jerusalem. (See Part III, section B, below).
Part III. - City of Jerusalem(5)
A. SPECIAL REGIMEThe City of Jerusalem shall be established as a corpus separatum under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The Trusteeship Council shall be designated to discharge the responsibilities of the Administering Authority on behalf of the United Nations.
B. BOUNDARIES OF THE CITYThe City of Jerusalem shall include the present municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns, the most eastern of which shall be Abu Dis; the most southern, Bethlehem; the most western, ‘Ein Karim (including also the built-up area of Motsa); and the most northern Shu’fat, as indicated on the attached sketch-map (annex B). (UN Resolution 181)
Effectively no-one (if you consider the UN a legitimate body) can decide the fate of Jerusalem according to the UN. Oh but I think God has His hand on this situation regardless. See the ‘Corpus Separatum‘ article.
The official map of what would have been the UN’s Jerusalem district includes the areas of Bethlehem, Maale Adumim, Motza, Shuafat and beyond, far surpassing anything Israelis or Palestinians would now define as “Greater Jerusalem.”@ Honest Reporting
The Trusteeship Council is now defunct, yet the future prospects of the trusteeship council may include global governance. If now defunct, what does that mean for the UN Resolution 181?
Jerusalem, in a decision worthy of the setting for Pontius Pilate’s famous manual ablutions, was to belong to neither. It was to become a “corpus separatum” under UN direction - which is why today, except for a few banana republics, no country in the world, not even the US, will build an embassy there, or recognise it as Israel’s capital, eternal or otherwise. Indeed, it is a telling argument against Palestinian claims to the city as its capital - but for obvious reasons it is not one that Israel and its supporters are likely to make.
The resolution passed in the general assembly, but in the modern age, any such crucial decision would now go to the security council, where the US can wield its veto. Indeed, Israel and the US now argue that general assembly resolutions are not binding. This is something of an anomaly for a state whose raison d’etre is based on historical claims, since if general assembly resolutions are not binding, then the creation of Israel as a Jewish state was not binding on the Arabs.
The resolution does in fact say that any breach by any party is a threat to peace and security to be dealt with by the security council - which is of course still “dealing” with it 60 years later.
Read some of the comments from the link provided in the above quote… people are calling for Jerusalem to be internationlised!!!
Annapolis - Carving up the land of Israel
This is a Red Flag Post!
Joe 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, for My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they shared out My land.
Zec 1:14 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.
Hat tip to Carla from More Books and Things for the following link that she found while I slept not so soundly as I knew the summit was about to start. Jerusalem is on the chopping board for the first time!
Today, November 27, 2007, the world will stretch little Israel out for dismemberment on the chopping block of Annapolis.
They will stretch Israel out, and smiling (not even secretly) at one another, will mark off the pieces they intend to tear away.
By the time the sun sets again, all those who hate Zion will believe that they have scored against her.
If only they knew; if only all those Americans who, watching the television news amid proud feelings of the pivotal part their country played in bringing all of this to pass - if only they knew.
It was not George W. Bush or Condoleezza Rice who invited the nations to Annapolis.
It was God. He is causing them to err.
To find some other links regarding this summit go to Carla’s post!
Related Posts:
- The Unholy Divide
- Book Review of Whose Land? Whose Promise?
- MR. PRESIDENT, DON’T DIVIDE JERUSALEM: Sharansky briefs Joshua Fund on new campaign to protect Holy City by Joel C Rosenberg
- PEACE SUMMIT IN AMERICA by D Dolan
- Whose Land is it Anyway?
Oh and I just wanted to add another post from Oleh Musings, Michael has finally blogged his two shekels worth in a post called ‘Politicking and Skepticism‘.
