This entry was posted on 7/9/2008 2:49 PM and is filed under Prophecy.
“Thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling 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 burdensome 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'”(Zechariah 12:2,3)
Israel is currently facing a threat to its very existence but the world will see God's powerful hand.
Israel's most immediate threat may be from Iran but in reality its biggest threat is complacency from those who should be supporting her and praying for the peace of Israel.
Nations are trying to placate a madman with offers and threats, both of which are impotent and the enemy knows it. Could it be that conciliatory maneuverings will ensure the stability and security in the region? This only encourages despots and madmen who use it to further their own plans - remember Chamberlain and Hitler?
God promised Abraham that He would bless those who bless Israel and He would curse those who curse Israel.
America has prospered under God's promise since we have in the past been Israel's biggest supporter. Things started changing for America however in 1979 with the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
Jimmy Carter, a self proclaimed follower of Christ, was trying to broker a land for peace deal between Israel and Egypt. Perhaps he should have studied God's word first;
""Joel 3:2 I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, for scattering my inheritance among the nations, and for dividing up my land. "
Coincidental 1979 was the beginning of terrorist attacks on America. Coincidence?
America is a land that promotes pornography around the world, embraces and encourages abortion, glamorizes perversion and every kind of filth imaginable but continues to expect God's blessings.
God is not mocked and what He said would happen will happen. What did Sodom and Gomorrah do that America has not done more of.
There may or may not be enough Christians left in America who care more about following the Lord than they do in filling their lives with the enticements of this world or enough pastors who care more about being servants of the Lord than they do about being "served" and living like the sons of Eli who took for themselves the best that came into the House of God.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Seek the Lord while He can be found and pray for the peace of Israel.
