Without walls #2
Ezekiel 38 mentions a time when Israel will be described as without walls. A text in Zechariah suggests this could be a figure of speech of Israel being so powerfull that it had little to worry about. That is still a possibility.
But, while watching and reading the news this week I noticed something that might suggest another way this could happen. That's by unilateral withdrawal and disarming under political pressure. The Israeli disengagement is in large part related to a sad decline in US-Israel relationships. The US with all of it's global interests and concerns has taken the role of trying to broker a deal between the Arabs and the Israeli's. Without US pressure I doubt Israel would have considered pulling it's citizens out of Gaza. None of our politicians cares to mention that the PA and it's allied terrorist networks have done nothing to fulfill their side of the peace process. Nevertheless there's our US representative Condi' Rice leaning on Israel again. See the CNN account of this: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/rice.mideast.ap/index.html.
The nations are standing around Jerusalem, they are telling Jerusalem and the Israeli's what they have to do. This is an unacceptable situation for any independent nation to experience. This is much like the situation in Luke 21:20-24, the city is surrounded by those who want to rule over it, even to destroy it. The nations are behaving badly...again....
While peace is clearly the desired end in mind I can't help but see this continuing political pressure as detrimental instead. When the PA, Hamas, Hizzbulah, etc continue to threaten Israel in no uncertain terms, why does the US and the EU pretend this doesn't represent a real threat to Israel and to themselves as well ? This isn't make believe, this is real and the troubles coming will apparently escalate beyond any pretense of control. In order to really fix the problems in Israel and it's neighbors there needs to be some honest problem solving. Politics will never overcome the feelings and passions of the parties involved. We're in the time that the weak are saying they are strong, we are in the era when judgment will occur in the valley of Jehosaphat.
Israel must increasingly look to God for passage through this modern era of trial. Israel will make peace, but only with the help of God, then all of their neighbors will also be at peace. Isa 2:2-4 and Zechariah 8. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
But, while watching and reading the news this week I noticed something that might suggest another way this could happen. That's by unilateral withdrawal and disarming under political pressure. The Israeli disengagement is in large part related to a sad decline in US-Israel relationships. The US with all of it's global interests and concerns has taken the role of trying to broker a deal between the Arabs and the Israeli's. Without US pressure I doubt Israel would have considered pulling it's citizens out of Gaza. None of our politicians cares to mention that the PA and it's allied terrorist networks have done nothing to fulfill their side of the peace process. Nevertheless there's our US representative Condi' Rice leaning on Israel again. See the CNN account of this: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/15/rice.mideast.ap/index.html.
The nations are standing around Jerusalem, they are telling Jerusalem and the Israeli's what they have to do. This is an unacceptable situation for any independent nation to experience. This is much like the situation in Luke 21:20-24, the city is surrounded by those who want to rule over it, even to destroy it. The nations are behaving badly...again....
While peace is clearly the desired end in mind I can't help but see this continuing political pressure as detrimental instead. When the PA, Hamas, Hizzbulah, etc continue to threaten Israel in no uncertain terms, why does the US and the EU pretend this doesn't represent a real threat to Israel and to themselves as well ? This isn't make believe, this is real and the troubles coming will apparently escalate beyond any pretense of control. In order to really fix the problems in Israel and it's neighbors there needs to be some honest problem solving. Politics will never overcome the feelings and passions of the parties involved. We're in the time that the weak are saying they are strong, we are in the era when judgment will occur in the valley of Jehosaphat.
Israel must increasingly look to God for passage through this modern era of trial. Israel will make peace, but only with the help of God, then all of their neighbors will also be at peace. Isa 2:2-4 and Zechariah 8. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
posted by J B at
Friday, November 18, 2005
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