ISRAELI ELECTION DETERMINES FATE OF MANY NATIONS
Israeli Election Determines Fate Of Many Nations - Bill Wilson, Reporting from Tel Aviv - www.watch.org
Wash—Mar 30—KIN—The recent Israeli election will determine the fate of many nations as biblical prophecies take effect in the months ahead when newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will come under intense international pressure to abandon Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria and even give up part of the holy city of Jerusalem to the Palestinians.
As ancient biblical prophecies predict the judgment of those who would divide the covenant land of Israel, this election may well determine the fate of many nations.
In Zechariah 12:3, the Lord says, "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."
Israel is sure to come under even more pressure from the international community to follow the so-called roadmap for peace that requires the Jewish nation to shrink back to pre-1967 borders (UN Resolution 242), when Israel captured Jerusalem, completing the Ezekiel prophecies that the Lord would restore Jerusalem to the Jews and the prophecy by Jesus in Matthew 24 of the fig tree blossoming, which marked the beginning of sorrows—the entering of the nations into the end times.
For this reason, the Israeli election is likely the most important in recent history as it has extraordinary prophetic significance. Olmert's task of complying with the "roadmap" will not be easy. Israeli citizens decided not to give the new prime minister a mandate to determine his country's borders by abandoning smaller settlements in Judea and Samaria and consolidating larger ones there. On the other hand, the conservative Likud Party, which would give very little if any of the covenant land to the Palestinians in establishing Israel's borders, was handed a decisive defeat in an election featuring the lowest voter turnout in the history of Israel.
Now Ehud Olmert is left to form a coalition of various liberal parties to move ahead with Israel's unilateral disengagement plan. That's not going to be an easy task since his party, Kadima, only won 28 of 120 seats in the Knesset, far short of the 40 it had wanted. Now Olmert is forced to work with the leftist Labor Party, who won some 20 seats, and a handful of other liberals to try to form a working majority. Sure to block his way will be a coalition of conservative minority parties that comprise a solid opposition of 37 seats if they choose to work together. What this means is a strong debate amid even stronger international pressure to abandon covenant land.
The inside take here in Tel Aviv is that the Israeli people are tired of fighting and want peace. This, combined with harsh pressure from the United States, the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union to abandon land seized in the 1967 and 1973 wars, has resigned Israeli citizens to acquiesce land in hopes that giving the Palestinians their own nation will end the terrorism. The Israelis believe that a wall between them and the Palestinians, which to date has reduced terror by over 80 percent, will continue in its success as it is completed. Of course, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union are pressuring Israel to stop building the wall.
The Israeli people want peace. In this election, they believe they have come closer to peace, but they do not know or understand the prophecies of their own prophets. The Prophet Jeremiah summed up this Israeli election over 2,500 years ago when he wrote, "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying Peace, peace; when there is no peace." Already Hamas is saying it will never accept the Israeli peace overtures and is demanding an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol. Psalm 122:6 tells us to "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." The only true peace comes from the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. Do you know him?
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Wash—Mar 30—KIN—The recent Israeli election will determine the fate of many nations as biblical prophecies take effect in the months ahead when newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will come under intense international pressure to abandon Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria and even give up part of the holy city of Jerusalem to the Palestinians.
As ancient biblical prophecies predict the judgment of those who would divide the covenant land of Israel, this election may well determine the fate of many nations.
In Zechariah 12:3, the Lord says, "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."
Israel is sure to come under even more pressure from the international community to follow the so-called roadmap for peace that requires the Jewish nation to shrink back to pre-1967 borders (UN Resolution 242), when Israel captured Jerusalem, completing the Ezekiel prophecies that the Lord would restore Jerusalem to the Jews and the prophecy by Jesus in Matthew 24 of the fig tree blossoming, which marked the beginning of sorrows—the entering of the nations into the end times.
For this reason, the Israeli election is likely the most important in recent history as it has extraordinary prophetic significance. Olmert's task of complying with the "roadmap" will not be easy. Israeli citizens decided not to give the new prime minister a mandate to determine his country's borders by abandoning smaller settlements in Judea and Samaria and consolidating larger ones there. On the other hand, the conservative Likud Party, which would give very little if any of the covenant land to the Palestinians in establishing Israel's borders, was handed a decisive defeat in an election featuring the lowest voter turnout in the history of Israel.
Now Ehud Olmert is left to form a coalition of various liberal parties to move ahead with Israel's unilateral disengagement plan. That's not going to be an easy task since his party, Kadima, only won 28 of 120 seats in the Knesset, far short of the 40 it had wanted. Now Olmert is forced to work with the leftist Labor Party, who won some 20 seats, and a handful of other liberals to try to form a working majority. Sure to block his way will be a coalition of conservative minority parties that comprise a solid opposition of 37 seats if they choose to work together. What this means is a strong debate amid even stronger international pressure to abandon covenant land.
The inside take here in Tel Aviv is that the Israeli people are tired of fighting and want peace. This, combined with harsh pressure from the United States, the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union to abandon land seized in the 1967 and 1973 wars, has resigned Israeli citizens to acquiesce land in hopes that giving the Palestinians their own nation will end the terrorism. The Israelis believe that a wall between them and the Palestinians, which to date has reduced terror by over 80 percent, will continue in its success as it is completed. Of course, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union are pressuring Israel to stop building the wall.
The Israeli people want peace. In this election, they believe they have come closer to peace, but they do not know or understand the prophecies of their own prophets. The Prophet Jeremiah summed up this Israeli election over 2,500 years ago when he wrote, "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying Peace, peace; when there is no peace." Already Hamas is saying it will never accept the Israeli peace overtures and is demanding an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol. Psalm 122:6 tells us to "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." The only true peace comes from the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. Do you know him?
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