Israel Today

Our messages the last six weeks centered on the future of the land of Israel and the Jewish people. Well, what is happening today? On a regular basis, the residents of Israel are threatened by terror attacks from Hezbollah on its Northern border, from Fatah internally, from Hamas out of Gaza and Anti-Semitism is on the rise globally.

A global poll was recently taken in which 53,000 people in 100 countries were interviewed revealing that one-third of them believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or a myth and one-fourth held Anti-Semitic views. Additionally, the Palestinian Authority says it wants peace in English but when speaking to its own people in Arabic preaches war and hatred. Recently, on the anniversary of Israel's creation, the official PA controlled newspaper wrote "The Zionist gangs invaded the land of Palestine and expelled its residents." This is a total fabrication! The truth is that just before the start of the 1948 war, 160,000 Arabs became Israeli citizens and 750,00 fled to escape the fighting when Arab leaders encouraged them to leave.

How does God's covenant people react to all this continual persecution? On May 14th a coal mine exploded in Turkey killing more than 200 with hundreds more trapped. Israel's National Emergency team extended a helping hand offering aid in rescuing and treating those pulled from the mine. Additionally, an Israeli team of security officials is in Nigeria to aid that country's security forces in their fight against the Islamic terrorist organization Boka Haram who kidnapped more than 300 hundred school girls in April. 

Why do they react in such a manner? I sense they believe God's Word litterally and attempt each day to function accordingly. Genesis 12:3 says "In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" and Psalm 1:1,2,4 say "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law He meditates day and night. For The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish." Can we do the same by blessing them and praying for them daily?

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You In His Care This Day And Each Day,

Frank