Bless The Beautiful Land!

"On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had
 searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands."
                                                                                                                             (Ezekiel 20:6)




The nation of Israel is often referred to in the Bible as "The Beautiful Land".  There is no other nation in the world that has the fingerprint of God imprinted on it in the way Israel does.  It is uniquely chosen as God's land and has carried this distinction from the beginning.  From the time it was given to Abram and his descendants, a promise from God was attached to the land and the people.  There is no person or nation that has the ability to remove those promise(s).  This is God's idea and it is His covenant.

As believers in Christ, we know that the ultimate promise was that God would bring our Messiah through the Jewish lineage.  Until that time occurred, the main focus of the Old Testament was on the land of Israel and His people.  When God gave the land to Abram, He promised: "I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Genesis 12:1-3).

While it is true that God has distinguished Israel and its people, it is also true that they have been tried and tested relentlessly.  Throughout history, they have experienced numerous desolations and distresses. The nation of Israel has survived ten wars, six of which should have destroyed them. There is no other explanation for the survival of Israel other than that the hand of God is on that land.
However, they have not been immune from an enormous amount of stress, strain, and squeezing. That pressure and intensity has never been more true than it is today.  Even now, Israel is surrounded by multitudes that would love nothing more than to annhilate them.

 The Arab Spring did not bring democracy, because the heart of Islam will always be the destruction of Israel.  It is the plan of the enemy to heat things up in the Middle East, because he knows the time is near for the full number of gentiles to come in.  The animosity and enmity toward "The Beautiful Land" is palpable.

The size of Israel is comparable to the size of New Jersey.  Israel has no major natural resources over which to wage war. Yet war rages all around because of man's enmity towards God.  Israel always has been and will continue to be part of God's redemptive plan for the whole world.

Israel is the divine barometer of the world and the weathervane that reveals what is coming to the earth.  Despite the fact that Israel has not yet become all that God created her to be, He has not forsaken her.

God called Israel to be a holy nation, set apart and different from the world. She was created to be the expression of God's will, Word, and  a light to the nations.  Despite Her shortcomings, she is a picture of God's faithfulness and a portrait of His plan of redemption and salvation for all mankind.  Israel is the most glorious testimony of God's unrelenting and unapologetic love.

Even though God has not forsaken Israel, the allies and friends of Israel have fled.  The prophet Zechariah foretells of a day that not one nation would stand with Israel.  God states: "And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples... And all the nations of the earth shall come and gather against it" (Zechariah 12:3).

Until recent years, you could not have convinced me that the United States would be anything but a strong ally to Israel.  Yet we are standing on the precipice of selling out our strongest ally to the Ayatollahs in Iran.  We are handing over our friends the way Judas handed Jesus over to the Pharisees.  Unfortunately, we are even more foolish than Judas,  because we didn't even get  the thirty pieces of silver.  Instead, we handed over our (borrowed) silver to Iran!

The leaders of our country are grossly deceived.  They think they have asked Iran for a fish
(i.e. no war), but unbeknownst to them they have been handed a serpent (See Matthew 7:10).
And make no mistake, we will be bitten!

God promises to fight against those nations that come against His people and that He will judge those nations that oppose Israel.  Again, the prophet Zechariah tells us: "Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle" (Zechariah 14:3).

Fighting God is utterly futile, yet those who love Israel are being ignored.  There are currently thirty-four democrats who have announced their support of the Iranian deal, which makes the agreement veto-override proof.

Our congress has not followed the Constitution and should require President Obama to submit the Iran Accord to the Senate as a foreign treaty.  If they followed this protocol, there is no way they would get the sixty-seven votes needed to pass it. Thus, it would not become law.  However, once again, lawlessness abounds.

The vote in Congress will most likely occur on September 17, 2015.  Without supernatural intervention, our nation will approve a deal that instantaneously makes us defenders of Iran should they go to war, even if it means war against the nation of Israel!

According to author and speaker, Joel Roseberg, the pressure is intensifying for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his Security Cabinet.  They completely understand the threat of an "Apocalyptic Iran".  They additionally understand that Tehran is currently engaged in a "massive military shopping spree" in Russia.  By years end, Iran's leaders expect to take possession of the Russian S-300 missile system.  This is a one billion dollar state of the art anti-aircraft missile system.  Can the leaders of Israel wait or is a preemptive strike against Iran necessary for their survival?

The proponents of this deal in our nation are puffed-up and wrongly believe they have achieved a peace deal.  How can peace be achieved when God promises war?  How can peace be achieved when God promises judgment?

As believers in Christ and in the accuracy of God's Word, we must fast and pray as never before.  God tells us, "If My people, who are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

We must call our legislators or attend the rally in Washington on September 9th.  There has never been a more important crossroads in the history of our nation. Moving forward on this track will bring a period of unbelievable turmoil and darkness.  The fallout of a wrong decision will result in catastrophe.

                          MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
               
                                MAY GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL LAND!!!