I
am not a particularly observant person, although I practice my
religion to
a small extent, keeping the Holy Days and trying to adhere to the teachings
as best as my imperfect soul is able. I should have been born in the
"Show
Me" state of Missouri and not in Brooklyn, because I am always seeking tangible proof of
things esoteric or religious.
Yet I find myself fascinated with the Bible and read it frequently looking
for passages that relate to current events. Certainly the prophecy of the return of
the Hebrew people to their homeland is one of them.
But now we are in deeply troubled times regarding war over religion and over the Holy Land.
So I turned to the Bible to see what it had to say. It seems it has a lot to
say about events happening now and in the near future.
Recently I came
across this, and it was like a jolt of electricity down my spine:
Amos 1:7: "So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the
palaces thereof;" Amos 1:8: "And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him
that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn My hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD."
If I am reading this right, Gaza will be consumed in fire and the
inhabitants -- the occupying Arab "Palestinians" (the self-appointed name for this
group
of Jordanian, Syrian, Lebanese, and Egyptian rejects from their own national
homelands is a perversion of the ancient name "Philistines") -- will be
utterly destroyed.
Amos 1:6 evens mentions the number of times Gaza has been taken by
usurpers: "Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I
will not reverse it: because they carried away captive a whole captivity, to
deliver them up to Edom."
Notice that thousands of years ago, Amos said Gaza would be stolen from the
Jews four times. We are seeing the last time now.
After having been stolen from them in ancient times, it was given back to
the Jews by the Palestine Mandate. But Israel lost it through duplicity and
war, and has lost it again -- a fourth time -- through even more duplicity and
lies, this time from Ariel Sharon; who reneged on his campaign promises; George
Bush, who professes to be a Bible-believing Christian yet fails to follow
the Bible’s mandate regarding Israel as the home of the Jews and his own
Jesus;
as well as the anti-Semitic rest of the "Roadmap Quartet."
What is even more interesting is the mention of a wall. As we all know,
Israel is building a passive barrier -- a wall -- to prevent the genocidally-bent Arabs
from murdering any more Jews.
As to the palaces, it is well known
that Yasser Arafat had a number of palatial residences, including his
takeover of at least one ancient church for his personal use. Arafat may be worm
food now, but his palaces remain.
Looking at that phrase "...and the remnant of the Philistines shall
perish"
puts me in mind of the Amalekites. The Amalekites were always the sworn
enemies of the Hebrew people, repeatedly attacking them and joining with anyone
who wanted to destroy the Jews. They also were a nomadic people, mainly
occupying southern Palestine. The Bible describes them as the epitome of evil
and hatred, given to lying, thieving, and murder.
Already they're sounding more
and more like those Arabs occupying Jewish Palestine today.
These Arabs lie about being "Palestinian," since there was never a country
called "Palestine," and the majority of them came from Jordan and Egypt. Even
one of their own leaders boasted about it in an interview with Trouw
newspaper.(1) I challenge a single one of them to show me a valid birth
certificate, passport, marriage license, or currency from the country of
"Palestine."
These Arabs steal because they are trying to steal the land that was
rightfully and legally given to the Jewish people by the Palestine Mandate and
Balfour, which was internationally endorsed and never abrogated.
And as to murdering, their own polls show that the overwhelming majority of
them approve of murdering Jews. They even bragged about how it was through
murder that they forced Israel to relinquish her aboriginal and historic
homeland. Smells like modern-day Amalekites to me...
Meanwhile, here is what the Bible says regarding Amalek, leader of the
Amalekites:
Exodus 17:14: "And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in
the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out
the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." Exodus 17:16: "And he said: The hand upon the throne of the LORD: the LORD
will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
This seemed to be a prophetic statement.
Later in Samuel we read that
although the Hebrews were commanded to utterly destroy their tormentors -- the
Amalekites -- they did not.
Samuel 15:2: "Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I remember that which Amalek did
to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of
Egypt." Samuel 15:3: "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,
and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and ass."
Samuel 15:7 "And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to
Shur, that is in front of Egypt." Samuel 15:8: "And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites
alive..."
Here's where Israel's big trouble comes:
Samuel 15:9: "But Saul and the people spared Agag..."
Samuel 15:10/11: "Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying: 'It
repenteth Me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from
following Me, and hath not performed My commandments."
Samuel 15:18 "and the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said: Go and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be
consumed. Samuel 15:19: "Wherefore then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the LORD, but
didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD?"
Apparently, in Exodus, God anticipates that King Saul will not follow his
commandment to destroy every last Amalekite, for it says in Exodus 17:16:
"The
LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." In Amos, however,
it predicts "...and the remnant of the Philistines shall
perish, saith the Lord GOD."
It also predicts a wall around Gaza. And it just so happens that there is
now a wall, or separation fence, around Gaza where there once was none.
Therefore it is quite possible that these occupying Arabs are descendants of
Amalek who call themselves "Philistine" or "Palestinian." In this case,
they are doubly cursed.
Perhaps, luckily then, there will be no Jews in Gaza this one last time
before it is returned to Israel forever. That’s because it's looking more and
more that some ancient prophecies are playing out before our eyes. And
today's Arabs who erroneously call themselves "Palestinian" are in for a hot time
in the old town tonight, courtesy of God.
End notes: (1) "The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a
Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of
Israel for our Arab unity.
In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians,
Syrians and Lebanese.
Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the
existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit
the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism.
For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined
borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can
undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we
reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to
unite Palestine and Jordan." – Zahir Muhsein, Executive Committee Member of the
PLO. (From "Palestinian
people do not exist" by Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.)
Copyright ©
2005 by Beth Goodtree.
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