3 posts tagged “jewish heritage”
It is amazing the light that declassified documents bring to move back the darkness of lies.
I was reading an essay by Ted Belman of Israpundit in which he utilizes sources that have examined declassified documents from the UK which demonstrate the Israeli modern heritage that began in 1948 is being compromised by the West (especially America) to the undeserving favor of Arabs that call themselves Palestinians.
In essence every point the Western supported Islamofascist thugocracy terrorist government syndicate known as the Palestine Authority is based on a lie.
I feel in my heart (because I have no proof that I know to access) that the West is turning anti-Israel (and in some cases anti-Semitic) and pro-Palestinian Authority because of the enormous influence that Islamic nations with oil now hold over the West. It is an influence based on economics, which in stable political times is a greater weapon than a military arsenal.
Before World War II there is no way the Western Nations would allow third rate medieval governed nations to pull the purse strings of power. The Europeans especially would have sent there various national military armada and demand this is how it is going to work to keep the Western economies moving.
Leftists and third rate nations call this imperialism; I call it protecting the National Interests and National Security of the constituent populations which the Western governments represent.
The modern West views using force or war as a political weapon as repugnant because of the weariness of nearly a century plus of internecine wars in the West; thus when the National Interests (the secure well-being and domestic prosperity) of its citizens are threatened by medieval notions Dar al-Islam and Sharia Law the West looks the other way and makes self-loathing excuses for the brutality and designs of oil empowered Islamic Culture.
Once powerful nations of Western Europe are beginning to feel the squeeze of Islamic Culture sucking the life force of Western Culture from it soul.
America is in the early stages of this Islamic Culture sucking. Europe is often called Eurabia today. Will there be a time when America’s heritage of Christian influence, Liberty, Freedom, Domestic Tranquility, the Pursuit of Happiness and so forth will nullified by a term such as Amerarabia?
There have long been rumors that Prime Minister Olmert of Israel was willing to give up half of Jerusalem as part of the package to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen). Incidentally Abbas is as much a thug terrorist as any terrorist organization connected to the Arab movement to form a sovereign Palestinian nation.
Abbas took over the mantle of Yasser Arafat as Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) which is a loose confederation of terrorists that has inflicted murderous terror on Israel. Egypt and the Arab League formed the PLO in 1964 to create a mythological people of Arabs termed Palestinians.
You see the irony is in 1948 the United Nations (prior to becoming sympathetic to Islamist Arabs and anti-Israel) divided the British Palestinian Mandate into to two nations: Israel and Transjordan. Obviously the Jews were to be sovereign in Israel and the Arabs to be sovereign in Transjordan under the hegemony of the Bedouin Hashemite Kingdom. The U.N. even gave a largely favorable amount of land to the Arabs while limiting the size of Israel to a nearly thin slice of indefensible land.
Mohammedan Arabs could not tolerate that Jews were becoming sovereign in what they considered Dar al-Islam land (i.e. land controlled by Islam as opposed to Dar al-Harb, land controlled by the infidel).
Thus Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan and a few other minor players all surrounding Israel attacked in 1948 just after Israeli Independence. Arabs living within the borders of Israel fled prior to the invasion expecting a Mohammedan victory to return them to their homes as well as fearing Israeli reprisals on life and property while their Arab brethren were attacking.
Why am I providing a minor (and admittedly slanted) history lesson? The reason is the point there were no Palestinians in 1948. Specifically there were citizens of Israel (primarily Jews) and citizens of Transjordan (primarily Arab Mohammedan Transjordanian citizens).
After Israel spanked Egypt, Syria, the future Jordan and the Arab bit players in 1948; the Mohammedans egos were bruised. Thus instead of incorporating the Arabs into the various invading lands – Jordan in particular – it was decided by the invaders to make a group of Arabs stateless people with the appellation of Palestinian refugee to create a perpetual chaotic wedge to habitually attack Israel with the intent of destroying the Israeli nation.
From 1948 through the current day, Mohammedans have taught hatred of Jewish people and later Christians in Dar al-Islam to Mohammedan Arab children until a generation of ingrained hate exists in the Middle Eastern Mohammedan mind.
Invasions and threats of extermination have been the goal of Middle Eastern Mohammedan nations ever since 1948. Every time a Mohammedan war was executed against Israel, the Mohammedans have been spanked even though they had superior numbers. (Now tell that is not a God thing!)
One of those invasions in 1967 became a godsend for the Jews of Israel. Again Egypt, Syria and Jordan attacked Israel to exterminate the nation. This time a Six Day miracle occurred. Not only were the three invaders spanked but in six days Israel occupied Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Syria’s Golan Heights and the territory retained by Jordan after the first 1948 invasion now called the West Bank by the world and Judea and Samaria by the Israelis. Part of that West Bank acquisition is land that Jews (and Christians) have considered the land of the Jews by heritage. This included East Jerusalem, Bethlehem and burial sites of Jewish Patriarchs.
The most important of which was the unification of Jerusalem (the City of David) under Israeli control. AND the most important fact about the unification of Jerusalem is that the Holiest of site to all Judaism came under Israeli possession – the Temple Mount.
The great mystery to me was the Israeli government’s decision to allow the Jordanian linked Mohammedan Waqf to control the Temple Mount where two Mohammedan Mosques are located – the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Yes I realize Mohammedans consider those two Mosques to be the third holiest site to them. Let us think about that one; Third: meaning one, two, and three. That means the Mohammedans control number one and two – Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Mecca and Medina are actual place the pseudo-prophet Mohammed resided. Mohammed had never been to Jerusalem physically. Mohammed’s successors developed a myth from the Quran (in which Jerusalem is not named) that Mohammed took off from a Mosque in Jerusalem on winged horse to heaven and back. The problem historically is that there was no Mosque in Jerusalem that was controlled by the Byzantine Empire in Mohammed’s lifetime. Thus it is impossible for Jerusalem to be the location of the Quranic “furthermost Mosque.” To accept Jerusalem as the furthermost Mosque would prove the Quran is a lie. I seriously doubt any Mohammedan would accept that.
The greatest error in my estimation is that Israel did not take physical control of the Temple Mount graciously allowing the Mohammedan Mosques to operate for the religion of peace. I mean it is not like the Mohammedans are to stop attacking Israel to eradicate a Jewish existence in the Middle East.
Now we have come to the point in which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is preparing to transfer the 1967 miracle back to Mohammedan control, including half of Jerusalem which includes the Temple Mount.
In American terms that is like becoming a Benedict Arnold. In Christian terms that is like becoming a Judas Iscariot. In Jewish terms it is like becoming Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
Olmert is selling out his race, his faith and his nation. Whether it is to the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians or to Jordan it is treasonous and could lead to the demise of Israel as Mohammedans have stealthily armed themselves with weapons and technology from America.
Other links of interest related to the Olmert sell out from Arutz Sheva 7 (Israel National News):
Jordan Replaces P.A. in MK Elon's Peace Plan
US Presidential Candidate Endorses Elon's "Israeli Initiative"
Rabbi Elyashiv Joins Battle For Jerusalem
I was unaware that there were some Evangelical organizations and Ministers that actually support the creation of a sovereign Palestinian State. I am aware many Mainline Christian denominations indeed support such a travesty and even malign Israel’s Jewish State to defend themselves from so-called Palestinian Arabs.
BUT Evangelicals supporting a two-State existence is astounding! I am particularly astounded because those that claim leadership of so-called Palestinian Arabs are blood thirsty terrorists with the end goal to destroy Israel and Jews from the land.
Do not be persuaded that President Abbas of the Palestine Authority (PA) and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has suddenly become a moderate Arab Mohammedan willing to negotiate for peaceful coexistence with Israel. The PA points of negotiation if accepted by Israel will be the demise of the nation and potentially lead to a 21st century holocaust; viz. the total fall back of Israel to pre-1967 borders (which includes part of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount) and the so-called right of return of Arabs that fled Israel when the Arab world surrounding Israel invaded with the intent of destroying the Israeli State.
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are sacred to Judaism and have been so much longer than the existence of Mohammedanism. Flooding Israel with Arabs or more precisely, the descendants of Arabs that fled Israel in 1948 at the behest of expectant victory thirsty Arab invaders will terminate the Jewish State. Palestinian Arabs are fully aware of this!
Thus You MUST READ an open response letter to this minority of Evangelicals from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), a Christian organization residing in Israel with chapters extending world wide. The ICEJ is more representative of the majority mindset of Evangelicals.
JRH
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ICEJ Response to Evangelical Letter
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
ICEJ Special Release
Recently, a group of 34 Evangelical Christian leaders in America wrote an open letter to U.S. President George W. Bush to register their support for his efforts to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to clarify that not all Evangelicals oppose such a resolution of this long-running dispute. As a leading Christian Zionist ministry, we value the opportunity to graciously respond to these Christian brothers, particularly in regards to their handling of the Biblical "mystery" that is Israel.
We respect the right of American citizens to engage with their government on matters of such immense importance as the Israeli-Arab conflict. We cannot agree, however, with the historical and moral equivalence that these Christian leaders have drawn between Israel and the Palestinians, nor with their exegesis of Scripture.
The Jewish people have an ancient claim and attachment to the Land of Israel dating back 4000 years to the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham. There they became a nation that made universal contributions to all humankind, not least of which are the Bible and the Messiah that we Christians hold so dear. In modern times the Jews have returned to their ancient homeland many centuries after being violently uprooted from it not once, but twice. On repeated occasions, Israel has demonstrated its bona fide willingness to partition the land into separate Jewish and Arab states for the sake of peace with their Arab neighbours.
In contrast, though the Palestinian Arab presence in the Land of Israel dates back several generations, they never built an independent nation here and, with all due respect, have made no positive contributions of note to the world. Palestinian nationalism gained traction a mere 40 years ago and only then due to the movement’s adoption of terrorist tactics. It is an historic fact that at every point in which the Jewish people agreed to a two-state solution, the Palestinian Arabs have rejected such compromise in favour of violent 'resistance' to any expression of Jewish sovereignty in the land.
As a result, most Evangelical Christians distrust Palestinian intentions and therefore remain highly skeptical about the merits of a two-state solution at this time, as do a great many Israelis. We think Christians should be very cautious about urging our governments to push Israel prematurely into such risky and unworkable solutions.
At the same time, this does not mean we are "blocking" peace in the Middle East. The blame for that lies largely with the parties in the region themselves and primarily with militant Arab and Islamic elements that seek Israel's destruction.
It is our assessment that the Evangelicals writing to President Bush were nonetheless able to place Israel and the Palestinians on an equal footing because of two theological errors:
1) A failure to grasp the biblical paradox of 'free grace' versus 'divine election', and
2) Their adherence to the vestiges of a doctrine known as Replacement theology.
It is clear from the Bible that God indeed loves all men the same, whether Israelis, Palestinians or others. Yet it is equally true that God in His sovereignty calls and elects certain vessels for His eternal purposes. "Jacob I loved, Esau I hated", affirms Romans 9:13. Thus we understand that God established a unique relationship with Israel for the purpose of world redemption, and that relationship is enduring and has no equivalent whatsoever on the Palestinian side.
Yet many Christians to this day deny that Israel still stands in a special covenant relationship with God. Because it was the source of so much evil and hostility against the Jewish people down through Church history, many who cling to such Replacement thinking prefer the term “Fulfillment” theology – meaning that the coming of Christ and birth of the Church fulfilled all the promises that God made to ancient Israel. In either case, the result is the same – Israel is seen as having already completed her redemptive mission, leaving the modern state of Israel with no theological significance and she should be treated accordingly.
It is our belief, however, that God's covenants with Israel are as valid today as when He first swore two irrevocable and unconditional oaths to Abraham:
1) To 'bless' or redeem the world through his seed (Genesis 12:1-3), and
2) To deliver the Land of Canaan to Abraham's natural descendants as an "everlasting possession" (Genesis 17:8).
Thus both the people and the land of Israel were chosen for the purpose of world redemption, and to remove either one from the equation undermines the Abrahamic covenant, and by extension even our own salvation as New Testament believers. Why? Because according to the Apostles' teaching it would render God a liar and absolutely untrustworthy (see Romans 3:1-4; Hebrews 6:13-20).
Yet many Christians ignore or demean the land component of the Abrahamic Covenant, even though the Bible lays emphasis on it throughout its pages. For instance, when the Psalmist describes the covenant with Abraham, he stresses the land promise and its validity for "a thousand generations" (Psalm 105:8-12). Nothing in the New Testament abrogates or nullifies this land promise (see Romans 3:3; II Timothy 2:13; Galatians 3:15-17).
Now it is true that in the Mosaic covenant, God then comes along and places conditions on Israel's right to enjoy possession of that which they already own (Leviticus 26, Deuteronomy 28). Yet Israel's loss of domicile in the land has never meant her loss of underlying title to the land (Leviticus 26:44-46). Even the past 2000 years of exile is not a sign of Israel's ultimate rejection before God; rather God was simply keeping His side of the 'bargain' made at Sinai. Thus in Israel's exiles we see God's righteous and just character, but in Israel's returns we see His faithfulness and favour (Psalm 102:13).
In the end, Abraham was promised not only a ‘seed’ to bless the whole earth, but also the physical land of Israel as an ‘everlasting possession’. The Bible essentially tells us that the first coming of Messiah fulfilled the first promise (Galatians 3:16), while His Second Coming will ensure the latter.
In other words, Israel will one day finally enter into her promised rest and peace in the land. We believe this will have its ultimate fulfillment in the Messianic Age. Until then, we will not be advocating that an unredeemed Israel enter into her full land allotment. But neither will we be a part of any effort to force Israel to permanently divest herself from her land inheritance.
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Christians that Support a Palestinian State Miss the Biblical Picture
John R. Houk
© August 29, 2007
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