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The Lord has crowned the year (2011) with His goodness and caused us to walk in His paths that drips with His fatness (Psalm 65:11)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Hemmed In On All Sides

Israel is facing challenging times ahead. On its southern flanks, its long-time ally Egypt (through ex-President Hosni Mubarak) no longer respects its peace treaty signed in 1979; on its east, King Abdullah of Jordan faces protests from its citizens over a corrupt and inapt government; on its north, Lebanon is now controlled by Hesbollah (which is very closely linked to Iran) and Syria on its north-east has its own internal demonstrations.  The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has been pounding south Israel and the city of Ashdod and even Tel Aviv with rockets thus provoking the Israel Defense Force to retaliate.

Faced with opposition on all sides, what can Israel do? Praise the Lord for His preparations long before all these troubles began. Noble Oil discovered a large reserve of natural gas and crude oil in the Eastern Mediterranean off the port city of Haifa in late 2009 and with this find, Israel is now self sufficient in terms of energy needs and looks set to even export some of the surplus to Europe to fund itself - remember Israel has its own nuclear-powered plants in the Negev for a long time now.

Our Lord has not abandoned His chosen people, Israel. He remembers His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and will come to her rescue every time she is in trouble and this is one of those moments whether her neighbors realized it or not. So now, all eyes will once again be on Israel - watch and see the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ for He will deliver.

2 comments:

  1. You should fix this quote ....Zion Oil discovered a large reserve of natural gas and crude oil in the Eastern Mediterranean off the port city of Haifa in late 2009 It was Noble Oil that made this discovery not Zion Oil. Zion Oil has not found anything yet they are still looking.

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  2. Thanks Prayer Warrior for the correction.

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