World Events - Israel vs the world

On Sunday May 11, 2008 Pastor Prince shared a powerful message from Genesis 12:1-2. God promised Abraham that He will bless those who blessed Israel (the descendants of Abraham) and those who curse him will be cursed. And over the years, this had been seen to be true. The Romans conquered Israel and subjugated it and now they are no more; the Ottoman Empire is no more; likewise the Crusaders and Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler had all disappeared and there are no more traces of them.

And in recent events, we see something spectacular happening too. In year 2004-2005 the US government was adding pressure on Israel to give up the Gaza Strip and to allow the Palestinians to resettle there. Initially the Israeli government resisted but under mounting pressure they had no choice but to send in the IDF to assist the Jewish settlers to evacuate.

The evacuation took place from August 18-25, 2005 and there were clear signs of much unhappiness. Some of the settlers were so upset as they had lost everything they had worked so hard over the years and left without anything more than the clothes on their bodies plus a few miserable personal belongings. And then something completely unrelated took place in USA almost immediately; well, I said unrelated or at least that was how I thought initially but now have changed my mind. Hurricane Katrina, the worst hurricane to hit USA and the most expensive in terms of damage, swept through New Orleans and completely devastated the city on August 29 and 30 - just days after the Gaza withdrawal. And some of those affected by the hurricane echoed the words of the settlers of the Gaza in that they also lost everything in one day. coincidence? I don't think so.

And just when you think the major powers have learnt their lesson, they did something similar again last year. The USA and EU are now pressuring the Israeli government to give up the West Bank to the Palestinians. They mounted pressure last year and threatened to withdraw aid to Israel if the government does not oblige. And guess what, the sub-prime fiasco came on and many of the US and major European banks were affected by the CDO debacle. You may ask, when will the CDO saga come to an end? my answer would be, 'ask the politicians to stop pressurizing Israel to give up the West Bank'. In fact I was listening to some of the videos on-line of interviews with the average man on the street in Israel and they will tell you that they believe both Jews and Palestinians can live side by side and that there is no necessity of any political solution - only the politicians want to have a political solution so as to win votes.

Sorry I believe very strongly that those who tamper with the apple of eye of the Lord will have to pay the price for the consequences.

What is next then to watch in the Israel radar screen? Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary celebration of the birth of modern Israel and many world leaders (including President Bush) will be in Jerusalem for the celebrations and you can expect some behind the scene lobbying among the politicians. It will be interesting to watch what develops out of those lobbying sessions and you can almost guess where the impacts will be. So focus your eyes and ears on Israel folks to catch a glimpse of what will happen in the world around you.