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The Apple, Religious Groups, Sodomy, and Judgment

Supplement to Archive Updates 134E and 102B

Protestant Groups Turning Against Israel

August 12, 2005

The article by the Associated Press from the Jerusalem Post, which closes this Update to 134E and 102B, brought back a lot of childhood and young adult memories accumulated by sitting on hard church pews in backwoods Missionary Baptist churches in northern Arkansas.

I vividly remember the great tenacity and boldness of preachers when I was growing up in last century as they repeatedly warned of what God would do to the this country if its religious community turned against the nation of Israel. I also remember their constant warnings that one day America would be as guilty of the sin of sodomy

as were those who dwelt in Sodom and Gomorrah.

It was difficult for me in the forties and fifties to really believe these two predictions could come to pass during my time on this planet.

I simply did not believe the depravity of the society into which I was born could ever sink to the pits of immorality it has now descended, and I did not dream that the religious community leader’s ranks would be infiltrated by those practicing sodomy.

The idea the American religious community would turn against Israel in its quest to establish a peaceful state, and favor the followers of Allah, was unthinkable.

I have been advised – “Get Use to It!” Well, I might as well get use to it even though I hate it, but God is not going to get use to it, and judgment is awaiting those who are practicing sodomy and those who are turning again the apple of his eye. (Please take a look in our Prophecy Archive Updates at 134E and 102B)

Zechariah 2:8-13 – For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

[11] And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

[12] And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. [13] Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Psalm 2:4,5 – He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. [5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them

in his sore displeasure.

Begin Associated Press Article from JPostOnLine

Reform Rabbi Addresses Lutherans’ Stance on Israel

By The Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST

August 11, 2005

The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism, speaking at a time of heightened tension between Protestants and Jews over Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, urged a national Lutheran meeting Thursday not to “demonize” the Jewish state.

Rabbi Eric Yoffie told delegates from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America that his Union for Reform Judaism shared Protestants’ desire for an end to Palestinian suffering.

But despite any mistakes Israel has made, the nation still had a right to defend itself against “the indiscriminate killing of her civilians,” he said.

“Others will not always see the conflict as we see it,” Yoffie said. “But what we have asked of our many friends in the Christian world is simply this: please do not minimize the impact of terror and do not demonize or isolate Israel, as if, somehow, she alone were responsible for the current conflict.”

Several Protestant groups around the world have outraged Jewish leaders by discuss ing divestment from companies that profit from Israeli policy

in the Palestinian territories.

Last week, the Presbyterian Church (USA) said it would pressure what it said were four such companies and, in an attempt at balance, would target a fifth corporation it accused of being a conduit for money that terror groups use to fund attacks on Israel.

Another sore point is the security barrier Israel

is building along the West Bank to prevent suicide bombings. It has disrupted the lives of thousands of Palestinians, who have been cut off from their lands, and has been condemned by many Protestant groups.

End Associated Press Article from JPostOnLine

August 11, 2005

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Middle East Plotting, Nukes, Missiles, and a Barrier Enforcer

Two Members of the Axis of Evil are Planning Future Action

The two members of the Evil Axis with borders on the west and east of Iraq are slipping terrorists and weapons across them on a daily basis.

It is a preparation for the country of Iraq to join them in a united effort against Israel and the United States after the American troops leave the country.

Please take a look at Archive Special Prophecy Update 188A as it relates to the following article from the Tehran Times political desk and the ties between Iran, Syria, and the Hezbollah terrorist army positioned in southern Lebanon – The noose is tightening.

BEGIN TEHRAN TIMES ARTICLE

Syria on Frontline in Defense of Islamic World: Ahmadinejad

From the Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN — President Mahmud Ahmadinejad officially welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad upon his arrival in Tehran on Sunday afternoon.

Ahmadinejad told reporters that Syria is on the frontline in the defense of the Islamic world.

He called Assad one of the youngest and most intelligent leaders of the Arab world and said, “I am happy that I hold my first meeting with one of the most devoted leaders of the Islamic and Arab worlds.”

The Iranian president said Tehran and Damascus enjoy deep and longstanding ties, adding that the great affinities the two countries share have strengthened this relationship.

Common threats and enemies have necessitated close ties between the two Muslim states, Ahamadinejad explained.

“Iran and Syria can play important roles in the region and in the Islamic world, and that is why we don’t see any limitations to this cooperation,” the president added.

This is Assad’s fourth visit to Iran since he took office in 2000. His last trip was in January 2004.

Heading a high-ranking delegation, the Syrian president plans to meet and hold talks with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, and Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during his two-day stay.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Assad had made the trip to congratulate Ahmadinejad on the beginning of his presidency.
Discussions will also be held on regional issues, including the issue of occupied Palestine and the expansion of political and economic ties, Asefi added.

The Syrian president’s trip to Iran comes a week after Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah paid a visit to Iran and held talks with the country’s officials.

For his part, Assad congratulated Ahmadinejad on winning the trust of the Iranian nation and said that his visit is taking place within the framework of diplomatic shuttles between Iran and Syria.

The Syrian president said that he would discuss a number of regional and international issues with the Iranian president, including the situation in Iraq, the international campaign against terrorism, and the situation in the Middle East.

Peace and stability in the region are important for Iran and Syria, and the negotiations with Iranian officials aim to find practical ways to improve the situation, the Syrian president added.

“Our national interests and principles are not separate from those of other regional states. We should reach a common view, as two states of the region, which serves the interests of all the other neighboring states,” Assad said.

END TEHRAN TIMES ARTICLE

The seals have been removed from the Iranian nuclear facility capacity to produce the elements necessary for the production of a nuclear bomb.

Of course, they promise these elements are going to be used in the noble cause of producing electrical power for the welfare of their people. They have been, and will continue to be successful, in continuing never ending negotiations with the European Union while they are developing their first nuclear warhead to mount on

their latest missile series, which can reach Israel and Europe.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we find the situation in Israel tracking down a path of “finish the security barrier/wall/fence and get the PA and its numerous terrorist groups enclosed within it.” This is going to happen regardless of who or which political party is in control of the Israel Knesset. But once it is accomplished, the Israel people will not want a wishy-washy party or leader in office. Ariel Sharon is certainly not wishy-washy, but he is too old, too tired, and too besieged to be that man. If Benjamin Netanyahu stays alive, I can think of no better leader to keep the terrorists confined within the barrier – He is the hawk of all hawks, and one of the few men in Israel who knows precisely how to deal with the terrorists.

For 30 years the Palestinians have said there would be peace in Israel if the Israelis would get out of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and many of the leftist peaceniks believed them.

Now, Israel is doing what the PA said was necessary for peace, but the PA and terrorist groups are saying it is a great victory brought about by the spirit of Jihad terrorist attacks launched against Israel for the last 30 years, and it is making them cry out for more Jihad activity. As I have repeatedly stated, the withdrawal will being dancing in the streets across all Islam, and further fuel the volatile situation in the Middle East. The biblical false peace will only be in place once the terrorists are controlled inside the security barrier around the Gaza Strip and West Bank. And a strong unyielding leader must be the Prime Minister to maintain it by a zero tolerance policy. It will be a false peace maintained by a “you hit us outside the barrier, and we will hit you twice as hard inside the barrier.” Only this type of no nonsense, hard nosed approach, can made the terrorist groups stop the attacks in Israel, but even that will only create a false sense

of a peace with security for a short period of time. But worldwide public opinion will continue to worsen against Israel, and the nations of Islam will eventually unite to bring sudden destruction on Israel, with little more than diplomatic protests and airlift relief from

nations friendly to her. Israel will be contained in the Negev Wilderness War Contingency Zone for some three and one-half years before Messiah comes to deliver her.

I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Zechariah 13:8,9 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

[9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Supplement to Archive Prophecy Updates 66A and 65C

August 10, 2005

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Where there is a Will there is a Way to False Peace!

The Wall is the Will of Israel and the Way to a False Peace!

Israel is locked into its commitment to finish the great security barrier and, regardless of political changes in governmental structures, will finish it. Once they get their own people out of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, then look out terrorist groups – the IAF will exact a terrible toll for rockets and mortars launched out of these areas by the terrorists, and retaliation for terrorist acts on the Israeli side of the barrier will be met with swift retaliation.

Please take a look at Archive Updates 65C and 66A.

The Security Barrier/Wall was first advocated by Yigal Allon in 1968, but his idea did not bear fruit until 2002 when it became obvious that Yasar Arafat could not, and would not, ever negotiate a lasting peace with Israel.

It is the only answer to the everlasting problem of constant strife between the Israelis and Palestinians, and it, at best, can only put a false peace in place long enough for the consolidation of Islamic forces to attack Israel. The accelerating spirit of Jihad success, no matter how false or unjustified it is, is causing the Arab nations to believe they can finally drive Israel out of the land from Dan to Beersheba. This rising spirit of Jihad success can be detected in all the news releases coming out of the Middle East, as in the one which follows this Supplement.

In the coming weeks there will be a lot of in-fighting between Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and the Islamic Jihad for control of the Gaza Strip, which at least will keep them partially off Israel’s back, but after the smoke settles they will all be united against Israel.

After the disengagement process is finished, I doubt if Ariel Sharon will be around for another term. With the Palestinians and all their terror groups enclosed within the security barrier, Israel will want a super conservative, strong leader to keep them there, and I would not be very surprised to see Benjamin Netanyahu as the new Prime Minister, if he lives long enough to fill the office.

His recent resignation could pave the way for his eventual election to the post.

The following article from the JPost Online gives a prospective of what the next Prime Minister will be trying to confine within the security barrier.

In my opinion, Netanyahu is the ideal man for such a task.

BEGIN JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE

Gaza Militias Moving to West Bank

By Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST

August 7, 2005

The Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of various armed militias in the Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday that it would start operating in the West Bank immediately after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

“We will move our cells to the West Bank,” said Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, which has been behind many of the attacks on IDF soldiers and settlers in the Gaza Strip over the past four and a half years.

“We won’t sit on the side and watch Israel as it perpetrates massacres in the West Bank. We will start operating there, too.”

He said that after the Israeli pullout, his group would employ the same “fighting tactics” used in the Gaza Strip in the West Bank. “We will focus on the West Bank,” he said. “We will transfer all our fighting methods and capabilities to the West Bank. The withdrawal will not be complete without the West Bank and Jerusalem, which is even more precious to us than the West Bank.”

The Popular Resistance Committees, which consists mainly of disgruntled gunmen belonging to the ruling Fatah party and dissident members of

the PA security forces, had claimed responsibility for the October 2003 attack on a US diplomatic convoy in the northern Gaza Strip.

Three US security officers were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicles.

Abu Samhadaneh, who is wanted by Israel for his role in a series of terror attacks, revealed that the Palestinian Authority recently offered him a senior position in its Military Intelligence Force and that he was positively weighing the offer.

The Popular Resistance Committees was established in the Gaza Strip shortly after the beginning of the intifada in 2000. Its founders said then that they had been deeply influenced by the “great victory” achieved by Hizbullah following Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

According to Abu Samhadaneh, the Israeli pullout from Lebanon “enhanced our belief that the option of resistance can succeed, especially through qualitative operations against the occupation.”
The “qualitative operations” are a reference to suicide bombings, rocket attacks and drive-by shootings used by Hizbullah against IDF troops.

“This was our model,” Abu Samhadaneh explained.

“We learned from Hizbullah and started establishing armed cells that have carried out special operations against settlements and the Israeli army together with other Palestinian groups. Thank God, the withdrawal [from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank] has been achieved through the blood of our martyrs and the sacrifices of the wounded and prisoners.”

Abu Samhadaneh said he and his cohorts viewed the disengagement as an Israeli “surrender” to the will, determination and resistance of

the Palestinians.

“When [Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon came to power, he had a plan to eliminate the intifada within 100 days,” he added.
“Now, a few years later, he is admitting defeat in the face of the Palestinians’ determination to pursue the resistance.

By God’s will, after the withdrawal we will celebrate and we will send a message to the martyrs and the wounded that their blood was not shed in vain.”

Abu Samhadaneh said his group is planning to participate in the celebrations organized by the PA after disengagement.

“Like the rest of the Palestinian groups, the Popular Resistance Committees will go to the settlements immediately after the withdrawal to participate in the celebrations,” he said.

“We will go very close to the settlements despite the risks and even if the Palestinian Authority closes the area. We have already seen how the Lebanese people celebrated their victory and we want to do
the same. This is a beautiful victory.”

He said his group would continue to launch attacks on Israel after the disengagement “to liberate the remaining Palestinian lands.” The Palestinian armed groups, he said, were not established only to liberate the Gaza Strip.

“Our goal is to liberate all Palestinian lands,” he added. “That’s why military operations will continue in the West Bank and other parts of the Palestinian lands. We won’t leave our people in the West Bank to face Israeli repression alone.”

Abu Samhadaneh disclosed that at least 500 members of his group have been recruited to the PA security forces since PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas was elected in January. “We are entering the Palestinian security forces as soldiers to defend our people,” he said. “If Israel tries to invade the Gaza Strip, we will be at the frontline to fight.”

He also dismissed reports that al-Qaida was trying to establish terror cells in the Gaza Strip. “There are no al-Qaida groups in the Gaza Strip,” he said. “These are unfounded Israeli allegations designed to link the Palestinians to the violence.”

END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE

SUPPLEMENT TO ARCHIVE UPDATE 187B

August 9, 2005

Binyamin Netanyahu is right – the current path of Israel is going to lead eventually to a full eruption of Islamic terrorism. One year ago, in the Archive update 187B, I

indicated six things I expected the forced peace plan would cause in Israel. All six are currently on target.

After the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank there will be huge celebrations and excitement across the Islamic world proclaiming the success of Jihad. The following extracts from the comments he made associated with his resignation I believe to be an accurate prediction of the eventual consequences Israel will suffer because of the forced peace plan now being implemented.

I believe we will see the spirit of Jihad arise on a scale it has not realized since the crusades, and will eventually lead to Israel being driven into the Negev wilderness lying south of the city of Beersheba. The clay and iron nations of Islam will hold together by the bonding aroused between them by the common spirit of Jihad, which will manifest its success by having defeated those who the Arabs consider modern day foreign crusaders.

Daniel 2:41,42 – And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Clay and iron do not normally hold together very long, but the spirit of Jihad will cause the bond to hold for some three and one-half years, and they will keep Israel boxed in the Negev during that period, but the stone of God, the Messiah cut out of God, the great mountain, will come to establish his kingdom at the final battle of Armageddon, and it will replace the kings and the kingdoms of the ten toes and all the kingdoms of the earth.

Daniel 2:43-45 – And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. [44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces

and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. [45] Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

The following extracts from an article by Herb Keinon and the JPost Staff is interesting reading.

BEGIN JERUSALEM POST EXTRACTS

Finance Minister Netanyahu Resigns to Protest the Pullout

By Herb Keinon and JPost Staff, The Jerusalem Post

August 7, 2005

Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced his resignation from the government Sunday afternoon in protest of Israel’s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria.

“The disengagement is going ahead blindly,” Netanyahu addressed reporters. “Like in Oslo, the warning signs are being ignored.

I understand the intentions here – who doesn’ t wan

t peace? But here in the Middle East this is not the way to attain peace – it has failed before and it will fail again.”

“Record my resignation: Here’s the letter,” Netanyahu told the prime minister.

The letter, quoted by Army Radio, contained severe critic ism

of the disengagement plan. “The moment of truth is here.

I am not willing to collaborate with this process, which endangers the country’s security,” Netanyahu wrote.

“I had demanded that we keep the Philadelphi route [along the Gaza-Egypt border] to counter the impression that we are running away from terrorism.

The government is ignoring the reality: Terrorism is continuing, the Hamas is growing stronger, terrorists will smuggle weapons from Gaza to the southern West Bank.

“I don’t know when the terrorism will erupt in full force – my hope is that it won’t ever. But I am convinced today that the disengagement will eventually aggravate terrorism instead of reducing it. The security establishment also expects an increase in terrorism,” Netanyahu wrote. “The withdrawal endangers Israel’s security, divides its people and set the standards of the withdrawal to the ’67 border,” the finance minister summed.

AP contributed to this report.

END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE

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August 6, 2005

As Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and as the U.S. pulls out of Iraq and Afghanistan, it will be advertised

and believed to be a great victory for the spirit of Jihad over

the little devil Israel, and the big devil America.

This will eventually bring solidarity to the Arab cause by the incitement of Jihad, and

will be instrumental in the rise of antichrist himself among them.

The following article by the Associated Press was carried by several news sources.

BEGIN ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE

Hamas Launches Competition for Best Gaza Pullout Poster Design

By The Associated Press

Hamas militants launched a competition Saturday for the best design of a Gaza pullout poster, according to a statement posted on the Islamic group’ s web

site.

The design must portray the disengagement from

the Gaza Strip as a victory for Palestinian militant groups – in particular, Hamas. The design must also show Israel’s “desperation and defeat.”

In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have been competing for credit for Israel’ s withdrawal from Gaza, each preparing elaborate celebration

s, commissioning thousands of flags and frantically sewing clothing with their trademarks.

All entries must be handed in by the August 10th deadline, after which a committee of judges will choose the first prize w inn

er, who will receive $250. Second and third prize winners will receive $150 and $100, respectively.

Hamas officials said they plan to hang copies of the winning poster throughout the streets of Gaza in preparation for pullout celebrations.

END ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE