A LONG TERM HUDNA IS A GREAT IDEA!
AS ISLAMIC CLAY & IRON NATIONS BOND TOGETHER!
December 17, 2007
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The two reports which follow our heading, the first a complete article from DEBKAfile, and the second an excerpt from a Jerusalem Post article, are the latest news releases demonstrating the prophetic events coming together for an eventual Middle East war.
I must confess my bias of anxiously desiring to see the Lord return to rule and reign does seem, at times, to fuel my desire for war in the Middle East to begin, which I am sure causes some who are not anxious for his coming, to think I am a fatalist. How could anyone possibly be excited to see reasons for the final great Middle East war of the Age of the Gentiles to begin at some point in time between 2010 and 2015? To many it must seem madness!
To rejoice in the results of Annapolis and the recent CIA Intelligence Estimate of Iran’s nuclear capability, which to me means we are finally in a period of time when the Arab nations will bond together as iron and clay, thereafter to attack Israel, driving her into the Negev Wilderness, seems to make some think I have a cruel and heartless attitude for the welfare of my fellow man.
Nothing could be farther from the truth! I long for all these things to begin, which God’s Word indicates will happen before Jesus’ Second Advent, for it means a true Peace and Safety will finally come to a world that has sunk to a level of ungodliness such as existed before the flood of Noah, and prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
BEFORE THE FLOOD
Romans 1:24-27 – Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: [25] Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. [26] For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: [27] And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was meet.
BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GORMORRAH
Genesis 19:4-7 – But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: [5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, [7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
The consequences of the Annapolis Peace Conference and the American Intelligence announcement, (that Iran stopped a part of their drive for nuclear weapons in 2003), has paved the way for a relative false peace in the Middle East, in what may seem to many to be oppo site
to what these two events were intended to produce. The two events are drawing Arab nations, classified as moderate, to establish better relations with those classified as fanatical, in order to have a favorable position with them in the event the jihad advocates win the coming Middle East war. All that is needed to complete a period of relative false Middle East peace, is a long term truce agreement, a hudna with Hamas, with is quite allowable under Islamic Law.
Because my saved soul is anxious for the end time horrors to begin, I hope a hudna is in the making, even though it may seem inhuman to desire such a thing, which will be a part of what leads to great end time terror.
Matthew 24:21,22,29,30 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. [29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
[30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Luke 21:25-28 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
[27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28] And when THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, THEN LOOK UP, AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.
Daniel 12:1 – And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
The temporary bonding of iron and clay prophesied in Daniel 4 has begun in the Middle East.
Daniel 2:41-43 – 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. [43] 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. (See Our Archive Prophecy Update Number 233B)
Begin DEBKAfile Article
DEBKAfile: Ahmadinejad flies Monday to Jeddah to take part in pilgrimage at invitation of Saudi King Abdullah
December 17, 2007, 9:53 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Islamic Republic’s first president to take part in the annual hajj, he announced he would be meeting officials as well as “the Great Muslim community.”
DEBKAfile reported on Dec. 13: In Mecca, Abdullah and Ahmadinejad will be making their second public appearance together in two weeks.Their first was at the GCC summit in Doha, where they arrived hand in hand. DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weekly have closely tracked the unfolding of the Saudi-brokered Washington-Tehran dialogue, moving on now to the evolution of Riyadh’s own epic rapprochement with Tehran with the Bush administration’s blessing.
This development signals Saudi recognition of Iran and its president as regional powers and King Abdullah’s willingness to share his Middle East leadership role with an Iranian partner. The rug is implicitly pulled from under the international campaign to punish Iran severely for its nuclear activities, while Tehran’s ally Syria and surrogates, Hizballah, Hamas and Jihad Islami, gain new standing.
After several delays, Moscow has also agreed to finish Iran’s nuclear reactor at Bushehr complete with fuel, confirming DEBKAfile’s report of Dec. 4.
End DEBKAfile Article
I am hoping a hudna will eventually be agreed to by the nation of Israel and Hamas.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post Article
Neutralize Hamas
David Kimche, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 13, 2007
Hamas today is the one major factor that can stymie any move to an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.
It is, by every count, the joker in the Annapolis pack. The talks that began on Wednesday, the beginning of the official negotiations that were decided upon at Annapolis, will come to naught unless a solution is found for Hamas violence. Even on the assumption that we, on our side, will be able to overcome the objections of our own extremist “negationists,” the division of the Palestinians geographically and ideologically into two virtually enemy camps makes a settlement almost impossible unless Fatah and Hamas can come to terms with each other. There is no way that we can solve our problems with the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, and leave Gaza to fester under Hamas rule as a separate entity.
This fact is well understood by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayad. Moreover, they know that they cannot, by force of arms, fulfill the demand of the road map to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and stop violence; the only way for them to do that is to reach an agreement with Hamas.
Both the Palestinians and the Israelis have to fulfill the conditions of the road map as a prelude to the implementation of any agreement they reach in the negotiations that began on Wednesday.
For these reasons we can expect one of two scenarios in the near future: either a renewed effort to reach a Fatah-Hamas unity government, despite the tremendous antipathy that exists between the two, or a massive Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, aimed at crushing Hamas. There are indications that both the Saudis and the Egyptians are already putting out feelers for a renewal of talks between the two Palestinian factions in an effort to bring them back together again.
Such a move would place Israel in a difficult situation.
Hamas is opposed to peace negotiations. Moreover, we have said that we will break off talks with the Palestinians if the PA unity government is resuscitated. However, given the fanfare with which Annapolis was initiated, President Bush’s commitment to it and the massive backing it has received from all corners of the world, it will be very hard for Israel to walk away from the Annapolis formula.
Should we, then, lay aside our objections to accepting Hamas, despite its refusal to recognize Israel and to forgo the use of violence against us? In my book, that would be the wrong message for us to send out, wrong from every point of view.
A preferable course of action would be to engage Hamas, not directly, nor even indirectly through Israeli peace groups unconnected with the government, but via third parties – Egyptian, Saudi or whatever – and to propose a long-term hudna, a cease-fire, in which Hamas (and Islamic Jihad) would cease Kassam rocket attacks and all other forms of violence against us, and we would halt our operations against them. There are strong indications that Hamas would not be adverse to such a proposal; on the contrary, it would probably welcome it. We had such an arrangement in the past, under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Hamas abided by it.
As I write these words I know that there are many readers who will say, “No cease-fire. The army should go in there and smash them.” Maybe that is what will happen. The army, however, is loath to do it. For one thing, it does not want to be bogged down for a lengthy time in Gaza; it knows that such an operation would only temporarily stop the Kassams (we have been there before), and it knows that there would be heavy casualties.
A long-term cease-fire would let the government off the hook – an inability to stop the Kassam attacks is something that no government should allow tolerate. Such a cease-fire would neutralize Hamas resistance to the peace negotiations, and enable the talks to continue.
One thing should be clear: the only way to weaken Hamas is to give the Palestinian people hope for a political solution. They will not support Hamas, not vote for it in the next elections, if they believe that the negotiations that began on Wednesday can bring positive results. If, on the other hand, the talks falter or fail, we will see Hamastan not only in Gaza but in Judea and Samaria as well, and no military operation will be able to prevent this.
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