Fighting in all out war does make a Difference!
Most of the IDF & IAF did not fight in 1973,
Pride & Arrogance Come Before a FALL.
The Israeli Army IS NOT Omnipotent,
And Hasn’t Had Much Experience
In a full blown Middle East War,
Since A 73 Yom Kippur WAR!
It followed 67 six-day-War
By 6 years – Its been 37
Years since 1973 War.
September 23, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Proverbs 11:2 – When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is w
isdom.
Proverbs 16:18 – Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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.
Israel, along with most of the world, has become so confident its IDF and IAF will be able to defeat Arabs as they did in the 1948 War of Independence, the 1967 War, and the 1973 War, it seems to be madness that Israelis will be driven into the Negev Wilderness.
It seems even stranger to believe they will be left there surrounded for three and one-half years and then be delivered by their Messiah when he returns on his Second Advent, the same Messiah they rejected on his First Advent. To believe some four million Israelis will perish in this conflict is staggering, and that their Messiah will deliver them primarily by the greatest geological shaking of the entire world has known since God made Adam is insanity to unbelievers, and even to many of those who believe. Even in the face of all I have just stated, I am certain it will happen according to the Word of God. And, even though I cannot be certain, I do guesstimate this war is very likely to begin prior to 2015.
THE INITIAL ATTACK OF ISRAEL AND REPULSING BY KING OF NORTH
Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown:
THE DRIVING OF ISRAEL INTO NEGEV WILDERNESS BY ANTICHRIST
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.
ANTICHRIST’S 10 HORNS KEEP ISRAEL SURROUNDED THERE 1260 DAYS
Daniel 7:24,25 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the dividing of time.
THE LOSS OF ISRAELI LIVES DURING THE 1260 DAYS
Zechariah 13:8 – 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.
THE GREAT WORLD SHAKING AT MESSIAH’S SECOND ADVENT
Revelation 19:19 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
Revelation 16:16-21 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [17] And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. [18] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. [19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
[20] And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. [21] And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Revelation 19:20,21 – And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
THE SECOND ADVENT OF ISRAEL’S MESSIAH
Luke 21:25-27 – 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.
Zechariah 13:9 – 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.
THE BEGINNING OF MESSIAH’S MILLENNIAL REIGN
Revelation 20:1-3 – And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. [2] And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, [3] And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Zechariah 14:16 – And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Begin Excerpt from YNet News
Warning against arrogance
September 19, 2010
Ethan Haber
Op-ed: Blow suffered in Yom Kippur War reminder that Mideast’s strongest army isn’t omnipotent
The statistics published ahead of Rosh Hashana about Israel’s current state, the number of citizens, birthrates, economic growth and so on did not highlight the figure that interests me more than anything else: How many of this country’s residents experienced the Yom Kippur War, 37 years ago?
The answer: Fewer than half; much fewer. They weren’t born then, or were too young, or lived abroad. The fact is that only one or two of our current generals took part in that war. For the o
thers, the Yom Kippur War is about lectures or gossip they heard about the wars of the generals during that war.
And we say: Only those who were here at the time would be able to understand us. It’s not about people changing their political views in the wake of that war.
The opposite is true: Many views were reinforced. Those who fought for a deep geographical barrier argued, and rightfully so, that “we told you so!” Imagine what would have happened to us had the Sinai desert not serve as a barrier between Israel and Egypt? Meanwhile, those who believed that war isn’t the solution and that we must pay for peace also reinforced their views: Why and for what did 2,650 people pay with their lives? (In retrospect, that war ultimately led to a peace treaty.)
Israelis who weren’t here at the time live under the illusion that Operation Defensive Shield or the Second Lebanon War or Operation Cast Lead were all wars. Well, they weren’t even the prelude to the introduction of a war.
Only those whose breath froze upon hearing that siren in the midst of Yom Kippur and didn’t understand what was going on know what it’s like.
Only those who heard Max Maman’s horrific cries for help from the besieged Suez Canal outpost, only those who received the fatality lists (hundreds a day,) only those who saw the mess on the road leading to Sinai, the helplessness of the commanders, the curses and wars of the generals, only those who flew from Sinai aboard a Dakota with dying soldiers whispering for help know that we indeed were – and still are – the Middle East’s most powerful army, but th
at even the strongest army can sustain a difficult blow when war comes.
Only those who saw the turned over tanks on the Golan Heights and the bristles of the red-eyed soldiers know that the Mideast’s strongest army can turn defeat into victory.
Those who weren’t here back then, who were not overcome by anxiety, which turned into concern and then into the fatigued smile of achievement can babble about how we’ll “pulverize our enemies.” At 2 am on that Yom Kippur, all the chatterboxes grew silent. Yet 37 years are apparently enough time to raise a new generation of arrogant people.
An in-depth study published this year by Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center determined that an Israeli strike in Iran would prompt Tehran to embark on an endless war, even if it will last years, against Israel until the Jewish State is eliminated. Some say the study’s findings are exaggerated and even baseless, yet those whose job it is to assess these matters must not under any circumstances assume that we’re omnipotent.
We are not. Those who were there during the Yom Kippur War know that this war was not just about the raising of the Israeli flag on the Mount Hermon outpost, but also about the “help, they’re butchering me!” cries uttered by Jerusalemite bank clerk Max Maman, may he rest in peace.
We should not be envious of those who take part in security consultations, and we should certainly not be envious of those who must take the decisions. We just wanted to share with you the answer of an admired general, God’s deputy during those days. “What was your mistake?” We asked Shmuel Gorodish-Gonen, the IDF’s Southern Command chief at the time.
He replied in a tired, broken voice: “I thought it would be the seventh day of the Six-Day war.” Thousands paid with their lives for this line of thought.
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