Testing the Resolve of Israel as the Gentile Fullness Comes In!
November 22, 2006
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The DEBKAfile article, which follows our introduction, is just another example of the impossibility of mankind’s inability to stop the violent end of this age when the iniquity of “the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.”
Romans 11:25-27 – For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
[26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
The popular lyric from a well known song, “To Dream the Impossible Dream,” is precisely what Israel, and those who support her, have been doing for almost 60 years. This impossible dream is just as impossible as it was 60 years ago. It was, and is, the impossible dream of mankind being able to bring a lasting peace to the Middle East. The Scriptures are quite specific that lasting peace will not come to the Middle East till God himself comes in the person of Jesus Christ, at his Second Advent, to establish it. I have been acutely aware of that for 60 years. If you wish to accuse me of basing all my conclusions, regarding immediate and future Middle East events, on the impossible dream premise, then I must plead guilty. There will come a time when Israel has finished its security barrier wall/fence and, at that time, for a brief period, will feel it has a false peace with safety, based on its own ability to preserve it by military force.
But true, lasting, peace will only be brought in by the second coming of Messiah.
All the signs of “last days” immorality have finally reached their rock bottom pit of blasphemous ungodliness across the surface of the planet, plus all the predicted biblical genealogies are active and in their proper places in the Middle East, for the final events of this Gentile Age. So, believe it or not, like it or not, we are very close to the beginning of the tribulation period. Some believers are hoping it is in the distant future, which would allow them to live to a ripe old physical age, enjoying this life, and rejoicing in their grandchildren. I must confess that is what I wanted when we had our first child in 1956, but this present generation is not going to get its wish as I did – too much is in place and ready to pop!
Israel is facing enemies inside it in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, in Hizbollah and Syria to its north, and Iraq and Iran to its east, and if you think Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are going to fight alongside the Israelis against other Arabs in the coming time of Jacob’s trouble, I have a platinum Timex watch I would like to sell you.
For those of you who like to wait to the last minute to do your taxes or to vote, and have applied this same mindset to the thinking mechanism in your saved soul, please consider the following admonition from the Lord as “we see the day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:19-25 – Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, [20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; [21] And having an high priest over the house of God; [22] Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, hav
ing our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. [23] Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) [24] And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: [25] Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Revelation 22:11-14 – He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. [12] And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. [13] I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the first and the last. [14] Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Begin DEBKAfile Article
Israel Opts for Major War Campaign in 11th Hour of Hamas Build-up
DEBKAfile Special Military Report
November 22, 2006, 5:07 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose that Israel’s security cabinet decided Wednesday, Nov. 22, that there is no option but to launch a major offensive against Hamas and its terrorist allies in the Gaza Strip – both to pre-empt their war build-up and reduce Qassam missile attacks which climbed to 80 in the last ten days. The date remains to be set.
Operational proposals were not submitted by the army chiefs, said the announcement, but held back for presentation to a smaller forum which the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will summon.
Our sources note that special forces and Shin Bet units have already stepped up their ground operations against the missile crews in the northern Gaza Strip. These operations will soon evolve into a broader, harsher crackdown in other parts of the territory including the Philadelphi corridor.
The prime minister was finally convinced that the time for foot-dragging
was over by intelligence data which showed Hamas hectically engaged in constructing state-of-the-art fortifications for withstanding deep incursions into the Gaza Strip. They are assisted by dozens of military advisers pouring in from Syria and Lebanon.
Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen Dan Halutz, AMAN-intelligence commander Maj.-Gen Amos Yadlin and OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen Yoav Galant warned Olmert and defense minister Amir Peretz that every day without Israeli counter-action maximizes future IDF casualties.
They said casualties will be high even if Israel does not carry out an organized incursion of the Gaza Strip but confines itself to pinpointed strikes. Military intelligence also estimates that a full-scale conflict will soon prove unavoidable because the Qassam salvos are increasing in number and range beyond Sderot and Ashkelon; Ashdod and more Negev communities are being brought into the missile orbit.
As Palestinian missile attacks on the Israeli population proliferate, Sderot’s distress becomes intolerable and the popular clamor rises to curb the menace, the IDF has switched its counter-missile tactics in the Gaza Strip. Instead of the air force, special ground forces backed by Shin Bet units are spearheading strikes which target top Hamas missile commanders.
Monday night, Nov.
20, IDF infantry, undercover and Shin Beit units surrounded the home of senior Hamas missile commander Imad Hasnin in Gaza City’ Sajaiya district. Apparently forewarned, his bodyguards opened fire on the Israeli raiders. They used the anti-tank rockets, mortars and machine guns which have turned the missile commanders’ homes into fortresses – both against Israeli attack and Fatah adherents.
The Israeli troops, backed by rooftop snipers, fought their way to the targeted house in hand-to-hand battle with the Palestinian gunmen, stormed the building and killed Hasnin.
The raid was launched after Israeli intelligence was tipped off that Hamas had expanded its Qassam production facilities by 50% in the last two weeks, tripled output and increased the missiles’ explosive power. This development means that the Palestinian missile industry has grown too big to destroy by ordinary military means, particularly when it is fed by a constant flow of smuggled explosives entering through the wide-open Philadelphi corridor from Egypt.
Instead of targeting single launchers, Israel’s military planners therefore decided to focus on liquidating missile crews and reaching their commanders at home, as the only way to strike at the heart of the Palestinian cross-border offensive against Israeli communities.
The new tactic, successfully employed Monday night, calls for large commando units trained in street combat, who also risk relatively high casualties. It also calls for an intensive, high-grade intelligence effort to precisely mark the targets and provide details of the protective measures they employ.
A senior Israeli officer in the Gaza sector told DEBKAfile that it will take several weeks before the new counter-missile assault model can dent Hamas capabilities for shooting missiles into Israel and begin reducing the barrage. Even today, Hamas is capable of firing salvos of dozens of missiles, he said, but is keeping the intensity down to about 10 launchings a day, in order to reserve the bulk of its arsenal for later stages of its showdown with Israel.
DEBKAfile’s military experts point out that the impending Gaza campaign will be the second war Israel has fought in five months. In most senses, it will be the sequel to the war offensive Hizballah launched from Lebanon in July. Hizballah may decide, or be instructed from Damascus and/or Tehran, to initiate another attack across Israel’s northern border to ease the pressure on Hamas by splitting Israeli forces on two fronts. The counter-argument to this depends on developments in Lebanon: The deeper the domestic crisis erupting in Lebanon in the wake of the assassination of Pierre Gemayel on Tuesday, Nov. 21, the less Hizballah will be free to start another war against Israel.
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