THE NEXT BATTLE MUST COME!
February 6, 2007
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It really doesn’t matter when we withdraw our forces from Iraq or if Iran develops a nuclear weapon. I suppose it would matter if the Bible was not the inspired Word of the Living God, and it was possible for all of mankind to take world affairs into their own hands, and somehow, against all odds, bring a true peace to the Middle East. But it is not, and THE NEXT BATTLE MUST COME, because mankind’s destiny is not in his own hands, but in the hands of his Creator.
Hebrews 9:27,28 – And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: [28] So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 2:6-9 – But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? [7] Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: [8] Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
[9] But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 2:3 – How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Hebrews 10:30,31 – For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
And again, The Lord shall judge his people. [31] It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Joel 3:9-16 – Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: [10] Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. [11] Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. [12] Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. [13] Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. [14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. [15] The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. [16] The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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.
Even now, Iran, Syria, Hizbollah, Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, the al-Aksa Martyr’s Brigades, al Qaeda, and all the other terrorist groups are in the process of preparing for THE NEXT BATTLE. All the ingredients prophesied so long ago are now slipping neatly into place.
Ezekiel 38:9 – Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the l
and, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:17 – Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
It will begin and culminate in a a great final battle some three and one-half years after it begins.
Most people in their right minds won’t even make a guess as to when the initial attack will occur, but I lost my mind years ago, and my guesstimate is that it will occur at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Hamas digging Tunnels for Next Battle
YNet News Report
February 6, 2007
Movement takes advantage of PA infighting to reorganize, lay new infrastructure and collect improved weapons for next battle with IDF. Palestinian unity government bad news for Israel, whose hands are tied
Ron Ben-Yishai
While Gaza gun battles continue with full-force, Hamas has quickly been setting up its new military infrastructure for a serious confrontation with the Israel Defense Forces.
Israel has been following the construction with concern, but its hands are tied, if the IDF were to act against Hamas’ infrastructure, it would be interpreted throughout the world as Israeli intervention on behalf of Fatah.
Hamas and its Iranian supporters have been taking advantage of this fact and have been sending members of Hamas’ “operational force” to the streets to enforce Hamas’ power.
A few thousand of these men have been fighting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces.
In the meantime, Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din el-Qasam Brigades, and Hamas’ Murabitun militia have been laying down new military infrastructures.
The work is being done in an organized, systematic manner on three levels: Digging combat tunnels, improving rocket performance and quantity, and collecting weapons, mainly antitank and antiaircraft missiles through smuggling.
The most complicated part of the reorganization is the combat tunnels, which are very similar to Hizbullah’s “nature reserves” in southern Lebanon .
Unlike the latter however, which were mainly under-ground local bunkers that allowed Hizbullah fighters to launch Katyusha rockets and take cover from Israel Air Force bombings, the Gaza tunnel network will allow Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters to carry out the combat from within.
The Gaza tunnels will allow mobility under ground to the expected points of battle with IDF forces entering the Strip, the fighters will be able to surface quickly, launch missiles or rockets and disappear only to surprise the IDF forces at another spot.
The tunnels are also meant to serve another purpose, namely
to plant explosive devices at IDF entrance points, in order to detonate them and stop IDF forces from entering.
The tunnels uncovered by Palestinian security forces near the Erez crossing two weeks ago were meant for this purpose.
Fatah members rushed to announce that these tunnels were dug in order to assassinate President Abas and other Fatah officials, but it is more likely that these tunnels were meant for underground fighting between Hamas and the IDF.
The tunnels are also meant to be used for infiltrating Israeli territory. The composition of the earth in the Strip makes digging easy, and allows for relatively stable tunnels. These tunnels give Hamas a real strategic advantage.
Hamas is also focusing its attention on rockets, through information received from Hizbullah and Iran.
The IDF and Shin Bet believe that it won’t be long until Hamas gets its hands on the ability to launch rockets and hit as far as Kiryat Gat and north of Ashkelon.
At the same time, efforts are being made to increase the size of the rockets from 5-7 kilograms (roughly 10-15 pounds) of explosives in today’s Qassams to dozens of kilograms in Hamas-made Katyushas within up to a year.
Hamas has also been trying to obtain and produce more stable explosives. At the moment, a Qassam rocket becomes dormant just after a few days, since the home-made explosives break down chemically.
Therefore, Hamas has been working on new explosives that would prolong the shelf life of the new rockets. This would allow Hamas to store a greater number of rockets that could operate at a greater range against towns in the south and center of Israel when fighting begins.
The third field is the smuggling of large quantities of antitank and antiaircraft missiles through the Philadelphi route and the sea in order to use them against the IDF’s armored tanks and vehicles.
Unity government dangerous
In the meantime, the infighting in Gaza is making it difficult for Israel to obtain quality intelligence in order to act against the evolving infrastructure.
This fact became apparent last week when a suicide bomber from the Islamic Jihad blew himself up in Eilat and did not hide his intentions from his family or environment, but Shin Bet was still unable to locate him in time to foil the attack due to intelligence difficulties.
President Abbas is set to meet with Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in order to reach an agreement
on a democratic formula upon which a unity government could be established.
A long-term calm however, would still not solve Israel’s dilemma, and would contrarily worsen it.
A Palestinian unity government would lead to the removal of international pressure on the Hamas government and the organization which would be presented by an ‘honorable’ Abbas would continue to strengthen politically and build its military infrastructure during the calm.
It is also likely that international pressure would be placed on Israel to negotiate with Abbas under the claim that he represents the unity government.
Israel has no choice but to carefully walk between the drops, to push political pressures, to improve life quality in the West Bank as much as possible in order to strengthen Abbas’ position and wait until it is time to perform the needed military route canal in Gaza – to destroy Hamas’ military infrastructure and finally solve the smuggling problem along the Philadelphi route.
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