I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to My inheritance, My people Israel, because they scattered My people among the nations and divided up My land.  Joel 3:2

A court ruling penalizing the Israeli Messianic village of Yad Hashmonah for refusing to host a lesbian wedding has severely damaged the community's main source of income, but has also opened the door to be an even greater witness to the Israeli public.

"Our business is suffering badly. We are firing people and cutting every expense possible." But that's not the end of the story.

At the same time,  "God is really using this!"  Since the court decision, and the initial negative press coverage it spawned, spokeswoman Ayelet Ronen  has been interviewed by three newspapers, two radio programs, and Israel's leading morning TV news show.

"I have been flooded with calls from people wanting to know more about the situation, asking about our faith and offering moral support." This
new wave of positive coverage has afforded Ronen numerous opportunities to witness directly to Israelis.

God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.

All will come to know the one and only True King.

"...evey knee shall bow, and evey tongue confess, that Yeshua the Messiah is LORD".

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you."
- Psalm 122:6

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I lived  among those who hate peace. I am for peace;
but when I speak, they are for war Psalm 120:5-7

Such is modern Israel’s plight, that she is situated in the world’s worst, most implacably bitter neighborhood, the middle east. “Meshek” - a son of Japheth whose descendents eventually settled in the Caucasus area, is slated to lead a confederation of Moslem nations against Israel.

Kedar is a son of Ishmael, one of the forefathers of the Arab nations. Like their father Ishmael, of whom God said he would be a “Wild Ass of a man”, who would be at war with everybody, including his brothers, Kedar is currently for war, though Israel wants peace.

The ‘ everlasting hatred’ is coming to a head. The events leading up to the last intervention of God Almighty to this earth are centered around this Israel hatred. This is why the Psalmist cries out to God to consider the trouble inflicted upon Israel by it.

But Israel’s prayer to God shall be answered for she will not always be surrounded by such hate filled and painfully deceived neighbors who seek her destruction even as she seeks peace -

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. Ezekiel 28:24-26

At an interfaith conference bringing together Jewish leaders and Protestant Christian pastors outside Jerusalem, several Christian representatives painted a very worrying picture about the future of relations between Israel and the mainstream Church. While an estimated tens of millions of individual Christians around the world love and support the Jewish state, many of the mainline Protestant churches have been actively boycotting Israel, encouraging pro-Palestinian activism and demanding that Western governments stop sending aid to Jerusalem.

One of the main Christian representatives at the conference was Rev. Paul Wilkinson, associate minister at Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church in Stockport, England. Over the past few years, Wilkinson has studied up close the phenomenon of what he calls "Christian Palestinianism," a politicized movement that seeks to eliminate Christian support for Israel and transfer it to Palestinian nationalists. Wilkinson said he is "completely pessimistic in terms of believing that I/we, are going to overturn 2,000 years of erroneous theology that has manifested itself in all kinds of diatribes and anti-Semitic factions" within the Church.

Wilkinson said that what stands behind Christian Palestinianism is classic Replacement Theology, which he called a "Goliath of theology in the church."  Rev. Andrew Love of the United Church of Canada agreed with Wilkinson that exaggerated humanitarian concern for the Palestinian Christians is being as the "rationalization for ultimately what I believe to be anti-Semitic ideas and anti-Semitic policies." Wilkinson lamented that this hatred for Israel, which harks back to millennia of hatred for the Jews, is rooted "deep in the heart of the Protestant Church," and is unlikely to be uprooted.

(Netanya, Israel, November 16, 2012) -- It is just after midnight on Friday morning here in Israel. To put it bluntly: Thursday was a very difficult day for Israelis in the south and Palestinians living in Gaza.

Consider this: the Palestinians have fired nearly 700 rockets, missiles and mortars over the past 36 hours. The Israelis have bombed more than 70 terrorist sites in Gaza in just the past hour. Tonight, the big news here is that the terrorists have fired missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest and most populated city. Air raid sirens have been going off. People are anxious. This is the first time Tel Aviv has been the target of missile attacks since the Gulf War with Saddam Hussein in 1991. What's more, three Israelis were killed in a direct rocket strike earlier today, and 54 have been wounded. Now the IDF is calling up 30,000 reserve soldiers to prepare for what could be a massive ground invasion.

Rabbi Richard Marker, Vice Chair of International Jewish Committee on Irreligious Consultation says since Vatican Two, the Catholic Church has renounced anti-semitism and the two faiths have matured in their dialogue.

He believes Jewish-Muslim relations could be transformed if the same model of dialogue with Catholics is used with Muslims. He stated:

“Forty years in the histories of two great world religions is but a blink of an eye, but 40 years of a relationship is a sign of its maturity.The focus of the world is no longer specifically on Jewish- Christian amity. We must, for so many reasons, involve the third of our Abrahamic siblings… Islam.”

If Islam is able to pressure the state of Israel to give up their military control over the Mountains in Zion, there will be no army in the world who will be capable of defending the “lesser Israel.”

Then the Jewish  people will have been pushed back behind the so-called “Auswich lines.” The Jewish people will finally have been gathered inside a huge concentration camp, ready for the last bid of genocide.

"You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Exodus 23:32-33

Israel’s deteriorating security situation has erupted simultaneously on two fronts. The IDF fired a Tamuz precision guided missile at a Syrian mortar position as a warning after a stray mortar hit an Israel Golan defense post. It was the fourth incident in 10 days.

On the Gaza front, the Palestinians shot Grad missiles at Beersheba – one was intercepted by Iron Dome – after shooting 60 missiles in less than 24 hours. They injured four Israeli soldiers Saturday, four civilians Sunday – apparent victims of Katyushas supplied by Hizballah.

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.'" Psalm 91:1-2

In last few days more than 100 rockets have been fired from Gaza into the South of Israel. The recent clash began when a Jeep of Israeli soldiers was doing a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border. An RPG from Gaza was shot directly at the Jeep. Several soldiers were injured, including a young man who is seriously injured and may be blind for the rest of his life. This began a fire fight on the border between the terrorists of Gaza and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Just the day before, the IDF had discovered more tunnels that are being used by Hamas to smuggle weapons and additional terrorists in and out of Egypt. Due to the open border between Gaza and Egypt, and backed by the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, the terrorist organizations including Hamas have smuggled in and are firing Katyusha rockets that are both more sophisticated and have a larger range than the smaller Qassam rockets used in previous incursions.

Three mortar shells fired by Syrian forces landed near and in the Golan Heights community of Alonei Habashan this week.



One shell landed in a local neighborhood, but caused no injuries or damage.
Officials said they believe the shells were misfires from a battle between Syrian government and rebel forces just over the border.

The frequency of cross-border attacks lately, and the growing accuracy, suggests the Syrians may be purposely targeting Israel.

My times are in thy hand.” — Psalm 31:15
 
Barack Hussein Obama has won re-election as President of the United States, according to all the projections of the Nov. 6 vote - albeit ahead of the final count of ballots. The prospect of another four years of Obama in the White House fills some Middle East nations, including the Persian Gulf and Israel, with trepidation.

They envisage a foreign policy that continues to focus on hitching US influence in the Muslim world – Sunni and Shiite alike – on to a wagon led by Iran as the first Islamic Shite Muslim nuclear power and the sponsorship of Muslim Brotherhood rule of Sunni Arab nations.

For Israel, this policy translates bleakly into American backing for the two most forbidding ideological foes it has faced in all its 63 years: Iran, whose leaders call openly for Israel’s extinction - even from the UN platform – although this is achievable only by nuclear aggression; and the hostile Muslim Brotherhood.

There is nothing left to chance.!!.

Israeli warplanes flew over the Golan, as Hizballah fighters pour into Syria, acting as a deterrent against the Syrian civil war seeping across the border.

The Golan

 

"And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:7-8

According to the UK daily The Guardian, US military commanders have warned their Israeli counterparts that any action against Iran would severely limit the ability of American forces in the region.

Israel has been told that an Israeli strike would severely limit the US ability to mount their own operations against the Iranian nuclear program by cutting off vital logistical support from Gulf Arab allies. [Iranian born Valarie Jarrett, advisor to President Obama with long term connections inside the Islamic Republic traveled to Iran in October reaching an agreement that calls for Iran to halt part of its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of many of the U.S. sanctions against the Islamic regime].

Of importance to note is that the US 5th fleet in not placed in the Persian Gulf to promote freedom and democracy nor is it in place to bring justice to the Iranian people.

Make no mistake - the US Naval forces are in Bahrein to secure the US supplies of crude oil and gasoline.

"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23