Friday, May 14, 2010
Eric Holder Refuses To Say "Radical Islam"
This came today from ACT, a subsidiary of American Congress For Truth, www.americancongressfortruth.com.
It is again proof that we are not willing to name the enemy. Furthermore I do not believe even for one second that these people are ignorant. If they are, they got no business being in key positions of making decisions for our country, otherwise they are malevolent, knowing the exact danger we are being faced with but use it to America's demise.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
What Didn’t The World See In Obama?
Israel Today
Headline News
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Israel Today Staff
Palestinians see Obama as their savior
Roadside signs and billboards put up as part of a new public relations campaign in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories are hailing US President Barack Obama as the savior of the Palestinian Arabs.
The signs read: "Barack Obama, free us from slavery, occupation and the settlements."
The campaign, dubbed "Dear Barack," was started by a local Palestinian radio station and has quickly gained public and official support, according to the PA's Wafa news agency.
As part of the campaign, individual Palestinians have also been sending emails to Obama's personal address, urging him to become a true historical hero by freeing them from what they call Israeli oppression.
Ever since the beginning of the 08 elections I couldn't really feel comfortable about any candidate. Hillary Clinton was the driving force of the Bill Clinton years or so it seems. John McCain is not much different from the progressives. His coat of colors is just more to our liking. And then we got Obama.
What was so special about him after two or three turns of being a senator? Before I knew anything about him it was appalling to me, as it should be to everyone who holds dear to G-d's word, that he turned down twice a law that would have guaranteed medical assistance to infants that survived abortions. If that wasn't enough, I was surprised that he was a member of a church for 20 years that not only preached hate against America but also awarded Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the "Nation of Islam."
That's when I really started to become concerned. I waited long to hear Obama give a clear statement of his faith. But that moment never came. Then it was considered wrong to utter his middle name Husseini. Why? There are ex-terrorists that left Islam and became fervent Christians who not only love G-d's son Jesus but also his chosen people Israel. So why would you have to make it a racist offense to mention someone by his name even if it is Arabic? And the most ludicrous charge, to be considered a racist if you favored Alan Keyes, who is more black than President Obama ever will be, just because he doesn't fit the Democratic paradigm.
And while the media didn't make a big deal about it, there are all his affiliations with disciples of the Marxist ideology. Even that didn't matter.
Finally when Election Day came around, many gave their vote for one reason and one reason only - to have our first black American President. And even if this is a very notable occasion, wasn't this the most racist statement that had been ever made during this campaign and maybe the history of the United States? If issues do not matter anymore, but only looks, whether it's racial or otherwise, and eloquent speaking, we have truly lost the battle for our beloved America. Every pimp can become the next candidate and we would be even thankful to him as long as we get handouts just like a prostitute sells herself for money.
Harsh words. But only a scrupulous self examination of our society and our culture will be the vehicle to get us back on track and most importantly with G-d Almighty.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Same Clothes, Different Colors.
I just had a thought today. With all the commentaries on the headlines about Arizona being a "racist" state, like one poster said "Nazizona."
Then it came to me! What we see today is a reversal of realities, just like what is going on in the Middle East.
In the 1950s through the 60s, Israel was seen as David. The Arabs, their enemies, were viewed as the modern day Goliath. Israel being attacked from all sides, several times in its existence always managed and still does so to push back their enemies. Every war ended with Israel taking over the area captured which immediately has been offered back to the respective nation in exchange for peace. But none of them was and is ever willing to give peace in return.
America has been known as the benevolent nation, taking in those that left their countries for better economic conditions, freedom from persecution, and freedom of religion. These immigrants vigorously adopted the "American Way of Life." There was no hyphenation. Anything ethnic was displayed in the home and the community but never ever superseded American Holidays which were as well eagerly incorporated.
Today, ever since Jimmy Carter made the PLO Terrorist Organisation respectable by using them as the mediator between the U.S. and Iran in the Iranian American Embassy hostage case, resulting in having the hostages freed after more than 400 days, the world thinks of Israel's enemies as David and Israel as the ruthless Goliath.
Not much different in the United States. What started as a decades long dispute about not properly managed borders and the desire to restrict the flow of illegal Immigrants changed into America being a racist country wishing to kick undesirables out of our nation. What we watched happening in Arizona was nothing less or more than passing a "new" law that finally would enforce the laws concerning immigration already on the books (or is it in the books). Yet, for some strange reason Arizona is considered a racist state when in fact the population living along the border live in fear of roaming Mexican drug cartels willing to kill anyone who is in their way like the ranger that has been found shot dead in the middle of his wide spread. Yet, neither Janet Napolitano, head of Homeland Security, nor the President were willing to come to Arizona's help. Eventually 70 % of Arizonans put pressure on their state government to pass this law. Of the 70 % the majority were Mexican-Americans who clearly see for what the Illegals truly are. While Mexican-Americans came to this country to seek a better life for themselves and their families in becoming part of American society,Illegals, violating our immigration laws, make demands of receiving the same privileges that are reserved for AMERICAN CITIZENS only. But to the left of this country that doesn't matter. Just like the left doesn't care that Israel has long standing historical and biblical connections to the land they call Israel. Just like feminists do not give a hoot about women's plights in the Middle East and other Islamic countries.
Just as Palestine was a region that the Arabs referred to as Greater Syria, Palestine all of a sudden has become a country occupied by the Jews. A propaganda tool that was established after the Arabs lost the Six Day War in 1967.
America as Israel has become a fabricated lie that has nothing to do with the realities on the ground. But as America did to Israel for the last 20 years and more, she is reaping what she sowed. Not only are we steeped in sin, lacking morality as never before, but we also turned on G-d's chosen and therefore incur the wrath that is to follow. Not only does America have trouble at it's borders, some say it has become America's Gaza. It also is breaking apart from within. We have fifth columns that come from the Islamic and Hispanic influxes. Not that is bad enough. The Lakota's filed a law suit years ago for the rough shot way the American administrations had broken one treaty after another. Alaska had also its fill. If it would be for them, they would secede from the Union just like Texas would have done not too long ago if they would have had the chance. The ones that get stuck in the middle are G-d fearing Americans - Jew and Gentiles alike. And eventually they will be the one who find themselves marginalized as fanatical fringe groups in a land where right is wrong and wrong is right.
Then it came to me! What we see today is a reversal of realities, just like what is going on in the Middle East.
In the 1950s through the 60s, Israel was seen as David. The Arabs, their enemies, were viewed as the modern day Goliath. Israel being attacked from all sides, several times in its existence always managed and still does so to push back their enemies. Every war ended with Israel taking over the area captured which immediately has been offered back to the respective nation in exchange for peace. But none of them was and is ever willing to give peace in return.
America has been known as the benevolent nation, taking in those that left their countries for better economic conditions, freedom from persecution, and freedom of religion. These immigrants vigorously adopted the "American Way of Life." There was no hyphenation. Anything ethnic was displayed in the home and the community but never ever superseded American Holidays which were as well eagerly incorporated.
Today, ever since Jimmy Carter made the PLO Terrorist Organisation respectable by using them as the mediator between the U.S. and Iran in the Iranian American Embassy hostage case, resulting in having the hostages freed after more than 400 days, the world thinks of Israel's enemies as David and Israel as the ruthless Goliath.
Not much different in the United States. What started as a decades long dispute about not properly managed borders and the desire to restrict the flow of illegal Immigrants changed into America being a racist country wishing to kick undesirables out of our nation. What we watched happening in Arizona was nothing less or more than passing a "new" law that finally would enforce the laws concerning immigration already on the books (or is it in the books). Yet, for some strange reason Arizona is considered a racist state when in fact the population living along the border live in fear of roaming Mexican drug cartels willing to kill anyone who is in their way like the ranger that has been found shot dead in the middle of his wide spread. Yet, neither Janet Napolitano, head of Homeland Security, nor the President were willing to come to Arizona's help. Eventually 70 % of Arizonans put pressure on their state government to pass this law. Of the 70 % the majority were Mexican-Americans who clearly see for what the Illegals truly are. While Mexican-Americans came to this country to seek a better life for themselves and their families in becoming part of American society,Illegals, violating our immigration laws, make demands of receiving the same privileges that are reserved for AMERICAN CITIZENS only. But to the left of this country that doesn't matter. Just like the left doesn't care that Israel has long standing historical and biblical connections to the land they call Israel. Just like feminists do not give a hoot about women's plights in the Middle East and other Islamic countries.
Just as Palestine was a region that the Arabs referred to as Greater Syria, Palestine all of a sudden has become a country occupied by the Jews. A propaganda tool that was established after the Arabs lost the Six Day War in 1967.
America as Israel has become a fabricated lie that has nothing to do with the realities on the ground. But as America did to Israel for the last 20 years and more, she is reaping what she sowed. Not only are we steeped in sin, lacking morality as never before, but we also turned on G-d's chosen and therefore incur the wrath that is to follow. Not only does America have trouble at it's borders, some say it has become America's Gaza. It also is breaking apart from within. We have fifth columns that come from the Islamic and Hispanic influxes. Not that is bad enough. The Lakota's filed a law suit years ago for the rough shot way the American administrations had broken one treaty after another. Alaska had also its fill. If it would be for them, they would secede from the Union just like Texas would have done not too long ago if they would have had the chance. The ones that get stuck in the middle are G-d fearing Americans - Jew and Gentiles alike. And eventually they will be the one who find themselves marginalized as fanatical fringe groups in a land where right is wrong and wrong is right.
Is Oil Spill God's Judgment?
A friend of mine made the comment that the oil spill is G-d's judgment for how America is treating Israel in recent years. I personally would even put Katrina and other catastrophies or stock market occurencies under that category.
As this event is being played all over the media, I went to You Tube and found a video done by an amateur. Just seeing it through the lens of his camera makes you realize how huge the spread is and already is and has reached some of our shores. The impact of that will be a major economical one from fisheries to tourism. If the gulf ever can heal itself is highly questionable. The spill in Alaska by far doesn't reach the size of this one. It's said to leak 250,000 gallons DAILY! How much of that would have fit into the tanker Valdez?
Interestingly when I talked about G-d's judgments while I left a comment to an article on the Medien Backspin, a German news blog, a German Internet friend who sends the links to the same to me on a daily basis meant that I'm really overdoing it this time. When I brought this up to my friend she said that yes, even if Germans strongly support Israel, they do not see things in the same way the way many Christian Americans who love the Jewish people see it. Eventually you just stop talking about it and appreciate the fact that they too, share a love for his chosen people.
Whatever people may or may not believe, things seem to accumulate dramatically. Even the nay sayers would have a hard time to explain it otherwise than with the same old diatribes.
As this event is being played all over the media, I went to You Tube and found a video done by an amateur. Just seeing it through the lens of his camera makes you realize how huge the spread is and already is and has reached some of our shores. The impact of that will be a major economical one from fisheries to tourism. If the gulf ever can heal itself is highly questionable. The spill in Alaska by far doesn't reach the size of this one. It's said to leak 250,000 gallons DAILY! How much of that would have fit into the tanker Valdez?
Interestingly when I talked about G-d's judgments while I left a comment to an article on the Medien Backspin, a German news blog, a German Internet friend who sends the links to the same to me on a daily basis meant that I'm really overdoing it this time. When I brought this up to my friend she said that yes, even if Germans strongly support Israel, they do not see things in the same way the way many Christian Americans who love the Jewish people see it. Eventually you just stop talking about it and appreciate the fact that they too, share a love for his chosen people.
Whatever people may or may not believe, things seem to accumulate dramatically. Even the nay sayers would have a hard time to explain it otherwise than with the same old diatribes.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Various Items Of Interest
2. 'Obama Behind Jerusalem Apartheid'
by Maayana Miskin
Recent days have seen conflicting reports on construction in Jerusalem. While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu states that construction in Jerusalem will continue, reports indicate that in practice, Jews are barred from building in some parts of the capital city. Arutz Sheva's Hebrew news service spoke to Jerusalem Construction and Building Planning Committee member Yair Gabbai to clarify the situation.
According to Gabbai, there is definitely a distinction being made between "west" Jerusalem, meaning the territory that has been under Israeli sovereignty since 1948, and "east" Jerusalem, the lands that were under Jordanian control from 1948 until 1967. Recently, officials have begun making a distinction between Jews and Arabs, allowing Arabs to build in neighborhoods where Jews are turned down for construction permits, he said.
"The most recent meetings have taken on a certain apartheid-like quality," he said. "Construction permits in eastern Jerusalem are given exclusively to Arabs, while in the western half of the city there's no discrimination."
United States President Barack Obama is behind the de facto construction freeze, Gabbai believes. "[Obama] is the source of the pressure on the prime minister and the government to freeze construction in eastern Jerusalem, even though it's not good for Jerusalem," he said.
The construction freeze is not only discriminatory, but is even criminal, he said. By law, the entire city of Jerusalem is under Israeli sovereignty, and no distinction should be made between various neighborhoods.
Gabbai suggested two ways in which Israelis can fight the Jerusalem building freeze. One path would be a legal battle. "I'm convinced that if a Jew can prove he's been discriminated against, and that suddenly only Arab construction plans are coming before the committee even though he was supposed to come before the committee as well, the court won't allow it," he said.
Another possibility is to fight the freeze at its source, by putting pressure on Obama, he said. If tens of thousands of Americans take to the streets and tell Obama to leave Jerusalem alone, the president will be forced to do so, he stated.
"The American public... is sensitive to the subject of Jerusalem, more so than to any other part of American foreign policy. If the public's anger is aroused, he will be forced to change his policy," Gabbai said. Proof of the Obama administration's need for public support can be seen in the administration's efforts to enlist support from Jewish organizations in the wake of tensions over Jerusalem, he added.
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This again shows the audacity of this administration. Even Bush didn't go quite that far and who knows, without the opinion of the Jew hating State Department under then residing State Department head Condoliza Rice, he might have not even gone so far.
To the thousands of supporters of Michael Behenna,
Many of you have been asking about the latest on Michael's appeal. Michael's appellate brief was filed on December 22, 2009 and the military's response brief was due January 21, 2010. The military asked for and was granted a three-month extension to April 21, 2010. Then sometime in early April the military filed for and received yet another three-month extension making their response brief not due until July 22, 2010! But most amazing of all was that the extension was granted without notice being provided to Michael's attorneys to argue against it.
From the start of this hell we have tried to put our trust in the military justice system. But time and time again this 'justice' system has failed this young man who defended our liberties in the face of a ruthless enemy. First it was the withholding of evidence in Michael's trial and now this. The government will have had seven months to respond to Michael's appellate brief when it should have taken only seven weeks. It appears to us that the Army is deliberately doing everything it can to delay Michael's appeal process. And for what end you ask? We may never know, just as we may never know what was really behind the Army prosecuting Michael in the first place. But in the face of these delay tactics we have become even more convinced of the strength of Michael's appeal (which the military is struggling to counter.) As Thomas Paine wrote, 'Tyranny is not easily conquered, but our consolation is that the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.'
Despite everything Michael is faring well. He draws strength from the many letters he receives and your continued correspondence will help him leave Leavenworth the way he arrived – with his head held high. Michael 'celebrates' his 27th birthday behind bars on May 18th. This will be his second birthday in Leavenworth Prison and is yet another reminder of how long he has been away from family and friends. Please consider sending Michael a birthday card to let him know he is not forgotten and to encourage him to keep the faith. You can send your cards and letters to:
Michael Behenna #87503
1300 N. Warehouse Road
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-2304
Finally, good news was received this week concerning the two Navy SEALS exonerated of injuring an Al Qaeda leader. In addition, Sgt Larry Hutchins, a Marine held at Leavenworth, had his case overturned in the Navy Court of Appeals. These men are decorated heroes who have served this country honorably and deserve our support. It is my hope that the pendulum is truly swinging back in favor of our soldiers and away from a capricious and political military justice system led by people who have NEVER been in harms way. Please continue to contact your Congressmen and Senators and let them know that our soldiers deserve our unending support, especially when they are defending themselves in a combat zone.
Bless each of you for supporting all of our troops,
Sincerely,
Scott and Vicki Behenna
Proud Parents of 1LT Michael Behenna
www.defendmichael.com More news on Michael Behenna. We need to pray for this young man who did nothing less than serve his country. The least they could do is get on with the trial and include all the evidence including the forensic that could further Michael's case in the court room. Instead they're dragging their feet while he sits in a cell in Fort Leavingworth.
Israel agrees to halt Jerusalem construction
The US State Department announced on Sunday that Israel had agreed to freeze construction in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo for two years as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinians.
State Department Spokesman Philip Crowley said the Israeli commitment was made during a meeting with US envoy George Mitchell that wrapped up the first round of indirect US-brokered peace negotiations.
The Ramat Shlomo building project was at the center of the recent rift in US-Israel relations after mid-level approval for the construction was announced during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden. Washington called the move an "insult" considering that the US has supported the Palestinians' claim to Jerusalem as their future capital.
The Palestinians and the Americans at the time demanded that Israel officially halt the Ramat Shlomo project, to which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that Israel has the right to build anywhere in its ancient capital.
Despite Netanyahu's public defiance, municipal officials noted that it become nearly impossible to approve new building permits in the wake of the incident, and that an unofficial building freeze had taken hold. If accurate, Sunday's announcement marked the beginning of an official Jewish building freeze in eastern Jerusalem.
Basically what I heard Tamar Yonah say on Israel "National Radio," not to get mixed up with the following articles of "Israel Today", the ten month building freeze imposed on Israel by Obama is basically telling the Jews that they have no right to have children in their own land. Sadly, Bibi Netanyahu even so he made a show of standing up against Obama becomes soft now again and therefore, "unofficially," there's a building freeze now in all of East Jerusalem.
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza
Israeli warplanes attacked two terrorist targets in southern Gaza late Sunday night, a day after Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists fired a rocket at the southern Israel coastal town of Ashkelon.
There were no reports of casualties in the Israeli strike.
Saturday evening's terrorist rocket attack set off air raid sirens throughout south-western Israel. The rocket landed just short of Ashkelon, which has been hit numerous times by Gaza terrorists.
And again, Israel does whatever it can do in its power to target the guilty only, eliminating civilian casualties as much as possible. And yet, by and large, most of the Arab population hates Israel. It's not just the leaders who swear to drive the Jews into the sea, it's almost each and everyone. We talk about children where the hate gets fed with the mother's milk. What I can't understand, why is killing innocent Israeli men, women, and children acceptable but if Israel just fights back the perpetrators in order to survive it becomes a bash fest?
Indirect US-hosted peace talks begin
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday announced that indirect US-hosted peace negotiations with Israel had begun after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his top aides met with visiting US envoy George Mitchell.
"I can officially declare today that the proximity talks have begun," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters following the meeting.
Earlier in the day, Erekat insisted that the talks would pick up where negotiations with the previous Israeli government under former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had left off. Olmert is widely believed to have offered to divide Jerusalem and surrender nearly all of Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians.
On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the Palestinian Authority for finally resuming some sort of negotiating, but was adamant that no real progress could be made until the two sides engage in direct talks.
Netanyahu has been offering to restart direct peace negotiations for months, but has met with Palestinian refusal. The Palestinians, nevertheless, blame Netanyahu for the lack of progress due to what they call his extreme demands, such as having the Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state.
This again is American audacity. Americans should gather at Capitol Hill by the millions and tell Obama that HE CAN'T DO THAT! We have no right.
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Justice for Sholom Rubishkin Update
The trial has started and the judge verdict that the fact that Mr. Rubishkin gets no specialized treatment to the fact that he is an observing Jew while in prison that this was Rubishkin's own consequence. Isn't it funny that if he would be a Muslim, we would ensure that he receives his Q'uran and his diet which is not unlike kosher food? No, you're a Jew or a Christian you are denied those rights since their has been prisons who wouldn't even allow for the Bible to be brought in.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Prejudism towards Israel amongst Arab Christians?
I do not like to make any assumptions in general. Some things are black and white while others are not. The last two Saturday's we went to a Bible College for a two day seminary about "Islam and the Impact on American Culture." Those of you who are learned about Islam it may not come as a surprise. A lot of what I heard just confirmed what I already knew. Islam is truely satanic. Where sex in paradise triumphs and lying and cheating is not only common in dealings with the infidels but also within their own religion. Otherwise why can you call Ramadan a month of fast when feasts go on during the night as well as many sudden revelations of Muhammad just so he could excuse his appetite for women.
The person teaching it is an Arab Christian from a Christian family. He pastors a few churches in the larger region. When he tells of the testimonies of those who left Islam, it's really quite something. It's like the light got turned on to dispell the darkness. One of them, not one of his own flock, is considered the "Paul of the 21st Century." He broadcasts from the U.S. and his broadcasts reaches Europe and the Middle East where thousands embrace Christianity, though many secretly. Needless to say, there are 15 million dollars put on his head for any Muslim who would kill him. What is not a widely told fact is that whenever the statistics seem to show that many Americans and elsewhere convert to Islam, many, many more Muslims become Christians. Throughout the last few decades it become a great threat to the monopoly and the power Islamic clerics sway over their people. All you have to do is watch MEMRITV where a number of videos pertain to that fact.
This being said, I had quite a surprise even so afterwards I came to realize that it is not that uncommon amongst Arab Christians. At one point the pastor said that it is wrong to hang onto the politics concerning Israel and the Middle East, that we have to hold on to Jesus and Jesus alone and forget about the material (land for peace politics), I countered that the rise of Anti-Semitism in this world as well as Islam which is part and parcel of it, represents Satan making war against Israel as G-d's chosen people, representing G-d (and don't forget the saying goes the Saturday people, Jews, first and then the Sunday people, Christians). No other nation has this uniqueness, regardless how many times Israel chose to sqander it by turning to idols. And even putting G-d's son, the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross even so they were only part of it. If G-d would not have chosen for his son to die for man's sin, Christ could have called a legion of angels and finish this world once and for all. It was Christ's obedience to his Father to fulfill the prophecy given 600 years ago by the prophet Isaiah in chapter 53. Therefore it was not the Jews, nor the Romans but Christ himself who allowed himself to be put on that horrible tree. The former just represented the world's sin.
After my response the pastor said, and this I hold true in part only, that the promises made to Abraham were meant for the Christians, Jews and Gentiles alike, that whoever blesses the Christians will be blessed, but whoever curses the Christians will be cursed. But first and foremost the blessings were concerning Israel. The seed of which G-d spoke of were the Jews and in this regard maybe even the Christians who would become the spiritual seed of Abraham just as Jesus himself said so when he claimed that his Jewish audience were the father of the devil because they did not believe in him (John 8:39, 44-47). Now, I'm saying this, we the church (Jews and Gentiles) are the spiritual seed of Abraham. But there are many scripture passages where G-d even will punish the nations he called to punish the unbelieving Jews for the harshness the nations executed against Israel. If G-d is that serious about the apple of his eye and his promises are true even when the fulness of the Gentiles is reached and then he deals with Israel concerning the promises he made hundreds of years ago, shouldn't the same still be true concerning as said in Gen. 12:3 when it comes to his chosen people?
But the pastor went on to say that nowadays most Jews are unbelievers (true) and that the land is cursed. Who cares about the land which is only material. Of course he went on to say that he has Christian friends that are Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus) as well as Muslim friends that embraced Jesus into their lives and left Islam. And he continued saying that Palestinians as well as Jews go to heaven or hell depending on their salvation.
For the rest of the seminar which lasted another two hours, I felt somewhat deflated. First I was really exited to hear about Islam from a Christian who actually grew up in a Muslim culture. It's always better to here it from the horse's mouth so to speak. But after that occurence it left a hint of bitter taste in my mouth.
After my father in-law and I talked about it it came to me that maybe this is how Arab Christians, growing up in a Muslim culture, perceive Israel. Unless they live in Israel proper. I remember Brigitte Gabriel, founder of "American Congress for Truth," http://www.americancongressfortruth.com/ saying that as Christians in Lebanon, they grew up believing that Israel is "the little Satan and America is "the great Satan."
So maybe this is just the way Arab Christians perceive Israel without any fault of their own. Brigitte Gabriel changed her attitude towards Israel after she had to take her mom who received a leg wound to an Israeli hospital during the "civil war" (which was really a Muslim war on Christians) and Israel did this all for free. During her stay at that hospital she encountered love, compassion, honesty and integrity regardless whether you were Jew or Arab, friend or foe that after her mom died in Lebanon she exhumed her mother's remains and had her reburied in Jerusalem that her children never ever would have a reason to visit Lebanon just to go to one of their grandparents' graves.
In my ten years of focusing on Israel and the Middle East, in part to confront my country's own evil deeds comitted during the Holocaust and also to seek personal redemption, I found out that a number of former Muslims who hated the Jews so much that they would foam out of their mouths as the saying goes, once they had an encounter with Christ in their own life and turned away from Islam, they would share an almost equal love for Israel. But these Arabs were all Muslims. None of them came from a Christian back ground. And maybe it is that that makes it so radical. To see the darkness of their own religion and culture that they can't do any other but embrace all the good things Western civilization stands for. I just know that many who believed all the myths about Israel and made a 180 once they found out what the true root cause of the conflict in the Middle East truly was, that it wasn't the occupying Israelis but the Jew hating Muslims which has its root in the very Q'uran they are following, so the Muslim Arab, once born again comes to see all the lies and fallacies that Satan through a medium called Islam is spewing out.
The person teaching it is an Arab Christian from a Christian family. He pastors a few churches in the larger region. When he tells of the testimonies of those who left Islam, it's really quite something. It's like the light got turned on to dispell the darkness. One of them, not one of his own flock, is considered the "Paul of the 21st Century." He broadcasts from the U.S. and his broadcasts reaches Europe and the Middle East where thousands embrace Christianity, though many secretly. Needless to say, there are 15 million dollars put on his head for any Muslim who would kill him. What is not a widely told fact is that whenever the statistics seem to show that many Americans and elsewhere convert to Islam, many, many more Muslims become Christians. Throughout the last few decades it become a great threat to the monopoly and the power Islamic clerics sway over their people. All you have to do is watch MEMRITV where a number of videos pertain to that fact.
This being said, I had quite a surprise even so afterwards I came to realize that it is not that uncommon amongst Arab Christians. At one point the pastor said that it is wrong to hang onto the politics concerning Israel and the Middle East, that we have to hold on to Jesus and Jesus alone and forget about the material (land for peace politics), I countered that the rise of Anti-Semitism in this world as well as Islam which is part and parcel of it, represents Satan making war against Israel as G-d's chosen people, representing G-d (and don't forget the saying goes the Saturday people, Jews, first and then the Sunday people, Christians). No other nation has this uniqueness, regardless how many times Israel chose to sqander it by turning to idols. And even putting G-d's son, the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross even so they were only part of it. If G-d would not have chosen for his son to die for man's sin, Christ could have called a legion of angels and finish this world once and for all. It was Christ's obedience to his Father to fulfill the prophecy given 600 years ago by the prophet Isaiah in chapter 53. Therefore it was not the Jews, nor the Romans but Christ himself who allowed himself to be put on that horrible tree. The former just represented the world's sin.
After my response the pastor said, and this I hold true in part only, that the promises made to Abraham were meant for the Christians, Jews and Gentiles alike, that whoever blesses the Christians will be blessed, but whoever curses the Christians will be cursed. But first and foremost the blessings were concerning Israel. The seed of which G-d spoke of were the Jews and in this regard maybe even the Christians who would become the spiritual seed of Abraham just as Jesus himself said so when he claimed that his Jewish audience were the father of the devil because they did not believe in him (John 8:39, 44-47). Now, I'm saying this, we the church (Jews and Gentiles) are the spiritual seed of Abraham. But there are many scripture passages where G-d even will punish the nations he called to punish the unbelieving Jews for the harshness the nations executed against Israel. If G-d is that serious about the apple of his eye and his promises are true even when the fulness of the Gentiles is reached and then he deals with Israel concerning the promises he made hundreds of years ago, shouldn't the same still be true concerning as said in Gen. 12:3 when it comes to his chosen people?
But the pastor went on to say that nowadays most Jews are unbelievers (true) and that the land is cursed. Who cares about the land which is only material. Of course he went on to say that he has Christian friends that are Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus) as well as Muslim friends that embraced Jesus into their lives and left Islam. And he continued saying that Palestinians as well as Jews go to heaven or hell depending on their salvation.
For the rest of the seminar which lasted another two hours, I felt somewhat deflated. First I was really exited to hear about Islam from a Christian who actually grew up in a Muslim culture. It's always better to here it from the horse's mouth so to speak. But after that occurence it left a hint of bitter taste in my mouth.
After my father in-law and I talked about it it came to me that maybe this is how Arab Christians, growing up in a Muslim culture, perceive Israel. Unless they live in Israel proper. I remember Brigitte Gabriel, founder of "American Congress for Truth," http://www.americancongressfortruth.com/ saying that as Christians in Lebanon, they grew up believing that Israel is "the little Satan and America is "the great Satan."
So maybe this is just the way Arab Christians perceive Israel without any fault of their own. Brigitte Gabriel changed her attitude towards Israel after she had to take her mom who received a leg wound to an Israeli hospital during the "civil war" (which was really a Muslim war on Christians) and Israel did this all for free. During her stay at that hospital she encountered love, compassion, honesty and integrity regardless whether you were Jew or Arab, friend or foe that after her mom died in Lebanon she exhumed her mother's remains and had her reburied in Jerusalem that her children never ever would have a reason to visit Lebanon just to go to one of their grandparents' graves.
In my ten years of focusing on Israel and the Middle East, in part to confront my country's own evil deeds comitted during the Holocaust and also to seek personal redemption, I found out that a number of former Muslims who hated the Jews so much that they would foam out of their mouths as the saying goes, once they had an encounter with Christ in their own life and turned away from Islam, they would share an almost equal love for Israel. But these Arabs were all Muslims. None of them came from a Christian back ground. And maybe it is that that makes it so radical. To see the darkness of their own religion and culture that they can't do any other but embrace all the good things Western civilization stands for. I just know that many who believed all the myths about Israel and made a 180 once they found out what the true root cause of the conflict in the Middle East truly was, that it wasn't the occupying Israelis but the Jew hating Muslims which has its root in the very Q'uran they are following, so the Muslim Arab, once born again comes to see all the lies and fallacies that Satan through a medium called Islam is spewing out.
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