Missing
the Fundamental Obstacle in the Palestinian/Muslim and Israeli Conflict
It appears that world leaders are willfully choosing to listen to and
accept the lie Muslim leaders are saying the regarding the cause of the
conflict. Both politicians and the media fail to understand the fundamental
obstacle that prevents peace between the Palestinians and Muslims, and the
Jews. Many seem to think that if the Jews would simply give up more land to the
Palestinians and allow for a Palestinian state to be formed, there would be
peace in the Middle East. The truth is it is not as simple as that. As many
Muslims have made clear over the years, they are not only interested in getting
all the land back; they also desire to see the extermination of every single
Jew on the face of the earth. Many Muslim politicians in the present time have
stated that their goal is to see the Jews pushed off the land into the
Mediterranean Sea and drowned.
Satan hates the Jews because they are the seed of promise and heirs of
the covenant promises. Satan has been from the very beginning stirring the
hatred and resentment in the descendants of Ishmael.
In the final days, Scripture tells us that the seed of Ishmael will join
with several nations, including Russia, to destroy the people of Israel before
Christ returns; God will destroy the allied armies (see Ezekiel 38-39).
The genocidal hatred that seeks the extermination of the Jews stands
alone in the history of national conflicts. Arab and Palestinian leaders have
stated many times that if they ever defeat Israel in war, that they will
annihilate every Jewish man, woman, and child. The fact that Israeli soldiers
and civilians who have surrendered to Arabs have been massacred serves as
evidence that their threats to destroy all Jews are not empty words, it is
their policy and practice.[1]
The Arab-Islamic Goal
Ezekiel prophesied that in a future conflict the Arabs would join a
formidable, multinational, Islamic invasion force led by Russia (or ancient
Magog) and made up primarily of Arabs and military forces from the Islamic
nations.
This
is another message that came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn
and face Gog of the land of Magog, the prince who rules over the nations of
Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. Give him this message from
the Sovereign Lord: Gog, I am your enemy! I will turn you around and
put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and
charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and
swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all
their weapons. Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the
armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others
(Ezek. 38:1-6 NLT).
In the Ezekiel prophecy we learn of God’s supernatural destruction of
the invading forces.
I
will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the
Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. I
will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send
torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur (Ezek.
38:21-22 NLT).
Son
of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the
Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech
and Tubal. I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of
Israel, bringing you from the distant north. I will knock the bow from
your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you
helpless. You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains.
I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals. You will fall in the
open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. And I will
rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts.
Then they will know that I am the Lord
(Ezek. 39:1-6 NLT).
Genesis 38:23 describes the global response to God’s supernatural
intervention:
In
this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known
to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
God’s deliverance of Israel would cause all people in the world to
recognize His greatness, holiness, supremacy, and sovereignty.
May
they know that you alone—whose name is the Lord—are the Most High over the
whole earth (Ps. 83:18).
God has promised to protect Israel.
Keep my Sabbaths and revere my
sanctuary; I am the Lord.
“If
you follow my statutes and faithfully observe my commands, I will give you
rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of
the field will bear their fruit. Your threshing will continue until grape
harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have
plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land. I will give peace to
the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten you. I will remove
dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land
(Lev. 26:2-6).
The Jewish people have experienced severe discipline from God because of
their spiritual rebellion and unbelief. But His covenant cannot and will not be
set aside since His covenant with Israel is eternal, unconditional, and
unbreakable.
This
is what the Lord says: The one who gives the sun for light by day,
the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea and
makes its waves roar—the Lord of Armies is his name: If this fixed
order departs from before me—this is the Lord’s declaration—only then will
Israel’s descendants cease to be a nation before me forever. “This is what
the Lord says: Only if the heavens above can be measured and the
foundations of the earth below explored, will I reject all of Israel’s
descendants because of all they have done—this is the Lord’s declaration
(Jer. 31:35-37).
The
word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “This is what
the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and my
covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular
time, then also my covenant with my servant David may be broken. If
that could happen, then he would not have a son reigning on his throne and the
Levitical priests would not be my ministers
(Jer. 33:19-21).
When Christ returns and establishes His kingdom, He will remove the
hatred and enmity between the Muslims and the Jews. The Jews will be reconciled
to God and live peacefully in the land He had given them.
Distribute
the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined
you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born
Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes. These
foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom
they now live. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken
(Ezek. 47:22-23 NLT).
The Promised Land will be allotted to each of the twelve tribes of
Israel. In the Millennium, the alien (including Arabs) will be given
land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live.
The hatred between them will be removed and the whole world (yes,
including the Middle East) will experience genuine and lasting peace with King
Jesus ruling on earth from the throne of David in Jerusalem.
The Current Hostility between Muslims and Jews
The hatred of Jews will continue to burn in the hearts of many Muslim
until the prophecies of the future millennial kingdom are fulfilled. The
ancient hatred of Jews reached a low point when Mohammed established his new
religion in the seventh century. Because the Jews around Mecca refused to
forsake Judaism and embrace Islam, Mohammad declared that the Jews were enemies
of Allah and sought to force them to submit to Islam or die.
From that point on, Muslims have remained committed to achieving victory
over the Jews whenever they encounter them. With the rebirth of Israel in 1948,
the hatred has only been intensified. Today, the Arab nations surrounding the
Jewish state and the Palestinians who live in Israel or in the West Bank and
Gaza, know that they cannot defeat Israel militarily.
Those who hate Israel know that only an Islamic confederation with a
strong and powerful ally, which the Bible identifies as Russia, and with the
ability to leverage that ally’s advanced military technology and sizeable
military force, will enable the Arab nations to achieve their goal, the
conquest of Jerusalem and the elimination of the Jews from the Middle East.
[1] In the “Islamic
Terrorism” chapter of his book, What In The World Is Going On, David
Jeremiah writes of the hatred that Islam has for the Jews (and Christians) and documents
a sermon delivered by Sheikh Ibrahim Mdaires at a mosque in the Gaza Strip that
was broadcast live to the Arab world and circulated around the world.
All Scripture quotations, unless indicated, are taken from The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked NLT have been taken from the Holy
Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale
House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,
Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2020 by Miguel J Gonzalez Th.D.
Comments
Post a Comment