Middle East Update

Swarms of locusts over Gaza By YAAKOV KATZ

The screen shows what look like two swarms of green locusts over the Mediterranean Sea, approaching the Gaza Strip.

These are not locusts, though, but more than 50 Israel Air Force fighter jets that participated last Saturday in the unprecedented and astonishing air strike that was the opening act for Operation Cast Lead against Hamas.

The entire attack, during which 50 Hamas targets were hit, took exactly three minutes and 40 seconds.

Each green dot on the screen represents four fighter jets which fly in formation. Each swarm has several “foursomes” and was led by a veteran pilot who, like a conductor in an orchestra, needed to ensure that all of the aircraft carried out their missions in complete synchronization.

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BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE (Part 5)
PROPHECIES TO DAVID :

“And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ………………..” 2 Samuel 7-12.

Since creation the Father has been selecting people through whom his purpose to fill the earth with his glory (Hab. 2-14), might be fulfilled. For this purpose he created Adam, selected Noah and Abraham (Gen 6-9.Gal. 3-6), and selected David from 7 others (1 Sam 16-12/13). David, the shepherd of the sheep, was described as no other man had been previously described, “a man after mine own heart which shall fulfil all my will” (Acts 13-22)

Amongst the final words of David, “the anointed of the God of Jacob” (2 Sam.23-1), are the following. “Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure”. Thus we have David’s assurance spoken 3,000 years ago, that the Father had made a sure covenant with him, promising certain things to him, which would eventually come to pass.
One of those things promised to David was that one of his descendents would rule over the House of Israel and would build the ‘house’ (Temple) where the God of Israel would dwell. That immediate descendent was Solomon, who indeed became the richest and most wise King over the extended nation of Israel. Not only so, he built the wonderful Temple on Zion’s mount with the vast array of materials, including gold, silver, brass and iron, accumulated by his father David.
AGAIN BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE.

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PRESENT DAY EVENTS AND THEIR MEANING FROM THE BIBLE

DECEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY, 2009 ISSUE No. 470

End of The Era of Empire USA…Start of a New Order
In years to come the beginning of 2009 will be regarded as the end of an era, both from a political perspective and from a Bible prophecy point of view, and the beginning of a changed world. Three major events within a few months have already changed the way the world works and all three are related to Bible indications. They are 1.) a world financial crash; 2.) a new and different USA president and 3.) the collapse of the Israeli government.
The USA is approaching the end of superpower status. America won’t be able to afford it anymore and its world policeman role has been a disaster. The 1929 Great Depression was the end of Britain’s empire. The 2008 re(de?)pression will signal the end of Empire USA. The whole world will suffer with the USA most affected. The policies of the new US president elect Barack Obama, [Barak is a common Biblical name], is to reduce the world profile of the USA, end the Iraqi war and curtail spending. One large recipient of billions of dollars per year is Israel. It is these factors that directly relate to Bible prophecy.
“Jacob shall return…[but] there is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. All your lovers have forgotten you” Jeremiah 30:10-14. The return of Israel in 1948 is here connected with its eventual abandonment by its supporters but with the promise of final peace. The main long term supporter of Israel has been the USA but the forecast here is that there is no one.
Right now Israel itself is at a crisis point. It has collapsed because, not only has it shown itself to be inept, having almost lost last year’s war in Lebanon, but it is the most corrupt Israeli government in modern times. Early elections are to be held next February.

AN UNDERSTANDABLE MISTAKE
Hamas Cleric: “Annihilation of Jews Is the Most Splendid Blessing” 1.11.08
Palestinian cleric Muhsen Abu ‘Ita told Al-Aqsa TV on July 13, 2008: “The annihilation of the Jews here in Palestine is one of the most splendid blessings for Palestine. This will be followed by a greater blessing, Allah be praised, with the establishment of a Caliphate.” (Reported by MEMRI)
In usual circumstances a normal assessment of Israel’s position, surrounded by its Arab enemies, would be one of hopelessness. But Israel has God’s guarantee of eternity.

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A CLOSER LOOK AT MICAH 5 - Graham Bacon

We have written about Micah 5:1-6 a number of times in different contexts. These verses, to us, describe an attempted invasion of Israel by Iraq, as the latter day Assyrian, at an interval after the return of Jesus Christ. At the time of this writing, the coalition forces led by the USA are planning a phased withdrawal from Iraq, leaving that country in the hands of highly unstable, volatile, aggressive Arabs, capable of anything, and particularly of an attack on Israel. The potential invasion of Israel, as depicted in Micah 5 is absolutely believable.

The prophet discloses that the invasion establishes a foothold in Israel, “…when the Assyrian comes into our land and when he treads in our palaces…” v.5 and in v.6, “…when he treads within our borders.” But this achievement is short-lived because “…we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight princely men [warriors] and they shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria and the land of Nimrod [north Iraq] at its entrances.” Thus the invasion is turned on its head with the future Iraq subjected to the reign of Jesus from Jerusalem.

The rest of the chapter, with which we have not previously dealt in detail, provides brief glimpses of the benefits that the world will enjoy by the continued existence of the Jews - benefits of which the world would have been deprived if the Iraqi invasion of Israel would have had succeeded. In addition it describes the dire consequences upon nations that challenge Jesus and the Jews in the Holy Land.

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GPL MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM DEC 3 NO. 146

MUMBAI JEWISH VICTIMES TORTUREDl: by Tzvi BMen Gedalyahu
Mumbai doctors who examined the bodies of the victims of the Muslim terror massacre said the victims were tortured before being slaughtered. “Of all the bodies, the Israeli victims bore the maximum torture marks,” a doctor who performed a post-mortem told the Indian news website Rediff.com.

HIZBULLAH TO HELP OVERTHROW ASSAD IF SYRIA REACHES PEACE WITH ISRAEL: (Media Line)
Lebanon’s Hizbullah has planted clandestine cells across Syria since it began indirect peace talks with Israel ten months ago, the Kuwaiti daily A-Siyasa reported, citing Lebanese security sources. The cells have been ordered to help in an “imminent coup against the Syrian regime” in case it signed a peace agreement with Israel, the report says.

IRAN HOLDING NAVAL MANEUVERS NEAR THE PERSIAN GULF :
Iran on Tuesday December 2, launched a large-scale, six-day naval maneuver in the Sea of Oman, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, which will involve about 60 warships and numerous aircraft, Tehran has repeatedly warned that it would close the narrow strait if the US or Israel attacked its disputed nuclear program. Israel’s former deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, said on Tuesday that “Iran’s unprecedented naval activity is actually a drill for taking over the Gulf all-important oil route. “

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GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM . NOV 27.. NO. 145

EGYPT PARLIAMENT: POLICE UNABLE TO CONTROL SMUGGLING TUNNELS: (AP/MSNBC)
The Egyptian parliament’s defense committee says the situation at the border with Israel is dangerous because of increased smuggling operations through the tunnels and the unrestricted spread of weapons among the Bedouin, the state-owned Al-Gomhuria daily reported Wednesday November 26

JORDAN SEALS NUCLEAR DEAL WITH CHINA : (Medialine-Jerusalem Post)
Jordan signed a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with China on Monday November 24. China will help Jordan mine and enrich uranium, as well as assist in training and studies to build a nuclear station, said Khalid Tuqan, head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Jordan is said to have large reserves of uranium, and a nuclear plant could supply nearly a third of the country’s energy requirements by 2030..

IRAN’S AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI ; UNITE AGAINST ISRAEL :
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visiting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday November 25, that the Lebanese people should unite to confront Israel.

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