February 15^th 2017 Blog

In the words of John Cleese from Monty Python; “And now for something completely different.”  This is in reference to President Trump’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and you would be hard-pressed to find this particular information elsewhere.  In addition, there is no one from the plethora of media outlets talking about it, with perhaps two exceptions… Hal Lindsey; maybe John Haggee and the TV program “Tomorrow’s World”.

Just to be clear; all the information you will see here is all “Biblical”, so if you have an aversion to this source of information, then you do not need to read this blog… at least for today. 

I will start with the secular point of view.  There is quite a dispute and controversy as to the land known as the “West Bank”, which is located at the eastern edge of Jerusalem.  This particular stretch of land was won by Israel back in the war of 1967 and 1973 and is considered a “spoil of war”, for which under International Law is a no-no, according to Arend cited the Annex to the Hague Convention of 1907 on the Laws and Customs of War, which says that "private property ... must be respected (and) cannot be confiscated." It also says that "pillage is formally forbidden."  Guess what… this is not what Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agreed upon once WII was ended in Europe and the Soviet Union was able to gain full control over Eastern Europe.  Based upon this precedent, I would have to say that Israel had every right to all the land they spilled blood upon during those two wars.  If indeed, this “claim” is disputed, I would be quick to remind the concerned parties of what happened ex post facto of the Hague Convention.

In my opinion, as well as President Trump’s, “To the victor belongs the spoils of war,” which is why candidate Trump did not bat an eye about confiscating Iraq’s oil when we conquered it.  We spilled our blood there, as did the Russians in Eastern Europe… so why not?  There is more to this, because the Russians did suffer 7 invasions throughout their history, such as the Vikings, the Teutonic Knights and ending with Hitler.  Therefore Russia had a valid claim to Eastern Europe for “punitive damages”.  And therefore I would vehemently support Israel’s claim to the West Bank.

There is just one more secular point to be made.  Some of you might remember back in 1995-1996, there was a proposal from the international community, in regards to Israel and a possibility for a settlement.  And that proposal was “Land for Peace”.  At the time, I was already predisposed as to how this was going to end and found this proposal very amusing, for the simple reason that was not going to end in peace… guess what folks, I was absolutely correct!  Anyone who desires “peace” wants that peace on their own terms.  And in this case the Palestinians would not accept anything less than the expulsion of every Jew from the Land of Israel.  Therefore, no matter what might be proposed in regards to having “two states”, will not ever bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians.  In the end, there can only be one who will prevail and according to the God who created everything… I will give you just one guess who that will be.

There is one specific prophecy that must be fulfilled, before God’s Kingdom is established upon the Earth… the Temple will be rebuilt, where it once stood.  Anyone care to guess or know where that is supposed to be located?  It is this specific prophecy that spells the end of the overt Palestinian occupation.  There is not one nation or group of nations that can stop God’s prophecies from coming to pass.  This is why I laughed at the prospect of any so-called “peace proposal” regarding Israel and the Palestinians.

Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; let him who is on the housetop not go down to get the things out that are in his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his cloak. (Matthew 24:15-18)

And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate. (Daniel 9:27)

Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 NAS)

I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. (Revelation 11:1-2)

And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel 11:31

These last two prophecies, as well as the first one I cited, concerns what will happen to the Temple during the last half of the “Great Tribulation”.