Scripture is clear! There is coming a time – in the Last Days – when all the world will turn against Israel. We can see the trends in the news. The UN has passed more resolutions condemning Israel than against any other country – while the nations that surround her launch or abet terror strikes against the tiny Jewish state, an island of democracy and Western values in a sea of Islamic hate. But for us in the United States it was hard to see how we would ever join that anti-Semitic chorus. That is not so any longer. But first let us review some of the scripture.
Zechariah 12:1-3 reads as follows. “The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: ‘Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.’” (ESV) Just a couple of chapters later, the Prophet Zechariah confirms that word with this: “For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle.” (Zechariah 14:2) (ESV) The Book of Joel takes up the same theme. “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.” (Joel 3:1-2) (ESV)
For Americans who have understood the special relationship between the two countries this is a hard pill to swallow. America was the first nation to recognize Israel when they declared their independence in May of 1948. The US has stood by the Jewish state in all their wars as the Russian-supplied surrounding Arab nations tried to destroy them. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, President Nixon – (despite his anti-Semitism) – ordered a massive airlift of military supplies to the Israelis which then Prime Minister Golda Meir credited with saving them from destruction. That support continued throughout the decades that followed. However it was increasingly alloyed with increasing pressure by successive administrations to try and force Israel to give up land to establish a Palestinian State. Now, President Barack Obama has gone one farther. The US has taken a position that directly supports Israel’s declared enemy. America has become the de facto ally of the terror-sponsoring state of Iran.
First we’ll summarize what we knew last week.
- Iran will be allowed to keep its nuclear program going.
- They’ll be allowed to keep their ‘secret’ atomic facilities.
- No effective inspection procedures in place.
- Tehran is not changing policies – and will:
- Continue to support terror groups like Hezbollah & Hamas
- Send more money to terror groups like Hezbollah & Hamas. Even the US President admits that this will be the case. Here’s part of an Arutz Sheva report on what the President told his BBC interviewer. “POTUS states during BBC interview that Iranian terror groups will be given more resources, but denies it will actually increase attack. US President Barack Obama admitted Friday that the Iranian nuclear deal gives Iran – the leading state sponsor of terror – ample funding to extend its terror network, in a revealing interview with BBC.”[i]
- Continue to hold American prisoners
- Continue to call for the destruction of Israel. [The Iranian president himself has led rallies since the signing at which the crowds chanted for the destruction of the US and Israel.]
- The sanctions – which were working – will be lifted, the net effect of which will provide an additional $140 billion for the Mad Mullah’s to use on …say ……arms. [Can anyone say: ‘Russian-made S300 SAM missile system’ – to protect the nuclear sites.]
But now it has come out that the United States has gone even farther in acting on Iran’s behalf…..and against its putative ally, Israel. It now has been revealed that squirreled away in Annex III of the agreement is language that sets up the US and other signatories as protectors of the Iranian nuclear program. Here is the language of Annex III.
“Co-operation in the form of training courses and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear security threats to nuclear facilities and systems as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems [boldface added]; Co-operation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems.”[ii]
The Jewish Press highlights the significance of the wording. “Emphasis should be placed on the word ‘respond.’ It leaves open for interpretation the possibility that the United States and other P5 +1 countries can take action in the form of training and preparing Iran to stage a cyber attack or retaliation in the event of a third-party assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities.”[iii] (http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/obamadeal-us-to-protect-iranian-nuke-sites-from-israeli-attack/2015/07/20/)
America has strayed quite far from the golden days when Truman insisted on recognizing the Jewish State just hours after statehood was declared – or the Nixon airlift of 1973; both because it was the right thing to do. We’ve become just another nation that is insisting that Israel carve out land for a Palestinian State and give away half of Jerusalem. [By the way, and we’ve covered this here before: A Palestinian State was already created: It’s called Jordan. And another thing, by their own admission, the Palestinian People is a fiction invented to use as a tool against Israel. Just sayin’.] This reversal, while a prophetic necessity, is just the sort of thing that sets a nation up for judgment. Genesis 12:3 contains the promise that God gave to Abraham and the nation that He would found from Abraham’s – (actually then called Abram) – seed. “I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” America has long been blessed by its relationship with Israel. Now it seems we are choosing the curse. In this, as in so many other areas, it is time for rethinking, re-doing – and repentance.
[i] Obama Admits: Iran Being Given Billions for Terror Funds, Arutz Sheva, July 24, 2015
[ii] Annex III of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Section D 10, pg 142, as viewed on Jewish Press, July 23, 2015
[iii]ObamaDeal: US to Protect Iranian Nuke Sites from Israeli Attack, Jewish Press, July 23, 2015
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