The recent dramatic appeal by more than 20 former security chiefs, including past heads of Mossad, Shin Bet, Military Intelligence (AMAN), the Police, and former IDF Chiefs of Staff, is not merely a policy memo. “The war we are currently fighting is a deception and pursues messianic goals,” their statement declares. They know what a strategic dead end looks like. And they now say it openly: “Israel stands on the brink of an abyss—militarily, politically, and morally.” Yet, the Netanyahu government seems to adhere not to strategic logic but to a biblical idea. Many are asking whether this is the beginning of a spiritual renewal or a descent into political hubris. Israel’s history knows both: prophets and kings, visionaries and apostates. Who will prove right will soon become clear. When those who carried Israel’s security for decades sound the alarm, the country should listen. But what if those posing as the voice of reason are wrong—and the government, branded as “messianic,” is ultimately correct?
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Anyone, who uses the term ‘messianic’ as a criticism, especially of the present government, displays their opposition of what Hashem is bringing to pass in Israel today. Hashem will show them up for the men of straw that they are !
It seems that those who do not have faith in the Lord outnumber those who do. It is mentioned in scripture that there will only be one third of Israeli’s survive the war prior to the signing of a seven year peace treaty. If I were a betting man I would be betting those with faith in the Lord would very heavily be those numbered among the survivors.
Hatred, does not have a future in Israel.