Last weekend, an agreement was signed in Mecca that could shift the balance of power in the Middle East: the “Mecca Joint Defense Pact” between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. According to the agreement, an armed attack on one of the three states is considered an attack on all – a principle explicitly reminiscent of Article 5 of the NATO treaty. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed this similarity and added that Cairo could also join the alliance in the near future “once technical issues have been resolved.”
The agreement effectively expands an existing mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which was concluded last September. Now Turkey joins the alliance – with NATO’s second-largest army and a growing arms industry. Together, they form an unusual combination: Saudi Arabia with its capital and oil, Pakistan with its nuclear capabilities and land-based military strength, and Turkey with its technology, advanced drones, and regional ambitions. No alliance “against Israel” – but not neutral either
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Back when Yeshua walked the earth, there were a lot of religions. I don’t think there were as many as there are today, because there were not as many people as there are today. There were religions that had religions within themselves, the same thing is going on today. Splintering from the main religion and yet maintaining the look of the main religion went on then just as it does today. Judaism had Pharisees and Sadducees who were supposed to be preaching the word of God to the people, but there must have been things they said that allowed them to rise above the people politically and monetarily. They had power over the people and used it to their benefit. Every religion today does the same thing as was done back then, all for power and wealth.
Yeshua, brought the truth from the word of God and drew the people to Him as He preached with love to them, it was that love that reached into the peoples hearts because it was pure. The miracles were not able to be done without it. The religions full of hate in today’s world are on the brink of destroying themselves, even hatred has a limit before going over the brink into a fire that has no end.
The Pharisees said that if the things Yeshua did and said were not of God, they would not go anywhere. Here we are today, His words and actions are still changing peoples lives and miracles done in His name are still happening. Time has been sped up on a world wide scale, so even the elect would be saved as He said. The time all of Israel will call upon His name is quickly coming, it will be quick and it will happen as a miracle that will bring all of Israel into His fold.