(JNS) One cannot help but notice the widespread delight surrounding media reports that U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly cursed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call. What a spectacle! Much of the reporting relied on anonymous accounts, and sources hostile to both Trump and Netanyahu have every interest in exaggerating the tone, content and significance of what was allegedly said.
The two villains of the international imagination—burned in effigy in public squares, demonized in the media and condemned in political discourse—have suddenly become the stars of a new drama. The larger villain scolds the smaller one and tells him exactly what much of the prime-time audience wants to hear: “Everyone hates you. I told you so.”
But let us look at the facts.
Trump pressured Netanyahu into accepting a ceasefire that Iran has made a precondition for any diplomatic engagement, apparently accepting the ayatollahs’ promises at face value. Yet since March 2, when the war orchestrated by Iran began, Hezbollah has launched 5,500 missiles at Israeli military targets and another...
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The battle is God’s!
Victory and peace is only possible with God’s intervention.
King David in Psalm 108 prays for God’s help: 13 Give us help against the adversary, for man’s salvation is futile. 14 With God we shall gather strength and He will trample our adversaries.
People fail to believe that Israel is engaged in a war of spirits: good and evil. A war of spirits cannot be won by physical or technological superiority.
It has always taken the power of God in the heavens to bring “total victory” and deliverance.
The Bible is filled with the EXACT same historical stories pertaining to the enemies of Israel. The history which is recorded serves as an example of God’s wisdom, security, and continued covenant for Israel’s existence.
Psalm 81:13-16 KJV
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Israel has to be willing to trust ONLY in God – because there is NO other way when it is surrounded by wicked enemies.
The apostle Paul so accurately wrote what we face here on earth:
Ephesians 6 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The answer is found in God’s ongoing requirements, King David noted them in the Psalms many times: “a man who FEARS the Lord and keeps His commandments.”
Fear God, and keep His commandments this is the whole duty of mankind. And then, and only then, will the people be mighty in the land, a generation of upright ones, which shall be blessed.
God will pour out a blessing that Israel cannot contain, when the people repent of their sin, and fear God our Father enough to do what He commands.
It’s up to us to choose the good of God’s spiritual blessings, when we humble ourselves to serve Him in duty and honor – Because He is God Almighty, forever without end!