Discerning the Times

Alot is taking place in DC right now around the direct peace talks between Israeli PM Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas.

Even in the Middle East things continue to change. In the West Bank we even see the Palestinian Authority forces arresting Hamas terrorists involved in the deaths of 4 Israelis in Hebron on Tuesday and another shooting last night.

With all of the most important players also there like Egyptian President Mubarack and Jordanian King Abduallah the potential for a lasting peace has never been so crafted.

But what is really going on. President Obama needs this peace to deflect attention from his disastrous policies and the fact the Democrats may lose the House and even the Senate in November. He needs a signed peace treaty to show his worth as President.

And although these peace talks smack of hints of the biblical false peace covenant from Daniel 9:27, the problem is this: it presents different time tables that will ultimately dismiss it from having major prophetic implications. In other words these talks will also fail.

Rumors of war in the Middle East abound as Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran are not at the negotiating table at all. Also interestingly all of these have otehr prophetic agendas to fulfill from Scripture that God says will take place in the end.

 So these failed talks could actually fulfill this prophetic implication: Psalm 83 and Isaiah17.

These failed talks could lead to the start of these wars. And let us not forget Iran’s prophetic destiny from Ezekiel 38&39.

These meetings in DC are nothing more the fodder for your garden. Middle East peace will actually come about by judgment , Ezekiel 28:24-26.  

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Shas sroup leader Yishai says that lack of emphasis on God and Torah brought failure to the IDF in the 2006 Israeli-Lebanon war. Israel was defeated in the war it is believed because the people had distanced themselves from God.

For example during the 6 Day War in 1967, against all the Arab armies they were outnumbered 10,000 to 1. The Israeli victory was due to God.

Now when we look at the 2nd Lebanon war in 2006, without Syria, Jordan and Libya only 2,000 Hezbollah fighters  cause Israel shame on the world scene. So the question is how does this happen? According to Yishai because Israel ignored God and Torah is how this happened.

Let us pray for the peace of Jerusalem like we are commanded to do in Psalms.

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Reports are saying that Hamas not only has tried unsuccessfully to derail the peace talks with the attack in Hebron last night, but that Hamas has now completed a series of experiments that allows its newly acquired Fajar rocket to reach a range of 50 miles which puts central Israel into its reach. Hamas will now also begin to manufacture the rockets for themselves instead of having to smuggle them into the Strip.

This development does not bold well for the next few months as Hamas is against the direct peace talks under way in Washington DC tomorrow.

This coupled with a report this morning that Iran is pushing Hezbollah hard to attack Israel. Hezbollah appears to be preparing a major attack on Israel to coincide with the start of the direct talks between Netanyahu and Abbas.

A second potential start date is the Jewish New year festival of Rosh Hashana. This starts on September 8th. Large flux of armed Hezbollah units to southern Lebanon over the last few days confirms the potential in the report.

Stay tuned for immediate updates from me if this attack truly happens.

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PM Netanyahu is in DC right now preparing for the peace talks with Palestinian President Abbas on Thursday. Today Netanyahu is meeting one on one with President Obama and is then scheduled to attend a formal dinner hosted by President Obama with Abbas, Egyptian President Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah and Tony Blair. Netanyahu will also try to meet with Mubarack, Abdullah and Blair separately as well today.

On Thursday, the direct talks get underway and will be facilitated by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Now to PM Netanyahu’s credit he is not negotiating from a position of weakness. He is looking for a real partner and is insisting on security guarantees and full recognition of Israel.  He is looking for Abbas to be his Sadat.

The talks were not deterred by the terrorist attack of 4 Israeli citizens in Hebron last night. Hamas is believed to be behind the attack.

Reports are also coming out the US President Obama may have used a tough negotiating ploy to get these talks started by telling Israel that he might not veto a UN resolution for a Palestinian state unilateral declaration if no peace treaty is completed in a year.

And just now another article has come to light quoting Israeli Defense Minister Barak saying that parts of Jerusalem in the east would be turned over to the Palestinians and also a special regime would be in place to monitor the Temple Mount and other tough areas that both parties share.

What I know the leadership of this country and shocking Israel do not realize is that God has ownership of the land and has given it to Israel. They are playing with fire right now by trying to divide the land of Israel and specifically Jerusalem. We need to pray like never before because this could lead ultimately to the false peace that comes prior to the unveiling of the Antichrist.

I can hear the footsteps of the Messiah. Keep looking up!

Increasing speculation it may be preparing for a military assault on Iran or a regional war with Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon, Israel has placed its largest order for military fuel with the US on record.

Israel ordered 284 millions gallons of avaiation jet fuel, 100 million gallons of diesel fuel and 60 million gallons of unleaded gasoline.

This was at an estimated $2 billion price tag. This on the heels of the recent article in the Jerusalem post on August 20th that said that Fredrick Hoff, assistant to George Mitchell, told Lebanese Army Chief of Staff Kahwaji that Israel was ready to implement a plan to destroy within 4 hours all Lebanese military infrastructure should there be another border incident.

Iran in the meantime has keep up its aggressive military stance after starting the Bushehr plant this month by unveiling even more missiles, drones and fast attack boats.

This is all on top of direct negotiations between Netanyahu and Abbas this week.

Stay tuned this out to be an interesting month.

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Debkafile is reporting that Israel may be reviving it’s military option against Iran for the fall especially since the Bushehr nuclear plant has come on line.

Washington and the Obama administration are aware of this as indicated by the fact that they sent two high level big guns to Jerusalem to try and check an Israeli attack.

The first big gun was IAEA director Amano who tried to convince the Israeli giovernment that his stewardship of the Iranian situation would be handled quite differently than the lenience shown by his predecessor Elbaradei.

Dennis Ross was the next big gun to arrive. He came with gifts and offers of security from the US. These would be rewards for Israel for showing restraint towards Iran and also for Israel to be a good partner at the peace discussions next week.

Netanyahu has less than a week to decide if he can fully trust the US government as he has evidence not to based on Washington’s non reaction to the Bushehr plant.

The security rewards to Israel would be the following:

1. The US would spread a nuclear umbrella over Israel that would entail the installation of U?S nuclear depots in Israel to show Iran that a nuclear attack on the Jewish state would meet with a US response.

2. US nuclear subs would be supplied to the Israeli navy as the backbone of its nuclear counter strike.

3. The Israeli air force would receive US f-22 Raptors, the most sophisticated planes in the world.

4. The US would arrange for full NATO membership for Israel so as to render an Iranian attack as an attack on all 26 member nations of NATO.

Sources say Netanyahu is likely not to accept these terms. If the Iranian nuclear attack were to happen it would not matter about a counter strike as Israel would cease to exist.

Would you trust our President?

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The US leadership better be careful how hard they push Israel in regard to these peace negotiations. Word is coming down that the US government expects Israel and the Palestinians to have a full, not a partial, peace plan in place within a year. All things are on the table for discussion and must be included in the final deal.

This of course will be challenged immediately by the end of the moratorium on building in the West Bank by Israel on September 26th.

The Palestinians have said they will break off negotiations if Israel resumes settlement construction.

Again, Scripture tells us very clearly that Israel is the apple of God’s eye in the book of Zechariah. And we also have the Abrahamic Covenant to deal with as well. Those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed.

Also we as believers are told to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and to stand with Israel and you that those who burden themselves with God’s holy city, Jerusalem, will meet with judgment and ultimate destruction.

Our government better be careful who and what they are asking for! God always keeps His word.

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Palestinian President Abbas has asked the PLO Executive Committee to allow one month for direct talks with Israel to bear fruit. Then further course of action will need to be decided.

But Abbas is already assuming peace talks will fail once Israel’s moratorium on building in the West Bank ends of September 26th.

Abbas also dispatched a letter to the members of the quartet: US, Russia, EU and the UN on Sunday stating that the Palestinians will withdraw from the talks the moment Israel begins construction of settlements again in the West Bank.

Abbas is also facing alot of pressure from all Palestinian faction like Hamas and Islamic Jihad to name a few for even agreeing to hold direct talks in the first place.

The direct talks are slated to begin on September 2nd. The American government is the reason that the direct talks are even being held.

So the major question is this: Did Abbas agree to direct talks knowing that they would fail in order to apease the rest of the world that is so longing for peace and has he agreed to a secret war that will start closer to the mid-term elections in the US? Only time will tell of course, but this situtation is what Abbas is quoted as saying at the Arab League meetings in the summer this year.

Israel while hoping to make real progress towards peace, is preparing for war declared Danny Danoon, deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament.

Dannon is asserting that Israel knows it may have to act alone in order to stop the Iranian nuclear threat and soon since all countries are beginning to acknowledge that sanctions will not work.

We will need to watch this closely in the weeks and months ahead in order to see how this plays out!

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Israel may or may not chose to bomb the Bushehr nuclear plant over the weekend, but this does not mean they will not go after the rest of the Iranian nuclear program before the end of the year.

With the loading of fuel rods at Bushehr, Iran has taken a big step toward its goal of destroying Israel and ushering in the coming of the Mahdi. We always need to remember that Iran is not sincere when it says its nuclear program is peaceful. President Ahmadinejad has made it known that he is called to set the stage for the coming of the Twelfth Imam, the Mahdi. He needs to create chaos in the world, and ultimately try to destroy Israel to do this. His motives are anything but peaceful.

He is bold and unafraid since he thinks and truly believes that this is his purpose on earth. So it should also come as no shock that reports are surfacing of a possible surprise attack on Israel and soon.

Debkafile is reporting that war preparations are underway in Iran, Syria and Lebanon to get ready. Palestinian President Abbas is quoted as saying that direct talks with Israel were not in the offing because a big military surprise awaits the Middle East, Can anyone say Psalm 83!

We need to keep our eyes on this powder keg in the waiting!

An exciting archaeology find in Qumran, Israel is showing the special bond between Israel and the Lord. An ancient Jewish message of love toward Jerusalem was discovered in Qumran amongst scrolls there recently. It shows a unique love and faithfulness of God and Israel toward Jerusalem that will never end.

It is so special and is certainly not an accident that this scroll has been found atthis particular moment in Israel. It is hopefully a reminder to the Jewish people of the fiathfulness of God, the specialness of Jerusalem to them and Him and not to ever let the city be divided again.

The scroll is 2,000 years old from the time of Christ. It was discovered in the Judean desert and it contains a poem that describes deep love and affection for Jerusalem. The was written in the Hebrew language that is alive and well today in Israel. This poem is also strikingly similar to the national anthem of Israel, Ha Tikvah. Both thew poem and the anthem speak of the eternal hope of Israel being a free nation again in Zion and Jerusalem. That time is now.

The Arab-Islamic enemies of Israel today, with the support of most of the world, direct all their efforts to rob Jerusalem from Israel. They believe that if they can pry Jerusalem from Israel that they can eliminate Israel from the map of the world. They are wrong and greatly delusional. The Lord will not allow Jerusalem to be taken ever again from His people. He has actual put His Name on the Temple Mount. The judgment of God will come before anything will ever happen to Israel again.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May Israel and America be blessed in these Last Days.

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