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Tuesday - February 1, 2005

Syrian minister slams Auschwitz commemorations

By The Associated Press

A Syrian cabinet minister has criticized the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, accusing the West of double standards for failing to condemn Israel's actions against the Palestinians.

A moral stand against the killing of people means (we) should not disregard the sufferings of some and focus on others," Buthaina Shaaban, minister of immigrant affairs, wrote in Monday's edition of the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, which is published in London and distributed across the Middle East.

Shaaban, who was Syria's official spokeswoman before being promoted to the Cabinet in 2003, accused the West, the United States in particular, of ignoring what she called Israel's "racist" policies toward the Palestinians.

She referred to Israel's construction of a security barrier in the West Bank, its annexation of east Jerusalem, and its expulsion of Palestinians from their homes.

"The pledge that Auschwitz will never happen again should deter all those who entertain racism and hatred," she wrote.

Last week many nations marked the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in southern Poland by Soviet troops at the end of World War II. The memorials took the form of religious services, candlelight vigils and forums focusing on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.

Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, are believed to have died in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Shaaban accused Americans and Europeans of racist discrimination against Arabs and Muslims. "Crimes against Muslims in the United States have increased 17 times since September 11, 2001," she wrote. Her article did not give a source for this figure.

Shaaban also claimed, without giving evidence, that many European countries ban Muslims from performing their religious rites.

She referred to the bans on the Lebanese TV channel Al-Manar as an example of anti-Muslim racism.

In December, the United States and France banned broadcasts by Al-Manar, the television arm of the militant Hezbollah party. The U.S. State Department accused Al-Manar of inciting violence in the Middle East and listed it as a terrorist organization.

 

Disabled child in suicide attack
31 January 2005

Terrorists used a disabled child as a suicide bomber on election day, Iraqi interior minister Falah al-Naqib said today.

In all, 44 people were killed in a total of 38 bomb attacks on polling stations. Police at the scene of one the Baghdad blasts said the bomber appeared to have Down's syndrome.

Mr Al-Naqib praised an Iraqi citizen who was killed while preventing one suicide bomber from reaching a crowd of people outside a polling station.

The Syrian official who wants the West to examine their conscience about racism against Moslems should do some self examination first. What terrible things did the Jews of Europe do to deserve the holocaust? Did they chop off the heads of gentiles? Did they murder the children of the Nazis? Did they send suicide bombers to blow themselves up in the middle of peaceful crowds? Did they crash an airplane into some German office building? Did they nurture their own children on hate against all non-Jews, and did they viciously manipulate children with Downs Syndrome to do their dirty work?

Islam is finding there are consequences to their actions, and to hid behind racism is just not going to work. The Islamic Arab Palestinians have proven their barbaric culture is out to torture the Jews. It is unbelievable that Islam expects kid glove treatment for their efforts at mayhem, and when there is a measured response they cry those big crocodile tears.

The reason these sentiments are made to the West is because there are many in the West who hate the Jews  as much as the Syrians. This is just the kind of analyses on the holocaust anniversary they want to hear. The evidence for the holocaust, and the Nazi intents are too great to deny. The next best thing is to trivialize it by turning it against this generation of Jews.

The God of the Bible has given promises to the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Those promises are being kept during this generation. It took the holocaust to soften the heart of the world for a moment in time. The gentiles agreed the Jews had paid the price for a homeland. They had lost their own homes during World War Two due to anti-Semitism, and were refugees throughout Europe. Sending them to Israel was easier then repatriation. In most cases it was their neighbors who turned them out in the first place, and the Jews had no desire to face those heartless neighbors of old. The nation of Israel was born, and the curse of the holocaust was turned into a blessing by God.

Among all the anti-Semitism of this generation none hate the Jew more then Islam. They would finish what the Nazi's were unable to accomplish with the Jews. The Syrians are among those neighbors who would exterminate the Jews of Israel if they could. I personally think God is going to use the United States to crush this Syrian serpent as He crushed Saddam Hussein. I suspect Bush won the election because he is the man God will use to accomplish this task. I just can't see the phony peace of Ezekiel 38 & 39 coming to the rebellious house of Israel without the fall of the present Syrian government. The God of the Bible can still take the curse, and turn it into a blessing. The words of hate will bring retribution. This present Syrian government has it's days numbered. These wicked neighbors of the Nation Israel have rebelled against the God of the Bible.

 

Wednesday - February 2, 2005

Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
12:29 Feb 01, '05 / 22 Shevat 5765

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice says that disengagement from Gush Katif and northern Shomron is fine, but only as a first step towards a full-fledged PLO state.

Rice met with Prime Minister Sharon's top aide Dov Weisglass in Washington on Monday. She explained to him the U.S. position that the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza is acceptable only as a prelude to the full Road Map plan proposed by President Bush.

The Road Map plan calls for a "viable" - i.e., territorially-contiguous - Arab state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Rice, as well, emphasized this point to Weisglass. This means that Gaza must be connected with a land-line to Judea, effectively dividing Israel in half, north and south of the Gaza-Hevron connection.

However, Associate Prime Minister Shimon Peres said today, "I think that she was not referring to a connection between Judea and Gaza, but rather to a connection between Judea and Samaria... We do have to ensure, however, that the [PA entity] will be able to effectively move goods between Gaza and Judea."

Prime Minister Sharon often says that the disengagement will help Israel strengthen its hold on five settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria. Nowhere, however, has US President Bush ever promised such support. In a letter to Sharon almost two years ago, Bush wrote only, "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949..."

Rice's statements that the disengagement is only a first step further erodes Israeli hopes that the international community will approve extensive Israeli presence in the Biblical homeland areas it liberated in the Six Day War of 1967.

Secretary Rice is expected to arrive in Israel in the coming days. Upon assuming her post as Secretary of State last week, Rice said she sees the implementation of an arrangement in the Middle East a "personal objective."

Excerpts from the Road Map plan as issued by the U.S. Department of State on April 30, 2003:
"A two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only be achieved through an end to violence and terrorism, when the Palestinian people have a leadership acting decisively against terror and willing and able to build a practicing democracy based on tolerance and liberty, and through Israel's readiness to do what is necessary for a democratic Palestinian state to be established, and a clear, unambiguous acceptance by both parties of the goal of a negotiated settlement as described below. The Quartet will assist and facilitate implementation of the plan, starting in Phase I, including direct discussions between the parties as required. The plan establishes a realistic timeline for implementation. However, as a performance-based plan, progress will require and depend upon the good faith efforts of the parties, and their compliance with each of the obligations outlined below...

"A settlement, negotiated between the parties, will result in the emergence of an independent, democratic, and viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbors...

"In Phase I, the Palestinians immediately undertake an unconditional cessation of violence according to the steps outlined below; such action should be accompanied by supportive measures undertaken by Israel... Israel also freezes all settlement activity, consistent with the Mitchell report.
"* Palestinian leadership issues unequivocal statement reiterating Israel's right to exist in peace and security and calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end armed activity and all acts of violence against Israelis anywhere. All official Palestinian institutions end incitement against Israel.
"* Israeli leadership issues unequivocal statement affirming its commitment to the two-state vision of an independent, viable, sovereign Palestinian state living in peace and security alongside Israel, as expressed by President Bush, and calling for an immediate end to violence against Palestinians everywhere. All official Israeli institutions end incitement against Palestinians.
"* Palestinians declare an unequivocal end to violence and terrorism and undertake visible efforts on the ground to arrest, disrupt, and restrain individuals and groups conducting and planning violent attacks on Israelis anywhere.
"* Israel immediately dismantles settlement outposts erected since March 2001.
"* Consistent with the Mitchell Report, Israel freezes all settlement activity (including natural growth of settlements).
"* [In the final stage,] Parties reach final and comprehensive permanent status agreement that ends the Israel-Palestinian conflict in 2005, through a settlement
negotiated between the parties based on UNSCR 242, 338, and 1397, that ends
the occupation that began in 1967, and includes an agreed, just, fair, and realistic solution to the refugee issue, and a negotiated resolution on the status of Jerusalem that takes into account the political and religious concerns of both sides, and protects the religious interests of Jews, Christians, and Muslims worldwide, and fulfills the vision of two states, Israel and sovereign, independent, democratic and viable Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security.
"* Arab state acceptance of full normal relations with Israel and security for all the states of the region in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace."
 

 The United States has done what God expected by overthrowing Saddam. I don't think the task will be complete until the same is done in Syria. God used old King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to accomplish His will of chastening the Jews when the First Holy Jewish Temple was destroyed.  In similar manner God is using the US to accomplish a similar plan, but this time it will be the building of the Last Holy Jewish Temple. Where it all goes wrong is when the US treads boldly on Holy Ground without any forethought as to what we are doing in relation to the Bible.

The Road Map was conceived by the Russians, UN, and EU. All three are noted for their anti-Bible attitudes. Any mention that such a plan as giving the Islamic Palestinians a large portion of the Holy Land as a forever State goes contrary to everything the Bible says about the coming Kingdom age would bring nothing but scoffs. The Christian influenced United States with no thought to the Bible signed on with these great atheistic powers. A Bush administration noted for having Bible studies signed on without a thought to what the Bible says. Today, the whole world has signed on to this gentile Road Map as the only peace plan that will be made available to the Israelis. Condoleezza Rice has stated that it will be her personal objective as the new Secretary of State to see that this Road Map will be implemented. The United States is now on record that it will spend the next four years doing everything possible to stop the Biblical Kingdom from coming to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. The US is now on record that the Jews must withdraw not just from the Gaza, but also large portions of Samaria and Judah to make room for the worst culture on planet earth to establish themselves with a forever kingdom of their own.

Let me make note that the US is now on record as opposing all the future plans the God of the Bible has revealed to mankind for the Holy Land. Primary among them is the return of the LORD Jesus Christ whom the Bible says will rule the coming Kingdom as King of the Jews. The prevailing attitude of this generation is that should the Biblical Kingdom come it must be in some distant future era. An era far removed from the present establishment of an Islamic Kingdom right where the Bible says the Biblical Kingdom will be established. This generation of Jews are expected to do exactly what the gentiles tell them to do. A Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount is absolutely out of the question. A Grand Mosque for Islam under the Mount in the Solomon Stables cavity has more probability then any Jewish activity on the Mount for this generation.

Friend, God is not going to abandon this generation of Jews either to the gentiles, or to Jewish political secularism. Condoleezza Rice is about to come up against the God of the Bible, and I don't think it will be a joyous occasion. It is not wise to dictate to the Jews of this Third, and final Exodus as if the Bible does not exist. Yes, the phony peace of Ezekiel 38 & 39 is coming to the rebellious house of Israel, but it will come in defiance of God. The end will be an Islamic invasion of the Holy Land in which God will destroy the invaders. Islamic influence over the Holy Land will end forever according to the Bible. The door for the building of the Last Holy Jewish Temple will then be opened. A forever Palestinian Sate is not part of the future for the Holy Land. The Road Map is blasphemy of the darkest hue, and will bring only calamity to those who support it.

 

Thursday - February 3, 2005

Abu Mazen to Visit Iran Before Summit
19:54 Feb 02, '05 / 23 Shevat 5765
 

Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has more scheduled for next week than his meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The PA Chairman plans to visit Iran as well.

Just hours after the announcement of a diplomatic summit between PM Sharon and Abu Mazen this coming Tuesday, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Abu Mazen’s plan to visit Iran in coming days – even before Tuesday’s summit.

Iran has extended an invitation to Abu Mazen, inviting the PA leader to visit Tehran. The invitation was extended as Abu Mazen visited Turkey. A PA official told Reuters today that “Abu Mazen did receive an invitation to visit Iran. He accepted the invitation and will decide on a date the moment he returns.”

A source in the Iranian Foreign Ministry told Maariv that the visit would indeed take place in the very near future. The source said that the invitation was issued because Iran is interested in “friendly relations with the Palestinian government just as it has with the various Palestinian factions.”

The Iranian source stressed that Iran’s invitation should not be construed as an endorsement of any sort of “peace process,” though “Iran has always supported a Palestinian state.” Iran has also long supported various terror groups, including Hamas and Hizbullah.

Already in December 2004, Iranian newspaper Al-Watan reported that the PA was conducting talks with Syria and Iran. The talks were spearheaded by Fatah Chairman Farouk Khadoumi during his visit to Tehran

The Biblical picture presented in Ezekiel 38 & 39 is fining much confirmation by just reading the news. These are exciting times for those of us who studied the Bible from a fundamental point of view. We are seeing how the literal interpretation of prophesy is coming together in this generation. We can see how the events of today can be compared to things the Bible forecasted thousands of years ago. The very nations mentioned in the Bible have become front page news in just the last year. The rise of Babylon is one example. The entire 18th chapter of Revelation is devoted to the fall of this great city that we are seeing the birth of today before that fall takes place.

Another great prophecy never fulfilled is that of an invasion of Israel as recorded in Ezekiel 38 & 39.

The nations mentioned are all Islamic today. A three pronged pincher movement is clearly described. I have spent much time speculating that the Gog (Russia) of the Northern prong are represented by their "Chief Prince" which I believe is the Islamic arm of the old USSR. I have yet to find some Bible commentator who has made an identification as to who this "Chief Prince" might be? He only comes to light in this generation as representing the Islamic part of the old USSR. Only today can such exciting speculation be made. Only today can the invasion of Israel be recognized as Islamic! The Northern prong flows over the Caucasus Mountains where it is joined by Togarmah which is modern Islamic Turkey.

The Eastern prong is clearly identified as Persia. Today we know Persia is Islamic Iran. The very nation the Palestinians are conferring before the Israeli summit. This comes after conferring with Turkey. The last Southern prong comes from Islamic North Africa. Libya has long been an Islamic protagonist against Israel, and the Muslims of the Sudan are ready for invasion fresh with the blood of over a million Christians murdered. Today's news is a picture that can't be denied as fitting right into what the Bible predicts. The Holy Land has again become the center of world events. The God of the Bible is clearly seen as controlling events. The return of the Jews to the Holy Land during this generation can't be denied. The Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount have become the most sensitive place on the planet. The focus of all the world is now on the very place where the Bible said the LORD Jesus Christ would return.

The sad part to all of this is the willing ignorance of the Bible that plagues this generation. One of the greatest eras of Biblical history has arrived, and this generation is for the most part blind. The Christian leaders of our United States pressure Israel into accepting the anti-Biblical Road Map as the only way to peace. They would give the heathen the victory without a dissenting word. They would give the worst culture since the Nazi's a forever kingdom right in the middle of the Holy Land, and expect the world to believe that the leopard will change his spots. It is on this blind generation that God is about to force His will for the future of the Holy Land. God made His plans long ago, but today is the day when the Bible and the news are coming together.

 

Friday - February 4, 2005

Once Again: Ceasefire to be Announced
16:36 Feb 03, '05 / 24 Shevat 5765
 

Five days before the Sharon-Mubarak-Abu Mazen summit meeting, reports are that the Israeli and PA leaders will announce a total end to all violence between them – and thus, an end to the Oslo War.

However, it's also likely that this will not come without a price, and that Abu Mazen will demand Israeli agreement to a non-conditional renewal of the diplomatic process. He thus appears to be paving the way for renewed violence - as previous ceasefires have been broken by Palestinian terrorists' murderous responses to the positions taken by Israel in diplomatic negotiations.

In addition, Israel will have to make several "confidence-building gestures" to the PA before the summit, and the security mini-Cabinet is convening this morning to decide on them. The PA has demanded the release of 1,000 imprisoned terrorists, including murderers, while GSS chief Avi Dichter has approved a list of only 500 – including none with "blood on their hands."

Israel is also likely to pardon arch-terrorist Muhammed Def, i.e., release him from the list of Israel's most wanted. Def is responsible for the deaths of 90 Israelis in terror attacks.

PA minister Saeb Erekat told Army Radio this morning Abu Mazen's conditions for announcing a complete cessation of violence: "If Israel releases prisoners, stops construction in the settlements, takes down the wall, and stops violence against Palestinians, then the Palestinians will promise to stop the violence."

Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz is presenting his plan to withdraw forces from five PA-controlled cities, and entrust security for Jericho, Bethlehem, Kalkilye, Tul Karem and Ramallah in the hands of the PA para-military forces. It is not clear whether these gestures will be made contingent upon the disarming of the terrorist organizations. Mofaz said, however, that he would like to see how the PA handles one city before receiving control of the others.

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Dan Halutz said yesterday that if Israel receives concrete intelligence on a terrorist's plans to perpetrate an attack, Israel will transfer the information to the PA forces. Only if no action is taken by the PA will the IDF deal with the threat, Halutz said.

Shimon Peres continues to show his ever-cautious optimism, telling Army Radio this morning, "Arafat, in recent years, I don't know if he initiated terror acts, but he certainly didn't prevent them. But now we have a Palestinian leader who is genuinely trying to prevent them... It's a different situation."

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan are expected to announce, during the summit, the return of their ambassadors to Israel.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will be let in on the decisions during her visit to Israel at the beginning of next week.

U.S. President George Bush, in his State of the Union address last night, said that Rice will discuss with Sharon and Abbas "how we and our friends can help the Palestinian people end terror and build the institutions of a peaceful, independent democratic state. To promote this democracy, I will ask Congress for $350 million to support Palestinian political, economic, and security reforms. The goal of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace is within reach - and America will help them achieve that goal."

Bush also had hints for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, saying that the former should "expand the role of its people in determining their future. And the great and proud nation of Egypt, which showed the way toward peace in the Middle East, can now show the way toward democracy in the Middle East." He had stronger words for Syria and Iran, saying that the U.S. "must confront regimes that continue to harbor terrorists and pursue weapons of mass murder. Syria still allows its territory, and parts of Lebanon, to be used by terrorists who seek to destroy every chance of peace in the region. You [Congress] have passed - and we are applying - the Syrian Accountability Act, and we expect the Syrian government to end all support for terror and open the door to freedom. Today, Iran remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror, pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve. We are working with European allies to make clear to the Iranian regime that it must give up its uranium enrichment program and any plutonium reprocessing and end its support for terror."

 

I suspect before this year ends the Syrian government will fall through military action by the US. This is the only way I can envision the gentile Road Map proceeding. Israel for the fist time will have all it's boarders secure. Such action would give the secular Jews the confidence to make all the concessions needed for the phony peace predicted in Ezekiel 38 & 39. The wall that Ezekiel is so clear will be coming down is now a principal factor in the peace negotiations. It was never completed, short lived, but is a powerful symbol to this generation of separation between Arab and Jew. The intent of the God of the Bible has always been that His children be separated from the children of the world. The tearing down of the wall will symbolically demonstrate that man knows better then God how to administrate in the Holy Land.

How close are we to the rapture? The world is demanding the Road Map be implemented. The process is now fully engaged. The world will not stand for decades of progress, but only years. The sooner the better. I feel confident in saying the rapture will occur before the Palestinian State is formed. Sometime within this process period would be my guess. It is years not decades away. This whole phony peace process ends with the Islamic invasion of Israel. The invaders take advantage of the peace to make a surprise three pronged pincher attack on a Jewish Nation at rest. It will not be a rest provided by God. but a phony rest built upon alliances with the gentiles. It will lead to the Great Tribulation, Islamic invasion, and at the end Armageddon. The gentile peace for the Holy Land will prove far more costly then the years of war. The covenants now being made are blasphemous to the God of the Bible. They are forbidden! They will cause all future generations of Jews to trust to their own cunning, and forsake any need of God. The God who keeps His word to a thousand generations will keep His word to this generation also. The rebellious house of Israel is headed toward a Great Tribulation. The road map God has planed for them is far different from the Gentile Road Map. It is a road of tribulation, but the end will be the humbling of the Jewish heart. They will become a separated people. A people separated unto their Holy God. They will trust only in Him, and no other. They will acknowledge the LORD Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Only then will they be prepared to enter into the coming Jewish Kingdom at the end of the Great Tribulation. The vast masses of gentiles will perish in the Armageddon rebellion, and a Jewish Kingdom will dominate the world as God always intended. They will be redeemed Jews who will lead the world into a perfect Kingdom age. But, judgment and tribulation must come first. God has said those who hate Him, who hate His Son, who hate His Word will be confronted to their face. All those who think they have better ways then those of God, He will repay to their face. The whole world must step aside when this mighty God sends the King of Glory to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. They must step aside in submission, or they will perish!

 

Saturday - February 5, 2005

Ceasefire Violence: 7 Soldiers Wounded in 3 Attacks
10:15 Feb 04, '05 / 25 Shevat 5765
 

Four were wounded, including two in moderate-to-serious condition, in a Palestinian terrorist shooting attack south of Hevron, and two others were lightly hurt in Gush Katif and in the Shomron.

The most serious of Thursday's attacks occurred at approximately 9:30 PM Thursday. Terrorists waiting in ambush fired at an army vehicle traveling north of the community of Eshkolot, almost 20 kilometers northeast of Be'er Sheva. All four wounded soldiers were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, including two with wounds still listed this morning as moderate-to-serious.

Army forces arrived on the scene, combed the area for the terrorists, and placed two nearby Arab villages under curfew. Arab sources claimed that large Israeli forces entered the villages. Many empty bullet casings were found at the side of the road where the terrorists fired, as well as a PLO flag.

The Al-Aqsa Brigades of Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliating for Israel's violations of the cease-fire – though no such violations were registered.

In an earlier attack yesterday, near an IDF position at the Kisufim Crossing into Gush Katif, an Arab taxi traveling northwards stopped at the side of the road, with the driver claiming a vehicular break-down. While the passengers got out to deal with the "problem," a terrorist suddenly burst out from within the car, threw a grenade and started firing at the soldiers. The troops, however, stormed and killed him. Two soldiers were lightly wounded. Two weeks ago, GSS agent Oded Sharon was murdered in a terror attack at the same crossing, which was immediately closed until further notice – a few days later.

Elsewhere in Gaza Thursday, IDF forces discovered and safely detonated a 40-kg. (88-lb.) explosive device on the patrol fence. Israeli forces arrested two wanted Hamas terrorists last night – one north of Ramallah, and another one in Hevron.

In an afternoon attack southeast of Jenin, soldiers were bombarded with rocks – and one of the troops was lightly wounded in his hand. The Israelis responded with rubber bullets, while the wounded soldier was transported to Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv. Further to the west, near the community of Avnei Heifetz, police arrested two terrorists carrying grenades.

A 16-year-old was caught carrying 4-kg. explosive, a weapon and 20 bullets through a checkpoint south of Shechem. He was apparently supposed to transfer it to a terrorist waiting on the other side who was to carry out a suicide attack. The boy said that those who gave him the bomb told him, "Don't worry, the soldiers won't shoot you." This was the third time in ten months that a boy has been caught trying to carry explosives through that checkpoint.

On Wednesday, a similar attempt was thwarted when a woman was caught trying to pass through a southern Gaza checkpoint with hundreds of bullets hidden in a vegetable crate.
 

"Ceasefire violence" is the new term that is suppose to make sense as far as the gentile Road Map is concerned. The price the Jews pay for being Jewish is perpetual violence enacted against them by the Arab Palestinians. The world is perfectly willing to accept the new terminology. It will soon be modified into "peaceful violence" as the Road Map progresses.

The LORD of hosts has a very different terminology in the Bible about the Biblical Road Map. In Zechariah 8:23 He says "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew , saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you". What a different attitude will the world have toward the Jew in this future era of Bible prophecy! The hearts of the gentiles are changed, and the hearts of the Jews are changed also. It will be an era when the whole world will acknowledge that the God of the Bible is with the Jews. An era when the world will desire to know all they can about this God who chose the Jews for His particular people. This is the Biblical peace plan for the future of the Holy Land. A very different Road Map then what is being forced on this generation by the Russians, EU, UN, and now the US.

The Egyptian Summit between Israel and the Palestinians with the arrival of Condoleezza Rice will be a solidifying event for the gentile Road Map that will make it irreversible. "Ceasefire violence" and "peaceful violence" will become acceptable terms so the Road Map can be implemented. The world may be willing, and even the secular Jewish politicians may be willing. But, the God of the Bible says this is unacceptable to Him! This is not the future He has planed for the Holy Land.

The root of Jesse who is no other then the LORD Jesus Christ shall rule this coming Kingdom. Those who would conduct violence will find the rod of His mouth a quick answer to their intensions. The rebellious wicked of that era will be slain. The world of violence so readily accepted by this generation will end.  The real meaning, the Biblical meaning, of peace will be realized.

 

Sunday - February 6, 2005

As part of our ongoing efforts  to educate and raise people's consciousness, the Temple Institute conducts aliyot, (lit: going up; making a pilgrimage), to the Temple Mount. These aliyot are conducted in accordance with halachic requirements, and take place during weekday mornings, as these are the only hours that Jews are presently allowed to frequent the Mount. Also, in keeping with the oppressive "rules" set by the Wakf, (the Muslim authority granted de facto control of the Temple Mount, by the Israeli government, since 1967), we are, under threat of "expulsion" from the Mount, not allowed to pray, carry any religious objects, or in any way intimate that we are engaged in worship, while on the Mount. In spite of these draconian restrictions, the aliyot are extremely meaningful, both as a spiritual experience, and also as educational experience, as one sees, close up how the Temple complex was laid out, where the Holy of Holies was located, where the Sanhedrin stood, and more. One is also witness to the continued illegal construction being conducted by the Wakf, and the deliberate destruction of archeological remnants and the attempt to obliterate all historical traces of the Holy Temple. (For more information on the criminal acts of destruction being perpetrated by the Muslim Wakf, click here.)

In face of this deliberate aggression, and subsequent Israeli governments attempts to "compromise" on the "status" of the Mount, (that is, to hand over sovereignty to the Palestinian Authority), the daily presence of Jews on the Temple Mount, has taken on crucial significance. Our peaceful presence is testimony to the paramount significance of the Temple Mount to the Jewish people. No less importantly, our peaceful presence on the Mount is a daily reminder to the Israeli government, and to freedom loving people around the world, that our most fundamental and inalienable rights of freedom of worship are being denied.

The aliyot are led by Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Institute. Please note that it is forbidden for all people to set foot upon the actual location of the Holy Temple. Those Jews who visit the periphery of the Mount, motivated out of a desire to be as close to the holy place as possible, do so according to the strict requirements of Jewish law and do not actually set foot upon the sanctified areas. To see the route most commonly followed today, click here. Those wishing guidance in preparing to ascend the Mount in purity according to the Torah, or those who would like to arrange for a Torah-based tour of the Temple Mount, are invited to contact us at:

Rabbi Chaim Richman
The Temple Institute
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel

Present day Judaism is the legalistic leaven of the Pharisees. The prohibitions placed on the faithful go far beyond what the Bible says, and more importantly delve into areas where the Bible says nothing. The Jews left the Bible not long after the death of the LORD Jesus Christ, and the destruction of the Second Temple. They turned to their sages interpretations of the Bible for every conceivable situation. The Mishna was the first attempt to compile all these rulings, and then later came the Talmud. These two books carry the authority of the Bible into the ridiculous. The Mishna solves the dilemma of finding a barrel of wine floating in the river as to whether it is kosher or not. The ruling is that if the town upriver has a large Jewish population then it can be considered kosher. The rulings by the sages continues today. A Jewish  acquaintance told me of his grandfather's decision as the sage given the responsibility to determine if tomatoes are kosher, and what a prestigious standing this has given him in the Jewish community. The leaven of legalism demands that the Mishna and Talmud have more authority then the Bible so legalistic followers have a chance of being obedient with a clear conscience. The rulings governing Jewish presents on the Temple Mount are of the same sort as the barrel of wine, or the tomatoes. It is a Pharisaical decree that goes far beyond anything the Bible says about a time when there is no Temple.

The holiness of this Mount can only be associated with the functioning of a kosher Holy Jewish Temple! It was the presents of God in the First Temple that made it holy, and before any Temple was ever built the holiness of Moriah did not exist. It was the presents of the LORD Jesus Christ that made the Second Temple even more holy then the First.

Haggai 2:9

9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
KJV
 

The Second Temple never had the Shekinah Glory of the First that left before it's destruction as revealed in Ezekiel chapter 10. The Second Temple had no mention of the Ark of the Covenant ever being placed in the Holy of Holies giving the Shekinah Glory a place to dwell. The greater glory can only be the presents of the LORD Jesus Christ! Without the presents of God there is no glory! The holiness of the Second Temple was only in the anticipation of the coming glory. The issue of Holy Ground becomes mute until another anticipatory Temple can be built.

It seems to me that just as Haggai built the Second Holy Temple in anticipation of the presents of the LORD so also can the Jews of today build a Holy Temple in anticipation for their returning Messiah. The presents of the King of Glory will make the anticipation Temple coming to the Temple Mount a holy place. Only then will Holy Ground once again exist on Mount Moriah. It is the LORD Jesus Christ who is coming to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount! He is the LORD of hosts. He is about to become the LORD mighty in battle as He destroys the gentile armies gathered for the battle of Armageddon. It is only after Armageddon that His Kingdom can be established.

Monday - February 7, 2005

Rice to Israel Today
11:45 Feb 06, '05 / 27 Shevat 5765
 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will arrive in Israel this afternoon, but will not take part in Tuesday's Sharon-Mubarak-Abdullah-Abu Mazen summit in Sharm a-Sheikh.

"I hope we would all get into a mind-set that says if the parties are able to continue to move on their own, that's the very best outcome," Rice explained to reporters this morning on her way to Ankara.

Sworn in to her new position only nine days ago, Secretary Rice will pay a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, will later meet with him and then with President Moshe Katzav, and will dine this evening with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Tomorrow morning, Ms. Rice will visit in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, meeting with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). She is set to depart at 2 PM for the U.S.

The Sharm a-Sheikh summit will take place at the initiative of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Israel asked that it be put off until Thursday so that Sharon and Abu Mazen could meet first, but Egypt refused.

On the other hand, Mubarak says he is willing to visit Israel for the first time, if he receives an official invitation from Sharon. Tuesday's summit will mark the first face-to-face meeting between the two since Sharon took office four years ago. The last time an Egyptian president visited Israel – Sadat in 1977 – the result was the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty and Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai.

Sharon's aide flew to Cairo today, as did Jordan's Foreign Minister, to help prepare the summit.
 

I have just heard the Palestinian Incitement Department of the Israeli Government has been shut down by Ariel Sharon. It is clear that if there is no reporting then there can't be any public knowledge of what the Palestinians are really doing. Nothing but good news will be released as Israel bows to the gentile pressure to make sure the Road Map is implemented. Peace through ignorance is the only way this gentile Road Map will work, and that is just what is happening for the Rice visit.

This is turning into a very important week apart from the Superbowl. A week of irreversible committal. There has been much rhetoric leading up to the events about to transpire. There has also been much deception to make everything palatable. The gentile Road Map to peace for the Holy Land will be engaged! A blasphemous plan that goes against the plan of God for the future of the Holy Land. The heart of this Road Map is to give the most barbaric animalistic culture in the world a forever heathenistic State in the Holy Land. It is a dastardly plan out of the bowels of hell contrived by the anti-Semitic Russians, EU, and UN. It is a defiant plan inspired by Satan himself to stop God from completing His plan for the coming Kingdom. The return of the Jews to the Holy Land was when God made His commitment to which generation would experience dispensational change from Church to Kingdom Age. Now, Satan is making his commitment to stop God. Satan has influenced the whole world into deceptively seeing nothing but good coming with the Road Map. The prince of lies has manipulated the gullible world leaders of this generation to close their eyes to the truth, and seek only the lie. It is working well.

The next part of Satan's plan that is the follow-up to the Road Map will be the introduction of the man of sin. The antichrist who will usurp the authority, and position of the returning LORD Jesus Christ in the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and on the Temple Mount. The Bible calls him the beast. An animal of unconscienceable hatred who will lead the entire world by deception of peace into Armageddon. "By peace (he) will destroy many." The commitment to this horrific plan of deception under the cover of peace is going to make this week a time of infamy. The coming phony peace plan built on lies that will bring the world to Armageddon may well be what is being committed to this week.  The phony peace of Ezekiel 38 & 39 that brings with it the Last Jihad Islamic invasion of Israel. The destruction of the Islamic invader, and Islamic influence over the Holy Land. The open door to the construction of the Last Holy Jewish Temple is all part of God's plan to which He is already committed. This generation is about to witness which plan will be the one that will be brought to fruition. The plan built on truth and Jesus Christ, or the plan built on lies and Satan. Both plans mean death and destruction to a rebellious generation. A generation that has no concept of Biblical righteousness. A generation that will go willingly ignorant into the darkness of the Day of the LORD.

 

Tuesday - February 8, 2005

Rice: U.S. to appoint 'security coordinator,' will take active role

By Haaretz Staff and Agencies

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday vowed active U.S. involvement in Middle East peace-making, saying Washington would dispatch a high-level "security coordinator" to the region and send more than $40 million in immediate aid to the Palestinians.

Speaking ahead of her departure from Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel, Rice said General William E. Ward was chosen for the job of security coordinator. She said Ward would visit the region in coming weeks and report directly to her.

Ward, a decorated army officer, has served in South Korea, Germany, Somalia, Egypt and as the head of a NATO force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Rice said Ward would supervise, among other things, reform of the Palestinian security forces. The extent of Ward's mandate remained somewhat unclear, including whether he would be asked to monitor compliance with the internationally-brokered road map to Middle East peace.

But most important, Rice said, was to establish security.

"Ward's mandate is on security which really has to be established," she said.

The secretary of state said the security monitor would help Israel and the Palestinians on security issues, but that "we believe the best security cooperation is between the parties themselves."

"The parties are showing a capability to make progress on their own," Rice said. "The U.S. does not believe that it is necessary to intervene just for the sake of intervening."

"The bilateral security cooperation is more important that anything that we could do trilaterally," she told reporters.

Rice also told reporters that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have accepted invitations for separate meetings with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in the spring. Bush had refused to invite Arafat to Washington.

On Sunday, Rice met with Sharon, President Moshe Katsav and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom.

Rice praised the recently-elected Abbas for his adherence to his mandate to restore calm in Palestinian areas, saying that he had helped to jump-start peace efforts with Israel.

She said she had told Israel it must refrain from taking unilateral actions that would prejudge the outcome of future peace negotiations.

Rice also said she told Israel it must live up to its obligations under road map, under which Israel was to have dismantled dozens of unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts and frozen settlement expansion, but has not done so.

"We did talk about the need to make sure that both obligations are carried out concerning settlements and outposts," she said of her talks with Israeli leaders....

 

Notice the staged picture by the Palestinian Authority when Condoleezza Rice visited. The Palestinians put the Temple Mount into a position of great importance to them, and attach that importance as crucial to any peace negotiations. The Palestinian Authority wants to be on record that the Temple Mount means more to them then it does to the Jews, and the world should know it must be the Jews who step aside when final negotiations for the Mount are put on the table. This generation of Jews are on the verge of selling their Biblical heritage for a worthless bowl of pottage.

Islam is way ahead of the Christian world, and secular Jewish politicians in knowing how important the Temple Mount is for the future that the Bible paints for the Holy Land. Islam knows if they can convince the world that a Jewish Temple can never be built on the Temple Mount they win! The Koran becomes the book of the Holy Land, and the Bible is put in ill repute. Islam knows most of Christianity, and most of secular Judaism do not believe the Bible anyway. They have nurtured this generation on humanism and evolution. The Bible has been presented as a book of myths to the children of this generation, and so Bible prophecy is looked upon as just another myth. The return of the LORD Jesus Christ is also just another unscientific myth that will never take place. The Temple Mount has no value to the modern thinkers of this generation. They are perfectly willing to cede Temple Mount authority to the backward fanatical fringe of Islam as long as it means so much to them.

The primary emphasis for the Road Map at this stage is security. The primary emphasis in Ezekiel 38 & 39 that reveals the coming Islamic invasion of Israel is a phony security that will be in place just before invasion. Folks, we are very probably watching prophecy coming to pass! It is not going to make the headlines of today's newspapers, but that does not diminish the truth of what is happening in the Holy Land. God is working toward dispensational change. He revealed the truth of what He is doing in this generation to the prophet Ezekiel over 2500 years ago. The phony peace of the gentile Road Map, and the false sense of security it will give to the gullible rebellious house of Israel is about to be realized. The Old Testament lives in today's news.

The God of the Bible is about to end all Islamic influence over the Holy Land. Ezekiel 39 reveals the utter destruction of the invaders of Israel. The end of Islamic influence opens the door to the construction of the Last Jewish Holy Temple to be built on the Temple Mount. Ezekiel gives the blueprint of this Temple right after Ezekiel 39. Chapters 40 - 48 describes God's future plans for the Holy Land, and the coming Kingdom He is in the process of planting after Ezekiel 38 & 39.

"Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!"

 

Wednesday - February 9, 2005

Reestablished Sanhedrin Convenes to Discuss Temple Mount
20:38 Feb 08, '05 / 29 Shevat 5765

Just one day before the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, a different sort of meeting of the minds convened in Jerusalem – the reestablished Sanhedrin convened to hold their monthly meeting.

The major issue that was set before the group's consideration in this session was a discussion of the precise location of the Holy Temple.

The recently reestablished Sanhedrin of 71 rabbis and scholars convened Monday in Jerusalem to solidify logistical aspects of the Jewish legal body and hear expert testimony on the various opinions as to the exact part of the Temple Mount upon which the Holy Temple stood.

The fact that there has never been an archaeological expedition or dig on the Temple Mount, coupled with continuous Muslim efforts to destroy historical evidence of the Holy Temple at the site have made determining the exact location difficult.

The accurate location of where the Temple stood is a matter of controversy among scholars and has serious Jewish legal ramifications for those wishing to visit the Temple Mount as well as for the renewal of the Passover sacrifice – and ultimately, for the building of the third and final Holy Temple. While numerous opinions have been expressed throughout the years, these can be distilled into three main opinions which convey that the Temple:

1) Stood on the spot currently occupied by the gold-topped Dome of the Rock
2) Stood due north of that spot
3) Stood due south of that spot

Currently, Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount undergo strict preparations in accordance with halacha</1> (Jewish law) such as immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath) prior to ascending the Mount. Once on the Mount they adhere to a specific route, based upon the accepted positions of rabbinical authorities. (A map of the permitted area which reflects the most central and widely-accepted route can be viewed by clicking here).

During Temple times, the 71 members of the Sanhedrin, the center of Jewish jurisprudence, were seated in a semi-circle within a special chamber in the courtyard of the Temple.

“It is appropriate that the Sanhedrin convened to discuss this lofty matter this week,” Sanhedrin spokesman Rabbi Chaim Richman told Arutz-7’s Ezra HaLevi, “as the Torah portion is Terumah – the portion of the Bible which begins to deal with the preparations for the Tabernacle. Though seemingly esoteric, the preparations for building a Tabernacle and the Temple are at the center of who we are as a people.”

Richman also said that it was heartening to see that despite talk of withdrawal from parts of the Land of Israel and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s declaration that Israel has “given up its dreams,” the Sanhedrin is being strengthened and is moving toward strengthening the nation of Israel. “As all these things happen all around us, the Sanhedrin is researching ways to renew the deepest roots of our faith – to renew Temple service, reunite Jewish legal tradition and inspire the Jewish people to aspire to greatness. Our people have one path before us, and we will continue to march toward our destiny.”

Following testimony from rabbis, professors and archaeologists who are experts in the matter of the Temple Mount a final presentation to the Sanhedrin before an eventual decision will be given by a subcommittee now in formation which will thoroughly examine the various opinions.

Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, one of the paratroopers who took part in the 1967 liberation of the Temple Mount and the founder of the Temple Institute said: “People today say, ‘who are we in this generation to even consider building the Temple?’ But in this week’s Torah portion we see that the commandment to build a Temple was given to Jews who had just stumbled and committed idolatry – they had just worshipped the golden calf. The fact is that what God requires in this world is for regular people to do their best. That is what we are trying to do.”

Sanhedrin, Temple Mount, Passover sacrifice, are all exciting Biblical terms. Of the three it is the Sanhedrin who are historically Biblical, but not authorized by the Bible. They existed for a very short period of time just before the destruction of the Second Holy Jewish Temple. They were then comprised of Pharisees and Sadducees. The world was warned by the LORD Jesus Christ to beware of the leaven of these self promoting religious experts. Judaism did not heed the words of Christ, and the corrupting leaven that caused Sharon and the majority of Jews to say "Israel has given up it's dreams" over the Land, the Temple Mount, and Passover Sacrifice. This generation of Jews have sold their Biblical heritage for the preverbal bowl of pottage. They have signed on to the gentile Road Map, and have made it the center piece of the present peace negotiations. A two State compromise with the heathen of the Holy Land. A two State compromise with the gentiles.

God is certain the Biblical commands He has revealed will come to pass once again. A Last Holy Jewish Temple will be built on the Temple Mount. It will have an altar where the Passover sacrifice will be offered as the Bible commands. The Sanhedrin has it right when they recognize that the Temple Mount is the center of who they (the Jews) are as a people. There is only one place that the LORD chose for the Passover sacrifice, and that is the Temple Mount. The value of the Temple Mount today is the value the Jews put on the Bible. They are the people of the Book, but their actions right now are those of a rebellious house. I doubt any rulings coming from this resurrected aberration of a Jewish Sanhedrin will ever have any influence on the Jews as a whole. It will come, and go as did the original Sanhedrin. What will endure is the Passover sacrifice, and the Temple where sacrifice will again be acceptable to the God of the Bible. A back to the Bible movement is coming to the Jews of Israel. Hearts will be changed, and redemption will again be realized. The cleansing blood for forgiveness from sin will again be honored. Remembrance of the Jewish Messiah, and Calvary will come together as Jew after Jew is redeemed. It will not be this Sanhedrin who will lead the Jews to this Biblical future. It will be through Great Tribulation that Jewish hearts will be changed. The rebellious hearts will be broken, and the Jews of Israel will turn back to the God of the Bible.

Thursday - February 10, 2005

Wednesday 9th February, 2005

White House commends Sharon, Abbas   

Big News Network.com     Wednesday 9th February, 2005  (UPI)  

The White House commended Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday for promising to end Israeli-Palestinian violence.

The ceasefire pledge was made during a summit meeting in Egypt, during which the two leaders promised to meet again soon to negotiate a peace settlement that would lead to an independent Palestinian state.

We commend the strong leadership of President Abbas, Prime Minister Sharon, President Mubarak, and King Abdullah, spokesman Scott McClellan said on Air Force One, while en route with President Bush to Detroit.

Added McClelland: The cessation of violence and terrorism is an important step on the path to ending terrorism in the region, and dismantling the (Palestinian) terrorist infrastructure, which is called for under the road map. ,,, The United States will continue doing its part to help the parties move forward.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah have played key roles in bringing the Israeli and Palestinian leaders together.

The White House Monday confirmed President Bush has asked Sharon and Abbas to visit the White House this spring for talks and they have accepted the invitation.

The only Biblical future for the Palestinian people will be for them to convert to Judaism. Not the Pharisaical Judaism of today that mixes tradition and the Bible, but a back to the Bible Judaism that will insist on the building of the Last Holy Jewish Temple with an altar on the Temple Mount. A Biblical Judaism that will once again honor the blood of sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. This time in this coming Temple blood will be shed in remembrance of Calvary rather then looking forward to Calvary as the altars of the past. The LORD Jesus Christ will be acknowledged as the coming again Jewish Messiah, and all will be expected to submit to Him as the coming Jewish King of Glory. After the rapture of "born again" Christians all religions will be expected to disband, and submit to the returning Messiah. The Kingdom He shall be bringing will replace all worldly religions, governments, societies, and cultures. Everything will change. All tradition will be purged, and only the Bible in it's most pure and literal presentation will be the Law of the land. The LORD Jesus Christ will be present as the final authority over any confused interpretations. A perfect government with perfect religion will be the center of the Kingdom ruled over by the only perfect Prophet, Priest, and King. It will be something new replacing all that ever existed in the past. I'm convinced the Old Testament and New Testament will merge into this one perfect future religion. Biblical Judaism will be that perfect merging of both Old and New Testaments. It will be the Judaism God always intended. Two past Temples that looked forward in anticipation to the coming of that one single sacrifice that would forever solve the question of redemption from sin. One final Temple looking back in perpetual remembrance of Calvary. The Kingdom Temple that will be the only Temple built with a throne!

Ezekiel 43:7

7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne , and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
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Folks, there is something bigger then the mighty United States. There is something bigger then even the united gentile powers of today. It is the God of the Bible. It is His Holy Land that has become center of all the news reporting because of the resistance to God forcing His Biblical Kingdom on this generation. The gentiles have a plan that contradicts God's plan for the future of the Holy Land.  In the end it will only be Israel that will survive the conflict intact. All others must either submit to the coming King, His Bible, and His coming Kingdom, or perish! There will be no heathen State forever implanted in the Holy Land. There will only be Biblical Judaism!

 

Friday - February 11, 2005

Ceasefire Explodes with Dozens of Mortar Shells and Rockets
17:57 Feb 10, '05 / 1 Adar 5765
 

The ceasefire and "new hope for peace" declared at Sharm a-Sheikh just two days ago exploded last night and today amidst 36 Arab-fired mortar shells and Kassam rockets at Gush Katif towns.

No one was hurt in the attacks, though was one house in N'vei Dekalim suffered a direct hit, and electricity was out in most of Gush Katif - the bloc of Jewish communities in southern Gaza - for several hours.

Israel submitted a formal complaint about the attacks to the U.S. and to Egypt, which hosted the Sharm a-Sheikh summit on Tuesday.

The most recent shells landed in Netzarim, close to 11 AM, and three more in Morag around noon. Though Gush Katif has been pounded with well over 5,300 shells and rockets during the past four years, residents say they cannot remember such a large bombardment as the one that began early this morning.

On the one hand, the organized bombardment appears to be a direct result of the concessions that Prime Minister Sharon has made to the Palestinian Authority in recent days, and which continued even this morning. Katif.net reports that the north-south route that has long had an IDF checkpoint controlling its traffic is now open 24 hours a day to local Arab traffic, with no Israeli supervision. "This enables the terrorists to rearm and transport mortar shells from north to south with no disturbance," the site reports.

On the other hand, Kfar Darom spokesman Asher Mivtzari says the tremendous amount of mortar shells shows that there is guidance from higher political echelons. "We see that no shells have hit Sderot, while Gush Katif is pounded mercilessly," he said. "It is clear that Abu Mazen is allowing this, while at the same time receiving a signal from Sharon that it's OK to hit Gush Katif, as long as Sderot is left out of the equation."

"We call upon the Prime Minister and Defense Minister," said Gush Katif spokesman Eran Sternberg, "to open their eyes and see with whom we're making this imaginary peace, and to whom they're making the gestures [of removing roadblocks, releasing prisoners, and the like]."

The first shells started blasting N'vei Dekalim close to 2 AM, and continued throughout the night. One shell landed directly in the shower stall of a home, and miraculously, no one was hurt. Electricity throughout Gush Katif, except for Moshav Katif and Netzer Hazani, was knocked out, apparently by a mortar shell, at 4 AM, until around 9:30. In between, another round of at least seven shells hit Atzmonah, and two Kassam rockets were fired this morning at N'vei Dekalim and Katif.

MK Uri Ariel (National Union) said very simply, "Sharon has abandoned Gush Katif and its residents; the fact that there have been no wounded has nothing to do with him... The soldiers can no longer merely open fire on suspected infiltrators; they have to ask permission from their higher-ups, and it takes a while. All the Hamas leaders have now come out of their holes, and are walking around free, preparing for the next round of terror."

MK Zevulun Orlev (National Religious Party) has called upon the government to cease all goodwill gestures to the PA following the bombardment.

Hamas took credit for the bombardment of Gush Katif, stating it was in retaliation for Israel's shooting last night at a group of four Arabs. The four were attempting to infiltrate the community of Atzmonah, having reached to within 40 meters of the fence, and were shot while in an area well-known as being banned to Arabs. Another terrorist was killed nearby when the bomb he was trying to place blew up in his hands.

In the meanwhile, the gestures towards the Palestinian Authority continue even today. The Erez Crossing, closed following terror attacks, was opened to 2,000 workers today, and family visits are also being permitted across the Gaza border.

Finance Minister Binymain Netanyahu said that Abu Mazen's grace period is beginning to run out of time. Gaza Coast Regional Council chief Avner Shimoni said that the IDF must take action to stop the attacks. Minister Chaim Ramon (Labor) said that Israel is still awaiting action by Abu Mazen in this direction.
 

These Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers are certainly a tenacious group. Imagine any other community in the world that would undergo shelling from 5300  mortars and rockets over 4 years, and yet stubbornly hold on to their homes and land? All this in the face of a villaination campaign conducted by the left wing of their own people. Already the left is forming goon squads of like minded  politicos under the auspices of special police who will show no mercy to Jewish men, women, or children as they clean out these settlers from their homes and land. Concentration camps set up for whole families being interned are already under construction in preparation for the withdrawal from the Gaza.

It will be these Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers who have undergone the wrath of Palestinian hate who will soon face the wrath of the Jewish left which is the majority in Israel. All the suffering they have already gone through will be spun into suffering deserved for their independent thinking. They would not go along with the majority so they deserve all that happens to them will be the spin.

The truth is that these are the Jews who believe the Bible. They believe the Messiah is going to come for the faithful who are doing their best to obey. They recognize the Holy Land is God's Land, and that the Bible says He is giving it to those Jews of this generation willing to believe in the promises of His Word. This is why they have become the villains of our generation. This is why they are the thorn that prevents the Road Map from being enacted. This is why the whole world is agreed they must go to make room for the heathen Palestinian State. They are the ones who must step aside!

After the rapture of born again Christians from the great apostate Church of today, God is going to redeem many Jews. The Two Witnesses, and 144,000 of Revelation are first to come to mind. 12,000 living on the lands of the original tribes is what the Bible says will be the first to be redeemed. The focus of God after the rapture will fix on the Jews. They will become the first saved in the new dispensation that will follow the Church Age. They will be the foundation for the Kingdom Age.

Today there are over 250.000 Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers all slated for removal so the Palestinian State can be established. I really think the rapture is going to happen before this blasphemous action of a Palestinian State will  take place.  Before this culture of hate that pours down explosives on those chosen by God to establish His Kingdom are given a kingdom of their own in the Holy Land. Before this horrific Road Map can go much further.

God is going to supernaturally intervene. The rapture next, and then the destruction of the Islamic invaders of Ezekiel 38 & 39. The Two Witnesses and 144,00 Jews will then be free to build Ezekiel's Temple of chapters 40 -48. Folks the time is short. The Lamb of God offers His sin cleansing blood to you today. Won't you ask the LORD Jesus Christ to come into your heart? Won't you ask Him to forgive you of your sins? The choice He leaves up to you. He has the power to forgive. He asks nothing from you but submission to reality. You are lost in sin, and He is the Savior of sinners. It is not religion, it is only the Christ of the Bible who will soon come as the King of glory. There is no other to whom you can go. Friend, won't you choose this Christ today! Only He has the power to redeem!