The REAL enemy

 

Ephesians 2:12

King James Version

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, 

being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, 

and strangers from the covenants of promise, 

having no hope, 

and without God in the world:

It is DEFINITELY of Satan.

All these hatred against Jews.

And yet, people forget a few things.

Jew, or Gentile, we all have families.

We all came from families.

We all want to be with our families.

We all want to go home to our families.

We want our children to grow up.

We want them to succeed.

We want to work in peace.

We want to save, for a rainy day.

We want to have extra, at the end of the day.

We want to have funds for our golden years.

We want to pursue our dreams, and aspirations.

We want our families safe, prosperous, and respected.

We want to praise, in peace.

Aren't these common ingredients among families, and individuals?

Aren't these common goals, whether for Jew, or Gentile?

Why then do many exercise hatred for Jews?

Why are they being blamed for everything?

Why shouldn't they have a right to exist?

Why are they envied?

Why are they naturally prosperous?

Why does Iran want Israel wiped off the map?

Why does Qatar support Jew hatred?

How has Qatar money infiltrated American universities?

What's all this hatred for GOD's chosen people, and nation?

It can only be of CHRIST's enemy, I assure you.

John 8:44

King James Version

44 Ye are of your father the devil, 

and the lusts of your father ye will do. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

and abode not in the truth, 

because there is no truth in him. 

When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: 

for he is a liar, and the father of it.

James 4:1

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4 From whence come wars 

and fightings among you? 

come they not hence, even of your lusts 

that war in your members?

James 4:2-3

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2 Ye lust, and have not: 

ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: 

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, 

that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

And yet, GOD allows it, for a time.

Observing how you treat His chosen nation.

But watch.

GOD has a plan:

Isaiah 55:8-9

King James Version

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 

neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 

so are my ways higher than your ways, 

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Romans 11:33

King James Version

33 O the depth of the riches 

both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 

how unsearchable are his judgments, 

and his ways past finding out!

Romans 11:28

King James Version

28 As concerning the gospel, 

they are enemies for your sakes: 

but as touching the election, 

they are beloved for the father's sakes.

That's the truth about salvation for both Jew, and Gentile.

We all rely on each other.

Hatred doesn't make sense.

GOD sent His Son, JESUS, to teach us about love.

Something the enemy will keep defying, and denying.

Beware he roosts in your mind, and ferments in your heart.

Beware he clouds your thinking.

Beware he feeds you hatred.

He's motivated by destruction.

He will destroy everything GOD loves.

Which will never happen about Israel anyway.

There will ALWAYS be a REMNANT.

Be on the right side. 

Be on GOD's side.

Be on JESUS' side.

Listen to the HOLY SPIRIT.

Of which I do, in this article.

And all other blogs, and articles.

It's important we do, especially in these perilous times.

So, before you blindly follow the path of the world, look to these articles first, and know the "spirit" behind all hatred, especially hatred for the Jews:

CAUSE of wars

spirit BEHIND wars

Being FREE of the spirit of war

CAUSE of conflicts

The REAL battle

GOLDA on WAR and PEACE

The devil's DEVICES

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UNCOVERING the CITY of DAVID

 1 Peter 2:5

King James Version

5 Ye also, as lively stones, 

are built up a spiritual house, 

an holy priesthood, 

to offer up spiritual sacrifices, 

acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

This born again watchman was never into tourist "traps".

I like future travels to be purposeful, and Biblical.

Someday, I shall be able to visit what I learned moments ago.

Today, the HOLY SPIRIT led me to the 36-minute video above.

Something that will reveal to you about Israel's rich heritage, which her enemies try to hide from everyone.

This encompasses at least 11 periods, from the late Moslem era, to the Ottoman period, the Byzantine period, the Roman period, the Second Temple, the Hanukkah, to the final walk -- all into the Bible.

Join the "spokesmen of the stones", Yishai Fleisher, and Doron Spielman, as they unveil Israel's rich history, buried under a former parking lot.

1 Peter 2:6-9

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6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, 

Behold, I lay in Sion 

a chief corner stone, 

elect, precious: 

and he that believeth on him 

shall not be confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: 

but unto them which be disobedient, 

the stone which the builders disallowed, 

the same is made the head of the corner,

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, 

even to them which stumble at the word, 

being disobedient: 

whereunto also they were appointed.

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 

a royal priesthood, 

an holy nation, 

a peculiar people; 

that ye should shew forth the praises of him 

who hath called you out of darkness 

into his marvellous light;

A former parking lot revealed the ancient City of David, 50 feet underground.

While today's Hamas' tunnels aimed to destroy Jews, the Herodian tunnel ironically, and temporarily, shielded 2,000 Jews in 630 BC, from the Romans.

Proof of their existence can be found underground.

In fact, Spielman states:

"Every bag of dirt that's coming out of here 

is being studied."

In the course of looking through Israel's past, Fleisher discovered some mosaic design on the floor.

Spielman then urged him to pour a bit of water onto it, and what was revealed was a beautiful array of mosaic tiles, which served a home at one time.

As Israel patiently preserves her past -- a bag of dirt at a time -- her enemies say she is weakening the structures above.

On the contrary, Spielman says it's the strongest part of Jerusalem now, having fortified it underneath, costing a lot of money.

Thrilled at having uncovered the mosaic tiles, Fleisher notes:

"First, he had me with the ashes, 

and now my hands are dirty 

from Second Temple dust...

You're getting your hands dirty, 

but your soul's clean 

because you're really touching the past. 

It's an unbelievable experience."

Spielman raises money to keep the project going.

Surely, it's GOD's will that more be uncovered, so Israel -- His holy nation -- will finally be honored.

The Jews are not "settlers".

The land was originally theirs.

MUCH of it.

What remains hidden, will always be discovered.

ESPECIALLY by GOD's very own people.

Bravo to Spielman, and the City of David Foundation.

ALL for the GLORY of GOD!

And for the acknowledgment of His Son, JESUS!

Proverbs 25:2

King James Version

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: 

but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

To know more, have a look at Doron Spielman's book:

"When the Stones Speak: The Remarkable Discovery of the City of David and What Israel's Enemies Don't Want You To Know"

Source: Amazon books

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Young Adi's LEGACY

 

2 Timothy 2:4

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4 No man that warreth 

entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; 

that he may please him 

who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

He was a young musician, interested in electronic music.

Perhaps, to go to Mexico, and pursue it further.

But GOD had other plans for him.

In the most honorable way for GOD, and country.

But in the most painful way for his family.

Adi Leon joined the Israeli army at age 18.

As most young men his age do.

It is mandatory, considering the challenges Israel faces each day.

And then 7 October 2023 happened. 

He fought through Givati Brigade.

He was just 20.

Was it a premonition, or something?

Young IDF soldier Adi kept a notebook.

He wrote on the cover:

"To be read in the event of my death."

He wrote stuff like:

"I am heading into this war with the knowledge that I may not return..."

"We have no other country, now it's my turn to defend it..."

"This is what my parents taught me."

Sadly, Adi perished on 30 October 2023.

His notebook became his legacy.

His parents, Amir and Nurit, together with IDF, and Israel, incorporated his letter into IDF's moral and values training lessons.

His life, courage, and beliefs live on.

Giving other young soldiers something to think about, hope for, fight for, and live for.

A young life well-lived.

An ancient nation well-defended.

That's Adi and Israel, the apple of GOD's eye.

Interviewer Yair Pinto, Director of Operations of TBN Israel, says of Israel's enemies:

"We are fighting for life. 

They are fighting for death."

Every soldier who dies, in defense of Israel, is surely with JESUS now.

The LORD knew what His people would go through.

This is what He said:

John 15:18

King James Version

18 If the world hate you, 

ye know that it hated me 

before it hated you.

We honor Adi Leon, his family, Israel, the IDF, TBN Israel, and every soldier who offers their life to save GOD's holy nation.

May GOD give you the strength, courage, and protection you need!

In JESUS Name.

Amen.

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What CAUSED division

 

JESUS warned:

Mark 3:24

King James Version

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, 

that kingdom cannot stand.

What makes GOD rend a kingdom?

What causes great wrath in GOD?

What caused Israel to be divided?

Idolatry.

King Solomon had everything.

He had GOD, wisdom, and wealth.

And yes, the women.

The very thing which caused his downfall.

1 Kings 11:1-2

King James Version

11 But king Solomon loved many strange women, 

together with the daughter of Pharaoh, 

women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, 

Zidonians, and Hittites:

2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said 

unto the children of Israel, 

Ye shall not go in to them, 

neither shall they come in unto you: 

for surely they will turn away your heart 

after their gods: 

Solomon clave unto these in love.

1 Kings 11:3-4

King James Version

3 And he had seven hundred wives, 

princesses, and three hundred concubines: 

and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it came to pass, 

when Solomon was old, 

that his wives turned away his heart 

after other gods: 

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, 

as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 11:5

King James Version

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth 

the goddess of the Zidonians, 

and after Milcom the abomination 

of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:6

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6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, 

and went not fully after the Lord, 

as did David his father.

1 Kings 11:7-8

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7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, 

the abomination of Moab, 

in the hill that is before Jerusalem, 

and for Molech, 

the abomination of the children of Ammon.

8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, 

which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1 Kings 11:9-10

King James Version

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, 

because his heart was turned 

from the Lord God of Israel, 

which had appeared unto him twice,

10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, 

that he should not go after other gods: 

but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

The result?

GOD's wrath.

And a divided kingdom.

Ten tribes went to Jeroboam, Solomon's servant.

The remaining two tribes, to Rehoboam, Solomon's son.

"The tribe of Judah, Rehoboam's own tribe, alone remained faithful to him. Benjamin was reckoned along with Judah, and these two tribes formed the southern kingdom, with Jerusalem as its capital; while the northern ten tribes formed themselves into a separate kingdom, choosing Jeroboam as their king."

-- Christian Answers

Is everything lost?

GOD spoke through prophet Ezekiel:

Ezekiel 37:21

King James Version

21 And say unto them, 

Thus saith the Lord God; 

Behold, 

I will take the children of Israel 

from among the heathen, 

whither they be gone, 

and will gather them on every side, 

and bring them into their own land:

Ezekiel 37:22

King James Version

22 And I will make them one nation 

in the land upon the mountains of Israel; 

and one king shall be king to them all: 

and they shall be no more two nations, 

neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms 

any more at all.

Ezekiel 37:23

King James Version

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more 

with their idols, 

nor with their detestable things, 

nor with any of their transgressions: 

but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, 

wherein they have sinned, 

and will cleanse them: 

so shall they be my people, 

and I will be their God.

Best of all?

There will be "one shepherd".

Ezekiel 37:24

King James Version

24 And David my servant shall be king over them; 

and they all shall have one shepherd: 

they shall also walk in my judgments, 

and observe my statutes, 

and do them.

GOD spoke through prophet Hosea, too.

The house of Judah will be saved.

Hosea 1:7

King James Version

7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, 

and will save them by the Lord their God,

and will not save them by bow, 

nor by sword, 

nor by battle, 

by horses, 

nor by horsemen.

GOD spoke through prophet Ahijah, as well.

The LORD had plans for the tribe of Judah.

1 Kings 11:32

King James Version

32 (But he shall have one tribe 

for my servant David's sake, 

and for Jerusalem's sake, 

the city which I have chosen 

out of all the tribes of Israel:)

King David, Solomon's father, comes from the tribe of Judah.

Who else comes from that line of David, and Judah?

The LORD JESUS.

The promised "deliverer".

The "one shepherd".

The "great high priest".

Hebrews 7:13-14

King James Version

13 For he of whom these things are spoken 

pertaineth to another tribe, 

of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; 

of which tribe Moses spake nothing 

concerning priesthood.

Priests come from the tribe of Levi.

But JESUS came from the tribe of Judah.

Don't you love GOD's quirky, unpredictable ways?

No matter what, Satan couldn't wipe out the LORD's line.

GOD made sure of that.

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A kingdom of PRIESTS

 

GOD tells ISRAEL, through Moses:

Exodus 19:5

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5 Now therefore, 

if ye will obey my voice indeed, 

and keep my covenant, 

then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me

 above all people: 

for all the earth is mine:

Had GOD not made me born again, I wouldn't have turned to the Bible.

And I would have missed out on a lot of His mysteries.

One of which is His love for Israel.

Who was chosen by GOD, for His perfect purpose.

Today, I return to a 25 August 2021 article we wrote.

Reprinting a section of it here.

To remind myself why GOD chose Israel.

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Finally, I understood.

Why GOD wanted ISRAEL to be a HOLY nation.

Thanks to the HOLY SPIRIT, I was led to the uncontestable verse:

Exodus 19:6

King James Version

6 And ye shall be unto me 

a kingdom of priests, 

and an holy nation. 

These are the words 

which thou shalt speak 

unto the children of Israel.

No wonder, the Levites.

No wonder, God kept telling Israel:

Leviticus 11:45

King James Version

45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you 

up out of the land of Egypt, 

to be your God: 

ye shall therefore be holy, 

for I am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

King James Version

7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, 

and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:26

King James Version

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: 

for I the Lord am holy, 

and have severed you from other people, 

that ye should be mine.

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Lastly, apostle Peter contends:

1 Peter 2:9-10

King James Version

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 

a royal priesthood, 

an holy nation, 

a peculiar people; 

that ye should shew forth the praises of him 

who hath called you out of darkness 

into his marvellous light;

10 Which in time past were not a people, 

but are now the people of God: 

which had not obtained mercy, 

but now have obtained mercy.

Thus, we learn Israel is a priestly race.

No wonder Israel is the apple of GOD's eye.

GOD has great plans for Israel.

Which no man can thwart.

May Israel awaken to her divine destiny.

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ABOVE all nations

 

Moses to the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 7:7

King James Version

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 

nor choose you, 

because ye were more in number than any people; 

for ye were the fewest of all people:

No nation is perfect.

Only GOD can declare us perfect.

These verses tell us the reality of our nations:

Romans 3:9-10

King James Version

9 What then? 

are we better than they? 

No, in no wise: 

for we have before proved 

both Jews and Gentiles, 

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, 

There is none righteous, 

no, not one:

Still, GOD chose Israel as His holy nation.

For His own perfect purpose.

1 Peter 2:9

King James Version

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 

a royal priesthood, 

an holy nation, 

a peculiar people; 

that ye should shew forth the praises 

of him who hath called you out of darkness 

into his marvellous light;

The Bible also tells us something else.

Repeating it THRICE:

Deuteronomy 7:6

King James Version

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: 

the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 

to be a special people unto himself, 

above all people 

that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2

King James Version

2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, 

and the Lord hath chosen thee 

to be a peculiar people unto himself, 

above all the nations 

that are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

King James Version

19 And to make thee high 

above all nations which he hath made, 

in praise, and in name, and in honour; 

and that thou mayest be an holy people 

unto the Lord thy God, 

as he hath spoken.

Israel?

A  nation "above all nations"?

But that's what Moses declared.

Who am I to question GOD's prophet?

If we claim to love GOD, and He loves Israel, why can't we love the nation He loves?

Obviously, if we don't love GOD, we can't love what He loves.

Others would counter, "but we don't love the same GOD".

And that would set a whole, new argument, to distract from the issue.

Which the enemy of CHRIST loves to delve in.

That enemy thrives in confusion, deception, and destruction.

I'm a born again workman.

I thrive for purity, perfection, and precision.

Which only SPIRIT and Scripture can provide.

The GOD I believe in is the ONLY One JESUS led me to:

Matthew 22:32-33

King James Version

32 I am the God of Abraham, 

and the God of Isaac, 

and the God of Jacob? 

God is not the God of the dead, 

but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard this, 

they were astonished at his doctrine.

In these last days, you will be known by your stand.

Are you for, or against GOD?

Are you for, or against Israel?

Are you for, or against JESUS?

And by that very stand, you have set your own future.

GOD was clear about His love for Israel:

Genesis 12:3

King James Version

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 

and curse him that curseth thee: 

and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

We all have a lot of thinking to do.

Which we should.

While there's still time.

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