The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Faith Fellowship

July 27, 2014

Will Israel survive?

The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch:

Most absurd warning labels:

1. "Do not use this snow blower on the roof.“

2. "Do not allow children to play in the dishwasher.“

3. A Clothes Iron had this advice: "Warning! Never

iron clothes while they are being worn."

4. On a Superman costume: “Warning: Cape does

not enable user to fly.”

5. On a bottle of hair coloring: “Do not use

as an ice cream topping.”

6. On a cardboard sunshield for a car: “Do

not drive with sun-shield in place.”

7. On a toner cartridge: “Do not eat the

toner.”

8. And in a microwave oven manual: “Do

not use for drying pets.”

A warning or promise from God:

Genesis 12:1-3

‘I will bless those who bless you,

And whoever curses you, I will curse.’

verse 3

Anti-Israel protest in Amsterdam

Anti-Israel protest in Los Angeles

Anti-Israel protest in Chicago

Anti-Israel protest in Chicago

Anti-Israel protest in London

Anti-Israel protest in Australia

Aim: How did Israel become a nation?

Do Now: Why is nationality important?

Two thousand missiles have gone into Israel.

The book of Genesis:

-the human race

-the Hebrew race

Genesis 12:1-7

Abraham-3 fold promise

1. a land(Palestine)-Canaan

2. a seed(son) through whom all…

3. a great nation

Deuteronomy 28:63-67

-obedience brings blessing

-disobedience …scattering

721 BC -ten northern tribes overrun by Assiyrians

587 BC -two southern tribes overrun by Babylon

586-538 BC -Jews return to their land(Ezra & Neh)

63 BC -Rome is provincial power

70 AD. -Titus and Roman Legions destroy the

temple and the Jews are scattered

70 AD -Titus and Roman Legions destroy the

temple and the Jews are scattered.

70 AD ----1948

Luke 21:24

‘Jerusalem will be trampled on by the

Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles

are fulfilled.’

Zionism: the longing of the Jews for their homeland.

-it arose due to lack of western world to accept

them as equals.

1862 - Moses Hess a German Jew wrote:

‘Rome and Jerusalem’

-one day Jews will return to their homeland.

1880-81 Leo Pinsker : A Jewish physican in Russia.

‘Auto Emancipation’

-Jews are foreigners wherever they live thus

they need a homeland!

1896 Theodor Herzl: Founder of Zionism

-A Jewish reporter for Vienna newspaper

stationed in France during Franco-Prussian War.

‘The Dreyfus Affair’= Jewish officer in French army

1897 First Zionist Conference was held

in Basil, Switzerland

-next year in Jerusalem!

During World War I -

Jewish scientist in the British army named:

Chaim Weizmann.

explosives

1917 The British Foreign Secretary:

-Arthur James Balfour

-The Balfour Declaration (to Rothschild)

-UK supports homeland for the Jews.

During WWII – 6,000,000 Jews killed in

Germany!

-one third of pre-war population.

-Jews enlisted in British army

-1943 22,000 Jews in British army.

In 1947 the United Nations with US and Russian

approval allocated land in Palestine for a Jewish

State!

-5,000 sq. miles

On May 14, 1948 British rule ended and the

Jewish State of Israel was born.

Will Israel Survive?

Within hours…Arabs attacked.

Result: The area was now 8,000 sq. miles.

On May 17, 1967 - President Nasser of Egypt:

-asked the UN to remove troops.

-sent military into Sinai.

-prepared to attack Israel along with

Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

On June 5, 1967 -the six day war begun.

-by the end of the second day Egypt lost 3

billion dollars worth of Russian equipment.

Israel is one of the tiniest nations on the face of the earth... only

about 8,000 sq. miles, 2½ times the size of Rhode Island and

only slightly larger than the Canary Islands!. It is only 260

miles at its longest, has a 112-mile coastline, 60 miles at its

widest, and between 3 and 9 miles at its narrowest! A very

high-powered rifle could launch a projectile right across the

country! This is particularly frightening when one considers that

65% of Israel's population is within this 9-mile wide section (Tel

Aviv area). Yet Arab propagandists call Israel "expansionist"

and the "aggressor" against all Arab peoples. For those

unfamiliar with the Arab interpretation of "aggressor," it means

one who dares fight back against Arab aggression!! So even

though Israel may have fought only defensive wars, the mere fact

that she resisted total destruction is viewed as an "act of

aggression." That's a case of wacky logic but, unfortunately,

Israel doesn't have the luxury of picking her enemies!

Why the perpetual hatred of the Jews?

Answer is in the Scriptures!

‘…for salvation is from the Jews.’

John 4:22

“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God

will be taken away from you and given to a

people who will produce its fruit.”

Matthew 21:43

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you

may declare the praises of him who called you

out of darkness into his wonderful light.

I Peter 1:9

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond

recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their

transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to

make Israel envious. 12 But if their transgression

means riches for the world, and their loss means

riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches

will their full inclusion bring!

Romans 11:11-12

I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the

apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry

in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own

people to envy and save some of them. For if their

rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what

will their acceptance be but life from the dead? If

the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy,

then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so

are the branches.

If some of the branches have been broken off, and

you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in

among the others and now share in the nourishing

sap from the olive root, do not consider yourself to

be superior to those other branches. If you do,

consider this: You do not support the root, but the

root supports you. You will say then, “Branches

were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Granted. But they were broken off because of

unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant,

but tremble. For if God did not spare the natural

branches, he will not spare you either.

Romans 11:13-21

“Jerusalem shall be trodden down

of the Gentiles, until the times of the

Gentiles be fulfilled.”

Luke 221:24

“For the Lord hath chosen Zion:

he hath desired it for his habitation”

Psalm 132:13

Concerning Jerusalem:

‘War will continue to the end, and

desolations have been decreed’.

Daniel 9:26

Israel’s messiah is coming! Again.

All nations of the earth will come to this

holy city to worship the Lord Jesus Christ!

Isa. 2:1-4

Jer. 3:17

The God of Israel is a faithful God!

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He will be faithful to you as well!