TESHUVAH

OBADIAH 18

The house of Jacob shall be a fire

And the house of Joseph a flame

But the house of Esau shall be stubble.

The middle east is a boiling pot. All followers of Jesus Christ should believe that to touch Israel is to sign their own death warrant.   However mighty the armies that rise against her, the God of Abraham will arise.   Edoms pride will burst.

Obadiah 1 - 10

"For violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you and you shall be cut off forever.

Psalm 83 - 4
They have said "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

Go to the web site.   'Call for Repentance' and learn about the British Marines who in 1944 boarded the ship Exodus and slaughtered the Jews, old people, women and children and then sent others on British prison ships back to Germany and the concentration camps.   1944 was yesterday in relation to biblical history, yet even now the nations are plotting against little Israel.      

Media reports are twisted to fit political agendas on all sides.  You might suggest that the nations leaders search biblical prophecy and see the part they are about to play in the approaching finale.    Would it change their perspective and goals when they eventually realise who is in charge and the outcome.

     

As a christian I can only petition God to raise up men of integrity.   People will finally realise that biblical history is unfolding and bow the knee before the God they chose to ignore.     Repent and seek His forgiveness.   Time is short.   It never ceases to amaze me that people shout "Oh my God" when faced with their own possible extinction or simply lose their car keys - it appears to be automatic and yet they don't really believe in Him. 

Children only know what their parents teach.   They are indoctrinated at an early age into cultural beliefs and often grow to hate those their parents hate.  That hate turns to violence when they see injustice and poverty but they always target the innocent bystander not the greedy and powerful.   

We dangle on the edge of global extinction.  Terrorism is insidious and cowardly, whilst those who are responsible for the carnage are carefully guarded, the terrorists pick on the innocent to make their point. 

Innocent children brought down in the recent plane crashes total 97.     Crimes committed on babies  snatched from their christian mothers in the middle east conflict are too numerous to count making Herod's crime (Matthew 2 - 16) against the Bethlehem babes small in comparison.   Heaven is filled with the laughter of such as these.   Their Lord moves among them.   Victims of wars that are not of their making, they are the only ones truly fit for His Kingdom and they have escaped the coming wrath.

My tears flow for the Russian people and their tragic loss.   We all know why they had to pay the price and so do the powers that be.   Likewise others continue to play the blame game in Ukraine.     Whilst lies follow lies and evidence is considered inconclusive the supreme judge of heaven and earth knows the perpetrators and will judge Satan's henchmen.   They will answer for the blood they spilt and follow their master to eternal damnation.

The pure evil that is ISIS cannot be destroyed by bombing despite the brave attempts of Russia.   They are everywhere their faces blending with both class and country.   Only the return of Yeshua HaMashiach will bring an end to the persecution and suffering. 

Many years ago I heard a story about two leaders imprisoned in Ireland for secretarian crime.  They saw each other daily on opposite sides of a wire fence in the exercise yard and one man planned to kill the other because he was responsible for the death of his son.     Someone had smuggled a gun into the prison and waiting for his chance for retribution the avenger was arguing with God trying to justifying what he was about to do.   After all that man had killed his son.   Then he heard a voice say "what about my son"    I don't know the name of that man but when he eventually got out of prison his mission was to work for peace and thus far the peace has held.   Terrorists like rats hide down holes and pop up somewhere else.   

Considering that both denominational fractions in Ireland were supposed to be following Christ Jesus, where was their justification for killing anyone?   Didn't the Lord say (Matthew 26 - 42) "Put your sword away for all who take the sword will perish by the sword"   (Genesis 4 - 10)  And He said "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.  So now you are cursed from the earth which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand"  way back in Genesis Cain earned the unenviable title of the first murderer and of course God called him a fugitive and a vagabond.

   

Those who reject any evidence of a creator God often do so because they consider religion has just caused bloodshed and division throughout history.  They are right.   Jesus also rejected the religious establishment of the day and spoke peace to his followers.  He hated the hypocrisy of the religious authorities.  History goes round and round in circles.  Bad political and religious leaders have had their own agenda and its the people who pay the price.

There have been many martyrs in religious warfare - this is nothing new - but its time for change.   What will it take to make people throw down their weapons and take up the plough.  There will be suffering in the days ahead.  It is written.  (Matthew 24)   Perhaps when the unbelievers have suffered enough they will realise exactly who is in control.    

Terrorists are a plague.  Destructive to the environment but dispensable.   They leave a barren landscape and their litter behind them where ever they go.   On the other hand power hungry governments are already searching for another planet to rape and pillage and squabble over.

It isn't difficult to imagine standing in front of a huge scanner that can read your every thought word and deed.   There is nothing you can hide, it can probe the depth of your mind and soul, then pass sentence.   No court fees, no plea bargaining or extradition.   It's a case of "go straight to hell"

Some years ago I sat in what I can only describe as a comfortable lounge provided for the relatives of   critically ill patients in the intensive care unit of our local hospital.   A young woman in a sari sat nearby.    Although she spoke excellent English she was in a strange place in a strange country and her husband was critically ill.   In that situation there were no boundaries, no clash of culture, colour, religion or class.   We were both facing the same situation the possible loss of our husbands.   I remember feeling nothing but sympathy for a fellow human being and we comforted each other as best we could.   I never met that young woman again as my husband was moved to another hospital.   Perhaps as the global situation deteriorates people will reach out to each other and talk peace.   But change will only come when we join hands together and pray for peace and the return of the Messiah.
Baruch ha ba b'shem Adonai.

Perhaps we need to remember we share this planet and that we are capable of destroying each other for what?   We should be working to turn the desert green, to share what we have with one another.   Where there is injustice, hunger and need retaliation is inevitable especially when there is so much greed and power in the hands of a few.

Jesus warned us (Matthew 26 - 11) "for you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always."  The church has strayed far from its roots, perhaps if the so called men of God sold their palaces and the rich shared their abundant wealth it might just put the world on the right track.   But that is precisely why Jesus called the religious elite hypocrites.   They say one thing and do another.   I remember reading a story of a young priest who vacated the vicarage for a small terraced house alongside his parishioners.   There are still clergy who practice what they preach but I doubt they will be appreciated by the church.

May the Lord draw near to those who are suffering the pain of sudden loss.   The writer knows well the endless nights and empty days.  Regardless of the facts, flowers and prayers you still search the crowds for that familiar face, wondering when the nightmare will end.   But the Lord carries his children.  We believe in His promise to return and His kingdom come.

Revelation 21 - 3 - 4

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.  God Himself will be with them and be their God.  "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.   There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away"

The world needs to change and it starts with you and me.

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