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Genesis
15:18 says:
On that day the Lord made a covenant with
Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of
Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.
A giant landmass encompassing parts of Egypt as well as significant portions of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq was promised to Abraham's descendants.
Ultimately the whole land, which is now Israel, was promised to Abraham's
descendents (Genesis 17:8). But which ones?
Abraham had two sons - Ishmael and Isaac (he had other sons from his wife after
Sarah) and I will focus on those two sons. Clearly the descendants of Abraham
that will possess and own this land would be from Isaac. Genesis 17:19 says:
Then God said, "Yes, but your wife
Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my
covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
More than 2,500 years later Islam made a stark revelation that the beneficiary
of this covenant is Ishmael and not Isaac. This revelation was made despite the
fact that the Messiah entered this world in the arms of His Jewish mother. This
whole issue has entered in today's Middle East conflict.
Who owns the land? The Palestinians have a bizarre claim that they are owners of
Israel and that they should have their own nation - Palestine. It should be
noted that there was never such nation as Palestine. The area known as Palestine
was Israel but renamed to Palestine by the Romans as an insult to the Jews
because Palestine simply meant land of the Philistines.
After AD 70, the Jews lost their land politically but they still maintained a
presence in the land despite foreign control by the Romans, Ottoman Turks, the
Crusaders, the Turks, and then the British. The land of Israel was under foreign
control and was never made into an independent nation until 1948.
The term "Palestinian" is confusing because before 1948, this term not
only referred to Arabs but to Jews as well as Christians living in the region of
Palestine. It is peculiar that the "Palestinian" identity of the Arabs
in Israel did not emerge until 1968; 20 years after Israel became a nation. If
Palestinians, who supposedly have a right to the land, are correct then why did
they wait 20 years to simply confirm their identity? The fact is there is no
such thing as a Palestinian nationality.
Facts
will prove that even some "Palestinian" leaders are not Palestinians
as they so claim. Look at the nationality of Yassir Arafat. He is not a
Palestinian for he was born in Cairo, Egypt even though he has claimed he was
born in Jerusalem.
What about the refugee problem concerning the Palestinians? The facts are when
Israel became a nation in 1948; the Arab nations told the Arabs living in Israel
to flee because they believed that they would have a quick victory over the
Jews. This never happened and these so-called refugees had no homes. But the
facts are that the total number of refugees are inflated as many Arabs flooded
into Israel after 1948 and they were counted as refugees. Also while the number
of refugee births was taken, the number of refugee deaths was not. Even now the
Palestinians will not allow a census to be taken of the refugees.
Another group of refugees that we neglect to look into are the Jewish refugees
who left vast amounts of wealth and property behind in Arab nations (which Arab
nations confiscated) in order to flee to their beloved Israel where they knew
that they would receive a better life there instead of being a discriminated
minority in Arab nations.
Arab nations have the full capabilities of taking in Palestinian refugees and
assimilating them into their nations but they refuse to do so (except Jordan).
These refugees are simply used as pawns by their own brothers - the Arabs in
order for this refugee problem to a thorn in Israel's side. Arab nations know
that the world will look with disdain over Israel's supposed
"maltreatment" of refugees. If Israel is being a little hard on the
refugees, this is minimal compared to the centuries of brutality that the Jews
suffered at the hands of Muslims.
This manipulation by the Arabs to the refugees lead the refugees to resort to
violence and terrorist acts because they have nothing to lose and believing the
lie that their Arab brothers care for their welfare. Promise them paradise if
they shed innocent blood. Promise them beautiful virgin girls if they kill the
infidel - the Jews. This is religious fundamentalism at its worst!
The fact is that the existence of Israel is an affront to the supposed supremacy
of Israel over the infidel - the Jews. Israel is only 0.005% of the total
landmass of the Middle East. This is half of one percent. Muslims claim
Jerusalem is the third holiest city in Islam. The claim that Jerusalem is found
in the Qur'an in Surah 17:1. The reference to Jerusalem is the "farthest
mosque" where Muhammad was taken on a journey at night by Allah. Muslims
identify this mosque as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. This is ironic because
this mosque was built 6 years after Muhammad died. Before this mosque, a
Christian church stood over the destroyed Temple Mount. This means that the
Muslim's view of Surah 17:1 is pure assumption because history proves them
wrong. How can Muhammad travel to a mosque not even built yet until after his
death?
Arabs will neither sleep nor rest until Israel is pushed into the sea. Why?
Because Allah decreed this. Because Allah rejected the Jews. Based on this I'm
glad I don't serve Allah. I serve the God (Yahweh) of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
who is a Trinity of the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
God has stated that He has not forgotten Israel and there are many scriptures in
the Old Testament, which attest to the restoration of Israel when the Messiah
returns. Ultimately the nations will be gathered against Jerusalem (Zechariah
14:2) but the Messiah will come and crush her enemies with the sound of His Word.
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