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holy sites by their Arabic names instead of Hebrew In September 2024 the the the the UN went one step further For the the the first time ever ‘Palestine’ was seated among UN member states at at at the the General Assembly in in in New York Unsurprisingly the the the the very first resolution
they put to the the the the Assembly demanded that Israel ends “its unlawful presence” in in the the the so-called “Occupied Palestinian Territory” within a a a year The
not content without consuming more In contrast those who are sober-minded (1 Peter 5:8) remain vigilant recognising that that it it is is is Satan himself that that is is is exploiting the feelings and actions of those who have become drunk over Jerusalem It is no coincidence that all of of Israel’s surrounding enemies have have the the taste of of Jerusalem in in their mouths They have have resolution
which was non-binding passed with 124 member states in in favour 14 against and 43 abstentions of which the UK
was one The
Palestinian urgent demand for Israel to be kicked out in one year is strangely similar to Welby’s demand for a a a a rapid response also They have become aggressively obsessed with the Jewish presence in Jerusalem and yet have become victims of their self- made misery become aggressively obsessed with the Jewish presence in Jerusalem and yet have become victims of their self-made misery Jerusalem is is at the the the very centre of their doctrine and worldview They use terms like ‘liberation’ but what they really mean is the the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Jerusalem and Muslim conquest Let’s look at a a a a a a few examples
Remember Jerusalem is is a a a a heavy stone because it is is God’s will The
Church should be be a a a a a a a a voice that warns those who might seek to to heave it away Justin Welby was forced
to to resign on 12th November 2024 over an an unrelated matter but many will rightly question whether his his downfall was linked to his his his position on on on Israel We must pray for the the next Archbishop that he he will not hold his his predecessor’s unbiblical views but instead desire to bless Israel for for the the the sake sake of of the the the Church in in Britain for for for the the the the sake sake sake of of of our nation and for for the the sake sake of of Zion As Christians who love Israel we all have a a a a a a a a role in in making this truth known CUP OF DRUNKENNESS
While Jerusalem will be be a a a a a a a heavy stone for all peoples Zechariah 12 also describes Jerusalem as being a a a a a a a a “cup of drunkenness” to all surrounding peoples Drunkenness is is is only experienced by those that partake of the the cup In this verse it is is is specifically the the nations surrounding Jerusalem that consume and suffer symptoms
of of intoxication because of of Jerusalem Irrationality turns to to rage and still they are of what Israel’s enemies have said about Jerusalem and the the common denominator behind their existence HAMAS
On the the day of of Hamas’s massacre of of Israelis on 7th October 2023 the the the terror group’s then-leader Ismail Haniyeh gave a a a a a a a a a speech in which he he he cited Jerusalem as as part of Hamas’s goal (Note: Al-Quds
is the Arabic word used to to refer to to Jerusalem in Islam) “Today the enemy has had a a a a a a a a a a political military intelligence security and and moral defeat inflicted upon it it it it it it and and we shall crown it it it it it with with the grace of Allah with with a a a a a a a a a crushing defeat that will expel it it it it it from our our our lands our our our holy city of of al Quds our our our our Al-Aqsa Mosque and the the the release of of of our our prisoners from the the the jails of of the the the Zionist occupation Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ was launched from Gaza but it it will extend to to to the the West Bank to to to Al-Quds
and to to to to our people within the the territories occupied in in in 1948 as as well as as to to to the the Resistance and the the Palestinian people abroad ” – Ismail Haniyeh Haniyeh Haniyeh Haniyeh was killed by assassination during a a a a a a a a visit to Iran nine months later