SHOWDOWN AT THE U.N.

Heads up, everybody! A big showdown at on the agenda for the U.N. this week. The Palestinians will be coming before the Security Council and asking to be recognized as a legitimate nation. Isn't this a rather ludicrous situation? For over sixty years the Palestinians have denied that Israel, the land on whose land they reside, has the right to be a nation. Yet, they want to be recognized. What is it they want recognized? It it their government in which no one knows who is in charge. Abbas has the title of Prime Minister, but Hamas doesn't recognize him. They take over and do their own thing. The people of Palestine have no government that really cares about them. They have no land of their own. They have no history; there has never been a nation called Palestine. Only the land is known by that name which is really a corruption of the name Philistine.

Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to speak to the Security Council prior to their vote, once again presenting Israel's right to the land and call for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Pres. Obama has promised to veto the measure if it should pass the Security Council. Then the Palestinians will ask the entire General Assembly for recognition.

There is a wide range of opinion on this issue. I have a hunch that the largest group of people are those who simply say they just don't understand it. Many are trying to arrive at a solution using what they think is common sense. But this is not just an isssue betgween two feuding neighbors. This is a spiritual issue that goes all the way back to the book of Genesis in the Bible. This entire and complex problem began when Abraham decided not to do things God's way. So the enmity between his two sons was born. The conflict is between the sons of Ishmael and the sons of Isaac.

Like it or not, God has already cast His vote in this issue. He has called the people of Israel to come back to the land and establish themselves and that He would make a nation of them in the land that He promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) forever. I am presently writing a book on the message of Zechariah. There I find these words:

"I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God." and "But I will defend my house [Jerusalem] against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch" (Zechariah 8:8, 9:8).

It doesn't take a degree in international politics to understand that the Palestinian organization has as its primary goal to overrun Israel, to destroy them so that their name is no more remembered on the earth. The showdown at the U.N. is only the tip of the iceberg between these two groups which presently occupy the same piece of land. These are exciting days to watch how Bible prophecy is coming to pass right before our eyes.