The bible warns; Don’t divide Israel.

In the book of Joel, chapter 3 it states: “I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land.

The book of Zechariah declares this warning; Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

Words from our President about his desire to divide Jerusalem:

“I think everybody understands the outlines of what a peace deal would look like, involving a territorial compromise on both sides based on ‘67 lines with mutually agreed upon swaps, that would ensure that Israel was secure but would also ensure that the Palestinians have a sovereign state in which they can achieve the aspirations that they’ve held for so long.”

Abbas thanked Obama “for the economic and political support that the U.S. is extending to the Palestinian state so that it can stand on its own feet.” A Congressional report published in October put the U.S. support for the PA, so far, at $5 billion in grants since the 1990s and about $500 million annually in recent years.

The President also said, “I would also like to affirm what you have said, that we are working for a solution that is based on international legitimacy and also the borders — the 1967 borders so that the Palestinians can have their own independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital and so that we can find a fair and lasting solution to the refugee problem.”

The UN met Monday in regards to dividing up Jerusalem:

The United Nations Human Rights Council debated five anti-Israel resolutions — including one that calls for a business boycott of West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem — during its Monday meeting in Geneva.

During the UNHRC’s entire 25th session this month, it is voting on only one resolution on Syria even though over 120,000 people have been killed in its ongoing civil war. Similarly there was only one resolution against the regime in Tehran which has executed over 80 people this year.

The non-governmental group UN Watch, has already published the texts of the anti-Israel resolutions in advance of a 1 p.m. deadline to submit them to the council for debate this afternoon.

Among the five anticipated resolutions that focus on Israeli human rights violations in east Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, is one that speaks of the illegality of member states and businesses participating in settlement activity including in Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem. It adds that such activity should cease.

The resolution calls on member states “to take appropriate measures to ensure that businesses domiciled in their territory and/or under their jurisdiction, including those owned or controlled by them, that conduct activities in or related to the settlements, respect human rights throughout their operations, by taking all necessary steps— including by terminating their business interests in the settlements—to ensure that their activities do not have an adverse impact on the human rights of the Palestinian people.”

The resolution adds that this should happen “in conformity with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the United Nations Global Compact and relevant international laws and standards.”

In addition, on Monday, the UNHRC Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard Falk is delivering a report. He calls, in his report, on the UN to ask the International Court of Justice at the Hague to issue an advisory as to whether Israel’s “occupation” of Palestinian territories meets the legal standard of “colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.”

A report authored by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will also be delivered to the council on Ban’s behalf, in which he calls on Israel not just to halt settlement activity but to “reverse” it.

In light of the Foreign Ministry strike Israel won’t be represented at Monday’s UNHRC meeting.

Two mortar shells fired into the Golan Heights near the Quneitra Crossing Tuesday afternoon. The Quneitra Crossing is a ceasefire line crossing between Syrian controlled territory and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights and is the only access point between Israel and Syria.

The rounds landed shortly after a secret visit from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The projectiles hit the Golan without causing any injury or damage and IDF soldiers searched the area. However, beyond Israel’s northern boarder a battle is raging and Syria’s civil war is in full throttle. The mortars came from a village located only five miles from Quneitra.

This strategic area that is being fought over by rebels and Syrian forces is located only 25 miles from the Syrian capitol Damascus. If rebels take control of the border area they could use it as a base as they move toward the capitol.

The village also lies a short distance from the Jordan border. In recent months, there have been reports of rebel forces being trained in Jordan for operations against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces just over the boarder in Syria.

During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit He underlined the Golan Heights importance to Israel. “Here’s the dividing line, on the Golan Heights, between the good and the bad,” he said. “The bad is what is happening on the Syrian side of the border.”

In March 2011 what began as peaceful protests, have since morphed into a civil war that has claimed more then 100,000 lives. In the past year Israel has taken in injured people brought across the boarder between Israel and Syria. Dozens of injured are taken in each month and brought to Israeli medical facilities. One of these facilities is a field hospital located on the Israeli side of the boarder. Netanyahu visited this hospital while he was in the area on Tuesday morning, where many of the injured are being treated.

A 21-year-old Syrian man from Daraa was among those receiving treatment at the Israeli field hospital. He has been recovering from a leg injury for three weeks and was released Tuesday morning. Before going back to war torn Syria, the man was asked if his view of Israel had changed.  He replied: “It turns out to be the best State…the regime used to make us hate it, but it turned out to be the best country.”

Israel continues to show strong leadership from within, while it maintains strong humanitarian response in conflicts too close for comfort. Meanwhile its enemies fight amongst themselves failing to protect their citizens costing innocent people their lives. Despite what the State of Israel’s critics claim it is still the center of peace in the Middle East.

Acts 2:17-21
‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’

Luke 21: 25-28 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Joel 3:3-4: “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.”

• 1492 – the final year of the Spanish Inquisition
• 1948 – statehood for Israel and the War of Independence
• 1967 – the Six-Day War

The eighth occurrence of back-to-back, blood-red moons will be in 2014–2015:
* First Day of Passover, April 15, 2014
* First Day of Sukkoth, Oct. 8, 2014
* First Day of Passover, April 4, 2015
* First Day of Sukkoth, Sept. 28, 2015

Passover
Ezra 6
And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. Then the children of Israel who had returned from the captivity ate together with all who had separated themselves from the filth of the nations of the land in order to seek the Lord God of Israel. And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the Lord made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

The Israeli Defense Forces have found a massive underground tunnel leading from Gaza into Israeli territory. It was twenty meters under the surface, with room to stand up and electricity and phone lines. Tunnels like this are often intended to be used to kidnap soldiers, move terrorists in and out of Israel, and coordinate attacks. Israel had permitted concrete to enter Gaza in order to ease the strain on the construction needs there – but it has since canceled concrete imports to Gaza, as 24,000 concrete slabs were used to build this tunnel.

Netanyahu stated that ‘Israel will never acquiesce to nuclear arms in the hands of a rogue regime that repeatedly promises to wipe Israel off the map. Against such a threat, Israel will have no choice but to defend himself, even act alone.” This statement was made at a recent United Nations General Assembly and it comes as countries are set to engage the new, soft-spoken Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani. Netanyahu also talked about the deep scars the Jewish people have from dealing with powerful regimes with a desire to kill the Jewish people, alluding to the ever-present memory of the Holocaust. He referred to the biblical prophet Amos, who stated that Israel will be planted, never to be uprooted again.

Amos 9

¹¹ “On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; ¹² That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” Says the Lord who does this thing.

With the advancement of micro technology and tools science has come to a point where the evidence of a Creator is unavoidable.  There really is a Creator just as the bible says:

Scientists have recently discovered that there is nothing new under the sun – mechanical gears existed long before man “invented” them.  They have recently been found in the legs of a tiny jumping insect, the tiny Issus bug.  This plant hopping garden dweller has curved cog-like strips of teeth on each hind leg which interlock and rotate like mechanical gears to help it jump.

The discovery proves that gear mechanisms previously thought to be a solely man made invention were in fact already created.

Scientists at Cambridge University made the discovery using a combination of body structure analysis and high-speed video.

by Reuters

AMMAN – President Bashar Assad’s forces have removed several Scud missiles and dozens of launchers from a base north of Damascus, possibly to protect the weapons from a Western attack, opposition sources said on Thursday.