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Why Christians Should Support Israel
Copyright 2011
Mike Evans
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Why Christians
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srael. By all measures its a tiny country. With a
population of less than 8 million and a land mass
that is comparable to the state of New Jersey
the fifth smallest state in the U.S.Israels role on
the world stage should be relatively minor. Yet,
hardly a day goes by when Israel and the Israeli-
Palestinian Peace Process do not dominate the inter-
national headlines.
Israel has always been surrounded by enemies.
On the day after Israel was reborn as an independ-
ent nation on May 14, 1948, she was attacked by her
much larger Arab neighbors, who supported the
Palestinians. Only through the grace and protection
of God was Israel able to survive. Again and again
over the years this tiny island of freedom has suf-
fered assaults and attacks from evil men dedicated
to her destruction.
Today Israel is more isolated than ever before.
Security is a constant struggle as all of Israels neigh-
bors either actively oppose her or at least harbor
those who do. Since the reuniting of the city of
Jerusalem, there have been nearly 10,000 terrorist
attacks in the Bible land. There have been more sui-
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cide bombings in the city of Jerusalem than in any
city in the world.
As my good friend of more than 30 years, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly
pointed out, the issue of contention is not about a
Palestinian state, the division of Jerusalem, settle-
ments, checkpoints, security fences, or borders. The
issue is Israels very right to exist as a nation. Most
of the Arab world still refuses to accept this simple
proposition.
Not only do they think Israel has no right to
exist as a state, but they think the Jewish people have
no right to survive. The resistance of the Arab coun-
tries to Israels national aspirations has always been
tied to the Muslim worlds ultimate resistance to the
right of the Jewish people to exist at all. Peaceful co-
existence has never been the goal of the Arabs, nor
even having Jews living dispersed in other lands
without a country. The real goal has been the abne-
gation, and in its worst and most absolute form, the
very extermination, of the Jewish race itself.
This is why Palestinian children are taught to
hate and kill Jews from their first breath and why the
Islamic world throws parties in the streets every time
Jewish blood is shed. This is why in radical Islamic
theology the successful homicidal maiming and
murder of Jews represents the highest aspiration
many Palestinian mothers have for their children.
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Anti-Israeli sentiment has in fact become the new
anti-Semitism. It makes Israel the new collective
Jew which justifies assault on individual Jews as the
extension of the state. This hatrednot any other
issueis the true source of murder and terrorism.
Yet amazingly enough, most of the world views
tiny, democratic Israel as the threat to peace rather
than the homicidal terror-loving powers that sur-
round her.
The friendship between America and Israel has
been of the utmost importance to a succession of
presidents since Harry Truman who first endorsed
the new nation. But in recent years, nations like
America and England that have long stood with
Israel have moved away from their traditional sup-
port. We do so at our own peril because we are
standing at a prophetic crossroadsone that will
determine the future of our world. We must not fail
to do our part to fight and win the battle for Israels
survival.
I speak at conferences and churches across
America, and the one question I am constantly
asked is, why should I support Israelwhat does
Israel have to do with me, with America?
My friend, Israel has everything to do with you,
with your family, with your country. The short
answer to why you should support Israel is that by
blessing Israel, you will be blessed:
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Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get
out of your country, From your family And
from your fathers house, To a land that I will
show you. I will make you a great nation;I will
bless you And make your name great; And you
shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, And I will curse him who curses you; And
in you all the families of the earth shall be
blessed (Genesis 12:1-3).
As a Bible-believing Christian, you should sup-
port Israel simply because your God ordains it.
But Ive written this book for those of you who
want the long answer. Ive been standing for Israel
as your ambassador for decades. Ive faced down
terrorists and world leaders alike in support of the
Jewish people. I dont believe there is a minister of
the Gospel who has spoken out on Israels behalf
more than me, and these are my top ten reasons
why you, too, should support Israel.
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1. Because God Says He
Will Bless Those Who
Bless Israel and Curse
Those Who Curse Israel
(Genesis 12:3).
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days
of thy life (Psalm 128:5, KJV).
F
irst, lets explore the idea of your blessing or
cursing being tied to your treatment of Israel
by taking a look back at some recent history.
I stood in shocked silence, and looked into the
eyes of our U.S. President at the Madrid Peace Con-
ference. President George H. W. Bush opened the
conference at the end of the Persian Gulf War (Spain
1991). Israel was not allowed to join the coalition
because all the anti-Semitic Arab countries were
screaming. Our President also asked Israel not to
retaliate when it was bombarded with 38 SCUD
missile attacks, and they honored his request. At the
end of the war they were rewarded with a $10 bil-
lion dollar loan guarantee freeze. This money was
needed to provide housing for refugees, mostly
Russian Jews. The enemies of Israel were appeased
again when Israel was hauled to Madrid to give up
land for peacepeace that has never come. Syria
alone was given one billion dollars by the U.S. It
was spent on the purchase of North Korean missiles
to be used against Israel. Many of those missiles are
in Lebanon in the hands of Hezbollah, a Palestinian
terrorist organization. The missiles are aimed at the
cities of Israel.
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THE PERFECT STORM
As President George H. W. Bush was opening
the conference at the Royal Palace in Madrid, the
Perfect Storm (the one made famous in the movie)
developed in the north Atlantic creating the largest
waves ever recorded in that region. The storm trav-
eled 1,000 miles east to west (as opposed to the
normal west to east pattern) to crash into the eastern
coast of the United States; smashing 35 foot waves
into the Kennebunkport, Maine home of President
Bush. This was one of the worst storms in American
history and one of the top ten in insurance claims.
When the Madrid Conference was moved to Wash-
ington, D.C., for a resumption of the land-for-peace
talks, Hurricane Andrew struck Florida. It wreaked
havoc; causing an estimated $30 billion in damages,
leaving 180,000 Americans homeless, and securing
a spot on the top ten list of the largest disasters in
American history.
but the people who know their God shall
be strong, and carry out great exploits
(Daniel 11:32).
Every nation in history that has lifted a hand
against Israel has been cursed. And every nation
that has blessed Israel has been blessed. ...For he
who touches you touches the apple (pupil) of his eye
(Zechariah 2:8).
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Prayer is the most powerful weapon in
heavens arsenal. God answers prayer. Israel is the
key to Americas survival. September 11th would
never have happened if America had stood with
Israel over the years, rather than weakening her by
rewarding terrorists like Arafat. We must not send
a signal to would-be terrorists that crime pays, and
that America is weak. 22 years ago, Israel stood up
to the nations of the world and blew up the Iraqi
Osirak nuclear reactor. The entire world, including
America, condemned Israel for it. Israels coura-
geous act may have saved millions of American
lives on September 11th.
In 1980, I did an interview with Isser Harel,
head of Mossad, Israeli intelligence, from 1947-1963.
The Jerusalem Post published an article on that inter-
view on September 30, 2001. The article entitled,
America: the Target will help you understand the
seriousness of the matter:
On a September evening in 1980 in Tel
Aviv, I sat with former Mossad chief Isser Harel
for a conversation about Arab terrorism. As he
handed me a cup of hot tea and a plate of cookies,
I asked him, Do you think terrorism will come
to America, and if so, where and why?
Harel looked at his American visitor and
replied, I fear it will come to you in America.
America has the power, but not the will, to fight
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terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not
the power, to fight Americabut all that could
change with time. Arab oil money buys more
than tents.
As to the where, Harel continued, New
York City is the symbol of freedom and capital-
ism. Its likely they will strike the Empire State
Building, your tallest building [at that time]
and a symbol of your power.
With my Western mind-set I replied that
America was dedicated to fighting terrorism.
Harel smiled and said, You kill a fly and you
celebrate. We live with flies daily. One dies and
100 flies come to the funeral.
If land for peace happens, Harel contin-
ued, I think it will mean America gets peace for
a season, as the West pressures Israel into giving
Arafat our land. But once you let the genie of
appeasement out of the bottle, he will grow and
eventually turn on you. In time America itself
will be in the crosshairs.
Hitler first killed Jews, then he killed
Christians. Our culture and our democracies are
the root of [the terrorists] rage. If were right,
then they are wrong.
Twenty-one years later, the first part of
Harels prediction came true; except, of course,
that the twin towers of the World Trade Center
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were much taller than the Empire State Build-
ing. However, it was the second part of his
doomsday prediction that came true much earlier.
It was 1982 and Israel had declared its own
war on terrorism by invading Lebanon to root
out Arafats terrorist infrastructure. I was sum-
moned to New York by Prime Minister Men-
achem Begins aide, Reuven Hecht, for a
meeting with Begin prior to his meeting with
President Ronald Reagan. Hecht had just met
in Washington with secretary of state Alexander
Haig, who had told him that America had
changed its mind: it would no longer support
Israels war against terrorism in Lebanon.
Begin was in shock. The Westwhose
planes had been blown out of the sky, its diplo-
mats, soldiers, and civilians murdered by terror-
istswas now fighting to save the primary
organization responsible for these vile acts. In
the end, American pressure prevailed and
Arafats 10,000 PLO terrorists, rifles in hand,
were escorted out of Beirut to safe bases in
Tunisia and other Arab lands. The cries of Israeli
mothers whose sons had died in Lebanon and
who stood outside his apartment screaming
Murderer! were more than Begin could bear.
He resigned a depressed and broken man.
Since then hundreds of Israeli civilians have
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been killed and thousands wounded by terrorists
recruited, trained and equipped in territory con-
trolled by Arafats Palestinian Authority.
Osama bin Ladens cells operated in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip, as did Hezbollahall
with Arafats blessing.
After declaring his own war against terror-
ism, Arafat summoned the press to photograph
him giving blood ostensibly for the victims of the
attacks on America. Meanwhile, his Palestinian
Police threatened journalists who filmed Pales-
tinians dancing in the streets to celebrate the
9/11 attacks all this supposedly in aid of
encouraging Islamic states to join the anti-ter-
rorism coalition.
Even Arafats Hamas successor announced
it was willing to suspend suicide attacks inside
Israel unless provoked. Can you imagine
someone like the late Osama bin Laden saying,
I will suspend suicide attacks against America
unless I am provokednow let me join the anti-
terrorism coalition?
Israel and America share the same demo-
cratic values that terrorists despise and seek to
destroy. For Americans to think that Arafat, the
godfather of Islamic terrorism, did not continue
to support it is absurd. He advocated bringing
more terror to America. Arafats supporters, the
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Liberal Left in the U.S. believed (and still
believes) that some terrorists can be categorized
as good and some as bad. This is a guarantee for
failure.
I was so convinced Harel was right, that in 1999,
I wrote a novel called The Jerusalem Scroll in which
Osama bin Laden obtains a nuclear bomb from the
Russian mafia and attempts to blow up New York
City and Los Angeles. Little did I know he would
attempt both misdeeds. But thank God, he did not
have a nuclear bomb.
An amazing Scripture in the Bible is found in
Luke 7:5 (KJV): For he loveth our Nation, and hath built
us a synagogue. The Jewish Elders made an appeal
to Jesus to come and heal the servant of Cornelius in
Capernaum, for he was close to death. This was a
Gentile. The Jews said to Jesus, he deserves a bless-
ing because he has been a blessing. He has per-
formed some wonderful deeds of compassion for
our people.
A similar story is found in Acts 10. The first
Gentile was selected by God in Caesarea to receive
the Gospel. Why? The answer is given repeatedly in
the book of Acts. In chapter 10, verse 2, A devout
man (Cornelius) and one who feared God with all his
household, who gave alms generously to the people, and
prayed to God always. Who were the people to
whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the
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Jews! Acts 10:4: Your prayers and your alms have
come up for a memorial before God. Again in Acts
10:31: your prayer has been heard, and your alms are
remembered in the sight of God. Three times in the
same chapter, a godly Gentile expressed his uncon-
ditional love for the Jewish people in a practical
way. Then Cornelius was divinely selected by God
to be the first Gentile house to receive the Gospel,
and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit.
There is no doubt that prosperity (Genesis 12:3
and Psalm 122:6) and healing (Luke 7:1-5) came first
to the Gentiles. The Jewish people and the nation of
Israel were blessed in a practical way. They received
a Commanded Blessing.
I Will Bless You
Why Christians should wholeheartedly support
the Jewish people and their beloved country, Israel,
is a selfish reason in some respects, but a valid one
nonetheless. After promising Abraham that He
would make his offspring a great nation, the God of
Israel pledged that He would bless those who bless
you (Genesis 12:3). Of course, Abrahams descen-
dants include the Arab peoples through Ishmael
and Esau, and there is every reason for Christians
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to bless the Arabs today. But we have already seen
that Gods eternal covenant was passed down to
Isaac, Jacob, and the 12 tribes of Israel. This means
that the blessing promised by the God of Israel
would come to those who particularly blessed the
Jewish people.
How can we bless the Jews? There are many
ways this can be done. One of the most important
and obvious ways is to support their God-given
right to live in their Biblical Promised Land, and
especially in their eternal capital city, Jerusalem. The
sad fact is that many governments, international
organizations, Muslim groups and even some
Christians do not acknowledge that divine right.
For Christians, this unbiblical stand weakens our
testimony, weakens the nation of Israel, weakens
America, and puts the souls of our nation in harms
way. Dare we call it a conspiracy?
Failure or refusal to support the Jews and their
right to return to their ancient homeland can cause
us to miss the blessings of God. But it can do more
than this, it also places us in danger of being cursed
by our Creator. God Himself warns humanity of this
danger: And the one who curses you, I will curse
(Genesis12:3).
By contesting the right of Jews to live in their
covenant land, and thereby going against Gods
holy Word, many are opening themselves up to be
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cursed! Therefore, anyone who seeks the blessings
bestowed by our Heavenly Father should make sure
they are obeying His command to bless His special
covenant people.
God not only promised to reward individuals
for blessing His covenant Jewish people, but He also
pledged in the same Scripture to bless families, and
by extension, entire nations: And in you all the fam-
ilies of the earth shall be blessed. So the great Master
of the Universe reveals that our personal, family,
and national welfare is closely related to how we
treat the called-out Jewish people. Should anyone
need any other reason to support the contemporary
offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, especially
in their brave endeavors to establish a thriving mod-
ern state within their Biblically-designated ancestral
borders?
Be Blessed!
As we have seen, both the Old and New Testa-
ments make abundantly clear that Christians must
support Israel in every possible way. This does not
mean that the Israeli people and their government
are perfect. Far from it: They are fallen human
beings like everyone else on Earth, in desperate
need of salvation. But the Biblical prophets, includ-
ing the Apostle Paul, foretold that the restored Jew-
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ish remnant in the Lords land would mourn over
their sins in the Last Days and be grafted back into
their own sacred tree.
While waiting, working, and praying for all
Israel to be saved, we must wholeheartedly sup-
port what the sovereign Lord is doing in returning
His ancient covenant people back to their God-
given land. In doing so, we will be blessed as they
are blessed. And best of all, we will make our eter-
nal Father happy by obeying His revealed will on a
matter that is clearly close to His heart.
Thus says the Lord: Against all My evil
neighbors who touch the inheritance which I
have caused My people Israel to inheritbehold,
I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out
the house of Judah from among them
(Jeremiah 12:14).
When we refuse to pray, we are saying simply,
God, I know better than you. I will not obey Your
Word. Gods Word says, I have written my name
there. Almighty God has promised to dwell with
them in the land (Zechariah 2:10). God will deter-
mine blessings or curses on nations depending on
how they treat Israel.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get
thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,
and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I
will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great
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nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all fam-
ilies of the earth be blessed (Genesis 12:1-
3, KJV).
And the LORD said unto Abram, after
that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now
thine eyes, and look from the place where thou
art northward, and southward, and eastward,
and westward: For all the land which thou
seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust
of the earth: so that if a man can number the
dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be
numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the
length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give
it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and
came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is
in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the
LORD (Genesis 13:14-18, KJV).
As for me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a
father of many nations have I made thee. And I
will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will
make nations of thee, and kings shall come out
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of thee. And I will establish my covenant
between me and thee and thy seed after thee in
their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession;
and I will be their God (Genesis 17:4-8, KJV).
And the angel of the LORD called unto
Abraham out of heaven the second time, And
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD,
for because thou hast done this thing, and hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in
blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven,
and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and
thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my
voice (Genesis 22:15-18, KJV).
And there was a famine in the land, beside
the first famine that was in the days of Abra-
ham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD
appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee
of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee,
and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy
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seed, I will give all these countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham
thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply
as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy
seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all
the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws
(Genesis 26:1-5, KJV).
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2. Because Israeland
Jerusalem in particularis
the Heart and Soul of the
Jewish People and God
Has Chosen it as His
Earthly Capital
Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name
may be there... (2 Chronicles 6:6).
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A
ll the expressions of Divine love still hold
true for Israel today; none of them have
been canceled. Israel is, and always will be,
the apple of Gods eye (Zechariah 2:8). She remains
Gods joy and delight, His royal diadem (Isaiah
62:3), His firstborn, His Chosen One, His beloved
(Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 11:1). Indeed, He says of His
people, For they shall be like the jewels of a crown
(Zechariah 9:16).
He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And
gather together the dispersed of Judah From the
four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:12).
The Lord also will roar from Zion, And
utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and
earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter
for His people, And the strength of the children
of Israel (Joel 3:16).
Those who trust in the Lord Are like
Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides
forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people From this time
forth and forever (Psalm 125:1-2).
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New
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Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her hus-
band (Revelation 21:2).
For thus says the Lord of hosts: He sent
Me after glory, to the nations which plunder
you; for he who touches you touches the apple of
His eye (Zechariah 2:8).
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire
all around her, and I will be the glory in her
midst. (Zechariah 2:5).
When you sign your name to a check, it repre-
sents that you possess the amount indicated on that
check. God wrote His name in Jerusalem, and He
has the power to possess what His name represents.
This is the word of the LORD concerning
Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heav-
ens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and
who forms the spirit of man within him,
declares: I am going to make Jerusalem a cup
that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.
Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On
that day, when all the nations of the earth are
gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an
immovable rock for all the nations. All who try
to move it will injure themselves. On that day I
will strike every horse with panic and its rider
with madness, declares the LORD. I will keep
a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will
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blind all the horses of the nations. Then the lead-
ers of Judah will say in their hearts, The people
of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD
Almighty is their God. On that day I will
make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a
woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves.
They will consume right and left all the sur-
rounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain
intact in her place (Zechariah 12:1-6, NIV).
In the last days the mountain of the

LORDs temple will be established as chief
among the mountains; it will be raised above the
hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many
peoples will come and say, Come, let us go up
to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of
the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so
that we may walk in his paths. The law will go
out from Zion, the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples. They
will beat their swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take
up sword against nation, nor will they train for
war anymore (Isaiah 2:2-4, NIV).
On July 30, 1980, the Israeli Knesset voted to
affirm a united Jerusalem as the capital of the State
of Israel. Shortly afterward, I had the privilege of
sitting down with the man who had become my
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dear friend, Prime Minister Menachem Begin. We
talked about the vastness of the territory held by
Israels enemies. It seemed inconceivable to me that
Arab countries are 650 times the size of Israel, and
that by comparison, Israel is the size of New Jersey;
the Arab countries are the size of the entire United
States, all of Mexico, and Central America com-
bined. For instance:
Arab dictators control 13,486,861 square
kilometers in the Middle East, and Israel
controls 20,770 (Palestinefacts.org).
The population of Israel is roughly 7.8 mil-
lion, compared to the population of 300 mil-
lion living in the surrounding Arab
countries.
The Arab nations are represented by 21 sep-
arate countries.
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To this day, the vast majority of nations do not
recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In our
discussions, I said to Mr. Begin, How can this be
possible when so many people in America and the
world believe the Bible? Mr. Begin just smiled that
enigmatic smile of his. As we talked, I told him
about a publication that had come into my posses-
sion from the Egyptian state information service,
Jerusalem, an Arab City. It had been printed by al-
Ahrampress in Cairo. The book stated on page eight,
Jerusalem was invaded by Christian Arabs in the
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year 90 B.C. and remained under their domination
until it was occupied by the Romans in the first cen-
tury A.D.
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Of course, both of us were well aware that the
Arab worlds claim to Jerusalem was based on mis-
information. How could a state publication declare
a right to Jerusalem based on the presumption that
Christian Arabs had invaded Jerusalem 90 years
before the birth of Christ? It is this type of propa-
ganda that floods the Arab world feeding and fuel-
ing the hatred for the Jewish people.
The prime minister answered my unasked
question. Being a student of the Bible, you know
that almost 3,000 years ago King David united the
Kingdoms of Judea and Israel. He transferred the
seat of power from Hebron to Jerusalem, where he
ruled for 33 years. He wanted to build the Temple
on Mount Moriah, where Abraham was to offer his
son, Isaac, as a sacrifice.
David petitioned God to be allowed to build a
home for Him in Jerusalem. God answered, You have
shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not
build a house for My name, because you have shed much
blood on the earth in My sight (I Chronicles 22:8). God
promised David a son who would follow after him
as king and would build the Temple. Since then,
Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish state
one of the oldest capital cities in the world.
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The Prime Minister was aware there were
detractors who refused to recognize Israel, much
less Jerusalem as its capital city. We came to Camp
David to make peace with Egypt and one of your
statesmen told me that the government of the
United States did not recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel. I answered, Whether you recognize
or dont recognize, Jerusalem is the capital of the
State of Israel.
After the Six Day War, we liberated the eastern
part of Jerusalem from Jordanian occupation. For 19
years we couldnt go to the Western Wall to pray.
That was the only time since the [second] Temple
had been destroyed by the Romans. Under all other
regimes we were free to go to the Western Wall to
pray, but the Jordanians didnt allow us passage, in
breach of the arms agreement.
The Olive Mountain Cemetery in which our
greatest sages are buried for centuries was com-
pletely desecrated. Monuments were destroyed and
turned into floors of places which are unmention-
able. I will not even use the names [latrines]. All of
our synagogues were destroyedthe Jewish Quar-
ter, which was centuries old was leveled.
Under our jurisdiction, we reconsecrated the
Olive Mountain Cemetery and everyone has access
to the Holy Shrinesthe Holy Sepulchre, the
Church of the Nativity. A Muslim goes to the
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mosque to pray in absolute safety.
Here in Jerusalem is the government, the Par-
liament, the president, the Supreme Court. Whoever
says, either on behalf of a great power or of a small
country, We cant recognize Jerusalem as the capital
of Israel, my reply is always the same: Excuse me,
sir, but we dont recognize your non-recognition.
The prime ministers comments brought to
mind something Moshe Dayan said during his
address to the 34th General Assembly of the United
Nations in September 1979. Jerusalem has known
many foreign rulers during the course of its long
history, but none of them regarded it as their capital.
Only the Jewish people have always maintained it
as the sole center of its national and spiritual life.
For thousands of years Jews have prayed daily for
their return to Jerusalem, and for the past century
and a half, Jerusalem has had a continuous and
uninterrupted Jewish majority.
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Jerusalem is the symbol of all that Israel repre-
sents in our world. Teddy Kollek, Jerusalems first
mayor wrote, Jerusalem, this beautiful, golden city,
is the heart and soul of the Jewish people. One can-
not live without a heart and soul. If you want one
single word to symbolize all of Jewish history, that
word is Jerusalem.
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Out of the long negotiations to establish a Jew-
ish homeland a friendship grew between Dr. Chaim
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Weizmann, a Jewish statesman, and Lord Balfour,
British foreign secretary. Balfour was unable to
understand why the Jews were insisting they would
only accept Palestine as their permanent homeland.
One day Lord Balfour asked Dr. Weizmann for an
explanation. Mr. Balfour, lets suppose I propose
that you replace London with Paris, would you
accept?
A surprised Balfour responded, But, London
is ours!
Replied Weizmann, Jerusalem was ours when
London was still a swampland.
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The very name evokes a stirring in the heart and
soul. It has been called by many names: City of God,
City of David, Zion, the City of the Great King, Ariel
(Lion of God), Moriah (chosen of the Lord). But only
one name resonates down through the centuries
Jerusalem! Davids city!
A world map drawn in 1581 has Jerusalem at its
very center with the then-known continents of the
world surrounding it. It resembles a ships propeller
with the shaft in the center being Jerusalem.
Another analogy is of Jerusalem as the navel of the
earth.
Jerusalem history can be summed up in one
wordtroubled! Lying as it did between the rival
empires of Egypt to the south and Syria to the north,
both striving for dominance in the region, Israel was
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constantly trampled by the opposing armies. It has
been conquered at various times by the Canaanites,
Jebusites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Persians,
Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans,
and the British. While its origins are lost in the hazy
mists of antiquity, archaeological evidence of
human habitation goes back some 4,000 years.
Jerusalem is first mentioned in Joshua 10:1.
We read there that Adoni-Zedek was the king
of Jerusalem and fought unsuccessfully against
Joshua. The Israelites first occupied Jerusalem dur-
ing the days of the Judges (1:21), but did not com-
pletely inhabit the city until 1049 B.C. when David
wrested it from the Jebusites and declared it the cap-
ital city of the Jewish people.
In Jerusalem, Sacred City of Mankind, Teddy
Kollek and Moshe Pearlman wrote, The spiritual
attachment of the Jews to Jerusalem has remained
unbroken; it is a unique attachment. Should one
doubt that statement, he would have to look long
and hard to find another relationship in history
where a people, even in captivity, remained so pas-
sionately attached to a city for 3,000 years.
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When the Jews were driven from their land at
various times, wherever they found themselves in
exile, they faced toward Jerusalem when praying.
After Nebuchadnezzar signed a decree making it
illegal to pray to anyone except him, Daniel 6:10
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says, Now when Daniel knew that the writing was
signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his
windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his
knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks
before his God, as was his custom since early days.
Jewish synagogues faced Jerusalem. When a
Jew built a house part of a wall was left unfinished
to symbolize that it was only a temporary
dwellinguntil he could return to his permanent
home, Jerusalem. Even the traditional smashing of
a glass during a wedding ceremony has its roots in
the Temple in Jerusalem. This act of remembering
the loss of the center of Jewish festivities during the
marriage feast sets Jerusalem above [their] highest
joy (Psalm 137:6, KJV).
When compared with the great cities of the
world, Jerusalem is small. It stands alongside no
great river as do London, Paris, or Rome. It boasts
no port, no major industries, no mineral wealth or
even an adequate water supply. The city doesnt
stand on a major thoroughfare connected to the rest
of the world. Why then is Jerusalem the naval of the
earth, the shaft that propels the world ever forward?
The answer can be found in its spiritual signif-
icance. Jerusalem is the home of two of the worlds
monotheistic faithsJudaism and Christianity, and
is claimed by a thirdIslam. Biblical prophets pro-
claimed that from Jerusalem the Word of the Lord
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would go out to the worlda Word, which would
change the moral standards of all mankind.
The spiritual stature of Jerusalem is echoed in
its physical situation; it stands upon the Judean hills
high above the surrounding countryside. Traveling
to Jerusalem is always spoken of as going up to
Jerusalem. Those who leave the City of God are
said to go downin perhaps more than just the
physical sense.
When viewing the history of Jerusalem as a
whole, no other city has suffered as has Davids City.
At times the city was overrun by violent assailants.
It is recorded in Jeremiah that the city would surren-
der after suffering the horrors of starvationand be
reduced to cannibalism (Jeremiah 19).
While Christian and Muslim claims to
Jerusalem came much later, the story of the Jews in
Jerusalem began three millennia ago, and has never
ceased. The link of the Jewish people has been his-
torical, religious, cultural, physical, and fundamen-
tal. It has never been voluntarily broken; any
absence of the Jews from their beloved city has been
the result of foreign persecution and expulsion. To
the Jews alone belongs Davids City, the City of
God.
For the Jewish people whose cry for centuries
has been, Next year Jerusalem, it is more than a
location on the map, it is not just a tourist Mecca
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where one can visit various holy sites; Jerusalem is
holy. It is the essence of all for which the Jews have
hoped and prayed and cried and died. It is their
God-given land.
...the LORD had said to David and to
Solomon his son, In this house and in
Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever
(2 Kings 21:7).
Israel is Gods Dream; the title deed belongs to
Him. It is His to bestow on whomever He willand
He has given the right of occupation to the Jewish
people. When God made His eternal promises to
Israel, there was no United Nations, no United
States, no Russia, no European Union, and no Arab
League; there were only pagan nations to challenge
this dream, to challenge God and His Word. Today,
those same pagan voices are challenging the right
of the Jews to occupy a unified Jerusalem.
When you and I as Christians are apathetic
toward Gods divine plan or His eternal purpose, it
means that we are rejecting our Lords divine
assignment to the Church. Gods prophetic time
clock has been set on Jerusalem time throughout
history, and the spotlight of heaven is still on the
Jews as His Chosen People. It began with them, and
it will end with them.
We embrace the name of Christ and serve the
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God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We heed the
warnings of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
Daniel, Hosea, and Joel. We sing the Psalms of King
David and find hope. The mention of Jerusalem
quickens our hearts for it is our spiritual city. We
support our Jewish brothers and sisters in their fight
against anti-Semitism and the threat of terrorism.
Gods plan is an eternal one! As Christians, we
cannot afford to neglect our responsibility to stand
with the House of Israel. It is as important as it is to
believe the promises of God. As Christians, we are
the engrafted vine; we bow before a Jewish Messiah;
and what we do matters in the light of eternity.
Jerusalem is the only city for which God com-
mands us to pray. He also commands a blessing on
those who pray for Jerusalem! When you pray for
Jerusalem as instructed in Psalm 122:6, you are not
praying for stones or dirt, you are praying for
revival (2 Chronicles 7:14), and for the Lords return.
Also, you are joining our Lord, the Good Samaritan,
in His ministry of love and comfort to the suffering.
Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My
brethren, you did it to Me (Matthew 25:40).
This is our divine commission.
King David explained precisely why God
Almighty has commanded us to pray for the peace
of Jerusalem, and has commanded a blessing upon
us for doing so. The revelation is found in Psalm
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122:8: For the sake of my brethren and companions, I
will now say, Peace be within you. God is telling us
to pray for the peace of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
David felt that prayer needed to be offered up for
all of his brothers, and friends who lived there.
Prayer needs to be offered today for the House of
Israel and for peace for those who reside there from
the over 120 nations of the world. It is the city most
targeted by terrorists, simply because of hatred for
the Jewish people and the significance of Jerusalem
to them. It has drawn the Jewish people of the world
like a prophetic magnetthose who have prayed,
Next year in Jerusalem.
In Psalm 122:9, Davids revelation says, Because
of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.
When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we are
ultimately praying for Satan to be bound. In Isaiah
14, Satan said he would battle God from the Temple
of the Lord, on the sides of the north. When we pray
for the peace of Jerusalem, we are praying for those
who live there, and we are praying for the Messiah
to come. The prophecies of the Bible point to the
Temple of the Lord as the key flashpoint that will
bring the nations of the world to Jerusalem, and
result in the battle that will end Satans reign over
the earth for all eternity. It will spell his final defeat!
In 691 A.D., Islamic adherents of the Umayyad
dynasty began a campaign to exalt and glorify
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the city of Jerusalem. Umayyad Caliph Abd al-
Malik built the Dome of the Rock over the Founda-
tion Stone, the Holy of Holies. It was thought to
have been erected in direct competition with Chris-
tianity. The edifice still stands today. Islam later
attributed another event to the Foundation Stone:
the binding of the son of Abraham the Hanif, the
first Monotheist. As the Koran does not explicitly
mention the name Isaac, commentators on the
Koran have identified the son bound by Abraham
as Ishmael. Thus Islam teaches that the title deed to
Jerusalem and the Temple Site and all of Israel
belong to the Arabsnot the Jews.
In fact, Mohammed never set foot in Jerusalem,
nor is the city mentioned by name in the Koran. His
only connection to Jerusalem is through his dream
or vision where he found himself in a temple that
is most remote (Koran, Sura). It was not until the
7th Century that Muslim adherents identified the
temple most remote as a mosque in Jerusalem
(perhaps for political reasons).
The truth remains that this site on which now
stands the Dome of the Rock, and is sacred to Jews
as the Temple site, will be the basis for the battle of
ages that will be fought.
There is a divine reason the Church was born in
Zion! All roads lead to Jerusalem, Judea, and
Samaria. The world is hopeless, not knowing what
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to do. Heaven and Earth met in Jerusalem, and will
meet there again. The destiny of America and the
world is linked to Jerusalem. It is the epicenter of
spiritual warfare and affects the entire world.
Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria are the battle
zones. It is no accident that the Great Commission
is directed toward these prophetic areas. If Chris-
tians are not salt and light, then the Great Commis-
sion will become the Great Omission! But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth (Acts 1:8, KJV).
If our Lord and Savior reached out in compas-
sion to Israel, and made prayer for her His highest
priority, do we dare make it our lowest? There is a
direct correlation between the power that Heaven
promised for the Church at its birth in Jerusalem,
and the Churchs obedience to be a witness in
Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria. The Church cannot,
and must not, ignore Christs eternal mission for
her, and at the same time, expect power from on
high. If His disciples obedience was directly related
to a power surge from Heaven and the birth of the
Church, can disobedience empower the Church and
lift her heavenward to fulfill her final mission?
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the
glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For,
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behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall
arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon
thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light,
and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
(Isaiah 60:1-3, KJV)
Jerusalem: Gods Capital City
Another significant reason why Christians
should rejoice in Israels physical restoration and
strongly support her continued existence in the
Middle East is the prophesied future of her ancient
and modern capital city, Jerusalem. Holy writ
reveals that Zion is to be the very seat of the Mes-
siahs earthly reign. The nations on earth will come
up to visit Jerusalem when Jesus rules from the holy
city as King of Kings and Lord of Lords! This is
revealed in several Scriptures:
Many people shall come and say, Come,
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To
the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His
ways, And we shall walk in His paths. For out of
Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3).
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed
feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet
home, A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
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Not one of its stakes will ever be removed, Nor
will any of its cords be broken. (Isaiah 33:20).
Thus says the Lord, I will return to Zion,
And will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The
Mountain of the Lord of hosts, The Holy Moun-
tain. (Zechariah 8:3).
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slum-
ber to mine eyelids, Until I find out a place for
the LORD, an habitation for the Mighty One of
JacobFor Your servant Davids sake, Do not
turn away the face of Your AnointedFor the
LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for
His dwelling place. This is my resting place for-
ever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it
(Psalm 132:4-5, 10, 13-14).
Moreover I will appoint a place for My
people Israel, and will plant them, that they may
dwell in a place of their own, and MOVE NO
MORE; nor shall the children of wickedness
oppress them any more, as previously
(2 Samuel 7:10).
It is evident from Scripture that the Sovereign
Lord of Creation has chosen the city of Jerusalem as
His earthly capital. This decision was made by the
very same God who promised to restore His
covenanted Jewish people to the sacred city and sur-
rounding land in the last days before the Second
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Coming. How can Christians look for and welcome
Jesus prophesied return, and not rejoice in and
actively support the Jewish return that was foretold
to at least partially precede it?
God described the details and boundaries of the
land in Genesis 15:18: On the same day the Lord made
a covenant with Abram, saying: To your descendants I
have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great
river, the River Euphrates. This was a royal land
grant, perpetual and unconditional. Genesis 17:8:
Also I give to you and your descendants after you the
land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan,
as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 28:13: the land on which you lie I will give to
you and your descendants. God has never revoked
Abrahams title deed to the land, nor has He given
it to anyone else.
The spot where God confirmed His covenant is
an area north of Jerusalem between Bethel and Ai.
It is in the heart of what is called the West Bank, or
Judea and Samaria. (The United Nations refers to
this as occupied territory, and demands that Israel
relinquish it.) An inalienable right is one that cannot
be given away. The Bible declares this to be so in
Leviticus 25:23. The people were forbidden to sell
the land because, The land must not be sold perma-
nently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens
and my tenants.
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Jerusalem is the only city God claims as His
own; it is called the City of God and the Holy City
in Scripture. He declared to Solomon in 2 Chronicles
33:7, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
In October of 1991 the Middle East peace con-
ference was convened at the Royal Palace in
Madrid, Spain. I was sent by God to be a witness
there. I was the first person to speak after Secretary
of State James Baker concluded his remarks. I asked,
Why cant America recognize Jerusalem as Israels
capital? Secondly, we are moving a military pres-
ence into the Arab world for security. Why cant we
have a military presence in Israel to help its secu-
rity? It has suffered so greatly, and has especially
paid a dear price during the Persian Gulf War.
Baker was incensed by my remarks and said he
refused to be entangled in a fruitless debate and that
the status of Jerusalem should be determined by
negotiations.
To this day, America has refused to recognize
Jerusalem as Israels capital. This is a grave mistake.
I have shouted this warning from the White House
in Washington to the Royal Palace in Madrid as I
rebuked world leaders with the words, God does
not recognize Americas non-recognition position!
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3. Because When We
Support Israel, We are
Preparing for Our
Lords Coming!
For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall
appear in his glory! (Psalm 102:16)
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W
hen we pray for Jerusalem we are say-
ing, Maranatha, come Messiah! The
Messiah is indeed coming back, and He
is coming to Jerusalem. That is something on which
both Jews and Christians agree. As Christians, we
believe that we knowHis name, while the Jewish
people say they dont. But there is noquestion that
when Messiah comes, everyone will know His
name.
Our Lord was asked by His disciples in
Matthew 24:3, And what will be the sign of Your com-
ing, and of the end of the age? He clearly gave them
the signs beginning with the destruction of the Tem-
ple. In verse 2, Jesus prophesied that the Temple
would be taken apart stone by stone40 years before
it happened. The fig tree has always been a symbol
of the Nation of Israel. In verses 32-36, Jesus laid out
the key sign of His return, and the end of the
age...the sign of the fig tree. That fig tree bloomed
on May 14, 1948, in fulfillment of Isaiah 66:8: Shall
the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a
nation be born at once? Jesus warned to not set dates
forno one would know the dayor the hour. He also
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said that the generation which saw the blooming of
the fig tree would not pass away until He came.
It was 597 B.C., in the days of Nebuchadnezzar
in Babylon (now modern-day Iraq)that Israel was
taken into captivity. Since then, Israel has changed
hands 26 times. It has been leveled to the ground
fivetimes. But in 1948, the prophecy ofMatthew 24
knocked at the door.
A generation is most often defined as 70-80
years. If a person had been 10 years old in 1948
when this prophecy was fulfilled, that person
would be 73 years old today. There is no question
that we will not know that day or the hour,
butMatthew 24 seems to indicate that we are very,
very close to Messiahs return. The events in the
Middle East are surely lining up with this prophecy!
Jesus is coming soon! We had better be sure that
what we are living foris worthy of Christ having died
for, and that we ask ourselves this simplequestion:
How will what we do to Israel through our apathy
or our actions matter in the light of eternity?
For Zions sake will I not hold my peace,
and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest, until the
righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and
the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness,
and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called
by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD
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shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory
in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in
the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be
termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called
Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD
delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall
thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice
over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls,
O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace
day nor night: ye that make mention of the
LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest,
till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a
praise in the earth (Isaiah 62:1-7, KJV).
Christians have a date with destiny! The
Church cannot fulfill its eternal purpose if it is not
salt and light unto Israel (Acts 1:8). When we sup-
port Israel, we are supporting the only nation that
was created by an act of God: The royal land grant
that was given to Abraham and his seed through
Isaac and Jacob, with an everlasting and uncondi-
tional covenant.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore,
and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His
seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his
throne as the days of heaven. If his children for-
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sake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If
they break my statutes, and keep not my com-
mandments; then will I visit their transgression
with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness
to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter
the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have
I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto
David. His seed shall endure forever, and his
throne as the sun before me. It shall be estab-
lished forever as the moon, and as a faithful wit-
ness in heaven. Selah (Psalm 89:28-37).
On December 12, 1988, the United Nations
invited Yasser Arafat to speak in Geneva. The goal
was to unify the world behind his plan for a PLO
state in Israel. He was asked to simply say the
words, I denounce terrorism. He didnot only
there, but thousands of times before his death,
mostly after terrorist bombers had blown up Jews
under his orders and with his financing.
At the UN meeting, I confronted Arafat and
said, Jerusalem is Israels capital, according to the
Bible. We believe the Messiah is coming back to
Jerusalem, which will be in the hands of the Jews
when He comes. Arafat started screaming, Shut
up! Shut up! What must I do to make you shut up?
Shall I strip tease for you? It would be absurd.
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The Nation of Israel heard his words. The fol-
lowing day, I was asked to speak up for Israel after
their meeting. I lifted my Bible heavenward and
declared, This is the final Word. Its non-nego-
tiable. The land belongs to God Almighty, and He
alone has decided its destiny.
At Camp David in July 2000, President Bill Clin-
ton almost succeeded in dividing Jerusalem. He
placed the pen in the hands of Arafat to sign the
agreement that would have accomplished that.
Arafat would not sign; the President was in shock.
If Arafat had, Jerusalem would have been divided.
All Christian sites would then be under Islamic rule
of law! This includes Mount Calvary and the Gar-
den Tomb, and even the Christians who live there.
The Bible says that Jerusalem will be in the hands
of the Jewish people when Messiah returns! Amer-
ica was challenging God Almighty and His
prophetic plan. Not a wise thing to do!
Why did Arafat not sign the agreement? He
wanted ALL of the Temple Site! Why did he not suc-
ceed in his efforts to exert control over this site? The
sons of Esau live in the desert, and run their oppres-
sive governments by the bullet, not the ballot. Those
who take a stand against Israel will be fighting God
himself! Arafat could not win in a battle against God
Almighty. Why? For thousands of years, their
fathers have spoken curses over Jacobs seed. When
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the wars of the Middle East have ended, Jacobs
sons will rule. Who will win the conflict in the Mid-
dle East? Those who bless Israel will be triumphant.
Who will lose the battle in the Middle East? Those
who fight the State of Israel will go down in defeat.
God created Israel. God defends Israel.
Consider the nation of Egypt. Joseph birthed a
generation of wealth. After his death, there arose a
Pharaoh that persecuted the Jewish people, and
enslaved them. He not only starved them, but also
drowned their children in the Nile River. Why? He
was trying to control that nation. As a result of
Pharaohs enslavement of His people, God sent
plagues. The first-born child in every Egyptian
home was slain by the Death Angel. In some Egypt-
ian homes, that meant every family member died.
For every Hebrew baby that died in the Nile
River, an Egyptian child died. For every Hebrew
father who died at the oppressive hands of the
Egyptian overseers, an Egyptian father died. For
every Hebrew mother who died of starvation, or of
a broken heart, an Egyptian mother died. What you
do to another, God will cause to come to you.
An angry, bitter Pharaoh gathered his terrified,
demoralized troops, and pursued the Hebrew chil-
dren as they departed Egypt. He led his army
directly into the path of Gods wrath, and all
drowned in the Red Sea. Overnight, Egypt became
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a land of poverty, and disease. It remains that way
4,000 years laterbecause it chose to curse the Jew-
ish people, rather than bless them.
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4. Because Gods
Word is True.
For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the
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he survival of the Jews is a fulfillment of bib-
lical prophecy. If the Jews had not survived,
Gods Word would not be true! Satan
attempted to force Christ to pervert the word of
God, but Jesus rebuked him. We must do the same.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation (Romans 1:16). Through-
out the Bible God has made eternal promises to the
people of Israel that He will yet fulfill.
You either believe the entire Bible, or you do not
believe any of it. Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical
prophecy; she is the apple of Gods eye. To purpose-
fully close our eyes to the cries of His people is like
willfully and disdainfully poking our finger in
Gods eye. The fact that the Jewish people exist is a
miracle. The rebirth of the Nation of Israel is a mir-
acle. The restoration of the Hebrew language is a
miracle, as are the return of the Jewish people to
their homeland, and the reunification of Jerusalem.
You either support Israel or you oppose Israel.
Its just that simple. Why do we as Christians sup-
port Israel? Because God supports Israel, and His
Word supports Israel. I have heard some Christians
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say with pride, I will not support the Jews in Israel.
They are sinners, and the nation is a sinful one.
How easily we forget all the mercy God has shown
to a sinful America to whom He made not one direct
promise. How can we sing, God Bless America,
when this nation leads the world in having killed 54
million babies by abortion since 1967then curse
Israel with our silence and self-righteous attitude?
I seem to remember a Scripture about a Jew
who had compassion on Gentiles and said, While
they were yet sinners, I loved them. If Christ, a Jew,
could love us, can we look in the face of His seed,
those He lived with and wept overand say, I will
not love you?
Who has heard such a thing? Who has
seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give
birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at
once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave
birth to her children (Isaiah 66:8).
He remembers His covenant forever, The
word which He commanded, for a thousand gen-
erations, The covenant which He made with
Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed
it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlast-
ing covenant, Saying, To you I will give the
land of Canaan As the allotment of your inher-
itance (Psalm 105:8-11).
I say then, has God cast away His people?
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Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God
has not cast away His people whom He
foreknew (Romans 11:1-2).
To summarize the 66 books of the Bible in one
word, you only have to say the word Israel. The
Bible begins with and ends with Israel. There is no
word used more. There are no promises given to
any people more than to Israel. Israels existence
demonstrates the faithfulness of God, the inspira-
tion and infallibility of the Bible, and the sover-
eignty of God.
There is a doctrine in vogue spawned by hell,
which teaches that the Church has replaced Israel in
the plan and heart of God. This doctrine is known
alternately as replacement theology, progressive dis-
pensationalism, or supersessionism. The early
Church did not teach this. Its roots date back to the
European Church. The doctrine stated that the
Church has supplanted Israel in Gods plan for the
ages, and that the Jews have been rejected. That they
are blind in that they crucified Christ. And that
Israel failed God and as a result was replaced by the
Church. It teaches that the Church is a spiritual
Israel and that Jerusalem is any town in which there
is a church.
To believe that God broke His covenant with
Israel is heresy. You would have to accuse God
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Almighty of being a promise breaker! Do you
believe God broke His covenant with Abraham,
Isaac, or Jacob, and that He would break His
covenant with you?
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5. Because Salvation
is of the Jews.
You worship what you do not know; we
know what we worship, for salvation is
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nother compelling reason for Christians
everywhere to enthusiastically support the
Jewish people and their modern reborn
state is this: Our eternal salvation has come through
the agency of the Jews. The fingers of the physical
descendants of Jacob wrote all but a small portion
of the worlds bestselling book: The Bible. The Bible
says, For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their
spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in
material things (Romans 15:27). Christians owe a
debt of eternal gratitude to the Jewish people for
their contributions that gave birth to our faith. These
are only a few of the things that the Jewish people
have given to Christianity:
1-The Word of God
2-The Messiah
3-The Patriarchs
4-The Apostles
5-The Disciples
Almost all of the prophets in the Bible were Jew-
ish, as were all of the apostles, the parents of Jesus,
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and most important, the Messiah Himself.
When speaking to the Samaritan woman about
eternal life, Jesus pointed out that His heavenly
Fathers free gift of eternal salvation has been
brought to the world via the Jews: You worship that
which you do not know; we know what we worship, for
salvation is of the Jews (John 4:22).
If the most precious gift that Christians will ever
possess came by means of the Jewish prophets, lead-
ers, teachers, and in particular, the Messiah Jesus,
how can we have any attitude other than one of
deep gratitude toward Jacobs offspring? We who
are Gentiles should be extremely thankful that God,
in His shining wisdom and gracious mercy, has
allowed us wild olive branches to be grafted into
the rich Tree of Israel, as revealed in Romans 11:17.
In his New Testament letter to the Romans, the
Jewish Apostle Paul went on to point out that the
grafted in Gentile Church does not somehow tower
over the Jewish people, as many have maintained
over the centuries and still do today. Rather, it is the
original covenant people that remain the bedrock
root that supports every Christians spiritual life:
do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast,
remember that you do not support the root, but the root
supports you (Romans 11:18). For I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salva-
tion to every one who believes, for the Jew first, and also
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for the Greek (Romans 1:16).
I have heard it said, The reason I dont support
Israel is because the Jews crucified Christ. They are
under judgment because they rejected Gods Word.
John 10:17 tells us that Christ willingly gave His life.
No one took it from Him: Therefore My Father loves
Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again (John 10:17-18).
God Almighty will judge the person or group
that embraces a doctrine of judgment, and who are
given the Word, then reject it through disobedience.
Nations who reject God will be judged. Luke 12:48
says, For everyone to whom much is given, from him
much will be required. There are more churches in
America than in any nation in the world. There are
more Christian bookstores, more Christian radio
and television stations, and more Bible schools.
The world views America as a Christian
nation. Yet, America is the number one Western
nation per capita for murder, rape, drugs, alcohol,
pornography sales, homosexuality, etc. If this doc-
trine of judgment is to be meted out, then America
is finished as a nation.
The truth is, God is much more merciful than
mankind. Lamentations 3:22 states: Through the
Lords mercies we are not consumed, Because His com-
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passions fail not. Nowhere in His Word does God
make eternal promises to America; yet He continues
to show mercy. Even wicked Sodom was to be the
beneficiary of Gods mercy. Why? Because Abraham
appealed to God to spare the city if only ten right-
eous men could be found there. Regretfully, ten
righteous men did not answer the call to stand in
the gap.
The Jerusalem Prayer Team is committed to
pray for a 2 Chronicles 7:14 revival for America and
Israel. This kind of revival can only come through
intercessory prayer.
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6. Because God Hates
Anti-Semitism!
For he that touches you touches the apple [pupil]
of his Eye(Zechariah 2:8).

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nti-Semitism is hatred against all Jews. Jesus
was Jewish, as were the prophets, priests,
and kings of Israel in the Bible. Anti-Semi-
tism at its very root is hatred against God, His Son,
and His Word. You cannot love Jesus whom you
have not seen (who was Jewish) if you dont love
the Jewish people whom you have seen. If you
refuse to bless the House of Israel when it is in your
power to do so, what evidence of true Christian love
do you have to present to a Holy God?
Martin Luther King said, You declare, my friends,
that you do not hate theJews, you are merely anti-Zionist.
And I say, let thetruth ring forth from the highestmoun-
taintops. Let it echo through thevalleys of Gods green
earth. When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews.
Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the
Jewish peoplereturning to live in their own land.
You cannot go to church and talk about how
much you love dead Jews, like the ones in the Bible,
or the unborn Jews, such as the 144,000 in the Book
of Revelation, and not accept the Jews across the
street. Neither can you use statements like, They
will Jew you down. Thats anti-Semitism, and
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Gods judgment will come on anyone who touches
the seed of Abraham. In the Hebrew, it says, Those
who speak lightly against you I will visit with heavy
blows.
Christians are Zionists if they believe the Bible.
Martin Niemoller, the anti-Nazi theologian and
Lutheran pastor wrote in his poem, First they came,
In Germany, they first came for the communists,
and I didnt speak up because I wasnt a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didnt speak up
because I wasnt a Jew. Then they came for the trade
unionists, and I didnt speak up because I wasnt a
trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didnt speak up because I wasnt a Catholic.
Then they came for meand by that time there was
nobody left to speak up.
In every Arab state, you can buy the book that
Hitler used as the excuse to murder six million Jews:
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Why?
Because many Muslims are anti-Semitic and believe
as Hitler did about the Jews: That all the worlds
problems are because of the Jews, and that the Jews
control the world.
Mother Theresa and I prayed together in Rome
for Israel. I remember hearing her words. They are
as true today as the day she spoke them: You can-
not love Jesus without loving the Jewish people.
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Moral and Historical Reasons
to Stand with Israel
The awful historical record shows that Jews
have been the targets of fierce discrimination and
even persecution in Christian lands over the cen-
turies. The Vatican-inspired Crusaders deliberately
murdered Jewish people during the Middle Ages.
The Roman Catholic Inquisitions were directed
against the Jews in Spain and elsewhere, leaving
many dead or in prison. The pogroms of Russia and
Eastern Europe forced Jews from their homes, and
left untold numbers dead.
As evil as these anti-Semitic assaults were, they
all pale in comparison to the Holocaust of World
War II. Some six million Jews perished in Christ-
ian Europe, at least one million of them children.
They were the victims of a cruel regime that had
sprung up in the very land where Martin Luther
sparked the Protestant Reformation. A full one-third
of the entire Jewish race was wiped off the face of
Gods green earth by Hitlers Nazi forces. The utter
horror of the hideous Holocaust as revealed by the
testimonies of death-camp survivors cannot be
overstressed.
Too late, many Germans recognized the bless-
ings that the Jewish people brought to their society
before Hitlers tragic rise to power. Jewish com-
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posers, scientists, doctors, teachers, writers, and oth-
ers contributed their significant talents and intelli-
gence to the land of Luther, and were repaid with
Hitlers death chambers. American Christians
should be the first to welcome the many contribu-
tions and blessings brought to this great land by our
Jewish citizens.
During one of my first trips to Israel nearly
three decades ago, I spent an afternoon with a bril-
liant Jewish scholar. He was researching, and writ-
ing a book on the Spanish Inquisition. We talked for
hours about his findings.
Have you ever wondered why Columbus sailed
in search of a new land in 1492? Queen Isabella and
King Ferdinand had issued an edict of ejection
regarding the Jews. It stated that every person of
Jewish descent had to leave Spain or be executed.
Jewish businessmen went to Christopher
Columbus, an Italian Jew, and pledged to finance
his efforts to discover a new land. They purchased
the ships that carried Columbus across the ocean to
the shores of what would become America.
In 1776, when the 13 Colonies were fighting the
British during the American Revolution, the colo-
nial soldiers were poorly armed, starving to death,
and on the verge of defeat. A Jewish banker from
Philadelphia, Hyman Solomon, went to the Jews in
America and Europe, and gathered a gift of one mil-
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lion dollars. He gave the money to George Washing-
ton to buy clothes and arms to outfit the American
troops. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
were born on American soil as a result of that gift.
To show his appreciation, George Washington
had the engravers of the U.S. one dollar bill include
a memorial to the Jewish people over the head of
the American eagle. Look closely. You will find 13
stars of the Mogen David, the Star of Israel. Around
that star is the cloudburst of the glory in the taber-
nacle. Our God-fearing President George Washing-
ton decreed that there must be a memorial to the
Jewish people for the contributions they made to
further this nation.
America has been blessed because she has
blessed the nation of Israel (Genesis 12:1-3). But
America is in danger of moving away from the
place of blessing to the place of cursing. The land-
for-peace deals of recent years have placed Israel
and the Jewish people in grave danger. To weaken
Israel is to risk the peace of the world, for the road
to world peace runs through Israel. Israel is the fire-
wall between America and the anti-Semitic Islamic
nations. Americas ability to win the war on terror-
ism will be directly related to Americas willingness
to support Israel in winning the war against terror-
ism. Israel is the only power that restrains Islamic
terrorism from the West. Jews are dying so that
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Christians can live. Terrorists consider America a
Christian nation. They do not hate America because
of Israel; they hate Israel because of America. They
refer to America as the Great Satan, and Israel as the
Little Satan.
Some may say, I dont need to reach out to the
suffering House of Israel. Why, the Bible says there
will be wars and rumors of wars over there, until
the Messiah comes. Its all part of prophecy. This
Scripture is taken from Matthew 24:6. It refers to the
entire world. As a matter of fact, there have only
been approximately 268 years of peace on this
planet in the last 6,000 years. This is despite the fact
that some 8,000 peace treaties have been signed.
However, there have also been some amazing
revivals during that time!
To simply say that there is no need to pray and
support the Jewish people, my friend, is anti-Semitic
nonsense. It is to say to Nehemiah, Esther, and even
our Lord that they were wrong to pray and reach
out in love to the House of Israel. There are hun-
dreds of examples of prophets, priests and kings
who chose to light a candle rather than curse the
darkness. Jesus is our perfect example. He fed the
hungry. He gave water to the thirsty. He healed the
sick. And yet, He prophesied that the Temple would
be torn down, and Jerusalem left in shambles.
The Bible says the same thing about the entire
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world in 2 Timothy 3:1:
But know this, that in the last days per-
ilous times will come.
Matthew 24:6-8:
And you will hear of wars and rumors of
wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these
things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. And there will be famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
If we are to do nothing, then why do we do
everything in our power to help hurting people in
our own country?
The Apostle Paul warned Christians not to act
arrogantly against the physical descendants of
Jacob, even though most had been blinded to the
fact that Jesus is their long-promised Messiah. How-
ever, arrogance would have been welcomed in com-
parison to the ugly hatred and deadly violence that
was frequently aimed at the Jewish people in the
name of Christ. This alone should be reason enough
for contemporary Christians to humbly support the
Jewish people in their difficult struggle to rebuild
their ancient homeland in the hostile Middle East.
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7. Because God Says We
are to Comfort Israel
(Isaiah 40:1)
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem
(Isaiah 40:1-2, KJV).
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his prophetic word is a God-given mandate
to Christians to offer comfort, encourage-
ment, and emotional and financial support to
the suffering House of Israel. If this Scripture is not
for Christians then for whom? Nation after nation
has turned its back on the Jewish people.
God said, Whom shall I send, and who will go for
us? Isaiah cried out, Here am I; send me. The
Lord is saying, one million praying Christians can
win the war that is being fought right now in the
Bible land. Wake up, the mighty men; wake up, the
mighty women! Wake up the Esthers and Nehemi-
ahs! But the people that do know their God shall be
strong, and do exploits (Daniel 11:32, KJV).
We as Christians are called to show Gods love
to the suffering House of Israel as Corrie ten Boom
did. 25 years ago in September of 1986, I went to
Holland, purchased and restored the ten Boom
clock shop. It was opened as a witness of the love
of Christians for the Jewish people. Corrie and her
family saved 800 Jewish lives! As the Apostle Paul
said, concerning the election they are beloved for the
sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are
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irrevocable (Romans 11:28-29).
If Christians who are able to bless the house of
Israel withhold that blessing, especially by not
reaching out toward those who are suffering from
terrorist attacks such as the ones that happened dur-
ing the Holocaust, how will Jews ever know that
real Christians are different than those who name
His name but kill Jews? To comfort the house of
Israel is our duty, and our privilege.
But when He saw the multitudes (the
Jews), He was moved with compassion for them,
because they were weary and scattered, like
sheep having no shepherd (Matthew 9:36)
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure forever;
and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for
the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come
(Psalm 102:12-13, KJV).
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8. Because God Says His
Gifts and Calls to Israel
Have not Been Revoked
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should
not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee
(Isaiah 49:15, KJV).
Boast not against the branches. But if thou
boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken
off, that I might be grafted in. Well; because of
unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest
by faith. Be not highminded, but fear (Romans
11:18-20, KJV).
God has not cast away His people whom
he foreknew (Romans 11:2).
I
recently spent an afternoon in Jerusalem with
Russian Jews who came to Israel as refugees. One
of the elderly Jewish ladies who had just buried
her second son as a result of a terrorist attack asked,
Why are the Christians killing us? I fled Russia to
get away from the Russian Orthodox Christians that
hated us, only to run right into American Christians
who have divided our land and forced the terrorists
on us. The House of Israel has fallen among robbers
who have not only stolen their land but their lives.
Where is the Good Samaritan? He who touches
you (Israel) touches the apple of his (Gods) eye
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(Zechariah 2:8). Heed the words of Jesus as He
spoke concerning the House of Israel:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I
was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked,
and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and
ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hun-
gered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one
of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
(Matthew 25:42-45, KJV).
In the above Scriptures, our Lord was referring
to the Jews in Israel, His earthly seed. This Scripture
means just what it says.
The truth is that the Jews were totally rejected
during the Holocaust, and this was the response by
the average Christian to their cries. May it not be the
response today as a similar holocaust is taking place.
I say then, Hath God cast away his peo-
ple? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God
hath not cast away his people which he
foreknew (Romans 11:1-2, KJV).
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the
adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and
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the giving of the law, and the service of God, and
the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of
whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who
is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen
(Romans 9:4-5, KJV).
James, a servant of God and of the Lord
Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scat-
tered abroad, greeting (James 1:1, KJV).
If all the promises were revoked, then why did
Paul not know it? Or James?
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor
to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God (1
Corinthians 10:32, KJV).
God will never forsake His Chosen People.
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor
Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts, though
their land was filled with sin against the Holy
One of Israel (Jeremiah 51:5, KJV).
And if all the promises were revoked, why did-
nt John the Revelator know it? And why didnt our
Lord and Savior who gave this revelation to John
know it? You cannot read the book of Revelation
and not be aware of Israel from the 7th through the
21st chapters. Revelation 7:2-8 speaks of the 12
tribes. Revelation 21:12 again speaks of the 12 tribes.
Israel is, and will always be, Gods Miracle Nation.
Some like to deny their responsibility, saying
the Jews are blind. But the Word says, you shall see
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Me no more till you say, Blessed is He who comes in the
name of the Lord! (Matthew 23:39). You cannot say
you have been a blessing until you have been a
blessing. When so-called Christians have murdered
six million Jews in our lifetime, how can we expect
Jewish people to listen to our message, while we
still turn our backs on their pain?
There is a need for repentance. If a person
comes in your name, kills another person and the
family thinks you did it, dont you have an obliga-
tion to go to them and express your deep sorrow?
Dont you think you should do all you can to heal
the hurt?
Great numbers of real Christians did nothing to
help during the Holocaust. They were silent. If you
were Jewish, how would you feel when Christians
sing in their churches about Jews in the Bible
(Moses, David, Jesus), and talk about future Jews
(144,000 in the book of Revelation), but do nothing
to reach out in love to living Jews? What about
when Christians remained silent as America forced
Israel to give the worlds most infamous terrorist
organization, the PLO and its leaders, part of the
Holy Land that would be used as a base to commit
almost 10,000 terrorist attacks upon innocent Jews?
In 1997, I wrote the following article, Wheres
the Outrage? for The Wall Street Journal. It deals with
the treatment of Arabs under Arafats leadership.
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Conditions have worsened since this article was
printed.
On May 31, Ali Jamhour, a resident of a refugee
camp east of Jerusalem, was found shot to death after hed
been questioned by Yasser Arafats security forces about
allegedly brokering land sales to Jewish Israelis. Jamhour
was the third Palestinian land dealer killed after a Mus-
lim cleric urged the killing of any Palestinian whod sold
land to Israelis; all were executed gangland-style by a bul-
let to the head. On June 1, Israeli police foiled the kidnap-
ping of a fourth broker, in the process of uncovering
evidence that high-ranking Palestinian officials are
behind the murders.
While U.S. officials have deplored the killings, the
White House has so far been strangely reticent in con-
demning the Palestinian Authority. Let Israel open a new
exit to an old tunnel, or start construction on a new
neighborhood in Jerusalem, and President Clinton imme-
diately summons Prime Minister Netanyahu to Wash-
ington for a one-on-one session of diplomatic
arm-twisting. So why doesnt Mr. Clinton yank Yasser
Arafat by the lapels of his dictator-style military uniform,
and explain to him that you cannot make peace through
murder?
The answer is that the U.S. like most of the world,
follows a double standard when it comes to Israeli-Arab
conflicts. Its OK to vilify Israel for any act that might
appear to be an exercise of sovereignty, yet each Palestin-
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ian violation of the peace agreement receives no more than
a wink.
It is one thing to forbid the sale of land to foreigners.
A number of countries, particularly small countries sur-
rounded by hostile neighbors, do the same; Israel itself has
restricted selling land to Arabs. It is another thing, how-
ever, to kill those who violate the real estate restrictions.
Imagine if Israel has announced it would impose the
death penalty on anyone who sold land to Arabs. That
would be front-page news around the world, and the U.S.
President would issue a strongly-worded statement tak-
ing Israel to task for such an outrage. A White House
summit would be scheduled, and the U.N. would
instantly pass a resolution condemning Israel.
Yet when the Palestinian Authority continually
made such a pronouncement and bodies started piling up,
it took two weeks for any Clinton administration official
to go on the record condemning the policy. It took longer
still for the story to appear on the nightly news, and even
then reporters passed along, without comment, the Pales-
tinians stock attempt to shift the blame. Perhaps the
Israelis themselves were responsible, they suggested.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, by con-
trast, has taken swift action. When Israeli intelligence
turned up a Palestinian Authority hit list of 16 land deal-
ers that included the names of the three already killed, Mr.
Netanyahu called an emergency security session. The
Netanyahu administration authorized the installation of
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alarm systems in the brokers homes and increased police
patrols in their neighborhoods.
Mr. Netanyahu also authorized an arrest warrant for
a senior Palestinian official implicated in the land dealer
executions. Israel security says its established that the
murders were carried out with the participation, as well
as the approval of the Palestinian Authority. When Israel
police foiled the June 1 kidnapping attempt, six armed
men were arrested as they tried to flee to Ramallah, a
Palestinian-controlled town just north of Jerusalem. Four
of the would-be kidnappers were members of the Pales-
tinian Authority security services. During the chase, the
suspects ditched several weapons, one of which turned
out to be the weapon used in two of the recent murders.
Such violence goes against the grain of everything
we expect the Palestinians to do to achieve peace between
us, Mr. Netanyahu told Israeli radio.
Finally, Mr. Arafat respondedby telling a press
conference that the Palestinian Authority had not author-
ized these murders and that he denounces terrorism.
Within 24 hours, however, liberal Arutz Sheva radio in
Israel reported, The PA is continuing its efforts against
Arabs suspected of selling land to Jews. It has abducted
another 12 such persons, including some Israeli citizens.
Senator Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and Rep. Benjamin Gilman, chair-
man of the House International Relations Committee,
have announced they will oppose any further aid to the
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Palestinians until they revoke their call to kill Arabs who
sell land to Jews. Its time for President Clinton to do the
same. Otherwise, Yasser Arafat and his deputized terror-
ists will be getting away with murder.
Restoration to the
Promised Land
In light of the Biblical evidence presented until
now, we must conclude that Christians have a God-
given mandate to honor the Jewish people, wher-
ever they are. But how does this connect to modern
Israel? Many Christians seem happy enough to
salute Jewish neighbors living alongside them in
largely Gentile lands, but are indifferent or even
hostile to the proposition that we also have a duty
to support the controversial Jewish State of Israel.
Some Believers bristle at the mere suggestion that
God has anything to do with Israels amazing
restoration in our era.
Centuries before the Jewish people first were
forced into foreign captivity, God revealed that they
would be expelled from their covenant land due to
sin. But He also promised to eventually restore them
to the Promised Land. This prophecy came via
Moseswhose parents came from the tribe of
Leviwhile he was in the process of boldly leading
the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt into
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Canaan:
That the Lord your God will bring you
back from captivity, and have compassion on
you, and gather you again from all the nations
where the Lord your God has scattered you
(Deuteronomy 30:3).
This prophecy could be speaking of the return
of the Jewish people from Assyrian and Babylonian
captivity hundreds of years before the time of
Christ. Yet the ancient Hebrew prophets also fore-
told that Israels loving God would restore His peo-
ple to their Promised Land in the Last Days of
history, just before Messiah begins His reign in
Jerusalem. This implies that the Jews would be
exiled two times from their beloved homeland,
which is exactly what has taken place in history.
The prophets also foretold that the final Jewish
ingathering would be from all over the globe, unlike
the first return from lands directly to the east of
Israel. It would be a permanent return, meaning no
additional exiles would follow. Most significantly, it
would end with the spiritual revival that King
Solomon prophesied in 2 Chronicles 7:14.
There are many prophetic Scriptures about this
important topic in the Biblefar too many to quote
in this small booklet. But lets take a look at a few of
them:
I will bring back the captives of My people
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Israel; They shall build the waste cities and
inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and
drink wine from them; They shall also make gar-
dens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them
in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled
up From the land I have given them, Says the
Lord your God (Amos 9:14-15).
For behold, the days are coming, says the
Lord, that I will bring back from captivity My
people Israel and Judah, says the Lord. And I
will cause them to return to the land that I gave
to their fathers, and they shall possess it. (Jere-
miah 30:3).
Thus says the Lord God: When I have
gathered the house of Israel from the peoples
among whom they are scattered, and am hal-
lowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then
they will dwell in their own land which I gave
to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely
there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes,
they will dwell securely, when I execute judg-
ments on all those around them who despise
them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord
their God (Ezekiel 28:25-26).
four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:12).
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For I will take you from among the
nations, gather you out of all countries, and
bring you into your own land (Ezekiel 36:24).
And I will cause the captives of Judah and
the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild
those places as at the first. I will cleanse them from
all their iniquity by which they have sinned
against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities
by which they have sinned and by which they have
transgressed against Me (Jeremiah 33:7-8).
The Hebrew prophets also revealed that the full
ingathering of the scattered Jewish people would
only be completed when the Messiah came to earth.
In other words, some Jews will still be living outside
of Israel during the end of this age. However, this
does not lessen or negate the fact that a large-scale
return has been occurring in our day. In fact, nearly
half the Jews on Earth have now returned to their
biblical Promised Land. Christians around the
world should be exuberant supporters of this
prophesied restoration, for it confirms that the God
of Israel exists, that He holds the future in His capa-
ble hands, that He is a covenant-keeping Lord, and
that He is a merciful God who forgives the sins of
His people.
Many Christians ask me, How do I know if my
church is a Bible-believing church that doesnt teach
replacement theology, progressive dispensational-
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ism, or supersessionism?
Ask yourself some questions:
1. Does my church pray for the Jewish people,
the peace of Jerusalem and Israel?
2. Does my church give offerings of compas-
sion to comfort them?
3. Does my church preach on Israel and its
Biblical significance?
4. Does my church take tours to Israel?
5. Is there an Israeli flag in my church?
6. Does my church teach on the significance of
the Churchs Jewish roots?
7. Does my church have a Night to Honor
Israel or a Jerusalem Prayer Summit annu-
ally?
8. Does my church ever preach against
replacement theology, progressive dispen-
sationalism, or supersessionism?
If the answer to these questions is No, then
you may be a member of a church that refuses to
believe the Bible, and rejects Gods Eternal promises
to the House of Israel. If your church seems power-
less, and appears not to be blessed by God, perhaps
this is the reason.
Israel is a Miracle Nation
because of its formation; and
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when we stand with Israel, we
are standing with Gods
prophetic plan.
We must be part of Gods dream and His team
and support Israel and the Jewish people. Their
existence and the rebirth of Israel is a miracle. As
Christians, we believe in miracles. The resurrection
of our Lord was the greatest miracle. If He can live
again, it is no problem at all for Him to restore the
Nation of Israel.
Israel was not born in 1948. It was born in the
heart of God and revealed to Abraham many years
before the birth of Isaac. God made a blood
covenant with Abraham that the land of Canaan
would be given to Abrahams seed through Isaac
(Genesis 15:18). As part of that vision, God told
Abraham that for 400 years his seed would be
strangers in a land that did not belong to them (Gen-
esis 15:13). The seed of Abraham from Isaac spent
400 years in Egypt before Moses led them out, and
Israel, the nation, was born.
Who has heard such a thing? Who has
seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give
birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at
once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave
birth to her children (Isaiah 66:8).
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Enduring Covenant People
Unique as this religious centrality is, there is one
reason above all others why committed Christians
must stand with Israel: The God of the Universe, the
God that we worship, has chosen to make an ever-
lasting covenant with the physical descendents of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobthe Jewish people.
The word everlasting has nothing temporary
or conditional about it. It clearly means, lasting for-
ever. And although Jews are found today in North
and South America, Australia, Russia, Europe,
many parts of Africa, and virtually every other con-
tinent on earth, their historic spiritual and physical
center was, and always will be, the Promised Land
of Israel.
Gods eternal covenant with the descendents of
Abraham featured the promise to give them the
land of Israel as an everlasting possession. This is
recorded in the very first book of the Bible, Genesis,
in chapter 17:
When Abram was ninety-nine years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I
am Almighty God; walk before Me and be
blameless. And I will make My covenant
between Me and you, and will multiply you
exceedingly. Then Abram fell on his face, and
God talked with him, saying: As for Me, behold,
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My covenant is with you, and you shall be a
father of many nations. No longer shall your
name be called Abram, but your name shall be
Abraham; for I have made you a father of many
nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful;
and I will make nations of you, and kings shall
come from you. And I will establish My
covenant between Me and you and your descen-
dants after you in their generations, for an ever-
lasting covenant, to be God to you and your
descendants after you. Also I give to you and
your descendants after you the land in which
you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an
everlasting possession; and I will be their God
(Genesis 17:1-8).
It is true God reveals in these verses that many
peoples will eventually emerge out of Abrahams
loins, and so it has been. The Arabs, scattered in
over 20 countries throughout the Middle East and
North Africa, trace their ancestry to the Biblical
patriarch who traveled to Canaan at Gods com-
mand from the town of Ur in Chaldea. Their lineage
comes through Abrahams first-born son, Ishmael.
However, the Scriptures go on to reveal that the spe-
cial, eternal land covenant, and others, will come
through the line of Isaac, Jacob, and his 12 sons
the forefathers of the modern Jewish people. This is
summarized in Psalm 105, verses 8 through 11:
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He remembers His covenant forever, The
word which He commanded, for a thousand gen-
erations, The covenant which He made with
Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed
it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlast-
ing covenant, Saying, To you I will give the
land of Canaan As the allotment of your inher-
itance.
The belief that God has revoked His solemn
land covenant with the Jewish people, due to their
sin and rebellion against Him, is widespread in the
Church today. It is certainly a fact that living peace-
fully in the land was conditional on obedience to
Gods holy law. Jacobs offspring were warned that
they would be removed from the land if they dis-
obeyed Gods commands. But the Bible also foretells
that a Jewish remnant would be restored to the
Promised Land after a worldwide exile, as is won-
derfully occurring in our day.
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9. Because God Almighty
has Preserved Israel!
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor
sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade
at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you
from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord
shall preserve your going out and your coming in From
this time forth, and even forevermore (Psalm 121:4-8).
G
od has not permitted any power to exter-
minate the Jewish people, although no race
has been pursued more throughout his-
tory. Many attempts have been made to annihilate
the Jews, but such attempts have ended in utter fail-
ure, defeat, and humiliation.
Lets look at Pharaoh. So Pharaoh commanded all
his people, saying, Every son who is born you shall cast
into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.
(Exodus 1:22). The very nation that ordered the cast-
ing of every Hebrew male child into the river had
its own army thrown into the Red Sea when Moses
brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt!
Esther is another great example. During the
reign of King Ahasuerus, Haman decided to destroy
the Jews, but instead he was hanged on the gallows
that he had prepared for Mordecai, the Jew (Esther
7:10).
Satans attempt to annihilate the Jews during
World War II is another major example. Hitler
declared they were not the Chosen People, that the
Aryan race was, and that he would resolve the
Jewish problem. Hitler is even quoted as saying,
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There is no room for two chosen people. He mur-
dered six million Jews in concentration camps. At
the end of the war, Germany was divided, and
Hitler committed suicide. On the other hand, and at
almost the same time, Israel was reborn and Gods
people were preserved.
During World War II, there were five strategic
incidents where the Allies could, and should have
lost the war. Because of the supernatural interven-
tion of God, they did not. The reason, I believe, was
because of Germanys stance against the Jewish
people. If the nations that come against Israel do not
repent, Almighty God will once again bring judg-
ment upon those nations.
The preservation of Israel through all of its suf-
fering, wars and afflictions over the centuries is fur-
ther evidence that Israel is Gods miracle nation.
Why have the Jews been hated so? Because Satans
only adversary would come through the Jews: The
Messiah. And ultimately that Messiah would
destroy the powers of Satan.
And he gathered them together to the place
called in Hebrew, Armageddon (Revelation
16:16).
On that day his feet will stand on the
Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem (Zechariah
14:4, NIV).
How you are fallen from heaven, O
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Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut
down to the ground, You who weakened the
nations! For you have said in your heart: I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above
the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of
the congregation On the farthest sides of the
north; I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds, I will be like the Most High. Yet you
shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest
depths of the Pit. (Isaiah 14:12-15).
Eternal Land Covenant
The happy fact is that our God is a covenant-
keeping God. He remains faithful even when we are
faithless (2 Timothy 2:13). It is He who has sover-
eignly decided to preserve the Jewish people as a
separate, identifiable people before Him until the
end of time, and then to restore them to their Biblical
homeland. These truths are revealed in several
Scriptures. That they would remain on Earth until
the end of time as a distinct people group is foretold
in Jeremiah, Chapter 31:
Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for
a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and
the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the
sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His
name): If those ordinances depart From before
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Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall
also cease From being a nation before Me for-
ever. (Jeremiah 31:35-36).
Many Bible teachers and denominations argue
that Jewish sin, and particularly the general rejec-
tion of Jesus as their Messiah nearly 2,000 years ago,
was more than enough reason for God to erase the
everlasting land promise. But the next verse
makes crystal clear that the God of Abraham has no
intention of ever forsaking His special covenant
with Jacobs children, despite their many failures:
I will direct their work in truth, And will
make with them an everlasting covenant. Their
descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people. All who
see them shall acknowledge them, That they are
the posterity whom the Lord has blessed (Isa-
iah 61:8-9).
When I founded the National Prayer Breakfast
in Honor of Israel in 1982, Senator Billy Armstrong
placed my message in the Congressional Record. It
states clearly why Americans must stand with
Israel.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD COPY
Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 16, 1982
Proclamation of Blessing
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As Bible-believing Americans, we believe there exists
an iron-clad bond between the State of Israel and the
United States. We believe that bond to be a moral imper-
ative.
Representing the vast majority of evangelicals in the
United States, we have gathered together at this National
Prayer Breakfast to reaffirm our support and prayers, that
this bond not be weakened or diminished
We agree with the sentiments of our President:
That a secure, strong Israel is in Americas self-
interest. Israel is a major strategic asset to Amer-
ica. Israel is not a client, but a very reliable friend.
To weaken Israel is to destabilize the Middle East
and risk the peace of the world, for the road to
world peace runs through the Middle East.
We support Israels right to their land spiritually and
legally. History records that God deals with nations in
accordance with how these nations deal with Israel. We
rejoice that here in America, for 206 years {now 235
years}, we have been committed to the Jewish people. The
Jewish people have found refuge here; they have found a
people who love them; and we can take pride in saying
that Israel is not an exclusively Jewish issue.
Bible-believing evangelicals consider the support of
Israel a Biblical mandate. Regardless of contrary opinion,
we do not believe Israel has to offer an excuse for its exis-
tence. Israel lives today as a righta right that has been
hallowed by the Bible, by history, by sacrifice, by prayer,
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and by the yearning for peace!
Israel; They shall build the waste cities and
inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and
drink wine from them; They shall also make gar-
dens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them
in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled
up From the land I have given them, Says the
Lord your God (Amos 9:14-15).
We believe one of the reasons America has been
blessed over the years is because we have stood with
Israel. This promise is taken from Genesis 12:3, I will
bless them that bless thee. So, for Biblical reasons first
and foremost, we support the State of Israel. For human-
itarian reasons, we support the Jewish people. For histor-
ical reasons, believing that Palestine belongs to the Jewish
people, we support the State of Israel. For legal reasons,
dating back to 1948, and even further to the establish-
ment of the British Mandate, we believe the land of Pales-
tine belongs to the Jewish people.
Israel and the United States are not separate and dis-
tinctwe are one. We share common ideals and common
democracy. What unites us across the ocean, and brings
Jew and Christian together, is the recognition that Israel
is a nation that is a manifestation of what America was
and is.
America has a strong interest in the Middle East. We
affirm our belief that the nation of Israel is the key to that
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interest because of our common bonds, our common val-
ues, our common belief in social justice, and the Godly
principles on which our two countries were founded.
In affirmation of these beliefs, we hereby set our
hands this 10
th
day of February, 1982.
God calls the land of Israel, My Land (Ezekiel
38:16), and He gave it to Israel by a blood covenant
that cannot be changed. God has assigned the land
of Israel to the children of Israel. God has never can-
celled what He assigned.
Jews returning to Israel is a fulfillment of
Prophecy.
God said that Israel would be scattered among
the heathen and they were. But He also said they
would be re-gathered and they have been.
four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:12)
Israel (Amos 9:14)
For I will take you from among the
nations, gather you out of all countries, and
bring you into your own land (Ezekiel
36:24).
I will bring them back to this place, and I
will cause them to dwell safely (Jeremiah
32:37).
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I will plant them in their land, And no
longer shall they be pulled up From the land I
have given them (Amos 9:15).
I will say to the north, Give them up!
And to the south, Do not keep them back!
Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters
from the ends of the earth (Isaiah 43:6)
Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift
My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up
My standard for the peoples; They shall bring
your sons in their arms, And your daughters
shall be carried on their shoulders (Isaiah
49:22).
Corrie ten Boom believed this her entire life.
Her grandfather, Willem ten Boom, founded a
prayer meeting in Holland at the ten Boom clock
shop in 1844. They prayed for the Jewish people that
they might return to their land, according to Psalm
122:6. That prayer meeting lasted 100 years until
they were taken to the Nazi death camps, where
most of the ten Boom family gave their lives for sav-
ing Jewish people. As Chairman of the Corrie ten
Boom House, I have resurrected this family prayer
meeting tradition. It is now spreading all over the
world. You can be part of it, too! (www.jerusalem-
prayerteam.org)
It is of great interest to notice that Isaiah pre-
dicted the people of Israel would return to their
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homeland by airplanes, hundreds of years before
the invention of airplanes. Who are these who fly like
a cloud, And like doves to their roosts? (Isaiah 60:8).
He also predicted that they would return by ships:
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the
ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far,
their silver and their gold with them, unto the
name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy
One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee
(Isaiah 60:9, KJV).
The final restoration of the Jews to their home-
land comes with a wonderful promise:
And I will bring again the captivity of my
people of Israel, and they shall build the waste
cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and drink the wine thereof: they shall
also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And I will plant them upon their land, and they
shall no more be pulled out of their land which I
have given them, saith the LORD thy God
(Amos 9:14-15, KJV).
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10. Because God Says
He Would Raise Up
Intercessors!
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye
that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And
give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make
Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62:6-7, KJV).
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen
such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth
in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for
as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her
children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause
to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to
bring forth , and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all
ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that
mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied
with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may
milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of
her glory. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the
Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck ,
ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled
upon her knees. As one whom his mother com-
forteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be com-
forted in Jerusalem (Isaiah 66:8-13, KJV).
N
othing is more important to God than
prayer. God will do nothing without
prayer. The fuel that moves the engine of
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humanity is prayer.
God has a purpose and a plan for our lives. The
lives of our nation and the nation of Israel are
dependent on prayer. His will and His blessings are
bound up in prayer. Almighty God created the
world, and He created the nation of Israel. His pur-
poses and plans are more important than anything
that man can do.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and
shew thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not (Jeremiah 33:3, KJV).
As Jeremiah prophesied to the Jewish people
during their captivity in Babylon, he was given this
promise. The Jews were ultimately delivered from
captivity, and revival came to Israel.
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of
Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come
concerning my sons, and concerning the work of
my hands command ye me (Isaiah 45:11, KJV).
God takes prayer so seriously that He even says
that we can command Him (Isaiah 45:11). Although
this sounds like heresy, it is nonetheless true.
Daniel in Babylon (Iraq) refused to obey the
decree of the king. The king had decreed that no one
could ask any petition of any God or man for 30
days. But Daniel, who prayed three times a day
(Daniel 6:1-23), continued to pray just as he had
done before the decree. The God that Daniel was
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honoring honored Daniel and shut the mouth of the
lion in the lions den. Daniels prayers prevailed in
the midst of Israels captivity in Babylon.
For thus saith the LORD, That after sev-
enty years be accomplished at Babylon I will
visit you, and perform my good word toward
you, in causing you to return to this place. For
I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of
evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye
call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto
me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye
shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search
for me with all your heart. And I will be found
of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away
your captivity, and I will gather you from all
the nations, and from all the places whither I
have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will
bring you again into the place whence I caused
you to be carried away captive (Jeremiah
29:10-14, KJV).
Abraham is a striking example of the power of
prayer. He interceded for Sodom for Lots sake and
God delayed judgment. God would have even
spared Sodom for ten righteous souls (Genesis
18:20-33). He thought surely Lot and his wife, his
daughters, his sons and sons-in-law would be right-
eous and total more than ten.
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Abraham was a praying man. Wherever he
pitched his tent and camped for a season with his
household, there he erected an altar of sacrifice and
of prayer. In another example, God said to Abim-
elech, Abrahamis a prophet, and he shall pray for thee,
and thou shalt live (Genesis 20:7, KJV). God heard
Abrahams prayers, and He will hear ours. Thats
why He wants us to be part of His Team and His
Dream.
Moses prayed for 40 days for Israel. The result
of his prayers was a mighty deliverance for the
nation of Israel. Gods movement to bring Israel
from bondage had its inception in prayer (Exodus
2:23-25; 3:9).
September 11th was a visit from hell, planned
in hell by demon spirits. The terrorist holocaust in
Israel is also a result of the same spiritual powers.
These powers cannot be defeated without prayer.
Praying saints are Gods agents to carry out His will
on earth. America is helpless without prayer, as is
Israel. If Jesus said that He could do nothing with-
out prayer, then we surely cannot hope to accom-
plish anything of eternal significance without
prayer.
A Christian that refuses to pray is like a swim-
mer that refuses to get in the water. All the talking
in the world of how much we know about swim-
ming will only bring those we are trying to influ-
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ence to laughter. For a Christian, to refuse to make
prayer the number one priority is like saying to Al
Qaeda, We refuse to fight; you win! Our weapons
of war and our Commander in Chief is waiting to
win the Battle, we only need to speak the Word.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, hav-
ing in his hand a live coal which he had taken
with the tongs from the altar. And he touched
my mouth with it, and said: Behold, this has
touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged (Isaiah 6:6-7).
Darkness flees when we pray! Demons tremble
when we pray. Heaven moves when we pray, and
angels receive assignment when we pray. Prayer
affects three realms: The Divine, the Angelic, and
the Human. Without it, demons rule uncontested
(Ephesians 6).
Hannahs petition for a son (1 Samuel 1:11)
began a great prayer movement for God in Israel.
Hannahs prayers birthed Samuel the Prophet who
would anoint a shepherd boy to become the king of
Israel and rule over the City of David. Samuel was
a man of prayer. He stood before the people on one
occasion and said, far be it from me that I should sin
against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you (1 Samuel
12:23).
We cannot make contact with God without
prayer. If we dont make contact with God, no mat-
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ter how sincere our intentions are, we will not see a
change in the circumstances of life.
When King Solomon prayed at the dedication
of the Temple, God showed up with great power
and revealed His plan to Solomon (2 Chronicles
7:12-15). He called unto God in prayer and Jehovah
was there. Then you shall call, and the Lord will
answer; You shall cry, and He will say, Here I am (Isa-
iah 58:9). King Solomon prophesied that a national
revival was coming to Israel. It has not happened
yet; and it can only come through the power of
prayer. You and I can usher in that revival through
prayer.
Hezekiah was another example of Gods
response to prayer and repentance. During a dark
hour of Israels history, the Assyrians demanded
heavy tribute from the king. In response, Hezekiah
stripped the Temple of its gold and silver in order
to meet the demand. Still that was not enough. The
Assyrians mounted an attack against the city.
Hezekiah bowed before God, and prayed. God
responded with an amazing victory! He sent a
plague that killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.
In great gratitude for Gods mercy, Hezekiah
cleansed, repaired, and reopened the Temple of
God. Worship to Jehovah was restored. Daily sacri-
fices were resumed. The Passover Feast was cele-
brated by the nation.
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If My people who are called by My name
will humble themselves, and pray and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I
will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin
and heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:14).
God has watchmen on the wall. We call them
Esthers and Nehemiahsmembers of the Jerusalem
Prayer Team...people like Corrie ten Boom, and
hopefully, people like you.
The world has been scratching its head trying
to find an answer to the crisis in the Bible land. That
answer is in your hands and mine.
You do not have because you do not ask
(James 4:2).
So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to
you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will
be opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened (Luke 11:9-10).
You may be like Jonah. He did everything but
pray. He knew what God wanted him to do, but
kept resisting. Jonah fled, and ended up in the belly
of a big fish. There he cried out to God against
whom he had sinned. God intervened and caused
the fish to vomit Jonah out onto dry land. Even the
fish of the sea are subject to the power of prayer.
When those in Nineveh saw this stinking, praying
prophet, they repented quickly and God sent
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revival.
Then another angel, having a golden
censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given
much incense, that he should offer it with the
prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar
which was before the throne. And the smoke of
the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angels hand. Then
the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from
the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there
were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an
earthquake (Revelation 8:3-5).
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Conclusion
For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their
spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to
them in material things (Romans 15:27).
Stand with Israel!
If the revealed will of God and the record of his-
tory mean anything to followers of the Jewish Mes-
siahas they mustwe can only conclude that
Christians have a heaven-ordained duty to love and
support the Jewish people in every possible way.
More than a duty, we should consider it our great
privilege to bless the people who have blessed us;
especially by being the channels through which our
sacred Bible and our precious salvation have come
to us.
Jesus Himself said that the Son of Man will pass
judgment on the nations when He comes to rule on
His glorious throne as King of Kings (Matthew
25:31). He went on to reveal that the main criteria
for judgment would be how Gentiles treated His
brothers (25:40). Of course, all of us who are faithful
followers of the Great Shepherd are the Lords spir-
itual brethren. But Jesus Jewish kin will always be
His basic family stock, and thus His particular
brethren. There is good reason to believe that these
are the ones the Lord was referring to in the 25th
chapter of Matthew.
Paul confirms that the Lord wants Christians to
especially bless the Jewish people (Romans 15:26-
27). Indeed, these Scriptures reveal that Jewish
Believers in Jesuswho are once again greatly mul-
tiplying in our dayshould be the direct recipients
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of financial blessings from Gentile Believers:
For it pleased those from Macedonia and
Achaia to make a certain contribution for the
poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. It
pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors.
For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their
spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to
them in material things.
Christians have been blessed beyond words by
being grafted into the rich olive tree of Israel. There-
fore, we must minister to the Jewish Believers in the
Promised Land in many ways, but especially by
actively supporting their right to live there. This is
doubly important since widespread anti-Semitism
has once again reared its ugly head in recent years.
My dear friend, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
was asked by President Clinton to take a brave
gamble. I appealed to Rabin in person and by letter
not to believe that lie. My appeal was not heard by
this beloved man.
This is the text of the letter that I sent to the
Prime Minister:
Dear Prime Minister Rabin,
I just left the White House with a broken heart. I did
not go to be a part of the Arafat celebration. I went as a
representative of the 50 million evangelicals in America.
My purpose for going, Mr. Prime Minister, was not to
express support for Yasser Arafat, nor to get his auto-
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graph, but to express support for Israels Bible Lands.
I did not feel tears running down my face as many
did at the White House. Nor did my heart pound from
hyped-up media reports of an historic reconciliation with
a man who ordered the murders of school children in
Avivim, Maalot and Antwerp, of eleven Jewish athletes
in Munich, Synagogue worshippers in Istanbul, a child
and his pregnant mother in Alfeh Menashe, and a mother
and her children on a bus in Jericho. This same man who
ordered innocent Arabs in Nablus hanged by their chins
on butchers hooks until they died, ordered the bellies of
pregnant Arab women split open before the eyes of their
husbands, and the hands of Arab children chopped off
while their parents watchedsimply because these Arabs
disagreed.
Mr. Prime Minister, how can the government of
Israel commit itself to the withdrawal of armed forces
from Gaza and Jericho and provide security for Israeli cit-
izens in the West Negev and in southern Israel? How can
the doors opening to the Palestinians, worldwide, into
Jericho and Gaza, keep from escalating terrorism and a
deepening of hostility? How will foreign international
forces insure Israels security? They didnt do it in
Lebanon when the United Nation forces worked with the
P.L.O. When the P.L.O. strikes Israel, it will be virtually
impossible for Israel to retaliate with the U.N. or inter-
national forces in the way.
As evangelicals, we believe in peace and forgiveness.
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Indeed, this is the Jewish year 5754 when your nation is
in the midst of celebrating its Holy days. During this
Holy season, there is a need for repentance, humbling
ourselves and asking forgiveness by God Almighty, for
any and all sins.
Mr. Prime Minister, the healing and reconciliation
must happen in the human heart between Arab and Jew.
The basis for it cannot be land nor cutting deals with a
terrorist who has repented of nothing. God dearly loves
the Arab people just as He loves your beloved people. The
question is how will innocent children and even innocent
civilians benefit by dealing with shrewd, demon-inspired
terrorists and politicians who wish Israel no goodonly
their destruction. To think that the P.L.O. would take over
the administrated territories that God Almighty gave to
your beloved people, and that more than 120,000 settlers
in these territories will be subject to the P.L.O. is beyond
reason. Even if the army succeeds in protecting them
against terrorists, no Jew will want to live at the mercy
of a dictatorial P.L.O. regime, which will have control of
land, water and services.
President Clinton has coined thisa brave gam-
ble. Mr. Prime Minister, one does not gamble with Gods
prophetic land nor His prophetic plan. Nebuchadnezzar
tried that and lived to greatly regret it.
In my 13 meetings with Prime Minister Begin, we
talked about building a bridge based upon mutual respect.
My greatest fear, Mr. Prime Minister, is that there seems
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to be a bridge being built between Gaza and Jericho based
upon destruction. Can you imagine America inviting a
terrorist organization that had terrorized our country and
killed our civilians like Arafat has yours to have a state
in Virginiajust a few miles from our capital, Washing-
ton, D.C.? There is no question that Arafat demands a
Palestinian state and not in Jericho and Gaza. He wants
it all.
Prime Minister Rabin, we believe that God Almighty
promised the land of Israel, in its entirety, to your people,
and the promises of Gods Word are non-negotiable.
On October 30, 1991, at the Middle East Peace Con-
ference, I boldly confronted Secretary of State, James
Baker, and said the following,
Most of the times that our Presidents have run for
election, they have always told us evangelicals that they
were going to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Obvi-
ously, every capital in the world is recognized as a capital,
except Jerusalem. Why cant America recognize
Jerusalem as Israels capital as a gesture of peace? Sec-
ondly, we are moving our military presence into the Arab
world for a sense of security, why cant we have a military
presence in Israel to help its security? It has suffered so
greatlyespecially paying such a dear price during the
Persian Gulf War.
You know Mr. Bakers response
These things must be determined by negotiations.
With whom shall God negotiate? One must be very
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careful before one begins negotiating on Bible Lands with-
out considering the God who gave these lands. If one
determines that they are going to divide what God
Almighty has given, then indeed, the judgment of God
could very severely fall upon the head of that individual.
Either God existsor He doesnt. Either Gods Word is
trueor it isnt. If He does, and it is, then one must walk
very softly.
At the 43
rd
Session of the U.N. General Assembly
meeting in Geneva on December 13, 1988, Arafat made
the statement
The only birth certificate for the establishment for
the state of Israel is resolution 181 approved by the Gen-
eral Assembly on November 29, 1947.
the first and decisive resolution of our Palestine
National Council was the proclamation of the establish-
ment of the state of Palestine with the Holy City of
Jerusalem-al-Quds ask-Shareef as its capital.
Arafat, on December 13, 1988, stated in his speech:
I condemn terrorism in all its forms.
Only God knows the number of funerals you have
had since 1988 when Arafat lied. Prime Minister Rabin,
I have written six major books on your nation and hun-
dreds of articles. I have worked very closely with, and
have had eighteen meetings with your last four prime
ministers. In the last two decades, when Israel has had a
crisis, I have always been there. Based upon my experi-
ence and knowledge, I do not believe for a second that
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there is any intention of these players in the peace process,
to respect Israels rights. This is more Arab rhetoric
more as we say, shuck and jive.
Mount Calvary, the Lords Tomb, the Mount of
Olives, the Via Dolorosa, the Garden of Gethsemane and
even the Temple site where we believe the Messiah will
come back toare all part of East Jerusalem. We believe
in our Bible that it will be in Jewish hands when our Mes-
siah returns. To place it in the hands of an Arab P.L.O.
State is paramount to ripping pages of prophecy right out
of the Bible and shaking your fist in the face of God
Almighty who gave you this land.
I see no indication that Americas policy has
changed, nor that Arafats policies have changed. When
three Palestinians are on trial for attempting to blow up
the World Trade Centerwhen four graves were being
dug in Jerusalem because of Palestinians killing Israelis
while you were with Arafat at the White House, and
when the very man who embraced Saddam Hussein and
helped orchestrate a war not only to eliminate Kuwait but
to hopefully destroy Israel, has repented of nothingeven
refusing adamantly to denounce terrorism in his speech
at the White HouseI cannot understand why you
would shake his hand.
Mr. Prime Minister, you and I met recently and I
gave you copies of my specials that were seen by more
than 23 million people in America, Israel, Americas Key
to Survival, Jerusalem, D.C. , and Let My People
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Go. I brought my Bible. We discussed the prophecies of
the Bible, and I prayed with you. I urged you to base your
decisions on the Bible and not public opinion, because
ultimately the blessings of God will be the determining
factor upon which nations fall or rise. I have made the
same appeal to your predecessors during the last two
decades.
Twenty-three nations, which lifted their hands
against your nation throughout history, have ceased to
exist. But the people of the Book live on. Perseverance
based upon faith in God and in His Word will outlast per-
secution.
I appeal to you to make your decisions based upon
Gods promise to your land. Israel was not created in
1948, and Jerusalem was not given to you in 1967. It was
given by God Almighty 3,000 years ago through the
father of your faith, Abraham. If the Bible is not to be con-
sidered the basis for your right to the land, then you may
as well tell the people of Israel to pack their bags. Life will
become so unbearable, the Jews will not want to move to
Israel and great numbers there will move out because of
the hell they are going throughlike a great exodus. The
world community will attempt to pressure Israel to give
up every inch of land possiblemaking life absolutely
unbearable for your beloved nation.
Prime Minister Rabin, this week I will address the
entire nation of the former U.S.S.R. and all of its
republics. I will be speaking to them for one hour, prime
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time, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Moscow I, on September 26.
This is a message that I spoke at the Kremlin Palace. With
all of my heart, I believe that the one million Russian Jews
coming to Israel is a fulfillment of prophecy. This
prophetic exodus must continue, but it will not, based
upon Arafats present policies.
On Monday, September 13, Yasser Arafat made his
pledge and promise to America and Israel that he would
accept Jericho and Gaza, but on Sunday, September 19,
the P.L.O. Chairman, Yasser Arafat, promised the Arab
Foreign Ministers at the Islamic conference in Cairo,
The peace accord with Israel is only the first step in
an effort to regain lands controlled by Israel, including
East Jerusalem. The three million Palestinian refugees
outside of Israel will be allowed to return home. Israel
must return all territories taken from the 67 war. The
agreement we have reached is nothing but a first step. It
is the basis for a transitional solution and the broad out-
line for an ultimate solution that will be based on the end-
ing of the occupation and the total withdrawal from our
landour Holy sites, and our Holy Jerusalem. The most
important part of the agreement is not only the with-
drawal from Gaza and Jericho, but the recognition of the
Palestinian authority and jurisdiction over all the occu-
pied territories.
The basic promise God gave to the Nation of Israel
and the Jewish descendants of Abraham is given in Gen-
esis 15:18 with the Covenant God made with Abraham:
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To your descendants I have given this land, from
the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river
Euphrates.
All this land was what God promised would eventu-
ally be under Jewish control and part of the Nation of
Israel. Giving away any of this land violates the
Covenant God made with Israel, with the final fulfillment
of the boundaries of Israel to come during the Messianic
Age.
In regards to specific land in question that the P.L.O.
would control, Jericho is predominantly mentioned in the
Bible in regards to Gods promises to the Jewish succes-
sors of Abraham. It is believed that God continued the
promise, of inheritance of the land to Moses and Joshua,
at the time of the crossing of the Jordan River into the
Promised Land. This promise was continued in Joshua
1:3-4 where God spoke to Joshua and said:
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I
have given to you, just as I spoke to Moses. From the
wilderness and from Lebanon as far as the great river, the
river Euphrates as far as the great sea toward the setting
of the sun, will be your territory.
The specific right to the city of Jericho was given to
the Nation of Israel through Gods promise to Joshua in
Joshua 6:2 where the Lord said:
See I have given Jericho into your hand, with its
king and the valiant warriors.
The basic principle was laid forth by Joshua in Joshua
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6:26, that anyone that fortified the city of Jericho against
the Nation of Israel would be cursed with a curse. The
Lord made this oath to Joshua after the city of Jericho had
been destroyed and all the people killed as per Gods
instructions to Joshua. Joshua 6:26 gives the oath that
Joshua and the Nation of Israel made.
Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying,
Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and
builds the city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn
he shall lay his foundation, and with the loss of his
youngest son he shall set up its gates.
We see an example of the fulfillment of this oath in I
Kings 16:34 where Hiel fortified Jericho, and with its
foundation he lost his firstborn son, Abiram, and with
its gates, he lost his youngest son, Segub, which the Bible
says was according to the Word of the Lord which was
spoken by Joshua the son of Nun.
Prime Minister Rabin, as a Bible believing Chris-
tian, my face turned red with embarrassment when Pres-
ident Clinton said:
The sound we heard today, once again as in ancient
Jericho, was of trumpets toppling walls, the walls of anger
and suspicion between Israeli and Palestinian, between
Arab and Jew. This time, praise God, the trumpets herald
not the destruction of that city, but its new beginning.
President Clinton praised God that the trumpets
herald not the destruction of Jericho but its new begin-
ning. The walls of Jericho fell by a mighty act of God
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because of a glorious miracle. To mock that miracle, or to
compare that miracle with what is happening with Jericho
today, is an embarrassment to all Bible believing Chris-
tians.
It is quite obvious that with autonomy given to the
P.L.O. and the Palestinian people of Jericho, that the city
will once again be fortified with its own police force and
with heavy security if Yasser Arafat establishes his tem-
porary home and headquarters in that city. The curse of
God will descend upon anyone who does this.
While the actual city of Jericho lies within the bound-
aries of the land originally given to the tribe of Benjamin,
the area of Judah and Judea are, without question, lands
promised by God Almighty to the Jewish people. This
land cannot be devoid of Jewish control and Jewish set-
tlement at that time when God, through the Messiah,
defends the Nation of Israel in its time of greatest danger.
Zechariah Chapter 12 and 14 indicate that the last
battle of the world will center around Jerusalem and that
the Lord will stand on the Mount of Olives to defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. God specifically states that He
will watch over the house of Judah and that the inhabi-
tants of Judah will be saved first before the inhabitants of
Jerusalem in this great carnage so that the inhabitants of
Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. Therefore,
it is absolutely imperative that before the coming of the
Messianic age and the deliverance of the Nation of Israel
through the Messiah, that the ancient boundaries of Judah
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be under control of the Jewish people, and not under
Arafat and the P.L.O. terrorist organization.
While he was here in America, Arafat arrogantly
boasted that his P.L.O. flag would fly over Jerusalem, and
all aspects of U.N. resolution 242 and 338 must be imple-
mented as a basis for peace.
Mr. Prime Minister, please be kind enough to tell me
what the basis is for allowing this terrorist to enter the
global community as a world diplomat, serving as head
of the 20
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Arab state. That will be paramount to the
P.L.O. serving as dictators over another hostile Arab
state, carved out of the back of the Bible Lands, with its
headquarters to be in the very door that God Almighty
told Joshua would be the entrance to the Promised
LandJericho.
Surely, you recognize that the Holy Land is the home
not only of the Muslim, and the Jewish faiths, but also
the Christian faith. We evangelicals have been strong,
courageous and uncompromising supporters of your
land.
Mr. Prime Minister, your credentials as a famous
General and Chief of Staff are extremely commendable.
Please enlighten us on why you would trust Yasser
Arafat. Did the Arab world rush to give up its territory
when six million Jews died in the Holocaust? No, it was
the Jewish people themselves who sacrificed and suffered
so that the prophecies could be fulfilled and your beloved
people could have a homeland.
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It is not the fault of Israel that the Palestinians have
had difficulty in Gaza. It is the fault of many current,
rich, Arab dictators, who refuse to give a crumb of bread,
or a small piece of their vast lands to establish a Palestin-
ian state, but would rather slip a knife in the back of their
Arab brothers who attempt to build any bridges based
upon mutual respect with your beloved land. Prime Min-
ister Rabin, why the great change in Israels policy?
We love you and your beloved country more than
words can tell, and pray for Israel daily. Mr. Prime Min-
ister, when does a pig have enough to eat? Will Jericho
and Gaza satisfy his appetite? How could that be possible
when he is already boasting about having East Jerusalem
and much more?
What is the basis for faith in an Islamic religion,
which has done everything in its power to boycott and
unmercifully eliminate the Jewish people? Why did the
Jewish people leave all of the 19 Arab states? It surely
wasnt because they were treated well. On the contrary,
they were hung, burned alive and tortured unmercifully.
For what? For being Jewish. Will it be any different in
the 20
th
Arab state under a terrorist leader? Why give the
P.L.O. a state when history records that the Palestinians
are Jordanians. Seventy percent of all Palestinians carry
Jordanian passports. Even if Arafat was a moderate, is it
possible that the P.L.O. terrorist organization will
improve after Arafat is gone? And, can you really believe
that Arafat will survive if he becomes a moderate? Sadat
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did not.
History records that the Arab nations have always
run their countries off the bullet not the ballot. As you
well know, this feud has gone on for 3,000 yearssince
the days of Ishmael and Isaac. It is much bigger than a
handshake and political speeches.
We evangelicals have no hatred in our hearts toward
the Arab people. We love them and pray for them. But we
have no respect for an unrepentant terrorist who wants
to deceive America and the nations of the world. There
will be a man born in days to come who will be like Yasser
Arafat, but a thousand times worse. In your Jewish Bible,
he is prophesied in the Book of Daniel, Chapter 8:23-25:
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the
transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce counte-
nance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his power: and
he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and prac-
tice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper
in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up
against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken with-
out hand.
Mr. Prime Minister, this prophecy describes a false
messiah who will rise up promising peace to the world,
and use economic leverage to manipulate the world into
that peace. Arafat is a perfect forerunner of that which is
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to come. The spirit in which Arafat is being influenced
by is described in the Book of Revelation 12:9:
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him (KJV).
Our former Speaker of the House, Jim Wright and I
talked about this matter. Jim Wright explained that he
had met with Sadat in Cairo, had flown to Jerusalem to
talk to Begin and was in the Knesset when Sadat made
his famous speech. I asked Jim Wright, How much do
you know about Arafat? Have you ever met him? He
answered, No, but he is a charming fellow, wouldnt you
agree? I told my friend, Jim Wright, I am sure many
thought Hitler was a charming fellow, too.
I had a similar conversation with Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Rev. Jackson said to me, This is a wonderful day. It is
the beginning of peace. Israel must recognize the golden
rule.
I told Rev. Jackson, We live in a day when those
who have the gold make the rule on the short term.
On the long term, man proposes, but God disposes.
God will indeed have the last word when it comes to the
Bible Lands and prophecy.
Prime Minister Rabin, we as Bible believing Chris-
tians are loyal allies and friends of your beloved land. We
have not been consulted concerning the decisions that are
being made. Our opinion has not been asked. Are you not
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interested in our opinions? If you are, I can tell you,
specifically, that evangelicals do not believe that God
breaks His promisesor that the Bible is negotiable.
I was asked by Prime Minister Shamirs Senior
Advisor, Dr. Reuben Hecht, if I would speak up for Israel
at the 43
rd
General Assembly of the United Nations at
Geneva when your Ambassador and Foreign Minister
held their specially convened conference. I told him I
would be delighted to do so. I boldly expressed the same
view that I am expressing in this letter. Your Foreign
Minister made a statement saying:
No one can be sure of what the Bible says concern-
ing our land, in that we do not determine our foreign pol-
icy by the Bible, nor do we know for sure what God says.
There was quite an uproar in Israel over this as I am
sure you are aware because of the fact that this was broad-
cast live to the nation. The truth is that you must deter-
mine your foreign policy, and all policies, by the Bible.
Your history records leaders upon whom God put His
hand, and leaders from whom God removed His hand.
David was a man after Gods own heart, because he loved
Gods Word, and he attempted to humble himselfeven
when he made mistakes. God blessed him. But Saul was
rejected by God and cursed. The people in the land expe-
rienced a terrible curse because of their disobedience.
We have no intention of seeing the Holy sites that
we love so dearly being desecrated as toilets as they were
before 1967. How hypocritical for the community of
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nations to demand that Israel trade land for peace! We
did not do it in America with Mexico, nor did we do it
with the American Indians. We told the American Indi-
ans that they could live in America, but they would have
to abide by our rules. What has made our nation great is
mutual respectnot trading land for peace.
Can you imagine a Mexican or an Indian terrorist
being invited to the White House and applauded by the
world community if he proclaimed Washington, D.C., as
his capital and had killed, proportionately, the number of
people the P.L.O. have killed, over the years, in your land?
Please explain to me, Mr. Prime Minister, so I can
communicate it to the evangelical community of America,
what the reason is for this festival of hypocrisy and the-
ater of the absurd that I witnessed in Washington, D.C.
Is it economic blackmail or is it just a genuine willingness
to want peace so desperately that you are willing to take
such an enormous risk?
Tom Foley, the Speaker of the House, when asked if
he would permit Arafat, in the future, to address the Con-
gress and the Senate in a joint session, he said:
Seven days ago, I would have said unequivocally,
no. But after seeing Arafat today, I would say that it
would be highly probable.
Prime Minister Rabin, what in the world did Arafat
do to be granted amnesty for all of his acts of butchery?
Can you imagine an American doing what Arafat has
done in America, slaughtering innocent civilians, hijack-
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ing planes, committing unbelievable atrocities, and then
the President of the United States throwing him a multi-
million dollar party in the White House promising to
raise him over $7 billion? Why, the President would be
impeached within 24 hours for attempting to conduct
himself in such a way.
I could not believe it when I saw many Senators and
Congressmen, that I highly respect, standing in line, as
if they were at a carnival, attempting to get Yasser
Arafats autograph. If I have ever seen a gathering of the
most powerful leaders of the world totally deceived by one
man, I saw it that day. As an American, and on behalf of
our leaders who are more concerned about political expe-
diency and the history books than they are about human
lives, I humbly ask your forgiveness for the embarrassing
position in which you were placed.
How in the world can a smile and a handshake be the
basis for mutual respect? God only knows how many
individuals received a smile and a handshake from Hitler
before they were shot in the head.
How much land, Mr. Prime Minister, can Israel be
forced to give up before the security of your beloved
nation is jeopardized? At the present moment, your
early warning time is zero.
How can Israel, whose foundation is based upon God
and the Bible and a desire to preserve a homeland for the
Jewish people, hope to live in peace with a people whose
allegiance is to Allah and whose life is Islamwho are
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devoted, fanatically, to their own religion, striving to
raise the banner of Islam over every inch of Palestine?
In the Islamic religion, Muslims are required to
make war on the Jewish infidels and all others who reject
Islam, because this is just punishment. The Islamic
Resistance Movement must aspire to the realization of
Allahs promises, no matter how long it takes.
The Prophet Allahhas said: The day of judgment
will not come until Muslims fight and kill the Jews.
Mr. Prime Minister, the Arab population in the Mid-
dle East is 500 times your size, and their armies outnum-
ber you thirteen-to-one. Their combined air force is three
times larger than yours, and they have even a greater
advantage in the number of tanks. They need more land
like they need a hole in their head. The Arabs have plenty
of land to give away, and plenty of money to establish a
Palestinian state.
Salman Rushdie still fears for his life because of sim-
ply writing the book, Satanic Verses. In the eyes of Islam,
he deserves to die. The entire world, all of its journalists
and its appeals have not been able to pacify the wrath of
Islam fanatics who want to kill Rushdie.
Prime Minister Rabin, in the last 3,000 years, in
spite of the signing of 5,721 major peace treaties, there
have only been 268 years of peace. The Arab world is still
in a state of war against your great nation. They are still
boycotting the land of Israel. America still refuses to rec-
ognize Jerusalem as your capital and calls your Bible
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Land territories occupied.
Make war upon those who believe noteven if they
be people of the book. Make war upon them until idolatry
is no more and Allahs religion reigns supreme.
Mr. Prime Minister, as our President forced you to
shake Yasser Arafats hand, the words of the Koran were
ringing through my ears. The miracle of the re-birth of
Israel in 1948 after 2,536 years of almost uninterrupted
foreign subjugation.
The miracle of the restoration of Jerusalem as your
Holy capital is indeed a fulfillment of Gods promises.
God always keeps His promises. That cannot be said for
man. The motto of the British 14
th
Bomber Squad as they
flew over Jerusalem in 1917 was I spread my wings and
keep my promise. The British never kept their promise,
but God Almighty has. He has been faithful.
When I confronted Yasser Arafat, face-to-face, at the
43
rd
General Assembly in Geneva, asking him to recog-
nize Jerusalem as your capital and your biblical rights,
he went into a rage telling me,
Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. He asked, What must
I do to make you shut up? Strip tease for you? It would
be absurd.
Mr. Prime Minister, I have no intention of shutting
up. I believe the Bible, and I, along with Bible believing
evangelicals, will courageously stand up for your biblical,
historical and humanitarian rightsin spite of weak-
kneed politicians or the liberal press.
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Prime Minister Rabin, the P.L.O. covenant in Arti-
cle II denies the possibility of dividing mandatory Pales-
tine into more than one state. Article VI excludes all Jews
who arrive in Palestine after 1917 from remaining in the
projected Arab Palestine state. Article IX offers armed
struggle as the only way to liberate Palestine. Article XIX
and XX declares illegal the Balfour Declaration, and the
mandate for Palestine, and the 1947 U.N. decision to
petition Palestine and establish the state of Israel and
which determines the Jews are members of a religion not
a nationality or a nation. I do not need to remind you of
Article XXII challenging Zionism.
Mr. Prime Minister, I realize that a great number of
the Jewish organizations in America are applauding your
meeting with Arafatas are the World Council of
Churches. Both of these organizations have a lot in com-
mon. They both reject the Bible as the Word of God.
We evangelicals accept the Bible as non-negotiable.
God Almighty exists, and He miraculously gave your
beloved people Jericho, how in the world can this same
Jericho be given to Arafat as his transitional capital? Has
anyone asked Gods opinion or even consulted your Eter-
nal Declaration of Independencethe Word of God?
I realize that you do have peace, to some degree, with
Egypt because Anwar al-Sadat presented a new type of
Islam in which he said,
No religion in politics. No politics in religionan
ecumenical Islam.
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But as you well know, Sadat was not quoting from
the Koran. This was a new philosophy that he thought he
could sell to the Islamic world, but as we say in Texas,
that dog wont hunt. His Muslim brothers assassinated
Sadat for being what they considered a traitor to their
cause.
I want to remind you of what Yasser Arafat did in
1981 at the Islamic conference in Mecca when he pressed
for a swearing of a collective oath by Muslim delegation
heads binding them to afford all means to liberate
Jerusalem. This time, however, Saudi King Khalid man-
aged to dissuade him. According to Saudi Foreign Min-
ister, Saud al-Faysal,
There was a proposal on the liberation of Jerusalem
at the opening session of the Islamic conference in the
Mecca Mosque. King Khalid asserted to the P.L.O. leader
that the meeting of Muslims near the Ka-ba in the house
of God, in a conference designated as the Palestinian and
Jerusalem conference is already a binding pledge to liber-
ate Holy Jerusalem I believe that the whole conference
represents a pledge by Muslims to liberate Jerusalem.
Has anything really changed in the minds of the
Arab leaders of the Middle East?
In 1970, Jordan was virtually overthrown by Yasser
Arafat because of his terrorist activities. It was your own
nation that saved Jordan from this maniac. Why in the
world would you want to sandwich him between the Holy
City of Jerusalem and Jordan?
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The Arab world wants Jerusalem. They have their
own version of next year in Jerusalem, and it is not
based upon the desire to pray for the return of the Mes-
siah, but to drive your beloved people out of the land.
But God keeps His promises, and the Word of God
proclaims
I will restore the captivity of my people, Israel, and
they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They
will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, and make
gardens, and eat their fruit. I will also plant them in the
land, and they will not again be rooted out from their
landwhich I have given themsays the Lord your
God (Jeremiah 29:4-10).
Mr. Prime Minister, from the old border, the pre-
1967 border, the distance is nine miles, or fifteen kilome-
ters. This is the distance between Kennedy Airport and
Queens in New York. From the Jordan River or the Jor-
danian territory that is east of the Jordan River to
Jerusalemis six minutes. This is with an F5G with a
full load of bombs at a low altitude. As a military Gen-
eral, you have to know that in strictly military terms, you
have about four minutes of early warning time. Four
minutes of early warning time, in practical terms, means
zero warning time.
What guarantee do you have that Russia will not
ultimately move in the direction of your land in the
future? Your Jewish Bible predicts in Ezekiel 38, by the
prophet Ezekiel, that indeed she will. And by the way, Mr.
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Prime Minister, two-thirds of the prophecies of your Jew-
ish prophets have already been fulfilled concerning your
land. God does keep His promises. General George Kee-
gan, a former head of the U.S. Air Force, mentioned to
me in the past that if the West Bank were to fall into
Arafats hands, and two brigades of well-equipped Soviet
divisions were introduced into the West Bank, in one
night, Israel would cease to exist. I dont believe it will
cease to exist because the Bible prophesies a battle called
the Battle of Armageddon. But God forbid that the winds
of that battle have to blow prematurely because of mis-
takes made by manbecause of a world that wants Israel
to give up its territory and lose the security of its nation.
President Clinton referred to the Arab and Palestin-
ian children and said that this decision needed to be made
for their safety. What will the Soviet Union be like ten or
twenty years from now? High-level Soviet Generals, with
whom I have met, have told me that there will ultimately
be a revolution and it will be worse than before. If indeed
that is the case, could your decision be forcing the chil-
dren of Israel into a premature Armageddon?
Prime Minister Rabin, when I founded the Prayer
Breakfast in honor of Israel in conjunction with the
National Religious Broadcasters, I gave a speech, which
is in the Congressional Record.
Mr. Prime Minister, the land of Palestine belongs to
the Jewish people. Millions of evangelicals signed this
proclamation. I appeal to you to read Psalm 83:3-5espe-
MIKE EVANS
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cially these words
Those who hate thee have exalted themselves. They
make shrewd plans against thy people and conspire
together against thy treasured ones. They have said come
let us wipe them out as a nation. Let the name of Israel
be remembered no more. They have conspired together
with one mind against thee to make a covenant.
The Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem met with Harry Tru-
man in the White House concerning the re-establishment
of your state. He said,
President Truman, God put you in your mothers
womb to bring about the re-birth of Israel after 2,000
years.
President Truman had the courage to stand up and
acknowledge Israels biblical rights. As amazing as it
might sound, the Soviets did also.
Please Mr. Prime Minister, God did not put you in
your mothers womb to bring about the destruction of
Israel. The Word of God declares in Isaiah 62:6-7
I have set watchmen upon the walls O Jerusalem
which shall never hold their peaceday or night. He that
make mention of the Lord keep not silent. Give him no
rest until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Com-
fort ye. Comfort ye my people, saith your God.
The Bible also says
When they shall cry peace and safety, then shall
come sudden destruction upon them as travail upon a
woman with child.
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Jerusalem is facing its greatest threat in its 3,000-
year history.
Mr. Prime Minister, call the people of the Book to
humble themselves and fast and pray on these your Holy
days. God is able to do what no man can do. He has done
it before for your beloved land. Let me quote from II
Chronicles 7:14:
If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
I humbly appeal to you to call your nation to humble
themselves, fast and pray based upon II Chronicles 7:14
that the God of Heaven will hear and answer your
prayers. More than anything else, Israel needs a
revivala spiritual rebirth. That spiritual rebirth,
indeed, will bring Gods blessings and favor.
You are giving up everything. Yasser Arafat, and his
P.L.O. terrorist organization, is giving up nothing. If that
is the basis for a marriage, then Yasser Arafat will become
delighted to be married to your beloved land.
Mr. Prime Minister, always rememberwhen you
dance with a gorilla, the dance isnt over with until the
gorilla says so.
With sincere prayers for the peace of Jerusalem and
the land of Israel, above all,
Michael David Evans
MIKE EVANS
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Why should Christians support Israel?
Because it is Gods will to do so! It is impossible
to believe the Bible, and not know that.
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The Jerusalem
Prayer Team
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6).
After 61 days of fasting and prayer, God spoke
the vision for the Jerusalem Prayer Team in my
heart. This was to be Gods dream and Gods team.
After I heard from heaven, I flew to Jerusalem to
meet with Mayor Ehud Olmert to share the vision
of the Jerusalem Prayer Team. He was greatly
touched, and flew to Dallas in June 2002 to inaugu-
rate this prayer movement. Dr. Franklin Graham,
Dr. Jerry Falwell, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, Representative Dick Armey, and Gov-
ernor Rick Perry were some of those who partici-
pated either by letter or video.
Christians from all over America have joined
the Jerusalem Prayer Team. Many are household
names, i.e., Rev. Tommy Tenney, Dr. Pat Robertson,
Coach Bill McCartney, Dr. Tim LaHaye, Dr. John
Maxwell, Mr. Pat Boone, Dr. David Clark, Dr.
Michael Little, Ms. Kay Arthur, and others.
During the inaugural event, Mayor Ehud
Olmert said:
I wish to thank you on behalf of the people of
Jerusalem for your support, for your care, for your love,
for your friendship, for your generosity. I will go back
to Jerusalem, and I will tell the people of Jerusalem that
we have established here in Dallas something that will
spread across America, and later across the worldthe
Jerusalem Prayer Summitsthe Jerusalem Prayer
Teamthat I have the honor to inaugurate today. I prom-
ised it to my friend, Mike Evans, that I would join him
in going from one congregation to the other, from one
community to the other to participate in the Jerusalem
Prayer Summits. And we will talk, and we will approach
people, and we will share with them the responsibility and
the love that Christians and Jews have together for the
destiny of Jerusalem. For the future of Jerusalem, for the
love of God for this city, for the love of God for all of us,
thank you, thank you from Jerusalem. God bless all of
you!
Franklin Graham said in a letter (read at the
inaugural Prayer Summit): I certainly wish you
and all those participating Gods blessing and that God
will use this to help strengthen the Jewish people. We
have all been dismayed at how much positive media atten-
tion these fanatic Muslims are getting in this country
and we certainly pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
The vision of the Jerusalem Prayer Team is to

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have ten million intercessors praying daily for
national revival according to 2 Chronicles 7:14 as
prophesied by King Davids son, Solomon. Also
pray the prayer of King David who declared: Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love
thee. Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is not pray-
ing for stones or dirt. They dont weep or bleed. It
is praying for Gods protection over the lives of the
citizens of Jerusalem. It is praying for revival. It is
praying for Gods grace to be poured out.
Mother Teresa was one of the first people to tell
me she would pray daily for the Peace of Jerusalem
in Rome according to Psalm 122:6. She said to me,
Love is not something you say, its something you do.
I believe that with all my heart. That is why I am
appealing to you to join me in seeing what King
David sawwhat Solomon sawand what our
beloved Lord saw as they prayed in Jerusalem. Each
experienced the power of God in JerusalemGods
glory filled the house where they stood!
We are asking for ten million Christians to join
the Jerusalem Prayer Team, and are asking 100,000
churches to begin praying weekly during their Sun-
day services for the peace of Jerusalem.
Would you become a Jerusalem Prayer Team
member, and would you encourage others to do so?
If you will pray daily, if you will be a part of the
Lords answering this prayer, and a part of touching

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the destiny of the City of David, then contact me at
The Jerusalem Prayer Team, P. O. Box 30000,
Phoenix, AZ 85046.

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Evans, Mike D., Save Jerusalem, (Euless, TX: Bed-
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iii
Moshe Dayan, Address in the General Assembly
by Foreign Minister Dayan, September 27,
1979; http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/For-
eign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Rela-
tions%20since%201947/1979-1980/46%20Add
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Wise, Christopher, Derrida, Africa and the Middle
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Misselwitz, Philip and Rieniets, Tim, City of Col-
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