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Chapter 29: What?
Psalm 83:1-8 reveals that the ancient Philistines and inhabitants of ancient Tyre (Lebanon)
along with other nations consulted together with one consent to destroy God’s
people. And so it is today: Hamas, the inhabitants of the present-day
Philistine City-State of Gaza, and Hezbollah,
inhabitants of present-day Lebanon, along with other nations have formed a
Confederacy with other nations to destroy the nation of Israel. Psalm 83:1-8 1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep
silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against
Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That
the name of Israel may be remembered no more." 5 For
they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy
against You: 6 The tents of
Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They
have helped the children of Lot. Selah
NKJV What? Just as the giants of old spread “hamas”
(the Hebrew word for violence – see Chapter 28) throughout the earth causing
the Lord to destroy the earth with a flood – when Hamas, the Iranian-backed
Terrorist Organization formed a confederacy with Hezbollah, who inhabit
Lebanon, they began to spread their violence, that only Hamas can do, to
Lebanon and the Galilee lifting up their head against the Lord and taking
counsel to destroy God’s people. Not only would Hamas attack Israel in the south – they were now
attacking Israel in the north from inside Lebanon where they are spreading
their violence (hamas). Lebanon is now
home to a number of senior Hamas officials with reports that the entire Hamas
leadership may relocate their headquarters from Gaza to Lebanon. Just as those in Psalm 83 took counsel against God’s chosen people
– the modern-day Philistines and Tyrians have said, “Come, and let us cut
Israel off from being a nation” (Psalm 83: 4). Hamas’
Covenant to destroy Israel echoes Psalm 83:4, quoted as follows: The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement 18 August 1988 In The Name Of The Most Merciful Allah "Ye are the
best nation that hath been raised up unto mankind: ye command that which is
just, and ye forbid that which is unjust, and ye believe in Allah. And if
they who have received the scriptures had believed, it had surely been the
better for them: there are believers among them, but the greater part of them
are transgressors. They shall not hurt you, unless wit h a slight hurt; and
if they fight against you, they shall turn their backs to you, and they shall
not be helped. They are smitten with vileness wheresoever they are found;
unless they obtain security by entering into a treaty with Allah, and a
treaty with men; and they draw on themselves indignation from Allah, and they
are afflicted with poverty. This they suffer, because they disbelieved the
signs of Allah, and slew the prophets unjustly; this, because they were
rebellious, and transgressed." (Al-Imran - verses 109-111). Israel will exist
and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it
obliterated others before it" (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of
blessed memory). "The Islamic
world is on fire. Each of us should pour some water, no matter how little, to
extinguish whatever one can without waiting for the others." (Sheikh
Amjad al-Zahawi, of blessed memory). In The Name Of The
Most Merciful Allah What? Hamas believes that it is their duty to
destroy the State of Israel through Jihad (Islamic Holy War). According to their charter, Hamas targets
Christians as well as the Jewish people.
And, it’s shocking to know that Hamas is using the current conflict in
Israel to conduct attacks here on American soil. And, our politicians are appeasing the
followers of Hamas here in America for their own political purposes. What these politicians don’t understand is
that they are pawns of Hamas and that in due time, and when it is too late,
they too will know the wrath of Hamas. Hamas demands that Judaism and Christianity accept Islamic rule
in the Middle East. Hamas has proclaimed that it is the duty of the followers of other religions
to stop disputing the sovereignty of Islam in the Middle east – if not, after
Hamas takes over, the followers of Judaism and Christianity will know the
carnage, displacement and terror of Hamas.
Article 31 Hamas joined forces with
Hezbollah - Psalm 83 And when they did, Hamas spread
their violence to the Galilee To a Degree never before
Witnessed by the Residents of Metula Hamas
joined forces with Hezbollah - Psalm 83 And
when they did Hamas spread their violence to the Galilee To
a Degree never before Witnessed by the Residents of Metulla repeat above Just
as it was in the Day of Noah – once again Violence is being Spread throughout
the Earth There
is no Doubt that we are in the End Times – See Chapter 28 A major Theme throughout this book is Isaiah 9: Isaiah 9:1-2 1 But
there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish [for with
judgment comes the promise of salvation]. In earlier times He treated the
land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will
make them honored [by the presence of the Messiah], by the way of the sea,
on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 2The
people who walk in [spiritual] darkness Will see a great Light; Those who live in the dark land, The Light will shine on
them. Amplified Bible Reading
Scripture from a “Geographical” Perspective: Geography is fundamental to our
understanding of the Bible; otherwise, the Prophet Isaiah would not have
placed the focus on the geographical areas where Jesus would live and
minister throughout His lifetime. Seven hundred years before Christ was born the Prophet Isaiah
Prophesied that the identity and mission of the Messiah were linked with the
geographical area of Galilee – specifically the “Borderlands” of the Galilee
of the Gentiles in Upper Galilee – the tribal land of Zebulun and the tribal
land of Naphtali that God had held in contempt. On
Earth as in Heaven: In the above text, I placed an emphasis on different
geographical regions because as Christians we know that there is
always a spiritual dimension to earthly things. One is not inconsistent with
the other as one cannot exist without the other. Anyone who has read the Bible starting with
Genesis all the way through Revelation knows that from the beginning of time,
geography has played an important part
in determining the world as we know it today. Without a doubt, our Biblical past has and
continues to have a bearing on the history of mankind. Isaiah’s Prophecy about Jesus the
Galilean is key to understanding present-day events in the Galilee and the
Church worldwide. The geographical location where the events
in this book that occurred at the “Gate of the Good Fence” in Metulla,
Israel’s northernmost town is in accordance with Isaiah’s Prophecy that
Christ’s life and ministry would be tied to the Galilee where He spent His
life and where His public ministry began at the age of thirty. For
those reasons we need to keep in mind the many Scriptures in the New
Testament that echo Isaiah’s prophecy which tells us that Christ was a
Galilean and keep Isaiah’s Prophecy in
mind when reading this book as Isaiah’s Prophecy is still relevant not only
to the present-day events in the Galilee but the Church, worldwide, as well. Geography
plays an important role in the life of Christ as it fulfills Geographical
Prophecies: Matthew
2:13-15; Matthew 2:1-6; Matthew 2:23 and Matthew 4:12-17 are four examples of
Prophecies that specifically linked Christ to a specific geographical area
that were fulfilled in His lifetime. Jesus'
Galilean Ministry was a Fulfillment of Prophecy: The Apostle Matthew reveals that Christ’s
move from Nazareth to Capernaum was in fulfillment of Messianic prophecy –
Matthew 4:12-17. Matthew 4:12-16 12
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and
returned to Galilee. And, in the End Times when Christ returns for the final time,
those living in the Galilee who, because of Hezbollah and the violence that
Hamas is spreading throughout the Galilee, are presently walking about in
darkness will once again see the Great Light of Jesus Christ. The
following news articles echoes Psalm 83: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. New Lines Magazine: Hamas Attacks on Israel
from Lebanon Hamas
Attacks on Israel From Lebanon Stoke Fears of a Repeat of
History By: Alex Rowell; November
3, 2023 In Beirut, on the 54th anniversary of the Cairo Agreement,
parallels with the PLO of the late 1960s stir anxiety On
Nov. 2, the Palestinian militant group Hamas declared that its fighters had
launched 12 rockets at the Israeli border city of Kiryat Shmona from
neighboring Lebanon. The strike, which wounded two and set
cars ablaze on a commercial street, came four days after a similar attack in
which the group said it had fired 16 rockets at northern Israel from southern
Lebanon. That same day, Hamas staged a rare demonstration in the center of
the Lebanese capital, Beirut, at which hundreds waved its flags and
proclaimed support for its paramilitary wing, known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam
Brigades. Some attendees, including young children, carried mock models of
Hamas missiles. Nor was that the first time Hamas had announced attacks on
Israel from Lebanese territory since its stunning rampage across southern
Israel on Oct. 7. Ten days earlier, on Oct. 19, the group proclaimed it had
fired 30 rockets at the towns of Nahariya and Shlomi in the Galilee. It has
launched other rockets at the Golan Heights and, on Oct. 14, attempted an
entry into northern Israel near the border community of Margaliot, which was
thwarted by an Israeli drone strike, killing three Hamas fighters. This unusually prominent and visible role played by Hamas and
other Palestinian factions in the recent fighting in Lebanon has raised fears
in the country of a repeat of a dark chapter in its history, when clashes in
the 1960s and ‘70s between Palestinian militants and Israel on Lebanese soil
precipitated a wider conflict, roping in Lebanese armed groups too,
culminating in the ruinous civil war from 1975 to 1990, from which the small
Mediterranean nation has never fully recovered. “We do not want to repeat the experience of Fatahland,” said
Gebran Bassil, the head of a large political party, the Free Patriotic
Movement, referring to the period when the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat’s
Fatah militia controlled much of southern Lebanon. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. On X (formerly Twitter): Hamas has no right
to use Lebanese Territory On X, formerly known as Twitter, the Lebanese journalist Yumna
Fawaz put it more bluntly to her 162,000 followers on Oct. 29: “Hamas has no right to use Lebanese
territory.” Already, well before the October violence, concerns had been
mounting in Lebanon about the growing presence and shifting behavior of
Palestinian militants in the country. Lebanon
has recently become home to a number of senior Hamas officials
who had previously been based in Qatar and Turkey. The country also now hosts
the leader of another Palestinian militia, known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ), which has also taken part in the recent fighting. In 2020, Hamas’
leader, Ismail Haniyeh, paid a much-publicized visit to Lebanon, touring the
country’s Palestinian refugee camps, in what some Lebanese took as a
provocative gesture. After days of deadly gun battles inside Lebanon’s
largest camp in the summer of 2023, the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati
decried what he called the Palestinian factions’ “flagrant violation of
Lebanese sovereignty,” saying it was “unacceptable” for the militants “to
terrify the Lebanese.” Much
of this new dynamic is thought to be linked to a change at the helm in Gaza
in 2017, when Yahya al-Sinwar — a ruthless character close to Iran — took
over as Hamas’ leader in the strip. Under
Sinwar, Hamas has mended fences with Lebanon’s Hezbollah
as well as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, both of whom it had previously clashed
with over events in Syria. As hatchets were buried and old camaraderies
restored, there was warm talk in pro-Iran circles of a “unity of
battlefields,” meaning that any attack on one member of the club (such as
Hamas in Gaza) would be taken as an attack on all. For Hamas and other
Palestinian factions in Lebanon specifically, this meant being permitted —
even expected — to take a more active part in combat against Israel than had
previously been the norm. In
late October, reports circulated that the entire Hamas leadership in Gaza may
be relocated to Lebanon, as part of a larger deal to end
the fighting. Though far from confirmed, the mere suggestion was enough to
cause alarm on Lebanese social media. “Worst idea ever,” wrote the Lebanese journalist and author Kim
Ghattas on X. “Whoever is floating this hasn’t thought it [through], hasn’t
read history, frankly doesn’t care about the region.” It would be “an epic disaster for Lebanon if true,” concurred
the blogger Mustapha Hamoui. As the Lebanese know all too well, there is ample precedent for
“epic disasters” of this kind. Lebanon’s atrocious civil war — which killed
an estimated 150,000 out of a population then numbering less than 3 million —
remains within the living memory of every Lebanese over the age of about 36.
And if there is any one phrase that serves as a byword for the diplomatic folly
that set the country on its path to doom, it is “the Cairo Agreement” —
signed on this day 54 years ago, in 1969. So notorious are the words that it
sufficed for a Lebanese analyst on X to describe the Hamas relocation
proposal as tantamount to “another Cairo Agreement in the making” for every
Lebanese reader of his words to grasp the danger at hand. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The Times of Israel website: Hezbollah
operative hurls Molotov Cocktail at Israel from Lebanon Hezbollah
operative hurls Molotov cocktail at Israel from Lebanon Firebomb
explodes near Metulla, damaging cable for water
infrastructure; IDF says troops did not return fire By EMANUEL
FABIAN 13 August 2023, 8:47
pm View of the Israeli military security barrier on the border with
Lebanon, close to the northern town of Metulla
with the Lebanese town of Kfarkela in the background, August 2, 2023.
(Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel) A Hezbollah operative in Lebanon, whose identity is known to
Israeli security forces, hurled a Molotov cocktail at the Israeli border on
Sunday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces said. The firebomb caused damage to water infrastructure near the
northern town of Metulla. Some media reports said Israeli troops fired warning shots in
response, but a military spokesperson denied this to The Times of
Israel. In a statement, the IDF said that a suspect approached the
security barrier near Metulla and hurled a firebomb. “As a result, slight damage was caused to the indication
[sensor] cable of one of the culverts in the area of the fence,” the IDF
said. In recent months, Hezbollah activity has repeatedly been spotted
along the border, in incidents that Israel sees as deliberate provocations, including
the erection of two tents on the Israeli side of the United
Nations-recognized Blue Line in the Mount Dov area. The Iran-backed group
later took down one of the tents, while threatening to attack if Israel moves
to dismantle the other one. Other recent incidents have included camouflaged Hezbollah
members walking along the border in violation of a UN resolution, and
Hezbollah activists crossing the Blue Line (though not the Israeli border
fence) on numerous occasions, including attempts to damage the border fence
and army surveillance equipment. Israel and Lebanon do not have a formal border due to
territorial disputes; however, they largely abide by the Blue Line. The line
is marked with blue barrels along the border and is several meters from the
Israeli fence in some areas, which is built entirely within Israeli
territory. In April, dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel,
injuring three and damaging buildings. Though Israel blamed the attack on the Palestinian terror group Hamas,
it was seen as having been carried out with the tacit approval of Hezbollah,
which maintains tight control of southern Lebanon. Separately, in March, the IDF accused Hezbollah of sending a
terrorist to infiltrate Israel from Lebanon and plant a bomb at a junction in
northern Israel. The blast seriously wounded an Israeli man. On Saturday, (August 12, 2023) a senior commander in the
Lebanese terror group warned that the next war between Israel and Hezbollah
would take place in Israel’s Galilee region. “Our battle will be in the Galilee,“ and if the enemy and its
tanks enter Lebanon, they will not be able to leave,” the
commander said in an interview with the Hezbollah-linked Al-Manar TV network,
which identified him as Hajj Jihad but blurred his face for the broadcast. The threat came four days after
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant toured Israel’s border with Lebanon and warned
the head of Iran-backed Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, “not to make a mistake.”
“If… an escalation or conflict develops here, we will return
Lebanon to the Stone Age,” Gallant said. Hezbollah has long been the IDF’s most potent adversary on
Israel’s borders, with an estimated arsenal of nearly 150,000 rockets and
missiles that can reach anywhere in Israel. Work on a new border wall with Lebanon began in 2018. By 2020,
the military and Defense Ministry Borders and Security Fence Directorate had
completed only 15 kilometers (9 miles) of concrete walling along the
approximately 130-kilometer (80-mile) border in order to protect the 22
adjacent Israeli villages. Eventually, the plan is to construct a barrier
along the entire border — a project that would cost NIS 1.7 billion ($470
million) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CBN: Residents on Guard against Hezbollah
Threat Amid Beauty, Quiet at Lsrael-Lebanon Border, Residents on Guard
against Hezbollah Threat JULIE STAHL 06-16-2023 ZAR'IT, on the Israel-Lebanon Border – Northern Israel and the
Galilee is a beautiful and inviting place to live. One drawback, however, is the presence of Iranian-backed
terror groups just across the Lebanese border. On Passover this year, Hamas
in Lebanon launched 36 rockets toward northern Israeli communities.
While the Iron Dome defense system intercepted 25, one landed on a border
warehouse. Sarit Zehavi of the Alma Research and Education Center lives
near the border in northern Israel. She said, "It was just an empty
warehouse. Nothing happened, but you can see that across the street it's a
kindergarten and it's a home over here. I think this explains (to) us, in the
best way, the contradiction between the beautiful day, normal life, happy
children – and what could have happened if it was not a holiday." Zehavi's organization, the Alma Research Center, is focused on
security challenges in the region. "Now I believe that Hezbollah (the large, Lebanese-based
terror group which is a proxy for Iran) helped Hamas to find the locations,
you know, to find where exactly to launch, Zehavi explained. Hezbollah is a powerful, long-time enemy of Israel in Lebanon.
In effect, the group controls most of the country and has tens of thousands
of increasingly sophisticated rockets aimed across the border in order to
carry out the Iranian regime's main goals, including wiping Israel off
the map. From the Israeli side of the border it is easy to see towers on
the hills that belong to Hezbollah. In one location they are building a road,
illustrating just how close the threat is to Israeli communities. Zehavi recently captured photos of Hezbollah operatives
surveilling the area within just yards of the border. Some 268,000 Israelis live within 12 miles of the 49-mile-long
shared border. About 250 of them are in Zar'it, a community founded in 1967.
It lies less than 700 feet from Hezbollah lookout posts. Yosi Baranes is the security officer for Zar'it. He told us,
"In general, it’s good for us here. Quiet, relaxed, good atmosphere.
Everything is green, everything is beautiful." Born and raised here, 54-year-old Baranes shared
his biggest worry: the thought of Hezbollah potentially reaching into
the community. "That Hezbollah would infiltrate and I would have to deal
with (them). Against this, we are on high alert all the time," he said. Another Zar'it resident, 52-year-old Rinat Carmel, told us,
"I really was born here. I feel that this is my only home," she
explained. First of all, it's Zionism, because if we won't be here, there
will be no (other) people, which will come and settle here. This is the most beautiful
place in the earth. The political issues and the security issues are very
disturbing, but we're trying to live our lives safe and
good." Carmel
says Hezbollah’s advanced weaponry frightens her the most. "Bombing us with new rockets and the things we cannot,
avoid or really get sheltered from them, or be safe. I think the next war
will be more sophisticated and we don't know enough," she said, and
added, "We know a lot about the programs, about this settlement.
They want to occupy us and then to kill our people or to take some refugees
(kidnapping people) and then to negotiate (for their release)." Part of the border is walled, and the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) are building more each day. The decision to build the wall was taken a few years ago, but in
the past year, the project was accelerated. Several years ago, the IDF uncovered a massive Hezbollah terror
tunnel at Zar'it – intended to bring death and destruction to the people
along the border. And recently, at the edge of Zar'it by the community's mushroom
factory, Hezbollah carried out a drill just meters away, simulating an
attack, including kidnapping Israelis. Zehavi recalled that when black towers first appeared on the
Lebanese side of the border, the IDF published an explanation that the towers
belonged to the Lebanese army. But residents can see Hezbollah military
operatives on top of the towers – many times, on a daily basis. Although it's not clear whether Lebanese civilians live in the
nearby buildings, Zehavi believes they do. "How come mothers like myself agree to put the rockets
inside the homes?, she asked. "And the answer is clear. Hezbollah
is not only a terrorist organization, it's also a political party in the
Lebanese Parliament and government. And it's also a social movement. And as a
social movement, it provides to these people. All the social services,
financial services, medical services, educational services, whatever you can
imagine of services by the government are provided by Hezbollah." Zehavi continued, "And the bottom line is that the people
on the other side of the border are actually dependent on Hezbollah in a way, dependency, and in a way that
Hezbollah can indoctrinate." All of this happens under the watchful eye of the United
Nations, which creates another dilemma for Israel. "And it's the same dilemma with the human shield issue.
What do you do if there is a launcher next to this UN position over there and
it is launching to Yossi's house in Zar’it? And if you destroy the launcher,
you may destroy the UN position as well. If you don't destroy the launcher,
it's Yossi's family." Even though Hezbollah and Iran are not as interested in a
Palestinian state as others are, a nearby water tower is created to look like
the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. "There is a reason why it's decorated like the Dome of the
Rock," Zehavi explained. "This is exactly building the narrative
that where we are standing, In their point of view, this is Palestine. In
their point of view, the whole area from the Galilee to Eilat, from the River
to the Sea – it's Palestine." So, for now, Israelis living on the border continue their daily
lives under this growing threat from Iran and Hezbollah, knowing that at any
moment they could be attacked by a brutal enemy that desires their
destruction. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. JNS (Jewish News Syndicate): Hezbollah,
Hamas in Lebanon fire rockets at Galilee Hezbollah, Hamas in
Lebanon fire rockets at Galilee Two projectiles hit open areas in eastern border area as sirens
sound farther west. April 21, 2024 / JNS) Terrorists in Lebanon fired barrages
of rockets towards northern Israel on Sunday morning, lightly injuring one
Israeli, local media reported. Iran-backed Hezbollah launched two
rockets at Moshav Dovev in the Eastern Galilee, with the projectiles striking
open areas. No casualties were reported. No warning sirens sounded during the
attack. Earlier in the morning, air raid
sirens sounded in communities in the Western Galilee near the Lebanese
border, including Shlomi and Rosh HaNikra. Hamas in Lebanon claimed in a statement that it had launched 20
Russian-made Grad rockets towards an Israeli army position near Moshav
Shomera. A 36-year-old man was lightly wounded
in the Rosh Hankara area as a result of being hit by the tip of a rocket. He
was evacuated to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. Overnight Saturday, Israeli Air Force
fighter jets struck several Hezbollah terrorist targets in Lebanon, including
an observation post in the area of Odaisseh and two military structures in
the area of Khiam, the military said on Sunday morning. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. The Times of Israel: Hamas in Lebanon claims responsibility for
Upper Galilee rocket barrage Hamas
in Lebanon claims responsibility for Upper Galilee rocket barrage By EMANUEL
FABIAN FOLLOW 21 April 2024, 4:51 pm Hamas’s Lebanon branch claims
responsibility for a rocket barrage earlier today on the Upper Galilee. In a statement, the terror
group says it launched 20 Grad rockets from Lebanon at an Israeli army base
near the town of Shomera. _________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. All Israel
News: 110
rockets in less than 24 hours: Hezbollah & Hamas attack Israel from
Lebanon after IDF kills terrorist https://allisrael.com 110 rockets in less than 24 hours:
Hezbollah & Hamas attack Israel from Lebanon after IDF kills terrorist Jul 20, 2024 — Hamas later fired 10 rockets at
targets in Western Galilee, damaging a home and a greenhouse, before again
firing an additional five rockets... |