Israel at War: Inside the Nuclear Showdown With Iran by Joel C. Rosenberg

Author:Joel C. Rosenberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
ISBN: 9781414383774
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2012-10-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

What Does the Future Hold?

In January 2010, my wife, Lynn, and I were in Edmonton, Canada. As I prepared to speak at a Christian conference on the biblical prophecies of Ezekiel 36–39 about the future of Israel and her neighbors, I awoke to news coverage of a major Netanyahu address in Poland, commemorating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I was both stunned and encouraged.

Speaking on the actual site of the Nazi death camp, the prime minister warned the world of new genocidal threats against the Jewish people and the importance of acting early enough to prevent such threats from coming to pass. He also declared to the people of Europe and the world that the prophecies of Ezekiel 37 have been fulfilled. It was an extraordinary moment. Rarely has any world leader given an address on an international stage declaring End Times prophecies from the Bible have come true. Rarer still is an Israeli leader making such a pronouncement; most Israeli prime ministers tend to be quite secular, reflecting of the majority of Israeli people, who are rather secular as well. Yet that is exactly what Netanyahu did.

“The most important lesson of the Holocaust is that a murderous evil must be stopped early, when it is still in its infancy and before it can carry out its designs,” Netanyahu told the visiting dignitaries. “The enlightened nations of the world must learn this lesson. We, the Jewish nation, who lost a third of our people on Europe’s blood-soaked soil, have learned that the only guarantee for defending our people is a strong State of Israel and the army of Israel. We have learned to warn the nations of the world of impending danger but at the same time to prepare to defend ourselves. As the head of the Jewish State, I pledge to you today: we will never again permit evil to snuff out the life of our people and the life of our own country.”115

After the Holocaust, Netanyahu continued, “the Jewish people rose from ashes and destruction, from a terrible pain that can never be healed. Armed with the Jewish spirit, the justice of man, and the vision of the prophets, we sprouted new branches and grew deep roots. Dry bones became covered with flesh, a spirit filled them, and they lived and stood on their own feet. As Ezekiel prophesied: ‘Then He said unto me: These bones are the whole House of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone; we are doomed.” Prophesy, therefore, and say to them: Thus said the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and lift you out of your graves, O My people, and bring you to the land of Israel.’ I stand here today on the ground where so many of my people perished—and I am not alone. The State of Israel and all the Jewish people stand with me. We bow our heads to honor your memory and lift our heads as we raise our flag—a flag of blue and white with a Star of David in its center.

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