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The Annapolis Conference
Ikvot ha'Mashiach
Perspective by Jack Kelley
You boast, "We have entered into a covenant with death, with the grave we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place." (Isaiah 28:15)
We're all frustrated and even heart broken over the direction being taken by world leaders after the Annapolis Conference. We expected Iran and Hamas to call it a failure, they weren't invited. But the senior Palestinian negotiator's attack against President Bush while standing in America was particularly unsettling.
Quoting from DEBKAfile. "In an interview from Washington, senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday, Nov. 28, the US president does not negotiate in the Palestinians� name, does not represent them and his words are not relevant to the Palestinian cause. On such issues as recognizing Israel, said the Palestinian negotiator, Bush is not competent to determine how we act. If the US president seeks an exchange of territory, he can do this with Mexico."
This is the moderate that Washington has described as "someone we can do business with."
Following a decades long tradition, Western diplomats will no doubt dismiss comments like this as being only "for local consumption" still not catching on that these statements are actually the truth and what's being fed to the West are the lies. The only refreshing thing about Iranian Pres. Ahmadejad is that at least he's telling everyone the same story.
But it's neither my calling nor my intention to offer political commentary. The web is already abuzz with such. I want to put this all into Biblical perspective.
I don't know whether anything will come out of this conference or not, but I do know that someday soon some world conference will put Israel into such a compromised position that they'll think peace has finally arrived just at the moment when they're at their most vulnerable. Given Israel's current political weakness, if it's God's timing the Annapolis conference could lead to such a situation. But if it doesn't another one will. Israel has to be transformed from a warrior nation on continual high alert like they are now, into a peaceful and unsuspecting people � all of them living without walls and without gates or bars, as Ezekiel 38:11 predicts they'll become.
This has to happen before Daniel's 70th week can start, and while it's a painful thing to watch we know that Israel has to be left with only God as their defender. Then the Russian / Iranian coalition will attack, God will intervene, the whole world will see it, and the 70th Week will begin.
And somewhere in the midst of all that the Church will disappear. The run up to the Battle of Ezekiel 38 will be the last thing we ever witness on Earth. It could be a while before it's completely fulfilled, but we've already seen the beginning.
In the mean time we still pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and we still let our leaders know of our displeasure each time they take the wrong side in this issue. We suffer with them through the �natural� disasters that always follow, pleading with them once again to realize that these killer storms are not mere coincidence but signs of God's mounting anger over their attempts to divide His land.
Like John did, we're seeing God's plan unfold right before our eyes, and when we consider the outcome it's as sweet as honey in our mouths. But knowing what it takes to make it happen is enough to make us sick to our stomachs. (Rev. 10:10) 11-28-07
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