| One of the Best
Each week we provide you with one of the week's most thought provoking articles. | |  Leader of the Free World no more
by The Washington Times Israel is looking like the new leader of the Free World. The previous leader, the United States, resigned this role last week at the United Nations to take the position of global community organizer. This was made plain by President Obama in his speech, titled "Responsibility for Our Common Future," in which he heralded "a new chapter of international cooperation." By contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a blunt and forceful call to action in the central challenge facing free people today. This is the struggle of "civilization against barbarism" being fought by "those who sanctify life against those who glorify death." Mr. Obama's address was the predictable mix of criticism of the past policies of the United States, self-praise for correcting said policies and vague calls to united action on matters of collective interest. It sought to ingratiate rather than offend. But Mr. Netanyahu chastised the United Nations for its "systematic assault on the truth." He spoke truths that Mr. Obama would never whisper regarding the regime in Iran, which is "fueled by an extreme fundamentalism" and an "unforgiving creed." Mr. Netanyahu rebuked those members who countenanced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's diatribe before the same world body, rightly calling it a "disgrace." Mr. Netanyahu repeatedly paid tribute to the blessings of liberty and "the allure of freedom." He marveled at the technological advances freedom made possible. He asked if the international community would support the Iranian people "as they bravely stand up for freedom." He envisioned a future of Israel and Palestine, "two free peoples living in peace, living in prosperity, living in dignity." Mr. Obama, meanwhile, touted the imperative of responding to global climate change and mentioned as an afterthought that democracy should not be an afterthought. Israel stands out because it understands the central challenge faced by the civilized world and by its willingness to take action. Israel is readying to stem the tide of barbarism and stand up to the threat of a nuclear Iran. In return, it asks only for moral support. "If Israel is again asked to take more risk for peace," Mr. Netanyahu said, "we must know today that you will stand with us tomorrow." He challenged the countries of the world with a clear-cut test: "Will you stand with Israel? Or will you stand with the terrorists?" Mr. Obama said in closing that "we call on all nations to join us in building the future that our people deserve." But people only deserve what they have earned. Mr. Netanyahu called on the civilized world to "confront this peril, secure our future, and, God willing, forge an enduring peace for generations to come." Sometimes the future doesn't come without a fight. | | One that calls for a Response
Each week we take a meaningful quote, tie it to scripture, and leave you with a take-home. | |  Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “Anticipating a vote in the United Nations Human Rights Commission by Friday … if the international community accepts the Goldstone Report, which charges Israel with 'war crimes' during the IDF’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last winter, it will deal a serious blow to the peace process with the Palestinians as well as the global war on terror....It will legitimize terrorists who hide behind civilians,” Netanyahu cautioned. "The second devastating blow will be to the UN's status, and its prestige… it will become irrelevant. Thirdly, [it] will devastate the peace process… Israel will not be able to take further measures, and will forbear taking further risks for the sake of peace, if Israel is denied its right for self defense." The Bible says: O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still. See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you-… Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD. May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace. Let them know that you, whose name is YAHWEH— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.” Psalm 83 The Jerusalem Connection says: Make no mistake, the nations that come against Israel have come against God. That is not to say that Israel is sinlessly perfect in all it does. Indeed, it is not. But God has a plan that includes a sinful and profane people that will not be thwarted. It is called grace and mercy. And we who recognize our own sin should be encouraged to see that God does not reject his elect or alter His sovereign plans because of our sin and imperfection. The same is true of Israel. The nations and religions that align themselves against Israel, and against Christians for that matter, await nothing less than the unrelenting wrath of God Almighty. May God spare our beloved America from forming an alliance against Israel and thereby forming an alliance against God. |  Peril
Yesterday was a meeting among Iranian and Western diplomats in Geneva. It sounds like this will be the first of many such talk-fests. If history is any judge, this is a clever delaying ploy on the part of the Iranians.
What seems to be forgotten by all the "talking heads" are the stakes. Please watch this internet ad - Peril - which is an attempt to keep the potential danger at the forefront while the Western world sings kumbaya.
Watch Video | | Have a wonderful Sukkot!
Moadim L'Simcha: The Season of our Joy | | The Jerusalem Connection International
P.O. Box 20295- Washington, DC- 20041
Phone: 703-707-0014- Fax-703-707-9514 Email: info@tjci.org
Visit us on the web: www.tjci.org
To ensure you receive TJCI's E-news each week,
add our email to your address book: info@tjci.org | | The Jerusalem Connection International serves as an advocate for Christian Zionism.
Our mission is to inform, educate, and activate support for Israel and the Jewish people.
We accomplish all aspects of our mission to actively advocate for the continuity and strength of a strong Jewish state of Israel primarily through the publication of our magazine, The JerUSAlem Connection, and also through our ministries in Israel and advocacy work in the U.S.
Blessings,
Rev. James M. Hutchens, Ph.D.
Chaplain (Brigadier General) US Army (Ret.)
President: The Jerusalem Connection Int'l | | |
Comments