And as He came near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you only knew even today, the matters for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. “Because days shall come upon you when your enemies shall build a rampart around you, and surround you and press you on all sides, “and dash you to the ground, and your children within you. And they shall not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
Luqas (Luke) 19:41-44 TS2009
https://bible.com/bible/316/luk.19.41-44.TS2009
My views on Israel and the actors in the region have had very little influence from the mainstream news. I haven't watched them for years.
What I have done is follow other believers and ministries in the land give first hand accounts of the situation there over the years. And I'm telling you, I had no idea how little the majority of the followers of Messiah knew about the region. But that hasn't kept them from opening their mouth wide to speak arrogant/ignorant words.
Sometimes I'm shocked when I realize that people have not been following events in Israel as closely as I have over the years. I'm not professing to be an expert mind you, but even I know that there is no moral equivilant to Israel and Hamas.
And even if you subscribe that Israel deserves this because they haven't accepted Messiah as a nation (something that would make every other nation on the planet just as guilty) do you really believe that spreading the good news of Messiah would be made easier in Israel with Islamist in charge?
Headship is key.
There is only one leader. "No man can serve two masters", and there is no such thing as being the master of your master.
Guess what happens when you try to create this impossible shape in reality?
You break something. ?
#sabbathposts 2023/11/04
Prayer -- Day 14
Receiving Elohiym’s Blessings
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”. (Matthew 7:7)
One reason we may not get answers to our prayers is that we ask, but do not really expect to receive. We are expert askers, but un-practiced receivers. This verse tells us to ask and then immediately conceive of ourselves as receiving. For example, to be free from fear, ask Lord to free you. Then believe that He has immediately done so. The minute you express your faith by sincerely asking Him for a blessing and believe your prayer is answered, your prayer is answered.