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"The United States views
the Israeli disengagement from Gaza as an important opportunity
to re-energize the 'road map,' to take further steps forward
toward a better future for Israelis and Palestinians," U.S.
Assistant Secretary of State David Welch said.
ROAD
MAP TO PEACE?
ISRAEL WILL MAKE A
COVENANT WITH MANY
"And
he (the beast)
shall confirm
(guarantee) the covenant with many
for one week"(Daniel 9:27).
The beast will confirm (guarantee) Israel's soon-coming covenant
for one week of years (seven years). This confirmation
event indicates the very first day of the seven-year tribulation.
Can the beast confirm a non-existent treaty? NO. The treaty
must come into existence before the first day of the tribulation.
Can the beast confirm the agreement if he is not already in a
position of great political authority to do so? NO.
The beast must already be in position before the tribulation
begins. Israel's covenant is now in the works. President
Bush has developed a "road map" to Israeli-Palestinian
peace. This "road map" has been adopted by the
European Union (EU), Russia and the United Nations (UN).
These four are called "the Quartet." Indeed,
Israel's covenant will be with many!
GOD SAYS ISRAEL'S COMING COVENANT IS, "A COVENANT WITH DEATH; AN AGREEMENT
WITH HELL"
Please read Isaiah 28:14-21 from your own Bible:
"And
your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement
with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it" (Isaiah
28:18).
Who, or what, is the "overflowing
scourge?" There
are two verses in our passage (Isaiah 28:14-21) that identify
the "overflowing
scourge." The
Bible says:
"Therefore
thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation
a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste" (Isaiah 28:16).
"For
the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth
as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange
work; and bring to pass his act his strange act" (Isaiah
28:21).
Yes, "the
overflowing scourge," which
is the Lord Jesus Christ, shall disannul Israel's "covenant with many," which is "a covenant with death, and an agreement
with hell." Donââ¬â¢t
think for a moment that Israel's soon-coming covenant will
bring peace to Israel and the Mid-East.
On the first day of the week of years (seven yrs.), the beast
will confirm Israel's covenant with death and hell. "And in the midst
of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease" (Dan. 9:27). The beast; three
and a half years after he confirms Israel's covenant, will cause
the sacrifices to cease in the newly rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
Nevertheless, the beast remains the guarantor of Israel's covenant
until the last day of the week of years, until the overflowing
scourge (King Jesus) passes through in judgment at His Second
Coming to Israel. Of the beast, the Bible says: "And there was given
unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power
was given unto him to continue FORTY AND TWO MONTHS" (Revelation 13:5).
Eighty-four months (seven years) from the beast's confirmation
of Israel's covenant, the "the overflowing scourge" will come:
"And
I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat
upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he
doth judge and make war. And he hath on his vesture and
on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that
wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that
had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped
his image. These BOTH were cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone" (Revelation
19:11, 16 & 20).
I repeat, "the
overflowing scourge," "THE KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS" shall
disannull Israel's covenant with many, which is a covenant with
death and hell. I repeat, the coming Israeli covenant,
confirmed by the beast, will never bring peace and safety to
Israel and the Mid-east. See
I Thess. 5:3.
In days gone by, God said to the sons of Israel, before they
entered their Promised Land from Egypt, "Thou shalt make no covenant with
them...." (Exodus 23:32).
Later God said, "Woe
to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses and
trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because
they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of
Israel, neither seek the LORD!"
(Isaiah 31:1).
Woe to the sons of Israel who look to the U.S. to guarantee (confirm)
their covenant! But they look not unto the Holy One
of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
"That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved"
(Romans 10:9).
THE PROMISED LAND
God made a covenant with Abram (Abraham) which promises Abraham
and his seed the land from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates
River. The Bible says:
"In
the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto
thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto
the great river, the river Euphrates" (Genesis 15:18).
Now, President Bush thinks he has a better plan.
President Bush endeavors to supersede God and divide and share
Israel's Promised Land with the Palestinian Muslims. President
Bush is the enemy of God and Israel!
"And he shall confirm (guarantee)
the covenant with many for one week [7 yrs.]"
(Daniel 9:27).
SATAN IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD
"In
whom THE GOD OF THIS WORLD hath blinded the minds of them
that believe not" (II Cor. 4:4).
Satan, the god of this world, offered Jesus all the kingdoms
of the world if Jesus would fall down and worship him (Matt.
4:8 & 9). That was a legitimate offer as all the kingdoms
of this world, then and now, belong to Satan, including the United
States of America. Also from the book of Daniel we learn
that the political leaders of this world are controlled by Satan
with his demons (Daniel 10:13). Therefore, don't be deceived
by political leaders who may even give lip service to God and/or
Jesus. "And
no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their works" (II
Cor. 11:14 & 15).
From Revelation 17, verses 3 & 7, we learn that the Babylonian
MOTHER OF HARLOTS (Roman Catholicism) and her many harlot daughter
"churches" "sit
upon" and are "carried"
by the political beast.
Many "Christians," including Baptists, are being 'taken
for a ride' by President Bush. True Christians, correctly
tutored, are not deceived by the world's politicians; especially
by anyone offering a "road map" to Israeli and Mid-East
peace. There will never be peace in Israel until the Lord
Jesus Christ , the "Prince
of Peace," returns to
earth and establishes His world-wide kingdom for a thousand years
with Jerusalem as its capital.
Immediately prior to the first day of the tribulation and the
covenant confirmation ceremony, something exciting is going to
happen to the true believers in Christ Jesus:
"For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (I Thessalonians
4:16-18).
Retired Baptist
pastor/teacher I am:
James McCutchan
jmccutchan@aol.com
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