Day by day, the prospect recedes of the Israel-Hamas Cairo negotiations actually taking place on schedule, one month after Aug. 26, the date the last Gaza ceasefire went into force. And even if they do, it will only be a pointless formality achieving nothing. The discussions, actions, disclosures and statements filling the air at present all point to the violence resuming on the Jewish New Year festival later this month. Clearly aware of the dates, Hamas’ Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh warned in a sermon Friday, Sept. 6, that rocket fire would start up against Israel on Sept. 25, the first day of the festival, unless the blockade of the Gaza Strip was lifted by then. This eventuality would sorely embarrass Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon, to say the least – after their extreme efforts to demonstrate to critics that Hamas would never dare shoot another rocket after the punishment it took in 50 days of relentless Israeli warfare and air strikes. We have two extremely fragile truces in place at the moment. One between Russia and Ukraine. The other between the Palestinians and Israel. Both situations have the potential to flare up into conflict at anytime. We are on the brink of major conflict and war. This current Jewish year is drawing to a close. A new one begins on September 25th. The coming Jewish year may see many prophecies fulfilled. The stage is surely set for Armageddon and the return of Jesus to this earth. Momentous events are happening all around us. We are told to consider a parable. When you see ALL the trees shoot forth you know the kingdom is near. Trees are nations. So when we see new nations developing and nations pushing their borders the return of Jesus is close…WWW. Luke 21: 29-31 - Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near. So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 15:33:38 +0000