You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day Psalm 91 v5

9/11, the "War on Terror", WW III!

In the U.S.A. the eleventh of September is written as 9/11,  and 911 is the number to dial for the emergency services.  ( In Bible numerology, 9 signifies finality and 11 signifies disorder, disintegration and judgment )   This has reinforced the opinion held by many that the terrorist attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center was a wake-up call to America and the Western world. (The terrorists had announced their intention to destroy the World Trade Center even before it was bombed the first time.   The plan was announced to a TV company, but no broadcasting network would screen it.   Visit Victor Mordecai's website Internet links  and Babylon)

The Al-Qa'eda network of Osama bin Laden was blamed .  He declared "Holy War" on the U.S.A. and on the "Jewish -Christian Crusade against Islam". (reported 25th September 2001).   The president of the U.S.A. swiftly promised to deploy the might of America to hit back at the terrorists.   An alliance was formed to combat terrorism, including Arab nations known to be connected with terrorism  ( for fear of bringing them into the conflict on the other side).  Israel was excluded; the country with most to fear from Islamic terror!

Is the West willing to give thought to this wake-up call?   The signs are not encouraging.

Are we Christians awake as to the significance of these events ?    Jesus said,  "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."  (Luke 21 v28)   Are we ready to help those who may heed this wake-up call and seek after salvation through Jesus?   Are our lamps ready?  ( see Wedding )

Who will forget the images on our televisions on September the eleventh 2001 ? 

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Four airliners were hijacked, two hit the World Trade Centre towers, one hit the Pentagon  and the fourth crashed in woodland, following heroic action by passengers.

 

On the evening of September 11th, when the world had been saturated with the horrific images of the attack, reporters had already started playing down the rejoicing of Palestinians which had been clearly visible to the viewer.  Orla Guerin, for the BBC, repeatedly used the phrase,  "I think" to tell us she believed that ordinary Palestinians were not pleased by what had happened and were at home praying that it would not involve them.  Surely the purpose of reporters is to report what has happened, not to make excuses for evil and deny the evidence just presented.    A subsequent survey of Palestinians revealed, that one in four believe terrorism against the USA is consistent with Islamic law, that the vast majority oppose the US attacks on Afghanistan,   and that the majority oppose Arafat's ceasefire in Israel.  

Incidentally,  footage of rejoicing in East Jerusalem obtained by a Palestinian cameraman was confiscated and destroyed.   An A.P. cameraman got his footage out but received death threats for revealing the truth.  This footage has not been aired much and has since been denied by an Islamic representative on the Dimbleby programme.

The Editor of Al Quds ( an Arabic newspaper ) was interviewed and said,  "The United States must consider why its foreign policy is so hated throughout the Middle East".   His comments gave the first hint that the Arabs should be placated; without mentioning Palestine.

One month later ?

The USA and allies were well into attacking Afghanistan with repeated heavy bombing, with the usual TV reports of civilian casualties.

With no obvious connection with events, the alliance was talking of the urgency of re-establishing the "Middle East Peace Process" towards establishing a Palestinian state.   The alliance appears to be preparing to sacrifice Israel to placate the Muslim world in order to save itself facing terrorism.

Following the assassination of   Rehavam Zeevi, a member of Ariel Sharon's cabinet, the president of the USA was, as usual urging Israel not to retaliate,  while his forces were deploying vast firepower to avenge the attack on the USA.

Those who died on September 11th did not die in Judgment for their sins, as Jesus made clear when asked about the victims of a tower collapse;  " Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them--do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."   ( Luke 13 v4-5) .   Our Lord's concern is that everyone repents while there is time and opportunity.  Sadly, the USA and friends remain self righteous in its indignation and rage.  There are no signs of self examination or of considering if September 11th was a call to repent of ungodliness.    When Israel was in rebellion against God the nation suffered defeat at the hands of its enemies  ( eg. Judges 2 v10-15)   Victory only came after repentance.   This must still be true.   These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.  (1 Corinthians 10 v11) ) 

America is allowing 4000 abortions a day; one and a half million a year.   America and the West are exporting pornography worldwide.  America leads the Western world  in rampant commercialism and consumption.  

The Arab world will not have forgotten that the USA alliance killed around 50,000 Iraqi troops with very light losses, in a war about oil.   If the Gulf War had been about justice and freedom they would not have been satisfied with regaining Kuwaiti oil but would have removed Saddam Hussein from his tyranny over the people of Iraq and Kurdistan.

Three months later ?

The military and political operation in Afghanistan appeared successful, (apart from not capturing Osama bin Laden),  a new, more liberal, government was being formed in Kabul and terror attacks on the West appeared less likely.  In Israel the Palestinian terrorists appeared to have overplayed their hand in an orgy of bloodshed and the West appeared to be happy to leave Arafat to his political fate as Israel moveed to contain him.   Was that all there was to it?   Was the world relaxed back to its pre September 11th state?  Had we learned anything? 

Much later (2006)

The above was clearly over optimistic....

Afghanistan is still a battleground (with the Taliban being the rebels instead of the government) Terror attacks on the west are now an accepted reality. Palestinian terrorists continue unchecked by any concerns (only constrained by the security barrier). Arafat has gone, to be replaced by a two headed leadership which is merely more open in its objective to destroy Israel. Iran's proxy organisation, Hizballah, has fought a war against Israel from Lebanese territory, and Iran and Syria appear intent of taking over Lebanon. Ahmadinijad is racing towards making Iran a nuclear power so that it can obliterate Israel, defeat the USA and instigate the reign of chaos which will bring about the coming of the Mahdi and the day of judgment. The west still talks ineffectually.

The War on Terror   -  Iraq and beyond

If you want to understand what lies behind current events in the "Middle East", Michael D Evans' book is highly recommended. This book places 9/11 its correct place in a sequence of terror attacks and examines America's (and the west's) inability to comprehend and combat the use of terror.   This book reminds us of the facts of recent history which the world's media seems to have conveniently forgotten, but which make today's and tomorrow's events so much easier to understand. The author paints the wider picture, in which oil and Israel are bundled into Islam's objectives which its adherents are seeking to advance.  His predictions about Israel being called upon to pay for the victory in Iraq are already being proved correct. He then follows the discussion into the spiritual realm, leading us to comprehend the desperate need for us to be in earnest prayer to the God of Israel. Mike Evans is the founder of Jerusalem prayerteam.org.       Join him!

December 2006

When the history of our times is written, this week will be remembered as the week that Washington decided to let the Islamic Republic of Iran go nuclear.

So said Caroline B. Glick in an article published in www.JewishWorldReview.com. Her article included the following points.

With the publication of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group chaired by former US secretary of state James Baker III and former congressman Lee Hamilton, the debate about the war in Iraq changed. From a war for victory against Islamofascism and for democracy and freedom, the war was reduced to a conflict to be managed by appeasing the US's sworn enemies in the interests of stability and at the expense of America's allies.

Baker and his associates claim that the US cannot win the war in Iraq and so the US must negotiate with its primary enemies in Iraq and throughout the world - Iran and Syria -- in the hopes that they will be persuaded to hold their fire for long enough to facilitate an "honorable" American retreat from the country.

The main incentive Baker advocates offering is Israel.

Baker believes that Iran will agree to temporarily hold its fire in Iraq in exchange for US acceptance of Iran as a nuclear power and an American pledge not to topple the regime. Syria will assist the US in exchange for US pressure on Israel to handover the Golan Heights to Syria and Judea and Samaria to Hamas.

Gates admitted Tuesday that he cannot guarantee that Iran will not attack Israel with nuclear weapons, but he ignored the fact that Iran - whose President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad daily calls for the destruction of the US - may also attack the US with nuclear weapons. 

Gates admitted in his Senate hearing that Iran is producing many bombs - not just one. Since it is possible to destroy Israel with just one bomb, the Americans should be asking themselves what Iran needs all those other bombs for. There are senior military sources in the US who have been warning the administration to take into consideration that the day that Iran attacks Israel with a nuclear bomb, ten cities in the US and Europe are liable to also be attacked with nuclear weapons.

Iran is not analogous to the Soviet Union and the war against the global jihad is not a new cold war.  Ahmadinejad hinted Monday that Iran has completed the nuclear fuel cycle and so has passed the point of no return on its nuclear program. He also made a statement indicating that Iran will have its nuclear arsenal up and running by March - just four months away. 
There are US officials who agree with Ahmadinejad's assessment of Iran's nuclear progress.

This may be a significant turning point in history - taking us into the Tribulation, if we are not already there.

Since the Cold War, military analysts have talked of MAD (mutually assured destruction) being the factor that will stop nuclear armed opponents pushing the big red button.  We need to remember that while we may not take Ahmadinajad seriously, he will soon have the big red button and he is serious.  He is immune to MAD because he does not care about it.  He is not seeking to conquer the world and rule it, but to,

destroy Israel,

destroy the great Satan (USA)

create the chaos that will usher in the era of the Mahdi (the end times of Islamic eschatology).  

Personal or even national survival is not an issue in the face of the willingness to embrace Shahada - suicide killer, martyr for Allah, mentality.

I was one who believed that Gulf War II was probably for the best - I don't know if it was.  We do know now what was bad about undertaking Gulf War II, but we don't know what the consequences would have been for not undertaking it. 

The WMDs were not found - probably because they were moved out too quickly for us to find - (but did you see the photos of the MIG bombers being dug out of the sand by allied troops?)

We forgot that democracy is a totally alien concept for Islamic nations - they only respect a strongman - hence all the current bloodshed and the appearance that a withdrawal after establishing a pro-western democracy (if that was the original objective) is unobtainable.

The world media has it in for President George Bush because he is a Christian.  He has been constantly portrayed as a dumb cowboy hick, until everyone believes it.  It is not just the liberal sector of the media, but practically all of it.  Remember the media belongs to "this world"  - the ruler of this present age.  Bush is a Christian seeking to carry a very special responsibility in the light of his faith - he is not THE Christian who will ride in like the Lone Ranger and steer the world away from the path which history must take, leading up to the return of THE King. 

Saddam Hussein may have been deposed and prevented from going nuclear, but that may only have cut one head off the monster, leaving the next one to grow.  The "Iraq war was wrong" people may turn out to have been responsible for encouraging a nuclear disaster.  (Appeasement does not have a proven record of success, as Mr Chamberlain discovered)

The tribulation and the days of Revelation could have just come a whole lot closer; so how are we to react to this?   How about this?  To be about our duties and ready for the coming bridegroom, like the wise virgins.     John 9 v4 records Jesus saying, "As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. I guess we need to be all the more diligent about our work in His vineyard, while there is still time.

Pray for the people of the United States and Europe, that they will turn to God for more than just comfort in their distress and success in overcoming terror.  

Pray that there will be a Holy Spirit conviction, repentance and revival!      (see also Blessing or  Curse

(How can the alliance believe it has God on its side when it is denying the declared will of God concerning his chosen, special people and the land he promised them? ) 

Pray also for those in bondage to Islam, who believe it is their duty to wage "holy war" against Israel and the West.   

This battle is spiritual, but the nations of the Alliance are heavily armed for physical warfare !

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.   Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.   (Ephesians 6 v12-13)

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