israel - whose land is it anyway?

Israel –whose land is it anyway?

An attempt to understand her past and looking forward

Old Mutual Christian Fellowship ~ 29th May 2014

David Melvill

The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.

Psalm 24:1 – 2

Israel – an attempt to understand her past and looking forward

Israel belongs to the Lord first and foremost

The difference between ownership and occupationIsrael – an attempt to understand her past and looking forward

The size of Israel is the same as the Kruger National Park

“Then the word of the LORD came to him: ‘This man (Ishmael) will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir (Isaac).’

Genesis 15:4

5 He took him outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and

count the stars – if indeed you can count them.’ Then he

said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’

“He took him outside and said,

‘Look up at the sky and count

the stars – if indeed you can

count them.’ Then he said to

him, ‘So shall your offspring

be.’

Genesis 15:5

“He also said to him, ‘I am the LORD, who brought

you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this

land to take possession of it.” Genesis 15:7

“On that day the LORD made a

covenant with Abram and said,

‘To your descendants I give this

land, from the Wadi of Egypt to

the great river, the Euphrates” ~

Genesis 15:18

First exodus in 586BC –In Babylon for 70 years

Romans destroyed the temple and Jerusalem in 70 AD

The second exodus

Jerusalem destroyed

The Arabs heard: “Allah is coming,” instead

of “Allenby is coming.”

General Allenby marches in to Jerusalem without a shot being fired and takes over Palestine in 1917

Jaffa Gate – General

Allenby enters on foot out of respect to the city

The UN

resolution of

two state

Palestine is

ratified

Arabia divided into 5 countriesArabia is divided into 5 nations

Israel’s independence declared on14th May 1948

Jewish homeland at last

David Ben Gurion – Israel’s first

Prime Minister

Return of the Jewish People to Israel from the four corners of the world

Embedded desire to return to Israel

”With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot

against those you cherish. “Come,” they say, “let us destroy

them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no

more.” Psalm 83 :3 - 4

Jewish Museum in Brussels – gun man takes down 4 people.

“Once again, Jewish blood in Belgium, is no longer Belgium.”ISRAEL- ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND HER PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD.

“He who sits in the heavens laughs. The Lord makes fun of them.”

Psalm 2:4

“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to

Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been

completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received

from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins” ~ Isaiah 40:1 – 2.

Zionists believe that Jews should be restored to their land

ISRAEL- ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND HER PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD.

John WesleyQueen Victoria William Wilberforce Charles Spurgeon

“The Sun never sets on the British Empire”

Sinking of the boat and her passengers

Canadian Prime minister Stephen Harper and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

His address in the Knesset – their country’s unashamed support of Israel

Frederick Chiluba - Zambian president - supporter of Israel

Extensive gas fields discovered on the Israeli coast Line

550 billion cubic metres – 20 years supplyIsrael – an attempt to understand her past and looking forward

Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with

joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of

the nations will come. ~ Isaiah 60:5

Only 7 million Jews live in Israel

World Population:

270 million Arabs and 14 million Jews

God is restoring the people to the land and then to himself

He (God) says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for theGentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth." ~ Isaiah 49:6

Don’t fiddle with Israel, unless you are prepared to pay the price

“ For this is what the LORD Almighty says:

‘After the Glorious One has sent me

against the nations that have plundered

you – for whoever touches you touches the

apple of his eye – 9 I will surely raise my

hand against them so that their slaves will

plunder them. Then you will know that the

LORD Almighty has sent me.” ~

Zachariah 2:8 - 9

Stand with Israel and reap the harvest!

“’I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.’” ~ Genesis 12:3

Bonus slide

Present day demarcation of Israel, West Bank and Gaza

The Security Barrier 700 km long 95% fence 5% wall (8m) Gates for people and agriculture

The barrier is erected for protection

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