Passionate Letter to an Old Friend

This is a letter I wrote to a friend, minus some personal family content; some evidences hopefully to help him believe.

Hasn't it been fascinating to watch the whole Middle-East situation? Doesn't it seem like Jerusalem is becoming a stone too heavy for the peoples to lift? Even many of the "evangelical churches" and many in the so-called Roman Catholic Church are turning against Israel. And these have been some of their closest allies. I'm not sure how much of the news you've seen, I know you're a bright, informed guy. ;-)



In fact, the prophet Zechariah, foretold that one day all the nations would come against the nation of Israel, that they would all gather against her to destroy her! That days is fast approaching!

2 "Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. 3 "It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured . And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

Zech 12:2-3 (NASB95)



Isn't that so fascinating? The prophet declared this around 2400 yrs ago, and we see the prophesy of Almight God's word being fulfilled. In these verses, the "I" who is speaking is the LORD (all caps) which signifies Yahweh, the name God revealed to Moses, and the name by which He declared He would forever more be known. What's interesting is looking at this and reading Yahweh's persepective. We see all the hostilities and U.N. council meetings and flotillas and Gaza blockade incursions, and Israel bending over backwards to make concessions... but Yahweh says He is doing it!



And just why is He doing all this to His supposedly "chosen people"? Well, the Bible teaches us that everything that God does is for the glory of His great name. The reason that is good, and not entirely selfish and evil, is that His glory is in doing good to the people He has chosen, the elect. Now this doesn't include all of the Jews. Some of them, but even the apostle Paul says "Not all who are descended from Abraham are Jews, but only those who are of the faith of Abraham are Jews."



16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, Romans 4:16



2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. 8 "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT." Romans 4:2-8



Ali... we can see from the prophets words, that the message they declared from the Holy Spirit is being fulfilled in our lives, even today in our lives. If these judgments that God has pronounced against the Jews (and the other nations) are coming true, shouldn't we assume the rest of His Word which He promised to defend, is coming true?

For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. Psalms 138:2 (NASB95)



Zechariah goes on to tell us why Yahweh, our great God HImself, makes Israel, even Zion itself, as a stone on which the nations who try to lift get hurt. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. 4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south... 6 In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 7 For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light. 8 And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. 9 And YAHWH will be king over all the earth; in that day the YAHWEH will be the only one, and His name the only one.

Zech 14:2-4, 6-9 (NASB95)

And there you have it. That is why right now, God is letting the Muslim nations, Ahmad., Hizbullah, Al-Qaeda, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Russia, U.S., etc. gather against Israel. For His glory. He is gathering them to destroy and annihilate all His enemies in the confrontation of confrontations, in the valley of Armageddon, where He will destroy them, with blood to a horse's bridle flowing from the scene. He's doing it for His glory, to defend those who are His by faith in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.

Could you follow all of this as I try to explain it to you? Does this make sense to you? Please, friend, I want you to ask me questions. If you have sincere questions, my friend, I want you to understand what is happening, for the salvation of your soul. My friend, I am not concerned if you are on "my side" or whose side ethnically/politically, but I want you to get right with YAHWEH (God). I know that in Islam, there is no true wiping away (forgiveness) of sins, that you stand before Allah, and he weighs your good against the bad. Not so with Yahweh. Those who are of the faith of Abraham, who trust in God's Messiah, the resurrected and coming Christ Jesus, thier sins are wiped cleaned, and God credits to them the sinless righteousness of Jesus. "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor 5:21).



Blessings to you my friend. May you come to know Yahweh's righteousness.

"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Chriset whom You have sent." John 17:3