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Fighting Against God
by Howard on ,
Hanna, I will post a comment here, which is essentially what I sent out to our mailing list on Sunday:
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A time for war, and a time for peace. To our sorrow the time is not yet when war is no more.
Randi and I have just returned from a day in Beit Sahur, Bethlehem, and Beit Jala. We went despite -- inspite of -- the situation on the ground. Last night, I called up our friend, Nihad, pastor of a large and growing church in Bethlehem, to ask him to honestly tell me if he still wanted us to come up as planned today. He said, 'yes', if we wanted to. It is just at times as this that our reconciliation through the cross of Yeshua is demonstrated. We did not go to 'sympathize' with the Palestinian people, nor to justify Israeli military action against an avowed enemy. We went to be a witness that in Jesus alone is there peace for those who believe.
Please pray not only for their protection [of the believing soldiers], . . . but that they would serve the Lord and their nation honorably.
May many [of those in authority and ordinary Jews and Arabs] be turned towards the one true God and His Son for salvation and eternal life.
Peace in His righteousness and truth,
Howard and Randi
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As long as our Palestinian/Arab brothers over-sympathize with the Islamic agenda to wipe out Israel, your own voices will not be heard by those who are opposed to the truth of Jesus, in whom you trust for salvation, or by those who believe that the one true God knows what His Son suffered for in order to accomplish what none of us deserves.
I do love you, Hanna, as my brother for many years. It grieves me that in your desire for your view of justice, you have written off the truth that Jesus Christ will again come in the flesh to judge your people, and mine, to teach the nations what righteousness really is.
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