PSALM 122:6

Good morning, blog readers, from cloudy and “balmy” (22 degrees) Wisconsin where, on my morning walk, I saw 2 deer for the first time in about 2 weeks! Thank You Jesus!

This headline, from today’s Gatestone Institute, caught, my eye: “Biden Threatens Netanyahu’s Drive to Destroy Hamas.”

In the article, Con Coughlin reported: “The Israeli premier has also reiterated his long-standing opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state, which he insists would become a launching pad for attacks on Israel.

Israel’s efforts to achieve its goal of destroying Hamas, though, are at serious risk of being undermined by the Biden administration’s growing hostility towards Netanyahu’s government. There are credible indications, moreover, that the Biden administration’s growing hostility towards Netanyahu has led it to work with senior figures within Israel’s security establishment, which is known to have a difficult relationship with the Israeli premier, to remove his government from power. The Palestinian leadership has always been just as deeply and outspokenly committed to the destruction of Israel as Hamas is.

Instead of trying to overthrow the Netanyahu government, the Biden administration would be better advised to grasp the vital strategic consideration that defeating Hamas is as much in the interests of the U.S. as it is for Israel.”

“So what, you might ask?” Let me remind you, from Jeremiah 31:35-37 that, according to the Lord God Himself,” as long as there is the sun, the moon and the stars, there will be an Israel! But, let me also tell you, sadly, from Zechariah 13:8, 9, that, because the majority of the Jews (two-thirds) have not accepted the Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Savior, they “will be cut off and perish.”

And so, as believers in Jesus, in light of all of what is going on in the world, including the U.S. and Israel, we should be “praying for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6)” which will only come when the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ, returns to the earth to defeat His enemies and set up His kingdom. Secondly, we should be praying for the salvation of Jews and Gentiles alike, including Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, atheists, agnostics and all those who have rejected Christ as their Savior.

Then, as believers in Jesus, we should be: watching, waiting, working, witnessing for, walking with and worshiping Jesus until He comes. And, if you are not a believer in Jesus, please become one right now by agreeing with God you are a sinner who needs a Savior Who is Jesus (Romans 3:23, 24) and believe He died on a cross for your sins, was buried and raised from the dead (I Corinthians 15:1-4) to forgive all your sins and give you eternal life (John 3:16). Blessings with love and prayers, Doug (1/22/24)