Countdown: Israel Faces Historic Decision

Posted by on 30 October 2008 | 0 Comments

In the News...

By Chris Mitchell. CBN News Mideast Bureau Chief. October 30, 2008

CBNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - Last week, a top Iranian official said some within Iran are recommending their government launch a preemptive strike against Israel. According to the official, the attack would stop Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear facilities. It's one more indication of the rising tensions between the two nations. The question in the Middle East has often been, will Israel attack Iran? But some wonder, would Iran first strike Israel to stop attacks on its nuclear facilities?

If Israel tries to stop Iran, many analysts speculate the strike might come between the U.S. elections on November 4 and the inauguration of the next U.S. President on January 20... Some say if Israel wants to stop the Bushehr plant, it has a limited time frame. Read More

Donnie's Remarks...

Pray for Peace. Prepare for war. Lots of world events seem to be taking shape exactly as the Bible has prophesied. In Zechariah 12, the Lord tells us exactly what HE IS GOING TO DO, immediatelybefore Christ's Second Coming. Want to know what to watch for as the Big Day approaches?Here you go...

Zechariah 12:1-11 (MSG)
¹ War Bulletin: God's Message concerning Israel, God's Decree—the very God who threw the skies into space, set earth on a firm foundation, and breathed his own life into men and women:

² "Watch for this: I'm about to turn Jerusalem into a cup of strong drink that will have the people who have set siege to Judah and Jerusalem staggering in a drunken stupor.

³ "On the Big Day, I'll turn Jerusalem into a huge stone blocking the way for everyone. All who try to lift it will rupture themselves. All the pagan nations will come together and try to get rid of it.

⁴ "On the Big Day"—this is God speaking—"I'll throw all the war horses into a crazed panic, and their riders along with them. But I'll keep my eye on Judah, watching out for her at the same time that I make the enemy horses go blind.⁵ The families of Judah will then realize, 'Why, our leaders are strong and able through God-of-the-Angel-Armies, their personal God.'

⁶ "On the Big Day, I'll turn the families of Judah into something like a burning match in a tinder-dry forest, like a fiercely flaming torch in a barn full of hay. They'll burn up everything and everyone in sight—people to the right, people to the left—while Jerusalem fills up with people moving in and making themselves at home—home again in Jerusalem.

⁷ "I, God, will begin by restoring the common households of Judah so that the glory of David's family and the leaders in Jerusalem won't overshadow the ordinary people in Judah.

⁸ On the Big Day, I'll look after everyone who lives in Jerusalem so that the lowliest, weakest person will be as glorious as David and the family of David itself will be godlike, like the Angel of God leading the people.

⁹ "On the Big Day, I'll make a clean sweep of all the godless nations that fought against Jerusalem.
¹⁰ "Next I'll deal with the family of David and those who live in Jerusalem. I'll pour a spirit of grace and prayer over them. They'll then be able to recognize me as the One they so grievously wounded—that piercing spear-thrust! And they'll weep—oh, how they'll weep! Deep mourning as of a parent grieving the loss of the firstborn child.