Daily WATCH! Volume 3 Issue 14 Monday, October 6, 2003

THE YOM KIPPUR WAR AFTER 30 YEARS, NOT A LONG TIME

By Randy Loudenslager

As Israel remembers the miracle of the Yom Kippur War thirty years later she has realized that the war never ended. Israel, after having launched an air attack on a suspected terrorist training facility deep inside Syria on Saturday, in response to the latest deadly terror attack, knows that though she has the right to defend her people she will nevertheless be scorned worldwide for doing so.

Cannot the teachers of Israel convince the leaders that people are not inherently good at heart, but that they are wicked and deceitful and that they are for the most part not in their right mind? Israel honestly believes that the world will wake up and realize the error of its ways and support Israel against the sickening murders of her men, women and children at the hands of people who pray nightly for the wholesale destruction of Israel. She may receive condolences from their lips, but their hearts are set against Israel.

Some of you have already sent me email suggesting that now that Israel has attacked a base inside Syria war is inevitable. Remember, this is thirty years after the extremely humiliating defeat of Syria and Egypt by Israel. A defeat that was intended by Israel to teach Syria and Egypt to think twice before trying such foolishness again. If Syria could even dream of coming close to taking on Israel, would she? Remember that Syria is considered a member of President Bush's Axis of Evil. It might be time to pause on the fact that President Bush has a very large army in Iraq. This very large, and I might add powerful, army is fielded by a pro-Israel superpower. This army also took down the most powerful of Arab nations in only three weeks. For the moment Israel can act with some immunity.

If the American army wasn't presently in Iraq would Israel have anything to worry about? Of course not, she is protected by Michael the Arch Angel! Israel will not be beaten until she rebels, never! Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction (2 Thessalonians 2:4). But when Israel gives her land to the Palestinians as a nation state she will have rebelled against Almighty God and the everlasting covenant that He established with Abraham. Only then will Michael be removed from holding back the man of lawlessness. And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time (2 Thessalonians 2:6). Even then it will take a fake peace and a surprise attack by a truly massive army that includes Russia to accomplish such a feat.

We should be in awe of what God is doing. Who in all of the Middle East is going to strike Israel without their own serious devastation being the result?

God has gathered Israel back to the land. Israel at this very moment could become one of the mightiest nations on earth if she turned back to God and took refuge in Him and His might alone. Sadly there will not be a great revival before Jesus comes. More than 72% of Israelis consider themselves secular Jews. They will not turn to God, but will do even as they are doing now, turning to their political leaders for answers. Their leaders will sell them out when they make a covenant with death. They will cry peace and safety, but they will have none.

As Israel fasted during Yom Kippur thirty years ago, she was attacked by Syria and Egypt. Israel knew the attack was coming and still did nothing more than send a few more units to the borders. These tiny units fought heroically and many were simply overrun by the sheer onslaught of the massive offensives. Israel fought back and not only gained back her territory, but took Syrian territory to within artillery range of Damascus before they decided to stop. The entire Egyptian 3rd Army was surrounded and faced annihilation, but Israel showed mercy and compassion and observed a ceasefire. Syria and Egypt may tell their people that they were victorious over Israel, but no one has mobilized another invasion force against Israel since then. Why? They fear Israel almost as much as they hate Israel. The day will come when the peoples who hate Israel will have the upper hand and Israel, abandoned by God because of her rebellion, will not be shown the mercy she has shown her enemies . . . and God will remember.

Do not let the rumors of wars get to you. Keep your eyes on the big picture.