Thursday, September 2, 2010

MidEast Peace talks

So here we go again, another round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Another effort on top of the past failures:

UN Security Council Resolution 242, 1967
Camp David Accords, 1978
The Madrid Conference, 1991
Oslo Agreement, 1993
Camp David, 2000
Taba, 2001
Saudi peace plan, 2002
Roadmap, 2003
Geneva Accord, 2003
Annapolis, 2007

Jerusalem is quite the burden.
Who's attending the Peace talks this time around?
Benjamin Netanyahu (Judaism - haven't yet recognised their Messiah)
Mahmoud Abbas (Islam)
Mohamed Hosni Mubarak (Islam)
Barack Obama (Christian)
What does God think about the land of Israel and its region (not the people, but the land?) Reading through the Old Testament, it is obvious that God is not only zealous for the house of Israel but is equally zealous for the land they were to inherit.

Leviticus 25:23 'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants.'

Deuteronomy 11:12 'It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.'

The House of Judah was left desolate and the Jews were kicked out the the Holy Land (a Jesus prophecy from Matthew 23)

God certainly doesn't recognise any other rivals occupying it (Romans, Ottomans, Islamic Palestinians in East Jerusalem), but recognised they would have their 15 minutes of fame:
(Luke 21-24: 'Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.')
For some reason God is attached to the Promised Land, and especially to Jerusalem. I wish these guys luck in finding peace but until they recognise who actually owns the piece of turf, any peace will probably be temporal. It is not Eastern Europe they are negotiating for here, it is a patch of land God has made plain in the Bible he is quite fond of. He will not forever tolerate other gods being served there.

Matthew 23:37-38: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Jerusalem will not see peace again until it recognises Jesus. Judaistic and Islamic buildings in Jerusalem do not recognise Jesus Christ as the Messiah and will therefore not experience a meaningful or lasting peace.

In the meantime, it's probably good to pursue peace anyway, because its better than handing out firearms.