Peace In Our Time

Daniel 9:27, "And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate. Even until the consummation which is determined, is poured out on the desolate."

These days I am reminded of the days right before World War II. I am reminded of English Prime Minister Nevil Chamberlain. Chamberlain, as Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler was arming for war, journeyed to meet the German Reich Chancellor to discuss a peace treaty. Chamberlain successfully negotiated a treaty and returned to England to the proclamation "Peace in our time." He claimed to have "looked into the eyes" of Hitler and found him to be an honorable man. A few short months later Hitler invaded Poland an World War II was underway. He did not recognize or acknowledge evil.

Friends, will we ever learn the lessons history has to teach us? You cannot negotiate with evil. You cannot trust evil. Evil will always betray the agreements they have made. Why? Because they are evil. In the middle east today I fear we are embarking upon the same sort of path as Chamberlain.

Daniel 9:27 tells us of Antichrist. It clearly tells us Antichrist will be the one to negotiate a peace settlement(covenant) between Israel and her enemies. And since Antichrist is the embodiment of evil after 3 1/2 weeks(3 1/2 years) he will break his word and the covenant. In spite of this clear teaching every U.S. president since Richard Nixon has sought to bring peace to the middle east via treaty.

The bible clearly teaches Antichrist will be the one who brings peace, so at best this tells us our political leaders are truly biblically illiterate. And no president we have had has less regard for the true message of the bible than our current leader Barack Obama. No president in our history has taken us this far in retreating from our commitment to Israel as they stand against the evil that wants to eliminate them from being a nation and people.

We are clearly siding with evil now, and God will judge evil. Their has never been a nation of Palestine in the history of the world, yet now we are told their must be. Before 1973 their were no Palestinian people. Before 1973 they were Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians and Lebanese. Yet now we are told they have a legitimate claim to land they have never possessed as a nation, to the detriment of Israel who has a clear historical and biblical claim to the land. Israel was defeated in a war with Rome in 70 A.D. and lost her land. No one asked Rome to give back the land they had won in warfare. Yet now the world is asking Israel to give back land they won in warfare in 1967, this is unprecedented in world history.

The bible tells us that at some future point the whole world will come against Israel. How close that time seems to be in this very day. Will we turn our back on God's people? Yes we will, at some point. Is that point now? We shall surely see. But it cannot be argued we have never been closer to turning from Israel and too evil. Now more than ever we need to be doing as Psalm 122:6 instructs us; "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you."" And we need to realize, when we pray this prayer, we are praying for Christ's return. He is the only One who will bring peace to this world. "Even so, come Lord Jesus."