ISRAEL ORIGINALLY A THEOCRASY

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND AN HOLY NATION

.THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM                ORIGINALLY A THEOCRASY

NATIONS & GOD

GENESIS 12:

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

GENESIS 17:

1 And when Abram was ninety * * years old and nine, the LORD appeared to  Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee  exceedingly *. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many  nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be  Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding * * fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee  in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to  thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God

I WILL BE THEIR GOD

24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

1 And God spake all these words, saying 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

EXODUS 19:

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND AN HOLY NATION

Torah Level: Basic • Torah in the narrowest sense refers to the first five books of the Bible • In a broader sense, Torah includes all Jewish law and tradition • Torah was given to Moses in written form with oral commentary • The oral component is now written in the Talmud • There are additional important writings

Torah" is a tricky one, because it can mean different things in different contexts. In its most limited sense, "Torah" refers to the Five Books ofMoses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But the word "torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish bible (the body of scripture known to non-Jews as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh or Written Torah), or in its broadest sense, to the whole body of Jewish law and teachings

Written Torah To Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the New Testament are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called Old Testament is known to us as Written Torah or the Tanakh. This is a list of the books of Written Torah, in the order in which they appear in Jewish translations, with the Hebrew name of the book, a translation of the Hebrew name (where it is not the same as the English name), and English names of the books (where it is not the same as the Hebrew name). The Hebrew names of the first five books are derived from the first few words of the book. The text of each book is more or less the same in Jewish translations as what you see in Christian bibles, although there are some occasional, slight differences in the numbering of verses and there are some significant differences in the translations.

FREEDOM IS THE NEED OF OUR SOULS, AND NOTHING ELSE

Freedom is the need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after condition of freedom. God alone is insider and guarantor of freedom. He is the only guarantor....Whittaker Chambers, "Witness"	Fortunately External freedom is only an aspect of interior freedom. Political freedom, as the Western world is known it, is only a political reading of the Bible. Religion and freedom are indivisible.
ROMANS 13:1-10 IS A DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO UNDERSTAND	Without freedom the soul dies. Without the solar is no justification for freedom.  (Whittaker Chambers, "Witness" P 16)
World English Bible 1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for     there is no authority except from God, and those who be are ordained by God. 2 Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, 4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn`t bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. 5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience` sake. 6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God`s service, attending continually on this very thing. 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love doesn`t harm his neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.	Hebrew and Greek (Westcott-Hort) Transliterated 1 pasa yuch exousiaiV uperecousaiV upotassesqw ou gar estin exousia ei mh upo qeou ai de ousai upo qeou tetagmenai eisin 2 wste o antitassomenoV th exousia th tou qeou diatagh anqesthken oi de anqesthkoteV eautoiV krima lhmyontai 3 oi gar arconteV ouk eisin foboV tw agaqw ergw alla tw kakw qeleiV de mh fobeisqai thn exousian to agaqon poiei kai exeiV epainon ex authV 4 qeou gar diakonoV estin soi eiV to agaqon ean de to kakon poihV fobou ou gar eikh thn macairan forei qeou gar diakonoV estin ekdikoV eiV orghn tw to kakon prassonti 5 dio anagkh upotassesqai ou monon dia thn orghn alla kai dia thn suneidhsin 6 dia touto gar kai forouV teleite leitourgoi gar qeou eisin eiV auto touto proskarterounteV 7 apodote pasin taV ofeilaV tw ton foron ton foron tw to teloV to teloV tw ton fobon ton fobon tw thn timhn thn timhn 8 mhdeni mhden ofeilete ei mh to allhlouV agapan o gar agapwn ton eteron nomon peplhrwken 9 to gar ou moiceuseiV ou foneuseiV ou kleyeiV ouk epiqumhseiV kai ei tiV etera entolh en tw logw toutw anakefalaioutai [en tw] agaphseiV ton plhsion sou wV seauton 10 h agaph tw plhsion kakon ouk ergazetai plhrwma oun nomou h agaph
(pasa psuch). As in 2 Timothy 2:9; Acts 2:43. A Hebraism for paß anqrwpoß (every man). To the higher powers (exousiaiß uperecousaiß). Abstract for concrete. See Mark 2:10 for exousia. Huperecw is an old verb to have or hold over, to be above or supreme, as in 1 Peter 2:13. Except by God (ei mh upo qeou). So the best MSS. rather than apo qeou (from God).            God is the author of order, not anarchy. The powers that be (ai ousai). "The existing authorities" (supply exousiai). Art ordained (tetagmenai eisin). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of tassw, "stand ordained by God."  Paul is not arguing for the divine right of kings or for any special form of government, but for government and order. Nor does he oppose here revolution for a change of government, but he does oppose all lawlessness and disorder "Humanism, for all his talk about freedom, can present no philosophical framework to justify freedom.	(qeou diakonoß). General sense of diakonoß. Of course even Nero was God's minister "to thee (soi ethical dative) for good (eiß to agaqon, for the good)." That is the ideal, the goal. Beareth (porei). Present active indicative of porew, old frequentative form of perw, to bear, to wear. But if thou do (ean de poihß). Condition of third class, ean and present active subjunctive of poiew, "if thou continue to do." Sword (macairan). Symbol of authority as to-day policemen carry clubs or pistols. "The Emperor Trajan presented to a provincial governor on starting for his province, a dagger, with the words, 'For me. If I deserve it, in me'" (Vincent). An avenger (ekdikoß).  Old adjective from ek and dikh (right), "outside of penalty," unjust, then in later Greek "exacting penalty from one," in N.T. only here and 1 Thessalonians 4:6.
How can we say that men have human rights and there are not bestowed upon him by his creator?	On what basis do we say that the state is limited if God himself is not limited it?
When--in the name of freedom!--The humanist tear away the Christian freedoms of this country, they actually destroy the only philosophical foundation upon which true freedom can be sustained."   most of what I quote is from  Dr John Eidsmoe's "GOD AND CAESAR" pp. 85-86	In yet, desirable though it may be, liberty needs restraint. One might think that anarchy involves total freedom, but in reality it involves a total destruction of freedom. For without restraint men will destroy one another's freedoms by killing each other, stealing from one another, enslaving one another and exploiting one another. The reason, quite obviously, is a basic human condition: sin." Dr. John Eidsmoe

               Dr. Eidsmoe continues: "to restrain man's sin nature's and safeguard human freedom, governments are established.

 To be effective, governments have to have power but governmental power has to be restrained, for the same reason that individual liberty has to be restrained--the fact of sin. For rulers are just as simple as their subjects. Given absolute and unrestrained power, they will use up our incorrupt and despotic ways." John Eidsmoe, "GOD & CAESAR" pp.85,86

"But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, either external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." James Madison

"It's necessary, therefore, that all power that is on her be limited, church power or other.... It's counted a matter of danger to the state to limit prerogatives, but it is further danger not to have them limited; they will be like a tempest if they are not limited.... It is therefore fit for every man then to be studious of the bounds which the Lord has set; and for the people, in whom fundamentally all power lies, to give as much power as God in his Word gives to men.... All entrenchment upon the bounds which God hath not given, they are not enlargements, but burdens and snares." John Cotton

               "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely!" 

             So then power must be diluted. And that's exactly what the framers of the Constitution did--by separating and dividing the powers of government among various individuals and groups, so that no one individual or group had too much power. Each individual or group jealous of its own power, battles against the encroachments of power by the other branches.

             If that doesn't demonstrate that the framers didn't believe in the depravity of man.  ALL ARE SINNERS! INCLUDING ALL POLITICIANS. 

               Another way that power was diluted was to shrink the power groups. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." The 10th amendment to the Constitution

               That Dilution of Power, according to the Constitution and Bill of Rights guarantees are God-given rights that cannot be abridged or taken away, whether they be in the majority or in the minority. We have the right of religion, the right to bear arms to defend ourselves, the right to freedom of speech, the right to privacy from illegal search and seizure, the right to trial by jury, and many others.

               Power was diluted so that no individual or group received too much power--even the people as a whole! They never intended the United States should be up your direct democracy in which the majority can do anything it pleases. Rather they intended a constitutional republic in which the rights of the majority are protected from the tyranny of the majority, and the rights of the minority are protected from the tyranny of the majority.. The Constitution, not the people, was the supreme law of the land. But above everything they believe that men have rights, not because government has chosen to grant certain rights, but because God has created Everyman with human dignity and has bestowed upon him certain basic rights as a part of that human dignity. 

The purpose of government is to secure these rights" (quoting the Declaration of Independence), not grant them. 

COMMITTMENT AND TRUST

SOME PROBLEMS WITH DOUBT

     Some years ago, in a discussion that I had with my physician, I had said," yes, I realize continuing like that could mean an early death, but that's all right, I'm ready for death. For years, I preached that 'the next life is where we recieved our Christian reward ."

My doctor, who was an older physician, was known as a Christian. And he pretty much lived that way. He would also come out with the truth in any conversation, almost to the point of being abrupt. So I was somewhat surprised by his response to my statement.

He looked at me in a sidewise glance. "Yes, that's what we say, but deep down, we all have some doubt."

     Naturally, we may experience doubt occasionally. But, I believe, that's like experiencing temptation. It comes and it goes. I'm certainly no judge of this doctor . Perhaps, he only expressed some passing doubt.

     However, as I thought about his conversation and my own belief, uncertainty would certainly influence my own commitment. Personally, my desire had long ago focused on trusting and committing my life in Jesus Christ and following Him. This hasn't always been successful in following Him, because I often fail.  Obviously, there is a point of time when the rubber meets the road.  I
        In this life, just like the annual season, you will physically decay and grow old and die.  There is much to be said about the Fall season. In the Fall, there is the full mature growth of life--beautiful colors happens--you see some of the fruit of your labor, but now the very colors are the result of decay--the decisions have been made and there is no beginning again, and eventually this very colorful fall eventually ends.  Some winter seasons are hard and some not.
        However, what follows winter's dark cold season is the glorious Spring with its burst of life.
        Some ignore the fact of this hard season and do this in various ways, but that season will happen.  We used to prepare for the cold winter by going out and cutting wood for the warm fire.  Gathering fuel-wood for our fire was preparing for this hard season. So how do we gather fuel for this hard cold season today?  While some still gather wood most are saved from this labor by someone doing it for us, and we simply turn up the thermostat.
         Leaving the seasons analogy--the last season--usually the hard cold season is our death. It will happen!  But there is hope--just like preparing for the cold winter we need to prepare for it. How?
         This is not dependant on my goodness!  Praise the Lord my salvatiton is not based on my  failures or my successes.  "Not by works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His  mercy He saves us....that being justified by His grace according to the hope of eternal life." Titus 3:5-7 .  "God so loved the world(us) that He sent His Son to die for us...." John 3:16
        It's like that hymn: "What more can He say than that which He has said...." There is no other place to go--that's the truth.J
        You do need to turn on the heat--turn up the thermostat--accept God's love offering--accept Jesus Christ as your Savior.

DEALING WITH DOUBTS AND BELIEFs, AND COMMITTMENT

      The Gospels tell us the Jesus' first followers, including the apostles, certainly had doubt and disbelief.

The Gospels have a good account of this. In the 16th chapter, Mark tells us: "Mary Magdalene... went and reported to those who had been with Him while they were mourning and weeping. And when they heard that, He was alive, and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it." Verses 9 – 11

Luke 24:10-11, "Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. And these words appeared to them it's nonsense, and they would not believe them."

      John puts it this way,   "But Thomas one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore were saying to him,' We had seen the Lord!' But he said to them,' Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side I will not believe." John 20:24-25

     How did Jesus Christ deal with the doubt that came to His followers?

John 20:26-31, "And after eight days again His disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shot, and stood in their midst, and said,'Peace be with you. Then He said to Thomas,' Reach here your finger, and see My hand; and reach here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.'   Thomas answered and said to Him,' My Lord and my God!'  Jesus said to him,' Because you have seen me, have you believe?  Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believe.'" Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but these things have been written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name."

"After that He appeared to more than 500 brother at one time, most of whom remain (are still alive) until now, but some have fallen asleep: then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles...." 1 Corinthians 15:6-7

      In the case of the Apostle Paul, over three years had passed, and Jesus Christ makes this other extraordinary, very dramatic, appearance.
    The apostle Paul, then called Saul, was a dedicated opponent of Christianity. At the time of his conversion to following Christ, he was on his way to a major city on a foreign country to root out the followers of Christ and bring them back to Jerusalem for execution. All of his life he had been raised his strict Jew and follower of Judaism. He knew that Christianity had to be false. After all, Christianity's founder, who hung on across, had to be cursed, according to their law (Deuteronomy 21: 22-23).
     Nothing less than the risen Jesus Christ confronting Saul face to face would have changed his mind so radically. And that's exactly what happened. Totally convinced and committed, this man
went  out with a radically changed message.

    Paul speaks about Jesus appearing to him.  He's says he was "...trying to destroy the church persecuting it and he was advancing and Judaism beyond many of his contemporaries and countrymen. He was extremely zealous of his ancestral tradition. But when He who had set me apart... Called the through His grace was pleased to reveal His Son and me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles."

Obviously, Jesus Christ, in his appearing, changed everything. This was true in the lives of his apostles and followers. As the Gospels testify, news that Jesus appeared to her resurrected could not be true, in fact, , Luke 24:11 tells us, when the women "... Told these things I to the apostles. And their words seem to them  as idle tales and they believed them not." The New American Standard Version translates this even stronger: "these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them."
    

      In other appearances, Luke 24:36-44 "period.. While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst. But they were startled in frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit. And He said to them,' Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your  hearts? See My hands  and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and say, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.' And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while he still could not believe it or joy and were marveling, He said to them,' Have you anything here to eat?'
And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish; and He took it and ate in their sight. Now He said to them,' These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and Prophets and the Psalms must be filled."

       I don't mean that Jesus Christ is going to make an appearance before you to get you to believe. But there is  empirical evidence that we need to appreciate.

    Jesus Christ gave the church – you and I as the "called out" believers a commission to tell others and make disciples." (Matthew 28:19-20).  "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be  My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8).

    I believe, empirical evidence, does influence our belief and in our commitment.  Obviously we must thoroughly check out evidence that we present, but I belive, we often dismiss some things from  hearsay and without study. Have you really studied the shroud of Turin?  Is there any medical evidence on the resurrection?  Science for many of the other things that have happened in science or space? 

WHAT'S THE BIG RUSH??

WHAT’S THE BIG RUSH??
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE TRANSPARENCY TOO!

Earlier this year, 12 HOURS TO REVIEW A 1,073 PAGE STIMULUS BILL–COSTING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER $787 BILLION. The 1, 428 PAGE CAP AND TRADE BILL COSTING A COOL $846 BILLION HAS THE LONGEST TIME–16.5 HOURS.

“ A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money"? (or anything very close to that?)” “Scoop” Jackson (Dem. of Wash.) or Evertt Dirkson (Rep. of Ill.)

NOW THE 1000+ PAGE HEALTHCARE REFORM LOOMS OVER AMERICA
--And 12 hours to read it??

Congress (in fact 359 members of Congress) wanted a 72-hour review period for an agriculture appropriations bill, why not the same for all bills. With all the thousands of protests about this major reform of healthcare, how dare the U.S. Congress rush this one through. Not only should there be more time–the taxpayers who are going to pay for this should also read it.
AND THAT’S POSSIBLE WITH THE INTERNET AVAILABLE.
ISN’T THIS COUNTRY STILL A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE??

The Wall Street Journal recently had this article::
“Polls show overwhelming agreement outside the Beltway that it's more important for Congress to get health-care reform done right than done quickly. A Polling Company survey conducted last month found 95% agreeing that members of Congress shouldn't vote on any bill they haven't read in full. … It's time for Congress to change its ways. Haste can make for more than waste and lead to populist outrage that often takes on a life of its own. That happened after this year's stimulus bill included the infamous provision authorizing executives of bailed-out AIG to get retroactive bonuses. (“Congress needs a 72-hour waiting period,” by John Fund, Sept. 26)”

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) launched a petition to bring H. Res. 554 up for a vote, which would ensure that the public, press, and members of Congress have at least 72 hours to read and understand bills in the House.

“If the 72-hour rule is good enough for the agriculture appropriations bill, then what stops my colleagues from signing the petition to give the public time to review all bills, like major healthcare reform?” Walden said. “This is about one thing: the public’s right to know. It’s time to change how Washington works.”

Evertt Dirkson,, as Scoop Jackson, had a lot to say about "spending" bills::

"One time in the House of Representatives [a colleague] told me a story about a proposition that a teacher put to a boy. He said, ‘Johnny, a cat fell in a well 100 feet deep. Suppose that cat climbed up 1 foot and then fell back 2 feet. How long would it take the cat to get out of the well?'

"Johnny worked assiduously with his slate and slate pencil for quite a while, and then when the teacher came down and said, ‘How are you getting along?' Johnny said, ‘Teacher, if you give me another slate and a couple of slate pencils, I am pretty sure that in the next 30 minutes I can land that cat in hell.'

Somehow I have the feeling that’s exactly where this administration is taking us.
SLOW DOWN–LET US AT LEAST READ THE BILL!

KOINONIKOS

Daniel 10

Saturday, the chief of staff for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the second enrichment plant "will become operational soon"
"God willing this new plant will become operational soon and make the enemy blind," Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
.Israel says the disclosure that Iran is building a second nuclear enrichment facility proves it "wants to equip itself with nuclear weapons". Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel wanted to see an "unequivocal" Western response to the development. According to BBC
"You don't want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs,” Prime Minister [Binyamin] Netanyahu said, underscoring the concern he has for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Iran.
“When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the entire world should start worrying. That is what is happening in Iran."
In a recent interview with The Atlantic, Netanyahu said “Western civilization” will have failed if Iran is allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

With a country that is less than 100 miles wide in some places, Netanyahu must be stressed out. What would a nuclear strike do–maybe a dirty nuclear bomb?

Vice President Joe Biden issued a high-level warning to the Israeli government, saying it would be "ill-advised" to carry out a military strike against Iranian nuclear sites.


Should we be concerned about this?
Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, head of U.S. forces in the Middle East, at a recent meeting of senators, warned that the Israeli government may react. They may be "so threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon that it would take preemptive military action to derail or delay it.”

Israel, widely held to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, has also refused to rule out the possibility of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities.
Israel has never officially admitted having nuclear weapons, but is widely recognized to possess at least 75 warheads.

Also speaking on Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC that the UK was "100% committed" to finding a diplomatic solution to the Iran issue, but refused to rule out military action altogether.

Well good luck on stopping the Iranian bomb, but I really think that the world is going to have a nuclearized Middle East. The Obama Administration is not going to stop them, and they will prevent the Israel from stopping them so it’s going to happen. What happens then.
Nostradamus is often quoted, I would like to quote a prophet that predates him by at least a thousand years.
Daniel writes of Jerusalem:
"Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
"And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined DANIEL 9:26-27

And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling.
Then he said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come."
DANIEL 10:11-14 (NKJV)

KOINONIKOS