Posted on 06/10/2002 10:23:18 AM PDT by krodriguesdc
Mr. President: "Don't Be Deceived!"
10-Jun-02 Rev. Alex Awad
June 5, 2002
Dear President Bush,
Soon the prime minister of Israel will be meeting with you for the second time in less than a month and for the sixth time since you took office. I write to urge you, Mr. President, not to let Sharon con you into endorsing his destructive policies.
As you are aware, Sharon has rejected every peace proposal put forward to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, be that proposal, Arab, Israeli, European or American. He stood against the U.S. sponsored Camp David Peace Accord that brought about the first peace agreement between an Arab country, Egypt, and Israel in 1979. As well, he was one of the chief opponents of the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference. He was consistently against the Oslo Peace Accords, which were signed on the lawn of the White House in 1993. Indeed, he and his party worked day and night to kill Oslo. Furthermore, he insured that every conceivable condition was put forth so that the Tenet Agreement and the Mitchell Plan would never be implemented. Sharon has rejected all United Nations' effort to resolve the conflict and undermined the Saudi Peace proposal that could bring peace not only between Palestinians and Israelis, but also, between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Mr. President, Sharon is not "a man of peace." His aims have, heretofore, been those of consistently crushing his enemies and forcing them to surrendering rather than making peace with them.
President Bush, Sharon is not fighting for the survival of the State of Israel. The Palestinians who are struggling for their freedom do not pose a threat to the survival of the Jewish State. In fact, all the Arab armies put together are not a serious threat to Israel. Sharon is crushing the Palestinian people and humiliating them and their leadership to assure the survival of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I am sure you realize, Mr. President, that these settlements are the main reason for the continued hostilities between the Israelis and the Palestinians. I urge you, as the leader of the free world, to fight terrorism by fighting injustice. Take a righteous stand regarding the injustice of the settlement movement. The theft of Palestinian land and the denial of Palestinian rights to statehood, freedom and the pursuit of happiness, the destruction of Palestinian homes and fields, and the apartheid system that Israel is imposing on the Palestinians, are the cause of the strife that has led to widespread terrorism and the loss of so many Israeli and Palestinian lives.
Most Palestinians, myself included, utterly abhor and condemn incidents such as the recent bus bombing at the Megiddo Junction. We grieve over the loss of lives and the suffering of our Jewish neighbors. We look to you, Mr. President, to create an atmosphere in our region that will bring an end to such atrocities.
I pray, President Bush, that God will grant you and your administration, as well as the Congress of the United States, the courage to vote against Sharon's deceptive policies and the enemies of peace in his government. I pray that you will rally behind Israelis, Palestinians and peace loving people all over the world, who long to see an end to this bloody conflict.
Sincerely yours,
Rev. Alex Awad
United Methodist Missionary Pastor: East Jerusalem Baptist Church Jerusalem
and nothing to do with the absolute HATRED of the Jews by the Palestinians--uh huh, sure.
The Rev. better come in from the sun and pull his head out of the sand (or out of whatever he has it buried in)
What are you trying to say? Spit it out.
You need to open your eyes soonest. I'm tempted to hit the abuse button on you, but I'll give you a half hour to explain your ways; before I do.
The hypocrites today are mostly people who say* they are Christians, but do not obey God. They are antinomian anti-Christians who have denied His Name by denying His Word. Martin Luther was part and parcel of the historic antisemitism in the Christian Church and Hitler started Krystallnacht on Luther's birthday in honor of him because of Luther's hate book, "The Jews and their Lies." Chase this link: 86
Mt 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they *say, and do not.
Thinkin' Gal did an excellent study on another thread about it here ~ "Where would America be without Israel": 19
and also here on another thread ~ "The Pandemonium...": 13 and 21 and we followed with: 72 and 73 -- You can follow the Lord in obedience or you can follow the traditions of men. No man can serve two masters.
Mr 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their *lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Very funny.
Would you try to be more clear what you are trying to say?
Which reminds me of this:
1st century...
Romans 2:25-29
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
21st century (verses 26 and 27)...
Therefore if the JEWS keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his JEWISHNESS be counted for GRACE?
And shall not JEW which is by nature, if he fulfil the law, judge thee [the CHURCH], who by the LASCIVIOUSNESS and GRACE dost transgress the law?
Paul wrote to the Corinthians, how the Israelites' less-than-stellar behaviour did provoke...
1 Corinthians 10:5-12
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
2 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
So many examples. So why doesn't the CHURCH 'know therefore and understand', when it comes to the following passage as well?
1st century...
Acts 28:25-29
25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
21st century...
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles JEWS, and that they will hear it.
And when he had said these words, the Jews CHURCH departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
In the NT, this sentence is repeated 7 times, all in the book of Revelation:
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
"Shema" apparently has not registered with the Church, but the Jews will surely hear. No surprise then, that in chapter 13, 'the churches' is lopped off and it becomes:
Revelation 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
And to think there is a popular doctrine (folklore, fable) that says that millions of Christians will be raptured out of tribulation, while the 'unbelieving' Jews are left behind to take the rap and suffer God's wrath. Thousands, millions, whatever... you'd think the sheer number of supposed escapees would cause a red flag to go up, since they'd have to take a broad road in order to all fit! Visualize LA at rush hour, complete with the choking smog. In the days of Noah, only 8 were saved. How's that for an example?!
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
How many church leaders see themselves in their NT reflections, the scribes and the Pharisees? Ironically, it is the book of Hebrews and Revelation which are the most abused/contorted/misunderstood books in the NT. [I suspect that Daniel wins under the Writings category, and Ezekiel for Prophets].
To sum it up, the church is too busy looking for ways to justify/excuse blindness and deafness (been to the FR Religion forum lately?), to have a clue. "Yehuda", OTOH, means praise! Praise the Lord! After all, that's what Leah said when she gave birth to her fourth son. The 'door' [dalet] to YHWH is written into his name, in the fourth position. "Yehuda" is a picture of the hands (yad) being thrown/cast (yadah) heavenward. Now that's what I would call Revelation. :-)
I look forward to the day when the Jews are exalted ***for all the world to see***.
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