Darrin, please permit me to post the ongoing Israeli/Palestenian peace process for all to see.
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CHN Commentary 11-8-98
The Mid East March to Peace
Just as the Palestinians are meeting the demands over the latest security issue of Friday's Jerusalem bombing, they will find themselves confronted with yet another demand by Israel of the most serious nature, which is more to the heart of the matter.
And that is the basic matter of "outlawing" the military wings of two radical Islamic groups ... namely, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Arafat says he has done this in 1996, but David Bar-Illan, a top aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu counters with,
"Why did Mr. Arafat agree in the Wye accord to outlaw them if he has already done it?'' .
The Wye memorandum states that the Palestinian Authority "will inform the United States fully of the actions it has taken to outlaw all organizations (or wings of organizations, as appropriate) of a military, terrorist or violent character, and their support structure and to prevent them freedom of action in the areas under its jurisdiction.''
Bottom line.......... we will shortly be reading of Arafat's compliance with this requirement..
Nothing is going to stand in the way of Wye, and getting to final status negotiations... You can hear, see, feel, smell and taste the reality of this "new commitment" of cooperation that exists between Likud and the PNA. Wye was the final "stop of commitment"..... The parties declared to the world and to the terrorists, that the battle lines have been drawn..!!! Peace will prevail......!!!
In the past, Arafat saw terror as a legitimate instrument to pressure Israel and achieve his goals.This is not the situation today. Arafat now has an interest in preventing terror attacks, and is showing signs that he is taking real steps in this direction.
He is openly calling on the Israeli public to join him in his fight against the extremists on both sides that are intent on preventing peace. His call for the uniting of their security forces to combat terror is unprecedented, and very confirming of the "on the ground" reality that is taking place in order to get into final status negations [where the real trouble of terrorism awaits them all].
We can relate it to the feeling even we would have if we joined forces with a previous enemy of ours to combat a common enemy of both of us. The cliché of "two heads are better then one" would be a strong bond between us.
But even stronger, in their case would be.... "two fists are better then one"...!!!
This is what we will begin seeing demonstrated by both sides... a coordinating of the security forces against the enemy of terror. And this bond of coordination will grow as the serious business of final status negotiations commences. It will take all of their combined strength to fight off the attacks that are "lurking" in the dens "of the demons of iniquity".
As for us, we must maintain our spiritual overview of these "on the ground" happenings and realize that Satan knows his time is short, and getting shorter by the day... His response will be as a roaring lion in the "on the ground" scene that continues to play out. Therefore, we are expecting to have to continue reporting on more bloodshed and violence with each passing day.
This is God's word coming to pass in the "last days".....and it's not gonna' be a pretty picture. We all know the scriptures and we know the governing theme is "a time of sorrow like no time in history"...
This "peace" will have it's price.... But God has commanded us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
What we [the Church} must realize is that in His command to us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, God has simultaneously placed the promise to the Church to "watch our redemption draw near" by means of the escape route of our Rapture..!!!
Therefore, the closer the peace...the closer the Rapture...!!!!!!!
We will keep "watching"...
Jesus is Lord....
Luke 12:37
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