To: sea_urchin who wrote (11099 ) 6/20/2006 1:52:39 PM From: Cyprian Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22250 Don't forget that the motivation for Zionism was the oppression of the Jews in the late 19th and 20th Centuries. Forgive me if it seems I am picking on you, but once again you know not what you speak. The Jews have had a "Zionist" motivation and mentality ever since they were last cast out of their land nearly 2,000 years ago. This is not a new phenomenon of the last century or two. The reason the Jews have been long oppressed is because the Lord has chosen to make an example of them, showing forth by example what happens to a people who deny their Lord and cry out, "Crucify him, crucify him". If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. (Joshua 24:20) And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. (Jeremiah 5.19) Don't blame everyone else for the woes of the Jews. God cast them out for their transgressions and brought all the evil upon them because they forsook him. Just because God in the past wouldn't allow their Zionist devices to come to fruition doesn't mean the intent wasn't there. Now God has allowed Zionism to occur, to chastise Christians for their lack of faith. God is letting the Jews who hate us Christians rule over us, because we have mingled with the heathen and we've gone a whoring after our own inventions. Yea, we have chosen our own ways, and our soul delighteth in our abominations, choosing that in which the Lord delighted not. Therefore the Lord will choose our delusions, and allow our enemies and them that hated us to rule over us.