Romans 12:16
King James Version
16 Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits.
This is the first year since that October 7 attack on Israel.
Surely, I'm not the only one riddled with questions.
I would not claim knowledge of the whole story.
All I know is what Scripture tells me.
But these questions nag my soul.
Inviting further prayer, exploration, and understanding.
What have we learned from it?
What was not told us?
What do we know?
Who was responsible?
Could it have been avoided?
How will this all pan out?
Will this escalate into a major world war?
How can we really know the whole story?
How can the countries involved have freedom from war?
How can people live peacefully?
Is any border ever safe now?
Here are a few things that drew my attention today:
"In July 2023, a member of the Israeli signals intelligence unit alerted her superiors that Hamas was conducting preparations for the assault, saying, "I utterly refute that the scenario is imaginary". An Israeli colonel ignored her concerns."
-- Wikipedia
Was it another case of "Pearl Harbor"?
"For decades, conventional wisdom held that Japan attacked without first formally breaking diplomatic relations only because of accidents and bumbling that delayed the delivery of a document hinting at war to Washington."
"United States naval intelligence officers were alarmed by the unusual timing for delivering the message — 1:00 p.m. on a Sunday, which was 7:30 a.m. in Hawaii — and attempted to alert Pearl Harbor. But due to communication problems the warning was not delivered before the attack."
-- Wikipedia
Did the warnings get lost in "translation"?
Were warnings ignored?
Were there real communication problems?
What was "deliberate"?
What was "unplanned"?
Only the main protagonists/antagonists can ever know.
Apart from GOD, of course.
Where nothing is hidden from His sight.
Psalm 44:21
King James Version
21 Shall not God search this out?
for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
King James Version
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him:
for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Hebrews 4:13
King James Version
13 Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of him
with whom we have to do.
As JESUS said:
Luke 12:2-3
King James Version
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness
shall be heard in the light;
and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets
shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
I will not downplay the ability of America and Israel's military and intelligence units.
Perhaps, they're the finest in the world.
Precisely why I wonder how it could have escaped their "radar".
And then I remembered an article SPIRIT and I wrote on 29 March 2023:
"UNREST from within"
From that day on, I felt Israel would be in trouble.
Through infighting and bickering in her parliament.
She'd be laid "bare".
She'd be exposed to vultures.
All waiting in ambush, as she further weakens.
As infiltration creates chaos from within.
While they're "bickering", someone else is busy "planning".
Waiting for that "opportune" moment.
Such is the way of "warfare".
Weaken the enemy from "within".
Make him forget GOD.
That basic principle is common-sense.
In any person, in any family, in any organization, in any nation.
Satan feeds upon your ego, lust, pride, vanity, and greed.
Weakening your heart, mind, body, soul, spirit, and "home".
And then he goes in for the "kill".
Taking everyone with him.
Oh, how the game is played too often!
And yet, man never learns.
As watchman and workman for GOD, I am here to watch, warn, write, wait, and worship.
That's why we have all these blogs and books.
Which SPIRIT inspired me to write starting five years ago.
That we may warn, and wake you up.
Friends, we are hit on ALL fronts.
Whether believer, or unbeliever.
We need to know GOD's laws.
We either rise, or fall, when we follow, or don't follow, GOD's commands.
The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is filled with GOD's wrath, and judgment.
For unbelieving, unfaithful, idolatrous, adulterous, war-like, vain, greedy people.
Whether they be His chosen nation, Israel, or the enemies of Israel.
We are all under judgment if we disobey GOD's laws.
ESPECIALLY if we hurt the "apple" of His eye.
There is nothing new about man's ways.
Or his methods.
Especially if he wants to acquire something.
Or wants something destroyed.
As king Solomon said:
Ecclesiastes 1:9
King James Version
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
and that which is done is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun.
It's not being jaded.
It's being realistic.
Of seeing the true nature of man.
In Genesis 3, GOD already saw man's weakness:
Genesis 3:6-7
King James Version
6 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat,
and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together,
and made themselves aprons.
In Genesis 6, GOD saw our true nature:
Genesis 6:5-6
King James Version
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth,
and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord
that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
Titles come, titles go.
Wealth comes, wealth goes.
Power comes, power goes.
But what will not go, is GOD.
Neither will His laws.
If we are to survive this world, it's best we turn to GOD.
Not tomorrow, but today, right this moment.
Forget about knowing anything.
Become a new person in CHRIST.
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
By being born again.
John 3:3-8
King James Version
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
And walking with GOD's SPIRIT.
Galatians 5:16-26
King James Version
16 This I say then,
Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh:
and these are contrary the one to the other:
so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit,
ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory,
provoking one another,
envying one another.
Walk with GOD's SPIRIT, and you shall not be taken aback.
By any event which will happen today, or tomorrow.
For SPIRIT has mapped out man's character.
He has mapped out man's heart.
He has mapped out our future.
And it's all in Scripture.
Further, PEACE can ONLY come THROUGH JESUS.
But how many believe in the LORD JESUS?
How many follow His commands?
How many truly love Him?
JESUS is where we all begin.
And where we all end.
Romans 10:4
King James Version
4 For Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness
to every one that believeth.
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The DAY I KNEW
GOD's GLORY blogs
BORN AGAIN classics
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