Monthly Archives: August 2010

Isaiah 42: 3-4—A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not be disheartened or crushed until He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.

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Shalu shalom Yerushalayim: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Psalm 122: 6)

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Scripture of the day:

Isaiah 42: 3-4—A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.  He will not be disheartened or crushed until He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.

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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6)

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SnyderTalk Editorial: A Settlement Freeze in East Jerusalem is nothing but a Red Herring


Silwan (a.k.a. The City of David or Ir David) is not an ordinary place.  It’s the city that King David built south of Jebus, a city that he captured and renamed Jerusalem.  (See 1 Chronicles 11: 4-9.)  In Hebrew, it’s called Yerushalayim.  The City of David is across the street from The Temple Mount complex, and it’s part of what the worldly-wise and Palestinians refer to as “East Jerusalem”.

The City of David is land given to Israel by Yahweh (see “Yahweh’s Promises Concerning the Promised Land” under Pages in the column on the right), and it’s a very special place.  Pretending it isn’t won’t change anything, but it will provoke Yahweh.

Thumbing your nose at Yahweh is dangerous business.  Our God isn’t a politician or a diplomat.  He’s the Creator and the Sovereign of the universe, and He doesn’t look to the United States or any other country for support.  Israel’s leaders should seek Him.  In due course, they will, but I fear that it will be when they have no other choice.

This is how Zechariah described it:

“In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.  And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.  I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.  In that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.” (Zechariah 12: 8-11)

On a recent trip to Israel, my wife and I visited the City of David and took a special tour.  The site was closed to tourists that day, so we were the only two visitors.  The archeologists were busily engaged in their work, and we were able to see and talk with them about important new discoveries.  As we were exploring a large, enclosed space, one of the archeologists gave us a recently unearthed pottery fragment.  It’s the handle to a pitcher that is dated to the time of King David, about 1000 B.C.  Below is a picture of that pottery fragment:

Don’t be deceived.  Palestinian demands that Israel stop all settlement activity in East Jerusalem is nothing but a red herring.  East Jerusalem includes more than the City of David.  It encompasses the Old City of Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, and the Mount of Olives.  I don’t need to tell you how important these places are to Yahweh and to the people of Israel.  The Palestinians’ stated goal is to destroy Israel—see “Palestinian and Hamas Charters” under Pages in the column on the right for details.  Everything they do is aimed at achieving that objective.  That’s why you have to take anything they say with a grain of salt.

Palestinians may be able to fool President Obama and the worldly-wise, but they’re as transparent as glass to Yahweh.  Their day is coming.  When it comes, they’ll be dealing with the Yahweh Sabaoth.  I like the way C.S. Lewis described it:

“When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else—something it never entered your mind to conceive—comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, to-day, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it.” (Lewis, C. S., Mere Christianity, HarperSanFrancisco, New York, New York, 1952, p. 65)

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Natural Healthcare Store carries skin care, hair care, and oral care products.  Be sure to check out the Dead Sea products imported from Israel and support the Israeli economy with your purchases.  Natural Healthcare Store carries makeup, deodorant, and detoxification products.  It also carries supplements, weight loss products, and loose leaf tea.  Rounding out its product mix, Natural Healthcare Store carries natural household cleaning products.

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