| A Letter to President Bush |
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| Written by Angus Wootten | |
| Thursday, 03 January 2008 | |
"We have patrolled the earth and behold today, all the earth is rumbling with wars and rumors of war." Dear Mr. President: Your coming visit to Israel is scheduled for January 9-11. 9-11 of course is a stark reminder of the World Trade Center tragedy on September 11, 2001, and of the destructive rippling effects that are still being felt in our country and throughout the world. Unfortunately, the harmful rippling effects which will result from your upcoming “9-11,” will prove far more devastating, if you are successful in your efforts to make the ancient Israelite kingdoms of Judea and Samaria a Palestinian State. I have sent you letters in past years outlining why the Holy One of Israel would not be happy with giving the lands He promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to people who serve another god. Unfortunately, these letters have apparently not dissuaded you from following your present course of action. I believe the Lord has encouraged me to resend the following two letters, written in 2002, to you at this time. By the way, I feel that they may well be included in the packet of material that will be discussed at your final interview before the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. First Letter: The Lesson of Balaam’s Donkey Dear Mr. President: Balaam was restrained from carrying out his intentions to curse Israel. “A mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet” (2 Peter 2:16). Mr. President, we pray the God of Israel will send you a messenger to restrain you from rushing headlong into the error of Balaam. May you not be allowed to place a stumbling block before the sons of Israel (2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11; Revelation 2:14). The media reports that, this afternoon you will announce your widely anticipated policy proposal for the creation of a Palestinian state. If you do this, Mr. President, you will be rushing headlong into the error of Balaam. You will be guilty of placing a stumbling block before the sons of Israel. You will be doing it for the wages of Arab oil, and because of fear of radical Islam. The future of America may well depend on understanding what has happened in Israel and what is happening today. If you make the wrong decisions about Israel, we could be destroyed by the God of Israel. He says, "It shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem" (Zechariah 12:9). We certainly don't want to be one of the nations destroyed by God, and yet, because we bow before Arab oil money we could end up on the wrong side of our Creator. It is madness to commit our country’s support to the blasphemy that Jerusalem, the city of David, and the ancient Israelite kingdoms of Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank), should be recognized as a sovereign Palestinian State, because that State will serve another god. There is a better solution. Fortunately, you have a relationship model that has worked for the past fifty-four years, one that has had Israelis and Palestinians live together in peace: Make them both citizens of one state. Presently the State of Israel includes a million Arabs among its citizens. There has been no outcry from these Arab citizens in Israel, or from the world, that they are being mistreated. In fact, there has not only not been an outcry to deliver these Arabs citizens from Israel, the reverse is true. Some three to four million Arabs, claiming to be the descendants of the 750,000 refugees that fled during the 1948 War of Independence, want back in. Integrating the West Bank and the Gaza Strip into the present State of Israel would result in a state with a population of 9,730,000. Of these: 5,190,000 would be Jews, 3,980,000 Muslims (Arab), and 560,000 Christians (many of whom are Arab). Such integration would bring immediate peace because the Arabs believe they could win the ensuing population battle and thus achieve their objective of having a state in which they would be in the majority. On the other hand, the Jews will rest in the assurance that they serve a God who can control wombs and immigration in their favor. Mr. President, do not divide God’s Land! Instead, let Him control a few wombs. Mr. President, you are in our prayers. Shalom in our Generation, Second Letter: God Bless America? Dear Mr. President: How can you, Mr. President, on one hand ask God to bless America, and on the other hand stick your finger in His eye by supporting a proposal to divide His Land? “For thus says the LORD of hosts, “...he who touches you [Israel] touches the apple of My eye” (Zechariah 2:8). The day you declare support for an interim Palestinian State which gives the sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to the people of another god—to Allah, the god of Islam—will be a black day for America. We (and as a Christian this includes you Mr. President) who belong to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Holy One of Israel, can never support this blasphemy. Why? Because Jesus (Yeshua), in His final instructions to His disciples, commanded them to be His witnesses both in “Jerusalem, all Judea, and Samaria” (Acts 1:8). Most Bible translations add, “even to the remotest part of the earth." However, the Peshitta, the Bible of the Aramaic, or Ancient Eastern churches, defines this command to be a witness in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria to remain in force “even to the consummation of the world.” Either way, it does not appear that Yeshua imagined a time when the testimony of His witnesses (Greek martus or martyrs) would not be required in this special land. This command is even more true now at the “consummation of the world,” or the end times in which we live. Understand that the preaching of the gospel of the Kingdom unto all the nations of the world reqPresident Bushuires a witness in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (Matthew 24:14). It would be difficult to be an effective witness in a Palestinian State that may prescribe the death penalty for preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, as many Muslim countries currently do. Mr. President, you need to change your vision! Fortunately, you have a relationship model that has worked for the past fifty-four years in having Israelis and Palestinians live in peace: Make them both citizens of one state. Presently the State of Israel includes a million Arabs among its citizens. There has been no outcry from these Arab citizens in Israel, or from the world, that they are being mistreated. In fact, there has not only, not been an outcry to deliver these Arabs citizens from Israel, the reverse is true. Some three to four million Arabs, claiming to be the descendants of the 750,000 refugees that fled during the 1948 War of Independence, want back in. Integrating the West Bank and the Gaza Strip into the present State of Israel would result in a state with a population of 9,730,000. Of these: 5,190,000 would be Jews, 3,980,000 Muslims (Arab), and 560,000 Christians (many of whom are Arab). Such integration would bring immediate peace because the Arabs believe they could win the ensuing population battle and thus achieve their objective of having a state in which they would be in the majority. At least this would be a battle to protect and create life, rather than to kill. However, the big advantage of this solution is that it does not divide God’s Land. Furthermore, the proposed solution of a separate Palestinian State will not work. Putting a different label on the package does not change the contents. Radical Islam has not, is not, and will not allow any entity to coexist peaceably with Israel. Mr. President, you are in our prayers. Shalom in our generation, This report has been sent to President Bush. If you are in agreement, it would be helpful to let the President know how you feel. So, add your comments, and send a copy of the report to the President. Also, forward copies to your friends and encourage them to add their support to dissuade America from ending up on the wrong side of the Land dispute. Email President Bush at
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