Check out a map of the middle east to compare with the map of the tribes of Israel later
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Middle+East&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=qMpaUq2HDeOyiQLf0YBI&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg
We are in the days of both physical and spiritual time of disturbance in the Middle East. Israel is really the purpose God has for all this violence. Does that mean that God intended His people to have burdens and sadness and war and death and all those ugly things? NO see God only put one rule for man (Adam and Eve) It was a simple rule just one, they had everything they needed to live an abundant and full life. Where they lived was beautiful and no one would want to leave. There were no weeds, no pain in childbirth. It was complete and there was only one rule that they could break and it involved the fruit of one tree. I think I will name it the Tree of Self-destruct. It was knowledge of Good and evil, Right and wrong. Without eating of the fruit of that tree there was no sin! There also was no bad consequences. However it seemed that for some reason Eve talked to a serpent which a whole years discussion and a load of questions. We think God wanted to just heap rules on us, not true, He just wanted us to have the ability to use good judgement and have the ability to choose to obey Him if we wanted and there was only one consequence-- of disobedience--Death.
So how does this relate to the Middle East? All of us are God's chosen children but because The one rule which the serpent deceived eve into breaking, which she then persuaded Adam to eat, so that they hid from God when He cane for their daily visit, each one of them used another as a scape goat. Making the only salvation was for someone to come from man not being born in sin to die as a scapegoat for all the sin one man committed. Doesn't seem fair and maybe it's not but it is Just.
In the middle east we have many conflicts, first many groups feel they are God's Chosen people. They are the only truly Children of Israel, The Jews believe they are the true children (the name Jew means "From Judah"
there were 2 tribes of God
The tribe of Judah The Israelites
They were just 2 of the twelve tribes and both were governed By Jehovah and each had their own king.
1. Reuben2. Simeon
3. Judah
4. Issachar
5. Zebulun
6. Benjamin
7. Dan
8. Naphtali
9. Gad
10. Asher
11. Ephraim
12. Manasseh
All of these tribes were part of the Children of Abraham. After much time they slowly became divided and each claimed to be the true children of Abraham. So that's one part of the problem in the Middle East.
The next part is that of Isaac and Ishmael You can read about it at the Wikipedia link below, or do your own research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham
God made a promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son and they laughed would give them a son the problem being that Abraham was 99 years old. I think I might have laugh also but it is clear that typically people did live longer then they do today but still Abraham laughed. Sarah gave to Abraham her maid servant Hagar, So He had a son with her and his name was Ishmael was born to Abraham when He was 86.
Abrahamic covenant
(Genesis 15:1–21)The word of God came to Abram in a vision and repeated the promise of the land and descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram and God made a covenant ceremony and God told of the future bondage of Israel in Egypt. God described to Abram the land that his offspring would claim: the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaims, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites. (Genesis 15:1–21)
There are many diversities in the Middle east religions, traditions, laws and rules concerning women, children, education, government.
Religion might be the most significant
Religions
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
Main article: Religion in the Middle East
Here are the different Countries in what we call the Middle east:
Pliny the Elder's Natural History (AD 77-79) derives the name of the Caucasus from the Scythian kroy-khasis (“ice-shining, white with snow”). From this Greeks called it Καύκασος (Kaukasos).[1]
Traditional definition of the Middle East
The following countries are included within the Middle East, which is corresponding to Western Asia, excluding the Caucasus:
Modern endonyms Caucasus
- Abkhaz: Кавказ Kavkáz
- Adyghe: Къавкъаз\Хэку Qavqaz\Kheku
- Arabic: القوقاز al-Qawqāz
- Armenian: Կովկաս Kovkas
- Avar: Кавказ - كافكاز Kavkaz
- Azerbaijani: Qafqaz
- Chechen: Кавказ Kavkáz
- Georgian: კავკასია K'avk'asia
- Greek: Καύκασος Kàfkasos
- Ingush: Кавказ Kavkaz
- Kabardian: Къавкъаз\Хэку Qavqaz\Kheku
- Karachay-Balkar: Кавказ Kavkaz
- Lak: Ккавкказ Kkavkkaz
- Lezgian: Къавкъаз K'avk'az
- Ossetian: Кавказ Kavkaz
- Persian: قفقاز Qafqāz
- Russian: Кавказ Kavkaz
- Turkish: Kafkasya
See if you can look at a few headlines today an how come they are of importance. See how the war and conflict in the world Jesus said must come to get to the end result. The kingdom of God come to earth.
Heres a few of today's headlines
1.
Gaza 'terror tunnel' uncovered inside Israel, says army
2. Red Cross workers kidnapped in Syria
Red Cross workers kidnapped in Syria
Syria conflict
- 'Please let it be over'
- Arms destruction
- Syria's chemical stockpile
- UN report analysis
The
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says gunmen have
abducted six of its workers and one Red Crescent volunteer in north-west
Syria.
Top Stories
U.S. Senate leaders hold talks in effort to end shutdown
3. India's Cyclone Phailin leaves widespread damage
Communications ties severed, roads blocked by fallen trees
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-s-cyclone-phailin-leaves-widespread-damage-1.2053259
Okay your turn how many headline are connect to spiritual things that are part of things that must come to pass and how many might just be a spirit of Wickedness.
what bout this one any thing to be on watch for?
| TheChronicleHerald.ca | - |
UPDATED
at 2:22 p.m.. New Glasgow police have laid charges after a vicious
attack early Sunday morning in which a young man was repeatedly stabbed
and left paralyzed from the waist down.
Anyways more questions then answers but all pieces to one big picture.
Don't forget the little things happening in your own little part of the world, hows your city, your church even your home. Is there lots of stress, sickness.
First the natural then the Spiritual. So watch what happens in both the natural things around you and then ask God to show you the Spiritual things.
Lets keep working on the puzzle to see if together if we can't totally figure out the timing and purpose of God and His Kingdom remember to watch and pray.
No comments:
Post a Comment