Why can’t we all just get along? Why can’t we just live together peacefully? Why can’t we respect others religions? Why can’t we respect those who claim to have no religion (atheists)? Is there a possibility of having peace in the world? The answer is a definitive “no”! It is impossible to have peace in a world that has been tainted by sin.
God’s creation was perfect without any disorder or chaos. Man (Adam) caused disorder and chaos to enter this world and mankind. Since Adam’s act of unrighteousness, mankind and this planet have progressively become more disorderly and chaotic.
Mankind realizes this in his “Law of Entropy”. Anytime purity is tainted, it will continue to become more disorderly and chaotic over time until it becomes total chaos. This has happened to mankind and his world.
The only solution is destruction of the present creation and recreation of a new heaven and earth for the redeemed of mankind. God through his Son, Jesus, has made this possible through the eventual destruction of this heaven and earth and eventual recreation.
Peace on earth is not possible until Jesus sets everything back to perfection. The return of Jesus appears to be soon for this purpose.
Isaiah 57:19-21 19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, says the LORD; and I will heal him. 20The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
The wicked is void of the love of God, has no peace within him, is miserable, and cannot rest. The wicked produces mire, dirt, and continually wars against the righteous. The wicked takes peace from the earth.
Jeremiah 6:14-15 14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
Again, the wicked has offered false appeasements by stating they desire peace, when there will never be peace, because their offer of peace is false. The wicked offers peace only until it gains an edge for defeating the righteous.
Revelation 12:16 The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Satan rages because he was cast out of heaven, and God favors those of mankind who will accept his Son as Savior. Satan has a continual war and hatred against mankind and God. Satan will never accept peace because he is doomed for eternity and tries to subvert God’s plan for his destruction. His goal is to kill all of God’s people and subdue the earth for his own kingdom. Satan and his children will never accept peace, but will always war against the righteous.
Psalm 120:5-7 5Woe is me that I sojourn in Mesech that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hates peace. 7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
The statement by David is the same today for Israel. They are presently surrounded by their enemy (Islam) who hates Israel and refuses the existence of the Jews. Israel desires peace, but Islam has sworn to annihilate all Jews from Jerusalem and the entire world.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 1Of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2Yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3When they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
After the Rapture, the antichrist leader signs a covenant with Israel allowing them to rebuild the Temple and establishes false peace between Islam and Israel. According to the Bible, after the covenant is signed, there will be seven years remaining until the end of time. The wicked living on the earth after the Rapture will not believe that only seven years remain. They will be blinded by their great delusions.
The majority of those remaining on earth after the Rapture will praise the antichrist for bringing peace in the Middle East. However, just as quickly as peace is declared, sudden destruction will come upon the wicked. Jesus will then come again to set up the millennium.
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.
Jesus did not come to provide peace on the earth; he knew Satan and his children would never quit warring against the children of God, nor against the Israelites who were selected as God’s chosen nation to bring salvation into the world. Israel was elected to bring Jesus to the world. Even though, Jesus does not bring peace to the world, he does provide peace in the hearts of those who accept him as Savior and Lord.
Daniel 8:24-25 24And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Islam talks peace, but only for the purpose of deceiving their enemies until they gain an advantage and strength to conquer and destroy them. Scripture clearly shows there will be no peace on earth until the return of Jesus after Armageddon.
The information below is from reliable authors and students on the subject of Islam. This information clearly shows that Islam does not desire peace with Israel, Christians, or for that matter, anyone opposing their religion and rule.
Muhammad states, “Fight and slay the pagans (non-Muslims) wherever you find them (Sura (9:5). Jesus stated, “My kingdom is not of this world, if so, my servants would be fighting to subdue it”. These two statements are in opposition. Islam is a religion of terrorism, and hate for their enemies and Muslims are commanded to kill their enemies anywhere they are to be found. Islam is obeying the Qur’an when they produce hate and war.
Christianity is a religion of God’s love toward mankind. Any Christian who commits terrorism is rebelling against God’s Word. However, the Bible teaches that any nation has a right to protect its citizens against attack from other nations.
It is a fact that Islam attacked and declared war on the United States, because we are an ally of Israel and considered as a Christian nation. The PLO (Islam) teaches the Palestinian conflict with Israel, and America, are only two branches of their global war against the West and other nations. This quest has been taught for years in their elementary schools and history textbooks.
The religion of Islam is the common denominator for all terrorist groups we now face in the Mideast wars. The final crisis will center on Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock which is built on the site of the future Jewish Temple.
Islam has declared a special jihad against Israel because they occupy parts of Palestine and the city of Jerusalem. Islam has also declared jihad against the U. S. because we are allies of Israel. Islam is at war with us, Israel, and all other non-Islam countries. Their goal is absolute control of the world and the world’s religion. Islam accepts nothing less than world domination.
Islam hates the U. S. for two reasons: we are a superpower in their path of world domination and an ally to Israel. America has always been a refuge for the Jews who wish to escape persecution from other nations.
Since the 1993 Oslo peace treaty, in which Israel ceded many concessions to Islam for peace, Islam has launched hundreds of suicide attacks against Israel, attacked over 6000 Israeli military facilities, Jewish communities, public places, and private vehicles. Islam signs false treaties and make false promises while continuing their aggression to gain an advantage over their opposition.
Why do Islamics and atheists claim the Bible is a myth? The answer is simple. Islam has frantically tried to destroy documents and historical records validating the historical presence of Israel in Palestine and Jerusalem. Islam cannot destroy the Bible which gives written proof that this land belongs to Israel, and Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Jerusalem is the city of David. Since the Bible cannot be destroyed, atheists and Islam claims the Bible is a myth and not a valid document.
God claimed Jerusalem as his city. Babylon (twin city of Baghdad) has always been the city of Satan. Psalms 48 states that Jerusalem (Mount Zion) is the holy place and beauty of the earth. Islam cannot accept Jerusalem as the most holy city on earth, unless they can claim it as the holy city of Allah. This is the reason Islam conquered Israel and built their “Dome of the Rock” on the site of the Temple of Solomon before the Temple was destroyed.
In 1948, Israel once again became a nation. The Jews have always had a presence in Palestine, but have also been scattered throughout the world by foreign conquerors. Israel ceased to be a nation in Palestine in the past. The Jews escaped to countries where they were not persecuted. America has been a place of safety for the Jews. We honor their same God, even though Israel does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
God had promised that Israel would become a nation again in this area (during the latter days of time) and return to Jerusalem. As scripture predicted, the Jews from around the world felt compelled to return to their homeland. They became a nation again in 1948 fulfilling prophecy leading up to end time events. In the 1967 six-day-war, Israel regained the city of Jerusalem, and the Bible states it will forever remain in their hands.
Islam is insulted as they consider Allah greater than the God of the Israelites and Christians. Islam wants control of Jerusalem. Bible prophecy states the Temple will be rebuilt on the same site from which it was destroyed.
Islam placed the Dome of the Rock on this site to show that Allah is greater than the God of Israel. Even though the Bible states the Temple will be rebuilt on this site, Islam will use its entire resources from the whole earth to keep this from happening. Their goal is to annihilate all Jews and take back control of Jerusalem. Inscribed in the Dome are polemical verses from the Qur’an stating, “God had no son” and “Allah is the one God”.
Islam claims Jerusalem as their city because of their tale of a winged horse with a human head bringing Muhammad at night to Jerusalem where he was transported to heaven. Islam then built the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock on the Temple site in order to establish Muhammad and Allah as superior to the God of the Bible.
Islam captured Jerusalem in AD638 from the Byzantines. Islam wanted to prove it was the military conqueror of Christianity and that Muhammad was a greater prophet than Jesus. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built over the Byzantine basilica of St Mary on the site of Solomon’s Porch where the early church was born on the Day of Pentecost.
The Dome of the Rock was built over the site of the Holy of Holies that had once been within the Jewish Temple. The Jews face Jerusalem when praying to God. Islam faces Mecca to pray to their Allah (Satan).
The last war will be fought in Jerusalem from the North side of Jerusalem. The armies of Islam and their allies will band together in an attempt to annihilate all of the Jews. Jesus will come to their rescue and completely destroy all of the Islamic armies and their allies. Make no mistake about this fact, the focus from now until the coming again of Christ and the subsequent millennium will be Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock, and plans to rebuild the Temple on the same site as promised in the Bible.
Islam has been trying to rewrite history and destroy all documents to disprove that Israel was in Palestine prior to the Muslims. Muhammad captured the Land of Palestine in AD 638, but never seriously occupied it, as the land was mostly scrubby and arid. Palestine is not mentioned in the Qur’an.
The earliest known sparsely scattered inhabitants of Palestine are believed to be the Philistine Giants. The only other early inhabitants appear to be the Israelites, who eventually took over this area of the Middle East. The Philistines appear to have died out and the Israelites began to multiply in the area. All the older writings ascribe the Palestinian land to the Israelite settlers who came from Egypt with Moses.
The land has been ruled by various conquerors from many different wars. However, the area of Palestine has never flourished until Jews started moving back into the area. The Jews began to buy up the properties of Palestine then irrigated, cultivated, built cities, and created a bustling economy.
After the Jews improved the area, Muslims began moving into Palestine from their poor areas of the Mideast to get jobs from the growing economy furnished by Israel. The Muslims have since been occupying the land increasingly by encouraging other Arab Muslims to move into Palestine and help push the Jews out of Palestine.
A major effort by Islam to occupy Palestine began immediately after the 1967 six-day war when Israel recaptured the Palestinian area. The Muslims began to vigorously flood into Palestine in an effort to outnumber Israel and take over the area by force and attrition.
The PLO states that the Jews of today did not establish their independence in Palestine until the 20th century. That is true, but they were scattered as a nation all over the world to escape persecution. The Jews can document an unbroken presence in the land for the last 2000 years.
Only in modern times have any Arabs established Nations in this area, and as part of the Arab League: Saudi Arabia (1913), Lebanon (1920), Iraq (1932), Syria (1941), Jordan (1946, and Kuwait (1961). None of these nations can make a “historical” claim to the area. The Jews are the only ones with a historical claim to the area.
Does the land of Palestine, and the city of Jerusalem, belong to Israel? The Bible makes it clear in scripture that God has given this land to Israel and the city of Jerusalem in particular. Jerusalem is the only city on earth with written confirmation from God’s Word that it is the chosen city of God, and the Jews are the elect people of God. The following passages from the Bible confirm this is the city of the Jews and God.
Zechariah 8:3 Thus says the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
1 Kings 8:48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gave unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name.
1 Kings 11:13 I will not rend away the entire kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
Psalms 132:13-14 13The LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Isaiah 2:2-3 2It shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. 3Many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:9-10 9It shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son.
Zechariah 14:1-3 1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, the women ravished, half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:8-9 8It shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9The LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Zechariah 1:15-17 15I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16Therefore thus says the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, thus says the LORD of hosts; my cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has never been the capital for any nation except Israel. There have been 20 different conquering nations to capture Israel in its history. Yet, none of these nations have used Jerusalem as its capital. Each conquering nation already had a capital city. Jerusalem truly belongs to Israel. The Bible confirms this from many passages.
The religion and culture of Islam regarding freedom of speech, worship, and the right to pursue one’s own life is totally “non-existent”. Israel is the only country in the entire region recognizing the freedom of individual rights. This is another reason Islam wishes to annihilate the Israel.
Jerusalem was chosen by God for Abraham to offer his only son Isaac as a sacrifice. David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. David’s son, Solomon, built the first Temple in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the place where Jesus will return to the earth and reign during the 1000 year millennium. Jerusalem will become the capital of the world where Christ, the Jews saved by faith, and Christians saved by faith will reign for the millennium.
There is no doubt about Islam’s goal of annihilation against Israel. There is no doubt that Islam intends to take over the city of Jerusalem. They will not stop, and nobody can stop them except Jesus when he comes again.
Islam and their entire array of armies will die trying to keep Israel from controlling this site and the city of Jerusalem. The PLO declaration states, “The struggle with the Zionist enemy is not a struggle about Israel’s borders, but about the very existence of Israel. The PLO calls for the complete destruction of Israel. Why must Islam and Allah annihilate Israel and Christianity? The answer is simple! Allah (Satan) must continue to try to usurp God’s plans in his hope to escape the Lake of Fire, but he will not succeed.
One hundred percent of the violence in the Islam Intifada against Israel has been initiated by the PLO and not Israel. Until the United States retaliated against terrorism, Sadam had promised the PLO a 6 million man army from all the surrounding Arab States to be called the “Jerusalem Liberation Army” for the purpose of annihilating Israel.
All Islamic leaders have declared that the city of Jerusalem is not up for negotiation, even though Israel controls Jerusalem which it reclaimed in the 1967 six-day war. Israel is just as resolute, and their leaders declare that Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel, the city of their God, and they will never relinquish it again. The Bible backs Israel up from scripture.
Islam has conquered many countries since Muhammad started his military conquests. Within the Middle East territories, Islam now rules more than 5,000,000 square miles while Israel (including the West Bank) has only about 9,000 square miles. The original covenant between God and Abraham gave Israel around 200,000 square miles.
If any Islamics become homeless in the Palestinian area, there are over 21 Arab countries that can absorb them, but Islam keeps pressing the need for more Islamics to enter Palestine. Islam has all the oil and Israel has none, so Islam wants the Palestinian land only to insure Israel has no place in that area. It is clear to see that this is not a war of economics, or power, but an effort to destroy Judaism (non-Muslim religion).
It is obvious that Islam is not concerned with the land owned by Israel; they do not want Israel to exist anywhere. Islam is both a political and religious rule. There is “no” separation of the religion and its politics as clearly stated in the Qur’an.
The Qur’an compels Islam to subjugate all non-Muslims to accept Islam even if it is by the sword. If Islam ever conquers and takes a land, the religion of Allah dictates that the land can never be lost or returned. It forever belongs to Allah. It is impossible for Islam to negotiate a lasting peace with an enemy. The very existence of Israel or any other enemy (America) is an affront to Allah and the Qur’an.
Since Israel has retaken Jerusalem in the six day war, the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque are under the government rule of Israel, but presently Israel has let the Muslims still use the facilities for their worship.
The whole Muslim world has basically focused their energies against Jerusalem and Israel from the area of Palestine. The Muslims have been trying to take over Palestine by attrition and moving their peoples into the area.
The head of the PLO is an Egyptian born Yasser Arafat. His real name is Abdul Rauf el-Chodbi el-Husseini. He is a member of the Husseini family, who produced the Grand Mufti of Palestine, Hag Amin el-Husseini, who organized the anti-Jewish riots of 1921-22, 1929, 1936, and 1938, befriended Adolf Hitler and worked with the Nazis to plan a “final solution” for the “Jewish Problem” in Palestine of 1943-45. Arafat was not only related, but one of the Mufti’s students.
Jihad is essential to Islam. According to many Muslims, it is the sixth pillar of the religion. The first duty of a Muslim Ruler is to prosecute jihad to bring about the victory of Islam. The Bahr states that the Ruler would be better dead than alive if he neglected this duty, as he would be corrupting the world by letting it remain under the Jewish or Christian religion.
The beginning of the Islam calendar did not start with Muhammad’s birth, revelations, or other influences. Islam only began when Muhammad declared jihad against Medina and took the city by the sword. Jihad was the beginning of Islam. There is no greater praise or reward to a Muslim than to fight to annihilate all non-Muslims or to make them slaves to Islam. The biggest bonus of all to a Muslim is to die to annihilate the enemy (non-Muslim).
The word Islam does not mean “peace”. In Arabic, it means submission or surrender. If any person does not submit to Islam, he will lose his head. Islam “commands” Muslims to lie for the cause of jihad and the goals of Islam. A Muslim can lie and deny his faith if it means gaining an advantage over his enemy. It is no accident when you have seen the images on TV of Muslims chanting and carrying signs saying, “Death to America and Israel.
Baby sons are given unloaded guns in the cribs to get them acquainted with weapons. A Jordanian-manual for first grade teaches, “It is necessary to implant in the soul of the pupil the rule of Islam, that if the enemies occupy even one inch of Islamic lands, jihad becomes the imperative for every Muslim.
The teachings of the Qur’an and Hadith are absolute and authoritative and showcase the concept of jihad. To claim that the religion of Islamic terrorists is not that of Islam is a lie. Many Islamics state it is a religion of peace, but its manuals state the exact opposite and are considered to be the absolute authority of Islam and jihad.
Everywhere Islam goes to conquer and capture land; the areas become very poor and backwards. India is an example of a land that has become destitute since conquered by Islam. There have been over 200 attempted terrorist attacks against the United States by Islam that have been intercepted or thwarted by U.S. Intelligence operations that have not been reported to the public.
In the Hadith, Muhammad stated, “I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah”. In Sura 2.193, “Fight them on until there is no more tumult and religion becomes that of Allah”. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim. They “will” fight and kill you at the request of their leaders. This is the will of Allah, Muhammad, the Qur’an and the Hadith.
If Islam is given the Palestinian Land, why will this not bring peace? The only way Islam can have the Palestinian Land is to annihilate Israel for that is the nation of Israel with Jerusalem as its capital.
Yasser Arafat talks about peace with Israel to the English news media and the Western world. However, the organizations that monitor all the Arab broadcasts and publications have yet to find a single Arab leader who speaks of peace with Israel to his own people. In both the Arab press and the Muslim mosques, Palestinian leaders continually call for Israel’s destruction.
Hate continues to flow over Arab radio and television, in the Arab press, and in fiery sermons delivered in mosques each Friday across the Arab world-sermons that stress and call for the destruction of Israel and America. As long as the Arab world (Islam) calls for the destruction of the Jews, and the Jews wish to survive, there will continue to be wars and then the final war.
You can take a movie camera and film a football game. During the game choices are made continuously by both coaches and players of both teams. At the end of the game, you have the final results which cannot be changed. Life is the same. God knows the end from the beginning. It is like the film of the football game; he can tell us the results, but he leaves most of the choices up to mankind.
There can never be any peace in the world until Jesus returns to restore order and set every thing back in place. There is only one reasonable answer and it is already recorded in the Bible. There will have to be another war to end all wars. It cannot be avoided. Judaism and Christianity offers peace, but Satan and his religion does not want peace. It is a fact that Satan will not give up and does not desire peace. His goal is to annihilate all Jews, all Christians, and to rule the world. Islam “will not” stop their jihad against Judaism and Christianity until they have annihilated both from the planet.
God knows the outcome although he left the choices to us. He has not shown each of us our individual choices in the Bible, but he has shown the results of humanities choices in the Bible. The Bible has already told us how it will end. We know an allied army of Middle Eastern nations and Russia will attack the Jews in Jerusalem from the North. Jesus will return to the earth, destroy the enemy armies, and set up the millennial kingdom in Jerusalem. The Battle of Armageddon is drawing near, it cannot be avoided, it has already happened in God’s time, but not yet in our time.
As strange as it may seem to some, the only peace will come from another massive war. Again, after Satan and his armies advance on Jerusalem, Satan and his armies “will” be defeated by the return of Christ, and then peace will come. Until then, the only peace in the world will be the peace that passes all understanding in the hearts of the Christians who have the Word of God living in us.
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