Israel

Nov 08 2024

Peace

In this last political cycle, much was said concerning words. The President-elect was the primary target, and he was held to a higher standard. He made himself vulnerable to sound bites. I cannot deny that his forthright speaking — saying what is on his mind before thinking — is his Achilles heel. Nonetheless, transparency and openness are there and it makes him an easy target for the mainstream media. He is not a politician, but a businessman. Politicians mostly think about what to say before they speak. They are calculated but do not say what is really on their mind.

Israel’s Islamic enemies, led by Iran, have identified Israel as little Satan and the USA as the great Satan. Their religion is war and their handbook is the Quran. The most tragic part of the diplomatic effort for peace is that our ambassadors’ diplomacy is considered Satanic by the Islamists. The USA is the great Satan. The continual funding of millions of dollars in this effort is futility.

My question is, what do you expect? To my sorrow, the present administration has believed those who voted for Trump are deceived and are not discerning the Spirit. I know there are also demons accusing him as Hitler and a fascist. Fear and terror are Satan’s warfare tools. They are not only a threat to peace but there cannot be any peace, especially by diplomacy. Peace must offered first, but when rejected, must be won.

The gospel is offered in peace, being reconciled to God. Paul, in 2 Corinthians 5, proclaims that King Jesus’ message of the gospel is carried by Ambassadors of Christ: “Be ye reconciled to God.” But in governments it must be clear what is good and what is evil. Israel will not have security unless they continue to be resolute in their pursuit of finishing Hamas and Hezbollah. The new administration will deal with Iran by sanctions and by loosing Israel to strike Iran’s oil fields — their economic strength. Peace between nations should always be extended first and then, if not received, then strength must be exerted. Let’s not forget the ascension of the antichrist is peace. Peace at any price is idolatry.

I am praying and calling for the government of Lebanon to step up and politically expel Hezbollah and take their God-given nation back. To put their nation first. The position in this post is mine and mine alone. I am not speaking for anyone else.

Come Lord Jesus the Prince of everlasting peace.

-Keith Curlee

Apr 28 2024

Gaza Occurs 19 Times in the Bible

”So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, nor a sheep, ox, or donkey. For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts in number, and both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to ruin it. So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.“
‭‭Judges‬ ‭6‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

There cannot be any denial according to the Word of God concerning God and His people. All the theology, traditions, and scholars who search the scriptures and think they testify of man’s knowledge, and what He thinks about God, does not change God and His Word. Our righteousness is as filthy rags.

I simply want to point out the geographical place, the land, Gaza included, in God’s promise to them. Many years before Mohammed, the Quran, and Islam. This scripture, for me, is a current picture of what is happening in Israel and Gaza There is no regard — the mentality of Hamas is to ruin it. Israel is suffering from their disobedience and again, Israel was brought low. God’s judgment comes to them in Him lifting His protection. The God of Israel is waiting for them to call upon Him again.

The paradigm has changed not just to ruin, but to eradicate, to annihilate. As a Syrian Senator told me at one time, “Israel will be like sugar in water.”

The same spirit is in replacement theology, the Church has taken the place of Israel. The Church is the Bride of Christ, His body, and His representation in the earth. We are strangers and aliens. This is not our home or land. The earth is the Lord’s, He owns it. He gave the land, and set its boundaries to the Hebrew People.

Remember Israel oh Lord, out of all his trouble. Let him not be ashamed. Let not his enemies triumph over him. Let God arise and His enemies be scattered. Hallelujah!

Feb 09 2024

Israel’s Resolve

Remember these things, Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant, Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.“‬‬
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭44‬:‭21‬ ‭NASB2020

As we see in this passage, God refers to Jacob and Israel as His servants, He made them: “You are MY Servant Israel.” He has chosen Israel to serve His purposes in the earth. It is the epicenter and focus of the only wise God as the gap between history and the prophetic is narrowing in time. It is vital that Israel’s resolve to eliminate Hamas, which in Hebrew means violence, continues to victory.

Hamas started this war, massacring some 1400 innocent civilians. The narrative of the media, fueled by the Islamic proxies of Iran and the United Nations, under the guise of humanitarian issues, is illustrated in Secretary Blinken’s statement regarding Israel “dehumanizing Palestinians.” Even the narrative of denial that October 7 did not happen.

The continuing evidence that the IDF is discovering is revealing the darkness that has been hidden in those tunnels of darkness. Armories of weapons, manufacturing of rockets — all that have rained down on Israel — and an underground system of tunnels and rooms. It is now coming to pass as Jesus said: “That which is being done is being shouted from the housetops.” The fact is Israel, for years, has been in a war declared by Islam. Their Jihad, holy war, for the genocide and extermination of Israel and the Jews.

The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement was issued on August 18, 1988. The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as the HAMAS, is an extremist fundamentalist Islamic organization operating in the territories under Israeli control. Its Covenant is a comprehensive manifesto comprised of 36 separate articles, all of which promote the basic HAMAS goal of destroying the State of Israel through Jihad (Islamic Holy War). The following are excerpts of the HAMAS Covenant:  

Goals of the HAMAS: “The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.” (Article 6)  

On the destruction of Israel:  ”Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” (Preamble)

We have ourselves, the United States, during Ayatollah Khoemene’s reign of terror, were held hostage during the Carter administration. The hostages, 52, were held for 444 days, from November 4, 1979, to their release on January 20, 1981. Not to mention the terrorist attack on the Marines on October 23, 1983. 220 Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors, and 3 U.S. Army soldiers lost their lives in the Marine Barracks at the Beirut Airport. Since then Iran has continued to be emboldened and has continued in Jihad directed at Israel and the United States. They have not ceased one day since then.

In the early 1950s, the Arab governments organized paramilitary commando groups — fedayeen — which undertook raiding and sabotage missions into Israel. In our lifetime we have seen Hamas, Hezbollah, Isis, and the Houthis, to name a few. All of these, proxies of Iran, carry the declaration and vision of Jihad, their Holy War, aimed primarily at Israel and any allies, especially the United States. It has never ceased, but has gained more and more momentum, and exploded on October the 7th of last year.

This is Islam’s eschatology and world view, to bring the nations under Shariah Law. These events, nations, and terrorists are all part of the prophecies concerning the end times in which we live. May Israel continue to stand in its resolve. Not only in its resistance but its goal to eradicate Hamas from its borders. Remember Israel out of all its trouble, let Israel not be ashamed, let not its enemies triumph.

Hallelujah!

Nov 10 2023

Israel’s Resolve

Israel and the pressure to ceasefire and stop the war before absolute victory.

When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Lay your hand on the bow.” And he laid his hand on it, then Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. And he said, “Open the window toward the east,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And he said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, and the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have put an end to them.” Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground,” and he struck it three times and stopped. Then the man of God became angry at him and said, “You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you put an end to it. But now you shall strike Aram only three times.”

2 Kings 13:14-19 NASB2020

The pressure that is building momentum on Israel to ceasefire, to diplomatically come to a peace, to vilify them in the name of humanity, while Hamas continues its total disregard for humanity, should be rejected by Israel. In both wars, Yom Kippur and the Six Day War, where they were invaded in both instances, they answered with force and were on the verge of dealing with their enemies, and were diplomatically pressured to stand down. Both were victorious, but because the nations brought pressure for peace they could not finish in real victory.

Now, once again the nations say, Israel has the right to defend itself, but that’s enough. The barbaric invasion they are fighting for is the right to exist, not just defend. Where is the nations’ outcry for ceasefire in the Ukraine/Russia conflict? The nations have always put limitations on Israel and held them to a different standard.

The “peacekeeping” UN is anti-Israel. They fought Israel and the 1948 recognition of becoming a nation. The Sovereign God and His prophetic word brought it into being. Israel needs to continue in its resolve to wipe out Hamas and drive them into the Sea of Forgetfulness, never to be again.

In the passage above, the King of Israel cried out to Elisha for Israel’s deliverance from its enemy, Aram, the Arameans, Syria. He was instructed to shoot an arrow out the window and then strike the ground. He did so but not with the resolve to see the enemies totally defeated. Elisha asked, “Why did you stop? Where was the resolve and the desire to see total victory?”

So often we cry out to God for deliverance and settle for relief and for comfort to be restored.

In 1994 I met on the border of Lebanon with a Syrian Senator concerning water purification. After our discussion concerning business, he asked me to talk politics. He said, “You are a Zionist?” I replied that I was American. He then proceeded to tell me Israel is like sugar in water—it will soon be dissolved. I referred him to the historical fact of the above recording in scripture that Syria exists because of King Joash’s lack of resolve and Syria’s history of conflict with Israel was not something to boast about. Not to mention the fate of Damascus prophetically stated in the scriptures. So much for that business deal.

Back to the subject of Israel’s resolve to deal with Hamas. David resolved to kill Goliath by choosing five stones to slay not only Goliath, but his brothers who stood with him. David did not just kill him, but he took Goliath’s sword and cut his head off. Making sure he did not just knock him out, but ensuring his defeat. He took it and paraded it before all of Israel declaring “the Lord of the armies is our God.”

“To You, Lord, I lift up my soul. My God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies rejoice over me. Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.”

Psalms 25:1-3 NASB2020

My prayer for Israel is that they will not be ashamed and give in to the shamelessness of the nations and their vain imaginations. Shame was the first ungodly emotion that Adam and Eve felt that caused them to hide from God. Hamas will not, will not rejoice over Israel and Israel will not be put to shame. May those who deal treacherously with Israel be put to shame. Hallelujah to the Lord of armies!

-KC