(Psalm 146:3-6) “Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. How blessed is he whose help Is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faithful forever;”
When one looks at the events happening in the Middle-East it is hard to keep track of everything that is transpiring as things can change very rapidly almost overnight.
At present another ‘deal’ is being proposed to Hamas jointly being put forth by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump. Also we see another ‘deal’ on the table as well with Iran primarily being offered by President Trump in communication with Israel.
One thing that might be having a negative effect of President Trump is that Prime Minister Netanyahu has not given a guarantee that they will not strike Iran’s nuclear sites.
While president Trump with his successful corporate background may be very good at brokering ‘deals’ he still may not fully comprehend the mind-set of the Jihadist Islamic mindset which practices taqiyya, which in a fuller sense, is the Islamic art of lying and deception using disinformation and misinformation in a time of Jihad to deceive a perceived enemy or to protect oneself from persecution.
When one examines these ‘deals’ Israel is always the one that gets sanctioned or sidelined in some way.
President Trump is seeking to avoid a military confrontation with Iran and seeking to restrain Israel from taking independent action against the Iranian regime. President Trump announced some weeks ago now, that “all hell would break loose” if Iran did not get rid of their nuclear sites and uranium enrichment programme now seems to have been ‘modified?
He wants a ‘deal’ that cuts back Iran’s uranium enrichment to civil needs.
He is not unaware that Iran sponsors and finances all terrorist groups in the Middle-East whether it is Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and the terrorist organizations remaining in Syria and Iraq.
As I understand what has been released in reputable media outlets online regarding the situation in Gaza, Hamas have a deal on the table which they have yet to agree to which once again does not favour Israel’s security if the truth be known. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to it in principle there has been nothing signed off by the Israeli Government as far as we know.
The latest hostage deal President Trump is seeking to broker with Hamas includes a 60 day ceasefire, which of course would allow Hamas to re- group, shift the hostages again, to rearrange the facilities and weapons caches in the tunnels. Trump guarantees full compliance by Israel during this time.
The deal of course includes the release of 10 alive and 18 deceased hostages in two phases. Phase one includes 5 living and 9 dead bodies. Phase two would occur a week later which would see the remaining 5 living and 9 dead bodies released.
Humanitarian aid must be guaranteed from Israel and America, a request that has already been in operation so it is a moot point!
The ‘deal’ wants to see the United Nations overseeing the food distribution which is a farce when the UN in the past has done nothing to stop Hamas high jacking the food for them-selves and selling off the rest to the Gazan population at exorbitant prices.
What about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East who had some of their employees actually take part in the October 7th 2023 bloody massacre and butchering of Israelis?
The proposal on the table includes all IDF military activity to stop in Gaza and apparently Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to this, however, he still states publically that after this cease-fire Israel will go all out to destroy Hamas and remove the terrorist organization and those still alive from Gaza.
Over the last few days and weeks the IDF has almost full control over Gaza.
Now they are being told to withdraw completely from Northern Gaza where the IDF have already started their offensive and withdraw from Rafah which includes the border between Israel with Egypt. If this happens what was the point in the IDF starting the offensive?
The deal also wants to see a permanent cease-fire overseen by Egypt, Qatar and the United States with a full hostage exchange and the complete withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza and post war governance, which no doubt would end up being Hamas.
No doubt Egypt and Qatar would go along with this and most likely Trump would also comply seeing the nation of Qatar has offered to gift the U.S. President a 747 jet worth roughly $400 million.
Trump would also officially declare the 60 day cease-fire and personally seek to enforce the terms of the final ‘deal.’ If this ‘deal’ goes through where would that leave Israel? One thing is certain that Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to see Hamas completely destroyed with Israel taking complete control and governance over Gaza.
The prisoner exchange is outrageous to say the least as they have been in the past. How many hostages are still alive remains to be seen? In the prisoner exchange ten living hostages would be released in exchange for 125 life sentenced prisoners in Israeli jails and 1,111 Gazan detainees, post October 7 2023, in exchange for the bodies of 18 deceased hostages. Israel would also release 180 deceased bodies of Palestinians.
The deal still has not been signed off by either Israel or Hamas as far as we know and the terrorist organization is not happy with the deal! The more they delay gives them time to regroup and fortify and possibly expand or re locate their nuclear sites.
Concerning Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to prepare for an independent Israeli strike on Iran without American involvement.
Donald Trump it seems is trying to tell Benjamin Netanyahu not yet because he is trying to get a ‘deal’ with the Iranian regime which is still not happy with having to restrict their uranium enrichment activities.
Once again where does all of this ‘wheeling and dealing’ leave Israel? Who is really considering Israel in all of this? Israel still has to defend the country and Prime Minister Netanyahu is adamant on this even though he has some in his own government that do not support his determination to deal decisively with both Hamas and Iran.
Does President Trump really know in reality that you cannot trust Hamas or the Iranian regime or any Islamic government for that matter as there is no ‘moderate’ Islam, there is just Islam!
When will the western governments learn that you cannot make deals with Islamic regimes period!
While we see Shia and Sunni Muslims killing each other all over the Muslim world today and on the increase, when it comes to facing a common enemy, they will join forces in a time of Jihad. What we see happening around the globe with Muslims migrating to western countries is the fermenting of a Jihad of global proportions and the Islamic Trojan Horse is already well ensconced within most if not all western democracies.
While Islamic ideology fuelled by Koranic teaching and the sayings of the Hadith in reality wants to get rid of other religions and ideologies except Islam. The two people groups it hates the most are Jews and Christians. The Jihadists have a saying that goes like this; “We kill Jews on Saturdays and Christians on Sundays!”
We know from the Word of God these days we are living in are rapidly speeding towards that time of Great trouble and extreme distress for the nations of the world preceding the Second Coming of the Messiah our Lord Jesus.
It will be a time of distress so intense that if the Messiah does not return all flesh will be destroyed, however, for the sake of His elect saints (the woman Israel and her spiritual offspring the Body of Messiah) God will cut those days short! (Matthew 24:21-22).
We also know that God still has everything under control even the wicked. As we read in Proverbs; “The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster” (Proverbs 16:4).
All of these things are happening to Israel because God wants to bring them to the point where His people will look only to Him for their security and ultimate salvation and not to the unsaved pagan nations of the world.
Indeed as our text in Psalm 146:3-6 God is saying to Israel and its leaders; “Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. How blessed is he whose help Is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;”
Israel as a nation is yet to pass through a time of great trouble, and through this supernatural refining fire that God permits (Zechariah 13:8-9), He will have a remnant people who will being Him praise and glory within the nations in the Millennial Messianic Kingdom in the age to come, when the Messiah our Lord Jesus will sit on David’s throne at Jerusalem as the King of Israel and of the nations of the world that have survived His Second Coming (Isaiah 9:6-7) (Luke 1:32).
The refining process for Israel will come to a peak, and when Israel will realise that they cannot trust in princes, even if they are seemingly favourable as President Trump seems to be, there will be no salvation or deliverance for Israel apart from the LORD.
At that time when the Messiah comes back the remnant of Israel will look upon the one they have pierced and mourn for Him, and be saved out of this time of the Great Trouble. In that day “All Israel will be saved!”(Jeremiah 30:1-10) (Zechariah 12:10-13:1) (Romans 11:25-27)
When the Messiah descends from heaven in blazing glory with his powerful angels, and with all of His raptured and resurrected saints of all the ages, and as His feet stand once again on the Mount of Olives, the mountain will be split in two from east to west, forming a pathway right up to the eastern gate, which will be opened, and through which He, as the Grand Prince, of Israel will enter Jerusalem as He ascends to the Temple Mount to claim the throne of David as Israel’s rightful king! (Zechariah 14:1-5) (Ezekiel 44:1-2; 46:12).
In that day the indeed the people of Jerusalem will cry out with great and exuberant joy unspeakable and full of glory; “Blessed be He who comes in the name of the LORD!” (Psalm 118:26) (Luke 13:35). After this Israel will know God is the Triune God; “who keeps faithful forever!”
