September 24, 2005

Israel Launches Second Air Strike On Gaza Strip
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sat, 24 Sep 2005 3:32 AM PDT
The Israeli Air Force has launched a second air strike on the Gaza Strip after an operation it says targeted Palestinian weapons factories. The army says the latest attack in northern Gaza Strip was directed at an open field used by militants to fire rockets into Israel.

Mideast Violence Endangers Hopes Of Post-Pullout Peace
AFP via Yahoo! News Sat, 24 Sep 2005 3:30 AM PDT
Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes as Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered a tough response to a deluge of Palestinian rocket attacks endangering international hopes of peace.

Terror Rally Carnage 
New York Post Sat, 24 Sep 2005 1:11 AM PDT
TERROR RALLY CARNAGE September 24, 2005 -- JERUSALEM Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday blamed the Hamas terror group for an explosion at a political rally that killed at least 19 people, including children and the Israeli air force later blew up three buildings it claimed were Hamas bomb facilities.

Iran Forms Tunnel Network To Hide Nukes
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran has developed a network of tunnels to conceal the regime's nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile programs.

Iranian opposition sources said Teheran has built dozens of tunnels and underground facilities to conceal nuclear weapons and missile development and production. They said the tunnels have been built under military facilities sought for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Israel’s Pullout-Out Has Changed Nothing
The Palestinian-Israel war has blown up in force five weeks after Israel evacuated all its civilians from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank – 12 days after pulling its troops out of Gaza and one day after they exited the northern West Bank - as though nothing had changed.

The scenario was not unexpected; it was plotted by Palestinian terror chiefs.

The three Palestinian ticking bombs killed by Israeli troops near Tulkarm Friday Sept. 23 were no more than a pretext for scores of Qassam missiles to start flying from the Gaza Strip at Israeli towns and villages that same night.

Comments
Israel has made good on a threat that they would respond with a vicious assault on terrorist groups in Northern Gaza if rocket attacks persisted.  This morning Israel continued its air attack on Hamas targets by taking out at least three warehouses that were identified as weapons factories.  Don't rule out of ground assault if the situation continues to escalate. 

This is no surprise, and I hate to say it, but I saw this coming along time ago.  I have been receiving emails from readers who have been excited about the prospect of a pending Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.  Of course, many of those who have written see the rapture taking place very soon based on recent developments.  If all things were perfect they would have reason to rejoice.  But my years of watching this situation progress and regress has been like bailing water out of a sinking boat.  Just when you think its under control another leak pops up.  But I will give you hope in this regard, they have made steady significant progress over the last few years and the Bible is clear that this false peace must come.  So there will come a day when this will actually happen, but I believe Christian's will not be here to see it. 

The most likely scenario for the region will probably be that Israel will continue to battle terrorist groups unless someone comes to the forefront who is smart enough to persuade them to lay down their arms in exchange for peace.  When he will surface only the Lord knows, but he will surface.  I don't know how he'll do it but I do know that it is in the will of God that he succeed.  Certainly, I'm not saying that all progress will halt due to the terrorist attacks but it will pose a problem for a peaceful co-existence.  Meaning Israel may balk at giving up the West Bank and Jerusalem for a period of time.  All the possible things that could go wrong just might dragging this out for months or even years.  That's not to say that the rapture could not happen today, but truthfully, it could have happened a decade ago.  The only thing that was necessary for the rapture to take place happened back in 1948 (Israel became a nation). My suggestion, I wouldn't pack your bags just yet.

One thing we must understand, God is in complete control of this situation.  When Yasser Arafat came on the scene and held up peace negotiations for many years this was the will of God.  When he died back in 2004 that to was God ordained.  And the rocket attacks on Israel following major land concessions is of God as well.  They all serve a purpose in His timeline that will lead up to the great tribulation period and subsequent earthly reign of the Lord.  

For those who have been with me from the beginning (1996) and have followed along as I chronicled the events of the last days you realize how a single event can change the course of time.  My suggestion to you, keep watching and waiting for soon the Lord will come and He will not tarry.

News Flash:  French ex-president Valery Giscard d’Estaing is blasting London for their poor performance as rotating president of the E.U.  But he's not pointing the finger at Tony Blair.  Instead he's blaming the system and said that it is impossible to accomplish anything when a leader is in office for only six months.  I see this as a wake up call for the E.U. to ratify its constitution and elect a permanent leader.  I will keep you up-to-date as this story develops.

Pastor Malone